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Song Offerings: Choral Works by Christopher Tin

I sing with a choir and our album with Christopher Tin released today!!!

I just realized Zohran Mamdani winning the NY mayoral election was the catalyst for destroying Cheney's final horcrux

Critical thinking isn't about asking, "Why are the curtains blue?"

Reframe the questions & answers for ourselves

"Why did the author feel the need to include such a detail in the first place?"

To flesh out the scene

"How does describing the color of the curtains flesh out the scene?"

etc.

If you're ever confused about what "Kafkaesque" means, just watch modern news.

Despite frogs fighting fascists, world wrecking wars, and a catastrophic climate crisis; there's arguing about pointless "culture wars," blushing over redwood innuendos, and fretting over petty personal bureaucracy.

As much as I love Lovcraftian Horror (and putting aside the immensely overt racist rhetoric in the originals) I feel like cosmic horror by its very nature can't be "filmed"

LD+R "Aquila Rift" works because the cosmic horror doesn't come from the monster, but the unknowable questions it leaves us

The original "Call of Cthulhu" was based on and included some incredibly overt racist rhetoric. In fact, this "dark god beyond time and space and human existence" was summoned by "mongrel" worshippers of "mixed-blood." The story was a metaphor for how immigrants would destroy civilized society.

I'm re-reading "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka and one of the most absurd things about the story isn't necessarily Gregor's transformation, but the apathetic indifference Gregor has toward his situation.

His first thought, behind a muted surprise, is a genuine concern about running late for work...

It's an older meme, sir, but it still checks out.

I haven't read "Polysecure!," but it is def going on my list!

I'm sorry to say, but the Dems will never do that. Where the GOP is the American Fascist Party, the Dems are just left-leaning corporatists.

What needs to happen is the rise of an ACTUAL left-wing political party and treating the establishment Democrats as the right-wing party they are

One of my favorite books, "The Ethical Slut" goes into how polyamorous family units work incredibly well. "Sex at Dawn" also goes into the historical aspect of various cultures that had multi-adult families. What do people think the term, "it takes a village" mean???

The enlightened take the middle way

2) Like you said in another reply, "The world's problems will still be here. But at least you've recovered enough to take them on again."

It's not a retreat, so much as a recharge. Similar to the necessity of sleep at the end of the day, so is returning to the shelter of our personal world.

1) I also think it's not necessarily about escaping and more about a return to a more personal world. The problems of the world outside ourselves truly exist and are incredibly important and simultaneously so is the reality that only exists within our personal sphere of influence.

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.

Block on sight.

Protect your digital space.

Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.

The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

I love my protein pancakes and my proteini (protein rotini pasta), BUT NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS PROTEIN ADDED TO IT!

plus cold foam is made from cream so it already has protein in it naturally...

I think when we're younger, we're trying so hard to find our own place that sometimes we hide that part of ourselves, only to realize later -- as you said -- how important and integral it is in what makes you, you

I completely understand this. Unfortunately I've never been completely connected to my Filipino roots growing up, but after 30 I've started to make more of an effort getting involved in the cultural community and experience

I know what I'm getting my husband for Christmas

Srsly, why do people have to "contribute" to be "productive members of society" when the standards for both are subjective

Hot take: I think being able to live and survive with basic necessities (i.e. shelter, food security, etc.) is a human right regardless of your ability to "contribute"

Capitalists: "But if we have UBI, then NoOnE Will wAnT tO WoRk AnYmOrE!!!!"

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I suddenly got completely overwhelmed the last two weeks with IRL gigs.

I'm also planning on taking a break from streaming to record a few video essays I've been itching to create. Once I have a good backlog of long-form videos to release, I hope to get back to a smooth streaming schedule!

As a twunk (twink over the age of 30), I can say that some light, flirtatious teasing can be an incredibly useful tool.

Essentially, the twink can be motivated by playful banter as long as it caters to their sense of slight masochism; this in turn can be leveraged as a pavlovian tactic.

Let's be real, you're doing your due diligence focusing on the important things -- bushy eyebrow penguins!

Dude, stop exaggerating.

Your documentary is only on Vimeo with ~3,400 views and the only stuff of yours on Amazon are your boating instructional videos and "documentaries." Regardless of whether your content is FREE doesn't mean you're not trying to market it for views.

You're sad ego stroking

I wasn't the one who brought your health or your age up.

You made a response to someone where you claimed they "brought up the disabled thing" so you decided to bring up your own age and health as an argument. I do find it interesting tha reply of yours to another person has disappeared.

"I won't criticize or acknowledge my own internal prejudices because my neighbors are Maya from Central America."

Wow, tokenizing your neighbors now.

There's the use of [insert people of the world majority (read: people of color decolonized)] to protect my own fragile ego from genuine criticism.

Definitely just rage baiting to market your poorly received documentary from ages ago. Your home town film festival didn't even enjoy it

I honestly wonder what Dr. Hampton would say at your behavior...

Also, look in the mirror: you tried to make two documentaries which failed at their respective showings, you never made your Mayan documentary, and you claim to be a "lonely, blind, 80-yr old veteran" to shield you from your critics

What's more, your co-producer for this isn't even an expert on the study of racism! She is an African-American clinical psychologist who focuses on missing persons and the "mentally ill." You're literally tokenizing the victim of the crime you made a documentary about AND your co-producer