I didn't know 60s had THAT many great movies and some of them are my favorites now Lawrence of Arabia, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Le Samouraï They were 𝓬𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 🥵 #lawrenceofarabia #thegoodthebadandtheugly #lesamourai #movies

I really like books that use the mere fact that they exist in text media: just think of 'House of Leaves' and how it makes simple text its tool. Constraints force artistic decisions upon authors, and text as the chosen medium can be used in various ways. One can mix styles, languages, rhymes with non-rhymes, grammar, punctuation, imitate newspaper, diary, audio transcript, etc. It can have every level of abstraction or realism. Mere text provides so many ways to arouse emotions, and I haven't even mentioned the art of book covers... #HouseOfLeaves #books #bookstr #reading

'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' is probably the first book in a long time that reminded me why I used to enjoy reading. It's so intimate, so weird, so controversial, so cruel, and yet so honest. It's the author's try at psychoanalyzing himself which often fails or conceals details, and quite surprisingly there is nothing about love which is at last a fresh look at one's priorities. It's quite obvious how his direction of thought is never about affections, but about subordination to and of others while being so shy and educated. This was quite a read, and T.E. Lawrence seems one of the most interesting people I've read about To be honest the book has strong #AndOne's 'Men in Uniform' vibes #lawrenceofarabia #sevenpillarsofwisdom #bookreview #books #telawrence #literature #bookstr

If there was an open source messaging app as great as Telegram I would immediately switch to it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, open source apps often lack features that we all know and love in closed proprietary ones, so switching feels more like sacrificing convenience for a feeling of privacy #telegram #opensource

I wonder what people call some unnamed genres of stories. I've heard 'competence porn' for stories like 'The Bear', 'Generation Kill', etc, where characters do their job exceptionally well under stress even if they don't enjoy it or have personal problems, but it's barely googleable. There is also 'every individual scene is great, you can figure out the implied plot yourself' type of storytelling with 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'. How do I even search for such stories??? I want more!