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Thank Christ For The Bomb

@mariocki / mariocki.tumblr.com

a 30-something something. 60's TV, British films, Harry Chapin, Kate Bush, assorted nonsense, bi power and cats
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Reblogged cosmicbeastie
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a whole bunch of gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits. if the decision of which individual fundraiser to give to feels too daunting, or if you just want to help as many people as possible in one go, these are great initiatives to support.

  • care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.
  • connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can't afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims
  • gaza soup kitchen - provides food, medical care, and classes for children. also has a gofundme
  • glia gaza medical support initiative - provides medical care through field clinics and tents at hospitals. donations can also be sent through their website.
  • ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme
  • life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure
  • taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies
  • the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care
  • islamic relief worldwide's gaza emergency appeal - provides food, water, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and psychological support
  • baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies
  • gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein's amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.
  • hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste
  • anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care
  • palestine children's relief fund - provides supplies and support with a focus on children. also has an initiative for lebanon
  • dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram

certainly this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add on other projects or organizations that i didn't include. and as always, please take the time to donate if you can and share. it truly makes all the difference.

#signal boost#palestine#gaza
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Reblogged basiltheratatouille
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one must imagine Sisyphus really rooting for the forces of entropy

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when the boulder is ground down to a cobble, and that cobble ground into pebbles, and those pebbles into sand, and that sand into silt, and that silt into clay... only then will his torment be over

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if they don't show up with a new boulder within fifteen minutes he's legally allowed to leave

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They can replace the boulder but the constant grinding is slowly eroding the mountain as well.

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#doctor who#new who#twelve#dw memes
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Reblogged spoonietimelordy
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I know that realistically you can only fit so many movies into a list of approximately 100, but I cannot take that "How many of tumblr's favorite movies have you seen?" list that's been going around seriously because there are some truly egregious omissions.

Some of it is very clearly recency bias, which makes me wonder if the op truly wasn't on here in 2013 or so, but you're telling me you made a list of "tumblr's favorite movies" that doesn't include Pacific Rim or Mad Max: Fury Road? Because, like, I was there, Gandalf.

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I'm a ridiculous human and genuinely couldn't sleep until I tried my hand at a better, more balanced list -- though of course, I have my own biases when it comes to what corners of this website I've lurked in over the years. For what it's worth, I did consult the last several Years In Review, while also drawing on the fact that I've been here for over a decade. But if there's anything that truly doesn't feel like it should have made the cut, blame my mutuals for putting it on my dash all the time.

(And apologies, but I couldn't seem to find Goncharov among the website's listings)

Tumblr's Favorite Movies
A list of movies that have been extremely popular with tumblr users over the years -- for better or for worse. Apologies that Goncharov
List Challenges
#46#polls#movies
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RIP Clive Revill (18.4.1930 - 11.3.2025)

"It was quite an experience, and I had my doubts at one point when I thought, 'I can't do it. I can't do this. I can't find it within myself.' I had a marvelous talk with a woman who was, well, she was in charge of movement in school and she took me aside and said, 'You've got to go back to within yourself and find the truth within yourself, and if you can find that truth, never, never, never lose it because it's more than a ring on a finger. It's the absolute, innermost line within your life and your spirit.'"

#clive revill#rip#death ment tw#character actors#classic tv#the legend of hell house#avanti!#bunny lake is missing#the new avengers#columbo#modesty blaise#the assassination bureau#the private life of sherlock holmes#a severed head#jason king#murder she wrote#murder‚ she wrote#star trek: the next generation#star trek tng#star wars: the empire strikes back#the empire strikes back#charlie muffin#the black windmill#arthur of the britons#a New Zealander‚ Revell somehow avoided the fate of many of his countrymen (becoming a go to rentayank on British tv) and forged a#respectable stage career‚ including stints on Broadway and with the RSC. an almost ubiquitous face on genre tv‚ particularly in the US‚#Clive never really made it to 'star' status but graced many a popular series as well as appearing in some significant films. i usually look#for something to rec with these actors‚ something maybe a little less well known; I have to say The Legend of Hell House is a spectacular#brit horror that has slowly undergone reappraisal over the last decade or so. he also had notable (and fun!) roles on TNG as Guy of#Gisbourne (4.20‚ Qpid) and as the final murderer in the original run of Columbo (The Conspirators). just shy of 95 is a fine age tho. rip
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Shades of Darkness: Seaton's Aunt (1.6, Granada, 1983)

"I was telling our friend that when you are gone, I shall be a very lonely old woman."

"Oh, I don't think so."

"He means, Mr. Withers - he means, dear child - I shall have memory for company. The ghosts of other days. Sentimental boy."

#shades of darkness#seaton's aunt#1983#granada#horror tv#single play#walter de la mare#ken taylor#brian parker#mary morris#paul herzberg#peter settelen#emma jacobs#adam lal#joshua de la mere#alexandra wilkie millar#leslie clark#altho this is admittedly an obscure entry in the pantheon of brit anthology shows‚ it did receive a dvd release once: almost 20 years ago#now and long out of print‚ and also seemingly a North American release (tho idk if it was region locked). they sell for a respectable sum#these days. the release collected 6 of the 7 episodes making up the first series; for unknown reasons (certainly unknown to me) this was#left off the set. it is available on Yoot Oob with the rest of s1‚ but in a notably inferior quality: it looks to be a vhs rip and has#subtitles in a foreign language over the image. still‚ I'm immensely grateful just to be able to see this.#the play itself is fine enough‚ tho certainly not the series at its best; it has the traditional shape of a golden age ghost story‚ with#its elements of reminiscence‚ childhood encounters remembered and illuminating narration. de la Mare was known chiefly for his literature#for children and for his comparatively few (but highly regarded) ghost stories. in some ways this connects those two elements‚ with a#significant portion of the tale given over to the characters' childhood experiences with the supernatural. oddly (SPOILERS incoming) the#most obvious interpretation of the second half of this play‚ the part set in the 'now' (early 20th century) with these characters now adult#is there there is no ghost at all... depending on how you read the final scenes‚ the 'ghost' is explained away as a manifestation of one#man's mental illness (connected to a traumatic childhood). I'm not saying it's a bad ending or the wrong ending (and again you could just#as easily read in a supernatural influence for his behaviour) but it's an oddish choice for what is very much a ghost story anthology
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