@ndsnas Thanks—that’s well thought-out. I remember not liking it, but for things external to the film that I just couldn’t shake: Hamlet is such a bastard that the necessary golden-boy presentation really grated.
@ndsnas I started eating idlis for breakfast a couple of years ago after you had recommended them. It’s been a lovely little life-changer, so thank you very much!
@ndsnas The first day that the sun sets after 6 pm is an official holiday in Zurich, Switzerland, dating back to medieval times. So it really is a big deal.
@MarkAmesExiled I remember that, very early on, Obama invited activists to a meeting at the White House. Those foolish enough to attend all got a harsh dressing-down from Rahm Emmanuel.
@TheWarNerd@MarkAmesExiled OK, thanks. Got a copy of Big Planet. Will check this out. Zero chance that I would have discovered it on my own. Anyway, we’ll see…
@bschne@lilyslynch …From a mountainside, camping with their household goods, Ersilia’s refugees look at the labyrinth of taut strings and poles that rise in the plain. That is the city of Ersilia still, and they are nothing.”
@bschne@lilyslynch …or black-and-white according to whether they mark a relationship of blood, of trade, or authority, agency. When the strings become so numerous that you can no longer pass among them, the inhabitants leave: the houses are dismantled; only the strings and their supports remain…