Cathy Leaves
@cathyleaves.bsky.social
stories and stuff, she/they. on unceded kaurna country, https://cathyleaves.blogspot.com/
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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"On paper, RED ROOMS is the ideal horror movie for a person like me, which is to say, a coward. It would be a misnomer to say the film has no violence though—it is violence, a bloodless film that is rich with blood."
Red Rooms (2023): Seeing Is
On paper, Red Rooms is the ideal horror movie for a person like me, which is to say, a coward. It's a bloodless film that is rich with blood.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"On paper, RED ROOMS is the ideal horror movie for a person like me, which is to say, a coward. It would be a misnomer to say the film has no violence though—it is violence, a bloodless film that is rich with blood."
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🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Great to see a whole television miniseries dedicated to American President Chester A. Arthur.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Great to see a whole television miniseries dedicated to American President Chester A. Arthur.
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For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, and what her riff on the heist film has to say about labor, art, and entitlement lareviewofbooks.org/article/rebe...
Rebel Without a Clue | Los Angeles Review of Books
Elizabeth Alsop picks up the trail of Kelly Reichardt’s alienated art thief in “The Mastermind.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, and what her riff on the heist film has to say about labor, art, and entitlement lareviewofbooks.org/article/rebe...
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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I think Nia DaCosta's HEDDA is fantastic. It's a show of style and force that features the best performance of Tessa Thompson's career.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
How to Define Freedom: Nia DaCosta on “Hedda” | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with the writer/director of this week's Hedda.
www.rogerebert.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think Nia DaCosta's HEDDA is fantastic. It's a show of style and force that features the best performance of Tessa Thompson's career.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Here's the conversation I did with DaCosta for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
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Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews
These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them
Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews
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brb, calling Regent's Park to let them know that Roddy Ho's vehicle has been located
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
brb, calling Regent's Park to let them know that Roddy Ho's vehicle has been located
Really hope we get far enough into the Slough House novels to see Gaius Baltar jump on top of a van.
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Really hope we get far enough into the Slough House novels to see Gaius Baltar jump on top of a van.
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the Bajoran version of the Bechdel test is “do two named women talk to each other about something other than murder” and I love “Deep Space Nine” because it fails almost every episode
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
the Bajoran version of the Bechdel test is “do two named women talk to each other about something other than murder” and I love “Deep Space Nine” because it fails almost every episode
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Book recommendations for Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Read today & all year! Alt text for text
October 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Book recommendations for Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Read today & all year! Alt text for text
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this is the list of ideological identifiers laid out in the NSPM-7 that would predict violence, and are all of course, incredibly reasonable positions or just ridiculous framing, like “extremism on gender” which is just being pro-trans:
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is the list of ideological identifiers laid out in the NSPM-7 that would predict violence, and are all of course, incredibly reasonable positions or just ridiculous framing, like “extremism on gender” which is just being pro-trans:
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"Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial intelligence companies might burst before long."
Stock Bubble Dread Grips Central Bankers in Washington
Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial in...
finance.yahoo.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial intelligence companies might burst before long."
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that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move
February 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move
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Something nice: I was delighted to edit Caroline Van Hemert's latest for @highcountrynews.org, about the changing soundscapes of Arctic Alaska, and even more delighted that we could embed some bowhead whale songs in the online version of the story. Have a read + listen!
In a changing Arctic, how much noise is too much? - High Country News
Alaska’s bowhead whales can hear the climate changing. Scientists are listening in, too.
www.hcn.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Something nice: I was delighted to edit Caroline Van Hemert's latest for @highcountrynews.org, about the changing soundscapes of Arctic Alaska, and even more delighted that we could embed some bowhead whale songs in the online version of the story. Have a read + listen!
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This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)
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The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.
I liked House of Guinness overall. It had some great performances, but there should be some kind of penalty in 2025 for under-utilising Elizabeth Dulau.
September 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I liked House of Guinness overall. It had some great performances, but there should be some kind of penalty in 2025 for under-utilising Elizabeth Dulau.
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🚨SPOILERS🚨: I wrote about the ~ENDING~ of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER; what it says about the past, present, and future of this country; and how beautifully it envisions an "I have friends everywhere" mode of resistance. again, SPOILERS. at @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/one-...
www.vulture.com/article/one-...
September 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🚨SPOILERS🚨: I wrote about the ~ENDING~ of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER; what it says about the past, present, and future of this country; and how beautifully it envisions an "I have friends everywhere" mode of resistance. again, SPOILERS. at @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/one-...
www.vulture.com/article/one-...
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Glorious final Eater read from @jayasaxena.com — really sad to see Eater joining the list of pubs being hollowed out from the inside because they were such a great home for cultural criticism around food!
Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie
How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.
www.eater.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Glorious final Eater read from @jayasaxena.com — really sad to see Eater joining the list of pubs being hollowed out from the inside because they were such a great home for cultural criticism around food!