The Chicago Tribune: "Yeah, yeah, democracy and due process and Medicaid under attack, launching a global recession, giving comfort to dictators, unilateral gutting of all independent government oversight, demonization of judges, yada yada yada... BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE F-BOMBS"
April 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Chicago Tribune: "Yeah, yeah, democracy and due process and Medicaid under attack, launching a global recession, giving comfort to dictators, unilateral gutting of all independent government oversight, demonization of judges, yada yada yada... BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE F-BOMBS"
This rock has a greater sense of history and morality than the entire GOP
February 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This rock has a greater sense of history and morality than the entire GOP
It’s amazing how so many powerful people don’t get it: You can give Donald Trump whatever he wants. He will still throw you under the bus eventually, every single time. The only option is for everyone to say “no” and not be thrown under the bus, or to say “yes” and be thrown under it one at a time.
January 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It’s amazing how so many powerful people don’t get it: You can give Donald Trump whatever he wants. He will still throw you under the bus eventually, every single time. The only option is for everyone to say “no” and not be thrown under the bus, or to say “yes” and be thrown under it one at a time.
Current status: Living the SNL disconnecting-cable skit. 30 minutes in this circle of hell and counting
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Cancelling Cable - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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January 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Current status: Living the SNL disconnecting-cable skit. 30 minutes in this circle of hell and counting
youtu.be/V5DeDLI8_IM?...
youtu.be/V5DeDLI8_IM?...
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Good morning! I've never done my "Why Oscars Matter" spiel on bsky! So here 'tis. I talk a lot to programmers and archivists about how hard it is to get corporate permission to screen rare films, let alone restore them. The FIRST question the suits will ask is "Did it win an Oscar?"
Every. Time.
Every. Time.
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Good morning! I've never done my "Why Oscars Matter" spiel on bsky! So here 'tis. I talk a lot to programmers and archivists about how hard it is to get corporate permission to screen rare films, let alone restore them. The FIRST question the suits will ask is "Did it win an Oscar?"
Every. Time.
Every. Time.
I have a kid who’s mildly on the spectrum, and he’s never given a Nazi salute even “accidentally,” and if he somehow did so at my inauguration I’d agree he probably shouldn’t be a public-facing spokesperson for my political movement. But hey, I’m not a fascist. A fascist might think that was perf.
January 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have a kid who’s mildly on the spectrum, and he’s never given a Nazi salute even “accidentally,” and if he somehow did so at my inauguration I’d agree he probably shouldn’t be a public-facing spokesperson for my political movement. But hey, I’m not a fascist. A fascist might think that was perf.
Wait, so tomorrow we’re *still* giving this guy the keys?
January 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Wait, so tomorrow we’re *still* giving this guy the keys?
I have dear friends who’ve lost homes. Some of my favorite places in a city I’ve lived in for nearly 30 years vanished in the space of a few hours. I fear my apartment, not far from one of the major fires, may still go up in flames. I’ve got a little kid I have to shield from the horror of it. 1/2
January 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I have dear friends who’ve lost homes. Some of my favorite places in a city I’ve lived in for nearly 30 years vanished in the space of a few hours. I fear my apartment, not far from one of the major fires, may still go up in flames. I’ve got a little kid I have to shield from the horror of it. 1/2
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A genuine question before this comes up again with this year's Oscars and everyone starts gnashing their teeth about how the movies are dead:
How much of this decline is because smart TVs make it hard to watch channels everyone used to flip on for free?
How much of this decline is because smart TVs make it hard to watch channels everyone used to flip on for free?
January 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A genuine question before this comes up again with this year's Oscars and everyone starts gnashing their teeth about how the movies are dead:
How much of this decline is because smart TVs make it hard to watch channels everyone used to flip on for free?
How much of this decline is because smart TVs make it hard to watch channels everyone used to flip on for free?
Look, I’m happy to have all jobs farmed out to robots, as long as all that efficiency is returned in the form of endless leisure & guaranteed food/water/health care/shelter for all people, instead of for 1000 billionaires who then sit back and watch us kill each other for grubs & a cave to hide in.
January 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Look, I’m happy to have all jobs farmed out to robots, as long as all that efficiency is returned in the form of endless leisure & guaranteed food/water/health care/shelter for all people, instead of for 1000 billionaires who then sit back and watch us kill each other for grubs & a cave to hide in.
This is making the rounds again. It’s important we keep passing it around, I think:
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
mkorostoff.github.io
January 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is making the rounds again. It’s important we keep passing it around, I think:
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
I met Jimmy Carter ca ‘05, after he was intvwd at KPCC-FM — I was a reporter for @marketplaceapm and we shared offices w/ the station at the time. 1/3
December 29, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I met Jimmy Carter ca ‘05, after he was intvwd at KPCC-FM — I was a reporter for @marketplaceapm and we shared offices w/ the station at the time. 1/3
Hey @nytimes.com - Hire this commentator as your Hollywood business reporter. Or hey, as a general business reporter. Or better yet business editor.
