Sana

23 Dec 2024

Okay it’s time for my annual Iain-Lees Galloway Love Actually Drinking Game. It has one rule: drink when there’s an inappropriate workplace interaction. The hashtag for muting purposes is #DrunkActually

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Dr David Hamilton

@drdevildave.bsky.social

Wombat antics! 🥰

we watched Plan 9 From Outer Space today and i have questions for 263 people, mostly variations on “what the fuck is wrong with you”

so i guess that didn't go so well for acclaimed horror movie director George A. Romero

i think this is my all time favourite

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name a Quote from a Horror Film.

something i only noticed after watching What We Do In The Shadows several times is that the bar they’re desperately trying to get invited into is The Big Kumara, which back then was wellington’s premier shitty first year uni student bar

vulture.comCinematrix No. 941: October 23, 2026Can you name a Jenna Ortega or Taika Waititi movie that begins with F-T?

if you want to get started playing Cinematrix, today’s puzzle requires you to come up with three Taika Waititi movies, which is a nice soft start if you know your nz films www.vulture.com/article/dail...

globalnews.caOttawa Police arrest Donald Popadick for indecent exposure in public park | Globalnews.caA 62-year-old man has been charged after he was caught exposing himself in an Ottawa area park.

they’ve put up the halloween decorations for this year but i just feel like they’re lacking in… axes. tricycles. twins. or something idk

Sana@bigshika.com

Look I’m just saying, if they didn’t want me continually posting about living in the hotel from The Shining then they shouldn’t have made it look like the hotel from The Shining

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Matthew Reichbach

@fbihop.com

The dark side of nominative determinism.

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Jolisa Gracewood

@nzdodo.bsky.social

“The bird was docile in my arms. Its feathers were airy despite the thick mist. Long eyelashlike whiskers surrounded dark and inscrutable eyes... it smelled of barnyard dust in the sun.” In which @carlbergstrom.com carefully cuddles a kiwi. A lovely, thoughtful read about our national treasures. 💚

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com

bloomberg.comThe Birds I Waited 45 Years to SeeAn evolutionary biologist returns to New Zealand to find the rare birds he dreamed of seeing as a child making an extraordinary comeback.

for halloween the Academy cinema is showing The Mist, The Fog, Obsession and Possession, and it’s gonna be a bad time for people who are bad at details like my mom, who once took us to see Shane (the western) instead of Shine (biopic about a pianist). we sat there watching horses for like 10 mins

it’s not even a language issue bc she’s like this in japan too 🫠

vulture.comCinematrix No. 934: October 16, 2026Can you name an Austin Abrams or Josh Brolin movie with a one- or two-word title?

my gf and i have been playing Cinematrix lately, which has been humbling. earlier this week we had to come up with the names of three jennifer aniston movies and managed to name movies starring every single 2000s jennifer except aniston www.vulture.com/article/dail...

i love that they give stats for the most common guesses. when asked for a Dakota Johnson movie starting with letters M-Z, 45% of people said Madame Web and i think that’s beautiful

we had to watch Jaws: The Revenge (aka Jaws 4) recently as part of my halloweeen movie challenge. the shark is psychic and roars like a lion

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name a film with a bad, unnecessary sequel.

honestly, everything that made nic cage go bankrupt. dinosaur skulls, private islands, pyramid shaped personal tombs etc

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social

question for the audience: if you were ultra rich (let’s say $25M), what completely frivolous thing are you buying?

@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Coyote vs ACME for Tax Purposes …too soon?

Buzzy@buzzy.nz

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest For Tax Purposes

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CineCalendar

Oct 16th 1932 - Sammie returns home to his father's church after performing on the opening evening of Smoke and Stack's juke joint 📽️📅 Sinners (2025)

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ceej

@ceej.online

I hope you all had fun getting mad on here today

wow it’s literally 1984 out here

Thea’s name is difficult to say in Japanese, so i nicknamed her “Hacchan” in japanese. my mother says this is extremely cute and I was figuring out to translate that to Thea in english, bc it’s not baby animal cute but more in a pretty way but then i realised. the word i was looking for was Kawaii 🤦🏻‍♀️

@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social

it's me, i'm the dumbass trying to translate Kawaii to Kawaii

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明

Incredible nerd shit (complimentary)

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CineCalendar

@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Oct 3rd - It’s October 3rd. Happy #MeanGirlsDay 📽️📅 Mean Girls (2004)

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

@sandiegozoo.bsky.social

Hot dam! It's Beaver Week at the San Diego Zoo 🦫 The beaver ambassadors usually live behind the scenes, but Beaver Week means more chances to see and learn about them during special presentations all week long.

Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title The Boner People

aohsu@aohsusometimesy.bsky.social

Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title. I’ll start: Jude the Obscurer

the Academy cinema was doing a Takashi Miike retrospective and my gf and i went and watched it. Now I know what happens at the end of Audition! and uhhhh wow, things sure happened

Sana@bigshika.com

once, a long time ago, my mom took me to the movies bc she saw a japanese movie was on, except that movie turned out to be Audition. luckily we left before all of the torture started. Now she looks at movie synopses ahead of time.

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now

there was one walk-out during our session of Audition, and I'm pleased to report that they didn't make it anywhere near as far as we did the first time

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@understatesmen.bsky.social

22 Sept

for those outside New Zealand: 2 years ago a veiled far-right astroturf org threatened to sue an investigative journalist for a book he was writing about them. He was not writing a book about them, but this incident meant former staff started leaking to him. He used those leaks to write a book.

unseen-japan.comJapan's Love Hotels Advertising as Ordinary Hotels is Biting Travelers (Not in the Good Way)Sometimes, love hotels mask themselves as ordinary hotels. Learn the key differences and what to look for when booking your next trip.

