Chris Devine

early 4th century BCE sketch of Odysseus and Circe from a Theban artist

Just a reminder that this is how a lot of people in the ancient world saw the heroes of myth. In this case, this is a Theban portrayal of Odysseus and Circe.

The 28 Years Later companion film coming out next year features Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Jamie, Jack O’Connell as Jimmy, and Cillian Murphy returning as Jim

Forget to train, do not take your vitamins, forget your prayers

Enjoy hell, Hulk Hogan, the worst to ever do it

This is how I found out!

line readings I can't get out of my heard: this "What?" in From Here To Eternity

The reason The Fantastic 4 is not yet rated is the six minutes of penetrative sex between Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal. Ben Grimm watching is the problem, I’m told.

As if there’s a tennis player called Katy Volynets

I've been told sunlight is the best disinfectant for extremist views so I think the BBC should interview Bobby Vylan on prime time and ask him exactly why he thought his chants were appropriate

Tombstone with the surname of WAS.

formerly IS

For something I had also never heard of and had no context for literally two minutes ago, this was remarkably affecting. Not surprised the people who made this show won an Emmy for it

Same energy

There’s a genre of autobiography which reads: “It was 1962. I was 24 & had jst purchased my first house in St John’s Wood. Thinking I’d better earn a bit of cash, I wrote to the BBC &was invited to meet the head of drama. The following week I was offered a 13 part series- v reluctantly I might add!”

Korean football legend Cha Bum-kun’s Wikipedia summary is remarkably horny

TRUTH BOMB 💣 this guy is a Pedophile. I also made him President

Cool as Ice movie poster

Just wanted to remind you that the director of the 1991 Vanilla Ice movie “Cool As Ice” went on to direct a film called “Lusty Liaisons 2” while the cinematographer of Cool as Ice, Janusz Kamiński, went on to do the cinematography for Schindler's List and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

hither 👌

Xisco Munoz doing yeoman’s work here in terms of actually winning football matches + supplying unusual letters

Can't stop thinking about this and how there's literally no way to read this other than someone going "Who can we get to subject themselves to guaranteed massive brain trauma for a $5,000 check? Oh! I know! Indie wrestlers! Those fucking marks!"

You KNOW that's absolutely how those in charge feel.

It’s a cold and it’s a broken “cowabunga”

My man

every gender transition is a statement in favor of human possibility and freedom and i’m tired of hearing it talked about like it’s some kind of disease

Certainly feels like educated, engaged, relatively-high-information voters are the lowest priority for all parties, which seems… shortsighted? Idk

Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney Ed Martin sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation accusing it of spreading propaganda

Ed Martin's latest target: Wikipedia.

The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

[Frank Reynolds voice] sure, bet on anything

Great pod, was at the record. Missed the roving mic, though! What was in it for Baldwin taking Winston back in 1924? And giving him a very senior cabinet post, too. Obvious how it benefited Churchill, but what were the Tories getting in return? Purely +1 Con, -1 Lib, or more besides?

Trans women are women, fucking hell 🏳️‍⚧️

The best part of any X-Men film is always this scene

Magneto: [sternly but affectionately] Charles.

Professor X: [affectionately but sternly] Eric.

Screengrab from a 2021 Slate article headlined An Interview with the Guy Who Yells Mortal Kombat in the the Theme for Mortal Kombat. The subheading is Nearly three decades later he's still got it. The byline is Matthew Dessem. The featured text is the form of a Q and A. I see. Will you do it over the phone? Would I do it over the phone? Absolutely. Let's hear it. Mortal Kombat!

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