geekhombre

Non work stuff that especially tickles my geek bone. Games, scifi, art, goofiness.

[mightymarvelsuperheroes]

“Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they’re not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse,” (Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park).

[victusinveritas]

A collection of time travel humor text posts, not censored by me.

All of these really made me laugh, and laughter is a very good thing sometimes. All of the time, actually. Unless you're doing something that requires a still hand or silence I guess.

[the-haiku-bot]

A collection of

time travel humor text posts,

not censored by me.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[geekhombre]

I'd love one with Turing and AI, but I'm not clever enough.

Me: (summons Alan Turing to the present) (Describes LLMS and some of our current debates.)

Alan: (ignores me. Taps my phone a bit. Beats my code in 6 seconds and scowls at me.) FOUR digits?! (Taps around a bit. Opens Claude. Grimmaces.)(Turing summons Lovelace.)

Me: How'd you...

Both: (scowl at me) (whisper together.) (Lovelace takes the phone.)

Ada: (types in what looks like 5 lines of code.) They won't bother you anymore.

[mightymarvelsuperheroes]

"A total vision comes through that is akin to a true hallucination and transcends the intellectual calculation of the single elements," (Anton Ehrenzweig).

[mightymarvelsuperheroes]

"'My name is Legion,' he replied, 'for we are many,'" (Mark 5:9, NIV).

[mightymarvelsuperheroes]

"(Circles) are nothing in themselves and are alive only in the instinctive and inspirational use an artist can make of them in expressing a poetic idea," (Ben Nicholson).

[pageofpanels]

I DON’T THINK SO.

[chernobog13]

HAPPY ULTRAMAN DAY!

Looking pretty good for someone who's 60-years old (or 20,000, give-or-take a few).

[pageofpanels]

[nowadayz]

AMÉLIE (2001), dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

[chernobog13]

Seventeen years before Dr. Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first African American in space, there was Astronaut Lieutenant Jeff Long.

Jeff was part of the Major Matt Mason line of astronaut action figures released by Mattel in 1968. That was a bluesy move on Mattel's part, as African Americans were barely represented in toys at all at the time.

Heck, not wasn't until the preceding year (1967) that Air Force Major Robert H. Lawrence Jr. was selected as America's first Black astronaut*. Tragically, Major Lawrence died in a training accident only a few months later. However, I feel that Major Lawrence's selection as an astronaut had a strong influence on Jeff Long's creation.

(* This is not to take away from Air Force Captain Ed Dwight who, in 1961, was chosen - at JFK's direction - as the first African American candidate for the astronaut program. He placed eighth in his class, but only the first seven men were chosen to be astronauts. Dwight resigned his commission from the USAF in 1966. He went on to work as an engineer and sculptor. In 2020 he was inducted as an honorary member of the U.S. Space Force, and in 2024 he became the oldest person (90 years old) to go into space, as a passenger aboard a Blue Origin sub-orbital flight.)

[whenfatecollides]

Xena Warrior Princess 3.05 Gabrielle's hope

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

She dodged a bullet

[mightymarvelsuperheroes]

"He has contempt for the small-souled man, whose humility, charity and compassion seem to him forms of weakness," (David Brooks).

[djotime]

Obsession 2026, dir. Curry Barker

[geekhombre]

Obsession (theaters) - 7/8 thumbs (JXYI;Y&I second viewing) Effective, disturbing, character-based horror with really strong performances. Low budget, building horror throughout. A lot to talk about afterward. X thought it was well made but didn't know to whom he'd recommend it. Consistent logic, which is too rare in horror movies.

[samueldelany]

"Binti is a supreme read about a sexy, edgy Afropolitan in space! It's a wondrous combination of extra-terrestrial adventure and age-old African diplomacy."

[mightymarvelsuperheroes]

"This is my stage. Here I can dance with abandon, I can give free rein to my thoughts, I can live out my fantasies (...) Here, I can fly to the moon, I can become a butterfly, I can love, and I can hate," (Xiyadie).

[cupofmeat]

"Interior with a Cat", Pierre Bonnard. Etching on paper.

[garadinervi]

John G. Ross, (photograph), Alexander Calder during rehearsals for Work in Progress, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, 1968 [© Calder Foundation, New York, NY. © Estate of John G. Ross]