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If only I could figure out what kind of animal made those tracks...

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Yeah, I have never and will never look a tenth that cool.

Marine Biologist Reacts to WHALEFALL | Can a Whale Swallow a Human?

Here's the video. I'm not a biologist so I obviously can't vet any of this, but it at least seems believable.

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The first chamber in a sperm whale's stomach grinds and crushes its food, so I hope he brought a suit of plate armor, too. Also a pressure chamber for when the whale dives.

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 16h

This is being a little fast and loose with the word, "swallowed." They were pulled into the whales' mouths and immediately spit out. My understanding is no humpback has an esophagus remotely large enough to swallow a human. Hell, no blue whale does, either.

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I saw a video from a biologist answer this recently - I'll try and dig it up later. The short answer is, "no, not really."

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 21h

I've watched several movies entirely because a screenshot or GIF looked cool. Alt text providing simple info on the source of an image can be useful to everyone.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 21h

This brings back such a visceral memory of smelling the fry oil from the indoor playground at the McDonald's in Gorham, Maine... Fucking magic.

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah, that's pretty great.

Anyway, I like the idea of the Dems targeting red districts, and we're past the primaries when we had to worry about them using donations against progressives and leftists, so I figure it's a good time to toss them some cash.

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 11/10/2026

I just donated $17 to the DCCC. If exactly 999,999 other people do the same... actually, that'd be a really bizarre coincidence. Like *really* weird. The odds of them getting that precise amount through that specific incremental value is incomprehensibly small.

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no one reads the articles. all of the quotes assume this is because the party is broke because of (spins wheel) whatever that person is mad about today, but the reason they’re scrambling is because they’re trying to run moonshot campaigns in deep red districts they ordinarily would never attempt

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The Mistletoe Bough (1904)

The oldest Christmas movie I'm planning on looking at this month, The Mistletoe Bough is mostly interesting as a bridge between Victorian Christmas ghost stories and later Christmas horror movies.

mainliningchristmas.com

Distilled Concentrated Cheer, updated frequently between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Christmas movie, TV, and book reviews, articles, fiction.

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In situations like those, I assume foreign leaders are happy to maintain the illusion. Why not stay on the megalomaniac's good side by letting him think he's calling the shots?

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One of the harshest insults you can give a movie is saying the review will be a lot of fun to write.

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I'll watch whatever number of boring ass seasons of Rings of Power Amazon wants to make, because the music's pretty and you can always just zone out and enjoy the vibes, but a ten-hour remake of the first wizard movie? I don't have the stomach for that.

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There was a point in my life when I wanted to be an TV/movie critic, and I'm so glad I didn't succeed, because those poor people need to watch this and I don't.

God, there's a lot of competition, though....

If I have to choose one, I'm going with When the River Meets the Sea, but there is a hell of a lot of competition.

I've often said that despite not believing billionaires will actually leave if it passes, I'm still in favor of a wealth tax.

I'm worried if the rich people leave the state there'll be no one left to replace the rest of us with AI.

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This is Mithrandir slander, and I will not stand for it!

I liked this better when it was called "Journey to Bethlehem" and was a musical, and I did not like Journey to Bethlehem at all.

Jesus died and came back from the dead once - Godzilla's done that like... I don't know... like a half dozen times at least.

Starts at 1? Only an unbeliever would believe that!

I feel bad about this post. I realize people have deeply held spiritual feelings about this subject, and I want them to know I meant no disrespect against Godzilla.

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Godzilla Minus Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ

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It occurs to me that if Texas does turn into a battleground state, the Midwest can kiss its preferential treatment in the primaries goodbye.

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The bad news is I've rarely seen a movie burn through so much goodwill so fast with a misguided ending. But that does mean it first built a lot of goodwill to burn through, so....

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A Creature Was Stirring (2023)

Distilled Concentrated Cheer, updated frequently between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Christmas movie, TV, and book reviews, articles, fiction.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

75% horror feels seasonably appropriate. Granted, two-thirds of those are Christmas horror, but I've got to stay on brand.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

75% horror feels seasonably appropriate. Granted, two-thirds of those are Christmas horror, but I've got to stay on brand.

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Snow Woman and The White Reindeer would make one hell of a double-feature.

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There are *a lot* of gorgeous horror movies. One of my favorites is the 1989 French Christmas horror film, "3615 code Père Noël," which is also the missing link between Die Hard and Home Alone.

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3615code Père Noël Deadly Games

Alt: Gif from the 1989 French Christmas horror movie, 3615 code Père Noël, showing the main character - a child - dressed like an American action hero, holding war toys, and preparing for battle.

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This bunny was hanging out with their best bunny friend, who was unfortunately feeling shy. But this bunny just struck a pose and insisted I take a picture. And who am I to argue with bunnies?

Picture of a bunny. The bunny is adorable, as bunnies are wont to be.

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A Christmas horror movie directed by Oliver Stone about a sword and sorcery comic writer whose amputated hand goes on a murder spree sounds amazing until you realize there has to be a reason you've never heard about it, and that reason probably won't be that it was too good to be remembered.

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The Hand (1981)

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The price per unit is $1.30 more if you buy zero. Volume discounts for the win!

Picture of a sign taken at a Fred Meyer advertising bags of "Tootsie Candy" for $12.29 each, or $10.99 if you "Buy 1 or more."

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Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm starting to think Zaslav intentionally sold Warner Bros to the one person who'd make his tenure look good in comparison.

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They're bringing back the Snyderverse next, aren't they?

"I hope you take pride in what you built, what you created, that I then destroyed."

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Canonically you could use the hat to raise an army of snowmen capable of taking over the world.

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One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn Muppets.

Secret. Of. Fucking. NIMH. I'll be more specific: the owl. I got to the owl scene and dragged my parents out of the theater. I had nightmares for years. I didn't see the rest of the movie until I was in college, and I WAS RIGHT. TERRIFYING. Obviously I love it now.

I enjoyed it. Good stuff. But also kind of a prestige drama version of Smallville, which I respect but was a little underwhelmed by. I admit this is a me problem. I know my shortcomings.

Lanterns is very good, they were right to structure this story as a ministries, and... I'd have liked it more if I weren't spoiled by all the big-budget superhero shows we've gotten over the last six years or so.