Bantership Potemkin

yeah, relitigate every past failure of the democrats and reframe as failures of everyone else. nothing like a misplaced onus of responsibility to turn out the vote.

the new goalpost now that libs realize the left turned out more than they thought:

"VOTE BLUE!"
[votes blue]
"AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"

Just say Neil Gaiman, this is taking forever.

NEIL GAIMAN FANS: Oh no! Tell us it's not true!

NEIL GAIMAN: It ...

(two years pass while he thinks)

NEIL GAIMAN: isn't??

Been replaying Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb for a dose of nostalgia, but y'know what? I'm a big history nerd so let's talk use it as an excuse to talk about history. Let's go.

Sun Mei-yao (left), leader of the Shandong Autonomous Army AKA the Shandong Outlaws pictured with hostage Lee Solomon and bandit chief Po-Po Liu. Solomon had been captured during Sun's seizure of the "Blue Express" in 1923, known as the Lincheng Outrage.

Check out these Harrison Forman shots of a Chinese soldier in Shanghai.

One of the most sinister elements of Japan's already infamous Kwangtung Army, the Skull Squadron. Set up under the pretense of "anti-insurgency", in reality this would have meant terrorising civlians as much as anti-partisan operations. It is believed they were wiped out in 1933.

Sonic Sees Shadow, Predicting Six More Months of Mixed Reviews

He can't talk, he's gotta poo

In his most daring role since The Fanatic.

Four “Sinbad the Sailor” illustrations, “from the picture[s] by Arnold Mello,” published in THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS: CHRISTMAS 1922, vol. 161, no. 4361a (Christmas 1922). A bit dark, but legible — and lovely!

I'm really glad I wasn't drinking anything because I'm dying with laughter right now

This is Lee Brice, by the way

Ah to be a child in a Jack Kirby world

Well well well if it isn't the consequences of my actions (me being a useful fascist tosser and also a malignant cunt)

Trainspotting

My latest Substack post is live - a little ode to the now mostly gone phenomenon of the Asia hand and Peter Bogdanovich’s SAINT JACK (1979).
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It's incredible how much contempt the world has for people who create art.

If you see this, show your dark/nighttime art 🌙

We later realized she accidentally saw Avatar: Fire and Ash.

fun fact the military didn't look into this at all when they were studying tear gas back in the 1960s

but in addition to stuff like irregular periods, there's evidence tear gas exposure can be linked to miscarriage

more than enough data to suggest caution

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Chotiner: So you were on the way to murder a dragon and steal its treasure?

Bilbo Baggins: I was with these dwarves…

Chotiner: Do you think it’s a fair question to ask what is in your pocket? Is there any way that anyone could know?

Bilbo: Well, you see…

NAME US. NAME US AND THE CONTRACT WILL BE SEALED

I’m sorry but what did libertarians think that the anonymous money laundering racism coin that you could only functionally use for illicit activity was doing other than this, exactly

i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script

Happy Birthday! 🎉
When you own records by The Birthday Party, every day is your birthday! 🎂

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#thebirthdayparty #vinyl #vinylrecords

I know you all know this, but seeing halftime discourse funneled over here from other places is going to make me batty until I scream this:

BAD BUNNY IS AMERICAN
PUERTO RICANS ARE AMERICAN
PUERTO RICA IS AMERICAN
AMERICA DOES NOT HAVE A NATIONAL LANGUAGE
SHUT UP SHUT UP STFU
BAD BUNNY IS AMERICAN

Built in 1900, the former Everard’s Printing Works on Broad Street is one of the few (and easily most magnificent) examples of art nouveau architecture in Bristol The female figure at the top represents light and truth.

This was how I realised I was still following him on Insta...