Entries tagged with movies

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What I saw on the web on 2025.5.20

This is Martha Wells, a four-time Hugo, two-time Nebula, and five-time Locus Award winner for The Murderbot Diaries, a book series published by Tordotcom. Ask Me Anything
by Martha Wells and reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1kmjkls/this_is_martha_wells_a_fourtime_hugo_twotime/
haven't seen the show yet, likely will. good to see that MW likes it
via discord
Slave (Official Lyric Video)
by Lucky Dube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaB8lXEP1BY
i admit, i'd not realized before that the song was about alcoholism
via remembering the song
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Two Decades Later
by Arthur
https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/peter-jacksons-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-two-decades-later/
it's been an awfully long time since i've watched those movies. perhaps i'll do it again?
via discord

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What I saw on the web on 2025.5.13

Why the federal cap on international students has hit Alberta — even though it still has room
by Robson Fletcher
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-post-secondary-international-student-declines-sait-bow-valley-auarts-1.7531200
that explains a few things. which will hopefully be fixed
via rss
Campaign aims to see Edmonton cut the lawn and replace with gardens, native plants
by Colin Gallant
https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/05/13/campaign-aims-to-see-edmonton-cut-the-lawn-and-replace-with-gardens-native-plants
excellent idea, hope it catches on
via rss
Off the Marx–Hitler Spectrum
by Tom Murphy
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/05/off-the-marx-hitler-spectrum/
i take his point
via rss
It's Just BAD FANFIC With A 💰BUDGET💰
by Jill Bearup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8plW8-32Fk
i mean, it's not a new take, but that doesn't make it worng
via rss
Wil Wheaton on His Star Trek Family and His New Podcast Storytime with Wil Wheaton
by Wil Wheaton and Katee Sackhoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5VFvP_zW6g
in case you'd like to listen to a couple of fun folks mutually-admirationing at each other for an hour
via wil's blog

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What I saw on the web on 2025.5.12

Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
by Sophia Harris
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/conference-us-travel-1.7531255
this is (sadly) no surprise
via rss
It Awaits Your Experiments.
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11511
in which the good doctor gets eloquent about someone else getting eloquent in bacteria
via rss
What was the first RPG? It ain't what you think...
by Jon Peterson speaking to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXVDKtH4e0
it's rather more complicated than you might expect. now i may need to track down Jon's books....
via rss
the VelociPastor
by Brendan Steere et al
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
via FB

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What I saw on the web on 2025.5.4

Babylon 5’s Anti-Fascism Message Hits Harder Than Ever
by Jessie Gender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQmhVDdZiw
excellent discussion. recommended for those who have seen the series, and those who don't have the time to watch the whole thing. if you have the time to watch the whole series, do that instead
via youtube recommends
How to cook frozen chips
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-05-04-09:53.html
mostly for the classy notes
via rss
Three for the Moon
by the Kids in the Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvNoJWPv2lc
The Moon! The!
via memory
Entrepreneurs looking for money to restore historic theatres working across the Prairies
by Aaron Sousa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/entrepreneurs-looking-for-money-to-restore-historic-theatres-working-across-the-prairies-1.7526203
i have lots of fond memories of the princess. hope these places get back in business!
via rss
something fun for may the fourth
by several members of a popular science fiction franchise
https://cursedtrekedits.tumblr.com/post/782648959760990208
i'm not sure that i trust that wookie, though....
via wil

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What I saw on the web on 2025.4.7