December 28, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Hey @nytimes.com - Hire this commentator as your Hollywood business reporter. Or hey, as a general business reporter. Or better yet business editor.
The programmer for the Culver Cinema in Culver City definitely knows what’s up for 2025:
December 25, 2024 at 9:28 PM
The programmer for the Culver Cinema in Culver City definitely knows what’s up for 2025:
Well, just saw GLADIATOR II and I can tell you that fall-of-Rome pix sure hit different than they might’ve a couple weeks ago
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Well, just saw GLADIATOR II and I can tell you that fall-of-Rome pix sure hit different than they might’ve a couple weeks ago
Plot twist: Space station astronaut hears about the cabinet picks, says hey on second thought no need for repairs, I’m fine just staying up here
November 15, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Plot twist: Space station astronaut hears about the cabinet picks, says hey on second thought no need for repairs, I’m fine just staying up here
Excerpt from a dispatch to the State Department, from the US Consul General to Germany, 1933.
www.ibiblio.org/pha/paw/018....
www.ibiblio.org/pha/paw/018....
November 12, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Excerpt from a dispatch to the State Department, from the US Consul General to Germany, 1933.
www.ibiblio.org/pha/paw/018....
www.ibiblio.org/pha/paw/018....
VOTE. And while you’re at it, vote for the one who isn’t a fascist. That’d be the one NOT promising to turn the military on her fellow citizens. (If you disagree with her, that’s also why you want to vote for her, btw. If you disagree w/ the other guy, he’s more likely to turn the military on you)
November 2, 2024 at 10:43 PM
VOTE. And while you’re at it, vote for the one who isn’t a fascist. That’d be the one NOT promising to turn the military on her fellow citizens. (If you disagree with her, that’s also why you want to vote for her, btw. If you disagree w/ the other guy, he’s more likely to turn the military on you)
Comedy peeps: Has anyone done the think piece yet about how BLUEY is creating an entire generation of future improv comics? Every episode is basically EXTREME ‘YES AND’
January 4, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Comedy peeps: Has anyone done the think piece yet about how BLUEY is creating an entire generation of future improv comics? Every episode is basically EXTREME ‘YES AND’
Shane MacGowan; 1 of a MF kind. Who else could get punks, football yobs, folkies, and college geeks in the pit together, chanting underdog poetry? 1/3
November 30, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Shane MacGowan; 1 of a MF kind. Who else could get punks, football yobs, folkies, and college geeks in the pit together, chanting underdog poetry? 1/3
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It's important to understand that power-seeking political philosophies like fascism are inherently dishonest and will make whatever claims move them closer to acquiring power. Pointing out their hypocrisy is meaningless; you cannot be a hypocrite if you have no moral core.
November 28, 2023 at 3:04 PM
It's important to understand that power-seeking political philosophies like fascism are inherently dishonest and will make whatever claims move them closer to acquiring power. Pointing out their hypocrisy is meaningless; you cannot be a hypocrite if you have no moral core.
Hey L.A.— ZONE OF INTEREST is 100% required viewing, but if you plan to see this (amazing) Glazer double-feature, just know you may be in no emotional state to stick around for the 2nd film. ZONE’s a movie I stumbled out of and had to go process, alone. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
THE ZONE OF INTEREST / SEXY BEAST - American Cinematheque
www.americancinematheque.com
November 29, 2023 at 6:26 AM
Hey L.A.— ZONE OF INTEREST is 100% required viewing, but if you plan to see this (amazing) Glazer double-feature, just know you may be in no emotional state to stick around for the 2nd film. ZONE’s a movie I stumbled out of and had to go process, alone. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
The kid insisted on decorating the fireplace for Labor Day. We’re hoisting a metaphorical glass of eggnog to everyone on the pickets lines — Merry #hotlaborsummer
September 5, 2023 at 2:28 AM
The kid insisted on decorating the fireplace for Labor Day. We’re hoisting a metaphorical glass of eggnog to everyone on the pickets lines — Merry #hotlaborsummer
Peace, Amsterdam, Beatles, Linklater, Wenders, mod, reggae, synth, mid-century, cinephile, LPs, vinyl, L.A., martinis, indierock, indiepop, post punk, nouvelle vague, ‘80s, MUBI, TCM, Shankar, Fellini, 2-tone, travel, democracy, human rights, red sauce
Oh hi! Just setting the algorithm over here
Oh hi! Just setting the algorithm over here
August 17, 2023 at 6:02 AM
Peace, Amsterdam, Beatles, Linklater, Wenders, mod, reggae, synth, mid-century, cinephile, LPs, vinyl, L.A., martinis, indierock, indiepop, post punk, nouvelle vague, ‘80s, MUBI, TCM, Shankar, Fellini, 2-tone, travel, democracy, human rights, red sauce
Oh hi! Just setting the algorithm over here
Oh hi! Just setting the algorithm over here