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Over the years I and others have experimented with "watch" posts, short notes that express having seen a movie or TV show, sometimes with a link, and brief review or other commentary, like earlier today:https://tantek.com/2026/214/t1/watched-spider-man-brand-new-dayI was insp...

🎦 watched “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” in the Metreon Dolby Cinema this past Friday and really enjoyed it.Took a half day off to recover from a long week & last weekend, and decided to see the new Spider-Man movie. The theater was packed except for the front row. Lots of fans wearing Spider-Man gear.If you haven’t seen the previous Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, you could watch only those three then this film and still have a great time. No significant dependence on other MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) stories in Brand New Day.Optionally, you could watch the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies before watching the third Tom Holland one, “No Way Home”, for character development and additional narratives.#SpiderMan #BrandNewDay #SpiderManBrandNewDay #Blaugust #Blaugust2026 #2026_212 #20260731

Welcome to August which means once again it is time for the Blaugust Festival of Blogging!In its simplest form, Blaugust is a blogging challenge “to post 31 times during the month of August”, typically once a day, however, doubling up (etc.) is allowed and provides the nice f...

The shortest words — the most weight: I, a, (e)m.

My words flow from the blank, full, blue sky that rests above – a sky in which the more I look, the more texture I see; there are ripples and layers and colours; the periphery of individual clouds emerge. The more I look, the more I see. When I am in art galleries, I see som...

The sun shines through the silvery sky. I look up and around to see where blue might peek through the blanket that covers the sky. There is one space where I can see shades of blue through the silver. I think about how the sky invites me to look up, and then around: to be cur...

It’s the middle of the morning, the first day after a full moon, my chest tightening–I’m holding my breath again. This self-imposed deadline is reaching a mass-critical which only means I care. “Righter writes writing right,” I read it back, “Do I mean ‘writer’?” The words are dancing at this point as the congas in […]

With the window open and the breeze flowing through, I hear the calls and songs of birds. A calling pigeon in particular stands out. I love the calls of pigeons in the evening. The sound reminds me of childhood, looking out the window, onto Nature. A flock of birds fly by as ...

How an issue with dates in Hugo triggered me to go on a learning journey with Indiekit and Node.js, and ended up creating my first npm package Indiekit plugin. While writing this troubleshooting log, I ended up creating a new Hugo feature: a shortcode that fetches OG images from external links!

For many years I have only used laptops. Because who has the space for a tower PC? But now with the Steam Machine sitting on my desk I can no longer unplug and continue work on the couch. A quick look around the internet pointed me at the Sunshine and Moonlight combo. So I w...

The sets, the clothes, the makeup, the props - it’s all a little goofy and overdone. And I think this fits the film perfectly. Because it’s not taking itself too seriously. It’s a great Akschn Fuim and simply entertaining from start to finish in all its 80s glory. No shit!

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Today is “Send a Friend a Webmention Day!” What’s that? See indieweb.org/send_a_friend_a_webmention_day, and the 2026 event page. I’m running late, and these folks may not have websites which support webmentions but nonetheless they are great friends, acquaintances, or really interesting people worth knowing about. Have a great weekend everyone! And now, the list (in randomized...

I hear the birds singing as I sit by the window and look out on the horizon. I like looking at all the colours of the sky in the moments after sunset, when ambers recede and the sky becomes ever more blue before night time. I hear the sound of my fingers typing on my keyboard...

I watched the movie "Valentines Day" (2010) for the first time today, which stars, among others, Taylor Swift. The energy in this scene (especially the enthusiastic and excited way in which the words are said, while Taylor carries a huge bear) 1 fills me with joy: [call out: "Save the Lattes!"] Taylor: They're putting lattes in the vending machines? Finally! Taylor: Robbie, I am so glad you are taking care of this. Robbie: You got it. Taylor: And, I like caramel lattes, just FYI. I am not a fan of caramel lattes, but I do love this scene! 1 1m06s to 1m18s in the linked video. [↩]

This was fantastic. It has a great crew with its space-movie typical in-fights and betrayal, stunning imagery, gripping action; and absolutely fucking golden space suits. I wish I could watch this in a cinema at some point again.

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“Harryyyyy!??” 🚬🙄

Abolutely did not regret watching this again.

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in change, new beginnings – of stories and; what if.

making notes and reviewing quotes, collected from day and night: here, there are stories. i revel in observing, and in place- making. where am i? how do i feel? what does this mean to me? i think of the melody of words their cadence and shape and tense and from all, i feel:. from words, wonder; with words, wonder.

On my 22nd birthday, two years ago, I had a pretty pleasant day. I don't really remember what about it was good, I probably had an enjoyable task at work and a good time with collegues; and in my good mood, I also went down to the book shop right outside my workplace and picked up War and Peace. The cashier made a little comment as he scanned the book, apparently impressed or surprised.

Why'd I pick it up? Well, why would anyone want to read the book? Because it's a classic and everyone says it's good. Was it? Yes! But not in the sort of way I expected it to be.

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Update on driving, learning Discourse, discovering junk journaling and artist trading cards, and thinking about hosting my own Forgejo. Link Roundup is back!