AaronOOF
@aaronoof.bsky.social
Film/TV/theater obsessed writer, cultural omnivore, politics junkie, former festival producer. San Franciscan by birth: Giants/Niners/Dubs for life! An NYC dad in Brooklyn w/ too many interests, too little time. Context=Everything=Context. outoffocus.org
Dear @advocate.nyc.gov: How can you talk about diluting the number of voters when out of 5-million-plus registered voters, roughly 20% at best tend to elect our mayor every four years. Voters don’t show and don’t pay attention. It’s up to candidates to break through.
July 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Dear @advocate.nyc.gov: How can you talk about diluting the number of voters when out of 5-million-plus registered voters, roughly 20% at best tend to elect our mayor every four years. Voters don’t show and don’t pay attention. It’s up to candidates to break through.
Ok so the lesson is that we can’t pay attention to any elected city officials including City Councilmembers #JoannAriola
and #FrankMorano. They all are too concerned with allowing party machines to stay in power.
Morano’s argument against top 2 is simply false, especially as he …
and #FrankMorano. They all are too concerned with allowing party machines to stay in power.
Morano’s argument against top 2 is simply false, especially as he …
July 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ok so the lesson is that we can’t pay attention to any elected city officials including City Councilmembers #JoannAriola
and #FrankMorano. They all are too concerned with allowing party machines to stay in power.
Morano’s argument against top 2 is simply false, especially as he …
and #FrankMorano. They all are too concerned with allowing party machines to stay in power.
Morano’s argument against top 2 is simply false, especially as he …
I just heard @bradlander.bsky.social testify to the nyc charter commission against open primaries, and as someone who ranked him first, ranked Mamdani, & did not rank Cuomo, I’ve never heard him give such an incorrect analysis. He completely misses the point & I’m quite disappointed.
July 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I just heard @bradlander.bsky.social testify to the nyc charter commission against open primaries, and as someone who ranked him first, ranked Mamdani, & did not rank Cuomo, I’ve never heard him give such an incorrect analysis. He completely misses the point & I’m quite disappointed.
Yes recency bias is real, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever been much sadder about a TV series ending than I am having just finished the astonishing #ANDOR.
@jowrotethis.bsky.social & @malloryrubin: If your deep dive is less than 5 hours, you’re slacking! #HouseofR
@jowrotethis.bsky.social & @malloryrubin: If your deep dive is less than 5 hours, you’re slacking! #HouseofR
May 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Yes recency bias is real, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever been much sadder about a TV series ending than I am having just finished the astonishing #ANDOR.
@jowrotethis.bsky.social & @malloryrubin: If your deep dive is less than 5 hours, you’re slacking! #HouseofR
@jowrotethis.bsky.social & @malloryrubin: If your deep dive is less than 5 hours, you’re slacking! #HouseofR
I dont know how I hadnt heard about this until now, but …
Whoever imagined Bill & Ted Meet Beckett deserves a MacArthur Fellowship and possibly having a new category of Nobel prize created.
Whoever imagined Bill & Ted Meet Beckett deserves a MacArthur Fellowship and possibly having a new category of Nobel prize created.
April 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I dont know how I hadnt heard about this until now, but …
Whoever imagined Bill & Ted Meet Beckett deserves a MacArthur Fellowship and possibly having a new category of Nobel prize created.
Whoever imagined Bill & Ted Meet Beckett deserves a MacArthur Fellowship and possibly having a new category of Nobel prize created.
No shade to @peterbakernyt.bsky.social, but “He is delusional,” sums it up without a 2 minute video analysis. #JustSaying
April 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
No shade to @peterbakernyt.bsky.social, but “He is delusional,” sums it up without a 2 minute video analysis. #JustSaying
Sometimes, it takes me forever to parallel park successfully, but often enough, I succeed beyond my wildest dreams without ever having to start over.
April 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sometimes, it takes me forever to parallel park successfully, but often enough, I succeed beyond my wildest dreams without ever having to start over.
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We’re fighting antisemitism on college campuses. That’s why we pulled Holocaust history from the library of the Naval Academy but left two copies of Mein Kampf.
April 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We’re fighting antisemitism on college campuses. That’s why we pulled Holocaust history from the library of the Naval Academy but left two copies of Mein Kampf.
Of course White House doesn’t comment on massive protests. How can they when everything is going so well? Market crashes are great! Besides, the IiC was doing the 2025 version of playing violin: “Mr. Trump, who was playing golf in Florida on Saturday,…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country
Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Of course White House doesn’t comment on massive protests. How can they when everything is going so well? Market crashes are great! Besides, the IiC was doing the 2025 version of playing violin: “Mr. Trump, who was playing golf in Florida on Saturday,…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
What about 4) All of the above
“I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it,” Trump told reporters Friday evening.
So…
(1) Trump is lying & he signed it?
(2) Trump is senile & doesn’t remember signing it?
(3) Trump had Marco Rubio use the autopen to sign it?
www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
So…
(1) Trump is lying & he signed it?
(2) Trump is senile & doesn’t remember signing it?
