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@valondar.bsky.social
@VK_HM on twitter, Val (or valondar) most places. Autistic. Trans woman. (she/her) Dublin, Ireland.
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Establishing a base on the far future battlefields of a galaxy wracked by thousands of years of warfare. ARM and CORE, two factions slugging it out to the finish with machines forged from the scrap of a billion battles on a million worlds.
📺: Total Annihilation, Cavedog, 1997 (Win 95 PC)
📺: Total Annihilation, Cavedog, 1997 (Win 95 PC)
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Establishing a base on the far future battlefields of a galaxy wracked by thousands of years of warfare. ARM and CORE, two factions slugging it out to the finish with machines forged from the scrap of a billion battles on a million worlds.
📺: Total Annihilation, Cavedog, 1997 (Win 95 PC)
📺: Total Annihilation, Cavedog, 1997 (Win 95 PC)
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I guess props to them for getting the kind of engagement that made that possible.
Netflix just crashed after many fans expected a secret final episode of ‘STRANGER THINGS’ was releasing.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I guess props to them for getting the kind of engagement that made that possible.
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Jennifer Marshall, who played Max’s mom on ‘Stranger Things,’ said appearing in the fifth season could have helped her get health insurance amid cancer treatment.
A Stranger Things Mom Could’ve Used That SAG Insurance
Jennifer Marshall, who played Max’s mom on ‘Stranger Things,’ said appearing in the fifth season could have helped her get health insurance amid cancer treatment.
www.thecut.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Jennifer Marshall, who played Max’s mom on ‘Stranger Things,’ said appearing in the fifth season could have helped her get health insurance amid cancer treatment.
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I have rapidly graduated from this stance to "every soul working for the Twitter/X European HQ in Dublin after this week should be charged".
On a national level I wonder is there a political case to be made for banning twitter in Ireland on the grounds that it hosts CSAM.
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I have rapidly graduated from this stance to "every soul working for the Twitter/X European HQ in Dublin after this week should be charged".
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On "hot takes from old shows", I haven't recovered from learned that the actor who played Byron on Babylon 5 is younger than me, and was TWENTY-ONE when he shot the show. Pat Tallman was his love interest and was old enough to be his mother, but you'd never think that looking at the two of them.
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
On "hot takes from old shows", I haven't recovered from learned that the actor who played Byron on Babylon 5 is younger than me, and was TWENTY-ONE when he shot the show. Pat Tallman was his love interest and was old enough to be his mother, but you'd never think that looking at the two of them.
It's the Green Party, and fair play to them, would not have been my first guess.
January 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's the Green Party, and fair play to them, would not have been my first guess.
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"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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In this piece depicting Bisticeratops, the one in the background being eaten by a tyrannosaur is a nod to the fact that the holotype shows evidence of tyrannosaur predation, which was known before the animal received its name.
Art by Sergey Krasovskiy
Art by Sergey Krasovskiy
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In this piece depicting Bisticeratops, the one in the background being eaten by a tyrannosaur is a nod to the fact that the holotype shows evidence of tyrannosaur predation, which was known before the animal received its name.
Art by Sergey Krasovskiy
Art by Sergey Krasovskiy
Franchise has already been cancelled and forgotten he will be fine on that front, I think.
Kevin Feige is worried Marvel Studios' Wonder Man TV series will be considered derivative of Apple TV's The Studio and HBO's The Franchise (but it wasn't, honest!).
Read on: www.thepopverse.com/tv-marvel-wo...
Read on: www.thepopverse.com/tv-marvel-wo...
Kevin Feige is worried Marvel Studios' Wonder Man TV series will be considered derivative of Apple TV's The Studio and HBO's The Franchise (but it wasn't, honest!)
Marvel Studios's Wonder Man show was delayed for so long that Apple TV+'s The Studio and HBO's The Franchise struck first
www.thepopverse.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Franchise has already been cancelled and forgotten he will be fine on that front, I think.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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fucking hell man, this sucks.
damn, declan shalvey possibly donating 400 dollars to the human goblin glinner would be nasty work.
i suppose its none of my business other than the fact that i support trans people and glinner's entire existence is to do the exact opposite so donating a single cent to him would be disgusting imo.
i suppose its none of my business other than the fact that i support trans people and glinner's entire existence is to do the exact opposite so donating a single cent to him would be disgusting imo.
