It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

FYI, that linked version seems to omit a lot of text. I found a pdf that appears complete. www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...

I always love it when young people decide that they are the first people ever to have felt horny, that people older than themselves couldn't possibly have been turnt. And folks, this isn't even an *old* example. Go look up marble statuary of lovers sometime.

#BruceSterling@bruces.bsky.social · yesterday

*Here's Asta incinerating the screen in the year 1910 youtu.be/criEcLXgUQ0?...

Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...

This is Massive Attack's response to what happened in Singapore, posted on their Instagram page. Good on them.

Kirsten Han 韩俐颖@kirstenhan.com · 5d ago

Massive Attack has been banned from Singapore after they held up a Palestinian flag during their concert here last week. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

One of my favorite things in Hong Kong movies: actresses wielding guns bigger than they are.

crass@crasspants.bsky.social · 2d ago

Big fan of Cynthia Rothrock wielding a S&W Model 29 Satan Custom (from The Inspector Wears Skirts 1988)

For those in UK, hourlong BBC investigation into Leto now available. in US/elsewhere, 15 min version of the film on YT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XW5... The hope is that the full documentary will be available internationally some time soon, will post if that happens. I worked with this film's team +

Hollywood’s darkest open secret

YouTube video by BBC deepwatch

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Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Okay, last one

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 3d ago

is there some future competitive advantage with college admissions if you deafened your child to Ludwig Göransson

Really loved The Odyssey but it bugs me a little how they felt the need to change the language for modern audiences

Yep, the Cinema Sinification of moviegoing is truly depressing. Some genres, like the classic bedroom farce, are all about the audience recognizing tropes and conventions and merrily anticipating what comes next. I do love a "everyone hides behind the same screen and under the same bed" scene!

David Sims@davidlsims.bsky.social · 4d ago

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”

There's a fire burning into Spokane, and the president is swatting away aid requests for past burns and posting AI depictions of himself as Elvis.

'Never seen it this bad': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city

A wildfire driven by high winds jumped the Spokane River Saturday afternoon, burning homes and quickly moving into the Indian Trail Neighborhood.

spokesman.com

Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d ago

this absolute scumbag www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

It's pretty infuriating that Trump is denying disaster aid to Oregon for political reasons and I have barely heard anything about it, while Biden was falsely accused of doing the exact same thing to North Carolina and millions of people believed that

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

🎶 That's me in the flypod...

Roger Ebert was very taken with Squirrel Nut Zippers.

S@vidiot.bsky.social · 5d ago

Squirrel Nut Zippers were unfairly lumped in with the swing revival. They were much more interesting than Cherry Poppin' Daddies and their ilk, working a darker Southern Gothic end of the street. More Fats Waller and Lord Invader than Louis Prima.

I promise I'll stop sharing this soon, but we're really close to completing the current phase and I (think) unlocking the final stretch. This cost about what I make in a year as a freelance writer. Anything helps, even a share. <3 www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...

Donate to BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin'), organized by Amelia Emberwing

If you're reading this, you're not new to the fact that eventually the "pass … Amelia Emberwing needs your support for BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin')

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this interview with Nolan from a Chinese outlet is the best i've heard on The Odyssey so far. really worth listening to. (lmao what is this link image?)

采访诺兰：你是西方文明黄昏时代的吟游诗人吗？

听《独树不成林》上小宇宙。 在一个插科打诨的时代，我想大声思考每一个严肃的人都会关心的问题。在一个价值序列混乱的时代，我好奇如何选择才能过完有意义的一生。在一个人与人、国与国充满敌意的时代，我试图用理智穿透扑朔迷离的政治乱象，触摸人性不变的底色。 这个播客叫做《独树不成林》，因为我只是一个单薄、偏颇的个体，我的视野必然被我的经历和视角局限，但我相信我的思想可以通过不断碰撞真理，发出一些嘹亮的回声...

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for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, i talked to IMAX projectionists at BFI and IMAX Melbourne about what it takes to run the giant film format (think: manually pouring water into busted cooling systems; avoiding explosions)

‘The Odyssey’ Can’t Be Screened in 70mm IMAX Without Huge, Ancient Projectors. Here’s What It Takes to Keep Them Running

To show Christopher Nolan’s Olympian blockbuster in he hottest film format of the moment, theaters rely on old-school technology—including a PalmPilot or two.

gq.com

Sometimes he ducks into threads that have nothing to do with him, hurls a lightning bolt that burns someone to a pile of ash, and leaves

scha·den·freu·de@blisterpearl.bsky.social · last wk.

and then Andrew Tate closed replies 😂

Rather than “ruin a book by adding a word,” how about “make a book more awesome by adding a word?” I’ll start: “Gravity’s Rainbow Connection”

Seeing the list of all the great 2001 albums I was the only @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social nominator for (or one of two or three) makes me want to be more proactive in promoting my 1988 prep “discoveries”. Like this incredible cassette-only release from that year, by a Bay Area avant-garde legend:

Pamela Z - Echolocation (Full Album) - YouTube

The full album for Echolocation / Music by Pamela Z playlist Pamela Z - Echolocation / Pamela Z Full Album Echolocation tracklist (Pamela Z): Pamela Z - Echo...

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Orwellian. An ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He had lived peacefully in this country for 35 years. The Trump regime then lied, claiming drugs were in his vehicle at the time he was killed. There were no drugs. They are murdering migrants - and trying to murder the truth.

I wrote a tribute to Kaylee Hottle, the deaf actress whose performance as Jia was the heart of two of the Legendary Pictures Kaiju films, Godzilla vs Kong and Godzilla x Kong. Killed at 18 in a car wreck. A staggering loss. www.rogerebert.com/tributes/wha...

What Could Have Been: Kaylee Hottle (2007-2026)

From Jean Harlow and James Dean through Simone Battle and Anton Yelchin, entertainment history is filled with instances of performers dying just as audiences

rogerebert.com

Orson Welles' speech against Reagan and nuclear escalation at the 1982 March for Disarmament. What a king.

Orson Welles' fiery anti-Reagan speech at the March for Disarmament in Central Park, 1982

YouTube video by Media Burn Archive

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After Hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration fast tracked FEMA help to Alabama and rural Louisiana, which voted Republican, but dragged their feet with New Orleans, a Democratic area where the most severe damage was. Evil pattern of the GOP.. www.facingsouth.org/2005/12/how-...

Milan Paurich@milanpaurich.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b... 😡

Remember my epic thread of films I nominated to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry last summer? I'm making another one! This time more abbreviated: 25 posts, featuring two films per day, one pulled from last year's list and one I didn't nominated last year (or, in many cases, ever).

Brian Darr@hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · last yr.

August 15 is the deadline to submit nominations to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry. I don’t know who will be making the selections this time around but I’ll be submitting as if it were Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress controversially fired in May. www.loc.gov/programs/nat...

Happy Friday to you guys