For those of you, like me, watching America’s rapid descent into fascism in abject horror from the sidelines in Europe, remember: where America goes, the West soon follows. If we don’t like where that is, we must do better than doing the same things and hoping for different outcomes.
What I’m saying is America is a warning, not an instruction manual.
#america #us #usa #republicans #conservatives #fascism #europe #eu
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#MelissaBarrera #KeepBreathing
I really liked Keep Breathing. Melissa Barrera is really good as basically the only character this series follows. She is Liv, a woman who survives a plane crash in the middle of nowhere, then has to keep surviving.
I like that each episode is a bit different. I also like that Liv is not portrayed as some sort of survival expert or that the risks and problems are played down. Liv is just a resourceful, determined woman but like any city person she doesn't know what she's doing out there.
What makes the series different from just that idea of survival, is that they keep tying it back to life before the accident and to her youth.
#MelissaBarrera #KeepBreathing
In one of the flashbacks to Liv's youth, there was essentially a mini-survival that prepared her for being lost alone in the forest. Her mother was supposed to pick her up from a girl scouts event, but of course didn't, so after a long wait she had to try to walk home, navigate the jungle that is New York without any preparation or help. After a long walk, she reaches home and falls into the arms of her father. It's this memory that drives her as an adult in the forests of Canada and tells her she can do it.
She also finds that what she learned in the girl scouts is not as easily applicable in reality as she thought at the time. E.g. how are you going to magnetise a compass needle, did you bring your big magnet?
Just back from watching Bed Rest in the cinema. Maybe I shouldn't have seen this at midnight, it's seriously scary. Melissa Barrera is really good as the lead, a pregnant woman who has to stay in bed and finds it a mental challenge. Melissa also produces the film.
A comparison with Rosemary's Baby is unavoidable with such a synopsis, but I like the psychology of the woman better in this one. She's highly capable, strong, independent, and reasons for her state of mind go further than being pregnant. It's just the character of the man I didn't like.
That first scene, where she quickly sorted out the renovation her husband was stressing about, immediately set the tone. His non-acknowledgment of that, too.
Next week, it's Melissa again, but together with Jenna Ortega, as Sam and Tara respectively in Scream VI.
#MelissaBarrera #BedRest
#KiraKosarin #TheThundermans
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Jenna Ortega never loses her cool while eating increasingly hot spicy wings and while being interviewed. She talks about Wednesday, Tim Burton, Scream, horror in general, writing essays, teen stereotypes in scripts, etc.
#JennaOrtega #HotOnes #Wednesday #WednesdayNetflix #Scream #ScreamMovie #ScreamVI #Scream6
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Jenna Ortega is a Golden Globe-nominated actor you know from acclaimed films like X and The Fallout, as well as the massive global Netflix hit Wednesday. She...YouTube
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Dear #fediverse,
Do I know anyone that knows someone working in computer usability, particularly accessibility for elders?
Discussing an important challenge with a friend; how do we get folks with cognitive impairments, like dementia and Alzheimer’s, to recognize visitors via telepresence? After many reminders that the “lady on the tv nurse isn’t taking to you”, this population is having a hard time believing that the person on the laptop screen is really there to talk to them.
#ElderCare #MemoryCare #WalkingEachOtherHome #UI
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I'm at episode 7 of 8 of my one Wednesday per Wednesday rewatch, which I think is my fourth run through of the series. I guess next week will be a double dose of Jenna Ortega.
Everytime at the beginning of the week, Netflix mails me the 'Don't forget to finish Wednesday!' email and I'm like, is it Wednesday already? No? Chill.
#JennaOrtega #Wednesday
New Scream VI trailer! With cast quotes.
The film comes out 9 March in my country (10 March in the US), but in many cities here there's a prerelease showing on Wednesday 8 March. Check your listings!
Scream VI is the follow up to last year's Scream, which was actually number 5, and Jenna Ortega plays one of the main characters, Tara Carpenter.
