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Tree hugger, childless cat lady, lover of animals and some humans, I write about movies for the New York Times. Member of the Times Guild, which is represented by the NewsGuild of New York.
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one of these guys is not like the others

THE entire NIOSH engineering group has been fired among most ALL of NIOSH. It is devastating. www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...

A die-in at City Hall to protest transportation cuts highlights how an underfunded department can't deliver both "car-free" games and "zero death" streets — any guesses which one they're going to choose

RFK plans to look for measles treatments. "Public health experts were baffled by Mr. Kennedy’s decision to hunt for new treatments, rather than endorse shots that have decades of safety and efficacy data." Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...

Attention Los Angeles film critics! LAFCA is now accepting membership applications through May 31! Details here: bit.ly/JoinLAFCA

This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...

Four months after the most devastating wildfires in L.A. history, Mayor Karen Bass wants to shut down the city's climate emergency office to save $700,000. It's not hard to figure out that climate action isn't a high priority for Bass. My latest column: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Honestly this is just incredible content.

I say “They’re coming to get you, Barbara” at least once a week…usually to my cats.

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I wish everyone good luck a lot these days but, seriously, GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE

Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP. "I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"

Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real.

Ok. So. It's pub day. My book GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY, AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND is out today. And as I'm sure you've heard from other authors, first week sales really do matter so much! So I'm gonna sell a bit. www.abramsbooks.com/product/gand...

Hi, @motherjones.com disabled disability reporter here, I really want to hear about how tariffs are impacting disabled, chronically ill, and aging folks. Reposts appreciated and my email is [email protected].

This is what courage looks like. Kudos to the team at 60 Minutes.

WOW

Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for nonviolent revolt at weekly anti-government rally www.timesofisrael.com/ex-shin-bet-...

good luck, everyone

recommended reading www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Start boiling it now!

I agree, which is precisely why I shared this grim story.

“Year-over-year, the data shows a 44% drop in vessels scheduled to arrive the week of May 4-May 10”

www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/...

good luck, everyone! www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/...

Marco Rubio saying the 2-year-old went w/ her mother ignores the fact that ICE and DOJ officials knew about and ignored the fact that the father and a guardian, as well as their lawyers, were trying to assert their rights. ICE nonetheless deported them w/in 3 days. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-depo...

I was excited that I didn’t kill it, the way I do too many plants. This is a Sphaeralcea ambigua - Apricot Mallow - a California native from the wonderful Theodore Payne nursery. It’s in bloom right now, and just as pretty as in the photo.

apologies

she better be

you can find out more about “Sinners” cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw here: www.autumndurald.com

Two very different beautiful movies — truly impressive.

Yup! The third is Maryse Alberti, who shot “Creed.” ddatalent.com/client/marys...

Female cinematographers are far and few between. Per the annual industry report the Cellulod Ceiling, female DPs shot just 12 percent of the 250 top-grossing movies in 2024. So, when a high-profile male director hires women it’s a big deal; when he keeps hiring women it’s a big fucking deal.

If you’ve seen “Sinners” you may enjoy this (spoiler-ish) interview from @jazzt21.bsky.social with the movie’s terrific cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who also shot “The Last Showgirl.” ALL of Coogler’s features have been shot by women DPs. variety.com/2025/artisan...

I checked this out on Snopes, completely real. www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...

If you are worried about the food-supply chain, please heart and share this thread. These are the resources you need to ensure you stock up on items. You can feel free to post some small businesses and markets in your area. This will probably go viral and the businesses always need customers.

“.. It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

The nominee for U.S. Attorney in D.C. is a Jan. 6 conspiracy theorist and celebrant who praised a white supremacist Hitler-lover as an “extraordinary man, and extraordinary leader.” Are there no Republicans who will oppose this disgraceful nomination? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com

I get it, truly. But you just need to know (and see) how horrifically industrially animals are treated to lose your appetite for eating them.

good luck, everyone! (also, if you’re going to eat chicken please, please, do not buy industrially raised chickens, which are treated barbarically)

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

yes, senator slotkin, you're absolutely right that no one outside DC knows what oligarchy means. that's why 20,000 people in *checks notes* salt lake city showed up to an event with AOC and bernie literally called "fight oligarchy"

Tejal Rao wrote about Rebel and some other vegan cheeses a few years ago, btw. Also! An apparently great-tasting and persuasive vegan mozzarella (tangy, stretchy, melty) that’s made with animal-free casein will soon be on the menu at Nancy Silverton’s Pizzeria Mozza. vegconomist.com/investments-...

Rebel’s vegan brie (regular and truffle) is an exception to this truism. It’s delicious, and it has the tang and the creamy mouth feel of good dairy brie. Rebel’s brie is expensive but I highly recommend it (you can buy it directly from them).

Reuters poll: Trump approval 37% approve 57% disapprove U.S. adults

Tell it to Ryan Coogler, Ted. It’s noteworthy that Sarandos delivered his same anti-theatrical BS the weekend after “Sinners” had a great theatrical opening. Coogler wanted a robust global theatrical release, which, per Deadline, was why the streamers weren’t in the bidding war. Netflix lost out.