Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Saw an episode of a mystery show where the biggest guest star by far was not the killer, perhaps the only real twist remaining. 3121
Reposted by XenocryptAndrew. @g026r.leftblank.org · 13/09/2026My thought when I watched both trailers was that the B&W one looked like what it was: something shot for color & then desaturated It doesn't look like it was lit or composed for B&W, and there was even one scene in the trailer where I wasn't certain what it showed until I watched the color version 131
Reposted by XenocryptXenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Definitely would say watch "Spider-Noir" in color, it looks great. I don't know if I love the plotting (although famously this can be a weakness with actual noirs too lol). 2111
Reposted by XenocryptKelsig 3D @kelsig.bsky.social · 13/09/2026the color version feels so much more intentional 131
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Watching "Spider-Noir". Genuine effort put into this arguably terrible idea, which is really in the spirit of comics. (I wonder if the original Spider-Noir comics are any good?) 4202
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Was a little disappointed by "Is God Is", alas... 121
Reposted by Xenocrypt#1 Shoup Fan @oneshoup.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There’s a guy on Chinese social media famous for being a Puyi impersonator www.scmp.com/news/people-...scmp.comPuyi lookalike acts in dramas, deceives AI in viral role as China’s last emperorAfter transitioning from real estate, cooking to blogging, Fu moves to Beijing, capitalising on an uncanny resemblance to the late monarch. 051
Reposted by XenocryptFelled Man @felledman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In 2017 a bartender in Jordan repeatedly told me I looked like Bashar Al-Assad, which is never really knew how to take 141
Reposted by Xenocryptalistair pomegranate 'lappy' percival @lappypercival.bsky.social · 05/09/2026at least in britain they seem to just call them [professional] lookalikes 111
Reposted by XenocryptSte Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Not sure, but here's another one 061
Reposted by XenocryptMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 03/09/2026Stop pushing stories from days ago that I don’t care about and or already read!!! 031
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Is there a way to tune NYT Breaking News Alerts so they're actually important. 3101
Reposted by Xenocrypt#1 Shoup Fan @oneshoup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026@xenocryptsite.bsky.social In the oldest story we have, GILGAMESH, 3000+ years ago, there's a bit where Ishtar comes to seduce him. He immediately goes, "ah I've heard the stories" and lists off the fates of her lovers. We can't find stories not in conversation with other stories 0152
Reposted by Xenocrypt#1 Shoup Fan @oneshoup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wow, definitely have to check this out. It drives me crazy that the Salem Witch Trials are primarily present in fiction as a place where there were real witches, but the reason it was so important is that there were no witches and this was an event that undermined Puritan ideals in the late 1600s 3164
Reposted by Xenocrypt#1 Shoup Fan @oneshoup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A notary in Italy is still a title for someone who drafts and witnesses legal documents vs notaries in the US which are much less powerful, so I guess you still see a remnant of this today? 001
Reposted by XenocryptQuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026i have to remind myself that the detective archetype is exaggerated but based on how people really talked at one time there were actually hard-nosed fellows telling others they had to skadoodle before some dope peddler tried to bribe them with a coupla smackaroos 1231
Reposted by XenocryptQuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026there’s a bit in earl warren’s memoirs where he starts complaining about the “boodlers and the cigarette girls” traipsing about the halls of power in sacramento and it did cause me to read the rest of the book in the voice of a 1930s detective 1362
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Starting "Diarra From Detroit" again...not enough people watch it or uh, know it exists at all. 192
Reposted by Xenocryptsvateboje.bsky.social @svateboje.bsky.social · 21/06/2026@xenocryptsite.bsky.social did you see this? 101
Reposted by XenocryptJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Need to bring one of my favorite basketball tweets over here 223810
Reposted by XenocryptDr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026oh have you only just heard of him? yeah he was dynamite! the pun works in local languages too and he steered into it when the situation allowed. 081
Reposted by Xenocrypt#1 Shoup Fan @oneshoup.bsky.social · 05/05/2026@xenocryptsite.bsky.social your always mentioning how weird it is that US candidates need to prove they were born in their districts and in the UK you can just parachute in. Ultimate example: people took Jinnah very seri in the 30s when he was trying to become an MP (according to Wolpert) 172
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 14/05/2026RIP Janice Radway you'd have loved AO3. Oh she's still alive. 041
Reposted by XenocryptChris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Then when the GE mercury vapor lamp factory opened, it became known as Fluor City 051
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 03/05/2026TIL Rochester, New York had successive nicknames of "Flour City" and "Flower City". 1355
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Reading this first-person mystery about a woman with dementia because I have no sense of emotional self-preservation. 260
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Currently reading "Coercive Control", really interesting, possibly influencing my disgust with aspects of "Money Heist". 2101
Reposted by XenocryptAlon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026But hey, he generously decided not to murder her mother upon realizing she has Alzheimer's and therefore will not be able to implicate him. 001
Reposted by XenocryptAlon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The basic problem with the show is that the protagonist by conventional narrative criteria is Raquel, and her arc is being able to solve the heist and outsmart the mastermind Professor but then choosing to defect to his side because of his perfect masculine sex appeal. 021
Reposted by Xenocryptcalvin @calvinallegedly.bsky.social · 27/02/2026still can't believe the fumbled the ludicrous cool name "House of Paper" in translation. 021
Reposted by XenocryptAlon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The show was filmed as a single thing and recut into two seasons for the US release. 101
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Pausing "Money Heist" to catch up on "Bridgerton" but all I can think is like, "crossover of the century". 2152
Reposted by XenocryptKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...news.wisc.eduPop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.” 8762171387
Reposted by Xenocryptikejm.bsky.social @ikejm.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Actually, it's a glove on the player character. 021
Reposted by XenocryptHimbo President 🇵🇸 @himbopresident.bsky.social · 09/02/2026When the NFL goes to 18 games and the game becomes synonymous with President's Day weekend, we'll see this fully born out. People will just refer to it as Super Bowl weekend 061
Reposted by XenocryptIra Rigaud 🇭🇹 🇺🇸 @irarigaud.bsky.social · 09/02/2026It’s a holiday. a genuine actual US holiday with built In traditions and experiences unrelated to the quality or makeup of the game itself 1111
Reposted by XenocryptBark @smorc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026my guess is unironically ads even though they almost all suck now, even talking about how bad they are is still talking about them and it feels like the last bit of remaining monoculture 0111
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Essay question, why is the Super Bowl alone (?) in being immune to rating decay. 6252
Xenocrypt @xenocryptsite.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Reminds me of video game systems where the trains are actually giant hats on NPCs. 37612
Reposted by Xenocrypt#1 Shoup Fan @oneshoup.bsky.social · 30/01/2026@xenocryptsite.bsky.social If this is right and there are ~660k elected then in one sense that's a lot, but also still probably less elected municipal officials than in France with 4x the pop? You're always curious about descriptive work on how many elected officials there are. 021
Reposted by Xenocryptethereal 80s revival (derogatory) @badgrbas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Also features a lot of gay guys so that’s cool 021
Reposted by XenocryptJohn @johnlk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I'd guess you can fine French stuff that's earlier? Death in Venice? Nonfiction, but in Goodbye to All That, Graves talks about dalliances with male friends at school, iirc? 111