#JennaOrtega #ScreamVI #ScreamMovie
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Scream VI | The Most Ruthless Ghostface (2023 Movie)
Don't say I didn't warn you. #ScreamVI Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. In Screa...YouTube
#MirandaCosgrove #MotherOfTheBride
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Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove Join Netflix's 'Mother of the Bride'
Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove and Benjamin Bratt will star in “Mother of the Bride,” a new romantic comedy from Netflix. Mark Waters, who previously helmed “Mean Girls” a…Brent Lang (Variety)
#JennaOrtega #AFilm
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The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan to Star in New Movie
Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye will have his first starring role in a feature film that he wrote and is also producing. The picture, which is currently untitled and has been kept shrouded in mystery reg…Brent Lang (Variety)
Happy Birthday Georgina Leonidas!
Yeah, Georgina is born on double the date of her older sister, Stephanie, which makes it easy to remember for me. And I have a calendar on my phone.
I like to rewatch something to mark the occasion, but not much of hers is available on streaming services or on dvd. If you ignore a major film series about a boy wizard that is. So YouTube clips it is. I randomly chose this Basil Brush episode from the playlist I made last year.
#GeorginaLeonidas #BirthdayRewatch
The Basil Brush Show S04E06 The Stupid Christmas I Mean Halloween Episode
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Georgina Leonidas. Actress: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Georgina Leonidas was born on 28 February 1990 in London, England, UK.IMDb
#GeorginaLeonidas #NewTricks
Aubrey Plaza and Jenna Ortega being dark and moody together…love lol
#SAGAwards
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Episode 6 Jessica Fox comes in as Enid Nightshade. Instantly quite a character.
It has been my theory (without knowing the books) that originally the idea was to have Mildred go up against Ethel as the standard good vs evil battle. But because Mildred is 'the worst witch', and Ethel some sort of perfect witch with lots of talent, these stories were not going to work very well if magic was to be used in the battles. In comes Enid, also without morals, also very good at spells, but she takes an instant dislike to Ethel so she joins Mildred just to upset her.
Just realised that the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s “throw yourself at the ground and miss”
Literally describes orbital mechanics
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Dafne Keen on letterboxd reviewing a film with her father in it:
My g will Keen, never heard of him before, decent actor.
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New interview with Jenna Ortega for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, with her fellow nominees for the SAG Award in her category. Focusing on Wednesday from an actress perspective. I really like seeing how much work and thought she put into it. The awards are handed out tomorrow I think.
#JennaOrtega #WednesdayNetflix #Wednesday #SAGAwards
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Female Actor in a Comedy Series, SAG Award Nominees 2023 I SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations
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@Matthias Bürcher I tried adding the magic words to my profile, and as far as I can check two of them are there (searchable and tootfinder), but https://www.tootfinder.ch/ says that I don't have the magic word in my profile. I checked some profiles of others but I can't find what I'm doing wrong.
Do you have any advice, if you have time? Thanks!
@Matthias Bürcher Ah, that explains it. I thought the webfinger lookup would be used. The feed urls in Friendica are also different from Mastodon, even if the profile lookup would succeed. I had also tried my Pleroma account which gave the same message. Anyway, thanks for looking into it!
(Fyi, the Friendica profile url may be like https://friendica.gidikroon.eu/profile/gidi/profile or without the final /profile and the Pleroma one https://pleroma.gidikroon.eu/users/Gidi. My feed app discovers the Friendica feed url as https://friendica.gidikroon.eu/dfrn_poll/gidi (or https://friendica.gidikroon.eu/feed/gidi/) and for Pleroma https://pleroma.gidikroon.eu/users/gidi/feed.atom.)
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#NicoleMuñoz #CenterStageOnPointe
A ballet company auditions modern dancers to expand their repertoire and Bella, played by Nicole Muñoz, is a really good modern dancer. The problem arises when they still want them to learn ballet. There's a weeks long process where they train and live together. Toxic competition and friendship will collide.
Initially the film suggests it may be about low confidence due to perceived weight issues but luckily it's not about that.
Nicole is really good as the girl who needs to find her confidence to perform her best. While remaining true to herself in her relationships with other people.
#NicoleMuñoz #CenterStageOnPointe
#NicoleMuñoz #Pyewacket #NowWatching
#Pyewacket #NicoleMuñoz
My usage flow on the fediverse: encounter someone on Friendica, follow them, copy their address, paste it in Pleroma, follow them there, continue reading on Friendica, encounter a poll (not yet supported by Friendica), copy its address to Pleroma, vote there, see a notification in Pleroma that someone's account has migrated, which Friendica doesn't support, copy their address into Friendica, follow them there.
That's why you usually get two follows from me and why locked accounts see an extra request from me a few days after they migrated.
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#DIY
#HisDarkMaterials #DafneKeen
The role of the serpent is so weird: wander about for over a season, tell a story and go home. Still sort of beautiful in the end though.
I'm now at the bench, i.e. near the end of the rewatch.
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#LindyBooth is set to star opposite #BrianaMiddleton in #Metropolis, #SamEsmail's upcoming sci-fi series for #AppleTVPlus. Booth will play Maria.
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‘Metropolis’: Lindy Booth Cast As Maria In Apple Series From Sam Esmail
Lindy Booth (The Librarians) is set ro star opposite Briana Middleton in Apple TV+’s drama series Metropolis, inspired by Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 science fiction film, from Mr. Robot creator Sam …Nellie Andreeva (Deadline)
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One lesson connected to ChatGPT is that reliable pple aren't those who have good answers in general, but those who answer ONLY things they know v. well.
When lost, you'd rather get no direction than a wrong one.
Real doctors let you know what is outside their expertise.
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#StephanieLeonidas #Luna #BirthdayRewatch
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •What few protections did exist have been removed by the current government; no longer is the judiciary able to hold the government to account for infringements.  And the legislative framework is in place for a complete de facto ban on protests.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •#Fascism is a global problem, & democratic republics are always a couple of elections away from embracing #authoritarianism on a national scale.
With the exception of #Antarctica 🇦🇶, Fascism has been creepingly gaining power on every continent & region.
But one thing I have noticed is that fascists support each other internationally & swap strategies with each other.
Maybe it's time for those who oppose fascism to do the same‽
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Now, it has a chair of the Senate who keeps a bust of Mussolini at home.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •In regards to foreign policy, it’s not just half the population cheering for it. It’s nearly everybody.
The “anti war” left is now cheerleading for WWIII consuming corporate propaganda like meth addicts and programmed to accuse anyone speaking out against our proxy war as a tankie, a Russian bot or a Putin lover.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I'm not saying things are great here, but really its no worse than its ever been.
Buncha fear mongering idiots, the lot of you....
It's an amazing day out and the people in my city are as beautiful and friendly as ever.
Unlike whatever cesspool the loudest of you grew up in, many of us still know how to take care of oneanother.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Democracies are under threat from moneyed interests
Putin is funding a war because "Ukraine isn't a real country", Republicans are funding a disinformation campaign because "Canada isn't a real country", noticing a theme here.
All of these right wing movements are linked to fundamentalist religions, tech libertarians, the oil industry & its financiers.
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What is 55 Tufton Street? The house that influenced the UK economy’s nosedive
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •The problem is that unlike the #USA there is neither an effecive deterrence nor legal self-defense - not only since #EUgunban.
And that is a problem!!!
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Living here (I;m a dual US-UK citizen) is turning into a daily nightmare of ever increasing violence & the GOP rhetoric that bolsters & enables it to metastasize.
Our Attorney General appears to be running an appeasement bureau for ultra-rich criminals & violent fascists in or running for elected office.
I fear we are staring at an unfolding repeat of the genocidal terror wrought by Stalin & Hitler from the 1930s onward.
Fascism flourishes where apathy, & appeasement are abundant.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •GOP appear to support Putin. Many appear to openly support Fascism.
We cannot assume US will continue to be allies of Europe.
Time for EU to bolster its military might. EU needs to consider its reliance on US control of its Nuclear arsenal.
UK can cooperate or be isolated.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Canada welcomes any blue states that want to join our Confederation.
You immediately get free healthcare, and a free bottle of real maple syrup.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •>"where America goes, the West soon follows"...except for:
Military Budget
Vietnam
Iraq
Torture
Financial deregulation and "shadow banking" (no Canadian bank went under or needed a bailout)
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America is "exceptional" in many ways, other nations *cannot* follow.
America would not qualify to join the EU, because your Senate and Elect. College make it too undemocratic under EU rules.
Pollster Michael Adams has done much work on how Canada is *diverging* from American culture.
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