#Recommended

צבי הנינג'ה🟣zvinj@tooot.im
2025-06-20

הלהיט האחרון אצלנו על המקרן הוא webcam של תל אביב מכיוון צפון לעבר עזריאלי/הקריה.
יש גם היסטוריה של 3 שעות, אז אפשר לבוא גם אחרי התקפה ולראות מה היה לפני רבע שעה (תאורטית. עוד לא יצא לנו)
youtube.com/live/mR-iMYIoW4Q
#recommended

Pickrpickr
2025-06-17

At roughly $700, the Sony WH-1000XM6 pushes noise cancellation benchmarks even higher. But are the XM6 headphones worth the high price? pickr.com.au/reviews/2025/sony

2025-06-16

I once bought carpet trends for my stairs, so this must mean I am collecting every color, size, and design available on Amazon.

#Amazon #onlineShopping #recommended

עומדים ביחד نقف معًاomdimbeyachad@leftodon.social
2025-06-13

#recommended listening:
Anti-War songs of the 60's and 70's
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis
via @rosa_media_st whatsapp group

Pickrpickr
2025-06-06

There's no shortage of laptops in the world, but the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition sets owners up for the AI PC era with specs and battery life aplenty. pickr.com.au/reviews/2025/leno

צבי הנינג'ה🟣zvinj@tooot.im
2025-06-02

#nowplaying #recommended
Joshua Idehen – Mum Does the Washing
youtu.be/PS9Bc_GQBEs

Evelon - TercythoraxTercytorrax@mastoart.social
2025-05-31
🪑Dr Rockstar ♫ajaxStardust@vivaldi.net
2025-05-30

"I know this move is hard for you. You didn't even want to stop breast feeding until well after you'd learned to read." ~ Sudha Pradeep to Kamal Pradeep

#ThePradeepsOfPittsburgh

imdb.com/title/tt14584532/

#recommended #primevideo

Pickrpickr
2025-05-30
צבי הנינג'ה🟣zvinj@tooot.im
2025-05-29

#nowplaying
youtu.be/jwsKBBFG728

Despite the click-bait title "Jewish Journalist EXPOSES Israel’s DARK SECRET History", it's a very good "real Zionism 101". As an Israeli, I know all the hard to believe facts presented there are true (which probably brands me as a "self loathing jew" 😉).

Toot-worthy quotes:

> the idea that Israel represents all Jews is an antisemitic idea

> The biggest threat to Jewish safety is not a free Palestine, it's Zionism

#recommended

Crausscrauss
2025-05-25
Julian :rainbow_heart:Loredo@chaos.social
2025-05-23

Alex Rider was really good, extremely thrilling.

#series #recommended #streaming #tvshows

Really sad there is not going to be a season 4 :-(

Pickrpickr
2025-05-20

Bigger than the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus is more of what people want from an iPhone made for everyone: a bigger battery. pickr.com.au/reviews/2025/appl

Highly #recommended:

A good and informative conversation about #Israel, #ESC and #EBU by 3 fan media members, thus, these are fan medias that work with a journalistic approach, in my opinion, as a person who has been working as a journalist.

Between 24'45" - 1'15'40

For those interestered about #Eurovision itself, before and after it also good conversation about this years competition.

youtube.com/watch?v=lquHApD37i

#Gaza #Palestine #kansanmurha #genozide #euroviisut #eurovision2025 #esc2025

Anthony BakerAnthonyBaker
2025-05-17

Caught this track from @tracy's latest Week Notes post. She mentioned how it kept popping into her head all week. It's definitely popping into mine. Great find! Thanks Tracy. ❤️ 🎵

And from eight years ago no less! The awesome thing about electronic music is that it always sounds NOW.

youtu.be/u3iqCbcyrzg

2025-05-15

Things I enjoyed in 2025 (Part 2)

Short Stories

“Black Matter” by Vivian Shaw (2019): Necromancy at the NTSB. I am a sucker for stories about the practical applications of supernatural powers.

“Echo Syndrome” by Jennifer Hudak (2025): An excellent (and terrifying) story about being a parent.

“Cliff’s Notes for Surviving a Blockbuster Disaster Film” by Gretchen Tessmer (2025): What it says on the tin.

“Everyone Keeps Saying Probably” by Premee Mohamed (2025): Almost, but not quite, the end of the world.

Novella

Countess by Suzan Palumbo (2024): Anti-colonialism in space. I particularly appreciated the connection to actual historical realities; centuries of oppression don’t disappear once you’re out of the gravity well. I think it starts stronger than it ends (but there’s an argument for the reverse opinion) but the narrative shift away from the soap operatic revenge of The Count of Monte Cristo is intentional and I respect the decision. I also got hungry reading (even if my palate begins registering “spicy” as painful rather than simply flavorful much earlier than I’d like).

Novels

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959): It occurred to me this year that I had not actually read any Shirley Jackson and I decided that could not stand. Hill House is excellent, and the second stolen reference to a cup full of stars gave me more of a frisson than any banging on doors.

Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson (2024): I began filling my long form Hopkinson lacuna. This book works as anti-colonialist literature and bildungsroman of a flawed manchild, but I found it most enjoyable as a languid (not the same as slow) exploration of the Caribbean-esque island Chynchin and its creole culture.

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (1993): More lacuna-filling. The distance between this solid anthropological SF novel and the Hild books is not so very wide.

Point of Hearts by Melissa Scott (2025): I like the Astreiant books mostly for the worldbuilding; the city feels very lived in. And since it’s a secondary world fantasy, I can get a police procedural fix without feeling dirty. The description “incorrect fantasy writing” (complimentary) really does nail the vibe.

Media

The Wild Robot (2024): I read books one and two to Kid # 2 and we both enjoyed them. The movie has definitely been rejiggered in the course of its adaptation and some nuance stripped away; but the core of parenting, community, and self-definition remain. I liked the quiet evidence of a climate apocalypse, but based on a survey of my household a drowned Golden Gate Bridge may not register with younger viewers.

The Gorge (2025): This is not a good movie, but it has some good bits: the romance, the competence porn, and the weird horror landscape are fun, embedded in a movie firmament of general action film mediocrity.

Paradise (2025): A post-apocalyptic political thriller, making profuse use of flashbacks. (I am a sucker for shows that use interlaced timelines to good effect.)

Severence (season 2, 2025): The second season did a good job of maintaining the inherent creepiness of Lumon while also implicating characters we care about and confronting the complexity of two people in one body, and the basic question of who gets to be a person. Tramell Tillman and Gwendoline Christie are particular delights, with appearances that are weirdly grounded and entirely surreal, respectively.

Flow (2024): This is a very pretty movie. It definitely feels like watching someone else play a video game, but that’s okay, I was happy to go along for the ride and explore the environment.

Heretic (2024): This is worth watching if you want to see Hugh Grant continue to delight in his career’s second act heel-turn. (I remain charmed; he’s clearly having a blast. This is a better vehicle than Honor Among Thieves, but not a better movie.) Otherwise, meh; I’m not entirely sure the screenwriters avoid the villain’s error of assuming he’s the smartest person in the room.

Companion (2025): Ex Machina, but make it trashy. Gotta love a criminal conspiracy involving Bradford Boimler, Aneesa Qureshi, and Guillermo de la Cruz. (Though those three characters would be significantly more competent in their conspiring.)

#recommended

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