Mark Ruffalo is lowkey one of the best celebrities on Bluesky because he’s typing on his phone angry about the news in a way that makes it clear it’s really him and he just saw something that got him annoyed
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One of the most rewarding things I've ever done covering books---certainly the most rewarding writing project I did for free---was have a long sit-down with Richard Price about this book. www.bookcritics.org/2008/02/29/r...
Richard Price, in Conversation (Part 1) - National Book Critics Circle
This week, the In Retrospect series is looking back at Richard Price’s 1992 fiction finalist, Clockers. What follows is the first of a three part interview (parts 2 and 3
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Dan O’Sullivan@osullyville.bsky.social · 3d agoChanged my life
It's called Battle for Sevastopol, but maybe it isn't widely known outside Russia because of the timing. It was released in 2015 right after the annexation of Crimea, when the Donbas conflict was heating up. The Ukrainian release was retitled "Unbreakable" for that reason.
Battle for Sevastopol - Wikipedia
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Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · last wk.I think part of why there's no Lyudmila Pavlichenko biopic is there are so many details that everyone would assume was a screenwriter being hacky, i.e. the American journalist going "hi, this is more of a comment than a question, you look fat in your uniform"
apparently in texas, paxton’s campaign is dunking on talarico by …giving out free tacos with talarico’s name on them, courtesy of “radical texas dot com”? whose idea was this, lol.
This is supposed to be some kind of national exhibition for the 250th and the entire setup is obviously and vastly inferior to the annual state fair in any given Midwest state. Even regional affairs like the Mississippi Valley Fair are much bigger and better than this.
Washingtonian@washingtonian.com · last mo.Opening day of the Great American State Fair drew light crowds, long walks, and mixed reactions from visitors. Here's what it was like inside the America 250 event. washingtonian.com/2026/06/26/i...
grimly fascinating how trump is chiefly animated by his fear of dying without leaving a lasting mark, but he's so devoid of humanity, so spiritually corroded, the idea of something that lasts because people WANT IT TO never crosses his mind. he can only imagine leaving a wreckage too heavy to move
There are people who aren't already trapped in Gotham who move there voluntarily. Renee Montoya's parents immigrated from DR. They looked around Santo Domingo and said, "This is no place to start a family. We need a city where an evil clown kills 300 people with nerve gas every single year."
Fourierist@fourierist.bsky.social · 2mo agoin the No Man's Land storyline an earthquake mostly destroyed Gotham so the federal government evacuated anybody who wanted to leave, militarily isolated it like Escape from New York, and declared it legally no longer part of the US, and lots of people still stayed. They hid from FEMA to stay.
It’s one of those things where the easiest question back to someone claiming a breakthrough is: do you think Iran would let Trump speak for them or speak to what was agreed upon ever?
PECKINPAH: Okay. Fine. I'll talk to you for your little magazine. Ask me about my pictures, but no questions about Grogu. PLAYBOY: Why don't you want to talk about Grogu? PECKINPAH: He's a son of a bitch. I'll say this much, and no more: He's a son of a bitch, and he knows what he did.
another morgan@mheslin.bsky.social · 3mo agoFriedkin: This guy'd clearly had a lot of smoke blown up his ass by the suits at Disney. He wouldn't get in the truck and I told him, this film isn't going to work if we don't see you in the truck. Interviewer: He maintains you slapped him. Friedkin: I slapped a few actors. I didn't slap Grogu.
Slightly increase a band The B-57s
Joshua Erlich@joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 3mo agoRaccoon Nut Zippers
"There is many a boy here today who looks on star War as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." -- General Crix Madine, Return of the Jedi
peter hess@thebestasbestos.bsky.social · 3mo agohappy star wars day! what's your favorite star wars quote? my favorite star wars quote is "Star war was always here. Before man was, star war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner."
It isn't hard to figure out and it isn't deep. He has a very long record as a public figure specifically with respect to real estate, construction, and aesthetics. He is simply a very vain, narcissistic boor who likes to put his name on big, gaudy buildings.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoI’m fascinated by how obsessed Trump is with his ballroom but still unsure why he wants it so bad. There is definitely an untold story there that goes beyond him just wanting a larger event space.
🧵 but IMO worth it to read to the end My dad had a long career as a small-town lawyer. I asked him if he ever had a Perry Mason moment. Just once, he said. There was this cop in my home town who was so terrible they eventually fired him. It is very hard to get fired from a rural small town PD.
