DeAnna (she/her)
@doubleplusgood.bsky.social
Director of SECS FEST, Immunologist, cinema fanatic, disabled, and bi.
Thanks @grandillusioncinema.org for helping spread the word about the fest!!!
Our friends @secsfest.org are holding their ninth festival November 7-9! See 35 short films and 4 feature films from around the globe, including two newly restored archival films. This year it all goes down at The Beacon. Tix on sale now!
secsfest.org/secs-fest/
secsfest.org/secs-fest/
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thanks @grandillusioncinema.org for helping spread the word about the fest!!!
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Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
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This is how they claim you were 'over the line'. They pull you over and start the riot for themselves.
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is how they claim you were 'over the line'. They pull you over and start the riot for themselves.
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Hit like if you read film criticism weekly and repost if you read film criticism more than that
August 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Hit like if you read film criticism weekly and repost if you read film criticism more than that
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:
Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark
Gang of Four
Simple Minds / Soft Cell
PJ Harvey
PULP
Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark
Gang of Four
Simple Minds / Soft Cell
PJ Harvey
PULP
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:
Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark
Gang of Four
Simple Minds / Soft Cell
PJ Harvey
PULP
Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark
Gang of Four
Simple Minds / Soft Cell
PJ Harvey
PULP
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Under #5 are some good places to give your money. Transgender Law Center is one of them.
racebannon.medium.com/citizen-powe...
racebannon.medium.com/citizen-powe...
Citizen Power Guide
The United States is amid a serious and dangerous challenge to our democracy and freedoms, but there are things you can do to help.
racebannon.medium.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Under #5 are some good places to give your money. Transgender Law Center is one of them.
racebannon.medium.com/citizen-powe...
racebannon.medium.com/citizen-powe...
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Scientists Discover First Law of Motion Does Not Apply to Route 8 Buses: tinyurl.com/3txf89wp
July 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Scientists Discover First Law of Motion Does Not Apply to Route 8 Buses: tinyurl.com/3txf89wp
This is awful, but important to know what is happening to the people who feed us.
Happening now in Camarillo, protesters are desperately facing off against ICE to try to defend America’s farm workers.
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July 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is awful, but important to know what is happening to the people who feed us.
I bought a guitar today. I was so angry about all those lessons I took in the 80s that never taught me anything but a few powerchords. So I quit and decided I'd never play again.
Now I have a hankering to play some Woody Guthrie and maybe some 70s tunes and it's going well.
Now I have a hankering to play some Woody Guthrie and maybe some 70s tunes and it's going well.
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I bought a guitar today. I was so angry about all those lessons I took in the 80s that never taught me anything but a few powerchords. So I quit and decided I'd never play again.
Now I have a hankering to play some Woody Guthrie and maybe some 70s tunes and it's going well.
Now I have a hankering to play some Woody Guthrie and maybe some 70s tunes and it's going well.
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I bookmarked this:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I bookmarked this:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
In both the 1930s and today, authoritarian movements have selectively used science, valuing it only when it serves their agenda. Evidence-based science becomes inconvenient when it challenges power or exposes harm. So they redefine it, suppress it ... open.substack.com/pub/drjessic...
The Weaponization of Science
Echoes of the 1930s in Today’s Effort to Redefine, Replace, and Control Scientific Truth
open.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In both the 1930s and today, authoritarian movements have selectively used science, valuing it only when it serves their agenda. Evidence-based science becomes inconvenient when it challenges power or exposes harm. So they redefine it, suppress it ... open.substack.com/pub/drjessic...
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I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
Watched 25 movies in May: 7 re-watches, 18 first times. Red May inspired some selections and caught 7 screenings at SIFF.
Best Firsts: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN, PAYING FOR IT, SONS, THE NEW YOUR THAT NEVER CAME.
And I always enjoy rewatching RUNNING ON EMPTY.
Best Firsts: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN, PAYING FOR IT, SONS, THE NEW YOUR THAT NEVER CAME.
And I always enjoy rewatching RUNNING ON EMPTY.
June 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Watched 25 movies in May: 7 re-watches, 18 first times. Red May inspired some selections and caught 7 screenings at SIFF.
