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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 1d

Hey 👋 all- just noticed that the #audiobook (source for the upcoming #movie “Alone at Dawn”) is now on #sale on #Audible! #AdamDriver

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 59m

BREAKING

The US State Department has revoked the visas of citizens from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Paraguay for comments they made in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

- An Argentine national who said Charlie "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
- A South African national who mocked those grieving Charlie saying "they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom"
-A Mexican national who said Charlie "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die."
- A Brazilian national who said "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that he "DIED TOO LATE."
- A German national who celebrated Charlie's death + wrote
"when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
- A Paraguayan national who said "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 52m

Join us at 6 pm ET!

We are going to roast the shit out of these racist Republican losers.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1h

Guest hosting for @maryltrump.bsky.social tonight at 6 pm ET!

Join us!

We will roast Alex Jones, Mike Johnson, Trump and racist AF Young Republican leaders --- they all have it coming.

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LIVE: Mary Trump RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 19h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18h

Bari Weiss, a right winger with a history of anti-Muslim hate and the founder of billionaire funded "Free Press", now leads billionaire owned CBS, and hires Free Press to make up a story about the potentially first Muslim mayor of NYC.

Definitely no conflict or corporate corruption here. Nope. None

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 1d

I’m tryna save $… so will be seeing 2 movies 🎥 only: “Tension” (1949) & “Inferno” (1953). FYI: If you have HBO MAX, you can also see “Tension.”

Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 1d

Hey 👋 all- just noticed that the #audiobook (source for the upcoming #movie “Alone at Dawn”) is now on #sale on #Audible! #AdamDriver

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 1d

Hot 🥵 damn- def agree w/ this writer ✍️ 💯 %! 👏 👏 👏 #AdamDriver

Creative License 🎬 @creativelicense.bsky.social · 2d

"He is both the lion and the lamb. He is a true artist, but he is also art" 💯 #AdamDriver
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Spotlight on Adam Driver | Playgirl

Sexiness is a whole energy. And Driver’s full of it. Playgirl takes a close look at Adam Driver, from "Girls" to "The House of Gucci"

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 1d

#NoirCityDC is one of the cool #events in my area at AFI Silver; this is my 5th yrs attending…

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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 4d

Russ Vought just said that firings have begun. OMB called them "substantial."

Our initial story is below — but we're very short on the details. Please reach out if you hear anything, I'm on Signal at annakramer.54

The Trump Administration Says It Has Begun Mass Firings

After weeks of threats, OMB Director Russ Vought announced that Reductions in Force across federal agencies have begun, with the White House calling them “substantial.”

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 4d

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#movies #reviews #drama #books #perioddrama #thomashardy

Movie Review: “Far From the Madding Crowd” (2015) starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, & Tom Sturridge

I re-watched this movie (Amazon Prime video) recently after listening to a (glowing) review on the Swoon Worthy pod. I recall NOT being V impressed w/ it when it was released in theaters; I saw it …

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Nihilistic Wrong Hordak 🏳️‍⚧️ @shadow27.bsky.social · 5d

The next couple questions are just as good with Simon tearing into Shapiro and holding fast:

SHAPIRO: You would rather put a gun in your mouth?

SIMON: I mean, what you're saying to me, effectively, is there's no original way to do anything and...

SHAPIRO: No.

SIMON: Yes, you are.

SHAPIRO: That seems like a kind of absolutist take.

SIMON: Not only I think is it a fundamental violation of the integrity of writers and also of copyright to - you know, when I sold all the scripts I sold, you know, 150 to HBO and, you know, maybe another 50 to NBC, I didn't sell them so that they could be thrown into a computer with other people's and be used again by a corporation. So...

SHAPIRO: So would you ever agree to a contract that saw any role for AI at all?

SIMON: No. I would not.

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 4d

Damn- he IS a real one! 👏 💯

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 4d

I mean this sincerely: If the presence of the National Guard at Union Station is supposed to make it feel safer, they could patrol the dark parking lot at 10:30 at night instead of hanging out in front of the closed Starbucks or whatever.

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 4d

Love ❤️ it!!! 👏

Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 5d

“ #JoshOConnor is like a #young #JimmyStewart… just supremely gifted & a wonderful human being!” #GlennClose at #WakeUpDeadMan premiere red carpet

Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 5d

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#movies #reviews #drama #robertredford #merylstreep #tomcruise #waronterror

“Lions for Lambs” (2007) starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, & Tom Cruise

Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a senator, a journalist and a professor. -Synopsis This out-of-the box film (directed…

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biscooti🍪 @adamdriverss.bsky.social · 6d

the sweetest smile 🥹🥹 #adamdriver #nyff

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Aviendha69 - ⊃∪∩⪽ - 🦋 🇨🇦 @aviendha69.bsky.social · 6d

Looks like meat is back on the menu, kids
#Trump #Epstein

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 6d

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#Movies #reviews #JaneAusten #books #writers #romance #comedy #drama #French #English

Spoiler-Free Review: “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” (2025)

A young woman in Paris, who dreams of becoming a successful writer and experiencing true love, may finally have her Jane Austen moment… -Tagline Writer-director (Laura Piani) was inspired to …

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 6d

No words! 😮 🔥 🥵 ❤️

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Knightleyemma @knightleyemma.bsky.social · 6d

Damn - this #movie was V good 👍🏽 (on rewatch)! I recall NOT being SO impressed when saw in theaters 10 yrs ago… There is also an #audiobook (read by actor Nathaniel Parker- who was in the 1998 BBC miniseries) 👏