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Xavier Horatio Xinicit 🎉 @xinicit.bsky.social · 2d

You can just buy a pound of cheese. They’ll sell it to you without an ID. They don’t even ask what you’re going to do with it.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 2d

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.

This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 2d

It's #LastFourFriday, and I cannot stop chuckling at the Dudes Rock double feature of The Godfather and Magic Mike XXL

My last four logged on Letterboxd:

Twinless (2025)
One Battle After Another (2025)
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
The Godfather (1972)

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 3d

October's donation is to @evlovesnyc.bsky.social because I saw @prisonculture.bsky.social is starting a fundraiser for it. I love when Bluesky brings my attention to an organization I didn't know exist.

Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · Nov 27

I promised myself that I would try to donate $100 to charity every month because the election has me feeling totally helpless. I'm gonna try to hold myself accountable. This month I donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank. I'm open to suggestions for worthwhile charities for future months.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

My birthday is Sunday and for as long as I can remember I have used that occasion to raise needed funds for a project, organization or person. This year is no different. I have a goal of raising $5000 by 10/20 for EvLovesNYC @evlovesnyc.bsky.social - If you can & want to, please support this project

EVLovesNYC - Non Profit Helping New Yorkers in Need

EVLovesNYC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing food & resources in NYC. Over 340,000 Meals provided & working with 75+ partner organizations.

www.evloves.nyc

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 3d

I was talking with a friend last night about A House of Dynamite, the new Kathryn Bigelow film about the idea of a rogue nuke being launched at Chicago. And she brought up the RT score in the 80s and the Metacritic score at 80, and did we all watch the same movie? I hated that movie so vigorously!

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 3d

I'm trying to come up with ideas for things that go further than he's already gone. Maybe ordering the Marines into Chicago instead of the National Guard? The amount of bribery on full display can't really be topped. His crushing of the Constitution can be seen from space. What's left?

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like the opportunity for a water bed joke has been missed here.

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 5d

Hot Water Balloon

xkcd.com/3153/

Comic. [Giant balloon reminiscent of a hot air balloon but wavy and laying on the ground with “bloop” “bloop” sound effects. Two people are in a basket attached to one end of the balloon.] [caption] Hot water balloon rides turn out to be significantly less romantic than the air kind.

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 7d

Last night I watched the new Kathryn Bigelow Netflix movie A House of Dynamite. I can't remember the last time I walked out of a movie theater this angry at a movie. Everything about it is bad.

Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 9d

I watched a new movie called The Plague tonight. It's a movie about bullying among middle school-aged boys. I don't think I've ever been triggered by a piece of media before, but this did a number on me.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 9d

I realize we're all distracted by a lot of other things right now, but I was still shocked by just how little coverage this got. I hardly saw any other media sources write about it. So I had to write about it myself.

Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org · 9d

Joel Swanson on VPOTUS' casual, horrifying antisemitism

religiondispatches.org/jd-vance-tri...

JD Vance Trivializes Jewish History by Referring to ICE Criticism as 'Blood Libel' — But Reveals What this Admin Thinks of Jews

Last week, in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Vice President JD Vance accused critics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of committing “blood libel” against ICE agents. As Va...

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 9d

September's donation is a bit late, but @fooddepository.bsky.social is the lucky winner this month because Chicago deserves something good, even if it's as insignificant as my $100.

Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · Nov 27

I promised myself that I would try to donate $100 to charity every month because the election has me feeling totally helpless. I'm gonna try to hold myself accountable. This month I donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank. I'm open to suggestions for worthwhile charities for future months.

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 9d

The world is crumbling, but at least the #LastFourFriday is a welcome distraction. Movies continue to be good.

My last four logged on Letterboxd

Blue Velvet (1986)
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
All the President's Men (1976)
Splitsville (2025)

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 10d

Getting really excited* for the inevitable antisemitism that comes from this

*depressed

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 13d

He gets it 😌

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 19d

A Shot in the Dark

(the actual answer is La Strada, but the next to last thing I watched is A Shot in the Dark and it fits the prompt much better)

Your sex life is now called the last thing you watched. What's the title?

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 19d

I am once again begging (BEGGING) ever indie theater or festival programmer to remember that not every movie after 9 PM has to be for sickos. Some of us just can't get out until the kids are asleep.

Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 23d

You can tell I'm not having a normal one because I willingly drove through Allston on a Friday night to go to a movie.

Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 23d

This week's #LastFourFriday has two great films, two good not great films, two I watched on streaming, and two I watched in theaters. And yet those categories do not line up neatly. Weird how that worked out.

My last four on Letterboxd:

The Pink Panther (1963)
In Another Country (2012)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Honey, Don't! (2025)

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · 28d

My in-laws could not be more of a stereotype if it was possible. They spent all dinner complaining about how spicy the potatoes were. The potatoes were seasoned with black pepper.

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · Sep 19

I guess my entire argument boils down to a question of whether punching the bully in the nose will get him to punch you even harder. I clearly don't know enough about the history, but if there's precedent for Russia not responding, then I'm suddenly much more interested in this action.

Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · Sep 19

I think the steps that Putin is taking to escalate things and the escalation of responding to them are different levels. Shooting down a fighter jet feels like an actual escalation into war between NATO and Russia. Or do you read that action differently?

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · Sep 19

No. There's a part of me that says "Putin is overextended anyway, now's the time to force him to put up or shut up" but I can't imagine actually wanting to start any war, even I think it would be strategically advantageous.

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · Sep 19

I was kinda freaking out in my head for no particular reason, and then I had lunch and it calmed things down significantly. So please remember to both take breaks and to keep yourself fed. It's worth it.

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Not David Lynch @notdavidlynch.bsky.social · Sep 19

I really like this week's #LastFourFriday. Not nearly as international as I might like, but no two movies from the same decade, spans 80 years, and all bangers. Good times.

My last four logged on Letterboxd

The Toxic Avenger (2023)
Casablanca (1942)
Prince: Sign O' the Times (1987)
Jaws (1975)

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