The Bricktosser

"Fair" maps are only fair when all states have them.

This is what we're gerrymandering against:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDMAP

I find some Bambu criticism a bit overblown and alarmist but this if anything is understatement. Looks like Bambu using older parts from a recalled batch for some reason and it's actively dangerous.

Anyone with an A1 should check the parts against this post and demand replacement if they match.

One of the colossal versions wasn't bad. I won a big tournament with him wiping out opponents from across the board.

The people who work for McDonald's corporate are themselves fond of saying this.

Peggy Olsen from Mad Men wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette as she swaggers down an office corridor.

It's Mad Men.

Perhaps it was Chase's exasperation at all the Tony worship that made him explicitly put Christopher in Hell.

"Get it NOW assholes?"

It's more like a literary conceit than actual world building.

Great thread on Lehrer's sense of humor.

“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”

RIP Tom Lehrer.

Bambu A1 mini

All the models from scratch except the Superman symbol, Krypto, and the flying silhouette which I converted from 2D images. All the case geometry done in Blender or Tinkercad.

Heroclix case with new Superman logo and Kypto from the film

Side view of case with Superman in sillouette flying up through clouds

Opened view of case showing Superman logo on the bottom (intended to evoke the 70s movie using the same font)

Side view of case with the message "The Real Punk Rock" in Superman movie font.

#Heroclix
#3dprinting

Made myself a new Heroclix carry case...

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I'd love to see this play adapted for the screen, but I imagine Hollywood would be loathe to back a project that makes beloved Stan Lee look bad.

a.co/d/asCZqNh

(I think the author gave more credit to Lee for the FF but overall paints him in a pretty negative light)

Superman tearing down a slum, and thinking "AT THE MAYOR'S REQUEST, I'LL REMOVE THESE UGLY TENEMENT BUILDINGS AND BUILD DECENT HOMES FOR THE POOR!"

Superman is a YIMBY

You got better roommates later.

one of the great cinematic special effects is just setting a guy on fire

What's cut from Miller's Crossing?

The Sane-Washing of Mad King Trump - Dame Magazine In a recent speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Donald Trump claimed that, before he returned to the Oval Office, the U.S. was “close to death.” He alleged to the crowd that he had “completely oblit...

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"Smith will be showing up in a future episode, not because of his own work, but as a muse and occasional collaborator to his more successful second wife, Patti Smith, and the latter part of his life revolved around her and their children. He died of heart failure in 1994."

I think she's getting one

It was in there!

And for all the (true!) praise they get for being key roots of Punk, I hear a lot of Nick Lowe-ish sound in the excerpts, particularly from their second album. It's like I've heard, for the first time, the missing link between 60s rock and roll and the pub rock and power pop of the later 70s

Latest 500 Songs is a great one!

As a Michigan kid I always heard MC5 invoked with absolute reverence, but never really listened to them or know much about them. Fixed! Fascinating story....

There was a reason I bounced off it after watching an episode or two.

Also why while some of Documentary Now lands, some of it really really doesn't.

It's all about whether the satire is lovingly mocking or just mean. What I saw of Portlandia was just mean.

a man in a black shirt says i see this as an absolute win in front of a computer Alt: Hulk in a black shirt says I see this as an absolute win

The obvious stupidity of the culture war bullshit regarding Superman is helping mute the usual DC vs Marvel stuff or the Snyder Fans vs Everyone stuff.

One thread that explains most of modern politics and fair amount of the online social environment too.

I was already going to see it but this acts as an endorsement of sorts.

#PCHH

One of the things I like best about Pop Culture Happy Hour is when somebody just totally enthuses about something they love. @aishaharris.bsky.social talking about Chicago the musical is just delightful!

I like the movie fine, but hearing an absolute fan gush is super endearing.

I like a lot of his posts but that was just wild.

Might as well said "If the Democrats had just outlawed bigotry, bigotry would be illegal now!"

Picture of Superman and diverse children with the following text: AND REMEMBER, BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUR SCHOOL-LIKE OUR COUNTRY-IS MADE UP OF AMERICANS OF MANY DIFFERENT RACES, RELIGIONS AND NATIONAL ORIGINS. SO... ... if YOU hear anybody talk against a schoolmate or anyone else because of his religion, race or national origin-don't wait: tell him THAT KIND OF TALK IS UN-AMERICAN. HELP KEEP YOUR SCHOOL ALL AMERICAN!

Time to bring back a classic.

This one goes out to everyone complaining that the new Superman movie is "woke."

Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?

It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.