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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 4h

2020 me watching fascism at play. 2025 me watching fascism at play.

An old grizzled version of Matthew McConaughey, after battling several addictions and extreme ennui in the face of living

Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 5h

I wasn’t aware of the sex pest allegations about Cary Fukunaga until now. Really taints his work which would be phenomenal if not for those very serious allegations.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 5h

How so you might ask? Well, without spoiling much it’s a story about how institutional power actively covers up sexual abuse and worse because many in the upper echelons of power are complicit in the same abuses. Which, ya know…

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 5h

The big hug mug from True Detective Season 1

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 5h

Doing a rewatch of True Detective Season 1. Seems timely.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 9h

Smoked some chicken that I’m gonna shake n bake (seriously shake n bake as a product is a damn miracle) and serve with cream pepper gravy, smoked Gouda Mac n cheese, black eyed peas, and garlic corn.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 9h

Radicalized by Japanese jazz cd import prices.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 9h

Haven’t seen this in ages. The special effects are not good however there are some sumptuous shots in this movie that remind you that a master is at work.

Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 9h

We need to have a serious discussion about how the price of used CDs has jumped lately and how Trump tariffs are decimating the Japanese Blue Note CD market. You know? The important stuff.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 9h

Love this for everyone involved

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 10h

Love this album

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 10h

Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983) is currently streaming on Pluto TV

The Keep (film) - Wikipedia

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 10h

It’s all they know. It’s like summer camp for them.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah. Guess we’re all just gonna do this again.

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 10h

All the 2020 grifters have saddled up and ridden back into town

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Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 10h

Hey Portland

Word around the campfire is that Jayden X/Activist John/Whatever name he’s grifting under is back in town.

Avoid.

John Earle Sullivan - Wikipedia

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Bobby @bobbyspumoni.bsky.social · 10h

Just in case anyone needs to be reminded, “Jayden X” is a very weird dude that’s always in the middle of weird shit, has ties to right wingers, and he’s apparently mixing it up in town.

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 12h

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star known for films like “Annie Hall” and “The Godfather,” has died at 79. People Magazine reported her death on Saturday in California, citing a family...