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Gillian Gaar @gilliangaarwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, I'm still writing: bookandfilmglobe.com/books/the-so...

The Song and Dance Man Who Brought Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Pennywise to Life - Book and Film Globe

As Tim Curry is the first to admit, his best known alter-ego, the inimitable Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, would have no problem

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 53m

Here. This should help.

David Bowie - DJ (Official Video)

YouTube video by David Bowie

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 1h

wow those tiny babies sure had some reach for tiny babies

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

Elise Stefanik is scrubbing photos of herself accepting awards from the vile Young Republicans caught in the Politico group chat. She supported every single one of them in New York State.

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Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org · 2d

Hal Hartley’s first film in a decade, WHERE TO LAND, plays one more time at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on Wed.

"A shaggy & spellbinding ode to shifting gears despite everyday life’s crippling opposition to change.” Glenn Heath Jr., The Film Stage

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J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 1h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
New rewind column, JH

‘Greaser’s Palace’ Contains a Million Laughs … or None

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Sabina Stent @sabinastent.bsky.social · 3h

“She had more than 60 scrapbooks of disparate accumulated images and kept Sophie Calle’s Blind on her nightstand, to remind her of the magic of sight; that looking is a dedicated endeavour.”

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‘A photographer with a cool and deadly eye’: Diane Keaton’s creativity behind the lens

The Oscar-winning actor and style icon was also a prolific photographer, collector and curator whose lifelong fascination with images revealed a sharp, singular way of seeing the world

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 3h

A lot of people (mostly those horrified at the notion that one might be <gasp> morally judged for the things one says) purport to think it's awful and wrong to end friendships over "political opinions". But basically nobody ACTUALLY believes this.

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 5h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 3h

Visited the Warhol museum today. Something you can only appreciate in person is the sheer size of some of these paintings. This piece, Elvis 11 Times, is one canvas.

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 3h

Holy relics- Andy's wigs and corsets (at the Warhol museum).

Display case at the Warhol museum showing wigs and corsets belonging to Andy Warhol.

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Dude @defeasance.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Clean watching the meteor coming in

SOON IT WILL ALL BE CLEAN

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 21h

You're fine. I appreciate you sticking up for your friend.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

I know people were waiting for my reax to Critical Drinker Wannabes on One Battle After Another, but these vids are so bad.

If you want Willa to be a "Mary Sue" or a "girlboss," you have to ignore the movie's set-up: That she has spent her *whole life* training for a crisis. And they ignore it!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Every word of this is worth reading. These people are not outliers in young MAGA leadership. The person you are when you think you can get away with saying anything is the real you.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the Diane Keaton tributes mentioned When Harry Met Sally in passing, so I decided to watch it for the first time since its release while on a flight. I got seven minutes into it and decided to watch the Jayne Mansfield documentary instead (which is good btw).

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner.

They deserve credit precisely because they’re standing up for journalistic principle notwithstanding their ideological inclination.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 1d

Going through my Ken Jacobs file I found this 2012 conversation. It was organized by Violet Lucca who was also responsible for the pedagogical projection alluded to in our talk. (The picture below is so far as I know the only record of the event.)

www.filmcomment.com/blog/heretic...

Heretical Heuristics: J. Hoberman and Ken Jacobs Explain the Movi-verse

Film Comment Selects Interview: J. Hoberman and Ken Jacobs on multiple projections.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 2d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 1d

Has been berry berry good to me.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 1d

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

Nashville folks, @ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a show Friday at drkmttr! It will be amazing!

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

if you know a single soul in…

• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area

@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC

tomorrow thru friday

our last shows of the year!!!!

linktr.ee/ekkoastral

ekko astral on stage lookin epic photo credit alec pugliese

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 1d

He did much of the grocery shopping. He really liked driving around and shopping.

Ź🖤🥀 @lalaspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

What’s ONE green flag about your father?

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Matt Chorpenning, MSW @chorpenning.bsky.social · 2d

If you live in one of these cities and can go see this band, you should go see them. Ekko Astral is fucking awesome!

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

let’s share this and see how powerful bluesky can be for music, shall we?

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

if you know a single soul in…

• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area

@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC

tomorrow thru friday

our last shows of the year!!!!

linktr.ee/ekkoastral

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