Nat Missildine
@natmissildine.bsky.social
Father. Foreigner. Moviegoer. Humor maker.
My latest on @mcsweeneys.net where I try to help out with our current, heavy baggage. Meet me on the bridge, you dear long-lost Americans!
Travel Tips When Encountering Fellow Americans Abroad
“When spotting another American in a foreign country, your first instinct is usually the correct one: run in the opposite direction. Like you, this person ha...
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"Like you, this person has come here to blot out the very idea of the place they left behind. The last thing either one of you needs right now is the reminder of how lost you are, both in an unprecedented, historic sense, and also in the center of this lovely, cobblestoned town."
Travel Tips When Encountering Fellow Americans Abroad
“When spotting another American in a foreign country, your first instinct is usually the correct one: run in the opposite direction. Like you, this person ha...
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the average american streams eight spider-man movies in their sleep each year
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
New on the site! Our Summer Blockbusters issue continues, with Alec Joyner's reflections on Rob Reiner and STAND BY ME 🎨: @ohhhaeee.bsky.social
40 Notes on Rob Reiner & Stand by Me
Stand by Me is about memory. It’s about the ways in which the people who matter do keep standing by us, even after they’ve fallen away.
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And then they throw in some Celtic languages and yoink bits of languages from around the world along the way. The result: a language where there are usually about 10 different ways to say something, but when it comes to writing, you sit at your desk for 20 minutes trying to think of one 🤣 #amwriting
Does anyone know if Christopher Nolan has a film out? I would like to see something grey filmed at incredibly high resolution.
"They enjoy displaying their skill even if little is actually accomplished and it takes longer than necessary."
Rationale for War with Iran or Reason Men Back Into Parking Spaces?
“They enjoy displaying their skill even if little is actually accomplished and it takes longer than necessary.”
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counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them
It's interesting how everything people used to proudly call "public" when I was growing up (public parks, public libraries, public schools, public transportation, public television, etc) is suddenly "socialist" now that rich people are spinning it.
“If you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, drive through it” ~German World Cup fan
Remember, no matter how hot it gets, don’t forget to save your water for the data centres. Drinking water is a waste…
I wonder how many of us would be as composed as Iran has been at a World Cup where they’ve been treated badly every step of the way.
Iran team is giving masterclass in composure at World Cup | Opinion
Iran could reach the 2026 World Cup knockout rounds for first time ever with win over Egypt, what a just result after everything they've gone through.
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They're dumping slimy, green peroxide water from the Reflecting Pool back into the Potomac. #dc @popville.bsky.social
Pedolf's Ls for the week - "I love the inflation" - Mercilessly booed at Knicks game, naps - Rain-delayed White Trash UFC circus, naps - $14M pool renovation reflecting all his failures - Ignored at the G7 - Star-studded list of artists for OPC opening - Signs surrender in (checks notes) Versailles
The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.
I was watching footage of the Knicks’ 🏀 celebration and someone off camera said “we can’t make too much of a mess because Zohran will have to clean it up.,” and that’s what happens when politicians care about their people.
I know you’re probably tired of me and my Knicks posts. But this right here - community, joy, oneness, and celebration - is resistance. It’s the antidote to anger, suppression, hate, and fear.
MadGreek 🧿@madgreek2024.bsky.social · 2mo agoBillionaire Knicks owner, James Dolan, cancelled the NBA finals watch party outside Madison Square Garden last night, for game 4. So mayor of New York fuck'n City turned the whole city into one gigantic watch party! Watch the reaction from real Knicks fans.
"The fallout of BLUE MOON is an assertive, pile-driving movie star performance from Ethan Hawke, but most compelling is how Richard Linklater and his collaborators have rendered this occasion to tell about a life—even a night’s life—in the terms one uses to speak about art itself."
Blue Moon (2025): Prayer
The fallout of Blue Moon is an assertive, pile-driving movie star performance from Ethan Hawke, but most compelling is how Linklater & his collaborators have rendered this occasion to tell about a lif...
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When James Dolan cancels the watch party outside MSG, we bring the watch party to you. Thanks to the @nba.com, Knicks Game 4 is now playing on dozens of LinkNYC screens across our city. LGK.
Remember, New Yorkers knew he was a criminal and a jackass before the rest of the country did.
