Chris Otto (Papergreat)
@papergreat.bsky.social
Journalist by day. He/him. ALLY.
Blogs about books, ephemera, movies & history at papergreat.blogspot.com
Digs folklore, Ruth Manning-Sanders books, cinema from Japan and lots of other niche stuff
Has 23 indoor cats & takes care of the feral cats & skunks
Blogs about books, ephemera, movies & history at papergreat.blogspot.com
Digs folklore, Ruth Manning-Sanders books, cinema from Japan and lots of other niche stuff
Has 23 indoor cats & takes care of the feral cats & skunks
I've gone from: "I think Computer Chess (2013) was too smart for me to understand" to "I think Computer Chess was too smart/complicated for its own good, to the point of being interesting at times but not fully working." Waiting for Guffman + Primer is a tough genre mix.
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I've gone from: "I think Computer Chess (2013) was too smart for me to understand" to "I think Computer Chess was too smart/complicated for its own good, to the point of being interesting at times but not fully working." Waiting for Guffman + Primer is a tough genre mix.
I want to spend a year living in NYC and just going to movies.
Ready to spend an obscene amount of time at Film Forum next month.
Film Forum · AGNÈS VARDA: A COMPREHENSIVE RETROSPECTIVE
Agnes Varda
A Comprehansive Retrospective
Friday, March 13 - Thursday, April 2
filmforum.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I want to spend a year living in NYC and just going to movies.
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Denied for the Elizabethtown Area curriculum over the past year:
“Turtles All the Way Down”
“Station Eleven”
“Long Way Down”
“The Hate U Give”
“The House on Mango Street" lancasteronline.com/news/local/e...
“Turtles All the Way Down”
“Station Eleven”
“Long Way Down”
“The Hate U Give”
“The House on Mango Street" lancasteronline.com/news/local/e...
Elizabethtown school board rejects 3 more books; teacher says she's 'baffled'
Students in 10th grade English class at Elizabethtown Area High School will read about the fictional March sisters as they tended hearth and home during the Civil War in Louisa
lancasteronline.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Denied for the Elizabethtown Area curriculum over the past year:
“Turtles All the Way Down”
“Station Eleven”
“Long Way Down”
“The Hate U Give”
“The House on Mango Street" lancasteronline.com/news/local/e...
“Turtles All the Way Down”
“Station Eleven”
“Long Way Down”
“The Hate U Give”
“The House on Mango Street" lancasteronline.com/news/local/e...
The Phillies-Braves game in late September 2023 where Castellanos hit 2 homers and then saved Kimbrel from (another) loss with an ill-advised catch, spin and thrown in foul territory is the perfect harbinger of how things would turn out that year and the regret we still have.
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The Phillies-Braves game in late September 2023 where Castellanos hit 2 homers and then saved Kimbrel from (another) loss with an ill-advised catch, spin and thrown in foul territory is the perfect harbinger of how things would turn out that year and the regret we still have.
He was a long shot to make Opening Day roster because I think they need the last bench spot to be right-handed. But I think he could end up with a significant number of platoon ABs later this summer.
Gabriel Rincones will be a bit behind when he arrives to Spring Training. He has knee soreness, particularly on the left side. Rob Thomson said he’s hopeful he’ll be able to play by the middle of the Grapefruit League slate.
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
He was a long shot to make Opening Day roster because I think they need the last bench spot to be right-handed. But I think he could end up with a significant number of platoon ABs later this summer.
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King Lear, Jean-Luc Godard (1987)
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
King Lear, Jean-Luc Godard (1987)
So, how about guesses where Castellanos ends up after the Phillies waive him. Some of it will depend on what he tells teams regarding his PT, given everything. I'm going to guess Guardians, where it looks like he can play a little platoon RF and a little platoon DH.
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
So, how about guesses where Castellanos ends up after the Phillies waive him. Some of it will depend on what he tells teams regarding his PT, given everything. I'm going to guess Guardians, where it looks like he can play a little platoon RF and a little platoon DH.
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In honor of Bud Cort, I want to make my pitch for Joan Micklin Silvers adaptation of Bernice Bobs Her Hair. He and Shelley Duvall invented neurotic hipsters.
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
In honor of Bud Cort, I want to make my pitch for Joan Micklin Silvers adaptation of Bernice Bobs Her Hair. He and Shelley Duvall invented neurotic hipsters.
