Jamila
@ampersandstar.bsky.social
averse to fear-mongering in all its forms.
if you must punch, please, consider punching up.
music is (still) a wonder drug. (most) books are magic. however, magic is not real.
if you must punch, please, consider punching up.
music is (still) a wonder drug. (most) books are magic. however, magic is not real.
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
i have seen MANY Gary Oldman movies.
but i hadn't seen THIS Gary Oldman movie (Guildencrantz of RosemenStern?) until two years ago.
take this and all my selective fanaticism with a grain of salt.
with all the Stoppardian playfulness you can muster.
but i hadn't seen THIS Gary Oldman movie (Guildencrantz of RosemenStern?) until two years ago.
take this and all my selective fanaticism with a grain of salt.
with all the Stoppardian playfulness you can muster.
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
i have seen MANY Gary Oldman movies.
but i hadn't seen THIS Gary Oldman movie (Guildencrantz of RosemenStern?) until two years ago.
take this and all my selective fanaticism with a grain of salt.
with all the Stoppardian playfulness you can muster.
but i hadn't seen THIS Gary Oldman movie (Guildencrantz of RosemenStern?) until two years ago.
take this and all my selective fanaticism with a grain of salt.
with all the Stoppardian playfulness you can muster.
quick aside:
my 30 year affection for Gary Oldman, Shakespeare film adaptations ("The Scottish Play" (2020) was charming!, Lady MacBeth (2016) still slaps IF the kids are still saying that, Emma Thompson is Beatrice, sigh, and the Branagh Hamlet is the correct Hamlet, fight me) is well documented.
my 30 year affection for Gary Oldman, Shakespeare film adaptations ("The Scottish Play" (2020) was charming!, Lady MacBeth (2016) still slaps IF the kids are still saying that, Emma Thompson is Beatrice, sigh, and the Branagh Hamlet is the correct Hamlet, fight me) is well documented.
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
quick aside:
my 30 year affection for Gary Oldman, Shakespeare film adaptations ("The Scottish Play" (2020) was charming!, Lady MacBeth (2016) still slaps IF the kids are still saying that, Emma Thompson is Beatrice, sigh, and the Branagh Hamlet is the correct Hamlet, fight me) is well documented.
my 30 year affection for Gary Oldman, Shakespeare film adaptations ("The Scottish Play" (2020) was charming!, Lady MacBeth (2016) still slaps IF the kids are still saying that, Emma Thompson is Beatrice, sigh, and the Branagh Hamlet is the correct Hamlet, fight me) is well documented.
"...but, actually, the idea turns out to be the end product of the play, and the less I know about this play I am trying to write, the better.”
November 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"...but, actually, the idea turns out to be the end product of the play, and the less I know about this play I am trying to write, the better.”
Stoppard said that there is a “misapprehension about creative writing, which is that the writer is working from a set of principles or a thesis and the play is the end product of that predisposition..."
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Stoppard said that there is a “misapprehension about creative writing, which is that the writer is working from a set of principles or a thesis and the play is the end product of that predisposition..."
love that the Hawkes are seated in a location that. resembles the woods where. is reminiscent. of. well... seems i forgot the question. 🍔
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
love that the Hawkes are seated in a location that. resembles the woods where. is reminiscent. of. well... seems i forgot the question. 🍔
anyway. i'm circling back to circling back because.. i was just about to hang up my day when i saw Jordan Klepper had shared this...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRp03CX...?
it's amazing what language can do to comfort people.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRp03CX...?
it's amazing what language can do to comfort people.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
anyway. i'm circling back to circling back because.. i was just about to hang up my day when i saw Jordan Klepper had shared this...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRp03CX...?
it's amazing what language can do to comfort people.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRp03CX...?
it's amazing what language can do to comfort people.
i saw Tim Roth in a multi-stunner, pitch-perfect movie called Sundown (2022) just last week.
so maybe it's not too bizarre a leap, to circle back to this one.
i love his Rosencrantz! Or is he Guildenstern?
so maybe it's not too bizarre a leap, to circle back to this one.
i love his Rosencrantz! Or is he Guildenstern?
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
i saw Tim Roth in a multi-stunner, pitch-perfect movie called Sundown (2022) just last week.
so maybe it's not too bizarre a leap, to circle back to this one.
i love his Rosencrantz! Or is he Guildenstern?
so maybe it's not too bizarre a leap, to circle back to this one.
i love his Rosencrantz! Or is he Guildenstern?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. not cinefiling.
this was before i read playwright and the film's director Tom Stoppard had passed away.
this was before i read playwright and the film's director Tom Stoppard had passed away.
November 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. not cinefiling.
this was before i read playwright and the film's director Tom Stoppard had passed away.
this was before i read playwright and the film's director Tom Stoppard had passed away.
i'm hesitating to share this: i had the film version of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern..." playing on in the background this morning.
well, no.
in the early hours of what is now yesterday morning.
i am cinefile adjacent. and sometimes i put it on like a classic album.
well, no.
in the early hours of what is now yesterday morning.
i am cinefile adjacent. and sometimes i put it on like a classic album.
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
i'm hesitating to share this: i had the film version of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern..." playing on in the background this morning.
well, no.
in the early hours of what is now yesterday morning.
i am cinefile adjacent. and sometimes i put it on like a classic album.
well, no.
in the early hours of what is now yesterday morning.
i am cinefile adjacent. and sometimes i put it on like a classic album.
“I don’t think Stoppardian has a precise definition,” he self-deprecatingly told The Telegraph in 2010.
