Elman Steven
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The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
Not just a great actor, but a great writer and a great director.
February 18, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Not just a great actor, but a great writer and a great director.
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i was reading an old wachowskis interview from a year or two after bound came out and this answer might be in the egg hall of fame. www.gadflyonline.com/archive-wach...
![Gadfly: Was that the philosophy of the movie? You know, you mentioned all those great directors of the past. They all had a philosophy. What was your philosophy?
La[deadname]: We think that not only gay people or queer people live in closets. Everybody does. We all tend to put ourselves into these boxes, these traps. And so what we tried to do is we tried to define as many of the characters through the sort of trap that they were making out of their lives. Getting out of the closet was meant to take on a bigger meaning than just the typical gay meaning.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hz4jzmli3n7isthc5zxexuee/bafkreiffwspkvyh3vwnqbemoocrijlzo7rqv6uka44efhqxkocf6kmpxoi@jpeg)
February 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
i was reading an old wachowskis interview from a year or two after bound came out and this answer might be in the egg hall of fame. www.gadflyonline.com/archive-wach...
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I mean, that about captures it www.axios.com/2026/02/17/t...
February 18, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I mean, that about captures it www.axios.com/2026/02/17/t...
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ICYMI
Happy to write about @ashcclark.bsky.social's new book The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films.
My thoughts and an excerpt via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
My thoughts and an excerpt via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
Book Excerpt: The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films by Ashley Clark | Books | Roger Ebert
A look at the new book from Ashley Clark, along with an excerpt from it, available today.
www.rogerebert.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
ICYMI
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Associate editor @812filmreviews.com offers thoughts and an excerpt on programmer and author Ashley Clark’s book, THE WORLD OF BLACK FILM: A JOURNEY THROUGH CINEMATIC BLACKNESS IN 100 FILMS.
Book Excerpt: The World of Black Film: A Journey Through Cinematic Blackness in 100 Films by Ashley Clark | Books | Roger Ebert
A look at the new book from Ashley Clark, along with an excerpt from it, available today.
www.rogerebert.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Associate editor @812filmreviews.com offers thoughts and an excerpt on programmer and author Ashley Clark’s book, THE WORLD OF BLACK FILM: A JOURNEY THROUGH CINEMATIC BLACKNESS IN 100 FILMS.
Funny, I was just thinking that, despite his admiration for Friedkin, he could never make a film as great as Sorcerer and I think one of the reasons is that, despite his eclectic taste, he
can never rise above his pre-adolescent sensibility.
can never rise above his pre-adolescent sensibility.
Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody”
Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody”
He's right, and you're wrong.
The post Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Funny, I was just thinking that, despite his admiration for Friedkin, he could never make a film as great as Sorcerer and I think one of the reasons is that, despite his eclectic taste, he
can never rise above his pre-adolescent sensibility.
can never rise above his pre-adolescent sensibility.
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Here it is, your moment of zen.
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Here it is, your moment of zen.
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Writing ranked lists can feel like a hot-dog-eating contest at times, so please respect @bilgeebiri.bsky.social for a 32 (!!!)-film WUTHERING HEIGHTS list that includes a contemporary high-school take from the producers of SHARKNADO. You're required to subscribe IMO: www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The 32 Best (and Worst) Wuthering Heights Adaptations
Is there another novel that crosses borders and eras as smoothly as Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic does?
www.vulture.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Writing ranked lists can feel like a hot-dog-eating contest at times, so please respect @bilgeebiri.bsky.social for a 32 (!!!)-film WUTHERING HEIGHTS list that includes a contemporary high-school take from the producers of SHARKNADO. You're required to subscribe IMO: www.vulture.com/article/the-...
America produced the genius of the Chess, Motown and Stax/Volt artists that the Beatles and Stones built their careers covering.
(put another way, weird to say, as Rubio does, that Europe produced “the genius…of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones,” who were self-consciously playing music rooted in the traditions of the African diaspora.)
