btrinen

btrinen, 26 days ago to Seattle

Both the Seattle Times and KUOW are running big stories today about the just released Bumbershoot lineup. That’s cool, but Bumbershoot is months away.

This weekend is the Northwest Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center with tons of live music and arts available for your cultural enrichment. They don’t sell tickets but do ask for a donation on entry. Full schedule here:

https://nwfolklife.org/festival/schedule/in-person-schedule.html

I’m performing Sunday the 26th at 3pm at the Storm Welcome stage.
#Seattle
#livemusic
#nwfolklife

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to random

The House votes 359-43 to table Rep. Greene's motion to oust Speaker Johnson, effectively killing the effort- CBS News

Lana, 1 month ago to random

"It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in his foolishness."

• Proverbs 17:12

Even God chooses the bear.

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

If people would just send me pictures of their homemade bread, I would both appreciate it, and be full of bread lust.

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to random

Welp.

Via #Biden-Harris HQ:

#Trump VP contender Doug Burgum:

“If you’re a billionaire like me, you should support Trump because his policies will support you”

davidaugust, 1 month ago to politics

🤦‍♂️

#santos #USpol #politics #truth #lies

moira, 2 months ago to USpolitics

Yeah, that Friday after-hours price pump sure fixed everything didn't it

(lol)

#nasdaq #TrumpMedia #uspol #uspolitics #djt

CultureDesk, 2 months ago to movies

Margot Robbie is taking on yet another of our childhood memories — her company LuckyChap is set to produce a live-action feature film based on Monopoly. Here's more from Variety.

https://flip.it/XLtjEv

#Movies #Film #Cinema #MargotRobbie #Monopoly #BoardGames

lilithsaintcrow, 2 months ago to random

Just challenged my writing partner to write a story about a were-rhubarb, so you can tell I'm at least mostly back on my bullshit.

CultureDesk, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to relationships

The latest obsession for celebrity fans is the romance between actor Callum Turner and singer Dua Lipa. It's just the latest example of a so-called parasocial relationship, where fans feel like they genuinely know celebrities, leading to feelings of ownership, protectiveness, and sometimes disappointment if a romance ends or a star does or says something "wrong." Here's a story from Stylecaster examining the phenomenon. But we want to know, do you think this is really a fresh phenomenon, or is it just regular old fandom and celeb culture with a swanky new name.

https://flip.it/qt-C3T

#Lifestyle #Celebrity #Relationships #Psychology #PopPsychology #ParasocialRelationships

btrinen, 3 months ago to MLS

We are coming up on week 4 of the MLS season and I still have not watched a game — because MLS is still running scab referees, locking out the union refs, and refusing to negotiate.
#mlssoccer
#MLS
#Unions

CultureDesk, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to movies

There are no categories for animals in the Academy Awards, though last month, the Academy announced on X, "The Oscar for bestest boi goes to Messi from Anatomy of a Fall." Esquire magazine recognized this grave injustice last year, when it gave Jenny the Donkey from "Banshees of Inisherin" the first annual Best Animal Actor award. Here's their breakdown of animal actors this year. We want to know, what was the most iconic animal performance of all time.

https://flip.it/sBD7SC

#Movies #Oscars #Entertainment #Culture #Animals

btrinen, 3 months ago to music

I spent the day in a recording studio in Bremerton. Just got home after a long drive around in crazy weather.

We knocked out seven songs — 3 more than we planned. I feel like a diatonic accordion master right now (I am not one but I got it done today) — totally high on it right now. I also did some guitar work on it. Really, best studio day I’ve ever had. Wahoo!
This band is Cooper Point Road. Next live show is April 20th at The Owl ‘n Thistle.
#music
#recording
#Seattle
#Bremerton

CultureDesk, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to movies

John Williams is among 19 new members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The 92-year-old composer has won five of the 53 Oscars he was nominated for, and also conducted the Boston Pops for more than a decade and has composed classical concertos. Here's a story from ABC on Williams and the other 18 inductees to the Academy of Arts this year, which included composer Terence Blanchard, novelist Alice McDermott and artist Matthew Barney. We want to know, which is your favorite of these (some answers are movies and others are franchises where more appropriate).

https://flip.it/q.hrNa

#Movies #Music #Soundtracks #MovieScores #JohnWilliams #StevenSpielberg #Oscars #AmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

More Elie Mystal, re #SCOTUS:

Oh great, now I gotta listen to Jonathan fucking Mitchell explain how it’s cool to shoot hundreds of people to death as long as they're frozen embryos.

