Aaron Hunter
@aaronhunter.bsky.social
Movie doctor: Trinity College Dublin
Women and New Hollywood, Polly Platt, Hal Ashby
he/him, dad, drummer
Women and New Hollywood, Polly Platt, Hal Ashby
he/him, dad, drummer
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Aaron Hunter
@aaronhunter.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Hi new bsky users and followers - welcome!
One way to keep this place free of trolls is not to feed them. Block, report if necessary, and move on.
Your mental health and the wellbeing of this space will benefit!
One way to keep this place free of trolls is not to feed them. Block, report if necessary, and move on.
Your mental health and the wellbeing of this space will benefit!
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Gwan Catherine! Let's Go!
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Gwan Catherine! Let's Go!
In Dublin, normal SUVs are a public threat - they block roads, impede traffic, block sight lines (being next to one at the Walkinstown roundabout is a nightmare). Mid-tier Verblen good that makes social life worse.
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In Dublin, normal SUVs are a public threat - they block roads, impede traffic, block sight lines (being next to one at the Walkinstown roundabout is a nightmare). Mid-tier Verblen good that makes social life worse.
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If I said the last of the great twentieth century British film directors died last night, and very few people even remembered him by the time of his death... would you know what I'm talking about?
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
Crying for Freedom: Peter Watkins at 90
Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remark...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If I said the last of the great twentieth century British film directors died last night, and very few people even remembered him by the time of his death... would you know what I'm talking about?
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...
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Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
Wow, so the grammar comedian is also a great singer! Excellent version of this classic.
Danny's Song - Kenny Loggins / Loggins & Messina cover
YouTube video by Elle & Toni
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Wow, so the grammar comedian is also a great singer! Excellent version of this classic.
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“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
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President-Elect Catherine Connolly, meets President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin
The two former socialist politicians have received the highest ever number of votes in Irish history, in their respective elections. This year is the 14th & final for Michael D’s term.
The two former socialist politicians have received the highest ever number of votes in Irish history, in their respective elections. This year is the 14th & final for Michael D’s term.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
President-Elect Catherine Connolly, meets President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin
The two former socialist politicians have received the highest ever number of votes in Irish history, in their respective elections. This year is the 14th & final for Michael D’s term.
The two former socialist politicians have received the highest ever number of votes in Irish history, in their respective elections. This year is the 14th & final for Michael D’s term.
Nice work, Maine!
Perhaps not the biggest news on a big night, but Maine voters resoundingly rejected limiting voter rights, and resoundingly supported a gun restriction bill.
(Images from cnn.com)
Perhaps not the biggest news on a big night, but Maine voters resoundingly rejected limiting voter rights, and resoundingly supported a gun restriction bill.
(Images from cnn.com)
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Nice work, Maine!
Perhaps not the biggest news on a big night, but Maine voters resoundingly rejected limiting voter rights, and resoundingly supported a gun restriction bill.
(Images from cnn.com)
Perhaps not the biggest news on a big night, but Maine voters resoundingly rejected limiting voter rights, and resoundingly supported a gun restriction bill.
(Images from cnn.com)
Excellent, and excellently brutal writing here.
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Excellent, and excellently brutal writing here.
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Hester Street is a fantastic film, so happy to see it getting this treatment!
Shout out to Park Circus Films and Dr. Julia Wagner for this new 4K of Joan Micklin Silver's remarkable Hester Street, one of the great underseen flicks of the 70s and a female-focused answer to the big masculine turn-of-the-century immigrant films of this period. parkcircus.com/latest/P2862...
Programme Notes: Hester Street | Park Circus
Brand new programme notes by Dr. Julia Wagner!
parkcircus.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Hester Street is a fantastic film, so happy to see it getting this treatment!
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The Walkie Talkie Girlies at QUB have organised a walk in support of the ‘Ending Violence Against Women and Girls’ campaign. Stop by our Stall in 2 Royal Avenue after the walk form QUB in City Hall, leaving QUBSU 5:30pm 5th November. Wear pink!
