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Complimentary water is wild‼️

In Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979), the “Biggus Dickus” scene used unaware extras, swapped last minute by Terry Jones so they wouldn’t know the lines, making the Roman soldiers’ laughter completely genuine as they broke character

There’s a reason one line from Secondhand Lions has stayed with people for more than 20 years. And it’s not just because the line is beautiful. It’s because the movie quietly makes you live the idea before it ever says it out loud. Secondhand Lions looks simple on the surface. A lonely boy named Walter is sent to spend the summer with two eccentric old uncles in Texas, played by Michael Caine and Robert Duvall. The men tell impossible stories about their younger days: The French Foreign Legion. The Sahara Desert. Sword fights. A kidnapped princess. A once-in-a-lifetime love. The stories sound ridiculous. And the movie does something incredibly smart: For almost the entire runtime, it refuses to tell you if any of it is true. That uncertainty becomes the entire engine of the film. Walter wants to believe the stories. Not because they make logical sense. But because the idea that his uncles were once brave adventurers and great lovers feels bigger, warmer, and more meaningful than the possibility that they’re simply lonely old men inventing fairy tales. And without realizing it… You start doing the exact same thing. As the audience, you’re placed in Walter’s position. You can’t verify any of the stories either. You just slowly find yourself wanting them to be true. And eventually, you choose to believe them anyway. That’s what makes the movie so emotionally powerful. Most films explain their themes through dialogue. Secondhand Lions does the opposite. It makes you experience the theme first. Then, near the end, Robert Duvall’s character finally says the famous line: “Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most.” On paper, it sounds like a nice quote. Maybe even sentimental. But by the time the movie says it, the line hits like a freight train because you suddenly realize: The movie already made you do exactly that. You already believed. Not because you had proof. Because believing felt meaningful. The film never argued its point logically. It built an emotional experience that quietly guided you into making the choice yourself. That’s why the performances matter so much. Robert Duvall has to feel believable both as a legendary adventurer and as an old man who might be inventing everything. Michael Caine has to tell these impossible stories with just enough warmth and sincerity that you lean toward faith even while your rational brain hesitates. Their chemistry isn’t just charming. It’s structural. Without it, the movie’s central illusion collapses. And then the film does one final clever thing. Near the ending, it lightly suggests that the stories may actually have been true after all. But by then, it almost doesn’t matter. Because the truth was never the point. You had already chosen belief long before the movie offered confirmation. The reward came from believing when certainty wasn’t available. That’s the quiet brilliance of Secondhand Lions. It isn’t really a movie about adventure stories. It’s a movie about why human beings need stories in the first place. Why we choose hope over cynicism. Wonder over detachment. Meaning over proof. And why some things become true for us emotionally long before they can ever be proven logically. That’s why people remember that line decades later. Not because it sounds wise. But because by the time they hear it, the movie has already revealed something about them.

#DawnPoetry lunch at the all-american café

sitting in this honky-tonk diner  just a quick stop on the way to nowhere  i can feel hostile eyes puffy and sullen holding me in a spotlight of curiosity and contempt   as i standing out like a radioactive alien at a high school football game glance at the menu offering nothing  i really want but i have to put something in my stomach so i can keep going to wherever it is i’m going 
i ordered the soup of the day from a taciturn waitress  then keeping myself to myself buried my face in a book which now that i think on it wasn’t too bright because these folks aren’t readers and books are generally suspect   now when they’re not staring at me  all eyes are on the television over the counter  blaring the latest news from the state designed to keep us fractured frightened and misinformed    and when after what seems an eternity the soup’s sloshed in front of me i famished dig in but there’s no comfort in this meal i taste violence in every spoonful   © 2020 RC deWinter Published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal @LothlorienJ April 2022

One of my favorite songs. He tells a picturesque story and you can visualize aspect of his story.

@TheTruthWalkerQ Release the unredacted Epstien files and videos, except those of the survivors.

If the accused in these #Epstein files were from third-world countries, we would have seen international sanctions and military actions. But because they are Western leaders, the facts are coldly erased.

@commons96055467 Release the unredacted Epstien files and videos, except those of the survivors.

Sascha Riley’s description of how trump raped him as a child, makes your skin crawl in disgust. The Epstein files make his story certain. Our hero veteran is telling the truth. Trump must resign today. No ifs, ands, or buts.

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@squirlkit @commons96055467 @StevenS50103033 Release the unredacted Epstien files and videos, except those of the survivors.

Researchers in Brazil have demonstrated that a simple extract from the seeds of the Moringa oleifera tree (often called the “miracle tree”) can effectively remove microplastics from drinking water using a completely natural, plant-based process. The saline extract from moringa seeds acts as a powerful natural coagulant. It contains positively charged water-soluble proteins that neutralize the negative surface charge of tiny plastic particles (such as aged polyvinyl chloride microplastics). This causes the particles to clump together into larger aggregates that can then be easily removed through basic sand filtration. In laboratory tests using low-turbidity tap water, the moringa seed extract achieved up to 98.5% removal of microplastics — performance comparable to aluminum sulfate (alum), the conventional chemical coagulant used in many water treatment plants. Notably, the plant-based extract performed even better than alum in more alkaline (higher pH) conditions and worked effectively in simpler in-line filtration systems, potentially reducing the need for complex treatment steps. [Batista, G. et al. (2026). "Removal of Microplastics from Drinking Water by Moringa oleifera Seed: Comparative Performance with Alum in Direct and In-Line Filtration Systems." ACS Omega. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c11569]

DON RICKLES — in his last ever television appearance in 2017 — had dinner with MARTIN SCORSESE and ROBERT DE NIRO, and things got emotional. DINNER WITH DON (2017)

This 14 years old magician is truly amazing 🔥