The Dark Rattler

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The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jul 14

Show me a comic page you love; no explanation needed.

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Like Magneto, we have made our choices in our lives, we have taken our stand for what we believe in. We were both haunted men, him by a nightmare, me by a dream.
Time will tell which of us was right.
His choice was ever fueled by rage, tainted by the despair that scars his soul.
As ours, I pray will be sustained by hope.

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We have it within ourselves, X-Men -- As do all people, whether mutants or no -- to leave our world better than we found it.
To Strive for the heights of our potential, to see out the best in ourselves and in others, where Magneto would have automatically assumed the worst.

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Yes, that is an ideal, perhaps an unattainable one. Bust success in this is not what is important.
What matters is the attempt. And our powers, our role as heroes -- perhaps even the simple fact the we live -- gives us the obligation to try.

From the comic, X-Men Mutant Genesis by Chris Claremont (Author), John Byrne (Author) and Jim Lee (Illustrator)

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jul 9

Zodiac (2007) is a David Fincher-directed crime thriller about the real-life hunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial murderer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and 1970s. The film follows cartoonist Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal), reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.), and detective Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo) as they become obsessed with the killer's cryptic letters and ciphers, which he sent to newspapers and police. It's known for its meticulous detail, historical accuracy, and focus on the psychological toll of the unsolved case, rather than just the murders.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jul 4

My Founding Fathers #foundingfathers

The A-Team is an American action-adventure TV series that aired on NBC from 1983 to 1987, about four former U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers framed for a crime who escape military prison to become soldiers of fortune, helping the downtrodden while on the run from the military police. The core team includes leader "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), con man "Faceman" Peck (Dirk Benedict), mechanic "B.A." Baracus (Mr. T), and pilot "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz). The show is known for its iconic intro, explosive action, and memorable characters, becoming a major hit in the 1980s.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 29

Black Widow Claire Voyant

Claire Voyant is the original Black Widow, a Golden Age comic book character from Mystic Comics #4 (1940), who is a spirit medium granted supernatural powers by Satan to kill evil-doers and send their souls to Hell, making her an anti-hero or villain distinct from the later Marvel spy Natasha Romanoff. Her powers include a "Touch of Death," flight, invisibility, and superhuman strength, and she serves as Satan's agent, killing corrupt individuals and leaving a black widow symbol on their bodies.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 27

Name your favorite TV pet that isn't Scooby Doo

Dreyfuss was the lovable, lazy dog from the sitcom Empty Nest, a St. Bernard/Golden Retriever mix primarily played by the dog actor Bear, with his brother Julio often doubling for him in more active scenes. He was the pet of Dr. Harry Weston (Richard Mulligan) and a main character throughout the show's seven-season run, also making guest appearances on The Golden Girls.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 26

Twice now, I have bought cough drops, two different brands I must add, and in both bags, there's been an empty wrapper. Sealed bags with an empty wrapper. And no there wasn't a cough drop in the bag that happened to fall out. Is this something new? Like did cough drop companies figure out that an empty wrapper in the bag keeps the other cough drops fresher for longer? Crazy odds that it's happened twice, one right after the other!

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 24

AI isn't profitable. And by the time it is, communities will be lost, water polluted and energy prices will be through the roof. No one elected these clowns. No one wants AI. Just because a few tech billionaires have the power to make it happen doesn't mean the rest of us should have it forced on us

Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social "Okay. Ai can go bankrupt then. This is not our problem, this sounds like a rich tech billionaire problem."

Valuetainment posted "JUST IN: Anthropic CEO says AI companies need hundreds of billions in revenue, or they'll go bankrupt.

Let the bubble burst and let these companies die off. No bailouts, no nothing!!!!!

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 24

It sounds like the kind of news the American people (and the world) would like to have heard as soon as possible, not many months (perhaps more than a year) after these journalists first learned of it.

I genuinely don’t understand why we’re being asked to buy a book with important information about Trump when that information could have already been reported in the newspaper employing the two journalists who wrote said book.

I don’t understand why I’m being asked to pay $20/month or whatever to support traditional newspapers for the critical necessity of the free press safeguarding and empowering the public — and then asked to spend another $35 for a supposedly essential book written by two reporters who could have already published that critical information in said traditional newspaper when they first received it.