No. 5802: Modernist Garfield
by Jim Davies, T.S.Eliot, and Manyhills
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5802
hurry up, Garf, it's time
via rss
Explaining the Trump Tariff Equation
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04IAbWCszg
yup, that's problematic. (note to Matt: examine the spelling of the word "askerisk")
via rss
History and Nationalist Myth-Making in The Lord of the Rings
by Abby Roberts
https://www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/what-lies-and-threats
in case you thought Tolkien was all about nationalism and racial purity
via discord
This time, the border guard asked: "What do you think about Donald Trump?"
by JReynolds
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/living-in-interesting-times.html#comment-2209508
or, i could just not try to go there
via reading comments on Charlie Stross's latest post
30 Years Later, Real Genius is Still the Geek Solidarity Film That Nerd Culture Deserves
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
https://reactormag.com/30-years-later-real-genius-is-still-the-geek-solidarity-film-that-nerd-culture-deserves/
having come somewhat late myself to the film, i agree with this assessment
via Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow on the Evils of Copyright Law
by Cory Doctorow speaking to Andrew Heaton
https://player.fm/series/the-political-orphanage/cory-doctorow-on-the-evils-of-copyright-law
in which Cory talks with someone who leans libertarian, and they agree on a bunch of policy proposals?!?
via Cory's blog

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What I saw on the web on 2025.3.26

No. 5790: Γαρφιελδ Ιν Φαυξ Γρεεσε
by Reisen U. Inaba
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5790
yup, it checks out, up to and including that's not greek
via rss
Sharks... even more amazing than you realised
by Rochelle Constantine
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025/03/11/sharks-.html
the sharktopus content that you've been waiting for
via cbc
列子御風
by 吳文光
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeeoPSugAA
in case you need some guqin to listen to (and who doesn't?)
via going looking
Stop using anti-extinct creature language
by [citation needed]
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c4af99b88007145aeddc45a8f455b29f/1c6813632e64abc2-de/s1280x1920/cf64db83ffea6129fb3f0ffa43c0c8578be2f10a.jpg
remember Peter Watts:
The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death. And so, neither can there be any winners. There are only those who haven't yet lost.

via wil
Blindsight: Notes and References Longwinded Version
by Peter Watts
https://rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Blindsight_Endnotes.pdf
[source for comment on previous link. probably of more interest to those who've already read Blindsight.]
via going looking for the precise text
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy
grabbing Hanlon's Razor with both hands
via rss
Let's talk about the next US-Canadian friction point....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwjAGFOP18
oh boy, another friction point.
via rss
recreating a famous movie poster
by Carrie, Harrison, and Mark
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/779105851643428864
an excellent use of pastries
via rss
give
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/give
this is not the first discussion i've seen today of hydropower. it is the funniest, however
via rss
Veritas
by Cheapass Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/products/veritas
could be fun?
via discord

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What I saw on the web on 2025.3.18

Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February
by John Paul Tasker
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-border-trips-decline-235k-february-1.7485695
this is no surprise
via rss
All Games Are Political
by Max Haiven
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/board-games-palestine-daybreak-pandemic/
i've been thinking about this for a while, particularly in the ways that agency is represented in TTRPGs
via Cory Doctorow
This Phantom Swordfight is ⚔️POINTLESS⚔️
by Jill Bearup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbnpHg6D8wc
mostly just because of the continuity stuff in the review
via rss
Kuvarira Mukati
by Thomas Mapfumo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo88ImxL9HA
dat hammond organ with the mbiras!
via looking for more of his stuff on youtube, finding this
Can the city make transit stations safer?
by Emily Fitzpatrick speaking to Anne Stevenson
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6689239
given that they already are safer, i gotta wonder how much of this is some kinds of people not being comfortable in the vicinity of other kinds of people
via rss

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What I saw on the web on 2025.3.12

You're in the band now
by frogmustardstickers
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/777807782295535616
i also do this
via rss
Here's what we know about the British tourist allegedly detained by ICE
by Amelia Clarke
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/10/becky-burke-detained-by-ice/
another reason not to go to the US. yikes!
via email
Trump Is The Best President Of My Life Unless You’re American
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/trump-is-the-best-president-of-my-life-unless-youre-american/
but note the "if" in the penultimate paragraph
via rss
The Real Stars and Scale of Sci-fi
by The Overview Effekt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r2x7G0hwCw
in case you wondered where all the planets in sci fi series are located
via discord
Number 643: I'm onto you, Canucks
by Jeph Jacques
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=643
just a word of warning to any proximate countries who think they can annex us....
via a blast from the past

