Armak in the BlueSky Mind ⚜️
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Filmmaker. Iconoclast. Spatula. Rake. Writer. ⚜️/🇧🇷
Walrus lover, dog rescuer, frog apologist.
"I like to drink egg creams & I like to fight Nazis."
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Walrus lover, dog rescuer, frog apologist.
"I like to drink egg creams & I like to fight Nazis."
@Armakk on YouTube+Letterboxd📽️
www.BurningAnnie.com
www.ArmakProductions.com
www.LaundryDayFilm.com
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The 1st Draft of RUSH's "Limelight" • an analysis
YouTube video by Armakk
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New #RUSH video is up on anniversary of #NeilPeart's passing…! A rare live recording of "Limelight" before #MovingPictures reveals fascinating things about Rush's #songwriting process and their methods for turning great into awesome... A must-watch for arrangers & producers: youtu.be/IXoU8H5FfNU
To forget them is the best revenge. Celebrating their death makes them live on. We underestimate the Power of the Big Ignore in life and in death. Starve the ghouls of attention by focusing on the good and worthy.
Before publicly celebrating terrible things happening to bad people, maybe don't just ask yourself if such statements are "fair" or if those people "deserve" what's happening to them...
Maybe ask yourself:
"Will this help?" and "Is this healthy?"
And take a moment if the answer to both is "No."
Maybe ask yourself:
"Will this help?" and "Is this healthy?"
And take a moment if the answer to both is "No."
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
To forget them is the best revenge. Celebrating their death makes them live on. We underestimate the Power of the Big Ignore in life and in death. Starve the ghouls of attention by focusing on the good and worthy.
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Turnabout is fair play...
January 14, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Turnabout is fair play...
Hell yeah these guys are the real shit
Bandcamp has emptied the trough and got rid of the slop
Bandcamp dumps the slop, bans AI music
Bandcamp dumps the slop, bans AI music
www.avclub.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Hell yeah these guys are the real shit
A great read about the history of white backlash to affirmative action
A quick 🧵 about Thurgood Marshall, civil rights, and Trump’s recent argument that, “White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a college or university.” (You can find more in chapter 8 of The State Must Provide)
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 AM
A great read about the history of white backlash to affirmative action
When dafuq will #TheSecretAgent come to New Orleans? I got 9 interviews w the director clogging up my podcatcher and I do not listen until I’ve seen the film…! 🙏🎥
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January 14, 2026 at 3:21 AM
When dafuq will #TheSecretAgent come to New Orleans? I got 9 interviews w the director clogging up my podcatcher and I do not listen until I’ve seen the film…! 🙏🎥
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Excellent but those are rookie numbers. Let’s go for four fifths
CBS News lost one-fifth of its audience in just four days.” 👏
January 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Excellent but those are rookie numbers. Let’s go for four fifths
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Best line of the night, and so true.
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Best line of the night, and so true.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
In 2024 I let myself off the hook for seeing a movie a day, keeping up w the #filmsky discourse, etc. If I didn’t feel like watching a movie I simply didn’t. And yet somehow I still saw over 200 movies in 2025. This cinephiliac heart beats on. ❤️🩹🎥📽️🎬
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
In 2024 I let myself off the hook for seeing a movie a day, keeping up w the #filmsky discourse, etc. If I didn’t feel like watching a movie I simply didn’t. And yet somehow I still saw over 200 movies in 2025. This cinephiliac heart beats on. ❤️🩹🎥📽️🎬
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Today is your last chance to become a member and get the January 2026 edition of The Onion newspaper. https://membership.theonion.com/?campaign=701cx00000Iy8RmAAJ
Become A Member. Get The Paper.
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
membership.theonion.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Today is your last chance to become a member and get the January 2026 edition of The Onion newspaper. https://membership.theonion.com/?campaign=701cx00000Iy8RmAAJ
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It never gets any easier. The miniature film critic (probably works for IndieWire) who lives on my shoulder is frequently whispering “you are bad at this” into my ear. Social media has given the court of public opinion the force of a tidal wave and the attention span of a housefly. Just keep going.