(3) Trump had Marco Rubio use the autopen to sign it?
www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...
www.cnn.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What about 4) All of the above
It shouldn’t be a struggle: This is what happens when somebody who doesn’t know anything thinks that he knows more than everybody, can’t be wrong, and never has faced consequences.
“Investors are struggling to understand the administration’s messaging on tariffs.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
“Investors are struggling to understand the administration’s messaging on tariffs.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
Stocks Pare Losses After Trump’s Moves and Comments Rattled Investors
Investors were shaken by President Trump’s latest tariff threat, dragging the S&P 500 down further after its worst day of the year.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It shouldn’t be a struggle: This is what happens when somebody who doesn’t know anything thinks that he knows more than everybody, can’t be wrong, and never has faced consequences.
“Investors are struggling to understand the administration’s messaging on tariffs.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
“Investors are struggling to understand the administration’s messaging on tariffs.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have been beta testing Highland Pro for several months and really love it!. The clean interface lets me focus on my writing. It’s “Fountain First” approach means I don’t waste time setting/fixing styles. And the Navigator enables me to organize my documents. Congrats Team Highland! #scriptsky
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March 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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“Who are you going to believe? Me right now? Or me two nights ago when I spoke to Congress watched by more people than have ever watched a single program ever. More than watched the Moon Landing, at that was a Lot, I tell you.”
Gee I wonder why it was necessary for the President to tell his [checks notes] Senate-confirmed cabinet heads that they, not Elon Musk, are in charge of the federal departments that they were selected to run
March 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“Who are you going to believe? Me right now? Or me two nights ago when I spoke to Congress watched by more people than have ever watched a single program ever. More than watched the Moon Landing, at that was a Lot, I tell you.”
Hero.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hero.
I can’t quite recall a bigger gulf between a penultimate ep standing as one of the most riveting hours of TV of the past year and the resulting finale being pure fill-in-exposition & future set-up mid than PARADISE eps 7 & 8. Compelling season with a near total miss on the landing for me. #Bummer
March 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I can’t quite recall a bigger gulf between a penultimate ep standing as one of the most riveting hours of TV of the past year and the resulting finale being pure fill-in-exposition & future set-up mid than PARADISE eps 7 & 8. Compelling season with a near total miss on the landing for me. #Bummer
I feel really bad (mostly) for whoever got fired from their job at #Hulu tonight after not ensuring that the #Oscars live stream would not have a hard cutoff, instead allowing the stream of an event that notoriously runs long to cut out just before the Best Actress award! Still ABC says "Try Hulu"!
March 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I’m sure WaPo will publish every single submitted column about the freedom to cancel subscriptions and see where the free market takes this sadly declining legacy institution. #SadDayForNewspapers
Let's organize a flood of op-eds arguing for personal reproductive liberty, so we can demonstrate the charade Bezos is engaged in ASAP.
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m sure WaPo will publish every single submitted column about the freedom to cancel subscriptions and see where the free market takes this sadly declining legacy institution. #SadDayForNewspapers
I remember thinking, “Thank goodness, Bezos is saving an important institution like the Washington Post,” and then appreciating his (what seemed like a) hands-off-editorial attitude until a couple years ago. But now, another step towards darkness. #DemocracyDying
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I remember thinking, “Thank goodness, Bezos is saving an important institution like the Washington Post,” and then appreciating his (what seemed like a) hands-off-editorial attitude until a couple years ago. But now, another step towards darkness. #DemocracyDying
Does @thr.com not have copy editors? The number of blatant & simple copy issues in this not-breaking-news story is embarrassing.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
DC Studios’ Slate Evolution: Some Projects Put on Backburner as Others Are Full Steam Ahead
Two years after James Gunn and Peter Safran unveiled an ambitious slate, the duo offer updates on what they’ve found along the way (‘Clayface’) and what has hit “speed bumps” (‘Waller’ and ‘The Author...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Does @thr.com not have copy editors? The number of blatant & simple copy issues in this not-breaking-news story is embarrassing.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Brilliant of Fox to push Super Bowl streaming to Tubi, exposing it to potential viewers & using a classic lead-out strategy by launching its first original series THE Z-SUITE, starring a known/liked actor, Lauren Graham. If only the show was good, not the worst of all possible Gen X v. Z situations.
February 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Brilliant of Fox to push Super Bowl streaming to Tubi, exposing it to potential viewers & using a classic lead-out strategy by launching its first original series THE Z-SUITE, starring a known/liked actor, Lauren Graham. If only the show was good, not the worst of all possible Gen X v. Z situations.
I'm having such a hard time seeing through all the clouds, deciding what to say en route to blue skies has felt almost impossible. So ... more nonsense it is!
January 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm having such a hard time seeing through all the clouds, deciding what to say en route to blue skies has felt almost impossible. So ... more nonsense it is!
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I know I should be plugging my own podcast, but let me tell you @dahlialithwick.bsky.social keeps me sane
January 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I know I should be plugging my own podcast, but let me tell you @dahlialithwick.bsky.social keeps me sane