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What I saw on the web on 2025.3.9

The True Size
by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
https://www.thetruesize.com/
in case you're wondering how bit a country is, and are tired of the Mercator projection
via wanting to compare Israel and Manitoba
a female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) emerging from brumation in a dry lake mudhole with 18 lbs of dirt & grass on her back
by Timothy C. Roth
https://bsky.app/profile/c0nc0rdance.bsky.social/post/3lguzcusdqs2u
it is, of course, turtles all the way down
via discord
How Hollywood Ruined The Funniest Thing Ever Written
by Giant Freakin Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFTvqWFDSJs
it makes a strong case. (i don't think i've seen this since it was in theatres?)
via youtube recommends
Sabbatical
by Susan on the Soapbox
https://susanonthesoapbox.com/2025/03/09/sabbatical-2/
feeling all of this. rest well, Soapboxji
via rss
Actual footage of me travelling back in time to punch the inventor of Daylight Savings:
by [citation needed], possibly depsidase
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/777577162816536576
precisely. except that it's saving, not savings. and it's not saving anything
via rss

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What I saw on the web on 2025.2.22

As a nonsense phrase of shady provenance makes the rounds, Elsevier defends its use
by Retraction Watch
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10/vegetative-electron-microscopy-fingerprint-paper-mill/
for all you lovers of vegetative electron microscopy
via discord
New term: Agnorant
by republicansaredomesticterrorists
https://www.tumblr.com/republicansaredomesticterrorists/774971998352850944
an alarmingly useful term
via wil
The Princess Bride: how does Thibault cancel out Capoferro?
by Guy Windsor
https://guywindsor.net/2014/06/the-princess-bride-how-does-thibault-cancel-out-capoferro/
in case you were wondering about Bonetti's defence
via honestly i don't recall exactly - discord and then some rabbitholing
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson in studio q
by Bruce Dickinson talking to Shad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXYEjTkmPk
several points of interest in here
via looking for an interview with Steve Harris, but lots more interviews with Bruce turned up

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What I saw on the web on 2025.2.9

Sauron’s Predicament: As a Chess Position
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/saurons-predicament-as-a-chess-position/
yup, precisely this. and precisely the NSFWism that i always think of when i read that passage too
via rss
The Only Girl In The Orchestra
by Molly O'Brien featuring Orin O'Brien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XclJCRae8pk
i'll likely have to watch this
via cbc news story
Brown Rice
by Don Cherry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BgZnyxD-bk
fun! OP suggested this as evidence that Don Cherry invented Krautrock
via FB
XX- Risk.
by Laurie Penny
https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/xx-risk
a point that i wish i could say was fairly obvious, but here we are. well-stated
via rss

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What I saw on the web on 2025.2.2

Pie Junkie
by Pie Junkie
https://piejunkie.ca/
next time i'm in calgary, this will likely need a visit
via discord
an important sign
by vintage-tigre
https://www.tumblr.com/vintage-tigre/773792155471937536
working on it
via wil
I am a proud African. Moving to Canada and being seen as Black was a culture shock
by Vuyo Ginindza
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/moving-to-canada-african-pride-versus-black-1.7446308
among other things, a good/brief reminder of the cultural diversity in the continent of africa
via rss
Tadka
by Bloodywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nihFu0YjkcE
finally, south asian dholak folk metal about food!
via discord
Things We Sell to Tourists
by Marissa Lingen
https://marissalingen.com/thingswesell.html
i would wear that t-shirt so hard
via a list of her short stories
Made in Canada Grocery Store Guide
by Made in Ca
https://madeinca.ca/grocery-store-guide/
annoyingly relevant
via FB
The Women of David Lynch
by Megan Burbank
https://www.thestranger.com/girly-pop/2025/01/24/79888990/the-women-of-david-lynch
an excellent observation of his life's work
via perusing the stranger

