Philippa Bateman
@enigmafilm.bsky.social
Maker and lover of films, and equality in society. Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow @Stan, The Beehive @acmi, Jindabyne @appletv www.enigmamachine.film
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I block and without regret
www.washmysoulfilm.com
I block and without regret
Agree
The best film of the year?
Maybe
The most beautiful?
Certainly.
I wrote about Train Dreams here
www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...
Maybe
The most beautiful?
Certainly.
I wrote about Train Dreams here
www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...
Train Dreams is the year’s most beautiful film
Joel Edgerton’s career-best performance underpins a modern classic that owes s substantial debt to Terrence Malick
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Agree
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We crunched the numbers to find out how many episodes of Bluey could have been made if the ABC had different priorities: chaser.com.au/entertainmen...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
We crunched the numbers to find out how many episodes of Bluey could have been made if the ABC had different priorities: chaser.com.au/entertainmen...
It’s galling watching farmers talk about the “environment” and “our land” while waving Australian flags. First Nations people’s stolen land has never been recognized and land clearing for agriculture has been a disaster for the climate, habitat and environment. #730report
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It’s galling watching farmers talk about the “environment” and “our land” while waving Australian flags. First Nations people’s stolen land has never been recognized and land clearing for agriculture has been a disaster for the climate, habitat and environment. #730report
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I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
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Most young people are worried, as they should be, about the impact that AI will have on their lives and their ability to earn a decent living.
Our job is not complicated. We must make certain that AI and robotics improve life for all, and not just make billionaires even richer.
Our job is not complicated. We must make certain that AI and robotics improve life for all, and not just make billionaires even richer.
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Most young people are worried, as they should be, about the impact that AI will have on their lives and their ability to earn a decent living.
Our job is not complicated. We must make certain that AI and robotics improve life for all, and not just make billionaires even richer.
Our job is not complicated. We must make certain that AI and robotics improve life for all, and not just make billionaires even richer.
Best films I’ve seen recently—Train Dreams (Netflix). Direction and Joel Edgerton are superb. And the documentary feature “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple)…
Profound and beautiful
Profound and beautiful
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Best films I’ve seen recently—Train Dreams (Netflix). Direction and Joel Edgerton are superb. And the documentary feature “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple)…
Profound and beautiful
Profound and beautiful
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/059DXx
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Newspapers are closing at an emergency-level rate—over the past 20 years, America has lost more than 3,000. For the past six years, the photographer Ann Hermes has been documenting the lives lived in these dying places across the country. See more images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/059DXx
Australia has some of the highest land clearing in the world — and is a major threat to endangered species and habitat, native logging continues. Koalas are still at risk of extinction by 2050. #climate #habitatdestruction #insiders
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Australia has some of the highest land clearing in the world — and is a major threat to endangered species and habitat, native logging continues. Koalas are still at risk of extinction by 2050. #climate #habitatdestruction #insiders
We don’t want Trumpian misinformation from Australian politicians Nats leader David Littleproud on climate, the economy or anything else. #auspol #factcheck #insiders
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We don’t want Trumpian misinformation from Australian politicians Nats leader David Littleproud on climate, the economy or anything else. #auspol #factcheck #insiders
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if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
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In Italy, the murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be punishable by life in prison, after lawmakers ratified a law introducing the crime of femicide into the country’s criminal code. nyti.ms/3XXYMZn
Italy Passes a Femicide Law, Seeking to Prevent Violence Against Women
Murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be classified as femicide. Campaigners say a broader cultural shift is still needed.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In Italy, the murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be punishable by life in prison, after lawmakers ratified a law introducing the crime of femicide into the country’s criminal code. nyti.ms/3XXYMZn
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Leonora Carrington :
Cat Tapestry, c.1950s
Wool
Museo Nacional de Arte INBA
Cat Tapestry, c.1950s
Wool
Museo Nacional de Arte INBA
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Leonora Carrington :
Cat Tapestry, c.1950s
Wool
Museo Nacional de Arte INBA
Cat Tapestry, c.1950s
Wool
Museo Nacional de Arte INBA
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REST IN POWER QUEEN
Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141
Gramma was born in her native habitat and was estimated to be about 141 years old, zoo officials said. She died Nov. 20.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
REST IN POWER QUEEN
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Richard Linklater’s sensitive portrayal of American lyricist Lorenz Hart, played with wit and frenetic energy by Ethan Hawke, brings us deep into the gossipy theatre-crowd milieu of old New York.
