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Just finished my second reading of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. So entirely worth it!
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I can’t stop looking at this picture of a supernova shooting a pulsar out into space. Mesmerizing.
It is well known that supernovas can act as cannons, and even that pulsars can act as cannonballs – what is not known is how supernovas do it.
via APOD: 2022 October 2 - Supernova Cannon Expels Pulsar J0002
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Just one example of why The Locked Tomb series is just the very best.
Harrowhark set her hands on the black stone crossbar of the door almost reverently, and pressed her ear to the rock as though she could hear what was going on inside. She stroked her thumbpad over the deep-set keyhole and pulled her hood over her head. “Unlock it,” she said.
“Don’t you want the honours?”
“It’s your key ring,” said Harrow unexpectedly, and: “We will do this by the book. If Teacher’s correct, there is something around here that is fairly hot on etiquette, and etiquette is cheap. The key ring is yours … I have to admit it. So you must admit us.” She held out the key to Gideon. “Put it in the hole, Griddle.”
“That’s what she said,” said Gideon, and she took the ring from Harrow’s gloved fingers.
via Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 📚
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A Classic Horror Story, 2021 — ★★★½.  Every good movie starts and ends with a good wickerperson.
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“Avoid area” is, unfortunately, evergreen advice for people on foot or bikes trying to get through this intersection.
VCU ALERT, Traffic Alert. Traffic Collision OFF MP Campus – (Lombardy/Broad St). Avoid area. Police on scene.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022 — ★★★★★.  Whoa ambitious movie made by someone who cares very much!
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Dead Ringers, 1988 — ★★★★.  OK, still makes me feel as terrible as it did 20 years ago. Just checking.
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We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, 2021 — ★★★½.  I’d have rather it gone a different direction, but oof regardless.
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Gaslight, 1944 — ★★★★★.  We’ve now been able to confirm that men have been shitty since at least before the invention of electricity.
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That’s because electric vehicles sidestep only one small part of what makes personal car ownership such a stubborn problem for cities. They may run on electricity, but they’re still cars, and you don’t fix car problems with a different kind of car.
via Why You Should Buy an E-bike Instead of an Electric Vehicle
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Thor: Love and Thunder, 2022 — ★★★★.  Can we get a best-supporting nom for Stormbreaker??
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The Night House, 2020 — ★★★½.  I love every movie inspired by House of Leaves.
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The best compliment I’ve ever gotten was when this metal-looking Lyft driver was like “Do you play drums?”
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Licorice Pizza, 2021 — ★★★★½.  Gimme a whole movie of the HAIM family yelling at each other.
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Two or three more cool things on Westwood Avenue and we could have a real destination spot—infill on the west side of the road would do it.
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This is why I love reality TV—especially the Real Housewives universe, which, stripped of the glitz, is about nothing other than how and when to give an apology, and under what terms to accept one.
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Classic turtle people.
The lionfish community is “really collaborative,” she told me. “You become friends—you’re dive buddies shitting off the back of the boat together.” (She contrasted the fellowship she felt among lionfish hunters with the behavior of other conservationist types: “Turtle people treat each other like shit and backstab each other.”)
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Bo Burnham: Inside, 2021 — ★★★★½.  I’m not sure I could have handled watching this a year ago 😬
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We’ve moved on from drinking out of Ball jars to drinking out of huge pickle jars with the labels still stuck on them.
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Where can I read car reviews for people who hate cars and don’t care how “fun” they are to drive?
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Gardeners east of Meadowbridge, y’all are crushing it. I am taking notes.
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Come onnnnnnnn
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I…bought seven cactuses today.
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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, ★★★
I didn’t love it, but I’m still thinking of like three different parts. 📚
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New bike rack at work! My lasting contribution!
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