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A game master, voracious bookworm and cinephile, a tired socialist and a manic depressive chocolate salesperson from Montreal. They/them. 34.

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If it helps, it's fairly small, and you gain speed boosts that let you zip around the islands like Sonic the Hedgehog.

15.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

... I've finally finished Dread Delusion.

... Gimme a moment.

I need to both a) shed a tear and b) sit with this, quietly, and ruminate.

15.02.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

... am I showing my age I initially thought that was Yoruichi from Bleach?

15.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

That movie made me a lifelong Ray Charles fan.

15.02.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Red-figure pottery vessel shaped like a lobster claw. It features a handle arching from the broad claw base, with reserved orange-red figures and palmette-floral motifs against a glossy black-glazed background. Minor chips visible on the edges.

Red-figure pottery vessel shaped like a lobster claw. It features a handle arching from the broad claw base, with reserved orange-red figures and palmette-floral motifs against a glossy black-glazed background. Minor chips visible on the edges.

This is a marvelous example of whimsy and craftsmanship! A rare Greek askos, made in the shape of a lobster claw. 🦞
Dating back to approximately 450 BC, the vessel was used to hold perfumed oil.

πŸ“· Antikensammlung Kassel

#archaeology 🏺

15.02.2026 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

It's all just... desperate people, alienated by a society that failed them, who can only find connection in a facsimile of humanity, isn't it?

15.02.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I already know the world is cruel… but the real work isn’t posting on here about it, it’s being there for your community literally anywhere else!

I’ll leave the sociopolitical commentary to the experts.

15.02.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m happy to report my attempt to… get better at handling my time on here, curating my feed that I don’t kick myself down a doomscrolling spiral?

It’s working.

15.02.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

14.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7614    πŸ” 2277    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 311

Hey, happy birthday!

15.02.2026 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
vhs cassette titled bears bears bears

vhs cassette titled bears bears bears

*mΓΆtley crΓΌe voice*:

15.02.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 829    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10
Little Conan with his father in Conan the Barbarian (1982).

Little Conan with his father in Conan the Barbarian (1982).

For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. This you can trust: If a load of laundry is not intended to include socks, socks will find their way inside; and if a load of laundry is sock-inclusive, socks will do their best to evade it.

15.02.2026 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.

15.02.2026 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2741    πŸ” 588    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 15

They handed Jordan Peele a blockbuster budget exactly once and he immediately made a movie about an evil sand dollar

15.02.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 384    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1

The thing that makes this extra funny to me is that I think the cat is about to say this is all moving too fast…

15.02.2026 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2545    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 6
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finally painted the dumbest 3D sculpt i’ve made to date #art

15.02.2026 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2375    πŸ” 410    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 63

Ayyyye!

15.02.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Better believe, every chance I get-

I pick up this wee lad and give him so many kisses upon his wee noble brow.

15.02.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

100%, it's infuriating.

15.02.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love he looks like the unholy fusion of Harpo and Danny Kaye.

15.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's so cool!

15.02.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Basil Rathbone in a robe eating a steak while young Angela Lansbury eats a burger and fries in full princess costume

Basil Rathbone in a robe eating a steak while young Angela Lansbury eats a burger and fries in full princess costume

I thought you'd appreciate this. I have a print of Basil Rathbone and Angela Lansbury in my room of them eating lunch at the Paramount cafeteria while filming The Court Jester.
A family member got it for me because I love Rathbone and Lansbury immensely.

15.02.2026 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my God?! That's incredible!

15.02.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a harlequin costume is dancing in front of a crowd ALT: a man in a harlequin costume is dancing in front of a crowd

Easily one of my ultimate comfort movies.

15.02.2026 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

God, I fucking love The Court Jester, with all my heart.

15.02.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I have!

15.02.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a nifty Christmas-themed slasher with a giallo colour palette.

15.02.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I tell ya-

It’s nice Image has a fairly robust library of noir, horror, and sff comics.

15.02.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Some people are calling it the flag of Woke 2

14.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5057    πŸ” 614    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 7

Seriously every child should be made to watch the movie where they carefully never show the photos but do suggest the fairies were real and leave the whole thing up to "interpretation"...

And then be shown the photos.

One of the most educating experiences a person can go through.

14.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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