Citizeness Kane
@citizenesskane.bsky.social
Winning Pascal's Wager; wearing many hats (literally/figuratively); Paddington & Caligari stan.
Cue the music...
Cue the music...
As one of those kids who loved reading history books (still do), I was horrified by the fate of Calvin Coolidge, Jr. when I found out about it in 2nd grade. If even the US presidnt's son could die from an infected blister, none of us were safe! My mom assured me "that could never happen, now."
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
As one of those kids who loved reading history books (still do), I was horrified by the fate of Calvin Coolidge, Jr. when I found out about it in 2nd grade. If even the US presidnt's son could die from an infected blister, none of us were safe! My mom assured me "that could never happen, now."
Re-watching STRANGERS ON A TRAIN... on a train.
#Noirvember
#Noirvember
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Re-watching STRANGERS ON A TRAIN... on a train.
#Noirvember
#Noirvember
NO SMOKING sign (from a used bookstore in Oviedo, Spain)
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NO SMOKING sign (from a used bookstore in Oviedo, Spain)
This café in Oviedo, Spain has *all* the milks: "hazelnut, vanilla, lactose-free, soy, oatmeal, almond, sheep, coconut...and cow"
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This café in Oviedo, Spain has *all* the milks: "hazelnut, vanilla, lactose-free, soy, oatmeal, almond, sheep, coconut...and cow"
Not that we should be picnicking on Stonehenge, but I am still delighted that there's a photo from 1865 of people picnicking on Stonehenge, preserved by the guitarist of Queen.
This is the oldest known family photo taken at Stonehenge. c 1865, back when you could picnic on the great sarsens themselves.
The original photo is owned by Queen Guitarist Brian May!
#stonehenge #wiltshire #stonecircle
The original photo is owned by Queen Guitarist Brian May!
#stonehenge #wiltshire #stonecircle
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Not that we should be picnicking on Stonehenge, but I am still delighted that there's a photo from 1865 of people picnicking on Stonehenge, preserved by the guitarist of Queen.
"One day you're young; the next you suddenly like plants & vermouth"
(Seen at the Oskar Café in Avilés, Spain)
(Seen at the Oskar Café in Avilés, Spain)
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"One day you're young; the next you suddenly like plants & vermouth"
(Seen at the Oskar Café in Avilés, Spain)
(Seen at the Oskar Café in Avilés, Spain)
Happy Hunt for Red October Day to those (re)watching) ✨️
Nov 23rd 1984 - Jack Ryan came to the conclusion that the rogue Soviet naval captain, Ramius (Sean Connery), plans to defect to the United States.
📽️📅 The Hunt for Red October (1990)
📽️📅 The Hunt for Red October (1990)
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happy Hunt for Red October Day to those (re)watching) ✨️
Today I saw this painting of Prince Don Carlos by Sofonisba Anguissola, and although I'm not a fashion historian it seems that 1567 might've been when European menswear achieved peak codpiece.
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today I saw this painting of Prince Don Carlos by Sofonisba Anguissola, and although I'm not a fashion historian it seems that 1567 might've been when European menswear achieved peak codpiece.
Saint Marina, kicking the devil's butt so hard he vomits her out (part of a gigantic altar piece on display at the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain)
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Saint Marina, kicking the devil's butt so hard he vomits her out (part of a gigantic altar piece on display at the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain)
Happy Feast of Saint Cecilia, patroness of musicians -- especially to these two, who I hope were well paid for playing outside Oviedo Cathedral in a cold drizzle, wearing traditional Asturian costumes, as a wedding party headed into the chapel.
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happy Feast of Saint Cecilia, patroness of musicians -- especially to these two, who I hope were well paid for playing outside Oviedo Cathedral in a cold drizzle, wearing traditional Asturian costumes, as a wedding party headed into the chapel.
Heading north at 300 km/h, hanging out in the café car. High-speed trains are the best.
#HighSpeedTrains
#HighSpeedTrains
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Heading north at 300 km/h, hanging out in the café car. High-speed trains are the best.