“To me, it means another hapless, feckless, fatuous episode in my life, brought on by my own forgetfulness or incompetence.”
Tom Stoppard on Tom Stoppard
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
“To me, it means another hapless, feckless, fatuous episode in my life, brought on by my own forgetfulness or incompetence.”
Tom Stoppard on Tom Stoppard
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
“I don’t think Stoppardian has a precise definition,” he self-deprecatingly told The Telegraph in 2010.
“To me, it means another hapless, feckless, fatuous episode in my life, brought on by my own forgetfulness or incompetence.”
Tom Stoppard on Tom Stoppard
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
“To me, it means another hapless, feckless, fatuous episode in my life, brought on by my own forgetfulness or incompetence.”
Tom Stoppard on Tom Stoppard
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
possibly, the most compelling motive to want your judgment to stay in tune?
judgment affects outcome.
judgment affects outcome.
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
possibly, the most compelling motive to want your judgment to stay in tune?
judgment affects outcome.
judgment affects outcome.
notable here..and potentially suppressive:
"Voters' personal identifying information could be shared on a case-by-case basis with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — also known as ICE — and Customs and Border Protection, or Border Patrol, if the SAVE program indicates 'potential fraud or misuse'"
"Voters' personal identifying information could be shared on a case-by-case basis with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — also known as ICE — and Customs and Border Protection, or Border Patrol, if the SAVE program indicates 'potential fraud or misuse'"
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
notable here..and potentially suppressive:
"Voters' personal identifying information could be shared on a case-by-case basis with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — also known as ICE — and Customs and Border Protection, or Border Patrol, if the SAVE program indicates 'potential fraud or misuse'"
"Voters' personal identifying information could be shared on a case-by-case basis with Immigration and Customs Enforcement — also known as ICE — and Customs and Border Protection, or Border Patrol, if the SAVE program indicates 'potential fraud or misuse'"
in hopes of fine print/focus triage. (Holiday Season Edition)
link: bsky.app/profile/wunc...
@wunc reporting by @raleighreporter.bsky.social
link: bsky.app/profile/wunc...
@wunc reporting by @raleighreporter.bsky.social
A federal court has ruled that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
NC's new GOP-friendly Congressional map can be used in 2026, judges rule
A federal court ruled Wednesday that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election.
www.wunc.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
in hopes of fine print/focus triage. (Holiday Season Edition)
link: bsky.app/profile/wunc...
@wunc reporting by @raleighreporter.bsky.social
link: bsky.app/profile/wunc...
@wunc reporting by @raleighreporter.bsky.social
more NC Redistricting News!
"A federal court ruled [this] Wednesday that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election."
"A federal court ruled [this] Wednesday that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election."
A federal court has ruled that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
NC's new GOP-friendly Congressional map can be used in 2026, judges rule
A federal court ruled Wednesday that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election.
www.wunc.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
more NC Redistricting News!
"A federal court ruled [this] Wednesday that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election."
"A federal court ruled [this] Wednesday that North Carolina's new congressional map can be used in next year's election."
The 5 Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip
Georgia
Maine
Michigan
New Hampshire
North Carolina
...according to @thehill.com
this week of 11.28.2025
AND in hopes of fine print/focus triage. (Holiday Season Edition)
a few details : thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Georgia
Maine
Michigan
New Hampshire
North Carolina
...according to @thehill.com
this week of 11.28.2025
AND in hopes of fine print/focus triage. (Holiday Season Edition)
a few details : thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The 5 Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip
Georgia
Maine
Michigan
New Hampshire
North Carolina
...according to @thehill.com
this week of 11.28.2025
AND in hopes of fine print/focus triage. (Holiday Season Edition)
a few details : thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Georgia
Maine
Michigan
New Hampshire
North Carolina
...according to @thehill.com
this week of 11.28.2025
AND in hopes of fine print/focus triage. (Holiday Season Edition)
a few details : thehill.com/homenews/sen...
...
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has approved a plan promoted by the Trump administration to check millions of voters for citizenship status.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
NC State Board of Elections to use DHS program to check voter rolls for U.S. citizenship
The board’s Republican majority voted to sign an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program.
www.wunc.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Millay Modified (and out of context):
i know enough. i hope i understand. i certainly do not approve. so i am not resigned.
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"i know. but i do not approve. and i am not resigned." - Edna St. Vincent Millay
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i know enough. i hope i understand. i certainly do not approve. so i am not resigned.
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"i know. but i do not approve. and i am not resigned." - Edna St. Vincent Millay
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💔
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
sorry... it's called "The American Revolution"
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
sorry... it's called "The American Revolution"
i've stumbled upon hip solidarity.
Shirley Manson on Garbage, Patti Smith, and What Shapes Her Creativity | Broken Record Podcast
YouTube video by Broken Record Podcast
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November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i've stumbled upon hip solidarity.
love that it's the kinda documentary storytelling you can dip in and out of, that you can glean real significance from, without having to know all that came before.
my is our story COMPLEX!
always has been, always will be.
but told in this way, it becomes all the more inclusive & encouraging.
my is our story COMPLEX!
always has been, always will be.
but told in this way, it becomes all the more inclusive & encouraging.
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
love that it's the kinda documentary storytelling you can dip in and out of, that you can glean real significance from, without having to know all that came before.
my is our story COMPLEX!
always has been, always will be.
but told in this way, it becomes all the more inclusive & encouraging.
my is our story COMPLEX!
always has been, always will be.
but told in this way, it becomes all the more inclusive & encouraging.