Notices by Ben Zanin (gnomon@mastodon.social), page 4

#monsterdon Is this doctor trying to give the president the brush-off?

...it is odd how much of this movie takes place in restrooms.

(That circular foot-operated handwashing station brings me back to ancient school washrooms from the early 80s.)

#monsterdon WHAT WAS THAT SCENE

Was that a morgue!? Was it an operating theatre!? In the basement of a power station? Which was under the white house situation room!??

what is GOING ON

#monsterdon I tell you what, if I come through this movie watching with nothing more than one new strategy for escaping interminable meetings, it will have been worthwhile.

#monsterdon o god not the wallpaper

#monsterdon Somebody please fine that president $350. That was his awoo, right?

#monsterdon Real talk for a second: the lighting and the shakycam in these scene are absolutely terrible, but unlike every one of the Bourne movies you can still see what is actually happening.

(It's not GOOD of course but you can see what it is.)

#monsterdon "If I... change... that's the only thing that can keep me from killing someone else."

Also the silver-handled stick I just spent the last scene bellowing about. That's another thing. So two things.

And hopefully also these chains? OK so three things. But those three things are the only things that can keep me from killing someone else!

#monsterdon Credit where it's due, Marian landed that shot right in the center of mass in an extremely stressful situation.

No explanation for why she only had a single dress on for the entire duration of the movie but her firearms work passed muster.

#monsterdon AND THAT'S A WRAP i don't know how BUT IT IS

Thank you, @Taweret

#monsterdon "This gun? Bury it, bury it, bury it with last year's nerve gas."

w o w

@Gargron it's been a whole year already?? That is WILD. Happy anniversary to you both!!

@mntmn hey, have I mentioned lately how excellent your alt text game has gotten? Well done.

Huh, I think I could make use of an aglet crimping tool.

This is not an eventuality I foresaw.

@jalefkowit ...pirate it before its air date, by cracking Apple's video production intrusion countermeasures with half-finished Chinese military cyberwarfare software purchased via a Finnish information broker with gusset specifications exfiltrated from the R&D division of a Sudanese fashion house named "" (the empty string)

I want to talk about this thing for a second: https://www.theverge.com/24083014/microlino-lite-microcar-moped-license-price-specs (by way of @landley )

It's honestly cute, right? And it'll probably be decently affordable. But I'll submit that it really only makes sense in a sizeable city.

And within a city, what you actually want to encourage is the ebike. (Manufactured well, covered by decent safety standards & legislation, with good cycle infrastructure, plus appropriate clothing...)

This car still has an audience, but I'd argue a very small one?

@gvwilson I know it has accumulated enough overloaded meaning and marketing to be unsuitable for the purpose now but I really wish "personal computing" could be the right label for this concept.

@Gargron *points an infrared thermometer at @babe * that's weird, the LCD says "hot but also very cool"

(Seriously though, that sounds unpleasant, hope you're feeling better thermally regulated and less headachey soon)

@Gargron happy birthday!! Please accept these boosts

OK people I'm going to need you to hit me up with your best capybara images, please

Thank you in advance for your service

🔄🙏

@cks do you want me to cause a bigger NVMe drive with your name on it to appear