#HighSpeedTrains
#HighSpeedTrains
#NoirvemberChallenge
Day 21: Noir made outside the US
LE QUAI DES BRUMES (1938)
As close as noir gets to visual poetry: Directed by Marcel Carné, screenplay by the poet Jacques Prévert, starring Jean Gabin ("LE Jean", as Jean Renoir called him) in excelsis & a luminous Michèle Morgan.
#Noirvember
Day 21: Noir made outside the US
LE QUAI DES BRUMES (1938)
As close as noir gets to visual poetry: Directed by Marcel Carné, screenplay by the poet Jacques Prévert, starring Jean Gabin ("LE Jean", as Jean Renoir called him) in excelsis & a luminous Michèle Morgan.
#Noirvember
a black and white photo of a man 's face with the words `` t'as de beaux yeux tu sais ? ''
ALT: a black and white photo of a man 's face with the words `` t'as de beaux yeux tu sais ? ''
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November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#NoirvemberChallenge
Day 21: Noir made outside the US
LE QUAI DES BRUMES (1938)
As close as noir gets to visual poetry: Directed by Marcel Carné, screenplay by the poet Jacques Prévert, starring Jean Gabin ("LE Jean", as Jean Renoir called him) in excelsis & a luminous Michèle Morgan.
#Noirvember
Day 21: Noir made outside the US
LE QUAI DES BRUMES (1938)
As close as noir gets to visual poetry: Directed by Marcel Carné, screenplay by the poet Jacques Prévert, starring Jean Gabin ("LE Jean", as Jean Renoir called him) in excelsis & a luminous Michèle Morgan.
#Noirvember
Rewatching NOTHING TO DECLARE for the 1st time since it came out. A then-topical comedy about the Schengen Area & the absurdity of so many of the world's borders, but now as relevant as ever (no coincidence that its director/star is the French son of an Algerian migrant).
youtu.be/piQPaxlZWu4?...
youtu.be/piQPaxlZWu4?...
Nothing to Declare / Rien à déclarer (2010) - Trailer ENG SUBS
YouTube video by Unifrance
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Rewatching NOTHING TO DECLARE for the 1st time since it came out. A then-topical comedy about the Schengen Area & the absurdity of so many of the world's borders, but now as relevant as ever (no coincidence that its director/star is the French son of an Algerian migrant).
youtu.be/piQPaxlZWu4?...
youtu.be/piQPaxlZWu4?...
Editing documents is rarely emotional, but typing the words "elimination of HIV is now an achievable goal" got to me. When my husband started doing AIDS research in the 1980s, volunteers in clinical trials knew they probably wouldn't live to see the results. And look at us now. Celebrate science!
a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with a national geographic poster in the background
ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a desk with a national geographic poster in the background
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Editing documents is rarely emotional, but typing the words "elimination of HIV is now an achievable goal" got to me. When my husband started doing AIDS research in the 1980s, volunteers in clinical trials knew they probably wouldn't live to see the results. And look at us now. Celebrate science!
Happy 50th anniversary of still deadness
youtu.be/axByUFSa7N8?...
youtu.be/axByUFSa7N8?...
El Generalisimo Francisco Franco Todavía esta Muerto
YouTube video by Reuben Moss
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November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy 50th anniversary of still deadness
youtu.be/axByUFSa7N8?...
youtu.be/axByUFSa7N8?...
Here's a really intriguing #noirvember watch list, featuring Alain Delon (*sigh*) & the only movie ever directed by the great Peter Lorre.
For your #Noirvember pleasure, here are ten more international, ie, non-American, noirs that you might want to catch up with. Another past post from my Substack, it’s free to read at the link below.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
Noirvember update: why we still need to watch more international noir
It’s Noirvember again.
andrewnette.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Here's a really intriguing #noirvember watch list, featuring Alain Delon (*sigh*) & the only movie ever directed by the great Peter Lorre.
