They're pretty fun. Except for the sexism, homophobia, and various other forms of bigotry. My favorite ones are those in which there's some Satanic conspiracy to steal a soul by tempting them with a good time.
Looks like the kind of thing you'd drive in a parade.
Every once in a while the driver's feet come out the bottom, he reaches his hands out the windows, and he picks the car up like it's a dress being kept out of a puddle.
I think this refers to....
Shortly after the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in July 1937, Izumo was attacked on 14 August 1937 in a series of raids by Chinese Air Force aircraft during the Battle of Shanghai. Most of the bombs landed in the river without effect, but two bombs landed among spectators, killing hundreds.[42] Izumo's Nakajima E4N floatplane and another from the light cruiser Sendai managed to get into the air and they claimed to have shot down one Curtiss Hawk biplane fighter and a Northrop Gamma bomber. Two days later, her E4N claimed to have shot down another Hawk.[12][43] Izumo was attacked that same day by a Chinese torpedo boat, but the torpedoes missed and the boat was abandoned by its crew.
I learned a really valuable lesson in first grade. My friend Daniele had a really nice belt-buckle, but he was wearing it upside-down. I was like: Daniele, why is your belt-buckle upside-down? And he was like: so when I look down, I can turn it up and look at it.
Daniele was a pretty wise kid.
This actress is only in like 1-2 scenes. It's mostly a Rodney Dangerfield vehicle. A pretty good one imho. It's got a young Robert Downey jr as a supporting character and a great scene with Sam Kinison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9DO26O6dIg
looks like they have a show next week at Marienplatzfest
I want some escapism for fuck sake.
You may want to try subscribing to non-political communities, and then browsing by subscribe. For example, here's a list of communities I subscribe to for when I don't want to read about politics:
click here for a list of communities that are NOT politics, tech, or meme -related.
Most are currently active (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked) Sometimes politics, tech or memes sneak in but they're not the focus.
GENERAL DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS
ART / PHOTOS
ANIMALS
COMICS / GRAPHIC NOVELS
ENTERTAINMENT
GENRES / STYLES
HISTORY
INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE
OTHER
FEDIVERSE
FINDING NEW/GOOD COMMUNITIES ON LEMMY
click here for a list of meme communities
MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR
Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes these include politics but that's not the sole focus.
When he asks to see their code, they send him a single file.
Sounds interesting. Glad those topics are still being investigated. So important to remember that even those neural methods labored for decades in the shadows before they finally found the answers they needed.
Only did IRC a couple times... I think I got my first batch of anime through an IRC bot, come to think of it...
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
How to watch the movie:
The film tells the story of a facially-damaged android robot who fights alien invaders from Mars. Despite the title, neither Dr. Frankenstein nor Frankenstein's monster appear in the film.
...
The film was ranked #7 in the 2004 DVD documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Space_Monster
I sometimes collect tour info in comments and elsewhere.... I'm dumping a bunch of it here in case it's useful to anyone...
PATRIARCHY
https://patriarchy.band/pages/shows
DINA SUMMER
08.-09.08.2025 DE-Königs Wusterhausen, Bergfunk Open Air 2025
29.08.2025 DE-Berlin, Pop Kultur Festival 2025
18.10.2025 DE-Nürnberg, Der CULT
28.11.2025 DE-Lübeck, treibsAND
source: https://dinasummer.berlin/
KOTRAVOID
CASKET CASSETTE
July 10 - Las Vegas
July 12 - Denver
July 14 - Chicago
July 16 - NYC
July 17 - Washington DC
July 18 - Charlotte NC
July 19 - Atlanta
July 21 - Dallas
July 22 - Houston
July 23 - San Antonio
July 24 - El Paso
July 25 - Phoenix
July 26 - Los Angeles
July 27 - Riverside
July 29 - San Francisco
August 1 - Portland
August 2 - Seattle
source: https://linktr.ee/casketcassette
INDUSTRIAL NATION
SEPTEMBER 11 SAN FRANCISCO CA @ DNA LOUNGE NEP . FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
SEPTEMBER 12 LOS ANGELES CA @ THE MAYAN (COLD WAVES) NEP . FLA . MENTALLO . CDVA . LIG . DIE SEXUAL .
