Alex
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You let in one or two sharks and next thing you know you're running a shark bar
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“Knowing facts is the same as insider trading now so we’re suing you for reading a book”
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Knowing facts is the same as insider trading now so we’re suing you for reading a book”
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“You can’t settle an argument with facts or explain anything with evidence because it disrupts the revenue model” is some thing.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“You can’t settle an argument with facts or explain anything with evidence because it disrupts the revenue model” is some thing.
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My new list of comedies directed by women boxd.it/P52D0
"Women Aren't Funny": Comedies Directed by Women
A list of 3,855 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Clueless (1995), The Burglars (1897), The Fisherman at the Stream (1897), At the Hypnotist's (1898) and Disappearing Act (1898).
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December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My new list of comedies directed by women boxd.it/P52D0
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I think every Godzilla movie that has Mothra in it should be classified as a musical, since Mothra won’t get out of bed without a whole song-and-dance routine.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I think every Godzilla movie that has Mothra in it should be classified as a musical, since Mothra won’t get out of bed without a whole song-and-dance routine.
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"the news is integrating a gambling app where you can bet on which wars will kill the most people via ranked tier lists" is a real biblically accurate sodom and gomorrah moment im ngl
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"the news is integrating a gambling app where you can bet on which wars will kill the most people via ranked tier lists" is a real biblically accurate sodom and gomorrah moment im ngl
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Can I brag about my students a bit? For my Female Filmmakers class 60 students chose a filmmaker & either created a new Wikipedia page or expanded an existing page. They knocked it out of the park! Lots of great new info! Lots of non-English sources translated! Great insights abt filmmaking! 😊
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Can I brag about my students a bit? For my Female Filmmakers class 60 students chose a filmmaker & either created a new Wikipedia page or expanded an existing page. They knocked it out of the park! Lots of great new info! Lots of non-English sources translated! Great insights abt filmmaking! 😊
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The older I get I question the theatre's ability to influence electoral politics - in the West, anyway - but it's maybe the best way to influence people. Passion is no substitute for skill. You need both - & it's a lot harder than it sounds, because skill smooths edges..
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The older I get I question the theatre's ability to influence electoral politics - in the West, anyway - but it's maybe the best way to influence people. Passion is no substitute for skill. You need both - & it's a lot harder than it sounds, because skill smooths edges..
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Stoppard's advice to Belarus Free Theatre, whom he advised for many years - if you want to influence politics, you must write great plays & stage them well, 'because people only listen to those who know what they're doing.'
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Stoppard's advice to Belarus Free Theatre, whom he advised for many years - if you want to influence politics, you must write great plays & stage them well, 'because people only listen to those who know what they're doing.'
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Legend. Arguably did more to shape “New American Cinema” than anyone else.
BOTD Dede Allen!!! Arthur Penn's go-to cutter (incl Bonnie & Clyde, Night Moves); also Odds Against Tomorrow, The Hustler, Serpico, Dog Day, Reds, Wonder Boys
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Dede Allen: The woman who turned film violence into poetry - Salon.com
The late Dede Allen edited
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December 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Legend. Arguably did more to shape “New American Cinema” than anyone else.
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New book event! I’ll be giving a talk ‘n play presentation on “The Silent Film Universe” at the The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen on Thurs Dec 4th. The lecture will be both in-person and virtual. generalsociety.org/future-lectu...
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New book event! I’ll be giving a talk ‘n play presentation on “The Silent Film Universe” at the The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen on Thurs Dec 4th. The lecture will be both in-person and virtual. generalsociety.org/future-lectu...
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I'm looking forward to this tomorrow (online and in-person in NYC): Ben Model and his wife, Manna Allen, and other silent film historians and colleagues helped me get through the early months of COVID-19 when they hosted Sunday screenings and talks.
New book event! I’ll be giving a talk ‘n play presentation on “The Silent Film Universe” at the The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen on Thurs Dec 4th. The lecture will be both in-person and virtual. generalsociety.org/future-lectu...
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'm looking forward to this tomorrow (online and in-person in NYC): Ben Model and his wife, Manna Allen, and other silent film historians and colleagues helped me get through the early months of COVID-19 when they hosted Sunday screenings and talks.
