CRANKY OLD FART’S
NEWS & LINKS
#351  [archive]

 • Texas county bans underage access to LGBTQ literature, will instead add more books with politically conservative themes • “Free Speech Absolutist” Musk files obvious SLAPP suit against non-profit critic • Center for Countering Digital Hate vows to keep monitoring hate speech on Twitter despite Musk lawsuit • Legal subReddit bans all ex-Twitter links due to safety risk
    There
are still news sites linking to Twitter, something that’s been feeling
more and more problematic to me. … [read more]

Two summers ago, I returned for a visit to Seattle, where I mostly grew up. Planning the trip, I thought about who I’d want to see while I was there — family, of course, and a few old friends, but who else? … [read more]

We’re having internet connectivity issues at the house, so until it’s resolved I’m at the library again. Expect posts less often, and slower replies, and pages will come in bunches when they’re posted.Yesterday, … [read more]

THE NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#170  [archive] 
White Lotus (first season, 2021) Streaming on Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Max
Free on DVD from the library This is a six-part mini-series, and I’d intended to watch the first installment, but ended up watching all six back-to-back like a long movie. … [read more]

The other day, I had a Skype conversation with my niece’s daughter. She’s a smart kid but bored silly with high school. Her parents want her to go to college, but she’s pretty sure she has no interest in that. … [read more]

Seattle hosted the baseball All-Star Game a few weeks ago, so the city, of course, cleared all the bum encampments within parking distance of the stadium. … [read more]

THE NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#169  [archive]
Brain Donors (1992)On DVD from the library
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker were almost a brand name in Hollywood, the team behind some of the best comedies of the 1970s-90s — Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane!, … [read more]

THE NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#168  [archive]
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Streaming free on Tubi Six months or so ago, I reviewed the latest remake of The Thing, liked it, and said it was the best film version of the story yet. … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART’S
NEWS & LINKS
#350  [archive] 
• Leprosy is on the rise in the US South, mostly in Florida
• A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district • Drag queen tops the iTunes Christian Chart • Trans men entering Miss Italy contest
    This
is kinda great. … [read more]

Being old, I need to pee every two hours, and more often if I’m well-hydrated. Always I drain the pipe before leaving home, but riding the bus is a jiggly experience, and makes any need to pee more urgent. … [read more]