Horrifying, indeed. As anyone who has ever done research by deep dives into original archive documents can confirm, they're called "documentaries" for a reason. I've interpreted for documentary filmmakers & seen how interviews with real people can turn up fresh evidence which would otherwise be lost
Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Horrifying, indeed. As anyone who has ever done research by deep dives into original archive documents can confirm, they're called "documentaries" for a reason. I've interpreted for documentary filmmakers & seen how interviews with real people can turn up fresh evidence which would otherwise be lost
Hey, I've got a question for @moviessilently.bsky.social & any other silent film folks who want to chime in:
My daughter--previously not open to silents at all--is now interested in seeing a Clara Bow movie (because of the Taylor Swift song); which one would you recommend?
My daughter--previously not open to silents at all--is now interested in seeing a Clara Bow movie (because of the Taylor Swift song); which one would you recommend?
a black and white photo of a woman hanging laundry on a clothes line
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman hanging laundry on a clothes line
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Hey, I've got a question for @moviessilently.bsky.social & any other silent film folks who want to chime in:
My daughter--previously not open to silents at all--is now interested in seeing a Clara Bow movie (because of the Taylor Swift song); which one would you recommend?
My daughter--previously not open to silents at all--is now interested in seeing a Clara Bow movie (because of the Taylor Swift song); which one would you recommend?
This is the content I'm here for 🐑🐏
enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is the content I'm here for 🐑🐏
Your last saved meme is your moral philisophy
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philisophy
"1899, people! Early film is amazing."
Georges Méliès is usually associated with long shots and formal compositions but this scene of reporters charging out of a courtroom to file their stories in THE DREYFUS AFFAIR is shockingly dynamic. 1899, people! Early film is amazing.
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"1899, people! Early film is amazing."
I will definitely make this!
I have perfected my mushroom burger! Makes lean ground juicy and stretches it financially and calorically
1 lb ground meat
8 oz. Mushrooms
Spice and season those fungi, sautee them until they give up their juices, immersion blend them, add them to the meat, form patties, tada!
1 lb ground meat
8 oz. Mushrooms
Spice and season those fungi, sautee them until they give up their juices, immersion blend them, add them to the meat, form patties, tada!
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I will definitely make this!
Reading Chris Dalla Riva's informative & entertaining book "Uncharted Territories: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs & Ourselves" (thnx @andrewhickey.500songs.com), I was shocked & delighted that there's a no. 1 hit composed by Calvin Coolidge's vice president
youtu.be/OMY2HKhutog?...
youtu.be/OMY2HKhutog?...
Tommy Edwards "It’s All In The Game" on The Ed Sullivan Show, September 14, 1958
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
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November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reading Chris Dalla Riva's informative & entertaining book "Uncharted Territories: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs & Ourselves" (thnx @andrewhickey.500songs.com), I was shocked & delighted that there's a no. 1 hit composed by Calvin Coolidge's vice president
youtu.be/OMY2HKhutog?...
youtu.be/OMY2HKhutog?...
The Johnny Cash song "Folsom Prison Blues", the paraphrasing of which has apparently caused a moderation kerfuffle in these parts, is so well known that when I've performed it in Spain, to audiences that don't even know English very well, they will sing along to that line about the man in Reno.
a man is playing a guitar in front of a microphone .
ALT: a man is playing a guitar in front of a microphone .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Johnny Cash song "Folsom Prison Blues", the paraphrasing of which has apparently caused a moderation kerfuffle in these parts, is so well known that when I've performed it in Spain, to audiences that don't even know English very well, they will sing along to that line about the man in Reno.
Jello (or "jelly") is *back*? Some of us have been holding the fort for decades, amirite @moviessilently.bsky.social ?
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Jelly’s back! Here are three worth making – and three that should wobble off to the bin
The traditional treat is all over Instagram and TikTok. But does it always taste as impressive as it looks? And why is it so hard to get it to set rather than slump? Time for a deep dive …
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Jello (or "jelly") is *back*? Some of us have been holding the fort for decades, amirite @moviessilently.bsky.social ?
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...