Óli Gneisti (English)
@oligneisti.social.linux.pizza.ap.brid.gy
#Librarian, #podcaster (#StoriesOfIceland), #folklorist and more. #Icelandic but writing in English.
I run my own instance of Mastodon for Iceland and […]
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I run my own instance of Mastodon for Iceland and […]
[bridged from https://social.linux.pizza/@oligneisti on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Famous parents defending their children when they are labelled as "nepo babies" aren't really doing them any favours.
#nepobabies
#nepotism
#nepobabies
#nepotism
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Famous parents defending their children when they are labelled as "nepo babies" aren't really doing them any favours.
#nepobabies
#nepotism
#nepobabies
#nepotism
From: Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
> ... although she was opposed to books on strict moral grounds, since she had heard that many of them were written by dead people and therefore it stood to reason reading them would be as bad as necromancy.
#books
#terrypratchett
#readind
#olisquotefile
> ... although she was opposed to books on strict moral grounds, since she had heard that many of them were written by dead people and therefore it stood to reason reading them would be as bad as necromancy.
#books
#terrypratchett
#readind
#olisquotefile
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 PM
From: Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
> ... although she was opposed to books on strict moral grounds, since she had heard that many of them were written by dead people and therefore it stood to reason reading them would be as bad as necromancy.
#books
#terrypratchett
#readind
#olisquotefile
> ... although she was opposed to books on strict moral grounds, since she had heard that many of them were written by dead people and therefore it stood to reason reading them would be as bad as necromancy.
#books
#terrypratchett
#readind
#olisquotefile
January 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The Chevy Chase documentary really gets details wrong about his time and firing from Community.
It claims that Chevy refused to return to Community without Dan Harmon. In reality Dan was fired at the end of season 3 while Chevy kept going until he got fired during season four.
It also claims […]
It claims that Chevy refused to return to Community without Dan Harmon. In reality Dan was fired at the end of season 3 while Chevy kept going until he got fired during season four.
It also claims […]
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social.linux.pizza
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The Chevy Chase documentary really gets details wrong about his time and firing from Community.
It claims that Chevy refused to return to Community without Dan Harmon. In reality Dan was fired at the end of season 3 while Chevy kept going until he got fired during season four.
It also claims […]
It claims that Chevy refused to return to Community without Dan Harmon. In reality Dan was fired at the end of season 3 while Chevy kept going until he got fired during season four.
It also claims […]
#letterboxd does this weird thing. It waits for the year to end before they make a big deal about the stats for that year. Or maybe the strange thing is that some services do this in early December.
They say I watched 377 movies last year and I say we are in a disagreement about what should be […]
They say I watched 377 movies last year and I say we are in a disagreement about what should be […]
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social.linux.pizza
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
#letterboxd does this weird thing. It waits for the year to end before they make a big deal about the stats for that year. Or maybe the strange thing is that some services do this in early December.
They say I watched 377 movies last year and I say we are in a disagreement about what should be […]
They say I watched 377 movies last year and I say we are in a disagreement about what should be […]
After seeing American Beauty in the cinema I clearly remember trying to convince myself that I was too cynical and that the movie wasn't actually pretentious.
#movies
#americanbeauty
#movies
#americanbeauty
December 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
After seeing American Beauty in the cinema I clearly remember trying to convince myself that I was too cynical and that the movie wasn't actually pretentious.
#movies
#americanbeauty
#movies
#americanbeauty
Fom Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses - Chris Nashawaty
> JOHN SAYLES: “Roger [Corman] hired more female directors than anybody else. It wasn’t because he was a dyed-in-the-wool feminist. It was just if they had talent and they were cheap, let’s try ’em!”
#movies […]
> JOHN SAYLES: “Roger [Corman] hired more female directors than anybody else. It wasn’t because he was a dyed-in-the-wool feminist. It was just if they had talent and they were cheap, let’s try ’em!”
#movies […]
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social.linux.pizza
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fom Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses - Chris Nashawaty
> JOHN SAYLES: “Roger [Corman] hired more female directors than anybody else. It wasn’t because he was a dyed-in-the-wool feminist. It was just if they had talent and they were cheap, let’s try ’em!”
#movies […]
> JOHN SAYLES: “Roger [Corman] hired more female directors than anybody else. It wasn’t because he was a dyed-in-the-wool feminist. It was just if they had talent and they were cheap, let’s try ’em!”