February 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
America produced the genius of the Chess, Motown and Stax/Volt artists that the Beatles and Stones built their careers covering.
Raspberry. Definitely raspberry.
February 15, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Raspberry. Definitely raspberry.
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I never eat steak because it's expensive to order out and then sometimes I remember you can just ... make steak at home and sometimes it's on sale? anyhow, I remembered again so I am making this today
www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/stea...
www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/stea...
Steak Like Tartare — Alison Roman
This is my new favorite way to make steak at home, and it’s been on repeat all summer. Steak and a caesar? Sign me up.
www.alisoneroman.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I never eat steak because it's expensive to order out and then sometimes I remember you can just ... make steak at home and sometimes it's on sale? anyhow, I remembered again so I am making this today
www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/stea...
www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/stea...
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sports equinox is when all major U.S. pro leagues have at least one game. sports solstice is when none of them do. we get them in the summer sometimes but in the winter only when the NHL goes on break and the NBA has its all-star-weekend during that break
Wait, what's a sports Winter Solstice?
February 14, 2026 at 5:35 AM
sports equinox is when all major U.S. pro leagues have at least one game. sports solstice is when none of them do. we get them in the summer sometimes but in the winter only when the NHL goes on break and the NBA has its all-star-weekend during that break
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Bob & Liz
February 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day from Bob & Liz
Emerald Fennell's Story of the Eye.
February 14, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Emerald Fennell's Story of the Eye.
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Yes! Rather than chasing Trump's policies, they should chase his strategy of shaping public perception.
February 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Yes! Rather than chasing Trump's policies, they should chase his strategy of shaping public perception.
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#MikhailShaidorov just won Olympic #iceskating gold to "The Diva Dance" from the Fifth Element, that made me so happy! I got to write about this incredible piece of music for @brightwalldarkroom.com if you'd like to know more :) #Olympics2026
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2024/02/29/t...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2024/02/29/t...
The Fifth Element (1997): An Aria for Humanity
The Fifth Element is a space opera deserving of the name, a deeply humanist work, and a cinematic poem to human paradox delivered through the power of music.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
#MikhailShaidorov just won Olympic #iceskating gold to "The Diva Dance" from the Fifth Element, that made me so happy! I got to write about this incredible piece of music for @brightwalldarkroom.com if you'd like to know more :) #Olympics2026
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2024/02/29/t...
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2024/02/29/t...
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was Pam Bondi trying to un-hibernate Auto-Tune the News?
February 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
was Pam Bondi trying to un-hibernate Auto-Tune the News?
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Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a huge success. Here is how grassroots groups beat big money and are now raising tons of money for mixed income, rent stabilized housing. (We call it “social housing.”)
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89WjsvH/
Seattle’s millionaire tax is a wild success. #taxtherich @House Our Neighbors: Yes on 1A @Tech 4 Housing
TikTok video by Ron Davis
www.tiktok.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
Ranch Dressing is the one thing here I won't eat.
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Ranch Dressing is the one thing here I won't eat.
So many adaptations of Wuthering Heights and not one adaptation of Wind & Wuthering.
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
So many adaptations of Wuthering Heights and not one adaptation of Wind & Wuthering.
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It can be dispiriting to see Trump temporarily occupying (and temporarily vulgarizing) that big White House. But it’s heartening to remember that when the Trump era is consigned to the ash heap of history, the example of Lincoln will remain.
‘Zionism’ Is Splitting MAGA in Two
Except it’s not really ‘Zionism’ per se.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It can be dispiriting to see Trump temporarily occupying (and temporarily vulgarizing) that big White House. But it’s heartening to remember that when the Trump era is consigned to the ash heap of history, the example of Lincoln will remain.
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An early crush and the inspiration for my own teenage funeral home escapades
RIP Bud Cort 🖤
RIP Bud Cort 🖤
February 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
An early crush and the inspiration for my own teenage funeral home escapades
RIP Bud Cort 🖤
RIP Bud Cort 🖤