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#TCM kicks off its #31DaysOfOscar festival this Friday with different themes throughout the 31 days. 179 Movies will be featured. Check out the PDF schedule.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
#TCM kicks off its #31DaysOfOscar festival this Friday with different themes throughout the 31 days. 179 Movies will be featured. Check out the PDF schedule.
static.tcm.com/2026-02/NPN_...
static.tcm.com/2026-02/NPN_...
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RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
![Wikipedia entry describing the story arc of “99 Luftballons”:
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story:
99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of firepower. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defence ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves.
In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English:
'''Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "Think of you and let it go."[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dp4culto5csbqs5m6ge22fw/bafkreie4ga5vudhvz4e25t5oducxifde6sf2zgal7wugci2bv5ee2qfcoe@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
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Just got notice that my kid’s school is on lockdown because of this.
Just an hour ago down an incredibly busy commercial street just blocks from our home, ICE went barreling through at 80mph causing a massive three car crash sending the person they abducted to the hospital.
Irredeemable. They’re all monsters.
Irredeemable. They’re all monsters.
Federal agents at scene of multi-car crash in St. Paul
A multi-car crash Wednesday in St. Paul at the intersection of Western Avenue North and Selby Avenue appeared to involve federal agents.
www.mprnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Just got notice that my kid’s school is on lockdown because of this.
Oof. The Phillies will have injuries, too.
Will be interesting to see how they handle them because their depth is not fantastic.
Will be interesting to see how they handle them because their depth is not fantastic.
Notable injuries to begin spring training:
Corbin Carroll, Francisco Lindor, Jackson Holliday - hamate
Spencer Schwellenbach - elbow
Josh Hader - bicep inflammation
Shane Bieber - forearm fatigue
Reese Olson - shoulder surgery
Jordan Westburg - oblique
Anthony Santander - labral surgery
Corbin Carroll, Francisco Lindor, Jackson Holliday - hamate
Spencer Schwellenbach - elbow
Josh Hader - bicep inflammation
Shane Bieber - forearm fatigue
Reese Olson - shoulder surgery
Jordan Westburg - oblique
Anthony Santander - labral surgery
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Oof. The Phillies will have injuries, too.
Will be interesting to see how they handle them because their depth is not fantastic.
Will be interesting to see how they handle them because their depth is not fantastic.
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"Hamate" (2025)
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
"Hamate" (2025)
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A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-... “If a race has no history... it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, & it stands in danger of being exterminated"
A White Historian Claimed That Black People 'Had No History.' This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise
Carter G. Woodson, the "father of Black history," founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a "li...
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-... “If a race has no history... it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, & it stands in danger of being exterminated"
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such a satisfying read that you should read if you're looking for a read
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
such a satisfying read that you should read if you're looking for a read
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This is great and (from my very different perspective) I agree about Fox. For one thing, his timing remains *chef’s kiss*.
wrote about Michael J. Fox's appearance on Shrinking, which was cool for a lot of reasons, some of them pretty important to me
type-click-type.ghost.io/tell-em-mich...
type-click-type.ghost.io/tell-em-mich...
Tell 'Em, Michael J. Fox
I'm going to make this about me, eventually, but not before we talk about how cool this was.
type-click-type.ghost.io
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This is great and (from my very different perspective) I agree about Fox. For one thing, his timing remains *chef’s kiss*.
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Absolute truth. We’d drop our books and disappear into the cornfield, or the pine forest, or the hardwood jungle in the creek bottom. Total HUCK FINN wild roaming savages.
It. Was. Wonderful.
It. Was. Wonderful.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Absolute truth. We’d drop our books and disappear into the cornfield, or the pine forest, or the hardwood jungle in the creek bottom. Total HUCK FINN wild roaming savages.
It. Was. Wonderful.
It. Was. Wonderful.
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have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
Freeloaders, the whole bunch of them.
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Freeloaders, the whole bunch of them.
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I think it's amazing that Precious from The Silence of the Lambs was born in 1975. Truly one of the great late in life performances ever captured on film. Prior to that moment she starred in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Coming to America and The 'Burbs. I dare you to find a better filmography
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I think it's amazing that Precious from The Silence of the Lambs was born in 1975. Truly one of the great late in life performances ever captured on film. Prior to that moment she starred in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Coming to America and The 'Burbs. I dare you to find a better filmography
Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnP6...
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnP6...
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Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.