Yes, I bought the audiobook of Emily Wilson’s translation of the Iliad, but I’m not doing it for Christopher Nolan reasons. (I am an Audra McDonald completist.)
David Levy
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Middle-aged gay man. Comms at Actors’ Equity Association (@actorsequity.bsky.social) Cohost of Muppeturgy (@muppeturgy.com) Stamford, CT (he/him/his)
Disneyland character and parade cast members have been bargaining for their first contract since October 2024. Disney is dragging their feet and putting workers’ benefits at risk. Sign the petition to stand with our @actorsequity.bsky.social union family! https://bit.ly/4waXskH
Show your support for the workers who make Disneyland the happiest place on earth! Join me in telling Disneyland management to offer a fair contract now! actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Disneyland’s costumed characters make family memories. Disney’s contract proposal drops paid parental leave www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Disneyland's costumed characters make family memories. Disney's contract proposal drops paid parental leave
Disneyland's costumed character and parade workers say Disney's current contract proposal leaves out paid parental leave, cuts a paid holiday and offers no first-year raise.
latimes.com
my doctor is running 45 minutes late and my phone only has 17% left 😩
Getting my money’s worth from my Criterion Channel subscription this week. (Not pictured: several episodes of The Prisoner.) #LastFourWatched
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 5d agoHappy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🤳
there is no trans rights without labor rights. do not fire union members @transequality.bsky.social
Layoff threat ignites labor fight at major transgender rights group
Workers accuse Advocates for Trans Equality leaders of mismanagement after the organization warned that staff positions could be eliminated.
advocate.com
I’m surprised that Odyssey Fever hasn’t brought out new features on Joseph Medeiros’s incredible theatrical project, but I am delighted to see he’s workshopping a new piece of it this weekend in NYC. tickets.matchbookfestival.com/nyc/shows/47...
Matchbook Spark Vol. 2: BLUDLINE: A Hip-Hop Odyssey x The One-Man Odyssey tickets | Matchbook Fest
Buy tickets for Matchbook Spark Vol. 2: BLUDLINE: A Hip-Hop Odyssey x The One-Man Odyssey, New York. Find the best seats, venue information, and more.
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Have unfortunately reached the age when going a little long on a weeknight podcast recording totally fucks me up for the next morning.
More aging stars of musicals should record spoken word albums where they recite the lyrics of the songs they sang 50 years ago. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
The Rocky Horror Show Like You've Never Heard It Before Audiobook on Libro.fm
Celebrate 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a bold new spoken-word album featuring original cast icon Patricia Quinn (Magenta), joined by special guests Barry Bostwick (Brad Majors) and N...
libro.fm
Over the last month or so, a bunch of Mike Curb Congregation albums and collections have appeared on streaming services. This, if you'll pardon the expression, satisfyingly scratches my kitsch itch. open.spotify.com/artist/3Ngmu...
Mike Curb Congregation
Artist · 63.9K monthly listeners.
open.spotify.com
Been a little absent from here, because I've been recording music to bless your ears. Give a listen to Grace Yurchuk's CAESAR and Kennedy Caughell's JUST THE BEGINNING.
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Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · last wk.Tons of peoples' Claude chats are exposed on Google. Cryptocurrency keys, API keys, login credentials, legal discussions, more. This happened with ChatGPT last year. And Claude too. There's clearly an ongoing issue with search engines indexing peoples' AI chats www.404media.co/tons-of-peop...
They’ve changed the “Audible hopes you’ve enjoyed this program” voice. I am distraught.
Mamdani criticizes Netanyahu. Later, a crazy man stabs a Jewish man and an Asian man. And we get an article suggesting that while one stabbing (dismissed in six words) is just a shrug, the other implicates the mayor. Disgraceful framing. Shame on everyone involved. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...
After Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani (Gift Article)
Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings of two men on the Upper West Side and defending his state...
nytimes.com
NEW UNION ALERT: Wiki Workers in the US are organizing! They have given the Wikimedia Foundation until Friday to voluntarily recognize them as a collective bargaining unit.
Have any of Evelyn Nesbit & Harry Thaw’s grandkids ever talked about Ragtime?
Weird to see LA rejoice over Alamo Drafthouse when the rest of the country is lamenting what that company has done to its formerly great cinemas. (But I get it. I too love the Dome.)
Would love to be a fly on the wall in the meeting where they decided it was okay to include Samson and Delilah but no other Biblical films in their list of “cinematic myths.”
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 3w agoStories of gods, monsters and heroes blazing through antiquity have made for some of our most memorable and exciting blockbusters—in honor of The Odyssey, Matt Goldberg looks at 20 films that blur history and fantasy, creating a distinct crop of cinematic myths. https://boxd.it/3gk
The Muppets Dido & Aeneas; Miss Piggy is Dido. Kermit is Aeneas. Laura Benanti plays Belinda.
David Levy@itsdlevy.me · 3w agoAs someone who took Latin in high school, I find the never-ending obsession with the Iliad and the Odyssey with zero spillover interest in the Aeneid interesting and disappointing.
A group of friends move to New York after graduation only to discover the difficulty of landing a job in their chosen field.
Nick Rheinwald-Jones@spybrunch.com · 3w agoAn ad executive fights a traffic ticket in court, then travels to the Midwest.
As someone who took Latin in high school, I find the never-ending obsession with the Iliad and the Odyssey with zero spillover interest in the Aeneid interesting and disappointing.
Three films in which male filmmakers try to understand womanhood, and a Sigmund Romberg biopic that is short on plot but has some knockout numbers.
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 3w agoHappy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 📲
Today I’m going to watch The Odyssey in the best possible format: youtu.be/ANYulT0WtBc?...
The Golden Apple - - Book by John Latouche; Music by Jerome Moross; Lyrics by John Latouche
YouTube video by Oz Live
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All this talk about Lupita Nyong'o as Helen but the chatterati are suspiciously silent about whether or not she does justice to “Lazy Afternoon.”
you ever think about how you can go to a museum and see some art made 3,000 years ago, and the only reason it's of interest is that it survived history by happenstance, and for all you know people at the time would've looked at it and said, "Ehhhh, real two-star work bro"
Seth MacFarlane Muppets album is a quintessential monkey’s paw project.
Incredible things are happening on the "ants on a log" page
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There are numerous variations of ants on a log, including:
Gnats on a log: currants[5]
Ants on vacation: without "ants" (raisins)[3]
Ants on a Slip 'n Slide: add honey on top of the peanut butter before adding raisins[6]
Ants on a canoe: sub apple slices for traditional celery[7]
Pigs in a pen: substitute peanut butter for pimento cheese and replace "ants" (raisins) with bacon bits (pigs)[7]
Ants on a ranch: substitute peanut butter for Ranch dressing and raisins for peas[7]
Fish on a stream: Hummus spread on a celery stalk and topped with Goldfish crackers[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zy6sn6tkic24e6p52g2yh4zn/bafkreicp4xjbrvmbsi3bqqhyzw5ajqweirq6sfa2mf5ccdqlkx6wcgxj2a)