Owen Brazas
@owenbrazas.bsky.social
I'm me?
Realism be damned, this is fucking poetry.
Playing Loud Music in Weaklung. Chicago. Listening to Loud Music or Quiet Music Loudly. Non-Annoying Film Person.
https://weaklungband.bandcamp.com/
Realism be damned, this is fucking poetry.
Playing Loud Music in Weaklung. Chicago. Listening to Loud Music or Quiet Music Loudly. Non-Annoying Film Person.
https://weaklungband.bandcamp.com/
Oh, that's why he called it Big Beautiful Bill.
(Sorry late to the party)
(Sorry late to the party)
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Oh, that's why he called it Big Beautiful Bill.
(Sorry late to the party)
(Sorry late to the party)
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Passionate, unique take on John Ford by @honorszombie.bsky.social that looks at the films through modern eyes without condescension or moral posturing. Excellent craft analysis. We carry it signed by the author. A steal at $20. mzs.press/SIGNED-But-G...
SIGNED But God Made Him a Poet: Watching John Ford in the 21st Century by Scout Tafoya (Paperback, NEW)
John Ford's reputation today can be summed up perhaps best by a quote from the poster of Orson Welles Citizen Kane. "Some called him a hero...others called him a heel." Welles himself said Ford was on...
mzs.press
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Passionate, unique take on John Ford by @honorszombie.bsky.social that looks at the films through modern eyes without condescension or moral posturing. Excellent craft analysis. We carry it signed by the author. A steal at $20. mzs.press/SIGNED-But-G...
Fugazi might be my favorite rock band if push came to shove, but I cant vote for 13 songs as an "album" because it is two EPs just smashed together. Bleach is great and is also an actual album.
The Best Album of 1989 Round 4 Match #120
#6 Nirvana, BLEACH
vs.
#11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS
forms.gle/e5MnNgJYmsMb...
#6 Nirvana, BLEACH
vs.
#11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS
forms.gle/e5MnNgJYmsMb...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 4 Match #120: Nirvana vs. Fugazi
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, November 14th, 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 5 (Top 8) of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, ...
forms.gle
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fugazi might be my favorite rock band if push came to shove, but I cant vote for 13 songs as an "album" because it is two EPs just smashed together. Bleach is great and is also an actual album.
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You’ll never find a better distillation of how technology and capitalism fit together in the 21st century.
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
You’ll never find a better distillation of how technology and capitalism fit together in the 21st century.
huzzah!
Get ready for a heaping helping of cinematic turkeys this Thanksgiving! 🦃 The #MST3K Turkey Day Marathon is back and for the first time features episodes from Seasons 11 & 12 via our Double Troubled Features Marathon starting 11/27 at 3 am ET / 12 am PT on the MST3K channel.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
huzzah!
They should pay me to crawl under my desk and take a lil nap.
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They should pay me to crawl under my desk and take a lil nap.
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Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
Me learning about new bands.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Me learning about new bands.
I'd pay good money to get hit on the head by a big cartoon hammer.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'd pay good money to get hit on the head by a big cartoon hammer.
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I hereby apologize to Eyes Wide Shut for thinking it was hyperbolic
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I hereby apologize to Eyes Wide Shut for thinking it was hyperbolic
I think a radius clause for a dive bar is silly.
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I think a radius clause for a dive bar is silly.
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A chorus of Jewish New York communities, including Bend the Arc, are repudiating the ADL's blatant Islamophobia in a joint statement.
Read more below:
Read more below:
Progressive Jewish groups say ADL's 'Mamdani Monitor' is 'Islamophobic and racist' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish organizations are split along ideological and strategic lines over how to interact with the mayor-elect.
www.jta.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A chorus of Jewish New York communities, including Bend the Arc, are repudiating the ADL's blatant Islamophobia in a joint statement.
Read more below:
Read more below:
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it's a real shame there wasn't just a Democratic president with control of federal law enforcement for 4 years, otherwise it would be pretty fuckin outrageous that he didn't find this
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it's a real shame there wasn't just a Democratic president with control of federal law enforcement for 4 years, otherwise it would be pretty fuckin outrageous that he didn't find this
I got my flu shot, and I want an Italian Sub.
That was my day today.
That was my day today.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I got my flu shot, and I want an Italian Sub.
That was my day today.
That was my day today.
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Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.
Sometimes you gotta watch Ron Asheton stumble around in a killer bug movie.
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sometimes you gotta watch Ron Asheton stumble around in a killer bug movie.
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The way Chicagoans have been responding to ICE invading their cities is a massive advertisement FOR Chicago, an amazing city full of incredible humans.
May we all live somewhere full of neighbors who care about us this much.
May we all live somewhere full of neighbors who care about us this much.
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The way Chicagoans have been responding to ICE invading their cities is a massive advertisement FOR Chicago, an amazing city full of incredible humans.
May we all live somewhere full of neighbors who care about us this much.
May we all live somewhere full of neighbors who care about us this much.
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On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
Fast food giants, you want people to come? Retro Stores! We splash around a few locations that are build like how they used to! 80s Pizza Hut down to the red cups! 90s Taco Bell in its bright color glory! McDonalds doesn't feel like a hotel lobby. Wendy's sun room! We call them restaurants again.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fast food giants, you want people to come? Retro Stores! We splash around a few locations that are build like how they used to! 80s Pizza Hut down to the red cups! 90s Taco Bell in its bright color glory! McDonalds doesn't feel like a hotel lobby. Wendy's sun room! We call them restaurants again.
Maybe they should go back to making better food.
The Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich used to be beautiful, and now it is an abomination.
The Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich used to be beautiful, and now it is an abomination.
Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of its restaurants in an effort to 'boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing'
Wendy's To Close Hundreds Of U.S. Stores
The latest round of closures comes on top of the 240 U.S. Wendy's locations that shuttered in 2024.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Maybe they should go back to making better food.
The Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich used to be beautiful, and now it is an abomination.
The Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich used to be beautiful, and now it is an abomination.