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Blue Moon, in cinemas this week. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Blue Moon, in cinemas this week. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Blue Moon review: Ethan Hawke sings for his supper
Richard Linklater’s sensitive portrayal of American lyricist Lorenz Hart, played with a witty, frenetic energy by Ethan Hawke, brings us deep into the gossipy Broadway milieu of old New York.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Richard Linklater’s sensitive portrayal of American lyricist Lorenz Hart, played with wit and frenetic energy by Ethan Hawke, brings us deep into the gossipy theatre-crowd milieu of old New York.
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Blue Moon, in cinemas this week. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Blue Moon, in cinemas this week. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The ABC TV claims that their 2026 slate is “bold and distinctive” while wheeling out more factual entertainment formats and calling it “documentary”…
Please, spare us the “diversity” speak
Please, spare us the “diversity” speak
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The ABC TV claims that their 2026 slate is “bold and distinctive” while wheeling out more factual entertainment formats and calling it “documentary”…
Please, spare us the “diversity” speak
Please, spare us the “diversity” speak
A must read.
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A must read.
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
He should still be in Cabinet. Such a loss for Australians @australianlabor.bsky.social
Thank you, Ed Husic.
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters
Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
He should still be in Cabinet. Such a loss for Australians @australianlabor.bsky.social
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"What sort of monster makes casinos pay tax and bans them from money laundering?" chaser.com.au/business/bil...
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"What sort of monster makes casinos pay tax and bans them from money laundering?" chaser.com.au/business/bil...
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Miriam is so brilliant, and this conversation shows why…
For the second installment of our @shakespeareandcompany.com series—in which we bring you transcripts of interviews conducted at the legendary Paris bookshop—Miriam Toews speaks with Adam Biles on how writing resembles loss. yalereview.org/article/shak...
A Shakespeare and Company Interview with Miriam Toews
Shakespeare and Company’s Adam Biles talks with Canadian writer Miriam Toews about memoir, meaning-making, and what motivates the desire to give shape to…
yalereview.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Miriam is so brilliant, and this conversation shows why…
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Social media “pets” fueling the stealing and trading of African greys. Warning - this is disturbing.
It reminds me of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cruelty to these birds is unacceptable
Every idiot who makes money pimping them on social media should be charged.
It reminds me of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cruelty to these birds is unacceptable
Every idiot who makes money pimping them on social media should be charged.
TikTok Is Obsessed With Talking Parrots. It's Fueling a Global Black Market
A yearlong investigation into the African-grey trade reveals poachers, egg smugglers, wealthy businessmen — and multitudes who want a talking bird
www.rollingstone.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Social media “pets” fueling the stealing and trading of African greys. Warning - this is disturbing.
It reminds me of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cruelty to these birds is unacceptable
Every idiot who makes money pimping them on social media should be charged.
It reminds me of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cruelty to these birds is unacceptable
Every idiot who makes money pimping them on social media should be charged.
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Since reentering White House, President Donald Trump's job approval has dropped a few points to the lowest of his second term, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Since reentering White House, President Donald Trump's job approval has dropped a few points to the lowest of his second term, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
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It shouldn’t take nineteen clips to prove the point, but here they are anyway.
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It shouldn’t take nineteen clips to prove the point, but here they are anyway.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Hey streamers, please no more Filthy Rich People in Peril genre. 🤮 We can’t take much more
November 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hey streamers, please no more Filthy Rich People in Peril genre. 🤮 We can’t take much more