elundy
@elundy.bsky.social
Writer editor, Minneapolis Seattle, movies baseball. Most of my reviews do not count toward the Tomatometer.
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
The first "All Talking" picture includes nice gangsters, asshole cops, forgettable leads and a "dirty rat" line. It was directed by Bryan Foy, one of the Seven Little Foys, whose career intersected w/Babe Ruth, Humphrey Bogart, Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan and JFK. eriklundegaard.com/item/movie-r...
Movie Review: Lights of New York (1928)
WARNING: SPOILERS It was revolutionary, the first “All Talking” picture, but what it modeled was same-old. Basically it’s a filmed play. We get a setting, from which people enter and exit, then we...
eriklundegaard.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The first "All Talking" picture includes nice gangsters, asshole cops, forgettable leads and a "dirty rat" line. It was directed by Bryan Foy, one of the Seven Little Foys, whose career intersected w/Babe Ruth, Humphrey Bogart, Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan and JFK. eriklundegaard.com/item/movie-r...
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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
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I don’t carry “immigration documents” with me at all times. Americans have not had to produce “their papers” for police without cause. Is this the new standard, given Kavanaugh stops? reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
DHS says REAL ID, which DHS certifies, is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I don’t carry “immigration documents” with me at all times. Americans have not had to produce “their papers” for police without cause. Is this the new standard, given Kavanaugh stops? reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
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By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
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I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
Oh, 100 fucking percent...
“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Oh, 100 fucking percent...
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief told ProPublica.
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
This is our #4 most-read story of 2025:
When you don't know what you're selling (and can't read): A glimpse at our AI future
January 1, 2026 at 10:09 PM
When you don't know what you're selling (and can't read): A glimpse at our AI future
Saw this yesterday. One of the best movies of the year.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2784...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2784...
The Secret Agent (2025) - Full cast & crew - IMDb
The Secret Agent (2025) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
www.imdb.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Saw this yesterday. One of the best movies of the year.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2784...
www.imdb.com/title/tt2784...
This too shall pass. Here's to a kidney stone of year...
January 1, 2026 at 8:13 AM
This too shall pass. Here's to a kidney stone of year...
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On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
On Jack Smith deposition, now released:
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.
Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.
What Smith says is far more incriminating.
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1️⃣ THE NUMBER ONE TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025
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"The N-Word Is Back!" from the week of March 24
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"The N-Word Is Back!" from the week of March 24
December 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
1️⃣ THE NUMBER ONE TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025
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"The N-Word Is Back!" from the week of March 24
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"The N-Word Is Back!" from the week of March 24
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NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Jack Smith Deposition Released Outlining Evidence of Trump's Alleged Crimes 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt'
The Special Counsel makes clear there was sufficient evidence to pursue the charges
meidasnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."
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My book-lover hot take for 2026: Publishers should revive the old Pocket Books format (5.5 inches by 6.5 inches), a lovely size that really did fit in a pocket. Here is an old Pocket Book next to a classic mass-market paperback, the other standard now headed for extinction.
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My book-lover hot take for 2026: Publishers should revive the old Pocket Books format (5.5 inches by 6.5 inches), a lovely size that really did fit in a pocket. Here is an old Pocket Book next to a classic mass-market paperback, the other standard now headed for extinction.
They think the son of an immigrant, a man who resurrected a forgotten founding father because he reminded him of his own father, a man who wrote the lyrics "Immigrants, we get the job done," that THAT GUY would perform for Trump????
What dipshits.
What dipshits.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
They think the son of an immigrant, a man who resurrected a forgotten founding father because he reminded him of his own father, a man who wrote the lyrics "Immigrants, we get the job done," that THAT GUY would perform for Trump????
What dipshits.
What dipshits.
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Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
What does IMDb think Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Luc Godard and "known for"?
Not BREATHLESS. For any of them.
That said, Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE is a blast. Check it out. 📽️
eriklundegaard.com/item/what-ar...
Not BREATHLESS. For any of them.
That said, Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE is a blast. Check it out. 📽️
eriklundegaard.com/item/what-ar...
What are Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Luc Godard 'Known...
At the end of Richard Linklater's “Nouvelle Vague” about the making of Jean-Luc Godard's “Breathless” (much recommended—a total blast), we get snippets of what happened to...
eriklundegaard.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What does IMDb think Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Luc Godard and "known for"?
Not BREATHLESS. For any of them.
That said, Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE is a blast. Check it out. 📽️
eriklundegaard.com/item/what-ar...
Not BREATHLESS. For any of them.
That said, Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE is a blast. Check it out. 📽️
eriklundegaard.com/item/what-ar...
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If anything the crime has been underplayed. They knew these men were mostly innocent. They knew they’d be tortured. They sent them to CECOT not out of recklessness but because they thought it would enjoyable for their supporters to see innocent Latinos tortured. An intentional crime of violence.
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If anything the crime has been underplayed. They knew these men were mostly innocent. They knew they’d be tortured. They sent them to CECOT not out of recklessness but because they thought it would enjoyable for their supporters to see innocent Latinos tortured. An intentional crime of violence.
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“Putin doesn’t want peace.” After another night of terror in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called out Russia’s lies, while Canada stepped up, announcing billions in economic and military support to defend Ukraine and build a just, lasting peace.
December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“Putin doesn’t want peace.” After another night of terror in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called out Russia’s lies, while Canada stepped up, announcing billions in economic and military support to defend Ukraine and build a just, lasting peace.
Griffey (foreground) and Maisie hanging on a Sat. night. Appearances to the contrary, Maisie is the fearless one, Griffey a little less so. #Caturday #CaperCats #Catmas25
December 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Griffey (foreground) and Maisie hanging on a Sat. night. Appearances to the contrary, Maisie is the fearless one, Griffey a little less so. #Caturday #CaperCats #Catmas25
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Always come back to this observation from @adamserwer.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Always come back to this observation from @adamserwer.bsky.social
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.