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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 27m

Taken from here

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Melania, Brett Ratner's Documentary About Melania Trump, Takes a Page from Melania and Melania

The first lady is coming to a theater near you this January.

www.vanityfair.com

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 28m

Just gonna leave this Vanity Fair review here.

"Melania is Ratner's first film since he was accused by several women of sexual assault in
2017. He has denied the accusations.
Amazon released a still photo from the film of Melania (star of Melania and author of Melania) staring out of a car window at a nondescript airport tarmac. Gorg. Like we've never seen her before, apart from the many times we've seen her like that before." Below is a photo of her looking out of a window

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 45m

Kathryn 👏🏾 Mother 👏🏾 Fking 👏🏾 Bigelow 👏🏾👏🏾

That. That was my review of #AHouseOfDynamite.

See it before people start spoiling.

#nfotd

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 13h

observer.com/2025/09/art-...

"Black Creative Resilience Challenges Historical Erasure in Derek Fordjour’s “Nightsong”
The exhibition explores how music embodies histories of race, power and autonomy in America."

Black Creative Resilience Challenges Historical Erasure in Derek Fordjour’s “Nightsong”

When he first conceived of the show, Fordjour had no idea it would arrive at a time of erasure under the government’s anti-DEI measures.

observer.com

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 13h

Friends in LA: You MUST see this exhibit. I went last night. Most magical affirming art "exhibit" (its so much more than that) I've ever seen.

If you go, stay until 10pm.
"Derek Fordjour - Nightsong
@ David Kordansky Gallery. Closes 10/11.
6 – 10 PM

Derek Fordjour - Nightsong - Exhibitions - David Kordansky Gallery

David Kordansky Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with locations in Los Angeles and New York, representing more than fifty artists and artist estates.

www.davidkordanskygallery.com

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 1d

None of these immigration enforcement goons should ever know a moment's peace but Black folks roasting a Black HSI agent's haircut right in front of his white coworkers is a special little slice of heaven

TresTiffany @trestiffany.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 1d

For S&G, I searched "watch All the Presidents Men for free" because I think everyone and their mother should see this movie, and here it is: archive.org/details/all....

All The President's Men (1976) 720p : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

All The President's Men (1976) 720pCopyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as...

archive.org

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

First, here's @rude1.blacksky.team's thread from yesterday which provides a fantastic rundown of the recent events that made so many of us think we should look into migrating to another PDS or server. blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 2d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

Spirited Away made me think of #TheUsesOfEnchantment. Does The Shining follow the same "template" of fairytale?

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

I was having a rough time this afternoon thinking about - yknow - reality, so I watched the best film ever about the adventures of an only child. #SpiritedAway. Of course. I feel ten times better. Now watching another film about an only child, who also overcomes supernatural obstacles. #TheShining

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

We can't lose Dolly.

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Dr Paul M @drpaulm.bsky.social · 2d

To close a Wells Fargo A/C, you must have a zero balance and no pending transactions. You can call customer service at 1-800-869-3557, visit a branch with valid ID, or by mail a completed Account Closure Request form if you are outside the U.S. Wells Fargo does not allow account closures online.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 2d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

This W Kamau Bell quote made me laugh “As a Black person I dont have the luxury of focusing on being exhausted. Whenever I think about how hard it is to do whatever work Im doing, the ghost of Harriet Tubman shows up like, ‘You’re tired? Oh, is it hard to direct documentaries and write on Substack?’

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

Kamala Harris Gets Real About the Current Political Moment: “These Motherf***ers Are Crazy”

The former VP had a mic-drop moment when stopping by the A Day of Unreasonable Conversation summit in Los Angeles on Monday.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

That's magnificent. I need a poster. Or a dozen.

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

(edit.) I have immense gratitude that I have a way to "give back" and make someone else's life a tiny bit better using what is natural and easy for me to give, especially during these times of immense stress, uncertainty and ugliness.

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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 2d

I've wanted to be ASC since film school. I didn't really know what that meant other than all of my DP idols were members. Now that I am in, I am learning what its about. So much of my time as a member is spent in service to those who are not. Lots of panels, workshops, outreach. I have two mentees.

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Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite bits of worldbuilding on a show ever was in the Watchmen pilot (I believe that's the ep). Regina King is driving, and baby squid suddenly rain down from the sky. She pulls over, resigned and annoyed, gets out and cleans the windshield.

It's brilliant.

Here's why:

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 2d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 2d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Cheri @cheri5902.bsky.social · 2d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

Winchell's
Donut Hors
Open
Winchell's
Donut House
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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