Chad Perman
@chadperman.bsky.social
writer | therapist* | dad | musician | founder & eic @brightwalldarkroom.com | curious about everything | 🏀 obsessive
*posts ≠ professional advice
*posts ≠ professional advice
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Towards the Afropastoral: What NOPE Says About the Black Western
Towards the Afropastoral: What Nope Says About the Black Western
Jordan Peele's 'Nope' refashions the Western as a genre that tells a story of American erasure by its survivors.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Towards the Afropastoral: What NOPE Says About the Black Western
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The movement is extraordinarily disciplined, despite escalatory rhetoric, threats, & violence against the movement, immigrants, and observers. Over 99% of reported protests featured no arrests, 99.8% had no participant injuries or property damage, and 99.9% reported no injuries to law enforcement.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The movement is extraordinarily disciplined, despite escalatory rhetoric, threats, & violence against the movement, immigrants, and observers. Over 99% of reported protests featured no arrests, 99.8% had no participant injuries or property damage, and 99.9% reported no injuries to law enforcement.
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The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
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"That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." —Carl Sagan
Voyager 1 captured the "Pale Blue Dot" image #OTD in 1990. 🧪 🔭 🔵
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Voyager 1 captured the "Pale Blue Dot" image #OTD in 1990. 🧪 🔭 🔵
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
![The "pale blue dot" photo. It shows three or four colored beams of light – optical artifacts – passing from the left side of the image to the right. The background is dark, empty space. In the topmost light beam is a single pale blue pixel. That's Earth. Sagan's quote is printed on the image. It reads ""We succeeded in taking that picture [from deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6435lftcmpvxasbkrtsw22i7/bafkreicpbthbsbsmlfm3fjysre3sbt3gyu2gjxmacrnofhibatrts2xwga@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
"That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." —Carl Sagan
Voyager 1 captured the "Pale Blue Dot" image #OTD in 1990. 🧪 🔭 🔵
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Voyager 1 captured the "Pale Blue Dot" image #OTD in 1990. 🧪 🔭 🔵
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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In 1933, rather than collaborating with the Nazis in order to continue acting, Veidt and his Jewish wife emigrated to Great Britain a week after their marriage, eventually settling in Hollywood & frequently making anti-Nazi films in both countries. He died at 50, a year after his role in CASABLANCA.
Casablanca (1942) - Renault introduces Rick to Major Strasser
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February 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
In 1933, rather than collaborating with the Nazis in order to continue acting, Veidt and his Jewish wife emigrated to Great Britain a week after their marriage, eventually settling in Hollywood & frequently making anti-Nazi films in both countries. He died at 50, a year after his role in CASABLANCA.
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it's kinda impossible to do
February 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
it's kinda impossible to do
“Oh no I had to pay 500 million in taxes!” to Elon Musk would be the same as you or me saying “Oh no I had to pay $58 in taxes!”
To be fair, that would be like $230 to Jeff Bezos, poor guy
To be fair, that would be like $230 to Jeff Bezos, poor guy
Try picturing it this way:
If you had Elon Musk’s current net worth ($857 billion), spending a million dollars is basically equivalent to you or me spending about 12 cents.
So any time you hear that he just spent (or lost) $10 million, try to remember that’s like what $1.20 would be to us.
If you had Elon Musk’s current net worth ($857 billion), spending a million dollars is basically equivalent to you or me spending about 12 cents.
So any time you hear that he just spent (or lost) $10 million, try to remember that’s like what $1.20 would be to us.
It absolutely sucks that, in addition to everything else they benefit from, billionaires also benefit from our brain’s inability to process/realize how much a “billion” actually is. If you have that much & don’t give at least half of it away—leaving you $500 million!!—your moral compass is broken
February 14, 2026 at 5:54 AM
“Oh no I had to pay 500 million in taxes!” to Elon Musk would be the same as you or me saying “Oh no I had to pay $58 in taxes!”
To be fair, that would be like $230 to Jeff Bezos, poor guy
To be fair, that would be like $230 to Jeff Bezos, poor guy
Try picturing it this way:
If you had Elon Musk’s current net worth ($857 billion), spending a million dollars is basically equivalent to you or me spending about 12 cents.