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What I saw on the web on 2025.1.16

How a unionized job changed my life
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/how-a-unionized-job-changed-my-life/
a good reminder. solidarity, folks
via rss
Doctorow Has the Best Idea for How Canada Should Retaliate to Trump’s Tariffs + Make It So Americans Can’t Drive
by Ian Welsh reblogging Cory Doctorow
https://www.ianwelsh.net/doctorow-has-the-best-idea-for-how-canada-should-retaliate-to-trumps-tariffs-make-it-so-americans-cant-drive/
of course, this won't actually come to pass
via rss
The Secret Reason the Dems Keep Losing
by Adam Conover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKgNrshVdMw
of course, this won't actually come to pass
via youtube recommends
Filmmaker David Lynch, director of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, dead at 78
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/david-lynch-dead-1.7433266
the world will be less wonderful and strange without him
via rss, fortold on discord

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What I saw on the web on 2025.1.9

"Rouen is the rainiest place"
by James Joyce after T.S.Eliot
https://www.amerlit.com/humor/HUMOR%20Joyce,%20James%20Parody%20The%20Waste%20Land.pdf
i'd apparently misremembered the first line, whch is why i'd not seen this in some years. still goofy.
via discord
The Mathematician So Strange the FBI Thought He Was a Spy
by Tibees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQqfy5A1k4
ok, i knew Erdős was a weirdo, but i don't think i'd ever heard about the FBI angle before
via youtube recommends
Documentary Film on Dhrupad
by Ashish Sankrityayan
https://dhrupad1234.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/documentary-film-on-dhrupad/
i'll have of course to watch this at some point
via rss
The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism
by Julie Philips
https://lithub.com/the-way-of-water-on-the-quiet-power-of-ursula-k-le-guins-activism/
excellent reminders about UKLG.
via discord

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What I saw on the web on 2024.12.27

True Facts: Rays, The Floppy Sombreros of the Sea
by Ze Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbaiBY8De54
everything you ever wanted to know about sting rays, mantas, and their cousins. well, all the silly things.
via rss
On Community
by Ed Yong
https://buttondown.com/edyong209/archive/the-eds-up-on-community/
some thoughts about what makes for community
via rss
Religions
by John Green/Crash Course
https://thecrashcourse.com/topic/religions/
might have to watch through these at some point, but i'll probably let John finish talking first
via discord
The River Tam Sessions
by S.Glau and some chappie named "Joe"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFuwllLKdbE
still as creepifying as ever
via remembering that it exists

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What I saw on the web on 2024.12.16

Good Karl Weierstrass
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024/12/16/good-karl-weierstrass/
sung to the tune of “Good King Wenceslas”
via rss
Phase Change
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3025/
the linguistics check out
via rss
The Designers of 3rd Ed & 4th Ed Talking About Wish Will be the Best Thing You See Today
by Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo talking to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVOMW4tgQOQ
it is indeed a great/fun chat
via rss
When you turn a stormrtoopers helmet upside down
by [citation needed]
https://imgur.com/thanks-i-hate-upside-down-stormtrooper-helmet-n3pXUlQ
in case you need something silly to look at
via FB
How to measure the speed of light - with CHOCOLATE! | Do Try This At Home | We The Curious
by We The Curious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpB1wezpJeE
(also needs a μ-wave oven)
via going looking after remembering it and wanting to 'splain to someone

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What I saw on the web on 2024.12.11

