In this week's guide: a full review of THE BRIDE!, plus a Mira Nair retrospective in Boston, Oscar nominated docs in NYC and LA, a Kenyan coming-of-age film, PBS POV’s Women’s History Month collection, the short films of Ja’Tovia Gary, and a pair of experimental docs about Palestinian film history.
Jon is cooking.
“The imperative to use AI to create is an attempt to frame a problem of politics as a problem of efficiency. I do not need to be more efficient, I need time and freedom to read and to think and to write and to fail as we all do.”
This is an article about a topic near and dear to my heart, the fact that there are basically no archives for a lot of the important music magazines and it drives me crazy
Massachusetts has the lowest incarceration rate in the U.S. and it STILL incarcerates people at a higher rate than Iran www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2024....
Usually progressive/left politics. He was also doing his best to combat COVID misinformation. He’s also a musician and posts videos of him singing and playing guitar.
Not about me, but:
The Dropkick Murphys and several famous drag queens follow my dad on social media and regularly like his videos
My college in Virginia had Wawa and I think I ate that mac n cheese multiple times a week for 4 years
Before I leave Philly I’m gonna buy a fuckin tub of Wawa mac n cheese to take with me on the train
certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun
I am once again at Good Dog Bar in Philly having a borderline religious experience because of how good the vegan cheesesteak is.
New stuff!
An Analysis of Adapting History Into Games Pt. 1: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Free for everyone on Patreon!!
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I think the most accurate way to describe what happens during my Spravato sessions is just the entire dying fever dream musical sequence at the end of All That Jazz.
Don't you threaten me w a good time
We made this statement last year. It applies now as well.
US and Israeli imperial aggression seek to destabilize and reshape the entire region.
It is our obligation to do whatever feasible to disrupt the war machine here and abroad.
I was preparing to hear some good stories about whaling
Got to see a 35mm print of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (92) tonight. The cinematograph scene reminded me of a class I took in college on cinema before television. The professor was talking about the scene, looked at me (pre-transition, peak-goth, corset and all), and said, “you’ve seen it, right?”
I’m a huge black metal fan! THERE ARE BANDS THAT ALSO ARE NOT NAZIS. PLENTY OF THEM. Good grief.
It’s so shocking to me when I see people out in the world wearing Burzum shirts. Like really bro?
Oh no, I just learned that Eliane Radigue died a few days ago. I was shown her work in a performance art class in college and fell in love instantly. Jetsun Mila in particular is a favorite of mine. youtu.be/uwHIsZKrZhM?...
159 - Why We Fear AI feat. Hagen Blix
This week we’re joined by @hagenblix.bsky.social to talk about their new book on AI and labor/power/knowledge/eugenics. We also discuss some library Reddit developments.
I feel like just practicing a few basic pasta dishes over and over, my cooking skills have gotten a lot better.
Literally one of my favorite books. I cannot wait to own this copy.
Oh you know I’m preordering
if thou could’st, blacksmith, glad enough would I lay my head upon thy anvil, and feel thy heaviest hammer between my eyes
I’m ripping my face off I’m so excited to read that Liza Minnelli memoir
It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.
Image showing Mayor Mamdani looking frustrated, with a text overlaid that reads “NYC Public Library Action Network” at the top, and in large bold letters text that reads “Mayor Mamdani did not honor his commitment to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to NYC public libraries in his preliminary budget” and then in smaller font below, there is text that reads “visit NYCPLAN.ORG for more information”
While a candidate, @mayor.nyc.gov pledged to commit 0.5% of the city’s budget to public libraries.
Unfortunately, Mayor Mamdani has broken this promise in his preliminary FY27 budget, released yesterday, where he allocated 0.39% to libraries.
This amount is well below the promised 0.5%
At all times I am the dude from The Gay Deceivers who goes “I may not know my flowers, but I know a bitch when I see one!”
158 - Flickr Commons feat. Jessamyn West
It’s a fun one! We’re talking with @librarian.bsky.social about the public domain, new and old technology, blogging at the DNC, and lots of inside baseball.
“Revolutions are made by the people, and conscious revolutionary minorities...
...The red and black flag is just a piece of cloth if we don’t put it at the forefront of the revolutionary movement.”
– Rafael Serra, 1948