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Spring in Leningrad, 1987 by Sinitsa Andrey Yurievich
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Spring in Leningrad, 1987 by Sinitsa Andrey Yurievich
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I'm super stressed right now so here's a recent favourite landscape from a few months ago again - Dunvegan in Alberta, Canada. This aerial embroidery took forever but was worth it 💚 the higher up perspective is more intricate and slower to sew I've found, more fiddly! #art
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm super stressed right now so here's a recent favourite landscape from a few months ago again - Dunvegan in Alberta, Canada. This aerial embroidery took forever but was worth it 💚 the higher up perspective is more intricate and slower to sew I've found, more fiddly! #art
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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This is ugly. But the reason this lady was protesting is even worse. ICE thugs detained two children and their father on their way to school. One child appears to have been beaten in detention, and no one seems to know where the 12-year-old girl is right now. The family had been seeking asylum.
Shock Video Shows ICE Agent Assaulting Woman Who Asked If He’s A Good Christian
Hundreds protested Tuesday at an ICE facility in southwest Colorado after agents detained two children on their way to school.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is ugly. But the reason this lady was protesting is even worse. ICE thugs detained two children and their father on their way to school. One child appears to have been beaten in detention, and no one seems to know where the 12-year-old girl is right now. The family had been seeking asylum.
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An easy one: Any comics film adaptation that exists without the original creator being able to pay off their house is a moral failure
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
An easy one: Any comics film adaptation that exists without the original creator being able to pay off their house is a moral failure
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"if you don't care enough to bother to fix something, then you are telling the audience you dont really care about them."
today in pocket theatre, i write abt some of theatre's blind spots or lost threads. open.substack.com/pub/csvich/p...
lost threads
theatre's blind spots
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October 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"if you don't care enough to bother to fix something, then you are telling the audience you dont really care about them."
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So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
October 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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🎶No hay bala que mate a la verdad cuando la defiende la razón🎶
It you are not using your reason to make sure you are communicating the truth effectively, then you are doing a bad job of defending the truth no matter how right you are about what the truth is.
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It you are not using your reason to make sure you are communicating the truth effectively, then you are doing a bad job of defending the truth no matter how right you are about what the truth is.
youtu.be/GFmHhV807BY?...
MUEVETE-RUBEN BLADES
YouTube video by CUTO SOSA
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October 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🎶No hay bala que mate a la verdad cuando la defiende la razón🎶
It you are not using your reason to make sure you are communicating the truth effectively, then you are doing a bad job of defending the truth no matter how right you are about what the truth is.
youtu.be/GFmHhV807BY?...
It you are not using your reason to make sure you are communicating the truth effectively, then you are doing a bad job of defending the truth no matter how right you are about what the truth is.
youtu.be/GFmHhV807BY?...
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Water Body, 2025 by Eli Horn www.instagram.com/elihorn_/
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Water Body, 2025 by Eli Horn www.instagram.com/elihorn_/
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Alexandra Pasternak www.instagram.com/sashpasternak/
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Alexandra Pasternak www.instagram.com/sashpasternak/
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The Scam Goddess episodes on Shaun King are required listening.
Still can't get over the time Shaun King fundraised to climb the 14 highest peaks in the world and then came to WA state to get a practice run on a hill before he left for Everest or wherever and gave up after a 45 min hike on the main trail because it was too difficult
October 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Scam Goddess episodes on Shaun King are required listening.
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Still can't get over the time Shaun King fundraised to climb the 14 highest peaks in the world and then came to WA state to get a practice run on a hill before he left for Everest or wherever and gave up after a 45 min hike on the main trail because it was too difficult
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Still can't get over the time Shaun King fundraised to climb the 14 highest peaks in the world and then came to WA state to get a practice run on a hill before he left for Everest or wherever and gave up after a 45 min hike on the main trail because it was too difficult
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I feel like I have discovered the greatest thing: since I don't like to read hardcover, I generally wait a long time for books to come out in paperback; but wait no more! The large print versions come out simultaneously and they're paperback. Bonus: nice and easy on the eyes. Living my best life.
October 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I feel like I have discovered the greatest thing: since I don't like to read hardcover, I generally wait a long time for books to come out in paperback; but wait no more! The large print versions come out simultaneously and they're paperback. Bonus: nice and easy on the eyes. Living my best life.