Assuming we're talking about popular meats * of ordinary quality (neither bargain-basement nor premium) and * competently prepared (neither exquisite nor ruined), Ham is the worst. It's okay, but only okay.
Salt Creek wishes you a happy Pride. Be you.@saltcreekbrews.bsky.social · 4mo agoCancel yourself by quoting this skeet with the worst meat everyone likes.
I was mulling this over, and this is what I landed on: I think it's about campaign strategy rather than Newsom in particular. My guess is the institutional Party plans to run a 2026 and 2028 national strategy as a soulless triangulating reactionary centrist campaign like Newsom is running now.
onion person@junlper.beer · 6mo agodemocratic party cheerleaders are really doing their best to make it seem like the nominee for president in 2028 is gavin newsom already huh
0. Warhammer 40,000 warp-drive - achieves FTL travel by using magic to shortcut through Hell, unreliable but potential for fun scenarios
Emmy Cumslutress@coyotegirl.online · 6mo agoFTL systems ranked: 3. hyperspace - looks cool af but essentially just magical dimension 2. warp speed - more scientific (based on alcubierre drive) 1. mass relays - keeps things contained (can only jump to certain points & then normal propulsion from there) leading to interesting story dynamics
As a Texan this Boston Globe Column made me so insane I had to write about it www.chron.com/culture/arti...
What a Boston writer gets wrong about Texas highways
He loved our sprawling roadways. But there are a few nuances he missed.
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Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7mo agoTL;DR "One. More. Lane. Bro." An all-time Jeff Jacoby classic.
It appears that DHS agents have strategically been stepping in front of vehicles to ‘justify’ shooting since at least 2014. This seems to be the training. www.thenation.com/article/arch...
It's kind of wild to look back at when he turned an interview into unhinged flailing at Ta-Nehisi Coates and humiliated himself so badly that he was officially reprimanded by his bosses at the time. That was a successful audition to become lead anchor. It's why he has Cronkite's chair right now!
CBS News@cbsnews.com · 7mo agoTony Dokoupil: Don't just trust me. Make me earn it.
Growing up I was a huge Orwell fan, like I own and have read all his books and his 4-volume collected writings. My single favorite thing of the whole is probably his 1940 essay "Boys' Weeklies" which was about twopenny story magazines for boys that were incredibly popular at the time.
Josh Fruhlinger@jfruh.bsky.social · 8mo agopisses me off that people call stuff "orwellian" when they just mean it reminds them of 1984. the man wrote other books
We are very excited for Iowa discourse happening outside the appointed time of presidential election years. Outlanders, please review this helpful document to familiarize yourself with our ways: warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Agri-Wo...
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8mo agoIf you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
This is a Walmart Supercenter in my community, adjacent to a large apartment complex that caters to low-income renters. I highlighted the pedestrian access in green. It is (A) circuitous and (B) doesn't even access the business so requires an extended walk through parking lots and frontage roads.
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 9mo agoWhat if, and this is a truly out of the box thought, the new residents of this housing development become customers of those businesses? Customers who can...walk to shop from their nearby homes.
It feels weird to me whenever Yarvin pops up in my feed. Back when he started blogging I was in my early 20s posting on forums, and some of my online friends were nerds who loved sci fi and history and did stuff like semi-ironically supporting Habsburg restoration as a bit. We were dorks.
rich traditions@helldude.bsky.social · 10mo agoit's embarrassing to live in a country where curtis yarvin is an intellectual titan. every time i wind up reading something where he's mentioned he's trying to start up a nouveau art collective and be skinny. a forum warrior who just wanted to be a socialite
One of my pet theories is that one reason for lasting bitterness about the public health measures is that we normally humor people who have bad, incorrect ideas, but temporarily we couldn't afford to do that. They're going to have feelings about it for the rest of their lives.
Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 11mo agoI honestly cannot believe we are still arguing about school closures during COVID, it’s as over as it’s ever going to be and we gain literally nothing by still talking about it
I just realized something that I never put together before but feels in some way important: the Dirty Harry film series and the classic Columbo TV movies were contemporary works. I feel like you could get something from putting them in conversation, but AFAIK it hasn't been done seriously.
mentos mark@gnostichippie.bsky.social · 12mo agowatching Dirty Harry for the first time and this is some of the shoddiest policework I've ever seen