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Tom Brueggemann
@tombrueggemann.bsky.social
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Palm Springs/ex-IndieWire writer, Substack now/ex-film buyer in Chicago, New York, LA/world traveler, baseball (Cubs) fan/recovering cinephile/voracious reader /caregiver to 2 older bonded dogs/Northwestern U grad/political junkie
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 6h
Got it was a joke; saw it when it came out
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 6h
there's no question that this usage is common; on the other hand, when you say a man in hung it has more than one meaning
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8h
Reagan at that point was an enthusiastically pro-FDR New Dealer Democrat.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8h
Excellent point. (Pedantic - for people the past tense is hanged; for animals or objects hung; common error).
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8h
Chicago's North Shore FWIW - it is always on the North Shore. Same with Long Island. If you add suburbs, more likely to say in.
Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 9h
Except at this point Trump looks forward to Mamdani winning as in his mind a useful foil.
Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 13h
Roadside Attractions, the distributor, like many smaller ones doesn't report daily grosses. It was #12 for the weekend (poor for the number of theaters), likely close to that daily. Tomorrow full week grosses will be reported and the four-day weekday gross will be revealed.
Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 16h
It's actually not even 9 months. 10 (October) minus 1 (January) equals 9, and it's not the 20th yet.
Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 16h
Timing doesn't work. Elected to House in 2016, state rep in LA for two years before.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 2d
Nearly perfect response, but he's the elected president, facing legislative elections he's afraid of losing. A wannabe dictator perhaps but not one yet. (And impossible to look at with being disgusted TBH).
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 2d
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...
Toby Talbot, Impassioned Promoter of Art Films, Dies at 96 (Gift Article)
With her husband, Dan, she ran four theaters in Manhattan and a company that distributed foreign and independent classics.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 2d
Adolf. Why is this happening all of a sudden?
Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 3d
Cubs fan here, rooting for the Brewers now. Nice story, never won. And the idea of rooting for the Dodgers to advance and risk them winning the World Series is insane IMO.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 3d
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14 Diane Keaton Films in iTunes' Top 90 List, Led by 'The First Wives Club'
"The Conjuring: Last Rites" #1 in PVOD, Keira Knightley's "Woman in Cabin 10" leads at Netflix
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 3d
I can remember home phone #s from 1958-1975. Any given point from teens on maybe up to 50 #s at any given time.
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 3d
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 3d
I still remember my home phone #s from three different cities, going from maybe learning first at 5 through college. At any given time, might have had 20-30 phone #s in my head.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 3d
Second in line. VP is first in line. The president is president not in line to be president. Common mistake.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 4d
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Carnage Abounds Led by $180 Million 'Tron - Ares'
Heavy weight specialized titles continue to fall short of breakout status.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 5d
This is so true. I keep a running list of directors 90 and older. It has 49 names (likely missing some - I didn't have Ken Jacobs; Woody joins next month). 80 used to be rare. 90 extreme, now almost expected.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 5d
Lost the Oscar to Katharine Hepburn, her 4th. Ugh. Best Keaton Oscar story - nominated for Something's Gotta Give. Went solo. Drove herself to LA from suburbs. Wore dress from closet. Looked radiant. I met her a couple times at industry events - totally down to earth, friendly, normal. Also directed
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 6d
Minor, but stunning but maybe not that Wells doesn't understand that Metacritic gives a score, not a percentage rating. Also, the guess for the weekend is in the $7 million range.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 6d
In our entire history only 3 sitting US Senators (Harding, Kennedy, Obama)
have been elected president, yet every cycle 5-10 consider running
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8d
1 measurement is staff turnover. Apparently Porter had this. The issue of temperment is more relevant to the office of gov than a legislator. A gov has to bear many fools to succeed, know how to get along with people. It's not just women - his Dem colleagues didn't like Al Franken, both genders.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8d
In a vacuum, no. In context of many similar reports in recent years, including from women, yes. Calling Alex Padilla, who possibly has been waiting in the wings.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8d
Which jurisdiction do they hope to get this in? DC? MD? NVa? NoIL? Good luck with that.
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