January 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
It never gets any easier. The miniature film critic (probably works for IndieWire) who lives on my shoulder is frequently whispering “you are bad at this” into my ear. Social media has given the court of public opinion the force of a tidal wave and the attention span of a housefly. Just keep going.
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Watched Dark Knight Rises with my 9yo. He found the ending far fetched so of course I showed him that it was a slightly higher budget version of this classic scene from Batman 66
January 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Watched Dark Knight Rises with my 9yo. He found the ending far fetched so of course I showed him that it was a slightly higher budget version of this classic scene from Batman 66
Holy Fucking Christ we need to hand grenade all A.I. data centers yesterday
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Holy Fucking Christ we need to hand grenade all A.I. data centers yesterday
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Whose mom is writing for WaPo?
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Whose mom is writing for WaPo?
Heads up New Orleans— walking home down Esplanade Ave 45mins ago I saw 7-8 National Guard or ICE w machine guns in khakis quietly surround Esplanade Mart (corner of Dauphine) and send 3 inside while 2 stood at the door in ready mode. No idea what’s up I was walking 3 dogs 👀👀👀
January 12, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Heads up New Orleans— walking home down Esplanade Ave 45mins ago I saw 7-8 National Guard or ICE w machine guns in khakis quietly surround Esplanade Mart (corner of Dauphine) and send 3 inside while 2 stood at the door in ready mode. No idea what’s up I was walking 3 dogs 👀👀👀
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Indy just beat Sally Hawkins, Sophie Thatcher, Alison Brie, Alfie Williams, and Ethan Hawke for the Best Performance prize at the Astra Awards!
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Indy just beat Sally Hawkins, Sophie Thatcher, Alison Brie, Alfie Williams, and Ethan Hawke for the Best Performance prize at the Astra Awards!
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John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
The Mumbling Heads
Slightly diminish a band:
The Respectful Disagreement
The Respectful Disagreement
Slightly diminish a band:
The Calfsills
The Calfsills
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The Mumbling Heads
Damn fucking straight. Let’s see what happens to the stats if NOPD budget is slashed in half…
January 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Damn fucking straight. Let’s see what happens to the stats if NOPD budget is slashed in half…
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Waldorf and Statler will return in Avengers: Doomsday
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Waldorf and Statler will return in Avengers: Doomsday
During a #doublefeature of #HomeForTheHolidays and #TheFamilyStone (cuz until recently I thought they were the same movie) I realized RDJ’s gay character might be the same dude he played in #WonderBoys and boom now it’s a triple feature 📽️🤯
#arthouseconspiracytheory
#arthouseconspiracytheory
January 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
During a #doublefeature of #HomeForTheHolidays and #TheFamilyStone (cuz until recently I thought they were the same movie) I realized RDJ’s gay character might be the same dude he played in #WonderBoys and boom now it’s a triple feature 📽️🤯
#arthouseconspiracytheory
#arthouseconspiracytheory
Over 400 days of shooting! An absolutely Kubrickian accomplishment. Just imagine the editing challenges… 🤯🤯🤯🐶🙌🎥🔥
Ben Leonberg's short and rather wonderful movie, GOOD BOY, is shot from the dog's perspective.
It works.
It works.
January 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Over 400 days of shooting! An absolutely Kubrickian accomplishment. Just imagine the editing challenges… 🤯🤯🤯🐶🙌🎥🔥
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Your timeline needs the cleansing energy of a video where it seems like something bad is going to happen but then it's actually just two lil friends having a nice lil time
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Your timeline needs the cleansing energy of a video where it seems like something bad is going to happen but then it's actually just two lil friends having a nice lil time
Forget the "rib" part... it's not even Irish!
A new class action lawsuit alleges that McDonald’s has purposefully been misleading customers with the name and shape of the McRib
A class-action lawsuit against McDonald’s boldly asks: Is the McRib really rib?
According to the lawsuit, the McRib is actually a 'reconstructed meat product.'
www.fastcompany.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Forget the "rib" part... it's not even Irish!