The Art of Sarcasm

Sometimes here...sometimes not.

[filmgifs]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) dir. Simon West

[thefancycrow]

We are a lot less cool now.

Rest in Power Queen.

[beyondtheadobe]

Robert Redford was more than a leading man and a movie star - he was the reflection of a golden era in Hollywood cinema, and an America that feels like it’s slipping into memory. 

On screen, he carried a kind of gravity that didn’t need volume. In "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," he gave charm a shadow; in "All the President’s Men," he turned quiet persistence into heroism; in "The Natural", his aging ballplayer persona chasing one last swing at redemption - embodied myth itself. His performances weren’t showy - they were lived-in, cut from the same cloth as the mountains he would later retreat to.

As a director, he stripped away the gloss of Hollywood and revealed a part of himself that was more raw and truthful. "Ordinary People," Redford's directorial debut (and masterpiece) told us that he wasn’t interested in just being seen - he wanted to hold up a mirror to what hurts and what eventually heals. This film is fragile, heartbreaking, and unbearably human. 

What set Redford apart, though, was how little he seemed to care for the trappings of the world he helped define. He lived in the mountains, wore the same sun-faded denim and corduroy for decades, and in doing so, accidentally became a style icon. He gave back where it mattered: protecting the land that gave him peace and wild horses that he loved, preserving Native American arts and culture, and building Sundance into a haven for voices outside the system.

He was both Hollywood’s golden face and its quiet dissenter. A man who could have basked forever in the spotlight, but chose the solitude of wide skies, snowcapped peaks, and the whisper of aspen trees.

Rest in peace, Bob. You will be sorely missed, but your legacy will endure

[recycledmoviecostumes]

In 1936, Travis Banton, head designer at Paramount Studios, created the iconic “Fabergé” gown for Marlene Dietrich’s role in the film 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍. This extravagant dress featured gold embroidery, pearls, rhinestones, and faux jewels. It was one of the most expensive and spectacular gowns ever made, costing $8,000 at the time (around $100,000 today).   The gown was reused in a number of films, appearing with the sleeves removed and an added stole, on Felicia Atkins as Serina in the 1961 film 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒚.   In 1963 the stole was cut in half to be used as a turban and worn with the sleeveless altered bodice by a model in 1963’s 𝑨 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆.   After many years of use, the gown was purchased at auction in 1990 by Larry McQueen of The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design. The gown’s intricate beadwork and delicate fabric required painstaking work to restore it to its original splendor. McQueen’s dedication to the restoration of this masterpiece ensured that it would be preserved for future generations to appreciate.   This dress has so much more information! Far too much for me to post here on social media. To learn more please visit one of the below sites:

  Larry McQueen’s The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design at: https://filmcostumecollection.com   Or visit the page for this costume on our website at: bit.ly/PostEd208

[mindblowingscience]

Study Reveals a Simple Trick to Communicate With Your Cat

Cats have a reputation for aloofness (and flooffiness), but if you and your feline friend aren't bonding, maybe you're just not speaking the

Cats have a reputation for aloofness (and flooffiness), but if you and your feline friend aren't bonding, maybe you're just not speaking their language. Never fear – research from 2020 has shown that it's not so difficult. You just need to smile at them more. Not the human way, by baring your teeth, but the cat way, by narrowing your eyes and blinking slowly. By observing cat-human interactions, scientists confirmed that this expression makes cats – both familiar and strange – approach and be more receptive to humans.

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[mindblowingscience]

Mosquitoes defy droughts by drinking blood, ensuring survival and disease spread

Mosquitoes are able to survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain how their populations quickly rebound when it fi

Mosquitoes are able to survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain how their populations quickly rebound when it finally rains, biologists at the University of Cincinnati said. UC postdoctoral researcher Christopher Holmes led a study examining how two species of mosquito known for infecting people with diseases such as malaria were able to survive nearly three weeks without rain. The findings could help explain why the incidence of infection from mosquito-borne illness does not always decline during droughts. While there may be fewer mosquitoes, those that survive bite more often.

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[sop-soap]

Biases being broken down on both sides

[ohmy80s]

Ghostbusters (1984)

[raeofsarcasticsunshine]

[wookiee-monster2]

Star Wars movie poster homage

art by Mark McHaley via DeviantArt

after Tom Jung

[ankle-beez]

quite possibly the funniest outcome for the tiktok ban

[ankle-beez]

american politicians: we will ban tiktok because of "chinese propaganda"

americans: ok [downloads chinese tiktok]

[naomiiiiz]

I love that in response to the government telling us that tik tok is bad because the Chinese “could” be stealing our data, we download a Chinese social media app and WILLINGLY hand over our data.

I’ve never felt so patriotic in my life

[atheenee]

even if tiktok comes back it wont be the same. it will probably have new content restrictions, rules, terms of service, and will probably be made worse for the consumer and better for advertisers. this is the end of an era

[raeofsarcasticsunshine]

And I’m back….

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[betweenfrocksandbooks-deactivat]

On Wednesdays we wear pink 🎆

[mindblowingscience]

Landmark Study Shows Antibody Therapy Controls 92% of Severe Asthma Cases

Safer relief for people suffering from severe asthma is a step closer with a large clinical trial finding a monocolonal antibody treatment c

Safer relief for people suffering from severe asthma is a step closer with a large clinical trial finding a monocolonal antibody treatment called benralizumab can radically reduce the need for more dangerous high-dose steroid treatments. Asthma impacts almost 300 million people worldwide, around 5 percent of whom have a severe version of this respiratory disease. They face a horrifying struggle to get enough air on a daily basis, with all the associated chest tightness, coughing, panic, and frequent hospital visits.

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[raeofsarcasticsunshine]

@betweenfrocksandbooks before you go….

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