Dirk Lester 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 ✌🏾
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The World’s 3RD deadliest Comic Book Geek, Cinephile, Political Wonk, Music Nerd, Digital Strategist, Human Rights Activist – He/Him, because it's all connected.
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Meiko Kaji closeups are arguably the all time best closeups
a close up of a woman 's face with a surprised look on her face in a dark room .
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with a surprised look on her face in a dark room .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Meiko Kaji closeups are arguably the all time best closeups
Damn. A town of 4,700 going all fuck you you fascist fucks has me all misty eyed. There may be hope for us after all
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Damn. A town of 4,700 going all fuck you you fascist fucks has me all misty eyed. There may be hope for us after all
Normally I’d take the opportunity to (told you so) point out that gold standard social welfare state has dramatically failed to soothe the “economic anxieties” (read reactionary regressive cultural panic) of its paler citizens but I’m genuinely heartened to hear about those mayors standing up vs it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Normally I’d take the opportunity to (told you so) point out that gold standard social welfare state has dramatically failed to soothe the “economic anxieties” (read reactionary regressive cultural panic) of its paler citizens but I’m genuinely heartened to hear about those mayors standing up vs it.
Interesting …
In Sweden, municipalities are defying the government over voluntary return assistance for immigrants
In Sweden, municipalities are defying the government over voluntary return assistance for immigrants
Across the Nordic country, mayors are voicing their opposition to right-wing and far-right efforts to encourage immigrants to leave. This unprecedented movement has caught the government off guard.
www.lemonde.fr
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Interesting …
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Wikipedia, under fire from conservatives and shaken by AI, faces growing pressure
Wikipedia, under fire from conservatives and shaken by AI, faces growing pressure
Nearing its 25th anniversary, the online encyclopedia faces multiple challenges: accusations of 'woke' bias, threats to contributors, AI-generated content and declining readership. Despite these issues, Wikipedia remains resilient. But for how long?
www.lemonde.fr
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Wikipedia, under fire from conservatives and shaken by AI, faces growing pressure
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Facts. Underwood is a star and anyone who doesn’t know this yet simply hasn’t paid enough attention yet.
I know this is frowned upon to say out loud sometimes but anyone who bashes or calls for a primary against Lauren Underwood, one of the most effective legislators in Congress & 1 of the people in charge of recruiting House candidates to win the House back in 2026, is too stupid to have an opinion.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Facts. Underwood is a star and anyone who doesn’t know this yet simply hasn’t paid enough attention yet.
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Look up this motherfucker and what he tried to pull with Sharice Davids. My god, the Left is so rank.
1/? Please do not vote for him! He said that he would not support Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House. As Black people we are fighting a two-front war. The GOP is trying to dilute our voting power with gerrymandering and the "left" is trying to dilute b/c they want to be "the base". WAKE UP!
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Look up this motherfucker and what he tried to pull with Sharice Davids. My god, the Left is so rank.
I didn’t love Materialists like I did Past Lives but while box office pundits abused basic math to describe a bunch of bro’s films that failed to even hit 2X as “hits” hers cruised past 4X and she should act like it.
Celine Song Takes Her ‘Materialists’ Victory Lap: “I’m Able to Be Fearless Because I’m Not Full of Sh**”
Celine Song Takes Her ‘Materialists’ Victory Lap: “I’m Able to Be Fearless Because I’m Not Full of Sh**”
Celine Song was waiting for it. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker was in London, a few months after her sophomore feature Materialists had bowed to critical and commercial success in the U.S. — and spurred dozens of thinkpieces about its depictions of modern dating, capitalism, and gender roles (okay, and leg-lengthening surgery). She’d noticed a pattern in reactions to her New York-set rom-dramedy’s love triangle that surprised her: Viewers were sympathizing more with Harry (Pedro Pascal), a wealthy financier courting matchmaker Lucy (Dakota Johnson), than John (Chris Evans), Lucy’s old flame still living with roommates while struggling to make it as an actor.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I didn’t love Materialists like I did Past Lives but while box office pundits abused basic math to describe a bunch of bro’s films that failed to even hit 2X as “hits” hers cruised past 4X and she should act like it.
