John Jencks
@sanecinema.bsky.social
Producer: The Uncertain Kingdom, Odyssey, The Crow.
3rd film as director: Brighton Storeys is on its way.
Also custodian of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
3rd film as director: Brighton Storeys is on its way.
Also custodian of The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
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John Jencks
@sanecinema.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Listen to your environment.
Speak to your horizon.
Love all the people.
Speak to your horizon.
Love all the people.
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A friend has a theory that we’re getting adaptations of famous books (Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights) that are more about the writer/director’s “feelings” or memories of the books rather than an actual interrogation of or engagement w. what source material is doing bc only IP is getting greenlit rn
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
A friend has a theory that we’re getting adaptations of famous books (Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights) that are more about the writer/director’s “feelings” or memories of the books rather than an actual interrogation of or engagement w. what source material is doing bc only IP is getting greenlit rn
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Who invents pharmaceutical brand names? My cat was on ondansetron, an anti-nausea med that sounds like a Euro EDM club
My psych clinic also now offers an intranasal esketamine spray for treatment-resistant depression… called Spravato
Whatsa matter you, eh? Why you looka so sad? Sniffa da Spravato
My psych clinic also now offers an intranasal esketamine spray for treatment-resistant depression… called Spravato
Whatsa matter you, eh? Why you looka so sad? Sniffa da Spravato
January 30, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Who invents pharmaceutical brand names? My cat was on ondansetron, an anti-nausea med that sounds like a Euro EDM club
My psych clinic also now offers an intranasal esketamine spray for treatment-resistant depression… called Spravato
Whatsa matter you, eh? Why you looka so sad? Sniffa da Spravato
My psych clinic also now offers an intranasal esketamine spray for treatment-resistant depression… called Spravato
Whatsa matter you, eh? Why you looka so sad? Sniffa da Spravato
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You can’t just say AI tutors are going to teach disadvantaged kids. You might as well say inflatable dentists will solve the NHS backlog.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
You can’t just say AI tutors are going to teach disadvantaged kids. You might as well say inflatable dentists will solve the NHS backlog.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
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Wonderful to see David Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN at BFI. It's a masterclass in cinematic empathy, gliding between the POVs of John Merrick's exploiters, spectators and doctors, and of Merrick himself. It dares us to look away, and asks us to keep looking, not just at John but into our own hearts.
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Wonderful to see David Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN at BFI. It's a masterclass in cinematic empathy, gliding between the POVs of John Merrick's exploiters, spectators and doctors, and of Merrick himself. It dares us to look away, and asks us to keep looking, not just at John but into our own hearts.
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
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The Claudia Wickerman (1973)
January 28, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The Claudia Wickerman (1973)
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January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
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The Doomsday Clock has only moved forward to 85 seconds because it's got a book to sell #followthemoney
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The Doomsday Clock has only moved forward to 85 seconds because it's got a book to sell #followthemoney
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U2 have let themselves go
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 AM
U2 have let themselves go
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More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
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For any Boards of Canada fans out there, I’m slowly uploading my scratch practice videos on YouTube.
Just random snippets of me scratching and playing around w/ samples they’ve used over the years
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@boardsofcanada.bsky.social @bocpages.bsky.social #boardsofcanada
Just random snippets of me scratching and playing around w/ samples they’ve used over the years
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@boardsofcanada.bsky.social @bocpages.bsky.social #boardsofcanada
BoC scratch - YouTube
I’m a big fan of Boards of Canada and I like to scratch over their production #scratch #scratching #scratchingpost #boardsofcanada #warprecords #music #elect...
youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
For any Boards of Canada fans out there, I’m slowly uploading my scratch practice videos on YouTube.
Just random snippets of me scratching and playing around w/ samples they’ve used over the years
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@boardsofcanada.bsky.social @bocpages.bsky.social #boardsofcanada
Just random snippets of me scratching and playing around w/ samples they’ve used over the years
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@boardsofcanada.bsky.social @bocpages.bsky.social #boardsofcanada
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Guys nothing personal but if you rub your a.i. generated anti-ICE, anti-Trump memes in my face I gotta unfollow and mute you and also you’re dead to me.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Guys nothing personal but if you rub your a.i. generated anti-ICE, anti-Trump memes in my face I gotta unfollow and mute you and also you’re dead to me.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
It’s the sewage that fascism both shits and eats, it’s like blowing smoke in my face to show me how evil the tobacco companies are.
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"I really like the ideas of Jeremy Bentham."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
Shabana Mahmood here, whose “ultimate vision” is to turn the world into a prison
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"I really like the ideas of Jeremy Bentham."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
I think the closest anybody ever got was Pamela Anderson in the Criterion Closet and even then it sort of felt like a reverse parking manoeuvre into cool.
There's just no way to be into movies and also be cool lmao. I've tried it. Charli XCX has tried it. Even Chloe Sevigny has tried it. It is not possible.
January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I think the closest anybody ever got was Pamela Anderson in the Criterion Closet and even then it sort of felt like a reverse parking manoeuvre into cool.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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The natural enemy of the Board of Peace is surely the Boards of Canada…Anyway, good morning!
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The natural enemy of the Board of Peace is surely the Boards of Canada…Anyway, good morning!
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *deep breath* AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
January 20, 2026 at 6:19 AM
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *deep breath* AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Please support my petition to Manchester city council to get a blue plaque put up at that spot on Temperance Street where a man getting a handjob was captured by a Google street view car.
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Please support my petition to Manchester city council to get a blue plaque put up at that spot on Temperance Street where a man getting a handjob was captured by a Google street view car.
Branding Almost Hads:
The George Formby Grill
The George Formby Grill
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Branding Almost Hads:
The George Formby Grill
The George Formby Grill
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I was dying of thirst when you gave me water, yet it was not the water alone that saved me. It was the strength of the hands that gave it.
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I was dying of thirst when you gave me water, yet it was not the water alone that saved me. It was the strength of the hands that gave it.
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[scottish castle]
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
[scottish castle]
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?