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Walkie Talkie Girlies at QUB have organised a walk in support of the ‘Ending Violence Against Women and Girls’ campaign. Stop by our Stall in 2 Royal Avenue after the walk form QUB in City Hall, leaving QUBSU 5:30pm 5th November. Wear pink!
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
The absolute bald-faced audacity, thriving on the belief that Ireland will never choose other than FFFG for gov't.
"While Mr Martin has pointed to these regulations as a barrier to building, the Government has still not published its own housing plan."
Just wait, they'll soon start blaming snails, and bats, and otters for the reason their cronies are no longer allowed to build on flood plains.
Just wait, they'll soon start blaming snails, and bats, and otters for the reason their cronies are no longer allowed to build on flood plains.
Micheál Martin says house building in Ireland is hampered by 'gold-plating' of EU rules
Taoiseach says 'going beyond what is required' is slowing down delivery of housing and other big projects in Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The absolute bald-faced audacity, thriving on the belief that Ireland will never choose other than FFFG for gov't.
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This is reminiscent of when the PSNI called the riots in Ballymena "racist thuggery" but the airwaves were swamped with politicians doing the "legitimate concerns" bit.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
🚨Garda warning:
"Harris's comments were
supported by the Taoiseach
and Paschal Donohoe, the
finance minister.
However, senior gardai are understood to be concerned by the
rhetoric coming from the
government on immigration
because of the challenges in
policing rising tensions over
the issue."
-ST
"Harris's comments were
supported by the Taoiseach
and Paschal Donohoe, the
finance minister.
However, senior gardai are understood to be concerned by the
rhetoric coming from the
government on immigration
because of the challenges in
policing rising tensions over
the issue."
-ST
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is reminiscent of when the PSNI called the riots in Ballymena "racist thuggery" but the airwaves were swamped with politicians doing the "legitimate concerns" bit.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
Lads, neither the Garda nor the PSNI are rabid leftists. If they're telling you to pump the brakes, you know you're out there.
Lots of reasons to boycott Spotify, but running ice ads is especially sinister. Screw them!
Reports of ICE ads on #Spotify were noted in early October. People began calling for boycotts immediately.
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
November 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Lots of reasons to boycott Spotify, but running ice ads is especially sinister. Screw them!
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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
Queen!
Happy 100th birthday to LEE GRANT! Actor/director/survivor 💕
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Queen!
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Happy 100th birthday to LEE GRANT! Actor/director/survivor 💕
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Happy 100th birthday to LEE GRANT! Actor/director/survivor 💕
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This is fucking amazing
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is fucking amazing
This is a fun vid - he discusses the history of makeup in the transition from theatre to film, focusing on the orthochromatic film era (and white skin), and then does a makeup tutorial to show how it worked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2G_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2G_...
The Real Reason Silent Film Actors Looked So Strange
YouTube video by Swofford
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This is a fun vid - he discusses the history of makeup in the transition from theatre to film, focusing on the orthochromatic film era (and white skin), and then does a makeup tutorial to show how it worked.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2G_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2G_...
Just back from a great few days in London. I absolutely love living in Dublin, but it's so nice to visit a city that you can actually move around - good, reliable public transport and proper city planning make such a huge difference to the city experience.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Just back from a great few days in London. I absolutely love living in Dublin, but it's so nice to visit a city that you can actually move around - good, reliable public transport and proper city planning make such a huge difference to the city experience.
Fully agreed, delightful movie!
you probably haven’t seen CONFESS, FLETCH but you definitely should, and also there should be at least 3 more of these
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fully agreed, delightful movie!
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Catherine Connolly has pledged to be a president for all after being elected as Ireland's tenth president
Connolly vows to be 'inclusive' president for all
President-elect Catherine Connolly has vowed to be an "inclusive" president for all, saying in her speech at Dublin Castle that together, the Irish people can "shape a new Republic".
www.rte.ie
October 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Catherine Connolly has pledged to be a president for all after being elected as Ireland's tenth president