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Steamed Hams but it's an Acclaimed Feature Film (My Dinner With Skinner) youtu.be/pk-Oq8iYtVA?...
Steamed Hams but it's a Critically Acclaimed Feature Film
YouTube video by Tyrone Deise
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September 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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In the weird, terrible moment we're all experiencing of contested reality / distorted reality / unreality, I was heartened by this wonderful Zach Helfand piece about the brilliant, heroic fact checkers of @newyorker. May they save civilization.
The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department
Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
www.newyorker.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Movies now relentlessly signpost their meaning and intent. “Artists and audiences sometimes defend this legibility as democratic, a way to reach everyone,” Namwali Serpell writes. “It is, in fact, condescending.”
The New Literalism Plaguing Today’s Biggest Movies
Buzzy films from “Anora” to “The Substance” are undone by a relentless signposting of meaning and intent.
www.newyorker.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Я бы посмотрел на это, товарищ.
July 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM