Oh My Flying Dolphins

Writer who believes too many people form their own character using ideology, instead of reality.

[Oh My Flying Dolphins @psalm82]

Reminder
It never turns out well for the despots, for the hoarders of wealth, for the accusers who have logged eyes & lie, for the builders of monuments to themselves, for the empty who seek to fill their souls with fleeting power, for those who harm the innocents...
Never

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

Making Lindsey Graham's sister a U.S Senator is crazy.

Remind us about DEI, nepotism, & meritocracy again.

[Oh My Flying Dolphins @psalm82]

@danpfeiffer @adamscochran This, among many other compromises she has made to stay long after her younger and more ethical self knew this was not a permanent job, should make Maine voters choose her retirement for her..

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Laura Dern has paid tribute to the late Sam Neill after his tragic passing.

“Sam was my beloved lifetime friend… He showed me the depths of loyalty, protectiveness and love always with the driest of wit.

A true and noble gentleman, who was wrapped up in my dream leading man. I will love you forever, Dr. Alan Grant.”

[Maryam @hell_line0]

Ok hear me out: instead of all of us having to become extremely knowledgeable on a new infectious disease every 3-6 months, what if we got a large group of experts together and just put them in charge of giving us easy to understand health recommendations. They could also do things like track outbreaks and predict future concerns.

[Ariana Richards @GalleryAriana]

Sam - you were more than just a lovely actor to work with - refined, thoughtful, a skill second to none - you were a mentor, protector, and above all, friend. Thank you for making our scenes together feel so real. I will be forever grateful to have been on this journey with you.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

The Strait of Hormuz isn't either open or closed. It's been more like my dog going in and out of the house all day.⁣
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The danger isn't just that the door closes. It's that shippers stop trusting it'll stay open long enough to make plans. That uncertainty alone could push oil back toward $100, even before anything actually happens.

[Oh My Flying Dolphins @psalm82]

@MeidasTouch Cool beans

[Russell Crowe @russellcrowe]

Sam Neil.

Kind, wise, impish, graceful, warm.

The last time I saw him I took the opportunity to tell him he was an inspiration to me.

Rest in Peace Sam.

[Agustln Eme @agustineme]

Si yo voy a llorar, ustedes también 🖤💔

[Bill Johnson @Bill43111]

It’s great that the photo of Mitch is causing so much investigation into AI and whether it is real. We will see more and more of AI being used to manipulate and fool us. We need much stronger safeguards to protect the truth.

[Oh My Flying Dolphins @psalm82]

@AGRobBonta Free and Fair markets are the essence of American Commerce.
Having some *hand on the throttle* in Washington DC is not fair competition.

Also, I keep seeing Paramount would leave CA
Well, that'd be their right
And the flooding of other Companies into the gap would be theirs

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Sam Neil ran a sustainable farm where he raised rescue animals & planted native plants.

He advocated for endangered species, fought against destructive mining projects & committed to farming without chemicals because "the future of the planet depends on our stewardship. RIP.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

We grew up watching hand drawn Disney and now it's gone. We don't talk about this enough.

Every frame of this video was painted by hand, by a human being. Every single one...

To put that into perspective: to make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney employed around 750 artists for three years, and they produced nearly two million individual paintings. More than 700 of the backgrounds were painted in watercolour. Over 150 people worked in a single department whose only job was to ink and paint the transparent sheets, called cels, that the characters were drawn on.

It all ended within our lifetime.

According to the Smithsonian, The Little Mermaid, released in 1989, was the last Disney feature made with the hand-painted cel method. The very next film, one year later, went digital.

And something was lost in that transition. In every frame of the old films, a human hand physically touched the surface. A person sat at a desk, held a brush, and made a decision. Two million small decisions, made by hundreds of people, most of whose names we will never know.

But the deepest difference is that the old animators knew they were making a cartoon. They did not try to copy the world. They stretched it, exaggerated it, bent it out of shape, because they understood something we seem to have forgotten: a drawing that imitates life exactly feels dead.

Walt Disney even had a name for this: he called it the plausible impossible.

Today, everything chases realism. And somehow, the more real it looks, the less alive it feels...

I started my newsletter because the past is full of beauty, and fewer and fewer people take the time to show it to us anymore. Every week I try to. If that is something you'd like to be part of, you can join through the link in my bio, and if you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.

Thanks for reading.

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

Homes are for people, not corporations.

[Mugi @reMugi3]

Erling Haaland just gave a kid advice that most adults still haven't figured out:

"You can't control what people think of you."

pause at 0:52 - that's the second he drops the line that reframes the whole question

"Be good to the people around you. That's what you can actually do something about."

"Worrying about strangers is just unnecessary stress in your own head."

save this, then watch full. FOLLOW for more

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

Hear hear

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Dont ever never do this at home or you will get your house in fire….

[Oh My Flying Dolphins @psalm82]

@70olives @JamieBonkiewicz Mitch is in DC.

The Governor can fly from Frankfort to DC... the flight is about 1 hour and 20 minutes on a commercial plane.

[Oh My Flying Dolphins @psalm82]

THIS is the Way

Proof is essential and the Governor owes the people of KY this l'il trip from Frankfort to DC...

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Based on the photo Mitch McConnell’s office released today, he looks well enough to receive a visit from Governor Andy Beshear.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Based on the photo Mitch McConnell’s office released today, he looks well enough to receive a visit from Governor Andy Beshear.