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• Post #2387560

  Don't tell me that a film has a twist. That is in itself a spoiler. #films #movies

• Post #2387558

  > We are sorry, but the VOD service is only accessible to people residing in Europe. You may have access to our website but can not play films. I was under the impression that Iceland was actually in Europe. Likely this is just a dumb way to say "EU" but often Iceland gets completely ignored. #Iceland #LaCinetek

• Post #2387556

  Screenshots of yourself dunking on dumb posts is not actually great "content". #SocialMedia

• Post #1695220

  I just watched an episode of Masters of Horror called Homecoming directed by Joe Dante. Almost all of Dante's movies are political but you often need to interpret. In 2005 he had something to say about the Iraq War and George W. Bush. This time there was no subtlety involved. Homecoming is not great. If it had been purely black humor it might have worked better but it also tries to be sentimental which falls flat. As a political statement I love it. If you want the spoiler summary .... #...

• Post #1599060

  I don't usually share stuff in Icelandic but I want this to be seen. My friend Ásgeir, poet and cultural critic, died last week. We had known each other since 1991 when I was twelve and he was fifteen. I tried to paint a picture of him and our relationship. Traditionally such obituaries are published in the newspaper Morgunblaðið. Ásgeir used to work there and one of the last thing he published was a scathing indictment of the incoming editor, and former Prime Minister of Iceland, Daví...

• Post #1590892

  Last year my friend died. It was a rather public affair since he was much loved by people in the media and arts. Still, six months later people on Facebook sent him birthday wishes oblivious to the fact that he had died. Last month another friend of mine died. It has been a much more private affair. His birthday is coming up later this month and I am dreading seeing people using Facebook's default emojis to wish him well. If you are so out of touch with someone that they might'...

• Post #1041090

  Seems to me that a working democracy would just remove someone from office for threatening to kill "a whole civilization". #DonaldTrump #USPol #Iran

• Post #968245

  Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett > ‘You’re saying,’ he said, weighing each word, ‘that we should send Carrot away to be a duck among humans because Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle.’ #TerryPratchett #OlisQuoteFile

• Post #968242

  If you have a podcast you should start each episode with: "This episode contains trigger and/or content warnings. If you are sensitive to such warnings you should skip this one". #podcasts

• Post #968240

  IMDb has added AI-generated summaries from the text of user reviews. I noticed because I read this piece of garbage. > Reviewers say 'Scarface' receives mixed reactions, with many praising Al Pacino's portrayal of Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant navigating Miami's drug underworld. The film's style, violence, and Pacino's intense performance are commended. #Scarface #IMDb #films #AI

• Post #968235

  Firefox has added something new. Something useful. Something I really wanted. Split view. So, instead of having to open two instances of Firefox and awkwardly arranging them side by side I can just open two pages in the same tab. I don't know how long it has been since Firefox has made me this happy. The turning off AI button was progress but it was a problem they themselves had created. #Mozilla #Firefox #SplitView

• Post #373130

  America is having an episode where a much too big media corporation is fighting another much too big media corporation about the takeover of a third much too big media corporation.

• Post #326326

  To me, Cliff Richard and Freddie Mercury always seemed an unlikely pair of friends. The thing I didn't know was that Richard was born in India and because of his accent and complexion he, strangely, faced anti-Indian racism when his family moved back to Britain. Freddie Mercury's family was from India and he was educated there in a British type boarding school. When he fled to Britain with his family from Zanzibar he also had to deal with racism. So Cliff and Freddie actually had a we...