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Noel Ransome

@noelransome.bsky.social

Writer | @VICE (RIP) alum | Form Canadian Press @CdnPressArts | Words @WIRED @ebertvoices @globeandmail @variety @complex etc email ✉️: noel@noelransome.com www.noelransome.com

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The Grind@thegrindto.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Turtle Island Rap" tells the story of three Indigenous artists navigating different stages of their music careers. But the doc also probes a messier, more compelling question: What does it actually mean to “make it”? 🖊️ @vernonayiku.bsky.social

‘Turtle Island Rap’ Is an Inspiring Portrait of Hip Hop Underdogs

The new documentary by Cree filmmaker Alexandra Lazarowich asks what it means to actually “make it” in the music industry…

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Noel Ransome@noelransome.bsky.social · 4w ago

For @thegrindto.bsky.social I spoke with Hosam Abu Dan from Gaza about Thirteen in Gaza. And there's something so special about loving film enough to make one where so little makes it easy. This is the kind of film that buyers often leave behind unfortunately www.thegrindmag.ca/thirteen-in-...

‘Thirteen in Gaza’ Shows How War Rearranges Ordinary Life

Palestinian filmmaker Hosam Abu Dan managed to make a scripted feature film shot entirely in Gaza during the genocide, working entirely with local actors. He tells The Grind he wanted to capture “the…

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The Grind@thegrindto.bsky.social · 4w ago

'Thirteen in Gaza' was shot entirely in Gaza during the genocide. @noelransome.bsky.social spoke to filmmaker Hosam Abu Dan about the drama, and his attempt to capture “the small details” lost beneath images of war and destruction. #TIFF26

‘Thirteen in Gaza’ Shows How War Rearranges Ordinary Life

Palestinian filmmaker Hosam Abu Dan managed to make a scripted feature film shot entirely in Gaza during the genocide, working entirely with local actors. He tells The Grind he wanted to capture “the…

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Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 4w ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
Ej Dickson@ejdickson.bsky.social · 4w ago

There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...

A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.

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Derek Powazek@fraying.bsky.social · last mo.

A perfect example of what AI is really for: removing consent, removing the social safeguards that used to keep the worst ideas at bay, and doing racism at scale. theplaylist.net/paul-schrade...

Paul Schrader Says He Turned To AI Because “No Black Actors Wanted To Play In A Movie Where There Are No Good Black People”

Paul Schrader explains why he turned to AI actors for ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ after Black actors rejected the original roles.

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Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔴 The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday The academic's coordinated targeting by an explicitly anti-black race science network did not come out of nowhere, reports @nafeez.bsky.social

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The National Association of Black Journalists gives Stephen A. Smith the “Thumbs Down” award for his “recurring public pattern of disparaging public commentary directed at prominent Black women across politics, sports and media.”

The Grind@thegrindto.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'American Doctor' is showing at @tiffnet.bsky.social starting on Friday. As @noelransome.bsky.social Ransome wrote when it screened at @hotdocs.bsky.social, it's a harrowing, unflinching account of a story that has yet to end.

‘American Doctor’ Is a Harrowing, Unflinching Account of Medical Work in Gaza

Poh Si Teng’s documentary follows three American doctors as they navigate a crumbling health system amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza…

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Angelica Jade Bastién@angelicabastien.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Without the nuances of Morton’s performance, the Circe scene as written by Nolan is rooted in men’s questionable fear of being accused of violence against women rather than the tragedy of how women navigate that very real threat to our lives.” My latest. www.vulture.com/article/circ...

The Odyssey’s Circe Is the Best Female Character Nolan Has Ever Written

Nolan’s never been great at writing women, but what doesn’t exist on the page Samantha Morton conjures through a tricksy, powerhouse performance.

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Hilary Beaumont@hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun Francisco Longoria is speaking out for the first time as his family files a lawsuit against the government www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun

After masked agents fired on his truck, Francisco Longoria was ambushed, charged and jailed – only for the case against him to fall apart. Now he and his family are seeking justice, and says the harro...

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Hilary Beaumont@hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked A decade after climate activists’ emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking How the mystery unfolded through the eyes of the climate activists: grist.org/article/exxo...

They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.

A decade after climate activists' emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking.

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