Pockafella

Man of faith, family, and positive vibes

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@BFW Activists, not journalists

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@DanteTheDon lol it does need a lot of water man. More than you think.

[OldTimeHardball @OleTimeHardball]

The decline from this photo, to the current state of ESPN

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@stephenasmith Guy was horrible man lol

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Only Nolan film that I watched 1x. I remember it being a cool movie, but wildly confusing / I had no clue what was going on. Might have to give it a spin again.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

TENET (2020) contains fewer than 300 visual effects shots, fewer than most romantic comedies.

Christopher Nolan filmed nearly every inverted sequence practically, with the cast performing fights & movements in reverse instead of relying on visual effects.

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@JeffDLowe Hang on did you even watch this derby

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is the oldest surviving icon of Christ, the oldest painted portrait of the face of Jesus that has come down to us.

It was made around 1500 years ago, and if you cover one half of the face, then the other, you are looking at two different men...

It's called Christ Pantocrator, a Greek title meaning "Ruler of All," and it was painted in the sixth century, around the year 550, most likely in a workshop in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

It was almost certainly sent as an imperial gift to a remote new monastery being built in the Egyptian desert. It has hung there, in the Monastery of Saint Catherine at the foot of Mount Sinai, ever since.

For roughly 1,500 years, it has never left.

That it survived at all is remarkable. In the eighth and ninth centuries, the Byzantine Empire went through a violent period called Iconoclasm, in which religious images were condemned as idolatry and destroyed by the thousands. Almost every icon of this age in the empire was burned. But Saint Catherine's lay far out in the desert, beyond the reach of the emperors and their decrees, so this one was spared. It is one of the very few images of its kind on earth to come down to us intact.

But the truly haunting thing is the face. Look at it, and the two sides do not match. On the side where Christ holds the Gospel, his features are harder, sterner, the brow raised, the eye larger and more severe, the face of a judge who sees everything. On the side where he raises his hand in blessing, the expression softens, calm and merciful, the face of a savior. One half is divine authority. The other is human compassion.

Most scholars believe this was entirely deliberate. The icon was painted not long after the Church had formally defined that Christ was at once fully God and fully man, two natures joined in one person. And so the artist, it is thought, built that doctrine directly into the face, splitting it in two so that the same man could be, in a single gaze, both merciful and just, both human and divine...

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@holland_tom This is a must see for me. I love Nolan. The man simply doesn’t miss. The forced woke thing is extremely tiresome. Both can be true.

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@nickysmokess Are you bringing in any money to the company is the question lad

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@RearAdBsBlog Lol Variety

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@BarstoolBigCat True Facts Stated lmao these people are the worst

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@AdamSchefter @kelcebrothers Could not care less but understand you had to do this

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If you hate this country you got dump in your pants

[Jerry Thornton @jerrythornton]

‘Welcome to the Land of the Free’ is THE song of 2026. And even with six months to go, this one won’t be surpassed. 🇺🇸

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@jerrythornton Godspeed Jerry glad you got that one sorted out! Legacy

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@WNBA @Fanatics Lol the execs in this league are the dumbest people on the planet

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@PardonMyTake Bureau

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@BarstoolBigCat @VivaLaStool @StellaBlueCoff @PAWSChicago You guys need a salad bar at that office

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What a freaking game man!!! #stanleycup

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@Blutman27 Do they not realize @stoolpresidente future?

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Go off king!!👑 @HVoleman

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.