Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, ex-Secret Movie Clubber. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
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Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
· Dec 2
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
"Really? People still go to movies?"
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About god damn time.
Furious Democrats threaten government shutdown after Minneapolis shooting
"We can't just keep authorizing money for these illegal killers," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
About god damn time.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
Now it's a question of how slowly they can pace the fucker's trial so Trump is no longer in office to pardon him.
This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
January 7, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Now it's a question of how slowly they can pace the fucker's trial so Trump is no longer in office to pardon him.
Walked the dog, got some air. Going to see THE BONE TEMPLE tonight, wondering whether the insanity of a dystopian zombie movie* will match what we've all experienced this afternoon.
* I know they're not zombies
* I know they're not zombies
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Walked the dog, got some air. Going to see THE BONE TEMPLE tonight, wondering whether the insanity of a dystopian zombie movie* will match what we've all experienced this afternoon.
* I know they're not zombies
* I know they're not zombies
So fucking predictable, and so fucking loathsome.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
So fucking predictable, and so fucking loathsome.
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The Minneapolis ICE murder video is not the fucking Zapruder film. Not an ambiguous mystery wrapped inside a riddle. The coldblooded homicide is so obvious it's what Netflix execs dream of: a plot you can easily follow while folding laundry.
January 7, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The Minneapolis ICE murder video is not the fucking Zapruder film. Not an ambiguous mystery wrapped inside a riddle. The coldblooded homicide is so obvious it's what Netflix execs dream of: a plot you can easily follow while folding laundry.
He's going to go on television and make it all so much worse, because he can't NOT go on television and make it all so much worse.
January 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
He's going to go on television and make it all so much worse, because he can't NOT go on television and make it all so much worse.
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Abolish Ice, fire them all, and then prosecute everyone, based on every complaint. I don't care if it takes a decade. I want these people ten years from now afraid that their friends and loved ones will find out they worked for ICE.
If ICE can do this to a random woman in a car, they could and would absolutely do this to any elected official, journalists, human rights lawyer, or immigration advocate they deem to be an enemy of the regime
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Abolish Ice, fire them all, and then prosecute everyone, based on every complaint. I don't care if it takes a decade. I want these people ten years from now afraid that their friends and loved ones will find out they worked for ICE.
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If you're grasping for anything to feel good about right now - and that's a very difficult thing to find - feel good about the fact that not everyone is as much of a spineless, collaborating coward as our elites. Total strangers will risk their lives to stand next to you.
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If you're grasping for anything to feel good about right now - and that's a very difficult thing to find - feel good about the fact that not everyone is as much of a spineless, collaborating coward as our elites. Total strangers will risk their lives to stand next to you.
"very fine people on both sides," remember that one
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"very fine people on both sides," remember that one
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if you don’t want to see a video without actually playing it yourself, shut off autoplay
if you do not want to watch the video, go to settings > content and media and uncheck the "autoplay videos and gifs" box right now
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
if you don’t want to see a video without actually playing it yourself, shut off autoplay
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The reason there are observers is so that they'll have video to prove it when the authorities try to bullshit everyone.
However, that's also the reason the authorities are shooting observers.
However, that's also the reason the authorities are shooting observers.
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The reason there are observers is so that they'll have video to prove it when the authorities try to bullshit everyone.
However, that's also the reason the authorities are shooting observers.
However, that's also the reason the authorities are shooting observers.
It's a start.
January 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It's a start.
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Violent paramilitary organizations are shooting civilians in the face in Minneapolis and we're just supposed to sit here doing our jobs?
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Violent paramilitary organizations are shooting civilians in the face in Minneapolis and we're just supposed to sit here doing our jobs?
🎉🎉🎉
The Lowdown is the best damn show not enough people are watching. I can exclusively report that FX has ordered a second season of the delightful Ethan Hawke comic mystery series: www.whatsalanwatching.com/the-lowdown-...
The Lowdown, the best show you're not watching, is coming back for Season Two
FX has officially renewed the Ethan Hawke-led comic mystery series
www.whatsalanwatching.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🎉🎉🎉
I bought the @funcityeditions.bsky.social Blu-ray of this last year, so you're welcome I guess?
Married to the Mob
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This special limited edition J-card MediaBoo
vinegarsyndrome.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I bought the @funcityeditions.bsky.social Blu-ray of this last year, so you're welcome I guess?
This is an excellent piece of reporting, and also quietly makes the case that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an absolute lunatic whose wealth has protected him from ever developing empathy, a conscience or a moral compass.
NEW: @carolinehaskins.bsky.social obtained records documenting the aftermath of RFK Jr. dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park (to "be fun," he's said), including photos. Our paywall is down on this story per our policy on stories based on public records requests.
New Records Reveal the Mess RFK Jr. Left When He Dumped a Dead Bear in Central Park
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a bear cub's corpse in Central Park in 2014 to "be fun." Records newly obtained by WIRED show what he left New York civil servants to clean up.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is an excellent piece of reporting, and also quietly makes the case that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an absolute lunatic whose wealth has protected him from ever developing empathy, a conscience or a moral compass.
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Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.
Internet's stupid, shut it off
Great job, Internet!: Stranger Things fans want the Duffer brothers to release the real series finale
Great job, Internet!: Stranger Things fans want the Duffer brothers to release the real series finale
www.avclub.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Internet's stupid, shut it off
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Naturally - these boys ARE the moment!
But reminder: the Globes are totally irrelevant and they love to latch onto celebrity and whatever’s popular at the moment
But reminder: the Globes are totally irrelevant and they love to latch onto celebrity and whatever’s popular at the moment
‘Heated Rivalry’ Stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to Present at Golden Globes (Exclusive)
The breakout stars are set to make their first award show appearance this Sunday.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Naturally - these boys ARE the moment!
But reminder: the Globes are totally irrelevant and they love to latch onto celebrity and whatever’s popular at the moment
But reminder: the Globes are totally irrelevant and they love to latch onto celebrity and whatever’s popular at the moment
There's "let's shoot the dream sequence in Super 8" and there's "let's shoot this in 16mm and process it to turn the grain into a miasma that channels our protagonist's wounded soul" and then there's "let's shoot an entire streaming series in 4:3 to remind people it takes place in the '70s"
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 AM
There's "let's shoot the dream sequence in Super 8" and there's "let's shoot this in 16mm and process it to turn the grain into a miasma that channels our protagonist's wounded soul" and then there's "let's shoot an entire streaming series in 4:3 to remind people it takes place in the '70s"
Trump is going to lose his shit about not being saluted, isn't he.
"Marco Rubio, we salute you!"
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Trump is going to lose his shit about not being saluted, isn't he.
Truly the best of us.
Tracy Letts, presenting Best International film, apologizes for not following through on the impulse to take 20 minutes to acknowledge the death of Béla Tarr @nyfcc.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Truly the best of us.
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i was the only home whose cable didn’t go out when the sopranos finale aired and it showed tony looking up and seeing two guys walk into the restaurant holding hands. then it cut back to tony shrugging, which you have to understand in 2007 was a very powerful statement
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
i was the only home whose cable didn’t go out when the sopranos finale aired and it showed tony looking up and seeing two guys walk into the restaurant holding hands. then it cut back to tony shrugging, which you have to understand in 2007 was a very powerful statement
THE GOOD PLACE.
Take it sleazy.
Take it sleazy.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
THE GOOD PLACE.
Take it sleazy.
Take it sleazy.