#movies […]
From Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses - Chris Nashawaty
> [Roger Corman] did that first for [Ingmar Bergman's] Cries and Whispers. He dubbed the picture, and he played it in drive-ins.
>
> - Joe Dante
#film
#joedante
#RogerCorman
#ingmarbergman
#olisquotefile
> [Roger Corman] did that first for [Ingmar Bergman's] Cries and Whispers. He dubbed the picture, and he played it in drive-ins.
>
> - Joe Dante
#film
#joedante
#RogerCorman
#ingmarbergman
#olisquotefile
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
From Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses - Chris Nashawaty
> [Roger Corman] did that first for [Ingmar Bergman's] Cries and Whispers. He dubbed the picture, and he played it in drive-ins.
>
> - Joe Dante
#film
#joedante
#RogerCorman
#ingmarbergman
#olisquotefile
> [Roger Corman] did that first for [Ingmar Bergman's] Cries and Whispers. He dubbed the picture, and he played it in drive-ins.
>
> - Joe Dante
#film
#joedante
#RogerCorman
#ingmarbergman
#olisquotefile
My year 2025 in podcasts:
Doug Loves Movies
Critically Acclaimed Network
Unspooled
What Went Wrong
Behind The Bastards
#Podcasts.
#AntennaPodEcho.
#antennapod
Doug Loves Movies
Critically Acclaimed Network
Unspooled
What Went Wrong
Behind The Bastards
#Podcasts.
#AntennaPodEcho.
#antennapod
December 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My year 2025 in podcasts:
Doug Loves Movies
Critically Acclaimed Network
Unspooled
What Went Wrong
Behind The Bastards
#Podcasts.
#AntennaPodEcho.
#antennapod
Doug Loves Movies
Critically Acclaimed Network
Unspooled
What Went Wrong
Behind The Bastards
#Podcasts.
#AntennaPodEcho.
#antennapod
A question on Lateral on people named Black and White getting married and changing their surnames to Grey. I think the hyphenated name would have been cooler.
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A question on Lateral on people named Black and White getting married and changing their surnames to Grey. I think the hyphenated name would have been cooler.
Went to Down For Everyone Or Just Me to see if a site was down and found that downforeveryoneorjustme.com was down, likely for everyone.
#cloudflare
#cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Went to Down For Everyone Or Just Me to see if a site was down and found that downforeveryoneorjustme.com was down, likely for everyone.
#cloudflare
#cloudflare
I sometimes write posts which go through twists and turns that make them look haphazard and are met with incomprehension or even scorn from readers who think I've accidentally made them laugh though I actually carefully constructed the piece with phrasing to build up to an often non-sequitur […]
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social.linux.pizza
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I sometimes write posts which go through twists and turns that make them look haphazard and are met with incomprehension or even scorn from readers who think I've accidentally made them laugh though I actually carefully constructed the piece with phrasing to build up to an often non-sequitur […]
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I am trying to reply to a topic on a forum about what can be included in The Movie Database (as opposed to IMDb) and it is getting flagged, which is annoying since the last post includes this nonsensical claim:
> Distribution/release is an essential fact about the existance of a movie- a movie […]
> Distribution/release is an essential fact about the existance of a movie- a movie […]
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social.linux.pizza
October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I am trying to reply to a topic on a forum about what can be included in The Movie Database (as opposed to IMDb) and it is getting flagged, which is annoying since the last post includes this nonsensical claim:
> Distribution/release is an essential fact about the existance of a movie- a movie […]
> Distribution/release is an essential fact about the existance of a movie- a movie […]
People seem to forget that the Nazis were a bunch of incompetent clowns.
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
People seem to forget that the Nazis were a bunch of incompetent clowns.
A Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett
> ‘Here is a story to believe,’ she said. ‘Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things in between. This hand was once a fin, this hand once had claws! In my human mouth I have the pointy […]
> ‘Here is a story to believe,’ she said. ‘Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things in between. This hand was once a fin, this hand once had claws! In my human mouth I have the pointy […]
Original post on social.linux.pizza
social.linux.pizza
October 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett
> ‘Here is a story to believe,’ she said. ‘Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things in between. This hand was once a fin, this hand once had claws! In my human mouth I have the pointy […]
> ‘Here is a story to believe,’ she said. ‘Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things in between. This hand was once a fin, this hand once had claws! In my human mouth I have the pointy […]
Reposted by Óli Gneisti (English)
US Supreme Court allows order forcing #google to make #app store reforms
#scotus declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring #alphabet's Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the company prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit brought by "Fortnite" […]
#scotus declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring #alphabet's Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the company prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit brought by "Fortnite" […]
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masto.ai
October 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Incels' main concern seems to be:
"Why are women who I am attracted to for superficial reasons so superficial when choosing men?"
