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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

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today's newsletter is about "s.e.z. noir"--arty 00s globalization thrillers like "demonlover" and "blackhat" maxread.substack.com/p/sez-noir

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A sign that 10-year-old me is about to crush his dinner? There’s mini packs of Club Crackers at the table.

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The thing about putting fail sons and their friends into positions of power is that they think the same nonsense that worked to help them skate through life will work for them now.

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This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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Dear Steve Witkoff: An elementary lesson on Ukrainian demographics. The fact that someone, or the majority of people in a region, speaks the Russian language natively doesn’t mean they want to be part of Russia. It doesn’t mean they are not bombed by Russia.

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Paging @radiatoryang.bsky.social

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"The most enchanting thing about THE HUDSUCKER PROXY is its commitment to the bit. The Coen brothers put all their cards on the table, wholly investing in a fictional world that borrows from the past while bargaining on the future."

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For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured? Last week, we finally found the answer. www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...

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I don’t know about the rest of y’all, but 90s/00s Aimee Mann is hitting really well right now.

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This essay is everything. From the campy colorized photo that starts it off to its manifesto against “reactionary camp” to its post-binary ethos of responsibility for self in the world: “to be only masculine or feminine is to be half a human being.” + I’d say: it’s to be all being, no becoming. Sad

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55% CANADA 55% FRANCE 55% MEXICO 55% PERU 55% GERMANY 55% SPAIN

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Easily one of the most formative movies of my life.

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Happy 35th Anniversary to the Most Bossa Nova Movie Ever Made - 1990's TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! Listen to us rave about this movie with fellow Turtle Dork Bryan Young & discuss its powerful portrayal of sibling love🔗🧵⬇️

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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

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Someone asked me what to do if you see someone being snatched off the street like those students detained by ICE, and whether you should ask them to tell you their family members’ numbers or their lawyer to notify them, to try to help. It’s a noble sentiment. But… /1

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The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again. This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

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Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.

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Several Defense Department Officials expressed shock that Mr Hegseth had put American war plans into a commercial chat group. They said that having this type of conversation in a signal chat group itself could be a violation of the Espionage Act, a law covering the handling of sensitive information.

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The job of Democrats is so clear right now: It's to do everything possible in the next 48 hours to keep the Atlantic story front-burner and make people understand the issues and the stakes. It couldn't be a simpler test of who gets it and who doesn't.

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THIS IS TERRIFYING!!!

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The fact that companies can go bankupt and perhaps have to do distressed asset sales is a good reminder to be careful about giving them access to your full genetic profile. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/2...

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This should INFURIATE you

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Could it be possible that the Chocobo were not at all inspired by the very Chocobo-like Horseclaws in Nausicsaa? Actually, maybe. www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/chocobo...

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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

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Great scoop from ⁦@peter.andringa⁩.me The Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador and dumped in prison thought they were going to Venezuela. They had signed paperwork to go home. via @FT www.ft.com/content/dbfa...

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PTA is back!

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Some big / scary / exciting news… I’m launching my own film distribution company. It’s called @muscledistribution.bsky.social and will be handling a wide range of titles with a heavy repertory focus. The announcement is over at Indiewire: www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...

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REVIEW: Five stars for one star: Andrew Scott in a stunning solo Vanya (★★★★★) www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...

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For my TV writer friends: Three years ago at this time, there were 330 writers’ rooms up and running. Today, there are 92…and 6 are wrapping up. You’re not imagining it. It’s not you. The jobs just aren’t there.

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