Kori
@kfandomentals.bsky.social
EIC for the Fandomentals. Cricket, Chelsea FC, London Irish, Architecture, History... the AESTHETIC.
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Five years ago you could search: "when did the saxophone become an indication of sexy times in film" and you'd get somebody's well-researched article.
Now it's like "sex was invented by the ancient Sumerians as a way to fight ghosts, which they used to brew beer." (search instead for "saxophone?")
Now it's like "sex was invented by the ancient Sumerians as a way to fight ghosts, which they used to brew beer." (search instead for "saxophone?")
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Five years ago you could search: "when did the saxophone become an indication of sexy times in film" and you'd get somebody's well-researched article.
Now it's like "sex was invented by the ancient Sumerians as a way to fight ghosts, which they used to brew beer." (search instead for "saxophone?")
Now it's like "sex was invented by the ancient Sumerians as a way to fight ghosts, which they used to brew beer." (search instead for "saxophone?")
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Want this on a sign so I can tap it
I have a certain amount of sympathy for fandom culture, because it's basically a manifestation of people's belief that art should belong to the community that creates and participates in it. The problem is that they don't; fandom is the stillbirth of folklore under capitalism.
June 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Want this on a sign so I can tap it
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Ingenious 😂
FFS
FFS
May 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ingenious 😂
FFS
FFS
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ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?
It's literally called Library Extension.
It's literally called Library Extension.
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available?
It's literally called Library Extension.
It's literally called Library Extension.
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This week, @jshermancritic.bsky.social checks out Josh Cox's experiment in surrealism: Muse.
www.thefandomentals.com/josh-coxs-mu...
www.thefandomentals.com/josh-coxs-mu...
Josh Cox's 'Muse' Transplants the Gothic to New York - The Fandomentals
But with Muse he embraces genre filmmaking, the horror genre, to put a fine point on it. At only a little over four minutes long, Cox takes what he knows,
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February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This week, @jshermancritic.bsky.social checks out Josh Cox's experiment in surrealism: Muse.
www.thefandomentals.com/josh-coxs-mu...
www.thefandomentals.com/josh-coxs-mu...
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A big one today with @mikecaulfield.bsky.social. It's about Jan 6th but its really about trying to diagnose what precisely is broken about our information ecosystem and why everything feels so stuck. It's about how the internet is a justification machine. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A big one today with @mikecaulfield.bsky.social. It's about Jan 6th but its really about trying to diagnose what precisely is broken about our information ecosystem and why everything feels so stuck. It's about how the internet is a justification machine. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I'd make a new post about being a Chelsea fan, but this just fits so well at the moment.
January 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'd make a new post about being a Chelsea fan, but this just fits so well at the moment.
Being a Chelsea fan right now.
a man with a beard is standing in front of a classroom full of students
Alt: Lisa Simpson left alone in an empty classroom hanging her head in shame as the lights go off.
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December 30, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Being a Chelsea fan right now.
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!["You became the very thing you swore to destroy"
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Run, Taron, Run! www.thefandomentals.com/keep-an-eye-...
Keep an Eye Out for 'Carry-On' - The Fandomentals
Carry-On is a perfectly serviceable example of glossy junk. Its heroes aren’t that bright, and its villains are too clever for their own good, and all the
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December 22, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Run, Taron, Run! www.thefandomentals.com/keep-an-eye-...
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Tonight’s match report www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Spot-on Chelsea win group after Macario’s double sees off Real Madrid
The American forward scored twice from the penalty spot as Chelsea fought back from a goal down to beat Real Madrid 2-1 in the Champions League
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Tonight’s match report www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The YouTube algorithm somehow got around to recommending videos of Waterloo Road and now I'm down a rabbit hole and can't see daylight.
December 12, 2024 at 1:41 AM
The YouTube algorithm somehow got around to recommending videos of Waterloo Road and now I'm down a rabbit hole and can't see daylight.
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HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is hands down the funniest movie I've seen this year. www.thefandomentals.com/hundreds-of-...
'Hundreds of Beavers' Marries the Old with the New - The Fandomentals
Movies like Hundreds of Beavers remind us that no matter how bleak the current Hollywood landscape may be if you peek outside, you will discover untold
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December 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is hands down the funniest movie I've seen this year. www.thefandomentals.com/hundreds-of-...
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my favorite thing all week 💜😂
December 9, 2024 at 4:09 PM
my favorite thing all week 💜😂
Two Chelsea games in one day. I need stock in TUMS, but dayum, what a way to spend a Sunday morning. 🔵
December 8, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Two Chelsea games in one day. I need stock in TUMS, but dayum, what a way to spend a Sunday morning. 🔵
This is a #WarriorNun post, so everyone else can keep scrolling. Still thinking about @simplykorra.bsky.social's post yesterday, and how badly the OCS treated Ava. We had a whole series on this over on the Fandomentals. www.thefandomentals.com/warrior-nun-... (cont)
Warrior Nun Struggles As a Trauma Narrative (Part 1) - The Fandomentals
Warrior Nun presents Ava as an abuse survivor who grew into an empathetic, subversive feminist, but viewers can easily miss that as the show does not address the Sisters’ mistreatment of Ava.
www.thefandomentals.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:39 PM
This is a #WarriorNun post, so everyone else can keep scrolling. Still thinking about @simplykorra.bsky.social's post yesterday, and how badly the OCS treated Ava. We had a whole series on this over on the Fandomentals. www.thefandomentals.com/warrior-nun-... (cont)
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Someone in North Carolina is selling these hand painted vespas on Facebook Marketplace and god damn dude.
December 5, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Someone in North Carolina is selling these hand painted vespas on Facebook Marketplace and god damn dude.
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Absolutely shameful.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'We're attacked and abused as we try to save lives'
Almost 45,000 assaults were recorded by ambulance services across England over the last five years.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Absolutely shameful.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Monday, we meet again.
December 2, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Monday, we meet again.
There is a special circle of hell reserved for package thieves. 🤬
November 29, 2024 at 7:59 PM
There is a special circle of hell reserved for package thieves. 🤬
Next up on the reading list - George IV : The Grand Entertainment by Steven Parissien. This should be fun.
November 28, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Next up on the reading list - George IV : The Grand Entertainment by Steven Parissien. This should be fun.
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never forget the most important food journalism of our time
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Why Do Recipe Writers Lie About How Long It Takes To Caramelize Onions?
Browning onions is a matter of patience. My own patience ran out earlier this year while leafing through the New York Times food section. There, in the...
slate.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:35 PM
never forget the most important food journalism of our time
slate.com/human-intere...
slate.com/human-intere...
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Top advice, sign... top advice
November 25, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Top advice, sign... top advice
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My edition of four travel journals by 18th-c servants is out now, including accounts of France, Italy, the Low Countries, Germany and the Ottoman Empire by three valets and a maid – the majority of people who went on the 'Grand Tour' #skystorians #18thc #c18th global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 22, 2024 at 11:06 AM
My edition of four travel journals by 18th-c servants is out now, including accounts of France, Italy, the Low Countries, Germany and the Ottoman Empire by three valets and a maid – the majority of people who went on the 'Grand Tour' #skystorians #18thc #c18th global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Hello 70-degree weather, I am going to appreciate you so hard.
November 21, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Hello 70-degree weather, I am going to appreciate you so hard.