22 Sept

“accidentally booked a love hotel instead of a regular one” is an amazing review genre on booking.com though

Unseen Japan@unseenjapan.com

Japan's law doesn't define a love hotel by what it's for. It's about how the space is set up, such as a small lobby, a screened entrance, and a front desk designed to prevent face-to-face contact. Even one room with one qualifying fixture can be enough.

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Nature Portfolio

@natureportfolio.nature.com

22 Sept

A paper in Nature Communications reports a detailed structural analysis of the Roman Empire’s entire road network, covering topographical information from nearly 300,000 km of roads. go.nature.com/4gU64b5 🏺🧪

18 Sept

The first in a sizzling new romantasy series by best-selling author Nicky Hager. A slow burn, spicy dark romantasy which follows the forbidden enemies-to-lovers romance between a girl and a dragon-shapeshifter Prince of the Fae. Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and A Court of Thorns and Roses.

kyle@kyledchurch.bsky.social

Nicky Hager's new book topic? wrong answers only

owlskip-games.itch.ioCopy! Right? by Owlskip GamesA game about song-writing, copyright and thievery

17 Sept

i hope this guy is feeling extremely justified right now

Sana@bigshika.com

Not my personal grudge, but I recently played a video game developed by a guy so mad at Ed Sheeran that he wrote 4 songs and programmed an entire game. it was actually really good too. i was impressed by the power of Spite Driven Development owlskip-games.itch.io/copy-right

17 Sept

playing downloaded movies is always a fun roulette of subtitles and audio. last night Wolf Children started in german with german subtitles (we wanted japanese and english respectively. ich spreche kein deutch)

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ACARS Drama

@acarsdrama.bsky.social

15 Sept

Air to Ground Message: PERSONALLY REAL VAMPS ARE BETTER NOT THAT TWINKLE SHIT Area: Austin, TX, USA Type: Boeing 737 MAX 9 A: #a89fe734286 F: #f9579ffde61

12 Sept

Make a band edible: Cooked to an internal temperature of 75⁰C for 30 seconds Dub

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10 Sept

watched Saw today bc it’s the 25th anniversary of the guys being trapped in the bathroom

CineCalendar@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Sep 10th 2001 - The date on a phone found by Dr Lawrence Gordon and Photographer Adam Stanheight after waking up to find themselves trapped in a puzzle. 📽️📅 Saw (2004)

10 Sept

Coincidentally, Saw (2004) also completes this challenge perfectly

Weekly MovieChallenge@cinechallenges.bsky.social

📽️ #MovieChallenge 2026 - Week 37 This week we're looking for movies in which someone feels or literally is walled in e.g. stuck in a room, building, situation, fictional world or anywhere else that feels impossible to escape. Quote once done. More info below: cinechums.com/challenges/w...

9 Sept

you just have to turn the plane on and off again

ACARS Drama@acarsdrama.bsky.social

Air to Ground Message: SO HOW DO WE RESET ASKING BOTH PILOTS TO LOGIN. IT WAS WORKING ON GROUND. IN AIR STARTED ASKING FOR PW Area: Washington DC, USA Type: Boeing 737-800 A: #a4a56d2ed04 F: #fa49f8274c1

saw all three Back to the Future movies yesterday and today as part of my "watch 100 new movies over 100 days" project bc I saw this date was coming up. ironically, bc i saw Part 2 and 3 both today, i'm now one movie ahead of schedule

CineCalendar@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Sep 7th 1885 - After being shot on the 5th Sept by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, Doc Brown died. In another timeline, Doc gets Marty back to 1985, but the people of Hill Valley think Clint Eastwood fell into Shonash Ravine. 📽️📅 Back to the Future Part III (1990)

next movie i'm watching on a specific date:

CineCalendar@cinecalendar.bsky.social

Sep 10th 2001 - The date on a phone found by Dr Lawrence Gordon and Photographer Adam Stanheight after waking up to find themselves trapped in a puzzle. 📽️📅 Saw (2004)

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Potato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔

@br3nda.bsky.social

hotair.nzHot AirHot Air links every New Zealand MP to what they've actually said and how they've actually voted in Parliament — built from the official Hansard record, so you can look past the press release and see the voting history for yourself.

I wished that this site existed, so I spent the last week building it. Track which way an MP votes on various issues across their whole time in Parliament: hotair.nz

the way i know i need to watch better movies bc according to my letterboxd stats right now warwick davis is my third favourite actor #letterboxd #filmsky

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Science Magazine

@science.org

5 Sept

Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds. ⁠ Learn more on #NationalHummingbirdDay: https://scim.ag/3YMuQQu

satoshi7190.github.ioShinjuku Station Indoor

5 Sept

Shinjuku station is easy! You just follow this map satoshi7190.github.io/Shinjuku-ind...

Unseen Japan@unseenjapan.com

Shinjuku and Shibuya are considered the two most complex stations in Tokyo - and that's the opinion of the locals who use them every day. Shinjuku's underground is so hard to navigate that some have labeled it the "Dungeon Station."

unseen-japan.comHow Did Shibuya and Shinjuku Stations Become So Hard to Navigate? - Unseen JapanWhy'd they have to go and make things so complicated? A short history of how Shinjuku and Shibuya in Tokyo developed bad reputations.

5 Sept

got back from my mom’s place the day before yesterday but according to my gf i’m still sleep talking in japanese

this week, i got kinda annoyed with how deeply LA Nightcrawler was and went all-in on extremely Britishness. also i apparently felt like watching movies with really long titles #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

other movies i watched this week as i tried to catch up to my “one new movie per day” goal (i’m still one behind)

also a triple recent Ralph Fiennes week: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Conclave