Darkest Timeline JDP
@jamesdavidpatrick.bsky.social
Writer of fictions and things / slayer of small literary journals and music mags / host of the Cinema Shame podcast / @007hertzrumble on the Twitter / creator of #Bond_age_ / collector of physical media / imbiber of coffee and bourbon
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Once lost Louise Brooks films to have Blu-ray release. For the details see the Louise Brooks Society blog at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/12/once...
Once lost Louise Brooks films to have Blu-ray release
Louise Brooks, Focus on Louise Brooks, Flicker Alley, San Francisco Film Preserve, The Street of Forgotten Men, The American Venus, Just Another Blond
louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Once lost Louise Brooks films to have Blu-ray release. For the details see the Louise Brooks Society blog at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/12/once...
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I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔
Nice try on Schwarber, Buccos. 5 years for a pure DH was a tough commit. Sounds like they made the Phillies up their offer, though. And that’s probably a franchise first.
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Nice try on Schwarber, Buccos. 5 years for a pure DH was a tough commit. Sounds like they made the Phillies up their offer, though. And that’s probably a franchise first.
Is this like that one Archer episode?
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Is this like that one Archer episode?
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And we are now at just over $200 and just over 10% of our goal this year. Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed to #Gutterthon2025 so far! fnd.us/Gutterthon25...
Gutterthon 2025: Grand Slam
Help The Cultural Gutter keep our commitment to thoughtful writing about disreputable art and paying writers for their work.
fnd.us
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And we are now at just over $200 and just over 10% of our goal this year. Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed to #Gutterthon2025 so far! fnd.us/Gutterthon25...
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*presses record*
Idea for movie: a maverick proofreader breaks all the rules & defies his bosses by making er, clear & concise corrections, wait a minute, delete
Idea for movie: a maverick proofreader breaks all the rules & defies his bosses by making er, clear & concise corrections, wait a minute, delete
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
*presses record*
Idea for movie: a maverick proofreader breaks all the rules & defies his bosses by making er, clear & concise corrections, wait a minute, delete
Idea for movie: a maverick proofreader breaks all the rules & defies his bosses by making er, clear & concise corrections, wait a minute, delete
Sadly, Jim Varney’s no longer with us to save Christmas.
And they will be promptly shot down upon entering U.S. airspace
Melania Trump: "Santa's reindeer -- Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, all of them -- they're resting in the North Pole. They need to save all of their energy for their great flight around the world on Christmas Eve. Santa told me they're snuggling beneath warm, fluffy blankets."
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sadly, Jim Varney’s no longer with us to save Christmas.
One of the best lists you’ll find for 2025. I’d only argue that BLACK BAG is too low!
My picks for the best movies of 2025.
The Best Movies of 2025
ScreenCrush’s film critic picks the 20 best movies of the year.
screencrush.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One of the best lists you’ll find for 2025. I’d only argue that BLACK BAG is too low!
Nobody told me that WATER (1985) is on the @criterionchannl.bsky.social. The DVD is utter shit. This is extraordinary news for, like, 7 people.
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Nobody told me that WATER (1985) is on the @criterionchannl.bsky.social. The DVD is utter shit. This is extraordinary news for, like, 7 people.
So, who managed to see FACKHAM HALL this weekend? Anyone?
a man stands in front of a wooden sign that says hymn 69 707
ALT: a man stands in front of a wooden sign that says hymn 69 707
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
So, who managed to see FACKHAM HALL this weekend? Anyone?
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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Sick of the slop?
With the AI ‘Slop Evader’, you can search and scroll the internet “like it’s 2022”
www.404media.co/slop-evader-...
With the AI ‘Slop Evader’, you can search and scroll the internet “like it’s 2022”
www.404media.co/slop-evader-...
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sick of the slop?
With the AI ‘Slop Evader’, you can search and scroll the internet “like it’s 2022”
www.404media.co/slop-evader-...
With the AI ‘Slop Evader’, you can search and scroll the internet “like it’s 2022”
www.404media.co/slop-evader-...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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When we talk about physical media, we are often only taking about personal collections but a big part of shunning the current digital ecosystem is supporting your local library. Not just for print books and periodicals but for movies, games and other medias too. Get. A. Library. Card.
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When we talk about physical media, we are often only taking about personal collections but a big part of shunning the current digital ecosystem is supporting your local library. Not just for print books and periodicals but for movies, games and other medias too. Get. A. Library. Card.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Go find a theater showing Fackham Hall.
We ten lunatics at an 840 screening of a British comedy that nobody knows even exists had a great time.
We ten lunatics at an 840 screening of a British comedy that nobody knows even exists had a great time.
#NowSeated for FACKHAM HALL. Yes. At an 840am showtime, the only screening at Cinemark today. In its opening weekend… or should I say ONLY weekend.
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Go find a theater showing Fackham Hall.
We ten lunatics at an 840 screening of a British comedy that nobody knows even exists had a great time.
We ten lunatics at an 840 screening of a British comedy that nobody knows even exists had a great time.
#NowSeated for FACKHAM HALL. Yes. At an 840am showtime, the only screening at Cinemark today. In its opening weekend… or should I say ONLY weekend.
December 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#NowSeated for FACKHAM HALL. Yes. At an 840am showtime, the only screening at Cinemark today. In its opening weekend… or should I say ONLY weekend.
No. Really. WTF. Why even bother?
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
No. Really. WTF. Why even bother?
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‘Think we’re gonna get to see Batgirl now, dad?’
‘Shut up, son.’
‘Shut up, son.’
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
‘Think we’re gonna get to see Batgirl now, dad?’
‘Shut up, son.’
‘Shut up, son.’
As a podcast host, I request that Kegsbreath take a pleasure cruise on a boat in the Caribbean. He needs a vacation.
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
As a podcast host, I request that Kegsbreath take a pleasure cruise on a boat in the Caribbean. He needs a vacation.
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News outlets breathlessly talk about these kinds of mergers like it's three handsome suitors vying for the hand of a coquettish vestal virgin instead of what it is:
Companies that are already more powerful than many national governments vying for monopolistic control over all media and information.
Companies that are already more powerful than many national governments vying for monopolistic control over all media and information.
these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.
these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage.
Paramount throws in more cash in bid for Warner; Comcast wants to combine assets with NBCUniversal
Jockeying for HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery has intensified as the auction appears to enter its home stretch.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
News outlets breathlessly talk about these kinds of mergers like it's three handsome suitors vying for the hand of a coquettish vestal virgin instead of what it is:
Companies that are already more powerful than many national governments vying for monopolistic control over all media and information.
Companies that are already more powerful than many national governments vying for monopolistic control over all media and information.
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Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
One Christmas movie to know me by
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One Christmas movie to know me by