Alonso Duralde
@aduralde.bsky.social
Film critic (thefilmverdict.com) Podcaster (linoleumcast.bsky.social bfastallday.bsky.social maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social deckthehallmark.bsky.social) Member, LAFCA & NSFC. Books: HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE XMAS, HOLLYWOOD PRIDE. he/him🌹🏳️🌈🎄📽
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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They are worse than we are not
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
They are worse than we are not
Company
OK, let's play...
NAME YOUR FAVORITE STAGE MUSICAL TITLE SONG (AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TRY TO AVOID DOLLY AND MAME)
(One to a customer. One is the one that's one more than zero and one less than two.)
I'll go first.
Little Me
NAME YOUR FAVORITE STAGE MUSICAL TITLE SONG (AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TRY TO AVOID DOLLY AND MAME)
(One to a customer. One is the one that's one more than zero and one less than two.)
I'll go first.
Little Me
February 6, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Company
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Just wanted to salute, one more time, The Washington Post books section. I was fortunate to have all three of my books reviewed by the Post and I always knew they were in the hands of expert and experienced writers and editors. It was an honor.
February 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Just wanted to salute, one more time, The Washington Post books section. I was fortunate to have all three of my books reviewed by the Post and I always knew they were in the hands of expert and experienced writers and editors. It was an honor.
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Donald Trump, Alpha President, Has Been a Disaster For The He-conomy.
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they've suffered.
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they've suffered.
Donald Trump, Alpha President, Has Been a Disaster For The He-conomy
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they've suffered.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Donald Trump, Alpha President, Has Been a Disaster For The He-conomy.
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they've suffered.
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they've suffered.
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“I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.” —Pasolini.
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” —Gramsci.
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” —Gramsci.
February 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.” —Pasolini.
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” —Gramsci.
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.” —Gramsci.
Amen hallelujah. #filmsky 📽️
Pedro Pascal saves Todd Haynes' gay romance after Joaquin Phoenix's controversial exit
Pedro Pascal has helped resurrect Todd Haynes' gay romance 'De Noche,' joining the project after Joaquin Phoenix's controversial exit.
ew.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Amen hallelujah. #filmsky 📽️
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Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers. trib.al/eiYvT8m
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
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This is some bullshit. Never enter any contest like this.
Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
February 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This is some bullshit. Never enter any contest like this.
“Congressional Democrats are almost preternaturally talented at missing the moment, especially when it comes to immigration. They’re about to do it again.” @jacobinmag.bsky.social
Democrats Aren’t Reining in ICE. Here’s How They Could.
ICE is out of control. Democrats have numerous ways to restrain the agency, from barring ICE from domestic spying and terminating its contracts with tech companies to creating and fully funding an ind...
jacobin.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“Congressional Democrats are almost preternaturally talented at missing the moment, especially when it comes to immigration. They’re about to do it again.” @jacobinmag.bsky.social
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Good. May the same happen to everyone making GenAI apps.
The average cost to mine a single Bitcoin is now over $90,000. The price of Bitcoin has collapsed to $67,000. Everyone mining Bitcoin at the moment is losing a fortune.
February 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Good. May the same happen to everyone making GenAI apps.
My review of Solo Mio for The Film Verdict. #filmsky 📽️
Solo Mio - The Film Verdict
Kevin James loses a bride and gets his groove back in this sitcom-shallow rom-com set in a tourism-brochure version of Italy.
thefilmverdict.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
My review of Solo Mio for The Film Verdict. #filmsky 📽️
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moments from an old job at a site that no longer exists, plus notes
sluggish.ghost.io/archive-man-...
sluggish.ghost.io/archive-man-...
ARCHIVE: "Man, I wish I had your job."
2006, I worked for a website that was owned by Disney, later by NBC/Universal, someone else in the middle of all that, I forget who. It started out fine and by the time I quit it was no longer fine. (...
sluggish.ghost.io
February 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
moments from an old job at a site that no longer exists, plus notes
sluggish.ghost.io/archive-man-...
sluggish.ghost.io/archive-man-...
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"Investors must act fast; this is the most exciting get-rich-quick opportunity since Bitcoin started accepting Bitcoin in transactions for Bitcoin."
Introducing Total Crap, the First Magazine Written Entirely by AI
Amid doomsaying pronouncements that the publishing industry is dead, we are proud to bring the written word into the future with revolutionary tech...
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"Investors must act fast; this is the most exciting get-rich-quick opportunity since Bitcoin started accepting Bitcoin in transactions for Bitcoin."
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Why movies have a much harder time becoming "classics" in the streaming age
"Cable television rewarded inertia. Streaming rewards decisiveness. If you don’t actively choose a film, it essentially doesn’t exist. Once you’ve watched it, the system will not resurface it"
letterboxd.com/email/crowd-...
"Cable television rewarded inertia. Streaming rewards decisiveness. If you don’t actively choose a film, it essentially doesn’t exist. Once you’ve watched it, the system will not resurface it"
letterboxd.com/email/crowd-...
Letterboxd Crowd Pleaser for Crowd Pleaser 4 February 2026
letterboxd.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Why movies have a much harder time becoming "classics" in the streaming age
"Cable television rewarded inertia. Streaming rewards decisiveness. If you don’t actively choose a film, it essentially doesn’t exist. Once you’ve watched it, the system will not resurface it"
letterboxd.com/email/crowd-...
"Cable television rewarded inertia. Streaming rewards decisiveness. If you don’t actively choose a film, it essentially doesn’t exist. Once you’ve watched it, the system will not resurface it"
letterboxd.com/email/crowd-...
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Fantastic piece.
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Fantastic piece.
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"This is how men behave."
Nope. Don't drag the rest of us into your world, creep.
Nope. Don't drag the rest of us into your world, creep.
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"This is how men behave."
Nope. Don't drag the rest of us into your world, creep.
Nope. Don't drag the rest of us into your world, creep.
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It's very strange that there are people here who are arguing that these demands amount to nothing.
in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
It's very strange that there are people here who are arguing that these demands amount to nothing.
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Trump seems to have napped through most of this
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Trump seems to have napped through most of this
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One big regret is that I never got to pitch Democracy Dies in Sweatpants sweatpants to the official Post merch shop.
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
One big regret is that I never got to pitch Democracy Dies in Sweatpants sweatpants to the official Post merch shop.
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Perfection
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Perfection
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If you're nervous about the midterms, channel that energy into helping secure them.
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
February 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
If you're nervous about the midterms, channel that energy into helping secure them.
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It's hilarious that Trump is lazily going through the motions of the National Prayer Breakfast as his cult is planning to erect a literal golden idol of him.
‘Don Colossus,’ a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It's hilarious that Trump is lazily going through the motions of the National Prayer Breakfast as his cult is planning to erect a literal golden idol of him.
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I can't believe the libs are making a big deal out of Kid Rock's song "Pedophilia is Cool (Let's All Be Pedophiles, Y'all!)"
This is what "Christian Nationalists" stand for.
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I can't believe the libs are making a big deal out of Kid Rock's song "Pedophilia is Cool (Let's All Be Pedophiles, Y'all!)"