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A MOVIE A DAY KEEPS THE GHOULIES AWAY - DAY 23 ↪ Have you tried talking to a corpse? It's boring. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) dir. John Landis

The Mist (2007)

Halloween double feature, 1976

Garfield’s Halloween Adventure (1985)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

The Moon - Karina Pavlova

btw i am in complete agreement w this essay by mohamed al-kurd Jewish settlers stole my house. It’s not my fault they’re Jewish specifically when he talks about how anti-semitism is weaponized against palestinians and the minefield trap of navigating language around israel. but for allies, and particularly for allies in the west, you can and should use discretion to differentiate between "zionist claims of anti-semitism" and genuine antisemitism in your ranks. it's growing more and more difficult when institutions and governments are claiming "from the river to the sea" is an anti-semitic chant. its an agony to navigate when BDS is called "supporting terrorism." all of that is purely bullshit.

but it is doubly incumbent when there are white supremacists, assadists, and various other idiots infiltrating. it is patently obvious that evangelical christian extremists, the european and american far-right, the elon musks and the likes are antisemitic and pro-israel.

this is not the responsibility of palestinians and the palestinian cause. this does not and cannot affect the basic reality of settler colonialism and should be held very, very suspect if it is used to distract, downplay and excuse palestinian suffering and the ongoing genocide in gaza. i also do not entertain the notion that arabs, muslims or pro-palestinian activists are inherently more anti-semitic than any other demographic because this is also an explicitly political claim. but that is all one thing and inter-personal communication is another. there are many many jewish ppl marching in pro-palestine rallies worldwide and it is just basic courtesy to make sure they do not feel alienated by you, personally.

Schoolhouse Rock (1973), "Them Not-So-Dry Bones"

Bonus:

House Of 1000 Corpses (2003)

IT (2017) dir. Andrés Muschietti

DAILYFLICKS HALLOWEEN EVENT → FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE PER MEMBER THE OTHERS - Mandie (@victoria-pedretti​)

the fact that we made it through the Cold War is nothing short of a miracle. I wish we talked about Mutual Assured Destruction more in schools

William Gibson once suggested that the days on which we almost destroyed the world with nuclear weapons should be recognized as international holidays, to raise awareness of how very precarious the situation has been at times.

If you would like to observe such a holiday, October 27th should be Vasili Arkhipov Day. During the Cuban missile crisis he was first officer on Soviet submarine B-59 off the coast of Cuba. When the destroyer USS Beale began to drop depth charges to force them to the surface, his captain decided that WW III must have started, and ordered his men to arm and fire a nuclear torpedo at a group of American ships. Due to a strange circumstance, the captain had to seek Arkhipov’s approval to fire the weapon, because while he was only second in command of the sub, he was in command of the flotilla of which the submarine was a part. Arkhipov, outnumbered three to one, steadfastly refused to give his approval.

Important context: Arkhipov had previously been involved with a nuclear incident aboard another sub, and cited the things he witnessed happening to the crew as one of the reasons he refused to give approval.

Happy Vasili Arkhipov day

Ghada Karmi and Ellen Siegel, in 1973, 1992 and 2011. Photos by Francis Khoo (1, 2) and Jean-Pascal Deillon (3).

I recreated the entire saw bathroom in isometric pixelart. How many tiles I had to fucking count to get the measurements right......

Our local library is under attack (again.) So I’ll be writing supportive letters to the library board, local officials, and state officials. I volunteer at our library already, but I did a quick internet search to see what else might be helpful and found this article.

Found another article—probably going to keep adding to the list throughout today.

Also our local master gardeners have a kiosk there, and the library garden has been going strong. There’s just so much Good. I love libraries, and I’m finding myself so furious that they are under attack.

10 Sci-Fi Horror Movies To Consider For October/Halloween

🎃 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN 🎃 day fifteen / thirty-one