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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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.
This will be glorious. It might also destroy the cinema. But that would be glorious as well.
JEAN KAYAK sells APPLEJACK – til the day the BEAVERS ATTACK!
TORONTO! This Feb, see the new INSTANT CLASSIC of slapstick cinema - fursuit fantasia HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS!
ABSOLUTELY MUST BE SEEN with the crowd only Dumpster Raccoon Cinema can provide! FURSUITS WELCOME! revuecinema.ca/films/dumpst...
TORONTO! This Feb, see the new INSTANT CLASSIC of slapstick cinema - fursuit fantasia HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS!
ABSOLUTELY MUST BE SEEN with the crowd only Dumpster Raccoon Cinema can provide! FURSUITS WELCOME! revuecinema.ca/films/dumpst...
Dumpster Raccoon: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (2024)
revuecinema.ca
January 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This will be glorious. It might also destroy the cinema. But that would be glorious as well.
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
A classic.
With his new podcast TUBBY landing on Apple and Amazon's best-of lists, this felt like the perfect time to bring Alan Zweig's episode on THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE out of the vault. On all podcast platforms, and right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/fla...
January 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A classic.
January 6th has some teeth.
Fox News reporting Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Baird has been hospitalized following a car accident
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
January 6th has some teeth.
I know there's other shit going on, but this year's Canada's Top Ten is pretty solid.
Canada's Top Ten - Features
tiff.net
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I know there's other shit going on, but this year's Canada's Top Ten is pretty solid.
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did anything happen after that
But the attack failed because of the courage of public servants who gave proof through the night that our flag was still there by refusing to bend to pressure, threats, or intimidation. On that day, the Constitution held and we kept the Republic.
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
did anything happen after that
Munchausen by dissociative identity disorder? Is that a thing?
Bolsonaro fell out of bed last night and hit his head, and (to no one's surprise) is receiving medical attention
🇧🇷 Jair Bolsonaro caiu da cama durante a noite e bateu a cabeça em um móvel da sua cela.
Segundo Michelle Bolsonaro, o ex-presidente “não está bem” e só recebeu atendimento nesta manhã, horas depois do acidente.
Segundo Michelle Bolsonaro, o ex-presidente “não está bem” e só recebeu atendimento nesta manhã, horas depois do acidente.
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Munchausen by dissociative identity disorder? Is that a thing?
This is good, you should read this.
Hot off the presses with our first post of 2026: @sesmith.lol on algospeak and how softening the way we speak dodges hard conversations about big things.
Algospeak Will Be the Unaliving of Me
Maybe we want to bare our teeth.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This is good, you should read this.
Obama left office nine years ago
Trump: "They have the worst policy. How we have to even run against these people -- I won't say cancel the election, they should cancel the election, because the fake news with say, 'He wants the elections canceled. He's a dictator.' They always call me a dictator. Nobody is worse than Obama."
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Obama left office nine years ago
Canada stepping up in its traditional role of "guy trying to get the blackout drunk to put down the hammer," I see
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney clarifies position on the United States using military force to annex Greenland:
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
"We stand with Denmark, we stand with Greenland, our closest partnership is with the United States, and we'll work with everybody to make sure we move forward together"
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Canada stepping up in its traditional role of "guy trying to get the blackout drunk to put down the hammer," I see
New SHINY THINGS just dropped, featuring three recent releases that just want to make you really uncomfortable.
How's Everybody Doing?
In which Norm kicks of 2026 by spinning up the various anxieties of IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, THE SMASHING MACHINE and BLACK PHONE 2.
shiny-things.ghost.io
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
New SHINY THINGS just dropped, featuring three recent releases that just want to make you really uncomfortable.
From last year. This really does nail it.
I don’t think the headline needs anything more www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
January 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
From last year. This really does nail it.
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By virtue of being the definitive cinematic chronicler of post-Soviet collapse, Tarr ended being the most prescient seer of the slow, endothermic decay of the 21st century. Werckmeister Harmonies is one of the great movies about doomscrolling despite the fact the most advanced tech in it is a truck.
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
By virtue of being the definitive cinematic chronicler of post-Soviet collapse, Tarr ended being the most prescient seer of the slow, endothermic decay of the 21st century. Werckmeister Harmonies is one of the great movies about doomscrolling despite the fact the most advanced tech in it is a truck.
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Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP
January 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP
Ah, crap. What lousy news to wake up to.
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Ah, crap. What lousy news to wake up to.
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
I know it's just clickbait, but COME ON NOW
Timothy Olyphant's Box Office Flop Is Finally Being Recognized as a Near-Perfect Sci-Fi Flick
A flop upon its release, this 2003 Stephen King sci-fi adaptation has found global success on HBO Max after the rise of IT: Welcome to Derry.
www.cbr.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I know it's just clickbait, but COME ON NOW
"Slenderman is doing politics the right way" -- Ezra Klein, tomorrow
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
"Slenderman is doing politics the right way" -- Ezra Klein, tomorrow
Well, this sucks.
NEW: The SIFF Cinema Uptown was packed Saturday for a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE, Park Chan-wook’s searing satire about job loss due to restructuring. Today, SIFF began its own organization-wide restructuring & layoffs 📽️
My story for @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My story for @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
January 5, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Well, this sucks.
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This is the funniest thing that's ever happened on Threads.
January 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM
This is the funniest thing that's ever happened on Threads.
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This is what living in the year 2026 should look like this is the coolest shit I’ve ever seen
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
This is what living in the year 2026 should look like this is the coolest shit I’ve ever seen