Angela Car
@angelacar7.bsky.social
Pouring opinions on fashion, film, fine wine and foreign policy.
Living and working on the unceded lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.
Living and working on the unceded lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.
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Angela Car
@angelacar7.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Decided to claim my corner of the internet for thoughts and hot takes on wine, cinema, fashion, and foreign affairs.
Taste is political.
Taste is political.
I got 96% on a French Cinema assignment about À Bout de Souffle (Breathless, 1960), so I figured I'd channel my inner Godard and turn it into a chaotic, jump-cut thread.
Ready to wrestle with one of the most iconic films of the New Wave?
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Ready to wrestle with one of the most iconic films of the New Wave?
🧵👇
a woman covering her face in front of a bathroom mirror
ALT: a woman covering her face in front of a bathroom mirror
media.tenor.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I got 96% on a French Cinema assignment about À Bout de Souffle (Breathless, 1960), so I figured I'd channel my inner Godard and turn it into a chaotic, jump-cut thread.
Ready to wrestle with one of the most iconic films of the New Wave?
🧵👇
Ready to wrestle with one of the most iconic films of the New Wave?
🧵👇
Natasha Lyonne’s new movie is using generative AI for the visuals “trained on licensed material.”
Ok… but who gets paid? Whose work is being sliced and spliced? Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s ethical. Artists aren’t raw material. You can’t mine creativity like it’s iron ore.
Ok… but who gets paid? Whose work is being sliced and spliced? Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s ethical. Artists aren’t raw material. You can’t mine creativity like it’s iron ore.
Natasha Lyonne to direct and star in a new sci-fi film created with generative AI
Natasha Lyonne to direct and star in a new sci-fi film created with generative AI
The experimental movie will incorporate Moonvalley’s Marey generative AI model into its production process.
buff.ly
May 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Natasha Lyonne’s new movie is using generative AI for the visuals “trained on licensed material.”
Ok… but who gets paid? Whose work is being sliced and spliced? Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s ethical. Artists aren’t raw material. You can’t mine creativity like it’s iron ore.
Ok… but who gets paid? Whose work is being sliced and spliced? Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s ethical. Artists aren’t raw material. You can’t mine creativity like it’s iron ore.
Civil society is where democracy fights back against autocracy.
As democracy declines across the world, these spaces matter more than ever.
Starve them, and power runs wild. Feed them and freedom holds.
As democracy declines across the world, these spaces matter more than ever.
Starve them, and power runs wild. Feed them and freedom holds.
"If the U.S. shortsightedly ignores civil society, over the long run, as civil society actors rise to positions of power given their trust with local communities, the U.S. will have diplomatic bridges to rebuild rather than utilize."
Read more:
Read more:
Support Civil Society, Counter Autocracy
The United States should provide robust and long-term support for civil society. Ending this support cedes the space to dictators looking to build a more authoritarian world.
www.csis.org
April 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Civil society is where democracy fights back against autocracy.
As democracy declines across the world, these spaces matter more than ever.
Starve them, and power runs wild. Feed them and freedom holds.
As democracy declines across the world, these spaces matter more than ever.
Starve them, and power runs wild. Feed them and freedom holds.
Language matters, especially in diplomacy. Framing peace negotiations as “deals” flattens complexity and makes compromise sound like a failure rather than a resolution.
Diplomacy is about mutual understanding and long term agreements rooted in trust.
Diplomacy is about mutual understanding and long term agreements rooted in trust.
The language of peacemaking is critical to the success of a settlement.
Language of peace: why talk of ‘making deals’ rather than ‘reaching agreements’ is not helpful
The language of peacemaking is critical to the success of a settlement.
tcnv.link
April 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Language matters, especially in diplomacy. Framing peace negotiations as “deals” flattens complexity and makes compromise sound like a failure rather than a resolution.
Diplomacy is about mutual understanding and long term agreements rooted in trust.
Diplomacy is about mutual understanding and long term agreements rooted in trust.
Decided to claim my corner of the internet for thoughts and hot takes on wine, cinema, fashion, and foreign affairs.
Taste is political.
Taste is political.
April 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Decided to claim my corner of the internet for thoughts and hot takes on wine, cinema, fashion, and foreign affairs.
Taste is political.
Taste is political.