i’ll allow it
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honestly love this way of thinking about finding a character. don’t demystify! don’t interpret! it doesn’t signify in the first place etc
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
honestly love this way of thinking about finding a character. don’t demystify! don’t interpret! it doesn’t signify in the first place etc
Grain riots in the middle west
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Grain riots in the middle west
we almost got a genuinely-woke followup to last jedi (duel of the fates) but out of craven cowardice they killed it and gave us rise of skywalker instead
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
we almost got a genuinely-woke followup to last jedi (duel of the fates) but out of craven cowardice they killed it and gave us rise of skywalker instead
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa...
good point, yes. sort of up peli’s alley too
September 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
good point, yes. sort of up peli’s alley too
this year’s Expo 2025 Osaka actually did feature a neat reimagining of the human washing machine from Expo ‘70
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
this year’s Expo 2025 Osaka actually did feature a neat reimagining of the human washing machine from Expo ‘70
another aspect
August 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
another aspect
Where books burn, so do people
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Where books burn, so do people
look here slywalker
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
look here slywalker
lovely details!!
July 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
lovely details!!
they tried to warn us but did we listen,
July 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
they tried to warn us but did we listen,
inject it into my veins
July 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
inject it into my veins
wiktionary claims this is one of the idiomatic senses (their “nonstandard” sense is the inversion — toeing as ‘pushing’ the line)
July 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
wiktionary claims this is one of the idiomatic senses (their “nonstandard” sense is the inversion — toeing as ‘pushing’ the line)
good day citizens of the un
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
good day citizens of the un
Certainly dated but I love the 1935 expressionist one (with manic Mickey Rooney as Robin Goodfellow)
May 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Certainly dated but I love the 1935 expressionist one (with manic Mickey Rooney as Robin Goodfellow)
It’s an incongruous use of headline words — eg “area man” being a really common writerly circumlocution for “an individual within the local community”. They make a few other similar shirts
May 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s an incongruous use of headline words — eg “area man” being a really common writerly circumlocution for “an individual within the local community”. They make a few other similar shirts
looks like an andre lamothé environment
April 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
looks like an andre lamothé environment
