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philbybear.bsky.social
A game master, voracious bookworm and cinephile, a tired socialist and a manic depressive chocolate salesperson from Montreal. They/them. 33.
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... man, I am in dire need of a good dog.

... Want. Need. *Desire.* www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCq_...

When a comrade is right, a comrade is right. Until we can get them in front of the wall, the proper response to all these assholes is 'fuck you, make me'

Sometimes the bad thing is exactly as bad as the thing seems and trying to tell people "it's not that bad" isn't being *postive,* it's just normalizing the incredibly bad thing.

I think that just listening to Stevie Wonders's Fingertips, and he wrote and performed that as a 13yo. Like. Damn. Pack it in, gang, we'll never be as cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIfg...

... I know it's pretty harmless, just some guy pandering to a Venn diagram of nerds and gun nuts by shooting targets with a succession of higher-caliber firearms. But I won't lie, the, uh, methodology annoys the hell outta me. Never mind the inherent... www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXim...

I'm seeing a lot of posts about "the best movies of the 21st century," and I guess if I had to chip in? Well, everyone and their mother's cited the usual suspects like Lost in Translation, Spirited Away, There Will Be Blood... But my nominations would be less obvious, I think.

A fun reminder that, if you can find it? You need to watch Black Orpheus.

As an aside, just to prove my point: There's an entire episode in season three devoted, exclusively, to "everything Doc Hammer likes." As such, it involves jokes, puns and intricate worldbuilding extrapolated from niche history, Victorian literature, 60s counterculture and turn of the century...

Shout out to @rsbenedict.bsky.social, who recently wrote this blogpost reflecting on social media, writing and the psychological necessity to take a step back. It's articulated something I've had difficulty finding the words for, myself... rs-benedict.com/2025/06/11/w...