@joycecaroloates.bsky.social
still haunted by the last several minutes of Frankenheimer's "Seconds".... so sad that Rock Hudson in his greatest role did not receive awards for it, & that "Seconds," ahead of its time (as we say), did poorly commercially. (but not surprising: this is a harrowing film.)
January 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
still haunted by the last several minutes of Frankenheimer's "Seconds".... so sad that Rock Hudson in his greatest role did not receive awards for it, & that "Seconds," ahead of its time (as we say), did poorly commercially. (but not surprising: this is a harrowing film.)
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Razorblade Tears, Crosby
House of Leaves, Danielewski
Evil in Me, @geraldbrom.bsky.social
Gideon the Ninth, Mur
Middle Age, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Cornmaiden, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Amatuer Marriage, Tyler
The Crossing, Connelly
Wild Dark Shore, McConaghy
House of Leaves, Danielewski
Evil in Me, @geraldbrom.bsky.social
Gideon the Ninth, Mur
Middle Age, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Cornmaiden, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Amatuer Marriage, Tyler
The Crossing, Connelly
Wild Dark Shore, McConaghy
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Razorblade Tears, Crosby
House of Leaves, Danielewski
Evil in Me, @geraldbrom.bsky.social
Gideon the Ninth, Mur
Middle Age, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Cornmaiden, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Amatuer Marriage, Tyler
The Crossing, Connelly
Wild Dark Shore, McConaghy
House of Leaves, Danielewski
Evil in Me, @geraldbrom.bsky.social
Gideon the Ninth, Mur
Middle Age, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Cornmaiden, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Amatuer Marriage, Tyler
The Crossing, Connelly
Wild Dark Shore, McConaghy
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Missing Mom, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Mercy of the Gods, Corey
Gai-Jin, Clavell
Pompeii, R. Harris
Imperium, R. Harris
The Children of Men, James
Zombie, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Sins of the Father, Flaherty
Death Spell, Sodergren
The Forgotten Island, **
Dead Girl Blues, **
The Mercy of the Gods, Corey
Gai-Jin, Clavell
Pompeii, R. Harris
Imperium, R. Harris
The Children of Men, James
Zombie, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Sins of the Father, Flaherty
Death Spell, Sodergren
The Forgotten Island, **
Dead Girl Blues, **
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Missing Mom, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
The Mercy of the Gods, Corey
Gai-Jin, Clavell
Pompeii, R. Harris
Imperium, R. Harris
The Children of Men, James
Zombie, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Sins of the Father, Flaherty
Death Spell, Sodergren
The Forgotten Island, **
Dead Girl Blues, **
The Mercy of the Gods, Corey
Gai-Jin, Clavell
Pompeii, R. Harris
Imperium, R. Harris
The Children of Men, James
Zombie, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social
Sins of the Father, Flaherty
Death Spell, Sodergren
The Forgotten Island, **
Dead Girl Blues, **
no, just came in the mail; I've had a Harper's subscription for probably 30 years.
An advance copy at that, looks like.
January 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM
no, just came in the mail; I've had a Harper's subscription for probably 30 years.
fascinating meditation/intimate record of reconstructing a lost city while exploring contemporary London on foot: Hari Kunzru's "Another London: Excavating the Disenchanted City" (Harper's, Feb. 2026)
the novelist's reflections on old, lost London read as effortlessly as thoughtful conversation
the novelist's reflections on old, lost London read as effortlessly as thoughtful conversation
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
fascinating meditation/intimate record of reconstructing a lost city while exploring contemporary London on foot: Hari Kunzru's "Another London: Excavating the Disenchanted City" (Harper's, Feb. 2026)
the novelist's reflections on old, lost London read as effortlessly as thoughtful conversation
the novelist's reflections on old, lost London read as effortlessly as thoughtful conversation
AWESOME community protesters against ICE in Minneapolis.
January 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
AWESOME community protesters against ICE in Minneapolis.
also--George Segal?! rejecting this great American sculptor because you think his work of art communicates a "wrong" political idea--(though exactly what, informed people could argue)--is not something that Princeton would do.
(many works by Segal at Rutgers Zimmerli Museum.)
(many works by Segal at Rutgers Zimmerli Museum.)
I’d guess it was because Kent State decided the image carried a lesson they didn’t want to teach. Power imbalance, what happened in the 1970s, etc. Princeton decided to keep it, frame it, argue with it. Same sculpture, different tolerances for ambiguity. Just a guess.
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
also--George Segal?! rejecting this great American sculptor because you think his work of art communicates a "wrong" political idea--(though exactly what, informed people could argue)--is not something that Princeton would do.
(many works by Segal at Rutgers Zimmerli Museum.)
