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   StaringAtClouds (staringatclouds@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 11:46:19 JST StaringAtClouds

   Just started watching Babylon 5 again from the beginning

   And there's the rise of racism & nationalism

   People intent on eradicating other people

   Oligarchs thinking rules don't apply to them

   Political rivals being killed

   There's even a rigged election

   I'm sitting here thinking "WHEN was this made 🤯"

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     Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel (maj1@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 11:46:21 JST Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel

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     @staringatclouds History repeats itself & the constant is that we never learn. Even when we are reminded time & again. 😔

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     StaringAtClouds (staringatclouds@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 11:47:16 JST StaringAtClouds

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     • claralistensprechen3rd

     @claralistensprechen3rd You mean Will Robinson from Lost In Space (Billy Mumy)

     And yes, I am that old that I saw it when it first aired

     My point was that B5 is over 25 years old & is predicting events happening now

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     claralistensprechen3rd (claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 11:47:17 JST claralistensprechen3rd

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     @staringatclouds Here's a hint: the boy who was in The Twilight Zone as the kid who wished adults into a cornfield is in Babylon 5 as an adult.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 11:47:25 JST clacke

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     • claralistensprechen3rd

     @staringatclouds I was reading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfac… (1994) in 2004 or so, and every US Presidential election since then has shocked me with becoming more and more aligned with the book.

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     claralistensprechen3rd (claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 12:29:48 JST claralistensprechen3rd

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     @clacke @staringatclouds Humans that don't change are predictable that way.
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     Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 18:22:14 JST Thomas Magnum

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     I used to read this during every election cycle. Eventually it was too much like the actual election in 2020
     
     @claralistensprechen3rd @staringatclouds
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     Steve Foerster 🌐 (stevefoerster@social.fossdle.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 18:22:16 JST Steve Foerster 🌐

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     @staringatclouds Babylon 5 is my favorite show ever! It's a masterpiece, especially considering they accomplished it on a shoestring budget.

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     Just Bob 🇺🇲♒🐧🪖 (bob@beamship.mpaq.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 18:22:24 JST Just Bob 🇺🇲♒🐧🪖

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     > I'm sitting here thinking "WHEN was this made

     I've been watching a lot of the old TV shows and it amazes me how much of that crap is STILL going on even from the 80's.

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     aburtch (aburtch@triangletoot.party)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 18:22:26 JST aburtch

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     • Dgar

     @staringatclouds @dgar Plus it was fully written as a five season arc before they started filming such that flash-forward scenes in season one didn’t make any sense until season four or five. It was so far ahead of its time.

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