So any time you hear that he just spent (or lost) $10 million, try to remember that’s like what $1.20 would be to us.
If you had Elon Musk’s current net worth ($857 billion), spending a million dollars is basically equivalent to you or me spending about 12 cents.
So any time you hear that he just spent (or lost) $10 million, try to remember that’s like what $1.20 would be to us.
It absolutely sucks that, in addition to everything else they benefit from, billionaires also benefit from our brain’s inability to process/realize how much a “billion” actually is. If you have that much & don’t give at least half of it away—leaving you $500 million!!—your moral compass is broken
I’m past wanting billionaires to pay the same tax rate as my middle class rate, and now want a federal law that for every billion you accrue each year, you have to give 1% of that directly to the arts and/or education. Don’t worry, billionaires, that still leaves you with 990 million dollars
February 14, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Try picturing it this way:
If you had Elon Musk’s current net worth ($857 billion), spending a million dollars is basically equivalent to you or me spending about 12 cents.
So any time you hear that he just spent (or lost) $10 million, try to remember that’s like what $1.20 would be to us.
If you had Elon Musk’s current net worth ($857 billion), spending a million dollars is basically equivalent to you or me spending about 12 cents.
So any time you hear that he just spent (or lost) $10 million, try to remember that’s like what $1.20 would be to us.
It absolutely sucks that, in addition to everything else they benefit from, billionaires also benefit from our brain’s inability to process/realize how much a “billion” actually is. If you have that much & don’t give at least half of it away—leaving you $500 million!!—your moral compass is broken
I’m past wanting billionaires to pay the same tax rate as my middle class rate, and now want a federal law that for every billion you accrue each year, you have to give 1% of that directly to the arts and/or education. Don’t worry, billionaires, that still leaves you with 990 million dollars
February 14, 2026 at 5:25 AM
It absolutely sucks that, in addition to everything else they benefit from, billionaires also benefit from our brain’s inability to process/realize how much a “billion” actually is. If you have that much & don’t give at least half of it away—leaving you $500 million!!—your moral compass is broken
I’m past wanting billionaires to pay the same tax rate as my middle class rate, and now want a federal law that for every billion you accrue each year, you have to give 1% of that directly to the arts and/or education. Don’t worry, billionaires, that still leaves you with 990 million dollars
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I’m past wanting billionaires to pay the same tax rate as my middle class rate, and now want a federal law that for every billion you accrue each year, you have to give 1% of that directly to the arts and/or education. Don’t worry, billionaires, that still leaves you with 990 million dollars
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Co-written by sexologist & pioneering LGBTQ advocate Magnus Hirschfeld—and made during a brief censorship-free era in Germany—DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS intended to rally support to overturn Paragraph 175, a longstanding German law criminalizing homosexuality. In response, new censorship laws arose.
New today on the site!
“A Language for Loneliness”
- Laura Evers on Conrad Veidt and the 1919 German film, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS, which was banned by German censorship laws in 1920
“A Language for Loneliness”
- Laura Evers on Conrad Veidt and the 1919 German film, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS, which was banned by German censorship laws in 1920
Different from the Others (1919): A Language for Loneliness
By developing subtle material techniques to depict loneliness, Different from the Others moves beyond sentimentality.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Co-written by sexologist & pioneering LGBTQ advocate Magnus Hirschfeld—and made during a brief censorship-free era in Germany—DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS intended to rally support to overturn Paragraph 175, a longstanding German law criminalizing homosexuality. In response, new censorship laws arose.
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I cannot stress enough how much these kinds of notes mean to teachers.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
Sometimes a former student emails and reminds you that you don't suck at your job.
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I cannot stress enough how much these kinds of notes mean to teachers.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
Or anyone, really. If someone has made a positive impact on your life, reach out and let them know. It'll make their week.