This is nothing new, of course. Over the past decade, some of the nation’s most prominent journalists have been withholding critical information gleaned during their investigations of the first and second Trump administrations in order to have bright and shiny PR fodder for pre-sales of their tell-all books. Bob Woodward certainly comes to mind. There are others. - Charlotte Clymer June 24, 2026

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 22

Lol we must have been typing at the same time. This comment on the video I saw is top tier

The state that leads the country in "Florida man..." All of a sudden has standards 😂😂

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 17

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you. Basically he was the Temu Magnum P.I.

Matt Houston is an American crime drama television series starring Lee Horsley as the title character, a wealthy oilman who holds a side job as a private investigator. Created by Lawrence Gordon and produced by Aaron Spelling, it originally aired on ABC for three seasons from 1982 to 1985.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 16

Same. I usually am just playing a mobile game

Screenshot from the mobile game Plants vs Zombies Heroes.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 16

This old Undertaker t-shirt. And it still fits.

1998 WWF Undertaker t-shirt. Still fits!

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 16

Dusting off this oldie but a goodie.

A Simpsons meme depicting how Elon Musk never has a shortage of idiots and incels who are willing to defend him against any and all valid criticism especially when it should be known as fact that he's a mass murderer thanks to his role in the dismantling of USAID

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 15

10 years ago, I came up with this profound sentiment. I still stand by this too.

From my old and deleted Twitter account, The Dark Rattler - Can't we all agree that the only kind of intolerance we should have to worry about is to lactose
#NoHate #StandTogether

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 12

I honestly have no idea but I do remember reading this at a very young age so I'm just gonna say it was this one.

The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover (or simply The Monster at the End of This Book) is a children's picture book based on the television series Sesame Street and starring Grover. It was written by series writer and producer Jon Stone and illustrated by Michael Smollin, and originally published by Little Golden Books in 1971. It has since become the all-time bestselling Sesame Street book title and has been cited as a modern classic of children's literature.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 12

Frequency Before Jim Caviezel went crazy he actually made decent movies.

Frequency is a 2000 American science fiction thriller film starring Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Shawn Doyle, Melissa Errico, and Noah Emmerich.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 8

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 8

Without downloading new pics what is it like to date (and/or be married to) you?

"I don't know which country this is, but I've dated many people from it 😭"

And it's just a picture of red flags with a city skyline behind it.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 3

Drop something Yellow

Yellow Lion at the shifting sands of Niloofar from Voltron Legendary Defender

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 3

For some reason, people on Bluesky started posting people talking on the phone. So here is Chris Evans from the movie Cellular (before he was Captain America). If you can hear Nina Simone - Sinnerman when viewing this photo, we can be friends.

Cellular is a 2004 American action thriller film directed by David R. Ellis. The film stars Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy with Noah Emmerich, Richard Burgi, Valerie Cruz and Jessica Biel.

The film follows a female science teacher who is kidnapped by home invaders, but manages to randomly phone a young man and call for help. The man must maintain the call for the long time, before realizing that the kidnappers are dirty cops, working for the Los Angeles Police Department. The film then follows a struggle for survival between several desperate characters.

The film was released on September 10, 2004. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $57 million.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 3

The past 18 months have seen members of the military and veterans who are women, Black, Latino, APPI, and LGBTQ broadly erased from any recognition by the Trump Administration and the Department of Defense specifically. Who doesn’t remember the government website purges touted by Trump and his cronies?

Last year, thousands of transgender service members and their families were kicked out, their lives uprooted, their service cruelly degraded, their characters slandered, all because of a senseless and bigoted policy created to placate anti-trans extremists, signed by a coward who avoided military service.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· Jun 2

The Recruit is a 2003 American spy thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Al Pacino, Colin Farrell and Bridget Moynahan.

The Dark Rattler@thedarkrattler· May 29

BREAKING NEWS: Soundcheck have withdrawn from the Freedom 250 Celebration We're also hearing that the Soundcheck tribute band Soundcheck-ish, as well as the twin brothers of Soundcheck-ish, Noise Test have also withdrawn themselves from the Freedom 250 Celebration.