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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Diane Keaton’s ability to show you a character’s vulnerability was as striking as her gift for showing you what can lie beneath such sensitivity, including neediness at its rawest and most acutely exposed, our chief film critic Manohla Dargis writes.

Often Overlooked, Diane Keaton Was Essential to ‘The Godfather’ Saga

The star’s emotional transparency and expressive eyes helped us see the Corleones as both fascinating and repellent, just as her character did.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social · 4d

"It’s all interesting. It’s never dull, ever, life.” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

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Aidan Curran @aidancurran17.bsky.social · 10d

The reveal I want to see is that Jim Gavin's tenant was CMAT.

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 10d

Early review from my friend: “an ode to the beauty and majesty of the Dublin pub”

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 10d

Big box of books!

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 23d

Me before holiday: I’ll prob think about my writing project loads while I’m away, it’s at the forefront of my mind

Me on holiday: donuts come in many varieties. For instance, iced, glazed, or powdered

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · 27d

There is a way to lose and it’s to be very bad at it, same as any puzzle. Context: I know this because I am playing against the clock and yes I am going to beat the clock eventually

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

Pips is a logic puzzle, and there’s no way to lose. It's soothing and satisfying when you get the pieces set just right. Play it here: nyti.ms/4pt9Uu3

A graphic shows colorful squares marked with numbers. Domino tiles are below it. The game is called Pips and the instructions are: Place every domino in the right spot.

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Sep 14

I am in a good place to claim it because 20 years ago this writer taught in my school and as a non religious student I felt the Catholic values she speaks of to be dominant in Irish society, and I was on the outside. And now that’s not the case, because Ireland has moved forward. It’s a good thing!

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Sep 14

I can claim it actually

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 14

Breda O'Brien: Nobody can claim the decline of Catholic influence has led to a happier or healthier society

The liberal left has become the comfortable voice of the establishment, but this is far from the progressive utopia we were promised

www.irishtimes.com

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · Sep 10

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 10

Irishwoman’s US restaurant named one of the best restaurants of 2025 by the New York Times

The Wren in Baltimore has achieved the recognition after being open for just a few months

www.irishtimes.com

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Sep 8

Silksong is way too hard for me sadly! I hope all the losers who enjoy this sort of thing have a great time with it

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onion person @junlper.beer · Sep 5

meta ai trying to figure it out

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June Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com · Sep 3

I have this

Wikipedia style page.
Fine Syndrome
Instead of brain there is no problem

To the side there's a picture of an outline of a head with a black hole in the middle, with a thumbs up emoji in the middle of the hole.

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · Aug 26

We spent two years compiling THE PUB. It's lovingly assembled with a star selection of authors from Katy Hessel to John Banville. It's by far the best thing we've ever done - please support us by purchasing a copy here:

backstory.london/products/the...

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · Aug 20

Grim.

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New reports show 79% of private homes sold in Dublin last year were bought by landlords

79% of private homes sold in Dublin last year were bought by landlords including 75% by large landlords... that's according to Sinn Féin today, with Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty analysing prope...

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Aug 19

Regeneration trilogy by Pat Barker is both of these things

Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Aug 19

Also, like, you still need to write a book or make a piece of art that generates 50k of income, in order to game it… and in that case, if you’ve gone to those lengths simply to get some tax-free income then basically I say bravo to you

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’m really not sure how it could be gamed easily. In Ireland it’s only for sole traders (I think) not people who operate as LTDs which is the usual way people game income tax in the UK

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · Aug 17

a proposal: to ease increasing financial burdens created in part by AI eroding the creative job market, and, as part compensation for the use of artists' work by AI companies, the UK should follow ireland's lead and exempt the income of artists, writers, composers, etc from tax up to £50k annually

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Pub Is Finally Open!

With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.

Available at all bookstores & the link below 🍺

www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Aug 14

I have been stung by one of these, it was the worst pain I’ve ever experienced and yes I am available for media appearances

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Aug 14

How to recognise an Asian hornet - and what to do if you see one

Individual member of invasive species identified and captured in Ireland

www.irishtimes.com

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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social · Aug 12

I finished reading A Goat's Song, a novel I've been reading since early May. Stunned by it. There are beautiful, romantic scenes that will stay with me for a long time, ones I wish I'd written myself. Also scenes of utter darkness, grim and horrible drink, and I wish I'd written them too

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · Aug 7

Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.

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