point me to the edge of the world

With stroke going on and everyone catching up on shows/movies they couldn’t watch

Citizen Kane {1941}

Seven Samurai {1954}

House of Usher {1960}

Jumpin' Jack Flash {1986}

Some Like It Hot {1959}

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar {1995}

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert {1994}

Monty Python and the Holy Grail {1975}

The Goonies {1985}

Stand By Me {1985}

Blazing Saddles {1974}

To Kill a Mockingbird {1962}

The Color Purple {1985}

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

Ivan the Terrible (1944)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

On the Waterfront (1954)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

The Haunting (1963)

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

The Devils (1971)

Chinatown (1974)

Suspiria (1977)

The Beyond (1981)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

1. Lady of Burlesque (1943)

2. The Big Sleep (1946)

3. Laura (1944)

4. Kelly's Heroes (1970) - it's an anti-war war movie about a bank heist

5. The Longest Day (1962) - set during D-day with perspectives from both sides of the conflict

6. The Kennel Murders (1933)

7. The Thin Man (1934)

And for tv drama series:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1985) - Jeremy Brett as Holmes and one of the best dramatizations of the character

2) Young Frankenstein (1974)

3) Singing in the Rain (1952)

4) True Grit (both the original and remake are good and the remake is well done)

5) The Exorcist (1973) (this one can be disturbing depending on the person)

6) Psych (tv series, 2006-2014, plus 3 movies since)

7) The Great Outsoors (1988)

8) Zulu (1964) about the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, starring a very young Michael Cain

The Hunt For Red October (1990) - Russian submarine commander decides to defect to the United States with his submarine at the height of the cold war (extremely serious)

Father Goose (1964) - a very disgruntled alcoholic is press-ganged into being a lookout during WWII, and then has to babysit a schoolteacher and her kids and is forced to quit drinking (comedy)

Operation Petticoat (1959) - the WWII misadventures of the American submarine USS Sea Tiger (comedy)

Small Soldiers (1998) - two lines of action figures, one aliens and one military, are installed with untested and intelligent processing chips, escalating their action figure plotline into actual combat (mainly rule-of-fun, with slight comedy, serious, and horror moments)

The Fugitive - a man is falsely believed to have murdered his wife, spiraling into a nationwide manhunt as he struggles to bring the real killer to the attention of law enforcement (serious)

“there’s a restaurant two miles from my house called—” nope

“today I learned [celeb] went to my high school—” nope nope nope nope nope

these are all real posts I’ve seen on the internet that allowed me to identify a user’s hometown instantly. if it’s a small town, that’s doubly dangerous, because a bad actor could trace you just by a unique first name or selfie you once posted. in an age where doxxing and stalking are some of the worst I’ve ever seen it, you HAVE to think twice about what you’re posting online.

i once saw a 13-year old post an image they noted as being “a few miles from their house.” it had a theater in the shot with a unique enough name to be local. one google maps search, now everyone knew not only what city they lived in, but the possible neighborhoods in that radius too. and they had a HUGE following…who all knew this was a 13-year-old child.

so yeah. not to sound like a 90s internet safety PSA…but I’m gonna be that PSA for a minute.

if you’re posting an image, there is NO need to say that you live there. you could just be traveling. “saw this in Montana” is better than “saw this by my house!”

before you post about a venue, especially a restaurant or small store, check and see if it’s local—CRUCIALLY if it has only one or two locations. people might travel to arenas or convention centers, but they’re far less likely to be traveling to Bartleby’s Fish and Chips. if it’s an anecdote and you still live nearby, you can honestly just leave the name out entirely.

if you’re sharing a news story, it can just be a story you found and wanted to share. you don’t have to clarify “it happened in my town,” because even if you don’t mention your town name, an easily-googled news article will.

if you’re seeing a concert or meeting a celebrity on a tour that’s stopped locally, wait until they’ve hit a few more venues before you post about it, or at the very least wait until you get home. this is honestly a smart move for any event you attend: unless you’re marketing yourself, there’s no need to advertise your location in real time.

check your selfie backgrounds for anything identifying. this includes city names on venues, school names, street signs, and house numbers.

this stuff is flexible if you no longer live in your hometown, or if your city is particularly big, but there’s STILL no reason to tie yourself to your school, your workplace, or your street. you can call it paranoid, but as someone who’s seen my friends get literal death threats over fictional characters before, the last thing I want is someone willing to act on those threats finding out where they live.

here is a map of the path of the eclipse (from timeanddate)

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.