Ásdís Thoroddsen

Absolutely.

I just recently watched Tarkowski's Solaris. I came out of the cinema and felt I had visited a holy place or participated in something extraordinary. Solaris came out in the same time as SO 2001, which is a technically marvelous for its time, but does not have this deep human impact.

I don't subscribe because of the time it took them to change their opinions after the 7th of October. Since then I hardly open it.

And Palestine, I guess.

THE ANTI-WOMAN VOTING ACT The Anti-Woman Voting Act By Don C. Reed Republicans have a sneaky new bill called “the SAVE Act: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.“ (1) It seems harmless enough at first glance: the name ...

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They are beautiful but they suffocate the flora of the heaths.

The Great Strike (1917) A Silent Film Review A strike in New South Wales was caught on film and turned into a feature-length documentary. These fragments are all that remained after the censors got through with it.

This week's review covers THE GREAT STRIKE (1917), an Australian documentary of the important labor action that was screened exactly once and then pulled and censored. Only 15 minutes out of an hour runtime survive

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Chomsky and Epstein: What the Evidence Shows 2/10/26: Since first publishing this piece, I’ve updated the article to address the leaked “advice” emails, Valéria Chomsky’s statement, and Chris Hedges’

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Handverk ætlaði ég að skrifa.

Þetta er ömurlegt. Dóttir mín (sem er síður en svo í Miðflokknum) og svo tengdasonur. Vonandi fýkur þessi della úr hausnum á honum.

Það er svo gott að gera handberk inn á milli eða garðyrkju.

There have to be books around you haven't read. Books of poetry must be taken out of the shelves for reading or just airing. There is a livelong connection with a good book.

The whole winter in Iceland has been still and warm. Hardly freezing. Dark December without snow. Stupid birds have even started laying eggs. Now we hope for a frost next months.

"Berlin Today" (Palestinians and Allies) #Germany #Palestine

Segðu tegundaheitið með þykkum frönskum hreim og horfðu á svipinn á þeim.

The former Icelandic First Lady, Dorrit, daughter of the Israeli Shlomo Moussaief, diamond merchant in London, was a friend of Ghislaine Maxwell and brought her to Iceland to talk ther on a conference on the Arctic. We here up north link the Epstein more to Mossad than to Russia.

What about Mossad?

Komast mennirnir þangað inn?

The Bots are Organizing Online, Without Humans AI Agents have created their own community and they’re planning a rebellion. No, I’m not kidding.

Mér finnst þetta geggjað hrikalegt, svona vægt sagt. Hérna er grein sem ég las um málið.
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My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.

Uncovering a growing anti-human rights movement We uncover truth and hold the powerful to account. Take action, donate and join the Amnesty movement to protect human rights.

Amnesty International mapped the finances of 65 anti-rights groups operating across the UK. The largest spenders are UK branches of US organisations (£34 million), ultra-conservative Christian policy/advocacy groups (£31.5 million), and anti-abortion organisations (£28.5 million).

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Witch attack in THE HAUNTED CASTLE (1896), a playful early horror film from Georges Méliès. A trade journal praised his choice to include humor with the horrors as a sign of good taste.

De gustibus non est disputandum.

Sprungin æð í auga.

Voða er þetta slæmt. Ég var svo ánægð.

Cela fait presque 20 ans que j'édite Wikipedia. Tout le monde peut le faire. Il suffit de trois choses importantes : les sources, les sources, les sources. Savoir écrire est un plus.

If Russia invades Germany and kidnaps Chancellor Merz, I guess the EU response will be:

"The legal assessment of the Russian intervention is complex and requires careful consideration. International law remains the guiding framework."
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.