#incels
"Why are women who I am attracted to for superficial reasons so superficial when choosing men?"
#incels
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Incels' main concern seems to be:
"Why are women who I am attracted to for superficial reasons so superficial when choosing men?"
#incels
"Why are women who I am attracted to for superficial reasons so superficial when choosing men?"
#incels
Dan Harmon on movies:
> Eddington: masterpiece. Weapons: masterpiece. Companion: masterpiece. Can’t wait to see One Battle. Might have to go to a theatre? Movies are good again?
I can vouch for Companion since I consider it the best film of the year so far. Icelandic cinemas seem to have […]
> Eddington: masterpiece. Weapons: masterpiece. Companion: masterpiece. Can’t wait to see One Battle. Might have to go to a theatre? Movies are good again?
I can vouch for Companion since I consider it the best film of the year so far. Icelandic cinemas seem to have […]
Original post on social.linux.pizza
social.linux.pizza
October 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Dan Harmon on movies:
> Eddington: masterpiece. Weapons: masterpiece. Companion: masterpiece. Can’t wait to see One Battle. Might have to go to a theatre? Movies are good again?
I can vouch for Companion since I consider it the best film of the year so far. Icelandic cinemas seem to have […]
> Eddington: masterpiece. Weapons: masterpiece. Companion: masterpiece. Can’t wait to see One Battle. Might have to go to a theatre? Movies are good again?
I can vouch for Companion since I consider it the best film of the year so far. Icelandic cinemas seem to have […]
Got recommended the video:
> Ten Things You Never Knew About the Cast of "Return to the Blue Lagoon".
Yeah, I mostly know that the movie sounds like an awful exploitative sequel to an awful exploitative film. I checked out the first fact which was the most famous thing about the movie, namely […]
> Ten Things You Never Knew About the Cast of "Return to the Blue Lagoon".
Yeah, I mostly know that the movie sounds like an awful exploitative sequel to an awful exploitative film. I checked out the first fact which was the most famous thing about the movie, namely […]
Original post on social.linux.pizza
social.linux.pizza
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Got recommended the video:
> Ten Things You Never Knew About the Cast of "Return to the Blue Lagoon".
Yeah, I mostly know that the movie sounds like an awful exploitative sequel to an awful exploitative film. I checked out the first fact which was the most famous thing about the movie, namely […]
> Ten Things You Never Knew About the Cast of "Return to the Blue Lagoon".
Yeah, I mostly know that the movie sounds like an awful exploitative sequel to an awful exploitative film. I checked out the first fact which was the most famous thing about the movie, namely […]
September 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
ScarJo's films have grossed over $15 according to DuckDuckGo. On Wikipedia it says that her films have grossed over $15.3 billion.
So just stopping at any random period doesn't seem to be a foolproof method of creating summaries.
#duckduckgo
#searchengines
So just stopping at any random period doesn't seem to be a foolproof method of creating summaries.
#duckduckgo
#searchengines
September 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
ScarJo's films have grossed over $15 according to DuckDuckGo. On Wikipedia it says that her films have grossed over $15.3 billion.
So just stopping at any random period doesn't seem to be a foolproof method of creating summaries.
#duckduckgo
#searchengines
So just stopping at any random period doesn't seem to be a foolproof method of creating summaries.
#duckduckgo
#searchengines
An important event in The Saga of Burnt Njál (spoiler in title) is when a character gets angry over the seating arrangement and proclaims that she is no corner wench (hornkerling).
This does bring to mind the line "no one puts Baby in a corner" from Dirty Dancing. Of course putting Baby in a […]
This does bring to mind the line "no one puts Baby in a corner" from Dirty Dancing. Of course putting Baby in a […]
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social.linux.pizza
September 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An important event in The Saga of Burnt Njál (spoiler in title) is when a character gets angry over the seating arrangement and proclaims that she is no corner wench (hornkerling).
This does bring to mind the line "no one puts Baby in a corner" from Dirty Dancing. Of course putting Baby in a […]
This does bring to mind the line "no one puts Baby in a corner" from Dirty Dancing. Of course putting Baby in a […]
September 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM