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The Taxi Driver novelization was written by a socialist, Richard Elman, who spent the 70s in Nicaragua, and later adapted both Smokey & the Bandit movies into a single novel.
January 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The Taxi Driver novelization was written by a socialist, Richard Elman, who spent the 70s in Nicaragua, and later adapted both Smokey & the Bandit movies into a single novel.
quarterly scroll thru s-stack is 75% dudes (I don’t follow) posting how shortlisted books (or new books by previously shortlisted authors) are bad, actually, and you’re an absolute moron if you can’t see that [writer with massive chops] has no chops and gets a free ride because of their “identity.”
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
quarterly scroll thru s-stack is 75% dudes (I don’t follow) posting how shortlisted books (or new books by previously shortlisted authors) are bad, actually, and you’re an absolute moron if you can’t see that [writer with massive chops] has no chops and gets a free ride because of their “identity.”
Sam Wiebe says those 8 words we all yearn to hear: “Dan Hedaya shows up as an unhinged cop” open.substack.com/pub/samwiebe...
Night of the Juggler and The Blue Knight
plus a Shot in Vancouver update
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Sam Wiebe says those 8 words we all yearn to hear: “Dan Hedaya shows up as an unhinged cop” open.substack.com/pub/samwiebe...
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We can't talk about Americans' empty wallets without talking about our empty buses and sidewalks.
The 'Affordability Crisis' Conversation Can't Leave Out the Cost of Cars — Streetsblog USA
We can't talk about Americans' empty wallets without talking about our empty buses and sidewalks and overall dependence on automobiles.
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
We can't talk about Americans' empty wallets without talking about our empty buses and sidewalks.
Weird assortment of books in an out of the way spot.
January 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Weird assortment of books in an out of the way spot.
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Same but Peace Frog.
Street Hassle is the best and the worst (and since I don’t have choose I guess I won’t).
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Same but Peace Frog.
Street Hassle is the best and the worst (and since I don’t have choose I guess I won’t).
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Street Hassle is the best and the worst (and since I don’t have choose I guess I won’t).
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Bob and Carol and Ted and Mothra
One Battle After A Mothra
Not A Mothra Teen Movie
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Bob and Carol and Ted and Mothra
This series ruled. Hope it’s held up.
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This series ruled. Hope it’s held up.
It’s too crowded to get off.
People are turning on each other.
Smaller buses, less frequently, on busy routes.
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It’s too crowded to get off.
People are turning on each other.
Smaller buses, less frequently, on busy routes.
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
People are turning on each other.
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Here's the origin of that Tarr post. Worth your time.
RIP Béla Tarr one of the best to ever do it. In his later years, he would tell film students to just go out there and make films on their phones, and not worry about having to adhere to rules of film production and distribution that simply did not exist any more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2M...
Béla Tarr on filmmaking
YouTube video by Peter Putz
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Here's the origin of that Tarr post. Worth your time.
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And the accompanying Cash Back Red Paper, both of which dovetail nicely into Táíwò's argument of reparations as a constructive project:
8/8
cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org
8/8
cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org
Home Page - Cash Back
Cash Back looks at how the dispossession of Indigenous lands nearly destroyed Indigenous economic livelihoods. It is about restitution from the perspective of stolen wealth.
cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
And the accompanying Cash Back Red Paper, both of which dovetail nicely into Táíwò's argument of reparations as a constructive project:
8/8
cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org
8/8
cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org
Leaving the unfinished sentences in my newsletter, like the velvet underground would have if they wrote short book reviews.
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Leaving the unfinished sentences in my newsletter, like the velvet underground would have if they wrote short book reviews.
Real ripper.
Sheldon Birnie one of my faves doing it rn. So excited to get to feature this one today and share it with you all!
"Buddy walked into the lake with his shambling gait, legs struggling against the pull and push of the waves as they rolled into shore."
https://www.havehashad.com/q6q46
"Buddy walked into the lake with his shambling gait, legs struggling against the pull and push of the waves as they rolled into shore."
https://www.havehashad.com/q6q46
Buddy’s Gone by Sheldon Birnie
Buddy walked into the lake with his shambling gait, legs struggling against the pull and push of the waves as they rolled into shore. When the water hit that belly of his, he dove in. He come back up…
www.havehashad.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Real ripper.
Smaller buses, less frequently, on busy routes.
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Smaller buses, less frequently, on busy routes.
western omelette hotdogcode.beehiiv.com/p/western-om...
western omelette
I Want to Die in My Boots, All True Not a Lie In It
hotdogcode.beehiiv.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
western omelette hotdogcode.beehiiv.com/p/western-om...
Waiting on that severe rainfall like:
January 6, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Waiting on that severe rainfall like: