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franciscawrites, 3 days ago to movies

Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

#writingcommunity @bookstodon #moviesandbooks #film #AdaptedFromaBook

Starry1086, 12 days ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon Hi all. Can anyone recommend a good informational book about bipolar disorder, especially if geared toward family and friends of bipolar folks? Thanks.

worldhistory, 12 days ago to history

Nobody asked the horses whether they’d like to participate in our wars, but they had to do so anyway. This week, we look at the early history of the horses who found themselves at the center of human violence.

#history @histodons
https://open.substack.com/pub/worldhistory/p/nobody-asked-the-horses?r=7ecn0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The_Whore_of_Blahbylon, 14 days ago to random

MOVIE QUIZ FOR 2024.04.26

Do you know which movie this picture is from?

Give your answer below, even if you have to guess.

Please boost for more responses.

The answer will be revealed tomorrow.

#BlahbylonsMovieQuiz

CoinOfNote, 19 days ago to news

We haven't yet had anyone guess this week's #MysteryCoin, it must be a tricky one! It's a worn, but nicely decorative piece, but from where?

Let us know! And don't forget to subscribe to the Coin of Note Newsletter, as it's due out this week with the answer: https://coinofnote.com/newsletter

#News #Newsletter #Numismatics #History #Histodons #Coins #Tokens #WhatIsIt #Guess @numismatics @histodons

mekkaokereke, 23 days ago to random

Something a lot of white folk don't realize happens to Black people a lot:

When there is a competition between a Black person and a white person for a coveted prize, if the white person wins, they're celebrated. If the Black person wins... they're asked to share the prize with the white person that came in second place.😮

This happens to Black women more often than Black men.

Literary awards (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/15/bernardine-evaristo-margaret-atwood-share-booker-prize-award)

Whitehouse invitation for championship teams:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167965013/iowa-lsu-jill-biden-ncaa-basketball-championship

StillIRise1963, 28 days ago to random

What type of person trades off the DEMOCRATIC reputations of their assassinated dad and uncle to TRICK people in service of FASCISM? RFK, Jr. does.

mshelton, 29 days ago to random

Privacy theater is when we use privacy practices to demonstrate intention, even if it doesn't mitigate risk in the wild. For example, why do the Ninja Turtles wear masks? Are there other squads of anthropomorphic turtles with weapons in these streets? What's the point of this? This is keeping me up at night, make it stop

mekkaokereke, 1 month ago to random

People on Twitter are debating whether a person using uncommon words like "delve" are trying to sound smarter than they are, or worse, are ChatGPT bots, because "normal" people don't talk like that.

You don't have to get upset, or embroiled in the debate. Not worth the time or attention. But I'll share some important context as your friendly neighborhood Nigerian 🙋🏿‍♂️

Many Nigerians have bigger English language vocabularies and better command of grammar than the typical American or English person

DrJackBrown, 1 month ago to random

Marjorie Taylor Greene does not represent the people of Georgia – nay, she represents Vladimir Putin.

GrimmReality, 1 month ago to random

Starting a new thread that I like to call American Neo-Nazis Are Stupider Than You Can Even Imagine.

shoq, 1 month ago to random

While everyone is busy mocking AI hype and overreach, AI is coming for you. Maybe all of us. Let me know when to worry. I’ll trust you.

Hold on: World’s fastest AI chip will massively accelerate AI progress

https://newatlas.com/computers/cerebras-wse3-cs3-worlds-fastest-ai-chip/

StillIRise1963, 2 months ago to random

I just heard John Kasich say Pot Poury for potpourri.🙄

StillIRise1963, 2 months ago to random

WHITE RACIST CLOWNS 🤡 🤡

" 'This is connecting with Black America because they love sneakers,' Arroyo said."

"This a big deal, certainly in the inner city. So when you have Trump roll out his sneaker line, they're like, 'Wait a minute, this is cool.' He's reaching them on a level that defies and is above politics. The culture always trumps politics. And Trump understands culture like no politician I've ever seen."

https://www.rawstory.com/gold-sneaker/

evan, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Political pundits only want one thing* and I think it's disgusting

• a brokered convention

futurebird, 2 months ago to random

Why do they make us do all that extra multiplying for (a+b)^2? FOIL? it's just a bunch of extra work. "show your work" ? I can do it in my head! (a+b)^2 is a^2 + b^2 And that's how it will be with me in charge.

FOIL is a deep state plot to add extra steps to homework!

(This is what Trump sounds like to me when he talks about countries paying us. And climate change... and everything. )

ChrisMayLA6, 3 months ago to bookstodon

Defend our #libraries

(from @tomgauld)

@bookstodon

BlackAzizAnansi, 3 months ago to random

Can we start a chain of brick and mortar stores that only sells open source electronics?

futurebird, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Suppose you have a number in base 60. Is there anything remarkable or interesting about having a 49 in the 1s place?

Numbers in base 10 such as:

169, 769, 1249, 6649, 12709