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Bertolt Check Myself Before I Brecht Myself
@rustylemon.bsky.social
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Can you count, suckers?! I say the future is ours, if you can count
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Got off the phone with Gillibrand's office, and she supports blockchain-based restrictions on ICE and would like to replace DHS with a new quota backed stablecoin called EXCLUSIONACTcoin
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
"CBP stays at border"

The border:
Map of the United States with the 100 mile border zone outlined in orange.
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Trying to get familiar with a new lens but enjoyed this rare moment of alone calm.

Trouble Coping? Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
Black and white photo of the Brooklyn Bridge in the snow
January 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
The line to the Atlantic Ave TJ's stretched to Clinton and the last time I saw that was COVID
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Current top comment about GasTown. Why might a large multinational financial firm have a large and complex IT organization? Good luck auditing code you didn't write with agents you can't possibly understand. It's always Paul to Damascus. "I showed him Opus 4.5 and the scales fell from his eyes!"
A screenshot of a user comment by vlebedev dated Jan 2. The comment reads: "Hey, Steve! Happy New Year! Thanks a lot for beads - them, and Opus 4.5 turned me into a true believer of the future you're working on right now. I work in a financial firm (large, multinational, slow, with bloated IT organization). Last month before Christmas I demoed to my Director of Engineering a swarm of three Claudes developing very relevant enterprise app from a spec to a working Web UI (with geomaps and lot's of bells and whistles) in under 30 minutes. Creating/taking/closing beads along the way (showed in realtime with bv). He sat with his jaw dropped and huge goosebumps on his hands all those 30 minutes. "This is crazy" - that's what he said in the end. My parallel Claude Code count is only 3 but nevertheless I will try Gas Town anyways! I wonder what my Director of Engineering will tell me this time...
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Kokuho looks incredible, and squeezes the aesthetics, tension, and beauty of is kabuki into every frame. But the literal script and overwrought direction drain the poetry from the film.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Screenshot Letterboxed movie posters last four watched. From left to right: Kokuho (2025), Lord of the Rings Return of the King (2003), Good Fortune (2025), 28 Years Later: Bone Temple (2026)
January 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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margaret.bsky.social
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
thosjleeper.bsky.social Thomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 5d
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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unavaleable.bsky.social
Genuinely insane we are living in a world where the Danish have to deploy a battlegroup to protect themselves against America. Makes my blood turn molten, honestly
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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explaintrade.com
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
guardianheather.bsky.social Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 7d
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Joshua Henry was fantastic in Waitress, Into the Woods, and Shuffle Along but he absolutely fucking crushes Ragtime. 2025 cast album is a real pleasure

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Make Them Hear You
YouTube video by Joshua Henry - Topic
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January 18, 2026 at 2:24 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
A screenshot of a script containing dialogue between Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse. The text reads: ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE: Then she bears some breadth? DROMIO OF SYRACUSE: No longer from head to foot than from hip to hip. She is spherical, like a globe. I could find out countries in her. ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE: In what part of her body stands Ireland? DROMIO OF SYRACUSE: Marry, sir, in her buttocks. I found it out by the bogs.
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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dmnd.me
Billy, this is a Georgist land tax. It targets economic rent from land. It’s Pareto-efficient and non-distortionary. Its defect is that it is political suicide.
Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt in the Moneyball “Undervalued” meme
May 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
How's that?

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Screenshot Letterboxed movie posters last four watched. From left to right: 28 Years Later: Bone Temple (2026), Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Black Bag (2025), Joy Ride (2023)
January 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Near-perfect end to the Adams administration
Hello and welcome to Inbox Hell, Hell Gate's twice-weekly newsletter showcasing our favorite stories of the week. When Eric Adams used one of his final press conferences as acting New York City Mayor to announce that his next gig would entail using "cryptocurrency" to "go after violence, educate our children, and really deal with antisemitism," it felt like a perfect summation of Adams's time in power—an entirely unique combination of words that made very little sense and seemed likely to be forgotten in a day. Adams followed through though: Mere weeks after he was out of the job, he did a media hit with Maria Bartiromo to promote $NYCToken. But then, less than an hour after the launch, a few digital wallets extracted $1 million in value from Eric Adams's memecoin, crashing the token's value in the process. Many in the crypto world called it a classic "rug pull." What is a rug pull, you may be wondering? Who are the winners and losers of this scam? Did Eric Adams defeat antisemitism? Hell Gate's own Adlan Jackson has answers. You can read some of Adlan's piece below, or read the whole thing on our website.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Thane of Glamis *and* Cawdor? Hold up, Banquo. Let's hear what these roadside carrion hags have to say
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Finished Pluribus. Lot of fun. But angiosperms have explicitly evolved for their fruit to be eaten by animals for seed dispersal! By refusing to eat the apple, the hive mind is actually displeasing the trees
January 14, 2026 at 5:06 AM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Realizing I don't have a consistent review framework. What do you mean Amadeus is 3.5 and the Stiller & Meara documentary is a 3? Amadeus is amazing, incredible performances, a delight to watch. Siller & Meara was fine. Only half a star more? What am I doing?

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Screenshot Letterboxed movie posters last four watched. From left to right: Joy Ride (2023), Stiller & Meara (2025), Amadeus (1984), Wicked For Good (2025)
January 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Hard Boiled getting a 4K restoration in theaters? Line'em up because I want 20 shots of Tequila Yuen

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HARD BOILED 4K Restoration | Official Trailer - In theatres January 25, 26 & 28
YouTube video by GKIDS Films
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January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Saw No Other Choice today and what a way to start 2026. Few people are making movies like Park Chan-wook; similar to Decision To Leave, I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.

#LetterboxdFriday
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Love that the Stranger Things finale will have a ton of 20-somethings searching "what is Agent Orange"
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
my 2025 year in review
January 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
rustylemon.bsky.social
I want four or five more 60s style musicals with JLo. Partner her with Savion Glover and go full VistaVision insanity in the Kander and Ebb range.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Letterboxed last four of Miracle on 34th St (1947), White Christmas (1954), It's A Wonderful Life (1946), Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
rustylemon.bsky.social
Potter's office covered in oil paintings of himself and a bust of Napoleon contrasted with the Bailey's having photos of family is a nice touch
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
rustylemon.bsky.social
It's time
Photo of a TV with the title card for It's A Wonderful Life
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM