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Media archivist. Elder millennial. Exiled Californian. Avatar is Jennifer Connelly from Dark City on 35mm. Banner is a bunch of vintage TVs. he/they/any/all
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Working in film archives means protecting that which matters most. 📽️📜
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“My phone will now bully you”
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“My phone will now bully you”
Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and right place, they're capable of anything, Charlie Brown.
You cannot kill me in any way that matters, Charlie Brown.
I did it 35 minutes ago, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and right place, they're capable of anything, Charlie Brown.
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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i do not need to seek out movies to celebrate udo, i just need to watch the kind of movies i like and udo will appear in them. his presence is etched into the world forever
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i do not need to seek out movies to celebrate udo, i just need to watch the kind of movies i like and udo will appear in them. his presence is etched into the world forever
Experienced choice overload on what to do this evening and ended up on YouTube watching Dick Cavett talk to Orson Welles
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Experienced choice overload on what to do this evening and ended up on YouTube watching Dick Cavett talk to Orson Welles
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November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Yup, takes multiple forms. There's an archivist who writes that gossip is a form of oral history.
Sports trade and injury talk is just gossip that we don't call gossip.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yup, takes multiple forms. There's an archivist who writes that gossip is a form of oral history.
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no matter if it's a little 2 hour joint or a 15+ hour major piece... every time is an absolute certainty that they are going to hate it and tell the newspapers that we suck and should die
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
no matter if it's a little 2 hour joint or a 15+ hour major piece... every time is an absolute certainty that they are going to hate it and tell the newspapers that we suck and should die
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Silence! Of the Lambs
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Silence! Of the Lambs
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I'm watching Downton Abbey and one of the servants makes a reference to Tom Mix. I need someone with more silent film knowledge than me to tell me if it's plausible that an english woman who doesn't live near a cinema would know who Tom Mix is.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I'm watching Downton Abbey and one of the servants makes a reference to Tom Mix. I need someone with more silent film knowledge than me to tell me if it's plausible that an english woman who doesn't live near a cinema would know who Tom Mix is.
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1. Good riddance.
2. I am already seeing people on the left praising her and saying she should join the Democrats. HER ENTIRE RESIGNATION SPEECH WAS DUMPING ON TRANS PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
2. I am already seeing people on the left praising her and saying she should join the Democrats. HER ENTIRE RESIGNATION SPEECH WAS DUMPING ON TRANS PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Marjorie Taylor Greene To Resign From Congress | HuffPost Latest News
The surprising news comes amid a public feud with President Donald Trump.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
1. Good riddance.
2. I am already seeing people on the left praising her and saying she should join the Democrats. HER ENTIRE RESIGNATION SPEECH WAS DUMPING ON TRANS PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
2. I am already seeing people on the left praising her and saying she should join the Democrats. HER ENTIRE RESIGNATION SPEECH WAS DUMPING ON TRANS PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
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I actually wrote about visiting the WB prop archives in 2024 which, seriously, is a breathtaking vault of history.
journeysinclassicfilm.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/m...
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My Visit to the Warner Bros. Archives
Twice this year I had the ability to visit Warner Bros. physical production archives, once as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival and the other as part of my day job. I realized that I never actu…
journeysinclassicfilm.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I actually wrote about visiting the WB prop archives in 2024 which, seriously, is a breathtaking vault of history.
journeysinclassicfilm.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/m...
journeysinclassicfilm.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/m...
What are we? A buncha Muslims?
Rep. Eugene Vindman: " I want to start by condemning the president for calling for six Democratic members of Congress, all of whom are patriots who served our country to be hanged. It is the kind of thing we expect from a Saudi Crown Prince, not an American President."
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What are we? A buncha Muslims?
Sucks that I'm not a professional anymore
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sucks that I'm not a professional anymore
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Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
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Everyone who works in a library is not a librarian.
The trials are long and hard, the studies deep and exhausting, and let's not get into the "bookworm pit."
The trials are long and hard, the studies deep and exhausting, and let's not get into the "bookworm pit."
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Everyone who works in a library is not a librarian.
The trials are long and hard, the studies deep and exhausting, and let's not get into the "bookworm pit."
The trials are long and hard, the studies deep and exhausting, and let's not get into the "bookworm pit."
Orlando Jones deserved a better career
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Orlando Jones deserved a better career
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It remains very fun that the guy from the O.C. and Gotham became one of the biggest and most clearly spoken critics of crypto and is just chilling in the replies dropping the same gifs we would
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It remains very fun that the guy from the O.C. and Gotham became one of the biggest and most clearly spoken critics of crypto and is just chilling in the replies dropping the same gifs we would
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Sorry to be obnoxious about this but all the criticisms of Grok's blatant pro-Musk tuning ring just absurdly hollow if no one is actually willing to give up directly contributing to Elon Musk's website and in doing so, creating the conditions that make millions of people use the fucking chatbot
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Sorry to be obnoxious about this but all the criticisms of Grok's blatant pro-Musk tuning ring just absurdly hollow if no one is actually willing to give up directly contributing to Elon Musk's website and in doing so, creating the conditions that make millions of people use the fucking chatbot
I really shouldn't be checking my 401k these days...
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I really shouldn't be checking my 401k these days...
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Chris Elliot's groundbreaking anti-sitcom, Get A Life, is finally coming to streaming, courtesy of Shout TV.
Stand in the place where you live because Get A Life is finally coming to streaming
Stand in the place where you live because Get A Life is finally coming to streaming
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Chris Elliot's groundbreaking anti-sitcom, Get A Life, is finally coming to streaming, courtesy of Shout TV.
Reskeet with a time you looked cool
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool
Shocked that my kids don't think Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker is funny
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Shocked that my kids don't think Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker is funny