Char
@curryalley.bsky.social
Talking to myself about movies, politics, and the Arizona Diamondbacks
"Nothing by mouth" medical procedures scheduled for afternoons are bullshit. It's 6am and I'm thirsty!
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Nothing by mouth" medical procedures scheduled for afternoons are bullshit. It's 6am and I'm thirsty!
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
I'm hopped up on caffeine and full of opinions today.
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'm hopped up on caffeine and full of opinions today.
Thinking about reddit critics complaining how "unrealistic" it is that the detective explains he knows the truth at the end of All Her Fault.
It's not meant to be realistic. The reveal is the cornerstone of the mystery genre. It's the catharsis for the audience. Like why do we tell fucking stories?
It's not meant to be realistic. The reveal is the cornerstone of the mystery genre. It's the catharsis for the audience. Like why do we tell fucking stories?
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Thinking about reddit critics complaining how "unrealistic" it is that the detective explains he knows the truth at the end of All Her Fault.
It's not meant to be realistic. The reveal is the cornerstone of the mystery genre. It's the catharsis for the audience. Like why do we tell fucking stories?
It's not meant to be realistic. The reveal is the cornerstone of the mystery genre. It's the catharsis for the audience. Like why do we tell fucking stories?
Some of what is going wrong with America is that it's so difficult to make it here that getting ahead you means you must be a Winner. By extension that means others must Lose. And that individual Winners/Losers paradigm invades everything from politics to alpha bros to pop culture fandom.
If you raise a generation in a culture where a lot of contemporary politics is signalling that there's is no sense of obligation to others and where individuals rarely face accountability for their narcissism, what did you *think* was going to happen?
www.vox.com/life/470517/...
www.vox.com/life/470517/...
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Some of what is going wrong with America is that it's so difficult to make it here that getting ahead you means you must be a Winner. By extension that means others must Lose. And that individual Winners/Losers paradigm invades everything from politics to alpha bros to pop culture fandom.
The new service my apartment complex recently switched to for rent payment is now sending emails offering installment payment plans. The working class is cooked. Landlords are going to find ways to extract more of our money until there's nothing left.
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The new service my apartment complex recently switched to for rent payment is now sending emails offering installment payment plans. The working class is cooked. Landlords are going to find ways to extract more of our money until there's nothing left.
Big movie day today as I near my goal of 52 films (average one a week). It's down from my former regular 70-80 films a year and I'll probably never cross 100 films in a year again like I did that year I had Movie Pass. Still, it feels good to get closer to what is my normal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Big movie day today as I near my goal of 52 films (average one a week). It's down from my former regular 70-80 films a year and I'll probably never cross 100 films in a year again like I did that year I had Movie Pass. Still, it feels good to get closer to what is my normal.
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"shawl designed by Kate Hawley for Elizabeth in Frankenstein (2025)"
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November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"shawl designed by Kate Hawley for Elizabeth in Frankenstein (2025)"
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Faerie Symphony by Jim Fitpatrick
From the 2015 Celtic Mythology Calendar.
From the 2015 Celtic Mythology Calendar.
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Faerie Symphony by Jim Fitpatrick
From the 2015 Celtic Mythology Calendar.
From the 2015 Celtic Mythology Calendar.
Anybody know a hockey team looking for a home?
The Mesa City Council approved the creation of a special theme park district at the former Fiesta Mall site. Here's what that means.
Mesa takes steps toward major project at Fiesta Mall. Could a stadium be coming?
The Mesa City Council approved the creation of a special theme park district at the former Fiesta Mall site. Here's what that means.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Anybody know a hockey team looking for a home?
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The Surreal Madness of the AI Boom talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Surreal Madness of the AI Boom
TPM Reader EB emailed today to tell me something that hadn’t come...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Surreal Madness of the AI Boom talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
Brilliant idea. Court martial Mark Kelly. His presidential campaign ad will write itself.
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Brilliant idea. Court martial Mark Kelly. His presidential campaign ad will write itself.
As a reader and film fan, I enjoyed this analysis.
reading less, comprehending little, expecting more: illiteracy and the movies.
maxineayawrites.com/blog/2025post29
maxineayawrites.com/blog/2025post29
reading less, comprehending little, expecting more: illiteracy and the movies. — maxine aya writes...
scroll on any social media platform after a new movie release and you will get a firsthand look at the media illiteracy crisis – failure to grasp plot, failure to grasp story, failure to grasp perspec...
www.maxineayawrites.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
As a reader and film fan, I enjoyed this analysis.
I put up some Christmas decorations. I've very much struggled the past few years to do basic tasks so I'm proud of this bit of cheer.
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I put up some Christmas decorations. I've very much struggled the past few years to do basic tasks so I'm proud of this bit of cheer.
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Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
I live in a top 10 major metropolitan area. That only one theater in the 1,000 square miles of this place is showing Wake Up Dead Man is a personal attack.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I live in a top 10 major metropolitan area. That only one theater in the 1,000 square miles of this place is showing Wake Up Dead Man is a personal attack.
The funniest thing about the use of the lyric "anaconda" in the trailer for the new Anaconda movie is that in the song, "anaconda" is a euphemism for a penis.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The funniest thing about the use of the lyric "anaconda" in the trailer for the new Anaconda movie is that in the song, "anaconda" is a euphemism for a penis.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
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Emillie Ferris, textile artist who creates embroideries inspired by flora and fauna #WomensArt
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Emillie Ferris, textile artist who creates embroideries inspired by flora and fauna #WomensArt
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Schemes from shell companies
Snails found in London offices in suspected tax avoidance scheme
Boxes of snails are found in offices as firms pretend to be tax-exempt farms, a London council says.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Schemes from shell companies
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Trial balloon shot down
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Trial balloon shot down
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The Uninhabitable United States
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The Uninhabitable United States
I mean this with complete sincerity. Suburban moms are going to be PISSED if you take away their gummies.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I mean this with complete sincerity. Suburban moms are going to be PISSED if you take away their gummies.
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One of the things I love about FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1991) is that it gave us an all-time great Steve Martin meltdown.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
One of the things I love about FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1991) is that it gave us an all-time great Steve Martin meltdown.