Matthew Sullivan
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I’ll protect you from the hooded claw.
Wishing it were this Herzog who came to Sydney today.
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Wishing it were this Herzog who came to Sydney today.
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Who will be asking Herzog about bulldozed ANZAC war graves? #Auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Her father’s war grave in Gaza was bulldozed by Israel. Amid the grief and anger, she wants answers
Wilma Spence’s father was an Anzac buried in a part of the Gaza War Cemetery bulldozed by the IDF
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Who will be asking Herzog about bulldozed ANZAC war graves? #Auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I guess you’re not supposed to laugh in a cemetery but I sure smiled when I saw this tombstone at Pierce Brothers, one of the most iconic cemeteries in LA. Thanks for all the great films, Jack Lemmon.
February 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I guess you’re not supposed to laugh in a cemetery but I sure smiled when I saw this tombstone at Pierce Brothers, one of the most iconic cemeteries in LA. Thanks for all the great films, Jack Lemmon.
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Watching football on a coin-operated TV in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles, 1969. Photo by John Malmin.
February 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Watching football on a coin-operated TV in a Greyhound bus station in Los Angeles, 1969. Photo by John Malmin.
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You know when you sit in a café and people watch? This recreates that feeling of sitting in a café as a regular and getting to know the staff and customers. I found it entrancing, and really cleverly constructed.
It’s enormously sad in places, but there is joy, too. Just like life, really.
It’s enormously sad in places, but there is joy, too. Just like life, really.
January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
You know when you sit in a café and people watch? This recreates that feeling of sitting in a café as a regular and getting to know the staff and customers. I found it entrancing, and really cleverly constructed.
It’s enormously sad in places, but there is joy, too. Just like life, really.
It’s enormously sad in places, but there is joy, too. Just like life, really.
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I've read The Final Run! It is indeed better than the book itself. This pains me to say because I'm an admirer of Sanderson's novels. In fact, I worked to return two earlier novels, Hot Freeze and The Darker Traffic (Blondes Are My Trouble) to print. They are his best. The Final Run is his worst.
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I've read The Final Run! It is indeed better than the book itself. This pains me to say because I'm an admirer of Sanderson's novels. In fact, I worked to return two earlier novels, Hot Freeze and The Darker Traffic (Blondes Are My Trouble) to print. They are his best. The Final Run is his worst.
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Not seen that cover for Coming of the Strangers! It’s wonderful. Had this edition for decades.
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Not seen that cover for Coming of the Strangers! It’s wonderful. Had this edition for decades.
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These dust jackets designed by Peter Rudland are probably better than the books themselves, I suspect.
Happy to be contradicted by anyone who's actually read one.
Happy to be contradicted by anyone who's actually read one.
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
These dust jackets designed by Peter Rudland are probably better than the books themselves, I suspect.
Happy to be contradicted by anyone who's actually read one.
Happy to be contradicted by anyone who's actually read one.
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Is Wallace Shawn the Only Avant-Garde Artist Who Gets Stopped in Times Square?
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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THE LONGEST YARD (1974, Japanese poster)
February 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
THE LONGEST YARD (1974, Japanese poster)
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Yeah, but Singer wasn’t interested in a lot of things. Like he said he’d cross the street to meet Tolstoy, but wouldn’t go to Flushing.
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Yeah, but Singer wasn’t interested in a lot of things. Like he said he’d cross the street to meet Tolstoy, but wouldn’t go to Flushing.
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In 1979, the “New York Times” asked Isaac Bashevis Singer if he planned to watch the Super Bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
In 1979, the “New York Times” asked Isaac Bashevis Singer if he planned to watch the Super Bowl.
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Captain, how soon can you land?
I can't tell.
You can tell me. I'm a doctor.
No. I mean I'm just not sure.
Well, can't you take a guess?
Well, not for another two hours.
You can't take a guess for another two hours?
I can't tell.
You can tell me. I'm a doctor.
No. I mean I'm just not sure.
Well, can't you take a guess?
Well, not for another two hours.
You can't take a guess for another two hours?
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Captain, how soon can you land?
I can't tell.
You can tell me. I'm a doctor.
No. I mean I'm just not sure.
Well, can't you take a guess?
Well, not for another two hours.
You can't take a guess for another two hours?
I can't tell.
You can tell me. I'm a doctor.
No. I mean I'm just not sure.
Well, can't you take a guess?
Well, not for another two hours.
You can't take a guess for another two hours?
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Not gonna lie...had crush on Mary Steenburgen forever. Such a positive life force.
On birthday, 2/8/1953, re-upping tribute to TIME AFTER TIME (79). If ever there was movie that shouldn't work, this is it. And yet, AWESOME! Following year, won Oscar for terrific MELVIN & HOWARD (80).
#filmsky 📽
On birthday, 2/8/1953, re-upping tribute to TIME AFTER TIME (79). If ever there was movie that shouldn't work, this is it. And yet, AWESOME! Following year, won Oscar for terrific MELVIN & HOWARD (80).
#filmsky 📽
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Not gonna lie...had crush on Mary Steenburgen forever. Such a positive life force.
On birthday, 2/8/1953, re-upping tribute to TIME AFTER TIME (79). If ever there was movie that shouldn't work, this is it. And yet, AWESOME! Following year, won Oscar for terrific MELVIN & HOWARD (80).
#filmsky 📽
On birthday, 2/8/1953, re-upping tribute to TIME AFTER TIME (79). If ever there was movie that shouldn't work, this is it. And yet, AWESOME! Following year, won Oscar for terrific MELVIN & HOWARD (80).
#filmsky 📽
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Man, that Kurt Vonnegut story...
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Man, that Kurt Vonnegut story...
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Saw this at the library, opened it, and read the first page, and straight away I heard Mr Berry’s voice reading - my Year 5 teacher. Oh! Wonderful memories of being read to at school.
February 8, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Saw this at the library, opened it, and read the first page, and straight away I heard Mr Berry’s voice reading - my Year 5 teacher. Oh! Wonderful memories of being read to at school.
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Best view from a petrol station in Ireland
February 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Best view from a petrol station in Ireland
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Other Beryl Bainbridge novels in the same 1990s look.
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Other Beryl Bainbridge novels in the same 1990s look.
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Ireland has 4 competitors at the Winter Olympics, all in skiing. which is awesome because Ireland has no snow or mountains. our main winter sports are drinking, singing Fairytale of New York & spreading respiratory illnesses.
February 8, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Ireland has 4 competitors at the Winter Olympics, all in skiing. which is awesome because Ireland has no snow or mountains. our main winter sports are drinking, singing Fairytale of New York & spreading respiratory illnesses.
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Today’s book purchase. Lost Czech crime fiction from 1985, republished by @sohopress.bsky.social Fits in well with research l am doing for my next non-fiction project.
February 8, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Today’s book purchase. Lost Czech crime fiction from 1985, republished by @sohopress.bsky.social Fits in well with research l am doing for my next non-fiction project.
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New York City - 1975
📷 by Joel Meyerowitz
📷 by Joel Meyerowitz
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
New York City - 1975
📷 by Joel Meyerowitz
📷 by Joel Meyerowitz
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MEL BROOKS & CARL REINER - forever one of my favourite Showbiz friendships.
February 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM
MEL BROOKS & CARL REINER - forever one of my favourite Showbiz friendships.