SEPTEMBER 13 SAN DIEGO CA @ MUSIC BOX (MODERNWAV) NEP . FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
SEPTEMBER 14 PORTLAND OR @ THE STAR THEATER FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
SEPTEMBER 16 SEATTLE WA @ EL CORAZON FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
SEPTEMBER 18 DALLAS TX @ THE GRANADA THEATER FLA . MENTALLO . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
SEPTEMBER 19 AUSTIN TX @ MOHAWK (COLD WAVES) NEP . FLA . MENTALLO . CDVA . LIG . CURSE MACKEY (and more) .
SEPTEMBER 20 HOUSTON TX @ NUMBERS (RHYTHMFEST) NEP . FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
SEPTEMBER 21 TAMPA FL @ THE ORPHEUM FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD
SEPTEMBER 23 BALTIMORE MD @ SOUNDSTAGE FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD . EN ESCH .
SEPTEMBER 24 ATLANTA GA @ THE MASQUERADE / HELL FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
SEPTEMBER 26 CHICAGO IL @ METRO (COLD WAVES) NEP . FLA . MENTALLO . CDVA . LIG . VOID PALACE .
SEPTEMBER 27 DENVER CO @ THE ORIENTAL NEP . FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
OCTOBER 01 NEW YORK NY @ LE POISSON ROUGE FLA . MENTALLO . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
OCTOBER 02 BOSTON MA @ SONIA FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD . MENTALLO .
OCTOBER 03 ROCHESTER NY @ WATER STREET FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
OCTOBER 04 CLEVELAND OH @ MERCURY MUSIC LOUNGE FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
OCTOBER 05 FERNDALE MI (Detroit) @ THE MAGIC BAG FLA . CDVA . LEAD INTO GOLD .
https://www.coldwaves.net/in_2025/
If you're in Europe, Castle Party is next week, Amphi Festival is the week after that, and then M'era Luna is in August! If you're in the US.... uh... the Gathering is in August
Bonus comic:
MaryDeath is a comic about life, death, and everything in between. The story follows a young girl named Mary who happens to have befriended Death. Why Death has chosen to take interest in Mary remains a mystery, but despite his ever dark presence Mary finds comfort in his companionship.
https://www.marydeathcomics.com/archives/comic/
MaryDeath Comics was created in the 2010s by Gwen Tarpley. The artist transitioned recently, but it seems they don’t mind their deadname being on their older comics (i.e. some of the recent posts still use it on their Cats Cafe comic, which is their main effort now.)
bonus comics:
"On the run from her past, Doomie finds herself living in a haunted house with four weird roommates."
This came out in 2012, and is from the same guy who did the "Writhe and Shine" strip posted earlier.
The artist/writer eventually shifted to other work, though the comic strip archive is still online.
More info about the artist:
Quote from Abigail (2024).
Clash of the Titans (1981) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!
How to watch the movie:
...loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. ...
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64% based on 50 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A goofy, old-school sword-and-sandal epic, Clash of the Titans mines Greek mythology for its story and fleshes it out with Ray Harryhausen's charmingly archaic stop-motion animation techniques."[24]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half out of four stars and called it "a grand and glorious romantic adventure, filled with brave heroes, beautiful heroines, fearsome monsters, and awe-inspiring duels to the death. It is a lot of fun."[18] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune also gave the film three and a half stars out of four and called it "a special effects spectacular that succeeds brilliantly as an old-fashioned adventure film based on the legends of Greek mythology."[25] Variety called it "an unbearable bore of a film that will probably put to sleep the few adults stuck taking the kids to it. This mythical tale of Perseus, son of Zeus, and his quest for the 'fair' Andromeda, is mired in a slew of corny dialog and an endless array of flat, outdated special effects that are both a throwback to a bad 1950s picture."[26] Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "Though not very witty, the adventures are many and involve a lot of Mr. Harryhausen's specialities," though he thought the monsters were "less convincing than interesting."[27] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times stated that the film "has charm, it has imagination, but it is also too often stodgy. It is an instance of the whole not being nearly as good as its parts. However, Harryhausen's contributions do delight, and this may be more than enough for his ardent admirers and most youngsters."[28] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote that Hamlin was "always a magnetic presence" but the film's appeal was "quaint and stilted."[29] Geoff Brown of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that the film "unfortunately fails to shake much dust off the genre ... Despite the producers' protracted labours, there's a real possibility that some audiences will be turned to stone before Medusa shows up."[30]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Titans_(1981_film)
Oh, awesome! Too bad I have a weekly gym meetup at that time...