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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · 15d

Here’s what broke me: the protein debate. How much protein do you need per day? Podcasts are pushing you need 1g per lb of body weight. And to be honest, without looking into the science and before hearing the arguments, my bullshit meter sprung to life.

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I'm Done With Optimization - Part 1: Nutrition

I think I've got it from here, thanks Huberman and Attia...

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · 27d

Here's a fun one: when you find out the results of a contest that you've submitted to on Instagram, but you never got a rejection and it's still live in Submittable. So I take it I didn't win?

But, you know, lit mags, right?

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Sep 3

One thing you’ll hear a lot of critics say is, “I don’t care about the movie because they spent no time developing these characters and I don’t care whether they live or die.” Really? Are you a fucking psychopath? #weapons #horror

Weapons: A Sort of Review

Why "Did you Like It Is?" not always the same question as "Was it Good?"

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Aug 18

Vagabond is a dark film if you watch it as a standalone film. It gets even darker when your watching it in the context of Agnes Varda’s filmography, which entertains a lot of dark themes, but this perhaps hints at the darkest. #agnesvarda

The August of Agnes: Vagabond

Wherein Agnes ventures to the dark territories of the human psyche and human behavior...

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Aug 17

I still love Oy, so there's that. Great show by the way. Can't wait to hear more on your Dark Tower journey.

JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm going to confess to being a psychopath here: Wolf is the Jar Jar Binks of the Stephen King Universe, and yes, I can't stand him.

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Aug 11

The push and pull between traditional values and individual freedoms at the root of women’s lives are becoming a primary concern for Varda, and she carries that through into Vagabond which explores the life of a Pauline type figure who decides to take the idea of freedom to a further extreme. #varda

The August of Agnes: Daguerréotypes, One Sings, the Other Doesn't, Mur Murs, and Documenteur

In which, because I haven't posted about my Varda watching, I have a lot of ground to cover

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Aug 7

The August of Agnes: Lions Love (...and Lies)

The problem with all this, for me, is that I hate hippies.

The August of Agnes: Lions Love (...and Lies)

Where Agnes hits a low (for me) by engaging with the ephemeral nonsense of the late-60s

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Aug 4

The moment you’re born, you start the journey toward death, so why is it only when we’re faced with a situation like Cleo’s that we look around and see the world as worth cherishing? jmjones9176.substack.com/p/august-of-... #agnesvarda

August of Agnes: Cleo from 5 to 7

My chronological viewing of the films of Agnes Varda continues...

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Aug 3

Started a Substack just for thoughts on film, books, music, whisky and football. You know, the finer things in life. If you're interested, give it a shot, maybe subscribe.

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The August of Agnes: La Pointe Courte

Deciding to start a Substack, my first question was, what should I right about?

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jul 15

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#dadjokes

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jul 13

What's the difference between a porcupine and a Cyber Truck?

With a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside.

Thanks, I'll be here all week....

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 29

You are correct. My apologies to Gorillaglue

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 28

We should be able to view edit history here. My response was to the original comment which was WTF that’s a great analogy

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 28

It’s a terrible analogy. Analogies are 1:1. I don’t agree with ICE and hate Trump but 9:11 was a terror attack that killed that many people not detained them. If you tell me every month in Gaza is 9:11 that seems accurate. This however is hyperbole

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 28

Are they executing the arrests by firing squad?

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 20

A lot of female friend groups watch Golden Girls or Sex and the City and debate, which one of them are you? On today, the 50th anniversary of Jaws, I put it to you male friends groups, which member of the Orca are you?

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 20

Here's to swimmin' with bowlegged women. #jaws #50th #anniversary

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 20

Isn't it amusing how doctors always ask vegetarians how they get their protein, but don't ask meat eaters how they get their fiber?

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 6

That reminder that when an actor or musician passes away, you know within the hour. When a great writer passes, it takes several days for the news to trickle down even to the reading public.

A Boy's Own Story is one of the great coming-of-age novels. If you haven't read it, please do.

The Writer Who Knew the Joys of Sex

Edmund White, who died yesterday at 85, infused his life with as much pleasure as he did his writing.

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · Jun 6

Everyday I sit down to write full of the trepidation that nothing will come. Everyday something comes. Some days, it's good. Others, it's bad. But it always comes. So why haven't I learned yet that just sitting down at my desk is half the battle? #writinglife

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · May 10

It’s been 30+ years, and every time I see River Phoenix on screen I wish he hadn’t died.

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JM Jones @jasonjonesm.bsky.social · May 9

Writing for the New Yorker in September 1999, Hilton Als said the nine-and-a-half-minute sketch “remains, a little over a quarter of a century later, the most profound meditation on race and class that I have ever seen on a major network.” - Furious Cool by Joe and David Henry

Juke and Opal

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