I’ve always been a huge fan of Paul Thomas Anderson’s musical inspired music video for Fiona Apple’s “Paper Bag” - I swear there used to be rumors long ago that they’d make a full on musical together, but alas this will have to do! (His video for “Hot Knife is fantastic too)
February 13, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I’ve always been a huge fan of Paul Thomas Anderson’s musical inspired music video for Fiona Apple’s “Paper Bag” - I swear there used to be rumors long ago that they’d make a full on musical together, but alas this will have to do! (His video for “Hot Knife is fantastic too)
Sorry, had to get that out of my system—but don't worry, as long as you're not using AI, I feel like I'm a pretty easy person to pitch! If you *really* want to write a thing, and can really write, I'm all ears, almost always. 16 years of doing this and a good pitch still absolutely makes my day.
Yes, we have received your AI drafted pitches and yes we can tell they are AI and no we won’t be replying to those, you are wasting your time friendo
February 12, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Sorry, had to get that out of my system—but don't worry, as long as you're not using AI, I feel like I'm a pretty easy person to pitch! If you *really* want to write a thing, and can really write, I'm all ears, almost always. 16 years of doing this and a good pitch still absolutely makes my day.
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Of the 52 million jobs created in America since 1989, 51 million, 97%, have been created under Dem Presidents. Essentially all of them. 4/
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Of the 52 million jobs created in America since 1989, 51 million, 97%, have been created under Dem Presidents. Essentially all of them. 4/
Every time I rewatch The Lady Eve I remember all over again how perfect it is
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Every time I rewatch The Lady Eve I remember all over again how perfect it is
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they said it couldn't be done, folks, big strong men with tears in their eyes, they came up to me and said "no president could completely wreck an entire united states economy twice", they said "no one's ever put more people out of work than you"
US HIRING AT RECESSION LEVELS: HIRING RATE AT 3.3%, MATCHING THE 2020 CRISIS AND NEAR A 13-YEAR LOW.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
they said it couldn't be done, folks, big strong men with tears in their eyes, they came up to me and said "no president could completely wreck an entire united states economy twice", they said "no one's ever put more people out of work than you"
This feels like something that many people paid a lot more money than most of us should have been able to spot before the Patriots 23rd game, & honestly something most high school coaches would probably see on tape?
That shit ain’t gonna get by the beautiful mind of Mike Macdonald though 🤷♂️
That shit ain’t gonna get by the beautiful mind of Mike Macdonald though 🤷♂️
Devon Witherspoon revealed in a radio interview that Mike Macdonald identified from film study that the Patriots offensive linemen were effectively tipping their pitches with their stances.
Put that in the pantheon of Super Bowl coaching contributions.
Put that in the pantheon of Super Bowl coaching contributions.
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This feels like something that many people paid a lot more money than most of us should have been able to spot before the Patriots 23rd game, & honestly something most high school coaches would probably see on tape?
That shit ain’t gonna get by the beautiful mind of Mike Macdonald though 🤷♂️
That shit ain’t gonna get by the beautiful mind of Mike Macdonald though 🤷♂️
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ernest jones iv is worth loving with your whole seahawk heart
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
ernest jones iv is worth loving with your whole seahawk heart
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I liked the part yesterday where the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, that was pretty cool.
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I liked the part yesterday where the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, that was pretty cool.
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The Seahawks just had the most dominant playoff run any team has had in 35 years and also this entire millennium
February 9, 2026 at 6:47 AM
The Seahawks just had the most dominant playoff run any team has had in 35 years and also this entire millennium
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And Sam Darnold, who was NOT out indefinitely
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
And Sam Darnold, who was NOT out indefinitely
last time you have to hear me talk about football for a long time but:
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WORLD CHAMPIONS 💚💙💚💙💚
what a season, out of nowhere, maybe the only good thing to happen in the last year in america
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WORLD CHAMPIONS 💚💙💚💙💚
what a season, out of nowhere, maybe the only good thing to happen in the last year in america
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
last time you have to hear me talk about football for a long time but:
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WORLD CHAMPIONS 💚💙💚💙💚
what a season, out of nowhere, maybe the only good thing to happen in the last year in america
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS WORLD CHAMPIONS 💚💙💚💙💚
what a season, out of nowhere, maybe the only good thing to happen in the last year in america