April 25, 2022
There Ain't No Rule Against It!
In which John Oliver spends ~15m talking about the (by now certainly classic but not TCM levels of classic) film Air Bud, and makes several points along the way. I am not sure what any of them are, but I did enjoy it. [dated Apr 24, 2022]
"𝒯𝐻𝐸"
Spanish cartoonist Manuel Álvarez has been translating his gently surreal, occasionally violent short-run webcomic to English. Also the characters are animals but that's not important. The webcomic is called "THE". It is on Twitter and Instagram, and updates Monday to Thursday. CW so far: violence, simply drawn male nudity, a drug mention, death, blood, cannibalism (bloodless), guns, and recolors.
Until you pee out the champagne you bought with the check that cleared
A surprisingly sympathetic story about a pandemic glove hustler who found friendship and love along the way. As the world shut down in March 2020, anxious knowledge workers barricaded themselves at home, scrubbing produce with soap. Fear sometimes manifested as altruism: checking on neighbors, organizing mutual aid. But the crisis also prompted cynics to root around for new loopholes to exploit, for ways to raise prices, feign hardship, get a rent reduction, slack off. For every person who spent that spring self-soothing with Animal Crossing or struggling to manage small children, there was someone else out there thinking, “How can I take advantage of the chaos?” This is a story about one of those people.
Rammstein's Deutschland
Deutschland This song and video sees the famously provocative and theatrical band return after ten years with a long, cinematic effort that delves into German history and folklore while setting Ruby Commey at the center of the narrative as a black Germania. (nsfw)
Campaigning while in labor
Erin Maye Quade was running for the MN State Senate, but had to leave her convention to give birth. She lost the endorsement contest. Her opponent made a statement, including explaining why he refused to suspend the convention [twitter link]. [more inside]
This is not humor. IT is all about breathing.
"...a lot of fuss over a flight with one takeoff and one landing."
"During the months of December 1958 and January and February 1959, two young men flew a mission-modified Cessna 172 around and around over the desert Southwest for 64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes. The world endurance record in a propeller-driven airplane was set in that little Cessna over 50 years ago." [more inside]
Like a reboot of "Falcon Crest." But with real falcons.
It's been a rollercoaster few months for the peregrine falcons of the UC Berkeley Campanile: Annie, Grinnell (2014?-2022) and "New Guy" Alden. (Most links are to social media.) [more inside]
Liberum Filum
No person is free who is not master of himself, but this thread is no person! (Yep it's a Free Thread, folks; come on in and converse ad libitum and extempore. )
Gonna go down to Black Mesa and get myself a BajaaAAaaAa Blast
The opening tram ride of classic 1998 first person shooter Half-Life except the tram guide uses the TikTok text-to-speech voice.
the fail whale could not be reached for comment
“I’m not convinced that it’s my place to exhibit those faces. . .”
Luvia Lazo is a Zapotec photographer whose recent work focuses on portraiture that doesn't show the faces of the subjects [timewalled New Yorker] and incorporates aspects of the historied fabric dying industry in Teotitlán del Valle. [more inside]
Born and raised in a small sliver between Melvindale and River Rouge
The Library of Congress announced the 2022 National Recording Registry inductees, from FDR's presidential speeches to the Robin Williams episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. [more inside]
"my piece explored the hilarity potential of wearing contact lenses."
The late comics artist Howard Cruse (previously) was the author of the groundbreaking gay comic strip series Wendel (a sample, "Shopping for Corn Flakes", and more strips). His site has a multipage illustrated autobiography including early sketches and gently self-deprecating humor.
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