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Martin Tsai
@martintsai.bsky.social
critique de cinéma. mots dans sight and sound, awards watch, screen anarchy, los angeles times etc.

camarade de national critics institute et power of diverse voices. membre de galeca, aaja et nlgja. il/le

ouvert au travail: [email protected]
Pinned
omg i’m going to be in the december issue

i know some of y’all have 1,000 s&s bylines but THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME
“Whishaw delivers the 55 pages of monologue with the impressive illusion of spontaneity.”
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1

"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social

#filmsky
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February 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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The GOP is once again showing its disdain for the Constitution.

fox9.com/news/residen...
‘Residential protesting’ could be a crime in Minnesota under new GOP proposal
A bill that’s backed by a coalition of GOP lawmakers set to be proposed at the start of the upcoming session would make “residential protesting" punishable under Minnesota law.
fox9.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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wth is kevin spacey doing there
February 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
even descendants of actual nazis think he is lame
We are the laughing stock of the world.
February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Fetterman proudly declared he would vote for restrictions on financial aid to Americans but would never vote for restrictions on financial aid to Israel. He did this on Fox News.

he is purportedly a Democrat
Fetterman on Bartiromo's show: "Stand with Israel. I'll never vote for any kinds of restrictions on aid, whether it's military, financial, or intelligence."
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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February 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM
*pedophiles* constantly shifting the blame
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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This is grim. They reduce people's lives to nothing more than a political attack.
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
legacy admission=affirmative action for pedophiles
February 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Rep. Buddy Carter on a teacher who was killed when ICE got into a high-speed chase with a man who had no criminal record: "She is a victim of Jon Ossoff, Chuck Schumer, and the Democrats ... they've got blood on their hands"
February 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.” 2/2
February 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Does that seem fair to you?
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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".. The resulting price spikes are starting to look a bit like the Weimar Republic’s hyperinflation."

@bloomberg.com #$MU
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rampant AI Demand for Memory Is Fueling a Growing Chip Crisis
A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corpor...
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Hakeem Jeffries PISSED About AIPAC Questions
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Ben Goertzel, popularizer of the term AGI and creator of the Sophia robot, congratulating Jeffrey Epstein the day after Epstein was released from prison.

Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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"Most of those migrants and their lawyers...say they’ve been told by local authorities that they cannot leave the facility unless they agree to return to their home countries, from which they fled to escape war or persecution."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Wuthering Heights is at its heart a story of class and race. Emerald Fennell has got it all wrong | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Wuthering Heights is at its heart a story of class and race. Emerald Fennell has got it all wrong | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
By turning the novel into just a corset-heaving love story, the director has stripped it of what made it so boundary-pushing, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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True.
February 17, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.

Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.

“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
February 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM