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Vulture TV critic, SOUND OF METAL Criterion author, Peabody Awards juror, usually complaining about something.

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dmx_-_do_you.mp3 i just feel like putting it out there that i don't write to describe what people can hear for themselves. that's boring. anybody can do that lol

07.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#ICYMI or just want to read it in print, my piece on the stellar BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS where I spoke to filmmaker Kahlil Joseph is in today’s Seattle Times. You should pick up one for yourself then watch his one-of-a-kind film on VOD today or watch the film then pick up a copy πŸ“½οΈ

bit.ly/47rMlKw

06.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams.bsky.social and I wrapped up our Pixar miniseries by talking Up with @mousterpiece.bsky.social and @scottrenshaw.bsky.social! We discuss the fantastic voice cast, Miyazaki and the brilliant and heartbreaking opening sequence.

06.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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A few hours after NYT reported that the U.S. bombed an elementary school in Iran, killing many children, the White House last night posted this video mixing airstrike footage with Top Gun, Iron Man, Gladiator, Halo, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, John Wick, Superman, Transformers and Dragon Ball Z

06.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 1412 πŸ” 577 πŸ’¬ 321 πŸ“Œ 407
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.

04.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 4223 πŸ” 1466 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 48

WASHINGTON (AP) β€” White House says Spain has agreed to cooperate with US operations in Mideast after Trump threatened financial penalties.

MADRID (AP) β€” Spain's government denies cooperation with US operations in the Middle East, contradicting White House.

04.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 2555 πŸ” 675 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 131

that's so kind, thank you for listening and sharing!

04.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m taking this prompt to shout out a recent podcast episode with @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social

The convo (starting around 27:20) on who different viewers extend sympathy & humor to was sooooo emblematic of broader cultural themes.

pca.st/episode/011d...

03.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I simply cannot describe the amount of deja vu I am feeling from post-9/11, when nearly every other democrat was revealing themselves as a mask-off racist who cared only about whether they could vacation in the middle east and could justify every single illegal and amoral action to do so.

04.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The King and Queen of Confrontational Cinema Ronald Bronstein is the co-writer of β€˜Marty Supreme,’ and Mary Bronstein is the director of β€˜If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.’ After two decades of trudging through the indie film world, husband and wife are both nominated for Oscars at the same time.

Ronald Bronstein is the co-writer of β€˜Marty Supreme,’ and Mary Bronstein is the director of β€˜If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.’ After two decades of trudging through the indie film world, husband and wife are both nominated for Oscars at the same time.

04.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Avatar: Fire and Ashβ€”Dreamwalking and the Book of Eywa Avatar: Fire and Ashβ€”the end of one trilogy and the potential beginning of anotherβ€”is the darkest, most complex, and personal of the three.

I wrote 6,000 words on AVATAR for @brightwalldarkroom.com, diving into how James Cameron's stereoscopic dreamland is a conduit for a radical, transportive empathy that harkens back to the origins of cinema itself:

www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2026/03/02/d...

03.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

loved talking to THE lorraine ashbourne about S4 of BRIDGERTON:

03.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf you want to know how it feels to have slaves, in the modern world – and not be blamed openly for this desire – visit Dubai.”

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

03.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 1471 πŸ” 493 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 11

uhhhhhhh

02.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know many of you already know this because it’s obvious but you can absolutely take a survey of an opinion desk’s output over time and pretty accurately surmise the viewsβ€”or at least the intentionsβ€”of the people who are in charge of deciding what gets published. I thought we were all adults here

02.03.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 2385 πŸ” 324 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 10

Wonder if the β€œCampus left” or Thomas Friedman was more correct about the outcomes of the Iraq or Afghan wars? πŸ€”

Perhaps we should base who we listen to on their previous track record.

02.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Giving this one last wee push! There’s an electric bill I’d love* to get comfortably paid πŸ’œ

*I’d love living in a world where no one else knew anything at all about my electric bill more, but, alas

01.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Coming up on a month of the Spliced Personality Substack and I wanted to thank everyone who’s subscribed for helping me out. It means the world. If you haven’t checked it out yet, feel free to drop by and see if there’s anything here you’d like to let me put in your inbox.

02.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw this and at first thought "no, there's no way 'we definitely had alternative leadership in mind for Iran but I blew them up alongside the schoolgirls using AI' is what the White House is actually saying, that's too clueless and evil to be real"

02.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 3438 πŸ” 813 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 13

if you think polymarket bets on war are bad, wait til you find out how many in Congress are invested in defense contractors

28.02.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 1475 πŸ” 362 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

This guy is a corrupt, wannabe Trump who’s bullied his way into a position of prominence within the Iranian diaspora so of course MAGA CBS is fluffing him.

01.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 123 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 17
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First, it’s a mistake to say that Trump got America into war on Saturday. What he did was respond to a war that Iran has been waging against the United States since 1979.

Screenshot of text: First, it’s a mistake to say that Trump got America into war on Saturday. What he did was respond to a war that Iran has been waging against the United States since 1979.

Cool hey did anything happen *before* 1979 between the United States and Iran

02.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 4718 πŸ” 774 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 34

shockingly people are capable of simultaneously,

1. Hating their government

2. Hating the people who bomb and sanction their country, making regular life impossible and murdering members of their family, even more

01.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 6891 πŸ” 1133 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 23

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

28.02.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 23561 πŸ” 5963 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 66

This is basically legalized insider trading

01.03.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 454 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 7
Shortly after the first set of explosions, Iranians received bursts of notifications on their phones, not from the government advising caution, but from a prayer timing app called β€˜BadeSaba Calendar’ which has been downloaded 5 million times from the Google Play Store.

The messages arrived in quick succession over a period of 30 minutes, starting with the phrase β€˜Help Has Arrived’ at 9:52 am Tehran time. No party has claimed responsibility for the hacks.

Screenshots shared with WIRED Middle East show messages urging Iranian military personnel to surrender their weapons with the promise of amnesty. It also urged army personnel to join β€œthe forces of liberation” and to β€œdefend your brothers.”

Shortly after the first set of explosions, Iranians received bursts of notifications on their phones, not from the government advising caution, but from a prayer timing app called β€˜BadeSaba Calendar’ which has been downloaded 5 million times from the Google Play Store. The messages arrived in quick succession over a period of 30 minutes, starting with the phrase β€˜Help Has Arrived’ at 9:52 am Tehran time. No party has claimed responsibility for the hacks. Screenshots shared with WIRED Middle East show messages urging Iranian military personnel to surrender their weapons with the promise of amnesty. It also urged army personnel to join β€œthe forces of liberation” and to β€œdefend your brothers.”

Airborne leaflet propaganda in 2026: hacked push alerts from a prayer timing app

www.wired.me/story/hacked...

28.02.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 11

indiscriminately bombing Iran is not a distraction of the Epstein files, it is a validation of their significance as more than a sex pest hunt. this is what elite impunity for morons looks like. a school turned to rubble on a whim.

28.02.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 2010 πŸ” 458 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

There should be an Earth for people who don't hate all living things

28.02.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 7266 πŸ” 1360 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 26

Today’s military strikes on Iran β€” carried out by the United States and Israel β€” mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

28.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 17229 πŸ” 3597 πŸ’¬ 183 πŸ“Œ 218

It’s crazy that it’s basically just a combination of the single worst most disastrous parts of every administration in history

28.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 5052 πŸ” 689 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 25