Nicholas "phi" Shectman

I don't spend a lot of time diving into the current cesspool. But buried in here is a poll: Trump is supported by 98% of Trump supporters. What happened? Did 2% of them change their minds in the 10 minutes it took to fill out the poll?

Name your fav meal scene in a film.

Name your fav 70s song. This is cheating because it is an 80s song, both in every musical way and as described in the liner notes. But it is a 70s song in the sense that it was released in 1977. music.youtube.com/watch?v=yEba...

Share someone who looks stylish wearing a CAPE.

Ursula goes on to describe other awesome moments, but I am reminded of this... differently awesome moment.

Any time I start a response with "oh honey" that's probably time to delete the response before posting it and close the tab. Anyone who'd be convinced probably already has my response in their head already anyhow.

Huh! I did not know that linking from a bsky post doesn't need the actual URL in the post and (more importantly) that in that case it doesn't count towards the character limit.

Highly recommended for all language lovers!

Dreamt that I was taking the train from my house to somewhere in the north Boston suburbs and had to change at Paris La Défense.

Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only):

What's your "origin" video game? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossa...

The fun thing about this post for me is all the different reactions to it from the creatives in my feed.

Endorsements for tomorrow's primary elections in Somerville. TLDR: Ed Markey, Diana DiZoglio but no other unopposed statewide offices, Ayanna Pressley, Diann Baylis, Erika Uyterhoeven (but it's a close call vs Christine Barber), Ben Ewen-Campen, and Marian Ryan. totient.dreamwidth.org/200898.html

Merry Allston Christmas!

Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art

Earlier today I made a four minute connection at Penn Station. So glad I didn't have to go upstairs to buy a paper ticket. Equally glad that LIRR smartphone tickets are good for any train in a time window even after they've been validated, because it was 30 seconds between validation and departure.

Without naming the film, say a line that would make any true fan immediately recognize the film. "But why"?

Reading some more Murderbot recently and I think I have the ultimate distillation of why we all love it so. A review that speaks volumes about this series in two short words: "It me".

I was on a jury and we took the presence of a police report as proof that this particular crime had taken place because why the fuck else would anyone put themselves through that shit.

Today is the bicentennial of the deaths of two absolutely magnificent assholes, stubborn rivals to the end.

_Only Lovers Left Alive_ *was* my fave last time this meme came around. This time though it has to be...

Since everyone is all about the Knicks right now: yes, Ossie Schectman is a relation. He was my first cousin twice removed.

Old and busted: the FIFA World Cup New and ominous:

Made a custard base ice cream for the first time. I had been feeling weirdly intimidated by it. Turns out it's the exact same process as for Hollandaise but with milk instead of butter. Yes I know that's absurd.

Oh no it's not the open path in front of him he sees, it's his big sister behind him.

If recipe development is finding a hill and climbing it, the change I am making to my scallion pancake recipe is like walking from one side of the summit of Mount Washington to the other because the top is not quite perfectly flat.

Pick a Bond from photos you already have in your phone. Not a photo but it does get across some of what Bond is about.

You’re trapped in the last TV show you watched. Where are you? I am standing in a mountain valley somewhere in Colorado carrying only what I could grab with five minutes' notice, blinking at a sun I haven't seen in three years. Not linking the show because this is at least five different spoilers.

Tired of the widening gyre. The gyre is wide enough

best film adaptation of the Odyssey, wrong answers only

Once in a while I follow a gift link to a NYT article and it invariably just makes me sad for the newspaper that once was.

I had no idea that the Renaissance Faire started because a history teacher fired during the Cold War purges wanted to educate the public about history. A great essay about the RenFaire as joy and resistance, by @annamerlan.bsky.social. Only on @flaminghydra.com! flaminghydra.com/issue-553/

Garden rat slinks along the fence at dusk. "You're an invasive species," I mutter at it. It pauses with a weary expression, as if to say, "Ma'am, so are you."

Drop your crime-fighting catholics.

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865). The Sugarcubes (1986-1992). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sug...

Post your favorite film from the year you turned 18

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just announced the induction of Joy Division / New Order. About time. No one likes to talk about this because of how he died but: Ian Curtis absolutely could not sing. I want to celebrate that lack of ability, though! It makes Joy Division songs perfect for karaoke.

My pants feel so strange without long underwear on.