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
fucking hell man, this sucks.
The Other Gene, but a showrunner of the show for longer than Roddenberry and with an indelible mark (things like calling the government the Enterprise works for ‘the Federation’ or an adversary power known as ‘the Klingons’ are all this Gene)
Happy TOSS Birthday to the man, Gene L. Coon. So much to say, so few characters. #TOSSatNight
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The Other Gene, but a showrunner of the show for longer than Roddenberry and with an indelible mark (things like calling the government the Enterprise works for ‘the Federation’ or an adversary power known as ‘the Klingons’ are all this Gene)
I saw this movie as the secret film of Horrorthon few years back and as the credits play at the end I watched like most of it fully convinced it was a Purge prequel.
January 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I saw this movie as the secret film of Horrorthon few years back and as the credits play at the end I watched like most of it fully convinced it was a Purge prequel.
This is probably about the Gollum movie, I guess.
Empire Magazine teases ‘LORD OF THE RINGS’ news dropping tomorrow at 8 AM PT.
Ian McKellen has reshared the announcement.
#LordOfTheRings #IanMcKellen
Ian McKellen has reshared the announcement.
#LordOfTheRings #IanMcKellen
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This is probably about the Gollum movie, I guess.
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This is me discussing Eric Roberts with someone who doesn't know who he is, absolutely.
January 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This is me discussing Eric Roberts with someone who doesn't know who he is, absolutely.
I cannot recommend doing this strongly enough. Like, in general, for always. I turned off autoplay a few years ago on Twitter just so I could get another video to play and then realised I had absolutely no good reason to ever turn it back on again
gentle reminder on this horrifying day that you can turn off video autoplay on bluesky
settings > content and media > toggle autoplay to off
settings > content and media > toggle autoplay to off
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I cannot recommend doing this strongly enough. Like, in general, for always. I turned off autoplay a few years ago on Twitter just so I could get another video to play and then realised I had absolutely no good reason to ever turn it back on again
Yeah, well, let's see where we're all at ten years from now and hope that quote does not resurface.
The Duffer Brothers have ruled out a Stranger Things sequel that checks in on the characters years later, saying that it would be "a gross cash grab." https://bit.ly/49HorMB
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Yeah, well, let's see where we're all at ten years from now and hope that quote does not resurface.
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Edward Yang’s Yi Yi (2000) met the 21st century with a very different kind of millennium melancholia, a wise sentimentality in Taiwanese New Wave’s despondent realism and refinement. A perfect New Year’s movie then and now, 365 days as a tender current of sorrow, violence, growth, and peace.
January 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Edward Yang’s Yi Yi (2000) met the 21st century with a very different kind of millennium melancholia, a wise sentimentality in Taiwanese New Wave’s despondent realism and refinement. A perfect New Year’s movie then and now, 365 days as a tender current of sorrow, violence, growth, and peace.
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This is what streaming movies took from us
January 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is what streaming movies took from us
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This Poirot novel is taking a real turn
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
This Poirot novel is taking a real turn
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Underrated reason for Sinners' success: in this era of variant covers and custom character skins, the people yearn for the timeless simplicity of a Red Guy and a Blue Guy
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Underrated reason for Sinners' success: in this era of variant covers and custom character skins, the people yearn for the timeless simplicity of a Red Guy and a Blue Guy
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Again I'm reminded of Eddie Izzard talking about Europe's attitude towards Hitler in the 30s:
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"
Asked Enterprise Minister Peter Burke if it’s appropriate for the Govt to have a presence on a site not just hosting but creating CSAM.
He said: “If it continues, it would be something I’d be hugely concerned about. This has to stop.”
He said: “If it continues, it would be something I’d be hugely concerned about. This has to stop.”
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Again I'm reminded of Eddie Izzard talking about Europe's attitude towards Hitler in the 30s:
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"
"In a few more years we won't stand for that!"