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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

@@palletack the khajiit got you a gift.

an Ai generated image of a khajiit holding a bottle of skooma out of which rise fumes spelling, Happy Birthday.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

#TIL about Tribal Pop art and it's relation to Lee Falk's The Phantom

the Wikipedia entry about how Lee Falk's The Phantom became popular in Papua New Guinea during WWII and inspired native artists.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2025

"comics didn't used to be political" 'Flag-Man went up against Herman Foxson, a wealthy industrialist who orchestrated a complex conspiracy in order to become a fascist dictator of United States. He used the newspapers he owned to weaken American morale...' […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

the cover of Our Flag comics #3, depicting superhero The Flag swooping down to punch a Nazi soldier in an armored vehicle as a battle rages in the background.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

watched The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh. a woman is stalked by her sadistic ex-lover even as a maniac begins a killing spree. are they connected, and can she escape the trauma? the twists at the end are head spinning. #Giallo #Halloween #Mystery #Movie

a poster for The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh with a yellow sleeping woman overshadowed by a man's multiple superimposed faces.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

watched Mario Bava's masterpiece, Blood and Black Lace. this suspenseful and stylish thriller established the temple for many giallo that followed. #Giallo #MarioBava #Mystery #Halloween

a yellow movie poster for Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace, featuring a screaming half-dressed model looking at a vanity mirror as a skeletal hand holding a bloody clawed weapon menace her.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2025

took a break from Giallo to watch Hammer Films' take on The Hound of the Baskervilles. Peter Cushing was fantastic as Holmes. "There is more evil around us here than I have ever encountered before."

a poster for Hammer Films' The Hound of the Baskervilles prominently featuring a snarling hounds' head.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2025

watched Seven Notes in Black. a psychic has a vision of a murder, but is it of the past or the future? one of Fulci's best. #Giallo #Movie #Mystery #Halloween

an Italian line art poster for Lucio Fulci's Seven Notes in Black, depicting a woman swinging a poker in the foreground while behind her another woman bricked up in a wall screams for help.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2025

watched Death Walks at Midnight. a model witnesses a murder while tripping. can she convince the police it wasn't a hallucination and stop the killer before she becomes a victim herself? a very enjoyable thriller. #Giallo #Movie #Mystery #Halloween

a poster for Death Walks at Midnight depicting a frightened woman's scratched face menaced by a spiked glove.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2025

watched The Fifth Cord staring Franco Nero. an alcoholic reporter finds himself at the center of a string of connected murders in this stylish mystery yarn. #Giallo #FrancoNero #Movie #Mystery #Halloween

a garishly colored movie poster for The Fifth Cord. a man is stabbing a woman. Franco Neo's face is prominent in the background.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2025

watched The Red Queen Kills Seven Times. a series of murders surrounding a fashion house seem related to the legend of the Red Queen who periodically rises from the dead to kill. a suspenseful and well crafted mystery with gothic overtones. #Giallo #Movie #Mystery #Halloween

a poster for The Red Queen Kills Seven Times depicting a red arm holding a dagger and menacing a frightened woman.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2025

my next Giallo film was Mario Bava's classic A Bay of Blood. a string of grisly murders are committed on the shores of a scenic ocean bay. the plot twists at the end are convoluted, but the brisk dramatic pacing make for a thrilling watch. #Giallo #MarioBava #Movie #Halloween

a red poster for A Bay of Blood depicting a nude woman emerging from the water and being chopped in the neck by a pruning hook.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025

watched Lucio Fulci's Don't Torture a Duckling. modernity and superstition, innocence and depravity clash in this macabre tale of child murders. a good mystery yarn despite failing to build much tension. #Giallo #LucioFulci #Mystery #Halloween #Movie

the Italian poster for Lucio Fulci's Giallo movie Don't Torture a Duckling.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

watching some Giallo films this Halloween. first up was Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Very good despite a twist at the end that seemed a bit contrived and unconvincing. #Giallo #DarioArgento #Thriller #Movie

a red colored movie poster for Dario Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage depicting a drawn knife in the foreground and the silhouette of a woman trying to escape through a window.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2025

MAGA Christians devoutly believe in the teachings of Jesus -- Klingon Jesus, that is. #MAGApocalypse #MAGA #ChristianNationalism

a picture of Klingon Jesus captioned, "Klingon Jesus says the weak shall inherit nothing."

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2025

is it really a surprise that reactionary eugenicists hate the idea of a liberal society that values diversity? (apparently superior genes don't confer knowledge of how to use a colon) #StarTrek #PopCulture #Eugenics

thumbnail of a youtube video by a prominent eugenicist couple gasping, "Star Trek: is a fascist military oligarchy & a leftist utopia."

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2025

@Palletack was given this Warframe. i'm in the process of ranking her up. #Warframe #VideoGames ##Gaming #Games #LooterShooter #FreeToPlay

a screenshot from Warframe of Voruna, a suit of armor looking like a techno-Gothic werewolf.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2025

somebody's been hitting the Romulan ale too hard. #StarTrek #StarTrekOnline #StarTrekTOS ##VideoGames ##Gaming ##Games #MMORPG #Xbox #FreeToPlay

a screenshot from Star Trek Online of a crew member collapsed on the deck.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2025

still disappointed that Caitians aren't a default option for TOS characters, but regardless, i made a new alt for the recruitment event. #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS ##StarTrekOnline #STO #VideoGames #Gaming #Games #MMORPG #Xbox #FreeToPlay

a screenshot from Star Trek Online of a Science division ensign with a blue bouffant hairdo.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2025

with this recruitment event going on, the Earth Space Dock is hopping. the place was practicaly deserted when i started my first TOS playthrough a few days ago. #StarTrekOnline ##StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #STO #VideoGames #Gaming #Games #MMORPG #Xbox

a screenshot from Star Trek Online showing close to half a dozen players visiting the Tailor.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2025

tfw you spend an hour customizing your character only to end up looking like some random npc. #StarTrekOnline #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #VideoGames #Gaming #Games #MMORPG

a screenshot of a Star Trek Online character with cropped blonde hair and a square jaw.

a screenshot of a Star Trek Online NPC with cropped blonde hair and a square jaw.

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Exotaur @exotaur.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

this science fiction classic is feeling disturbingly relevant. #ThomasMDisch #ScienceFiction ##Bookstodon #Book #CoverArt

the cover of Thomas M. Disch's novel Camp Concentration depicting a faceless Rodin's Thinker with a single stiff strand of barbed wire running through its temples.

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