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….Can we just rename Twitter to Arkham? ‘Cause I think we need to rename Twitter to Arkham. #TwitterLife 🐦‍⬛

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@ClassicComics3 I think that’s true in a lot of ways, but I don’t think the re-imagining of Luthor, Brainiac, etc would have worked in another era.

@PAEasy64 Yes, but also a lot of the damage was post-Byrne. When he was writing he was largely just updating classic Superman lore to be more (then) modern. And a lot of them would have worked just fine pre-Crisis as well (Metallo, Bizarro, even Luthor)

All of these can be true. John Byrne wrote some great Superman stories. He drew an excellent Superman. He also did enormous damage to Superman lore. You don’t have to strain to defend the third position against the other two or vice versa.

@DT2ComicsChat It really is impressive how they manage to find more and more innovative ways to make me not give them any money.

#ComicBooks📘 So, #Batman's getting a new butler in Batman #12. See? He still needs a butler. It just needed to be a GirlBoss.™

@ClassicComics3 I think there are more folks than not who haven’t, tbh Time Bandits is great. It was one of my go-to movies for when I was sick at home as a kid The Adv of Baron Munchausen might also work but is a little more age sensitive so you might want to watch that one yourself first.

@PAEasy64 You’re the second person to mention Time Bandits, but I’ve never seen it. I’m not really much a Gilliam fan. Is it good and kid friendly? Also, believe it or not, I’ve never actually seen ET in its entirety.

Every Friday night my family does “Pizza Night.” We order pizza, then sit down and watch a (usually) 80’s sci-fi/fantasy movie together. So I’m looking for recommendations. So far we’ve done: Never Ending Story Dark Crystal Labyrinth Willow Galaxy Quest Star Wars trilogy Indy …

@DT2ComicsChat Gearing up to blame “misogyny” for when it flops.

Well THAT'S the way to get us to come to your movies FOR SURE. #Brilliant

@nypost Making Rachel Zegler look bankable again by comparison

‘Supergirl’ actress mocks critics, says a lot of them are Christian dads trib.al/7SYHP7l

@Semiogogue I believe the old adage is: Success has many fathers; failure is an orphan.

It's not the harshest. But if I had it all to do over again I'd caution young men against trying to form a team to accomplish something. Why? Because you'll be robbed of the ability to examine your failures to determine what went wrong and improve yourself thereby. Everyone points at everyone else after a fuckup. This means learning from your failures becomes much, much harder. And, unless you're incredibly lucky, failures will be the only result of your early efforts. Having the lessons to draw from them obscured by others can be the difference between success and unremitting failure. Work alone and you're the only one responsible for failure, which means you can grasp its causes if you're honest. Save your collective efforts for after you've been individually successful. Work alone until you succeed. Then only work with others who've done so – with great caution.

@DT2ComicsChat The most underrated Batman villain in the whole rogues gallery

I really like him. He's a mix of old school gothic horror B-movie serial villain and contemporary super villain. He again, like all of Batman's Rogues, reflects a specific part of Batman, and it's the psychological workings of the mind part.

@ClassicComics3 Age dependent, of course: Ivanhoe Dragonslayer Time Bandits Krull ET The Phantom Tollbooth Big Trouble In Little China Starman Flash Gordon

Princess Bride Legend David the Gnome Every Disney movie from Little Mermaid to Hercules

This is why Colbert is no longer funny (and why shows like Gutfeld!, for that matter, are also lame). Comedy is not about “speaking truth to power,” “telling uncomfortable truths,” or any of the other pious nonsense people routinely spout about the subject these days. It’s about telling jokes, that’s all. And the reason jokes are funny is (according to the most plausible traditional account of the nature of humor) because of the incongruities they convey – which needn’t involve saying anything that is actually true, or challenging anyone in power. I spell this out in this article from a decade ago: edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2015/08/is-it-…

@jeffreyakent @FeserEdward @xthemasterand I disagree. The lack of power is just as much a temptation (due to envy for it) as having power already.

@PAEasy64 @FeserEdward @xthemasterand They really don’t because no one in politics has morals. Power always corrupts.

Gee, it’s almost as if the character of a leader matters after all – as if a corrupt and preternaturally narcissistic and vindictive pathological liar is not in fact a suitable instrument through whom to advance good causes and build a lasting movement. Who could have guessed?

@percy_gryce @amywelborn2 “We will better understand the founding charism by destroying the group’s independence and forcing it to mold to the wishes of each bishop.”

@amywelborn2 One of Francis's curial officials wrote that for sure. I look hopefully to H.H.'s bringing in his own men.

Everyone's talking about the AI encyclical, but maybe take a look at what Leo said to leaders of ecclesial movements and new communities this morning: amywelborn.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/mov… "Here I would like to emphasize the importance of this dimension of communion with the Church as a whole. At times we find groups who close themselves up and think that their specific reality is the only one, or that it is the Church, but the Church is all of us, it is much more! And so our movements must truly endeavour to live in communion with the entire Church, at diocesan level. The bishop is therefore a very important figure of reference, and if a group says, “No, we are not in communion with this bishop, we want another one”, this will not do. We must try to live in communion with all the Church, at diocesan level as well as at universal level. In this light, we can better understand the meaning of fidelity to the founding charism, which constitutes an indispensable point of reference for the governance of an ecclesial community. Every authentic charism already contains within itself fidelity and openness to the Church. To govern in a manner faithful to the founding charism therefore means finding in it the inspiration to open oneself to the journey the Church is undertaking in the present, without becoming entrenched in the models—however positive—of the past, but allowing oneself to be challenged by new realities and challenges, in dialogue with all the other members of the ecclesial body."

This kind of thing is worse than eating an expensive sandwich

@CatholicSmark @TradJackBurton I’m not so sure about that. Most normie Catholics (of any age) who I’ve encountered have an aversion to the TLM because they’ve been told to. Not sure if that amounts to “stigma” but it’s on the negative side of the ledger for sure.

@TradJackBurton I consistently oppose the SSPX and this is laughable nonsense. - The stigma today is mostly gone except a few bitter old people. - The demonization of the TLM began between 1964-1969, not once the SSPX was suspended in the 70s and became a major point of resistance.

Had Lefebvre and the Society not so firmly tied the TLM to outright rejection of Vatican II and accusations of Rome having "lost the faith", the TLM itself would be even MORE widespread today, and there would be less of an ecclesiastical stigma against "trads".

@CatholicSmark Wow. Lot of unintentional telling on themselves there.

@PAEasy64 From Cardinal O'Malleys recent interview

If we dont know what Vatican II taught, and we don't know if it was even God's will what happened at the Council... What are we doing?

Perhaps for the final time: Imagine giving a shit about Stephen Colbert