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Craig Duffy

@pinkcowduffy.bsky.social

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Cinephile. Jazz-Head. Dad. 1/2 of This Cinematic Life. Board Member of @thefridacinema.org. Now with the power to post! blog: https://cinemanerds.blogspot.com/ letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/cduffy/

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Craig Duffy @pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · Jul 29

“Over the course of three decades of making movies, The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson has changed a lot, but his fascination with how people and things do or do not change, has remained amazingly consistent.”

Magonia: Mediations on Liminality in the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson

FIRST THING In the December 12th edition of the Los Angeles Daily News , in the year 1999, director Paul Thomas Anderson attempted to expl...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17m

Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff, wearing a black suit, speaks to an audience. A headline reads: "Salesforce Pitched ICE on Services to Recruit More Staff, Documents Show." Photo by Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

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Katie Walsh @katiewalshstx.bsky.social · 15m

Goddamn @theamynicholson.bsky.social COOKED with this FRANKENSTEIN review. Bow down to one of the greats. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

Someone asked what happened to the casual Nazi at the end of WWII. The people who supported the Party

The answer? Suicides and murders. If they weren’t beaten to death or shot in the streets, they killed themselves

There’s a book called Promise Me You’ll Shoot Yourself by Florian Huber about it.

The mass suicides by ordinary citizens in the last days of Nazi Germany
Historian Florian Huber's book examines how civilians took their own lives in greater numbers than military and government officials as the Third Reich collapsed
Soviet Army officers observe the bodies of women who committed
suicide in a Vienna park at the end of World War II.
CORDON PRESS / YEVGENY KHALDEINULL

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Craig Duffy @pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · 10h

The last VHS movie now on 4k. The circle is complete.

Craig Duffy @pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · 20h

Not sure why there’s a sudden influx of newbies, but welcome none the less!

Might I suggest following @thefridacinema.org?

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table and talking about being a film addict

Alt: GIF of Godard staring: “I’m a film addict, absolutely crazy about cinema”

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Craig Duffy @pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · 21h

Why the sudden influx of new users?

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22h

Republicans: “Stop calling us Nazis just because you disagree with us.”

*Elon Musk Nazi salutes*

Young Republican group: “I love Hitler.”

This Congressman’s office:

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Craig Duffy @pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · 21h

Poor Debbie

The cover of the CD featured a drawing of "Debbie Deb", however, Deb was overweight and suffered from low self-esteem, and found her sudden fame difficult to cope with.
She was crushed when her record company decided not to put her picture on the sleeves of her records and, in a Milli Vanilli-esque move, even hired an "impostor" to perform and pose as "Debbie Deb". As a result, she made little, if any, money from her hit singles, and was so hurt by the experience that she stopped singing for years, relying on her work as a hairdresser to make ends meet.

Craig Duffy @pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · 21h

For years, on Apple Music, the cover art for Lookout Weekend looked like the picture on the left. Within the last year it’s switched to the art on the right. Neither particularly looks like Debbie, right?

Illustration style of woman with shaggy blond hair in mom jeans and a studded bustier

An AI looking petite woman in spaghetti straps and…arm warmers?

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Craig Duffy @pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · 21h

If only they’d gone with Pulp’s theme song over Sheryl Crow

Tomorrow Never Lies

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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 1d

Those Rainy L.A. Nights...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 1d

Every time you see Mike Davis do Mike Davis things, think about Gorsuch reportedly helping land Davis a job at DOJ, then choosing him as a clerk when he was on the 10th Circuit, then choosing him as a clerk when he was on the Supreme Court.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Frankendarling @futurehasbeen.bsky.social · 1d

Mods are asleep, post Whoopi Goldberg as an old white businessman in The Associate (1996).

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 2d

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 2d

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Haylee 🏳️‍⚧️ @swiftxjustice.bsky.social · 2d

After a reread today I just want to remind everyone that Superman Smashes the Klan is one of the best Superman stories ever told. #comicsky #Superman

The cover of Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru, and Janice Chiang

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Old Movies for Young Stoners @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social · Aug 7

We learned from @milliedechirico.bsky.social's Professional Sweetheart newsletter that she's programming Pam Grier's (!) SOUL FLIX, so it's kinda like the TCM Underground is back as a Roku/Plex Channel. Congrats Millie!
wschronicle.com/pam-griers-n...

Pam Grier's new channel increases Free TV Networks' portfolio  - WS Chronicle

Pam Grier's new channel increases Free TV Networks' portfolio

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 2d

what if i got a tattoo of bob hoskins saying "girl power" in spice world

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

Drew Struzan's FOOD OF THE GODS poster art on the cover of Famous Monsters in 1976 blew my young mind. #FilmSky #DrewStruzan

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Eric Ansley Díaz @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 2d

Drew Struzan was the greatest movie poster artist who ever lived. We can’t think of so many of our most beloved movies without thinking of his art. I had his 1978 Star Wars re-release poster hanging on my wall for years. RIP to a true legend in what is sadly now a mostly lost art form.

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weinberg @weinberg.social · 2d

Rest in peace, Drew Struzan. His movie posters are much more than marketing. They're some of the finest pop art you'll ever see. Look at this masterpiece:

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