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QOTD:
“Everybody makes up a story about their sins. Sometimes to make them less, sometimes to make them the worst thing a mortal’s ever done.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone
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There's something spiteful and contemptuous about the way Netflix refuses to give a halfway decent theatrical release to creatively ambitious films by brand-name directors. Like they're trying to make sure we all know that they hate doing it.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#MusicChallenge
#DecemberDuets

"You Don't Know Me" - Ben Folds Ft. Regina Spektor
youtu.be/FRgQns-TJGM
You Don't Know Me Ben Folds feat. Regina Spektor
YouTube video by Olivia O'Connor
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy
11/30 - November Alchemy

Thanks for the game!

"Straw Into Gold" - Idina Menzel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVub...
Idina Menzel-Straw Into Gold
YouTube video by Eron Salling
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy
11/29 - Aqua Vitae

You wash up blood in the river, and you drink from the well

"The Nataris" - Soft-Bodied Humans X Silver Pyre
bluetapes.bandcamp.com/track/the-na...
The Nataris, by Soft-Bodied Humans x Silver Pyre
from the album blue forty-five
bluetapes.bandcamp.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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snowy owl resting on a rocky lakeside
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy
11/28 - Butter of Antimony

(powdered antimony was a cosmetic ingredient in the ancient world)

you know my mind is made up
so put away your makeup

"Roxanne" - The Police
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXzF...
The Police - Roxanne
YouTube video by bbaseballboy1234
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy
11/27 - Unsteady Equinox

the one who sings around the sun
cannot be bothered with the dark
is undeserving of the light
the one, the sun, the night

"The Tower" - Wye Oak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnR...
Wye Oak - The Tower (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Merge Records on YouTube
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Showing off a little but my GRIS + NEVA double collector's edition box arrived! Gorgeous on the 12"x12" box cover, with a special art print inside, plus steelbooks, vinyl soundtrack selection, and an artbook with lots of concept sketches (cont'ed below). Amazing stuff @nomada.studio
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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#NovemberAlchemy
11/26 - Moss Reclamation

A painting hangs on an ivy wall
nestled in the emerald moss

"The Mystic's Dream" - Loreena McKennitt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFAf...
Loreena McKennitt - The Mystic's Dream
YouTube video by Mr.Music.Channel
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.

www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
has anyone read any really good novels written in the 18th century?
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"Rest assured, Charlie Brown. We will figure out what makes you different."

"Charlie Brown, you may find this hard to believe, but yesterday was the greatest day in the history of humanity."

"Charlie Brown, please. Charlie Brown, please. Charlie Brown, please."
I was there, Charlie Brown. I was there three thousand years ago. I was there the day the strength of Men failed.
Alas poor Charlie Brown. I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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#NovemberAlchemy
11/25 - The Great Unraveling

Somebody told me when the bomb hits
everybody in a 2-mile radius will be instantly sublimated

"21st Century Pop Song" - Hymie's Basement
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpTz...
Hymie's Basement - 21st Century Pop Song
YouTube video by Matt Feldman
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy
11/24 - Amber Abundance

"Girl in Amber" - Nell Smith
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIty...
Nell: Girl in Amber
YouTube video by Nell Smith
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
there should be scholastic book fairs at work
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy
11/23 - Ritual of Transformation

"Mantis Man" - Soft-Bodied Humans X Silver Pyre
bluetapes.bandcamp.com/track/mantis...
Mantis Man, by Soft-Bodied Humans x Silver Pyre
from the album blue forty-five
bluetapes.bandcamp.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#MusicChallenge
#NovemberAlchemy
11/22 - The Last Apple's Descent

"Last Leaf" - Tom Waits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6_N...
Tom Waits - "Last Leaf"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Rene Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967)
“Le chant des sirènes” 1952
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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#NovemberAlchemy
11/21 - Crumble & Bloom

I am rusting in the wildflowers, not far from home

"Born Metallic" - Silver Pyre
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS76...
Silver Pyre - Born Metallic
YouTube video by SedgemoorRecordings
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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One of my heroes. RIP Mani. 💔

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I love stuff like @flaminghydra.com but I gotta be honest with you all: as an old alt-weekly alum I think the culture/essay type stuff is so much better and lands so much harder when it’s grounded in a geographic community

when it’s FOR a place that it loves

I miss the alts so bad
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM