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Also, rather than POSWID (the Purpose Of a System is What It Does) I think it would be more accurate to say POSWII (the Purpose Of a System is What It Incentivizes) since that is generally the actual mechanism by which What It Does differs from What It Says On The Tin.

The question Patrick McGoohan, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Hideaki Anno all want their audiences to ask

Also, after once again having my order called as "Michelle" it's not just white people who get other people's names wrong. Many Latino/a/x people seem unable to pronounce "Michael" to save their lives, while white folks just usually can't spell it. ("Micheal" is common) 😅

As usual in late September of an even year I find myself appreciating California's extensive efforts to make sure its citizens have some idea of what they're voting on, even if the size of our ballots and the number of races and measures we have to vote on can be a bit much.

"I'm begging you, please let me work!" the final words reportedly said by Osamu Tezuka to the nurse who tried to take away his drawing supplies, are fairly close. Hardly the first "Nobody: Osamu Tezuka: hold my beer!" but I suppose it was the last.

Just another day in the sunny paradise where Night City and Dark City collide.

It's interesting that my brain still throws the now long deprecated ⚠️Improper (lack of) use of masking curtains⚠️ warning even in a shiny new Vision + Atmos auditorium.

Four would be Americas, Eurasia+Africa, Australia, Antarctica. Five would granting that the Darien Gap was a much more impassable natural land barrier than the Middle East has ever been. 8+ would be treating at least South Asia consistently with how we treat the Europe/Asia divide.

I'm on team "the world has five or fewer continents or at least 8. Any number in the middle requires either an inconsistent definition (geographical for some, cultural for others) or for the number of continents to have changed when the Suez Canal was built."

This tracks since using tear gas in warfare has been a war crime, even accepted by the US, for the last ~50 years (much of the rest of the world considered it one earlier).

my man park chan wook took one look at PARASITE and went “oh, you think _I_ can’t make a disquieting class comedy with a beautiful, absolutely cursed house at the center of it too??? well WATCH THIS”

I caught a preview of this at the Palm/SLO Film Center and can vouch. Dark, hilarious, worth catching with an audience if you can. SLOcals: The Palm has it starting this Friday the 16th but like most of their schedule it probably won't be around long.

Welp, I want to support movie theaters, but Regal has officially priced me out of concessions. I'll be damned if I'm gonna spend $9+ for a soda no matter how thirsty I get.

Did the voting thing. Don't think anyone on this app really needs to guess as to how.

Actually a thing that actually exists? I haven't had a chance to preview yet.

Cindy Crawford X Kow Yokoyama is the kind of fever dream combination that could only be brought to life by the Japanese bubble economy. Yokoyama’s Two Factory artbook has photos and behind the scenes photos from the making of this campaign.

Well, that and that they were sci-fi series from the same year and all three ended up getting us cable airtime to become widely known when US DVD releases were just starting to ramp up.

I can't remember who said it first, but "as a former die-hard Rurouni Kenshin fan, Harry Potter fans are weak"

Much of this goes way back in our national mythology, where the West was settled by rugged individualists (who we downplay also happened to be the beneficiaries of the largest Federal handouts in American history, mostly in the form of 'free' or cheap land and defense from its prior inhabitants)

Back at The Palm for another Fincher Friday with Panic Room

What is 'that stupid ancient meme that I just lost again'? Back at The Palm for the first Fincher Friday of January.

@lilytomlinarchives.bsky.social A gracious hello. Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?

Another Friday night, another giallo - catching Tenebrae at The Palm

Time for some giallo. Almost empty theater tonight since most of the Cal Poly students that show up for these are on winter break.

Just bring The Five Star Stories and Area 88 back ffs.

I’m seeing some good Macross talk and I thought I’d throw this across your feed. For @sean.zimmerit.moe, I took a deep dive into Macross’s production through the lens of a hidden DVD interview with director Noboru Ishiguro! Lots of good stuff in this one! www.zimmerit.moe/noboru-ishig...

I always liked the parody fandub.

Retro anime fans: Welcome Bluesky, have some free dopamine on me

definitely winding it down at the old place. times are a-changin...

If you see this, post a robot

It’s been forever since I carved a pumpkin but I’ve been wanting to do a House themed one.

October continues with a Santa Cruz classic. I've seen this in a theater a few times, but usually as a midnight at the nick or del mar back in the day.