Elizabeth Cantwell
@eccantwell.bsky.social
high school teacher, horror-lover, poet, Bright Wall/Dark Room editor, parent, person
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Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
Remember when teachers spent the majority of their time planning lessons, grading, and thinking about new units for their students? Now we have ICE protocols, AI protocols, lockdown trainings, & we have had to become experts very quickly in taking care of young people who are suffering from trauma.
January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Remember when teachers spent the majority of their time planning lessons, grading, and thinking about new units for their students? Now we have ICE protocols, AI protocols, lockdown trainings, & we have had to become experts very quickly in taking care of young people who are suffering from trauma.
I’ve been managing to keep functioning relatively normally because I have a job and three kids who need routines but I gotta be honest it’s getting harder and harder to compartmentalize
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I’ve been managing to keep functioning relatively normally because I have a job and three kids who need routines but I gotta be honest it’s getting harder and harder to compartmentalize
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ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
man this is a good movie and also Chris got mad at me afterwards for pointing out that it is both temporally and thematically a warped Christmas movie
January 24, 2026 at 5:52 AM
man this is a good movie and also Chris got mad at me afterwards for pointing out that it is both temporally and thematically a warped Christmas movie
you’d think by my third kid I’d have learned not to say things like “I think all I need is one good night’s sleep” as we all know that will immediately summon the demons of stomach flu
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
you’d think by my third kid I’d have learned not to say things like “I think all I need is one good night’s sleep” as we all know that will immediately summon the demons of stomach flu
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We got to talk about the fact that the first target for this is a Black woman which a lot of people in the terminally online world we know these comms staffers (and others) inhabit represent a particular archetype of person who needs to be “humbled.”
January 22, 2026 at 9:44 PM
We got to talk about the fact that the first target for this is a Black woman which a lot of people in the terminally online world we know these comms staffers (and others) inhabit represent a particular archetype of person who needs to be “humbled.”
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ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
attempting to teach my 10th graders how to do research today—a skill it is harder for students to master than ever, thanks to the great enshittification of the internet coupled with the slow demise of the school library
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM
attempting to teach my 10th graders how to do research today—a skill it is harder for students to master than ever, thanks to the great enshittification of the internet coupled with the slow demise of the school library
marriage means having someone to text when you are over-analyzing a film
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
marriage means having someone to text when you are over-analyzing a film
You know, it gets harder and harder to come back from a weekend away as the realities of daily life and politics become more and more dystopian and traumatic
January 20, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You know, it gets harder and harder to come back from a weekend away as the realities of daily life and politics become more and more dystopian and traumatic
Ok, in honor of John Carpenter’s birthday and the anniversary of David Lynch’s death, a thought I had while watching Starman recently: Agent Cooper was TOTALLY influenced by Starman, right??
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Ok, in honor of John Carpenter’s birthday and the anniversary of David Lynch’s death, a thought I had while watching Starman recently: Agent Cooper was TOTALLY influenced by Starman, right??
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David Lynch passed a year ago today. I hope we all can absorb just a little bit of the energy he put out in his lifetime.
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
David Lynch passed a year ago today. I hope we all can absorb just a little bit of the energy he put out in his lifetime.
Loved that last night's episode of The Pitt commented on something true about education as well as medicine—the way we are told that AI will "save us time" and help "automate" processes like grading (or, in The Pitt's case, charting), which clearly ignores the highly human aspect of our jobs.
January 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Loved that last night's episode of The Pitt commented on something true about education as well as medicine—the way we are told that AI will "save us time" and help "automate" processes like grading (or, in The Pitt's case, charting), which clearly ignores the highly human aspect of our jobs.
Do not recommend running on 4 hours of sleep, going to the first half of your work day, coming home to switch off taking care of two sick kids with your partner, and then reading the news/scrolling through Bluesky
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Do not recommend running on 4 hours of sleep, going to the first half of your work day, coming home to switch off taking care of two sick kids with your partner, and then reading the news/scrolling through Bluesky
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ICE not only manhandled and terrorized a 10th grader who is an American citizen, they stole his phone. And then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
ICE not only manhandled and terrorized a 10th grader who is an American citizen, they stole his phone. And then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
I repeat, they stole his phone, and then they sold it.
doing one of my favorite things this week, which is teaching Psycho and making increasingly intense interjections about how much I love Anthony Perkins’ performance
a black and white photo of a man 's face with a serious look on his face
Alt: Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho craning his head over as he considers lying
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January 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
doing one of my favorite things this week, which is teaching Psycho and making increasingly intense interjections about how much I love Anthony Perkins’ performance
Dedre and Syril is probably my favorite recent one, to be honest … but these four feel essential
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Dedre and Syril is probably my favorite recent one, to be honest … but these four feel essential
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once again we are all tapping the sign
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
once again we are all tapping the sign
welcome to another day, to fight, to work, to find something beautiful
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
welcome to another day, to fight, to work, to find something beautiful
Anyone else feel like they can power through their day but find themselves exhausted by 7 pm due to the compartmentalization required of anyone living in America right now?
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Anyone else feel like they can power through their day but find themselves exhausted by 7 pm due to the compartmentalization required of anyone living in America right now?
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They’re grasping at straws.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 4:07 AM
They’re grasping at straws.
I know the news is awful and you might be Top Ten List-ed out … but there are some good entries here, and I wrote about my top ten rewatches of the year and why they hit me so hard!
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Our reflections on the best movies and first watches of 2025, featuring @eccantwell.bsky.social, @frankfalisi.bsky.social, @franhoepfner.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @russellnichols.bsky.social @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @chadperman.bsky.social, @aheartofgould.bsky.social & more
Our reflections on the best movies and first watches of 2025, featuring @eccantwell.bsky.social, @frankfalisi.bsky.social, @franhoepfner.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @russellnichols.bsky.social @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @chadperman.bsky.social, @aheartofgould.bsky.social & more
BW/DR Picks: The Best of 2025
Bright Wall/Dark Room editors and contributors share their favorite movies, first watches, and movie moments of 2025.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I know the news is awful and you might be Top Ten List-ed out … but there are some good entries here, and I wrote about my top ten rewatches of the year and why they hit me so hard!
True love is when you & your spouse are both simultaneously buying tickets for different days of the American Cinematheque’s Walter Murch Retrospective
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
True love is when you & your spouse are both simultaneously buying tickets for different days of the American Cinematheque’s Walter Murch Retrospective
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This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I started a new miniseries on Tom Hanks’ 90s films by talking The Bonfire of the Vanities w/ @carriecourogen.bsky.social & @eccantwell.bsky.social ! The film is a mess but this episode is absolutely wonderful!
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I started a new miniseries on Tom Hanks’ 90s films by talking The Bonfire of the Vanities w/ @carriecourogen.bsky.social & @eccantwell.bsky.social ! The film is a mess but this episode is absolutely wonderful!