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47 years ago today
Germfree Adolescents is the debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex, released on this day in 1978 featuring the singles "The Day the World Turned Dayglo", "Identity" and "Germ Free Adolescents"
#punk #punkrock #xrayspex #history #otd #punkrockhistory
Germfree Adolescents is the debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex, released on this day in 1978 featuring the singles "The Day the World Turned Dayglo", "Identity" and "Germ Free Adolescents"
#punk #punkrock #xrayspex #history #otd #punkrockhistory
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It’s sad in the extreme that it’s come to this but this is in fact what it’s all come to
Musk is a mass murderer on a scale with some of the worst monsters of history, so it's not really like the scales are evened by having a moderately well known author eviscerate him on his own platform.
still, you take what you can get.
still, you take what you can get.
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s sad in the extreme that it’s come to this but this is in fact what it’s all come to
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underrated Musk defenestration from JCO
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
underrated Musk defenestration from JCO
It’s odd to take such joy in the mere soul shattering ethering of someone guilty of so much, but here I am doing that
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It’s odd to take such joy in the mere soul shattering ethering of someone guilty of so much, but here I am doing that
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Did Elon even know who Joyce Carol Oates WAS a week ago?
...does he know now?
...does he know now?
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Did Elon even know who Joyce Carol Oates WAS a week ago?
...does he know now?
...does he know now?
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
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If you say you had Joyce Carol Oates snatching Elon Musk’s soul on your 2025 Bingo card, youse a damn liar!
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If you say you had Joyce Carol Oates snatching Elon Musk’s soul on your 2025 Bingo card, youse a damn liar!
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I took a photo yesterday as the sun was setting and I thought it would be fun to shoot it again while it was snowing.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I took a photo yesterday as the sun was setting and I thought it would be fun to shoot it again while it was snowing.
Thé what in the what?
Jayme Lawson at ‘The Running Man’ premiere in New York. 📸
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Thé what in the what?
I wasn’t trying to attack or otherwise upset this person but I guess I did. 🤷🏾♂️
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wasn’t trying to attack or otherwise upset this person but I guess I did. 🤷🏾♂️
So we all get that this is because the commentariat honestly didn’t and doesn’t treat the political party that’s mostly women and poc like it has a legitimate right to the powers of the state regardless of election outcomes. ✌🏾
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So we all get that this is because the commentariat honestly didn’t and doesn’t treat the political party that’s mostly women and poc like it has a legitimate right to the powers of the state regardless of election outcomes. ✌🏾
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It's not everything she deserves, but it'll do.
Not minding your business is expensive. 😜https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/supreme-court-kim-davis-must-150124014.html
Supreme Court: Kim Davis must pay $360,000 for denying marriage licenses
Justices turned away Kim Davis's case seeking to reverse a $360,000 damages order for denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky.
www.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It's not everything she deserves, but it'll do.
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Hot take. It obviously doesn’t have to be Wild Wild West. But Bond but a western is as solid a basic film premise as premises come. It’s the shadier Lara Croft but Star Wars or Fellowship of the Ring vs Palpatine of ideas we all just assume suck because one movie did. 
The train in The Wild Wild West isn't a TARDIS, but it is bigger on the inside
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hot take. It obviously doesn’t have to be Wild Wild West. But Bond but a western is as solid a basic film premise as premises come. It’s the shadier Lara Croft but Star Wars or Fellowship of the Ring vs Palpatine of ideas we all just assume suck because one movie did. 
This reminds me of another pundit thing that drives me crazy. Like the last time I was in London I went rooftop ice skating, to a ball pit cocktail bar and to like a giant pinball machine and there are still theatrical exhibition takes that ignore how much our entertainment options have changed.
‘Young audiences are less scared of it’: why London jazz clubs are expanding and thriving against the odds
‘Young audiences are less scared of it’: why London jazz clubs are expanding and thriving against the odds
As the Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scott’s expand, and Blue Note eyes its arrival, proprietors say there’s an energy in the scene – but financial pressures remain
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This reminds me of another pundit thing that drives me crazy. Like the last time I was in London I went rooftop ice skating, to a ball pit cocktail bar and to like a giant pinball machine and there are still theatrical exhibition takes that ignore how much our entertainment options have changed.
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The return of the Sultans, the Sultans of Swing
‘Young audiences are less scared of it’: why London jazz clubs are expanding and thriving against the odds
‘Young audiences are less scared of it’: why London jazz clubs are expanding and thriving against the odds
As the Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scott’s expand, and Blue Note eyes its arrival, proprietors say there’s an energy in the scene – but financial pressures remain
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The return of the Sultans, the Sultans of Swing