(many works by Segal at Rutgers Zimmerli Museum.)
a work of art that is a powerful but puzzling signifier.
most people walk past it oblivious.
but if you study it, circling it, its meaning seems to shift.
without an art historian explaining it, the sculpture has lapsed into "curious old-timey sculpture between the chapel & Firestone Library."
most people walk past it oblivious.
but if you study it, circling it, its meaning seems to shift.
without an art historian explaining it, the sculpture has lapsed into "curious old-timey sculpture between the chapel & Firestone Library."
I think Kent St has the right of it.This is not an era in which to commemorate,much less celebrate,one person having power over another.Unless it's presented as a cautionary tale.Which this isn't.What's needed are symbols of defiance & resistance.Not passive compliance,which Abraham-Isaac represents
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
a work of art that is a powerful but puzzling signifier.
most people walk past it oblivious.
but if you study it, circling it, its meaning seems to shift.
without an art historian explaining it, the sculpture has lapsed into "curious old-timey sculpture between the chapel & Firestone Library."
most people walk past it oblivious.
but if you study it, circling it, its meaning seems to shift.
without an art historian explaining it, the sculpture has lapsed into "curious old-timey sculpture between the chapel & Firestone Library."
why did Kent State refuse this sculpture? admittedly it is somewhat startling (Biblical Abraham, Isaac) on a pastoral day in Princeton but it is a strong work of art.
Far worse, JCO (than Kent State), by its deliberate venality, direction from the WH, & much wider scope. They are actually out to kill opponents & to deport people of color. (Sculpture by George Segal, commissioned by Kent State, which refused it, & accepted by my alma mater Princeton University.)
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 AM
why did Kent State refuse this sculpture? admittedly it is somewhat startling (Biblical Abraham, Isaac) on a pastoral day in Princeton but it is a strong work of art.
It’s still the New Year! Sheldon’s exquisite high tea.
January 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
It’s still the New Year! Sheldon’s exquisite high tea.
hoping that this person is safe somewhere...
A decorated Iraq war vet named Sascha Riley is publicly claiming to have been trafficked as a child in #Trump/Epsteincriminalenterprise—and Detailed testimony names some of the most powerful in American politics, incl 💥 Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Republican congressmen💥
noticenews.com/explosive-ep...
Explosive Epstein Witness Testimony Implicates tЯump, Clarence Thomas, and More in Horrific Abuse
Explosive Epstein Witness Testimony Implicates tЯump, Clarence Thomas, and More in Horrific Abuse
January 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM
hoping that this person is safe somewhere...
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Abetted by est. media, & this started in 2016, when there were two populists running for pres., & est. media gave the populist on the Right mega-coverage & all but ignored the populist on the Left, Senator Sanders. Had they done the reverse or at least treated them equally we would not be here now.
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Abetted by est. media, & this started in 2016, when there were two populists running for pres., & est. media gave the populist on the Right mega-coverage & all but ignored the populist on the Left, Senator Sanders. Had they done the reverse or at least treated them equally we would not be here now.
are we edging toward our Kent State reenactment or are we edging toward our March on Selma reenactment?--
(The March on Selma in 1965 was a pivotal civil rights event where peaceful Black protestors, seeking voting rights,
(The March on Selma in 1965 was a pivotal civil rights event where peaceful Black protestors, seeking voting rights,
January 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
are we edging toward our Kent State reenactment or are we edging toward our March on Selma reenactment?--
(The March on Selma in 1965 was a pivotal civil rights event where peaceful Black protestors, seeking voting rights,
(The March on Selma in 1965 was a pivotal civil rights event where peaceful Black protestors, seeking voting rights,
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A decorated Iraq war vet named Sascha Riley is publicly claiming to have been trafficked as a child in #Trump/Epsteincriminalenterprise—and Detailed testimony names some of the most powerful in American politics, incl 💥 Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Republican congressmen💥
noticenews.com/explosive-ep...
Explosive Epstein Witness Testimony Implicates tЯump, Clarence Thomas, and More in Horrific Abuse
Explosive Epstein Witness Testimony Implicates tЯump, Clarence Thomas, and More in Horrific Abuse
Explosive Epstein Witness Testimony Implicates Trump, Clarence Thomas, and More in Horrific Abuse - NOTICE News
A decorated Iraq war veteran named Sascha Riley is publicly claiming to have been trafficked as a child in a Trump/Epstein criminal enterprise—and their detailed testimony names some of the most power...
noticenews.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
A decorated Iraq war vet named Sascha Riley is publicly claiming to have been trafficked as a child in #Trump/Epsteincriminalenterprise—and Detailed testimony names some of the most powerful in American politics, incl 💥 Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Republican congressmen💥
almost no one even remembers those killed in & near Venezuela.
"flood the zone" with atrocities, outrages, illegal acts by federal officers daily, hourly.
"flood the zone" with atrocities, outrages, illegal acts by federal officers daily, hourly.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., accused his "pro-life" Republican colleagues of not caring about the people killed in boat strikes near Venezuela who the Trump regime, without providing evidence, claims were trafficking fentanyl.
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol […]
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #gop #Politics #uspolitics #USpol […]
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January 15, 2026 at 12:59 AM
almost no one even remembers those killed in & near Venezuela.
"flood the zone" with atrocities, outrages, illegal acts by federal officers daily, hourly.
"flood the zone" with atrocities, outrages, illegal acts by federal officers daily, hourly.
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AOC: This legislation that has been put forward by Republican leadership is not a congressional stock trading ban. It was written by the wealthiest members of Congress for the wealthiest members of Congress.
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
AOC: This legislation that has been put forward by Republican leadership is not a congressional stock trading ban. It was written by the wealthiest members of Congress for the wealthiest members of Congress.
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www.mediaite.com/media/news/h... #ProudBlue. In an insult to every Capitol Hill policeman who were beaten and brutalized by Oath Keepers on Jan 6, House Republican invited Stewart Rhodes to a hearing on the DC Pipe Bomber and gave him a seat of honor. House GOP loves their domestic terrorists
House Democrat Calls Out GOP Colleagues for Giving the Founder of the Oath Keepers a Reserved Seat at Hearing
"Stewart Rhodes is here today. It's not every day, of course—not every day, of course—you get to meet someone who was convicted of seditious conspiracy."
www.mediaite.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:37 AM
www.mediaite.com/media/news/h... #ProudBlue. In an insult to every Capitol Hill policeman who were beaten and brutalized by Oath Keepers on Jan 6, House Republican invited Stewart Rhodes to a hearing on the DC Pipe Bomber and gave him a seat of honor. House GOP loves their domestic terrorists
Bernie Sanders was right about everything.
generally, we knew it at the time.
but: Establishment politics intervened.
generally, we knew it at the time.
but: Establishment politics intervened.
We hear a lot of talk about “freedom” from my Republican colleagues. And yet these same Republicans are working overtime to deny tens of millions of women the basic freedom to control their own bodies.
That is wrong, and it represents a fundamental betrayal of what freedom is about.
That is wrong, and it represents a fundamental betrayal of what freedom is about.
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Bernie Sanders was right about everything.
generally, we knew it at the time.
but: Establishment politics intervened.
generally, we knew it at the time.
but: Establishment politics intervened.
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They wouldn't let Noem anywhere near the gold. The SS did prosecute several Auschwitz staff for stealing from the victims and not giving it to the state.
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
They wouldn't let Noem anywhere near the gold. The SS did prosecute several Auschwitz staff for stealing from the victims and not giving it to the state.
they may cosplay Nazis but in Hitler's state Stephen Miller would have been whisked immediately off to the gas ovens & Noem would be earning modest wages prying gold fillings out of the teeth of corpses.
January 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
they may cosplay Nazis but in Hitler's state Stephen Miller would have been whisked immediately off to the gas ovens & Noem would be earning modest wages prying gold fillings out of the teeth of corpses.
keeping out serious rivals to benefit American athletes? this will backfire since the Olympic medalists will have asterisks beside their names forever.
At this point I put nothing past an administration led by Donald Trump so I am briefly entertaining the possibility that this is deliberate, in order to ensure the US wins
The main host of the 2026 World Cup is freezing visa processing for nearly half of the world’s countries.
Marco Rubio freezes all foreign visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries.
Marco Rubio freezes all foreign visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries.
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 PM
keeping out serious rivals to benefit American athletes? this will backfire since the Olympic medalists will have asterisks beside their names forever.
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The GoFundMe pages - for the Ford auto worker who was suspended for yelling "p*dophile protector" at Donald Trump - have now surpassed $700,000.
#TJSabula #EpsteinFiles
#TJSabula #EpsteinFiles
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The GoFundMe pages - for the Ford auto worker who was suspended for yelling "p*dophile protector" at Donald Trump - have now surpassed $700,000.
#TJSabula #EpsteinFiles
#TJSabula #EpsteinFiles
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Rep. Garcia: "Democrats, Republicans…Everyone is focused and understands that Donald Trump is leading a White House cover up to protect and the powerful men that abused and raped women and children…Why do we have only 1% of the full [Epstein files] released to the public?"
January 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Rep. Garcia: "Democrats, Republicans…Everyone is focused and understands that Donald Trump is leading a White House cover up to protect and the powerful men that abused and raped women and children…Why do we have only 1% of the full [Epstein files] released to the public?"
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There are so many lawless, violent actions it is hard to keep up. They are forgotten because there is a new one every day.
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 AM
There are so many lawless, violent actions it is hard to keep up. They are forgotten because there is a new one every day.