Best Firsts: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN, PAYING FOR IT, SONS, THE NEW YOUR THAT NEVER CAME.
And I always enjoy rewatching RUNNING ON EMPTY.
Best Firsts: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN, PAYING FOR IT, SONS, THE NEW YOUR THAT NEVER CAME.
And I always enjoy rewatching RUNNING ON EMPTY.
Let ANDOR radicalize you. I also highly recommend catching up with THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966).
theintercept.com/2025/05/24/a...
theintercept.com/2025/05/24/a...
“Andor” Has a Message for the Left: Act Now
The “Star Wars” series shows a rebel movement struggling to be born but has a clear lesson for fighting rising fascism.
theintercept.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Let ANDOR radicalize you. I also highly recommend catching up with THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966).
theintercept.com/2025/05/24/a...
theintercept.com/2025/05/24/a...
Not only did I get to see Gang of Four preform Entertainment! But I also was able to meet Jon King and Hugo Burnham after the show. They are absolutely wonderful and courageous Humans.
May 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not only did I get to see Gang of Four preform Entertainment! But I also was able to meet Jon King and Hugo Burnham after the show. They are absolutely wonderful and courageous Humans.
Saw one of the best shows last night; Gang of Four’s final tour. They sounded fantastic and refused to be apolitical. We all need to follow their example.
May 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Saw one of the best shows last night; Gang of Four’s final tour. They sounded fantastic and refused to be apolitical. We all need to follow their example.
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this has been stuck in my mind for the last week, so I wrote up a short 4-minute-read about it. come for the Ben Shapiro jokes, stay for why I hate reactionary centrists!
on Substack (no paywall):
juliaserano.substack.com/p/syril-karn...
& Medium (friend link):
juliaserano.medium.com/syril-karn-a...
on Substack (no paywall):
juliaserano.substack.com/p/syril-karn...
& Medium (friend link):
juliaserano.medium.com/syril-karn-a...
Syril Karn and Reactionary Centrism
This essay contains spoilers for Andor season 1 through Andor season 2, episode 8 (but not episodes 9 through 12).
juliaserano.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
this has been stuck in my mind for the last week, so I wrote up a short 4-minute-read about it. come for the Ben Shapiro jokes, stay for why I hate reactionary centrists!
on Substack (no paywall):
juliaserano.substack.com/p/syril-karn...
& Medium (friend link):
juliaserano.medium.com/syril-karn-a...
on Substack (no paywall):
juliaserano.substack.com/p/syril-karn...
& Medium (friend link):
juliaserano.medium.com/syril-karn-a...
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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. This number can connect you to both the House of Representatives and the Senate offices.
April 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. This number can connect you to both the House of Representatives and the Senate offices.
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At the NYC protest in Bryant Park:
April 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
At the NYC protest in Bryant Park:
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Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Also I hope we're all on this same page
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
EVERYONE needs to be brought out of that El Salvadorian hell hole
they were ALL wrongfully deported.
I mean it's good to focus on 'And this guy was here legally and not ever a gang member AND they're Venezuelan'
but NO ONE should've been sent there
Watched a few movies in March. Best firsts were PERSONALITY CRISIS, BLACK BAG, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, & RACING THE MOON. Also slowly getting back in the habit of a weekly trip to the cinema.
April 4, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Watched a few movies in March. Best firsts were PERSONALITY CRISIS, BLACK BAG, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, & RACING THE MOON. Also slowly getting back in the habit of a weekly trip to the cinema.
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BREAKING: Booker Makes History in Senate
Hopefully this is a true turning point for opposition to Dictatorship.
mdavis19881.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes.
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
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The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
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The situation at the NIH and for all biomedical and cancer cure research in the United States is MUCH MUCH WORSE than you realize.
Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Abruptly terminating clinical trials...
Ignorant and evil
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
March 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Yes. The situation at NIH is worse than the public realizes.
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
1/
The #NIH is on track to be effectively ended as a funder of evidence-based research within a year.
That is not an exaggeration. The firings and consolidation announced today will create a new, MUCH worse NIH.
1/