there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
You can't fool me, that's a fuckin Langolier
No one's saying "just trans," but a candidate who's willing to sell out on something as fundamental as the idea that trans people deserve rights and protection will fold like a cheap suit elsewhere.
As time passes, the more I think this deserves a place near the top of the "humanity's greatest achievements" list.
@finnyus.bsky.social while I'm watching I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang: "What's his crime? Handsomeness?"
You could imagine similar situations in which members of the media coordinated in solidarity around Lemon to direct sustained negative attention to Trump over this story. Instead the political press spent the earlier part of the week making up a fake story ("new tone") to help Trump.
It can get lower!
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
Still thinking about Sledgehammer (1983) after watching it the other night. As ever, Inland Empire was on my mind here and there.
The University of Arkansas’ reversal of its offer to hire Emily Suski as its next law school dean has sparked concerns that the decision chills faculty’s free speech. #arpx #arleg
Listening to the Through the Looking Glass (1976) commentary. Good story about the filming of the outdoors scene involving a feast and other things -- police were called because a bunch of boys were watching from trees.
the way to tell whether a person is credible is by *listening to what they say* and checking it against verifiable facts. The idea that you can bypass this with some value-neutral procedure is asinine if you think about it for two seconds and also the guiding ideology of 99% of American elites.
< Nicole Clowney 10h • S ... Here's what I know: The University of Arkansas School of Law has been searching for a new Dean for two years. Last week, after an exhaustive and thorough hiring process, the School finally hired a new Dean, Prof. Emily Suski, currently at the University of South Carolina's law school. After the deal was done and the hire was announced, a few state legislators along with at least one constitutional officer became aware that the newly hired Dean had signed onto a "friend of the court" brief in a lawsuit challenging laws regarding transgender athletes in sports. (To be clear, Prof. Suski was not a party in the case nor did she represent a party in the case. She was one of seventeen academics who signed on in support of one side.) There is nothing about signing onto this brief that would impact Prof. Suski's ability to serve as Dean. Unsurprisingly, administration of high school athletics programs does not fall into the job description of the Law School Dean. But Arkansas officials weren't concerned about Prof. Suski's ability to carry out the functions of the Dean. Instead, the signature alerted Arkansas elected officials that Prof. Suski may share different political views than they do on this one issue. That, for reasons too frightening for me to even fully comprehend, was enough for multiple state elected officials to threaten to substantially reduce funding in the upcoming fiscal session. Veiled threats and comments behind closed doors about the political leanings of Universiry of Arkansas faculty and staff are nothing new, sadly. But state elected officials threatening to withhold funding to the entire School based on the political beliefs of the newly hired Dean is a new, terrifying low.
According to this state representative’s Facebook post, the state legislature threatened the University of Arkansas’s funding because the new law school dean signed an amicus brief for trans rights so the school revoked the job offer after it had been announced www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/ja...
I see #TheArchers trending and, as ever, it's not the Archers I hope for.
Frame #604 from E19 Melon Felons
If you voted for Donald Trump in 2024, we are not friends. We will never again be friends, because you've shown me that you don't actually care what happens to your neighbors and your country. You deserve nothing but scorn, and I hope you never have another happy moment in your life.
The right wing position is if you are queer in any way, or signal support for the queer community, you deserve it when they kill you
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
a sunset scene, trees and bushes as silhouettes against a yellow orange sky. a giant humanoid creature, skeletal, walks by. its head is a broadcast siren
walking signal
base photo by @neonrot.bsky.social , thank you
‘You have to be ready to see it’: Abel Ferrara and Catherine Breillat on why Pasolini’s Salò is a gift that keeps giving
Oh good, I was waiting with bated breath for this!
I've seen Certified Copy a million times, but this wonderful moment always surprises me.
Birthday double feature (before going to see Silent Night, Deadly Night later). The arrival of House on Haunted Hill was heralded by the bloodcurdling scream that @finnyus.bsky.social has programmed as our doorbell.
Waiting at the dentist's office and so far I have heard three songs from the Virgin Suicides soundtrack.
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
I liked it! But then I tend to like excruciatingly long movies.
I thought of a couple C- jokes for this but the overwhelming feeling is just how sad some peoples lives are. We live in a world full of wonders and amazing experiences and this is all some people have, this is what they think life is. They have a profound emptiness.
