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Cindy White

@writewhite.bsky.social

Senior Editor at the Los Angeles Zoo. No AI, just hand-crafted artisan prose. Formerly: The A.V. Club, IGN, The Watercooler. WGAE, professional fan of cool stuff, mom of twins, work in progress.

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Getty@gettymuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In 1966, Ed Ruscha drove a car rigged with a motorized camera to capture Los Angeles’s most iconic street: Sunset Boulevard. He created a time capsule of its famed facades, beginning a 60-year-long commitment to documenting the changing urban landscape of postwar Los Angeles.

Photograph of three men on a city street looking at the camera. One person is seated inside of a truck in the drivers seat, and two people are standing in the truck bed. The person at the center of the photograph is artist Ed Ruscha and he is placed behind a camera that is on a tripod in the truck bed. This truck was used for Ruscha's Every Building on Sunset Strip project.One example of a photograph from Ruscha's Every Building on the Sunset Strip project. This is a color photograph taken in 2007. The photograph is of the iconic Cinerama dome theater and the movie Hostel is playing. In the foreground, three cars are parked in front of the theater.
Cindy White@writewhite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One of my favorite live theater experiences of all time is seeing Hadestown on Broadway with *most of* the original cast. Amber Grey was out for that performance, so we saw an understudy. Now that I’ve seen the pro-shot (twice!) I finally realize just how much we missed out on. She’s phenomenal.

Matthew Dow Smith@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Never forget that they had to spend trillions of dollars, build massive data centers, consume millions of galloons of water and insane amounts of electricity, just to kind of do what you can do better with your imagination and a cup of coffee. That's how envious they are of what you can do.

Cindy White@writewhite.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’ve been finding it difficult to enjoy Western media recently, so I signed up for Viki and now I can watch all the Kdramas and other Asian content I want ad-free for $7.99/month. For less than the price of a movie ticket I basically have an unlimited sarotonin factory at my disposal.

Cat Manning@catacalypto.bsky.social · 4mo ago

deeply annoying that creative breakthroughs don’t come on schedule from direct work but from things like “open-ended conversations with interesting people” and “doing nothing”

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hey you. Yeah, you reading this. I hope your July is better than your June. I hope that thing you're worried about works itself out for the best. I hope they text back. I hope you find that $20 you forgot about in a pocket right when you need it most. I just really hope things for you get better.

Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It is true that this is a beautiful pluralistic country with everything good you could ever possibly want in the world and also a corrupt stinking hell hole presided over by demons who want us all dead.

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 5mo ago

normal person: I am off the clock so this work thing I want to fix can wait till tomorrow abnormal person: This work thing I need to fix is bothering me so I need to fix it now and sleep writer person: This thing I need to fix is bothering me so I'll just lie awake brooding about it till tomorrow

Cindy White@writewhite.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My last trip to New York was at a weird time in the Broadway season. Many of the Tony-nominated shows hadn’t opened yet, but I did get to see Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and loved it. Even though it didn’t win any awards tonight it still has a special place in my heart.

Jill Twiss@jilltwiss.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I did not post during the show, but other than how much I love theatre, and that Pink was a great host, my main take on the Tonys is that Leslie Odom Jr. was wearing a full suit jacket WITH A FULL LEATHER JACKET OVER IT and I want an article about it

Cindy White@writewhite.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Me, internally: Do not anthropomorphize. Do not anthropomorphize. Do not— Bernie, the bighorn sheep: Do you have any games on your phone? (Look at that face. She left me no choice.)

A face-forward closeup of a big horn sheep looking directly at the camera.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 6mo ago

1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.