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Wayward francophile. Adrift in the provinces. A bit Éric Rohmer, a bit Barbara Pym, but perhaps the wrong bits.

Je ne sais plus si je suis le bon. – Paul Dédalus 🏳️‍🌈
I used to live next door to this planned development, near the hospital and the old folks home.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson star in Otto Preminger's classic murder mystery film “LAURA” (1944)

🎬 20th Century-Fox
🎞 #FilmNoir
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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"At the Breaking Point: The State of the U.S. Foreign Service in 2025"
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"At the Breaking Point: The State of the U.S. Foreign Service in 2025"
The Steady State | The Steady State
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I like his film “Wildlife” very much.
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas!
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
At the risk of adding to whatever discourse is taking place on the World Wide Web today, I used to coordinate and administer testing accommodations for students for general and organic chemistry courses.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Supermoon on Thursday at 6:14 p.m. EST (Dec. 4), the moon will rise in the east. It's most visually impressive at the time of moonrise 6:14 est
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This sounds wonderful! Now, we just need the Music Box to come to Madison.
BIG NEWS! We are excited to welcome the HEIGHTS THEATER to the Music Box family!

In January 2026, we will be taking over ownership of the iconic Columbia Heights cinema. We're excited to add to the legacy of the Heights, and bringing a touch of the Music Box to Minnesota🎞️
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In case you are interested, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra is holding a fundraising challenge today in which it is matching dollars: wcoconcerts.org/support/givi...
Giving Tuesday
THE MUSIC EDUCATION MATCH CHALLENGE: Every dollar donated will go to our $6,500 dollar-for-dollar match challenge goal!
wcoconcerts.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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BEST FILM: One Battle After Another
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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BEST ACTOR: Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I used to live just down the street from this institution but never ventured inside.
Rogers Park's New 400 Theaters, once the city's oldest continuously running movie house, is reopening.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/01/r...
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
30 Classic Christmas Movies to Watch This Holiday Season www.nytimes.com/article/chri...
30 Classic Christmas Movies to Watch This Holiday Season
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The New York Film Critics Circle will be announcing the winners of its annual awards on this account tomorrow morning starting at approximately 9 a.m. E.T. #NYFCC
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A view from the Park and Ride.
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Schrödinger's President.

Elites accept him as both: all knowing & mentally fit godlike man who should have authoritarian control over US (when he usurps power from Congress & Courts & The People) AND aloof hands-off figurehead who does not know any details of anything, and it rude to ask him
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I'm doing something revolutionary. Something no one has done before: A NEWSLETTER! Yes, I'm throwing a party and I'd love for you to come.
A Big Bold Beautiful Newsletter Journey
Welcome to Premiere Party, by Richard Lawson.
www.premiereparty.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The time to ask this was in 2016, & again in 2020, & again in 2024. But Hillary Clinton wrote emails, & Joe Biden was old, & Kamala Harris wasn't answering enough detailed policy questions from the press, so here we are.
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"

Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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They are betting AI will replace us. Make them lose the bet.
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM