Britta Kavanagh
@triciafee.bsky.social
Translator by day (because AI can’t do my job). Lover of movies, books, TV, musicals, acting, and chocolate. Not an expert.
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Britta Kavanagh
@triciafee.bsky.social
· Nov 16
What do you mean, „echo chamber“? I, for one, found Paddington 2 underwhelming.
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
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Terrible day to be literate
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Terrible day to be literate
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AppleTV has become the home of prestige sci-fi and I am not mad about it.
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
AppleTV has become the home of prestige sci-fi and I am not mad about it.
Now, I really love dogs, but I also had 3 babies and at some point during Die My Love I thought: „She’s gonna kill that dog and I don’t even blame her.“
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Now, I really love dogs, but I also had 3 babies and at some point during Die My Love I thought: „She’s gonna kill that dog and I don’t even blame her.“
Having seen it now, I actually find the description of „a film about post-partum psychosis“ for Die My Love pretty reductive. In fact, I don’t even think it’s accurate.
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Having seen it now, I actually find the description of „a film about post-partum psychosis“ for Die My Love pretty reductive. In fact, I don’t even think it’s accurate.
Arrgh, House of Dynamite is so frustrating.The first 40 minutes were riveting. I was bummed when the big cut happened and I realised how it was gonna end, but the second act was still top-notch. And then the film loses so much steam in the third act as it retreads all the things we’ve already heard!
a woman is making a funny face and making a funny face with her hands .
ALT: a woman is making a funny face and making a funny face with her hands .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Arrgh, House of Dynamite is so frustrating.The first 40 minutes were riveting. I was bummed when the big cut happened and I realised how it was gonna end, but the second act was still top-notch. And then the film loses so much steam in the third act as it retreads all the things we’ve already heard!
Good news courtesy of Germany
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Good news courtesy of Germany
My key takeaway from 28 Years Later is that from now on, whenever I can’t explain something, I’ll say „The magic of the placenta“ and shrug.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My key takeaway from 28 Years Later is that from now on, whenever I can’t explain something, I’ll say „The magic of the placenta“ and shrug.
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It's almost like when you tax the rich in a place you get to make that place a better place and even the rich just looking out the windows of their limos at most of that place in passing prefer to think "oh, that looks nice" rather than "I must prepare my bunker for the impending apocalypse"
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's almost like when you tax the rich in a place you get to make that place a better place and even the rich just looking out the windows of their limos at most of that place in passing prefer to think "oh, that looks nice" rather than "I must prepare my bunker for the impending apocalypse"
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
The current discourse is how I found out that Bond DIES IN THE LAST FILM? Like, wth? The whole point about those movies is that he makes it through anything. I’d have been pissed (if I was still watching them).
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The current discourse is how I found out that Bond DIES IN THE LAST FILM? Like, wth? The whole point about those movies is that he makes it through anything. I’d have been pissed (if I was still watching them).
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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JUST IN: Trump administration directed poor people to "immediately vomit up" any food they have eaten in the past month
JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
Trump tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits
The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
JUST IN: Trump administration directed poor people to "immediately vomit up" any food they have eaten in the past month
Currently rewatching The Duff,one of my favorite high-school rom-coms. Mae Whitman is delightful as always and Robbie Amell’s so charming and likable in this sort of role that I wonder why he’s not a Hollywood leading man. In another era we would have dozens of rom-coms led by him and James Marsden.
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Currently rewatching The Duff,one of my favorite high-school rom-coms. Mae Whitman is delightful as always and Robbie Amell’s so charming and likable in this sort of role that I wonder why he’s not a Hollywood leading man. In another era we would have dozens of rom-coms led by him and James Marsden.
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I read this and immediately thought “well that would actually be awesome because then Marty can go back to the 90s where he probably had a really awesome time as a teenager” and then I was like oh wait his PARENTS would have been teenagers in the 90s and then I just sat here for like 45 minutes
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I read this and immediately thought “well that would actually be awesome because then Marty can go back to the 90s where he probably had a really awesome time as a teenager” and then I was like oh wait his PARENTS would have been teenagers in the 90s and then I just sat here for like 45 minutes
I have barely made it through 10 minutes of All‘s Fair and I’ve decided it must be a prank. Why does Ryan Murphy hate us? Why is Naomi Watts doing this? Why do we have to put up with Kim Kardashian‘s acting?
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I have barely made it through 10 minutes of All‘s Fair and I’ve decided it must be a prank. Why does Ryan Murphy hate us? Why is Naomi Watts doing this? Why do we have to put up with Kim Kardashian‘s acting?
God, reading the news is actually fun this morning! How delightful.
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
God, reading the news is actually fun this morning! How delightful.
In my family, John Mahoney was always (and will always be) „the judge from Suspect“ and not Frasier‘s dad.
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
In my family, John Mahoney was always (and will always be) „the judge from Suspect“ and not Frasier‘s dad.
That tracks. I stopped working with The Big Word over 10 years ago when they hit me with a similar email informing me that they were reducing my rates.
I see The Big Word continues to live up to its nickname #ThePigTurd
I appreciate @privateeyenews.bsky.social continuing to cover grasping mega agencies and the impact of AI on the translation industry.
I appreciate @privateeyenews.bsky.social continuing to cover grasping mega agencies and the impact of AI on the translation industry.
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
That tracks. I stopped working with The Big Word over 10 years ago when they hit me with a similar email informing me that they were reducing my rates.
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In other good renewal news, FX ordered a second season of Adults. I really enjoyed the twentysomething hangout comedy's first season, and am looking forward to more.
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In other good renewal news, FX ordered a second season of Adults. I really enjoyed the twentysomething hangout comedy's first season, and am looking forward to more.
Some well-deserved Kyle Chandler love
Kyle Chandler is one of the purest, most precise screen actors we have. He's played in all kinds of movies and he's always just right. I have yet to catch him in an inauthentic moment, even when the script or filmmaking are weak. He also has Tom Hanks-level "how can you not love this guy" energy.
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Some well-deserved Kyle Chandler love
If Renny Harlin does with orcas what he did with sharks, I am totally on board.
Melissa Barrera joins John Travolta in survival thriller ‘BLACK TIDES’ from Renny Harlin.
The film follows an estranged father trying to reconnect with his daughter and grandson, when their sailboat is attacked by rogue orcas.
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The film follows an estranged father trying to reconnect with his daughter and grandson, when their sailboat is attacked by rogue orcas.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If Renny Harlin does with orcas what he did with sharks, I am totally on board.
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The Diplomat is very much my thing. You watch an episode and you really want to know what is going to happen in the next one; therefore, you keep watching. This is an interesting approach and I believe more television shows should try it.
October 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Diplomat is very much my thing. You watch an episode and you really want to know what is going to happen in the next one; therefore, you keep watching. This is an interesting approach and I believe more television shows should try it.
Too many films I want to see, so I might go and catch After the Hunt and Good Fortune today. It’s not the most cohesive double feature but it’ll do.
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Too many films I want to see, so I might go and catch After the Hunt and Good Fortune today. It’s not the most cohesive double feature but it’ll do.