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Ilene Goldman@ilenegold.bsky.social · 3d ago

Post you from a different era in your life

for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? A random magnet that a collection of the loose paperclips get stuck to.

Erin Grievances@erinbartram.bsky.social · 7d ago

for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? loose corn on the cob holders to poke your fingers on every time

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Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · last wk.

Trying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1

"How will you look after your mental health? A. The university health center, if it’s not too abysmal. B. I will immerse myself in the works of Nietzsche, and possibly the work of Ben and Jerry."

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last wk.

Do you know what you’d study in grad school? A. Yes. I’ve thoroughly thought through the decision to go to grad school. B. Today it’s rock formations. Tomorrow it’ll be sociology. The next day? Maybe an MFA in creative nonfiction. All days? I will have lunch.

Please note: this film was not approved by any museum ever and seriously please don’t pull this. #ThomasCrownAffair #HATM

Bowler hat you say? #HATM #ThomasCrownAffair

@pcbryan.bsky.social showed me recently that there are actually a lot of paintings in the dogs playing poker series that I had no idea about. Some of them are absolutely amazing and/or hilarious. #HATM #ThomasCrownAffair en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_Pl...

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In the 1968 version Faye Dunaway got 10% of the asset recovered. But here, in the same role Rene Russo only gets 5%? #HATM #ThomasCrownAffair

They had a sign for a Magritte exhibit that was a bit of foreshadowing for those that haven't seen this before. #HATM #ThomasCrownAffair

1. I like the Oceans movies (including 8, but not 12) even though it's an obvious choice. Does the '74 Taking of Pelham 123 count? I just watched that this summer and it was great 2. Airplane (if it counts), The Thing, You've Got Mail, and Ocean's 11 (the original has a better ending, though) #HATM

Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️@phdrachel.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tonight’s #HATM questions: 1) What's your favorite heist in history or in a film? or both? 2 Fav film with a remake? (as this is a remake of 1968 film & is getting a remake in 2026) 3 What’s on the menu at your place tonight? #HATM #ThomasCrownAffair

My favorite 3-album runs (as a basic b): U2 - Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum, Achtung Baby (if Rattle and Hum doesn't count b/c it's a live album, Zooropa still makes this work) REM - Out of Time, Automatic for the People, Monster Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication, By the Way, Stadium Arcadium

Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD@pcbryan.bsky.social · 2w ago

3-album runs: Holiday / Get Lost / 69 Love Songs (The Magnetic Fields) Off The Deep End / Alapalooza / Bad Hair Day (Weird Al) Queen II / Sheer Heart Attack / A Night At The Opera (Queen) Hunky Dory / Ziggy Stardust / Aladdin Sane (David Bowie) Sleater-Kinney / Call The Doctor / Dig Me Out

Having just wrapped up a summer First Year Writing class I can say that this is still as relevant as it was a few years ago.

Jane Rosenzweig@janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 2w ago

From the first piece I published about generative AI (in the Boston Globe a couple of weeks before ChatGPT was released in 2022). Full text outside paywall here: writinghacks.substack.com/p/what-we-lo...

New baby hippo born at Berlin Zoo. Named Brötchen. Which means "little bread roll." You're welcome

Downplay a book or movie: The Grapes of Mild Annoyance 99 Years of Solitude

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Downplay a book or movie: "The Journey That Did Not Go As Planned"

- 2112 (Rush) dir. by David Lynch - Selling England by the Pound (Genesis) dir. by either Terry Gilliam or Armando Iannucci - Animals (Pink Floyd) dir. by either Terry Gilliam or Bong Joon Ho - Aqualung (Jethro Tull) dir. by the Cohen Brothers - Misplaced Childhood (Marillion) dir. by Danny Boyle

Tactical Neural Insekt@spiralrings.blue · 2w ago

Forget epic poems what Prog album do you want to see turned into a movie and by who????

- 2112 (Rush) dir. by David Lynch - Selling England by the Pound (Genesis) dir. by either Terry Gilliam or Armando Iannucci - Animals (Pink Floyd) dir. by either Terry Gilliam or Bong Joon Ho - Aqualung (Jethro Tull) dir. by the Cohen Brothers - Misplaced Childhood (Marillion) dir. by Danny Boyle

Tactical Neural Insekt@spiralrings.blue · 2w ago

Forget epic poems what Prog album do you want to see turned into a movie and by who????

Hey school, you maybe want to stop sending me emails every few weeks telling me my reappointment review materials are due soon when you actually mean due in 2+ months?

We are creating a generation of people who feel like their own ideas and words are not good enough, and we will regret this.

I just noticed that the actor playing Hamlet here is dressed the same way Will was dressed at the beginning of the movie. #HATM #Hamnet

This movie desperately makes me want to see Paul Mescal play Hamlet for real. #HATM #Hamnet

It's like the inverse of their birth situation, where Judith is okay and Hamnet is... not. 😭 #HATM #Hamnet

"Do you know the story of Orpheus and Eurydice?" GO SEE HADESTOWN! #HATM #Hamnet bleeckerstreetmedia.com/hadestown-th...

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HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL In Theaters July 24, The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, Directed by Brett Sullivan and Starring Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada, Pa...

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1. How about Maria and Tony from West Side Story? 2. The Tempest (and esp. the Julie Taymor film version). 3. We just did Subway because we went to see the filmed version of HadesTown at the movie theater today (also, go see HadesTown this week if you can! It was amazing!) #HATM #Hamnet

Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️@phdrachel.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tonight’s #HATM questions: 1 Fav couple forbidden to date (by their parents)? 2 What’s your favorite play by Shakespeare? 3 What’s on the menu at your place tonight? #HATM

If you have the opportunity to this week, go see the filmed version of HadesTown in movie theaters. It was so good!

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I feel ya, Nancy. It's already 75 degrees here and it's only 7:00 in the morning.

NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER@nancycomics.bsky.social · 4w ago

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 20,1943

This movie is actually very faithful to the Nick Hornby book it's based on, except that the setting is Chicago instead of London. #HATM #HighFidelity

1. I would love to do the following romantic movies on Prime: Charade, Much Ado About Nothing, My Man Godfrey, Best Years of Our Lives, Pajama Game (I'm super bummed that we missed out on Some Like it Hot while it was on Prime for free since it's now behind the paywall of MGM+) #HATM #HighFidelity

Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️@phdrachel.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tonight’s #HATM questions: 1 Roger Ebert said of this film he had the feeling he could leave the theater and meet these same people on the street & wanted to. What historical figures would you WANT to meet? 2 Fav romantic comedy HATM should do next? 3 What’s on the menu at your place tonight? #HATM

Post two movies from one director to show their range: Billy Wilder

Ilene Goldman@ilenegold.bsky.social · 4w ago

Post two movies from one director to show their range: Ron Howard

My husband and I have something we call the “Uncle Drew” test: the hotter the temp is outside the worse quality a movie you’re willing to see just to get out of the heat. It comes from when I worked at a movie theater and a guy came in to see the terrible movie Uncle Drew for this reason.

Defector@defector.com · 4w ago

What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...

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