Mitchell: A shooter does not function a trigger.... if the statute said "pull" it would be different.

They're really trying to justify weapons of mass destruction behind this shit.

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to Georgia

Via Anna Bower: 1/...

COMING UP: Terrence Bradley--the former divorce attorney of special prosecutor Nathan Wade--is expected to take the stand and resume his testimony in Fulton County. #FaniWillis #Georgia #legal

Watch the hearing live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKSRifybjg

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

✔️

Via Julia Claire:

Putting a baby in a freezer would kill it, but freezing embryos keeps them alive. That's why an embryo isn't a baby. Hope that helps if you're very stupid <3

moira, 3 months ago to Seattle

OKAY #SEATTLE SO

if you live atop a really tall hill and you go out to bike and you think "huh, it doesn't feel nearly as warm as it looks, I'd better put on my jacket"

• YOU * ARE * WRONG *

at least if you're going downhill because you drop down a bit in altitude and suddenly it is fukin JUNE and people are in shorts and short sleeves and it's really nice UNLESS

you're the dumbass wearing the winter jacket

in which case you are CAPTAIN TOASTE

it's as tight a heat layer as I've ever seen is what i am saying

and now you know

get out there

but leave the jacket

btrinen, 4 months ago to random

I used to sell roses wholesale, and really quite a lot of them were not red. Certainly not the most fragrant ones.
#valentinesday

clive, 4 months ago to random

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It's time for ...

... "the opposite of doomscrolling" 🌞

My latest "Linkfest" newsletter has just dropped 🤘

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btrinen, 4 months ago to bluesky

Here is how I know that Mastadon is a better place to hang out than BlueSky. If I post a picture of my cats here, someone is going to like it every time — even when it isn’t caturday. I post the cutest picture of my cats ever taken over on BlueSky and nothing. Crickets. I think BlueSky may just be a bunch of (gasp!) cat haters. I’ve had an account there since the beginning of beta, but I’m usually just here where all the fun people are.
#bluesky
#cats
Here’s cats.

Teri_Kanefield, 4 months ago to random

Here is the appellate court's denial of Trump's claim of immunity:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415.1208593677.0.pdf

The decision opens by summarizing the allegations in the indictment, being careful to add that guilt hasn't yet been determined.

The court then dismisses the idea that they don't have jurisdiction over the issue and concludes that it does.

Then, on to immunity. The court rejects Trump's "separation of powers" argument, saying this:

That's strong language.

1/

jenbanim, 4 months ago to random

Seeing the real-time boomerfication of people my age is truly bizarre

The people I knew who used to sneak out of their parents house to smoke weed and play Halo are now worried that the Vision Pro is going to turn kids into zombies like floating calculator app in the living room is somehow a cognitohazard

There need to be a name for this psychological phenomenon where once you hit 30 you start interpreting everything unfamiliar as a threat to society

btrinen, 4 months ago to Seattle

I appreciate the Seattle Times doing this story on how our water supply works, and why it could fail us as the effects of climate change progress.
#Seattle

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/seattles-water-comes-from-two-river-systems-which-one-do-you-drink-from/

CultureDesk, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to history

Amelia Earhart's twin-tailed monoplane, which vanished during her flight around the world in 1937, may have been found. Deep Sea Vision, a company owned by former pilot Tony Romeo, started searching for the plane last year using a $9 million underwater drone, and on reviewing sonar data, saw the fuzzy outline of what resembles a plane. Next, they will take a camera underwater to examine the object. Romeo says his goal would be to raise the plane and solve the mystery of what happened, however international standards for underwater archaeology suggest the aircraft remain where it is and be examined in situ. Here's the full story from the AP. What do you think should happen if this really is Earhart's plane?

https://flip.it/jroxFt
#History #Culture @histodons #Aviation #Archaeology