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BumpyOldBag @bumpyoldbag.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai was almost transliterated into Magnificent Seven, inspired A Bug’s Life and Galaxy Quest. The latter two and Three Amigos take it a step further: these aren’t heroes, they’re people who portray heroes. Are there other films that have this particular plot? What trope is this?

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Since discovering this last year, have listened to it three times. Cannot get over how fantastic the book and @marawilson.bsky.social's reading is. My absolute favorite audio performance. #TheFacelessOldWomanWhoSecretlyLivesinYourHome

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

People want Alex Garland and Paul Thomas Anderson to be able to explain things but their failure is that they’re kind of smart. If you want to explain 2026 you needed to give 200 cans of Mountain Dew to Uwe Boll in 2007 and instruct him to direct an adaptation of Catch 22 but not to read it first

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To this day “have you met men?” Is a frequent reference among our friends and family.

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My spouse said “Have you met men?” All three of them quickly guessed it was true, which was the right answer. Turns out it was even worse than true: The leader abandoned the other bikers in the middle of the trek, and was eventually found at a bar, having drinks with two women he’d met on the trail.

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My spouse was on a game show; they were guessing the truth of guests’ story… Ranger Sharon’s story was that a guy ranger leading a bike tour stalled twenty or so tourists to flirt with some women. While reasoning it out, another contestant said “I just don’t know that a park ranger would do that…”

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I’m a guy. I absolutely get it. Men are frequently terrible. “Not all men tho” people are basically saying “I know that bakery got an F from the board of health, but I didn’t get rat turds in one sandwich one time, so I don’t think the reputation is deserved. Now let me tell you about crypto coin…”

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They wanted a ghost they could blame, a giant unending search that would unearth only the opposition, and now they have it. Those fucking bastards.

James Knoll @ikasatu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I was so lucky a counselor heard me singing Particle Man at camp and sent me a tape with both their Lincoln and eponymous albums. I played it to death, and am still a massive fan.

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James Knoll @ikasatu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I think my first album on tape was Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints, which I loved so much I bought another copy to start my new collection of cassettes.

James Knoll @ikasatu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I started saying “folks” instead of “guys” as I became more involved in the LGBTQIA community. I’m totally open to another word, and didn’t know it was a problem..? •researches•

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I’ve accidentally bullied people. As someone who was bullied so much when I was young, it’s hard to realize that I can and I have, even between friends. It’s an invaluable lesson.

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I very frequently send my friends The Word of the Day, @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social . It’s always “butts”, or something very near (“buts” has made an appearance). There are an unexpectedly high number of definitions. I’ve kept deeply ridiculous joke going, and I wonder if it brings you some joy.

We can all pretend it’s the little half train, half elevator that brings tiny people to the top of the collarbone.

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James Knoll @ikasatu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Christopher Lee. There are a lot of possibilities for which movie, but I’m choosing Mio In The Land of Faraway, a childhood favorite.

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Snatcher for Sega CD was my introduction to the Kojima madhouse. Now we’re tying balloons to people.

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I see a parallel… In the mid-2010s, there was a sewage backup of phone games with the same mechanic: “upgrading a thing will cost you X real time, but you can click a button to spend real money and skip that.” AI is just this stupid, malicious button in real life. Click it to skip building yourself.

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“Scientists discovered lab rats experience soul crushing, debilitating depression and addiction to soothing behaviors. One researcher pointed to the endless rows of enclosures, fitted with randomized shock devices and pellet lottery machines, ‘Yeah, We aren’t sure what’s causing it. Water, maybe?’”

If you removed the bigots, Twitter would be unable to stand. Those are structural racists, the crusty incel spooge stains stiffening the world’s largest sock. Throw it away, it’s haunted.

My most recent epiphany about AI. Around 2017, I started immediately uninstalling any game that had a tutorial step where you spend a Special In Game Currency to skip a Real World Currency: time. This has served me. LLMs are the exact same system, but in real life, to cost you more money for speed.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

That floor looks suspiciously free of a 74” television, but otherwise yes.

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When you hear them target any vulnerable community—immigrants, trans people, refugees—ask first why they're trying to distract and divide us. Don't fall for it.

Screenshot of an X post by HasanAbi commenting on how to discuss trans issues with median voters. The post quotes Marco Foster, who says the anti-trans campaign in Maine is funded by an out-of-state billionaire to distract from tax discussions and notes that very few trans kids compete in high school sports there. Below is a podcast-style video still of a man speaking into a microphone.

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James Knoll @ikasatu.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

It was the impression of the 1950s children obtained through television and their parents taking care of everything and hiding problems. Of course the world seemed great, Granddad, you weren’t in Korea. You aren’t Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, or a minority on the mainland. You think America was Mayberry.

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I’m not sure what caused it; as a member of a family who used to shop there a lot, we haven’t been back since late ‘24. I think a lot of LGBTQIA folks shopped there. DEI is important. Target showed they never meant any of it; we’ll never shop there again, even if they have a Big Ol’ Change of Heart.

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Or, perhaps this was all a bridge too far, even for the demographic you’re discussing. I think it’s possible a lot of “I’m not racist, but…” and “center” Americans are finding the government is stringing razor wire across the top of the fence they’ve been astride and they have to pick where to land.

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I grieve for you and sympathize. This is an awful feeling.

I may have a visceral understanding. I came home ten years ago, to find that my fiancée had left to move in with their dealer and have a kid essentially because I wouldn’t buy them a puppy. There’s more to it, but I’ve never felt so utterly like my organs had been pulled out. Things have improved.

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I don’t know much about the Dunning-Krueger Effect, but I believe it’s possible for people to feel they have mastery over something with only cursory knowledge. The irony.

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The @washingtonpost.com understands “Democracy Dies In Darkness”; someone else is holding democracy’s head under until the bubbles stop, but WaPo is pinning its legs. A malicious void of integrities journalistic and human. I’d rather house train a dog on the floors than let their ink stain my rugs.

James Knoll @ikasatu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Sadly, for me, I’m just smart enough to see that I’m an idiot, and too dumb to know how to fix it. ~_~;

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James Knoll @ikasatu.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Ken’s Mojo Dojo Casa House.

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Well, they heard “democracy dies in darkness” and that’s one of their 2026 Big Rocks.

So many that we’ve had to bury some ourselves.

“Scientists have unearthed what appears to be teensy building outlines, pottery shards, and leaden tablets with minute Latin writing, made by what appear to be lizard-like imprints. They are considering this the first strong evidence of The Gecko-Roman Empire.” - the newspaper I wish I was getting

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They still do that, but now 35% of the boar goes to the sharpened stick patent leech.

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