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Toby D’Anna

@tdanna.bsky.social

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Teacher. LSU alum. Geek. Humanities lover trying to love actual humans. Bad Catholic at a time near the end of the world? Moviegoer lost in the cosmos but onto the search. More mystery than manners. Misfit yet habitually being. Neurospicy w/extra cayenne.

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Nov 19

Introduce yourself with
📖One book
📷One movie
💿One album
📺One tv show
#booksky #filmsky #musicsky #tvsky

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · May 11

Andrew Bird, a single from Lana del Rey’s upcoming album, and The Waterboys’ concept album about Dennis Hopper are the highlights of my April 2025 Apple Music Replay #musicsky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · May 5

Four fantastic trips to packed theaters over the last two weekends. I loved every moment. I believe the blockbusters are going to really deliver the crowds this summer. #filmsky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Apr 8

Jason Isbell and his new album, Foxes in the Snow, got more listening time than any other artist or album on my March 2025 Apple Music Replay. My top song was Noeline Hoffmann covering Luke Bell’s “The Bullfighter.” #musicsky #jasonisbell #noelinehoffmann #thebullfighter #lukebell #applemusicreplay

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Mar 12

Looking at my Apple Music Replay for February, highlighted by Sharon Van Etten #musicsky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Mar 6

I’d rather see the skull of #DavidTennant typecast as Yorick for countless years than his AI-generated hologram star in the complete works of #Shakespeare. Call me old-fashioned, but I’d rather not die until much later.

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David Tennant offers to bequeath his own skull for use in Hamlet

Scots star David Tennant has claimed he would happily bequeath his own skull to be used in productions of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Mar 2

Conan O’Brien hosting would be reason enough to watch an Amway convention, and there’s no better platform for his silliness than the Academy Awards. The big winners tonight are the folks who’ve been with Coco for decades. #Oscars #filmsky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Mar 2

I’m not certain who’s taking home the #Oscars in what was an exceptionally strong year for the cinema, but I’m hoping the Academy shows some love for Nickel Boys and I’m Still Here. #filmsky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Feb 28

Praying

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Feb 28

Breaking News: Pope Francis suffered a bronchial crisis, a potentially serious setback, the Vatican said. He has been in the hospital for the past two weeks.

Pope Francis Suffers a Health Setback, Inhaling Vomit

The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment, and that it was too soon to say how serious the incident was.

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Feb 5

The Boss is best on my January 2025 Apple Music Replay. #musicsky #brucespringsteen

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Feb 2

I want #JohnCena to get his seventeenth world championship, but the time is now for #JeyUso. An excellent #RoyalRumble from start to finish. #WrestleSky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Feb 1

Welcome back, #AlexaBliss! Nice surprise pop! #RoyalRumble #WrestleSky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Feb 1

Ready for the #RoyalRumble to begin. Rooting for surprise appearances by #AJLee and #JoeHendry, wins for #CMPunk and #CharlotteFlair, and a #KevinOwens upset. #kevinisright #wrestlesky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Jan 30

Today I listened to a kid from Kiev open up about the brutality and unreality of being displaced and separated from family and friends because of violent politics. I wanted to say “I’m glad you’re safe now.” Instead, I chose the more honest lie, “it’s unimaginable,” before saying truly, “I’m sorry.”

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Jan 24

Still need to see: Nickel Boys, Emilia Pérez, I’m Sill Here, Flow, The Apprentice, A Real Pain, Sing Sing, September 5, Challengers, Longlegs, All We Imagine as Light, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Juror #2, The Girl with The Needle, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl #filmsky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Jan 24

No comment on Oscar nominees, snubs, or 2024 top 10s until I see a few films I missed, but let me recognize Nosferatu, I Saw the TV Glow, My Old Ass, Megalopolis, The Fall Guy, Thelma, Monkey Man,Transformers One, and Deadpool & Wolverine as quality films that I enjoyed and plan to rewatch. #filmsky

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Jan 20

But you already knew that, didn’t you?

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Jan 20

He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.

Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Jan 3

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (20/20)

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Jan 2

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (19/20)

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Jan 1

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (18/20)

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Dec 30

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (17/20)

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Dec 29

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (16/20)

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Dec 29

Perhaps the best man to ever serve as president. Requiescat in Pace #jimmycarter

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Jimmy Carter Dies at 100: News and Reactions

The former president, a peanut farmer and Democrat from Georgia, was known as much for his charity and diplomatic work later in life as he was for his single presidential term, which ended in 1981.

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Dec 29

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (15/20)

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Dec 27

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (14/20)

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Toby D’Anna @tdanna.bsky.social · Dec 26

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥

Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. (13/20)

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