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andrewhackett.bsky.social
Movie lover, writer, host of The Trace Podcast, friend, embarrassingly earnest. https://andrewhackett.bandcamp.com
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I want my tax dollars to fund: - public schools - public libraries - public transit - public bathrooms - public parks & plazas - public lands - public roads that are safe for all people - public services to help people These investments make our cities and towns better for everyone.

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Probably one of my favorite scenes in all of television history. The directing, the writing, the performances, the editing, the whole mood of it is just extraordinary. youtu.be/FcsNhIozEPo

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.

submitted 4 days ago • 886 comments

Thank you, @fatecolossal.bsky.social for pulling these quotes from the @empiremagazine.bsky.social podcast with @markfrost.bsky.social and @kyle-maclachlan.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k... #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

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My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

submitted 7 days ago • 887 comments

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

submitted 7 days ago • 1034 comments

Perhaps the country shouldn't be run by people living in an absolute fever dream that has no relationship with reality

submitted 7 days ago • 56 comments

The bottom line on the Trump-Musk feud www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 8 days ago • 35 comments

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

submitted 10 days ago • 2419 comments

For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government. But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes. Where is the outrage over that?

submitted 13 days ago • 910 comments

If you are looking for a quality movie look no farther than Jeremy Saulnier's "Rebel Ridge" (2024). This is an updated take on "First Blood" but with more cinematic style, intelligence, and nuance. Super intense from start to finish. Saulnier's been making great movies for a while now. #filmsky

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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."  —Louis Brandeis

submitted 16 days ago • 178 comments

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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