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You can actually start at any Godzilla movie. Even the Monsterverse movies are mostly self-contained. Despite its badness, Godzilla (1998) made a metric ton of Godzilla fans. Godzilla: Final Wars, a love letter to previous Godzilla films, could be your first and it would be fine actually.

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There's a new Godzilla movie coming out and if you've never seen a Godzilla movie before I'm going to recommend two to choose from: If you want an excellent, and super serious movie: Godzilla Minus One. If you want a slightly silly, but still great, classic Godzilla movie: Mothra vs. Godzilla.

Theatric poster for Godzilla Minus One. It highlights the movie's Oscar win for best visual effects.

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It's 10:32 pm and I'm waiting for a package. I need to get up at 5:30 am tomorrow.

Interesting. I view this as two jokes with one built on the other rather than as one overlong joke.

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The Loony Left was very codified in mainstream politics most of my life. We treat the left very differently now. I'm glad that I have been able to adjust my own politics leftward over the years. I firmly believe in evidence based policies, and I know what the evidence shows.

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 10h

Having lived through the Reagan years and the Contract with America, a political ad like this astonishes me. So many people in my life told me these policies were doa. But to see a viable candidate (polling ahead of her opponent) in an ad like this, wasn't sure I'd live to see it.

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I don't think all art is subjective, but I also don't think no art is subjective. And that difference, that line, is fascinating to me. It’s a bland, warmed over, opinion, but one that to often gets forgotten in “this is dumb shit” vs. “no it's not” wars.

Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 10h

I like a lot of stuff that people say is fucking dumb and I wonder if I really dumb shit, or if other people are just wrong. I’m not going down the route that nothing is dumb and everything subjective. It feels important to point dumb shit when you see it. But also maybe to know when to shut up.

Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 10h

Today on a podcast I heard someone describe a woman throwing her husband's towels out of the window and onto a tree outside as “passive aggressive.” No, that’s just regular aggressive. There is nothing passive about what she did.

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 13h

That’s the name of a 70s travel agent.

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 13h

Remember that Minority Report TV show that completely missed the point of the movie?

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J.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 19h

If the internet is to be believed, this showed up in comic book shops on this day in 1995. Still can't believe I was fortunate enough to team these two up, not once—but twice. (Once for Marvel with Mark Bagley, once for DC with Graham Nolan.) Talk about childhood dreams coming true.

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 19h

This is what I have too. I also have my voice set to the default so they just get that and the lack of confirmation that the phone number belongs to someone seems to have reduced my spam.

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 19h

I'm a trans woman, my life is inherently political whether I want it to be or not, so I try to keep my social media presence as a fairly bummer-free zone. But if you live in Arizona, please vote in these midterms, 'cause I'm kinda terrified of what's on the ballot right now.

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 21h

The album Bat out of Hell is only 46 minutes, which is hilarious when you consider that the title track is almost 10 minutes long.

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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 21h

Anne Carson just won the Nobel prize, which means you should read this book I like!

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 22h

Damn, you just got all the good movies, didn't you? Though I do still need to see Hard Boiled.

Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 22h

Thinking about In The Air Tonight and how, in retrospect, it makes perfect sense for a drummer to write a song where you spend three quarters of the run time waiting for the drums to kick in. And then you get the best drumming that was ever to be drummed.

The Onion @theonion.com · 23h

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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-pe…

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

To me, suspension of disbelief means that the audience is, at first, on your side. They want to read or watch the thing. I've seen it used strangely where someone might say "X breaks my suspicion of disbelief like it's my problem and not theirs."

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m genuine. Also one of a kind. My parents stopped having kids after me!

Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

LOL, the French don't like American coffee. Those wacky French.

Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I’m not precious about Godzilla 1998, so when I want to try out some new toy like new headphones, it's a good movie to turn on and just go directly to a part that I think has interesting sound. There are better Godzilla movies, but few are the kind of movie you can dip in out of.

Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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Gypped in The Penthouse (very 1955 title, alas) is one of the Stooges' best. Larry and Shemp commiserate over a fatale who swindled them both, narrating their respective flashbacks as case studies. Unusually naturalistic acting by Larry & Shemp. Like they're just a couple of brothers hanging out.

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Belle @belleofball.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

They're on the dresser under a scarf.

Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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This is also why Teslas keep falling apart

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This level of sarcasm genuinely makes me want to read the book.

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Look, the surgeon wrote-up what he did and what he saw. Read that.

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Surgeon, calling me last night: I didn't see X during the operation and, in fact, saw a contraindication of X. Other doctor, talking to Kim today: You have X. Huh? Shouldn't they be talking to each other? Like, shouldn't we have some agreement on the diagnosis before we go mouthing off?

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I don't think Kaiser is particularly good at care coordination. Every doctor seems to have their own thing and none of them talk to each other. We should not have two different doctors, one of them the surgeon, differing on treatment recommendations. With neither one talking to the other.

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You know, if you need an example of why lettering is important, here's your example. Lettering is one of those disciplines where you only realize how important it is when it's done poorly.

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I'm surprised that AI is still being used as a marketing term given all the backlash to AI data centers and such. Is anyone really thinking that an AI [SOMETHING] is better than a non-AI [SOMETHING]? I guess there are chads who do, but are they a big segment of your market?

Erica Henderson @ericafails.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I know AI is just a marketing term because I saw the phrase "AI powered tools" for some photo editing and I'm pretty sure they're are just regular tools. Maybe they're an iterative improvement over the last version, but I doubt AI really matters.

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NEW YORK COMIC CON. DAY 1. LET'S GOOOOOO

Its me! My hair deflated despite sleeping in curlers!!!

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geneva 🖍️ nycc I-07 @gdbee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m at NYCC, in artist alley table I-07! Come by say hi if you’re nearby! 🥳

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I like the implication of these two posts accidentally being next to each other that Kieron Gillen isn't usually in one of those moods on a Friday.

Kieron Gillen: If I was alive in 1914, I'd have simply declared myself an atheist to avoid ending up in a foxhole.
Jamie McKelvie: Oh you're in one of these moods are you
Jamie McKelvie: Thought it was Friday.

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It lasts longer when you're an only child and also the only one eating it.

Hammer Frankenstein: hmmmm, maybe if I make a monster in this town, I won't get run out and imprisoned again. I'll pack our bags Herr Frankenstein.

Off topic, but I like Cushing's portrayal of Frankenstein. The series wasn't about the monster, but Frankenstein going from town to town doing the same schtick and not learning a goddamned thing.

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I didn't know Peter Cushing played Holmes on TV in addition to his Hammer version of The Hound of the Baskervilles.

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Maybe it was the BBC Sherlock Holmes audio drama by Clive Merrisson. I own a bunch of those episodes and they fit your description.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 07/10/2026

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lede = introductory section in journalism bury the lede = hiding the most relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information Allegedly, it’s spelled ‘lede’ to avoid confusion with ‘lead,’ which was the strip of metal that would separate lines of type.

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The Death Ray was first discovered when Perseus encountered The Beholder.