Thank You Nicko
by Nicko McBrain et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGyCrgzeKc
up the irons! much respect to Nicko for his decades of dedicated work
via youtube recommends
Caramel Stuffed Nutella Cookies
by Sally McKenny
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/caramel-stuffed-nutella-cookies/
these look alarmingly tasty
via discord
It's time for a🧵 on how we achieve the natural vegetation of Middle-earth.
by ArdaCraft
https://bsky.app/profile/ardacraft.bsky.social/post/3lcxfxdufes2n
the ArdaCraft gang brings their botany game
via discord
Big Ship
by Freddie McGregor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBg2YJ9-yAI
seems like a reasonable response to "We're gonna need a bigger boat"?
via discord
Hysteria but it absolutely SLAPS
by Charles Berthoud after Muse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ZO7lJScbc
i feel like slapping might make the right hand technique easier in this song?
via youtube recommends
December 4 and the Blue-Eyed Prisoners
by Michael O. Church
https://antipodes.substack.com/p/december-4-and-the-blue-eyed-prisoners
a game theory/logic analysis of the situation
via rss
Wish in D&D
by Ben Riggs with Skip Williams and Eliza Lambert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGjOjwT9xM
a discussion of the iconic and game-breaking spell
via rss
The Hobbit (1977)
by Honest Trailers after Rankin Bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b0Aui7nHw0
i still have fond memories of seeing this version back in the day.
via youtube recommends

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What I saw on the web on 2024.12.8

The Psychology of Long-Firm Fraudsters
by Ozy Brennan
https://thingofthings.substack.com/p/the-psychology-of-long-firm-fraudsters
curiously enough, fraudsters defraud fraudsters!
via rss
conlang
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/conlang
a rather different approach to constructed language than, say, tolkien's
via rss
Story Planning Notes - I. The Phanstasmal Malevolence
by the Comic Irregulars
https://www.darthsanddroids.net/bonusmaterial/planning1.html
the behind-the-scenes info on the first "movie" of Darths & Droids
via links on recent comic pages

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What I saw on the web on 2024.12.1

The Price of Eggs
by siderea
https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1861568.html
indeed, why vote for people who clearly aren't interested in your best interests? (i mean, as she says, there are very good reasons, but at the same time, is good point.)
via rss
You're Probably Wrong About Rainbows
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24GfgNtnjXc
including fun experiments with lasers, and an excellent quote from 3b1b
via youtube recommends. likely need to get an rss for his channel?
Polyphony (Russian Orthodox liturgy)
by wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphony_(Russian_Orthodox_liturgy)
not the meaning of the word with which i was previously familiar. sounds utterly bonkers. i wonder if there's a recording of a reconstruction anywhere
via discord, i think?
The Strange Reason Nearly Every Film Ends by Saying It’s Fiction (You Guessed It: Rasputin!)
by Duncan Fyfe
https://slate.com/culture/2016/08/the-bizarre-true-story-behind-the-this-is-a-work-of-fiction-disclaimer.html
in case you were wondering
via discord

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What I saw on the web on 2024.11.11

Proof as a form of literature.
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024/11/11/proof-as-a-form-of-literature/
including a consideration of who precisely the protagonist is in Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes. (in distinction from his usual work, in this case the bad drawings are bad because they were generated by AI, not because of sri Orlin's degree of skill.)
via rss
General Strike 2028
by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/11/rip-jane-mcalevey/#organize
a'ight, let's do this thing
via rss
What Is A Communist?
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/what-is-a-communist/
a'ight, let's do this thing
via rss
Netflix’s Narnia Movies: What We Know
by NarniaWeb
https://www.narniaweb.com/netflixs-narnia-what-we-know/
i don't think i knew about this before today? apparently i am out of the loop.
via going looking after reading a reference to it
Geometriphylogenetics
by Randall Munroe
https://xkcd.com/3010/
this affirms everything i know about cladistics
via rss
I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you both to leave this library.
by a troika of silly tumblristas
https://www.tumblr.com/justanotherfangirlsquee/186600436372/fleshwerks-philosophyblr-me-throwing-the
sadly, one of the names is mispronounced
via discord
Canadian Violin Making Institute
by Christopher Sandvoss et al
https://canadianviolinmakinginstitute.com/
looks like a nice facility. sadly, no double basses
via nosing around the neighbourhood