ruinista
@ruinista.bsky.social
Film photographer with a day job. Silas and Hennie’s human. Doing the Guardian Quiptic puzzle in chronological order. Wants specifics on the general idea.
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professional goal: cultivate the steely resolve of Amy Madigan and Ed Harris responding to Elia Kazan’s honorary oscar
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
professional goal: cultivate the steely resolve of Amy Madigan and Ed Harris responding to Elia Kazan’s honorary oscar
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Americans have no idea what socialism means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Americans have no idea what socialism means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
In the civilized parts of the world it means people have the power to choose to not be screwed over by rapey, greedy corporate thugs. That’s it. That’s all it means
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An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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All of Bluesky this morning:
a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat
Alt: a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
All of Bluesky this morning:
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No more receipts please. National moratorium on receipts.
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
No more receipts please. National moratorium on receipts.
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fucking the source and doing catch and kill for him for 2 years was cool but cheating on a guy who is friends with people in the building requires ethics enquiry, the press is so cooked they should be a Raos product
nypost.com/2025/11/21/m...
nypost.com/2025/11/21/m...
Vanity Fair reviewing Olivia Nuzzi’s conduct after ex Ryan Lizza accused her of cheating on him with Mark Sanford: report:
The Condé Nast-owned publication is reportedly taking another look at its decision to hire Nuzzi.
nypost.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
fucking the source and doing catch and kill for him for 2 years was cool but cheating on a guy who is friends with people in the building requires ethics enquiry, the press is so cooked they should be a Raos product
nypost.com/2025/11/21/m...
nypost.com/2025/11/21/m...
Woke up with a start, couldn't fall back asleep, and thought, "let's see what's happening on Bluesky," and good god my eyes.
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Woke up with a start, couldn't fall back asleep, and thought, "let's see what's happening on Bluesky," and good god my eyes.
This reminds me of the time I had lamb prosciutto at a fancy restaurant and we mused afterwards about mass marketing it as either SHAM (sheep-ham) or HAMB.
hear me out: Hambien
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This reminds me of the time I had lamb prosciutto at a fancy restaurant and we mused afterwards about mass marketing it as either SHAM (sheep-ham) or HAMB.
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The most important thing I've learned in 2025? Detroit is not a real place 😭😭😭
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November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The most important thing I've learned in 2025? Detroit is not a real place 😭😭😭
www.instagram.com/reel/DRLqn2a...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRLqn2a...
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Goonies
A Room with a View
Ladyhawke (so dumb, so perfect)
The Goonies
A Room with a View
Ladyhawke (so dumb, so perfect)
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Goonies
A Room with a View
Ladyhawke (so dumb, so perfect)
The Goonies
A Room with a View
Ladyhawke (so dumb, so perfect)
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One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
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November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
🧵In the early 2000s I was a grad student in a situationship with a visiting prof (diff dept!). One day we were driving through town in my car; he asked if I liked a famous local restaurant.
Me: Yeah, but since I have their cookbook, it somehow doesn't feel as special, going there anymore. 1/x
Me: Yeah, but since I have their cookbook, it somehow doesn't feel as special, going there anymore. 1/x
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🧵In the early 2000s I was a grad student in a situationship with a visiting prof (diff dept!). One day we were driving through town in my car; he asked if I liked a famous local restaurant.
Me: Yeah, but since I have their cookbook, it somehow doesn't feel as special, going there anymore. 1/x
Me: Yeah, but since I have their cookbook, it somehow doesn't feel as special, going there anymore. 1/x
We made Andrea Nguyen's mapo tofu mac n cheese tonight, a uniquely unphotogenic dish that, once your brain overcomes the cognitive dissonance of the dish, you find that you cannot stop eating.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
We made Andrea Nguyen's mapo tofu mac n cheese tonight, a uniquely unphotogenic dish that, once your brain overcomes the cognitive dissonance of the dish, you find that you cannot stop eating.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
What a perfect way to get Scotland through to the World Cup, their first time since 1998.
What a perfect way to get Scotland through to the World Cup, their first time since 1998.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Shoot! Shoot!"
What a perfect way to get Scotland through to the World Cup, their first time since 1998.
What a perfect way to get Scotland through to the World Cup, their first time since 1998.
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
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an important message to the media: no matter how much you flatter and curry favor with this man, he would enjoy seeing you dismembered with a bone saw
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
an important message to the media: no matter how much you flatter and curry favor with this man, he would enjoy seeing you dismembered with a bone saw
The "HOLY SHIT" that my inner voice shouted when i read this was so loud in my brain that I didn't actual register that this bar was playing Spin Doctors' Two Princes before it was already too late and ear wormed into my brain. *That* loud.
I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to tell the jury to “vote assuming we actually have a whole bunch more secret evidence”
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The "HOLY SHIT" that my inner voice shouted when i read this was so loud in my brain that I didn't actual register that this bar was playing Spin Doctors' Two Princes before it was already too late and ear wormed into my brain. *That* loud.
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
I don't mean to bring everyone's favorite bad-good movie actor Gerard Butler into this, but the Nuzzi excerpts today have taken me and the spouse to this crucial question in the Cultural Thing's enjoyment index:
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I don't mean to bring everyone's favorite bad-good movie actor Gerard Butler into this, but the Nuzzi excerpts today have taken me and the spouse to this crucial question in the Cultural Thing's enjoyment index:
I was in a college fiction writing workshop where I had no business being; my writing was atrocious. But to my college junior credit, I never, ever, wrote anything as cringey as "From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible," just wow.
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I was in a college fiction writing workshop where I had no business being; my writing was atrocious. But to my college junior credit, I never, ever, wrote anything as cringey as "From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible," just wow.
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A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
A New Orleans man who had his murder conviction tossed wins election as city’s chief record keeper
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Spent a full minute wondering if I was having a stroke while trying to parse out the title of this recipe.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Spent a full minute wondering if I was having a stroke while trying to parse out the title of this recipe.