Mary
@mary3114.bsky.social
Insert inspiring quote/311 lyric here. Earthling. She/Her. Excitable. Nerdfighter. Movie watcher. INFJ Gal. BLACK LIVES MATTER.
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Still processing the tragic news of the loss of Rob Reiner. I'm of the age when he was a huge part of my film-viewing in the 80s, and about ten years ago wrote a piece for the BFI celebrating to my mind some of his finest work. www.bfi.org.uk/lists/rob-re...
Rob Reiner: 5 essential films
Revisit the astonishing run of films that Rob Reiner made in his early career.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Still processing the tragic news of the loss of Rob Reiner. I'm of the age when he was a huge part of my film-viewing in the 80s, and about ten years ago wrote a piece for the BFI celebrating to my mind some of his finest work. www.bfi.org.uk/lists/rob-re...
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Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.
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I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Absolutely fascinated to know who is brought in to the US under such a program… can’t think of a single good reason to do this.
Only bad ones.
Only bad ones.
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Absolutely fascinated to know who is brought in to the US under such a program… can’t think of a single good reason to do this.
Only bad ones.
Only bad ones.
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Me: People shouldn't judge a movie by its runtime before they've seen it. The good ones are that long for a reason.
Also Me: HOT DAMN THIS BAD BOY IS ONLY 82 MINUTES NOW THAT'S A MOTION PICTURE
Also Me: HOT DAMN THIS BAD BOY IS ONLY 82 MINUTES NOW THAT'S A MOTION PICTURE
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Me: People shouldn't judge a movie by its runtime before they've seen it. The good ones are that long for a reason.
Also Me: HOT DAMN THIS BAD BOY IS ONLY 82 MINUTES NOW THAT'S A MOTION PICTURE
Also Me: HOT DAMN THIS BAD BOY IS ONLY 82 MINUTES NOW THAT'S A MOTION PICTURE
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Democracy is messy.
Democracy is inconvenient. Democracy is disagreement.
What he’s describing as “unity” is authoritarian control.
One person issues an order, dissent is suppressed, and compliance is enforced.
If you want unanimity by decree, you don’t want unity, you want obedience.👇
Democracy is inconvenient. Democracy is disagreement.
What he’s describing as “unity” is authoritarian control.
One person issues an order, dissent is suppressed, and compliance is enforced.
If you want unanimity by decree, you don’t want unity, you want obedience.👇
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Democracy is messy.
Democracy is inconvenient. Democracy is disagreement.
What he’s describing as “unity” is authoritarian control.
One person issues an order, dissent is suppressed, and compliance is enforced.
If you want unanimity by decree, you don’t want unity, you want obedience.👇
Democracy is inconvenient. Democracy is disagreement.
What he’s describing as “unity” is authoritarian control.
One person issues an order, dissent is suppressed, and compliance is enforced.
If you want unanimity by decree, you don’t want unity, you want obedience.👇
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In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…
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The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.
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Oh.
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oh.
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Sorry for using comics and art to vent and cope with the world changing around me. I will return to drawing whimsical and silly frog wizards and adventures.
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sorry for using comics and art to vent and cope with the world changing around me. I will return to drawing whimsical and silly frog wizards and adventures.
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Yeah, this happened.
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yeah, this happened.
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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The man with the gilded office who lived in a golden tower with a golden penthouse and spends time at a private estate with a golf course would like you to tighten your belt, plebs.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The man with the gilded office who lived in a golden tower with a golden penthouse and spends time at a private estate with a golf course would like you to tighten your belt, plebs.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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The public library around the corner still rents out DVDs. Decided to fill a few gaps in my movie culture; currently watching Out of Africa, and I have La reine Margot ready.
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The public library around the corner still rents out DVDs. Decided to fill a few gaps in my movie culture; currently watching Out of Africa, and I have La reine Margot ready.
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the great gatsby is one of the most widely assigned books in america and yet apparently literally nobody understands it www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
the great gatsby is one of the most widely assigned books in america and yet apparently literally nobody understands it www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Batma Returns is a Christmas movie.
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Batma Returns is a Christmas movie.
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Everything continues to be really dumb
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Everything continues to be really dumb