After classes tonight I'll be watching this cheerful gem. No, not the MST3K episode (one of the series' more contentious outings, because most consider Marooned / Space Travelers to be undeserving of mockery). Just the movie on its own merits, as a reminder that being stuck in the *right* company is everything.

Also: apparently Cuarón watched this dozens of times while making Gravity, so if it's as good as I've heard I'll have more reason to side-eye its high-budget inheritor. 😉 #CoSoFilms #SFF

🤔 Two hours before evening classes to... work on a new story?

#HeckYes #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

@Alfred if I had a Valentine's Day date with Conan the Barbarian, what would be some good activities for us to do together?

😅 I'm glad I started today with #NudiPics, because it's been pretty grim posting ever since.

#Crime #Trafficking #Exploitation

Just got a notice today confirming a rule in place for the last two weeks in Medellín: curfew on children and teens in certain tourist-laden areas where child sex trafficking has surged.

It's one of a few efforts to crack down on this scourge, so if you see news items about Medellín seeming scary to foreigners, just remember: folks here are Not Happy with foreigners dropping by to rape children. I hope they can catch the major network operators soon. 👍

Walkies. :) I usually don't at this hour, because I'm a vampire whose skin burns in minutes, but the UV's low because it's cloudy and looks like rain. ⛈️💙

Let's gooo! 😊

Because so many important news stories are teetering on the brink, I decided to write a different kind of "brief" today.

Here, we review a few difficult situations - in war, in climate change, in electoral politics - to come to the deeper danger in news cycles like these:

Giving over to the politics of fatalism. Allowing oneself to believe that everything getting worse is inevitable.

We can't change world events - but we can better fortify ourselves for local action.

https://onlysky.media/mclark/resisting-the-politics-of-fatalism/

And now to bed.

See you grunts in a few! 🤗

#Valentines #NudiPics

And for the fifth, a little fun thrown in to round out three fierce, phenomenal women:

@phase2
@LiseL
@thewebrecluse
@Alfred

Alfred's nudi is as artificial as the algorithm, of course. Also, Phase, I couldn't help myself with yours - the nudi looked like it was doing its best impression of a coffee mug!

Ladies, you carry your strength and deep feeling through worlds of BS. May you always feel honoured for it where it counts. Have a day even half as brilliant as you.

#Valentines #NudiPics

Fourth set!
@cjtownsend
@Mauve_matelot
@Merlin
@OldDude71

Another diverse range of nudis for a wonderfully wide-ranging group of human beings. Thank you for keeping this place as grounded as reality allows.

Be good to yourselves today!

#Valentines #NudiPics

Third round!
@Valkyrie_D
@stueytheround
@Kinnison
@stephen_a_allen

Here's to some warm and generous people indeed - including a birthday boy in the mix! Two of you didn't sign up for cards, but I just wanted to extend well-wishing on the day all the same. 🤗

#Valentines #NudiPics

Next up:
@WordsmithFL
@daniel
@cmskiera
@bmacmixer

Gents, you bring a wide range of joys to this place. Thank you for your presence! Thank you for being ever so true to your respective senses of humour, too. Have a lovely one!

#Valentines #NudiPics

First up:
@Kaysymmetry
@Graci
@NiveusLepus
@MelissaHDavis

Four fabulous ladies who carry brightness with them wherever they go. 🤗 Happy day, lovelies!

Happy V-Day, weirdos. 💛

We all know the world's a dumpster fire, so why not make use of every chance to celebrate a kinder glow?

#Valentines below, for CoSonauts who put their names in and a few more besides. They're grouped in five posts of four, so I don't flood the feed. #NudiPics abounding!

And on a serious note: hug your loved ones as often as you can, and tell them what they mean to you.

Be good to your own weary hearts, if you can't.

Life's too short to be callous where it counts. 🕊️