Vivian Rutledge
@hanginglamps.bsky.social
Looking for wine, cheese, film noir, jazz, murder mysteries, and Star Wars all the time. Thinking about Ben Solo most of the time. The fallout from TROS spreads far and wide but Reylos keep winning
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Vivian Rutledge
@hanginglamps.bsky.social
· May 30
Love how both of these shots are framed: both of them dark on the left side, with the light expanding bigger & bigger to the right, and Kylo is standing closer to the darkest side in his shot while Rey is standing closer to the lightest side in her shot
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We as a country are absolutely TERRIBLE at cultivating a joy of reading in our children
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We as a country are absolutely TERRIBLE at cultivating a joy of reading in our children
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof must pay for their crimes
a lot of people seem to think that television shows are full of secrets and that analyzing shows is about looking for clues to reveal those secrets
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof must pay for their crimes
Ah, the good ol' days 🦋💙🦋
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ah, the good ol' days 🦋💙🦋
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or perhaps: making billionaires unconstitutional would be good for democracy
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
or perhaps: making billionaires unconstitutional would be good for democracy
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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That's what happens when you don't greenlight #TheHuntForBenSolo.
Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Alan Bergman is unlikely to replace Bob Iger as the CEO of Disney.
(Source: @wsj.com)
(Source: @wsj.com)
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
That's what happens when you don't greenlight #TheHuntForBenSolo.
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Stop using Spotify oh my GOD
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Stop using Spotify oh my GOD
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Target is going all-in on AI, deploying it in many areas of its retail business. In case you were rethinking that boycott.
It’s unclear why the prices differ, but a new notice on Target’s website offers a potential hint: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Target is going all-in on AI, deploying it in many areas of its retail business. In case you were rethinking that boycott.
This is so good. The kitchen droid that tried to kill him as a child; the way his shadow looks kind of like Vader; the looming phantom of Snoke. Poor little Ben Solo, he never stood a chance & deserved so much better
Justice for #TheHuntForBenSolo
Justice for #TheHuntForBenSolo
My page art for the @spookystarwarszine.bsky.social Thanks you again for having me <3
I drew him before the tag 😁 #TheHuntForBenSolo
I drew him before the tag 😁 #TheHuntForBenSolo
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is so good. The kitchen droid that tried to kill him as a child; the way his shadow looks kind of like Vader; the looming phantom of Snoke. Poor little Ben Solo, he never stood a chance & deserved so much better
Justice for #TheHuntForBenSolo
Justice for #TheHuntForBenSolo
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iHeartRadio pledges the company doesn’t and won’t “use AI-generated personalities” or “play AI music” in staff memo
iHeartRadio Exec Says Company Won’t ‘Play AI Music’ or Use ‘AI Generated Personalities’ in Staff Memo
iHeartRadio banned AI music, podcasts and radio DJs with a new program called "Guaranteed Human," programming head Tom Poleman wrote in a staff memo.
www.billboard.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
iHeartRadio pledges the company doesn’t and won’t “use AI-generated personalities” or “play AI music” in staff memo
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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (1947).
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (1947).
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That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
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i mean it. it hurts me to see mutuals not use alt text when it could explain the joke, add context, teach us something new, etc
friends, followers, countrymen. use alt text for fuck’s sake.
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i mean it. it hurts me to see mutuals not use alt text when it could explain the joke, add context, teach us something new, etc
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I have so many thoughts about the shattered modern attention span and the insistence of media-illiterate audiences & readers on being spoonfed stories.
If they aren’t having information disgorged directly down their throats like baby birds, it’s “too slow” or “dense” and I want to scream.
If they aren’t having information disgorged directly down their throats like baby birds, it’s “too slow” or “dense” and I want to scream.
When our son was 10 he would ask questions about whatever narrative we were consuming together and it took one talk like "those questions you're always asking are called the story and if you're patient you'll find that they get answered eventually" and a lot of the internet needs that refresher.
"WHY'S SHE DOING THAT?? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT, I'M BORED" well the cool thing about following a narrative is that eventually if you keep watching or reading or listening, magical bits of information are doled out
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have so many thoughts about the shattered modern attention span and the insistence of media-illiterate audiences & readers on being spoonfed stories.
If they aren’t having information disgorged directly down their throats like baby birds, it’s “too slow” or “dense” and I want to scream.
If they aren’t having information disgorged directly down their throats like baby birds, it’s “too slow” or “dense” and I want to scream.
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The Cotton Club (1984) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola stars Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Cotton Club (1984) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola stars Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee.
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The gamergate to MAGA psyop really messed with the US in tangible ways <gestures broadly at the current state of affairs.>
And no one really believed the canaries in that particular coal mine because a very vocal minority really didn't like girls and folks of color in their nerd stuff.
And no one really believed the canaries in that particular coal mine because a very vocal minority really didn't like girls and folks of color in their nerd stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The gamergate to MAGA psyop really messed with the US in tangible ways <gestures broadly at the current state of affairs.>
And no one really believed the canaries in that particular coal mine because a very vocal minority really didn't like girls and folks of color in their nerd stuff.
And no one really believed the canaries in that particular coal mine because a very vocal minority really didn't like girls and folks of color in their nerd stuff.
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All I want for Christmas is #thehuntforbensolo
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
All I want for Christmas is #thehuntforbensolo
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I don’t agree with the segregation of fandom.
Star Wars has always been a cool sandbox and there’s plenty of great SW outside the OT too. As someone alive throughout the 90s it’s astounding it’s still around.
The highs of SW carry the lows, ever since the Holiday Special, but the highs are HIGH.
Star Wars has always been a cool sandbox and there’s plenty of great SW outside the OT too. As someone alive throughout the 90s it’s astounding it’s still around.
The highs of SW carry the lows, ever since the Holiday Special, but the highs are HIGH.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I don’t agree with the segregation of fandom.
Star Wars has always been a cool sandbox and there’s plenty of great SW outside the OT too. As someone alive throughout the 90s it’s astounding it’s still around.
The highs of SW carry the lows, ever since the Holiday Special, but the highs are HIGH.
Star Wars has always been a cool sandbox and there’s plenty of great SW outside the OT too. As someone alive throughout the 90s it’s astounding it’s still around.
The highs of SW carry the lows, ever since the Holiday Special, but the highs are HIGH.
So adorable! Such soulful eyes. Any CA folks looking for a new addition to their household?
Pj -- Urgent! 🐶
Baby male Shepherd mix
Adoptable from Companion Animal Protection Society (Thousand Oaks, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/pj-urgent-79610393/ca/thousand-oaks/companion-animal-protection-society-ca3066/
Baby male Shepherd mix
Adoptable from Companion Animal Protection Society (Thousand Oaks, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/pj-urgent-79610393/ca/thousand-oaks/companion-animal-protection-society-ca3066/
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
So adorable! Such soulful eyes. Any CA folks looking for a new addition to their household?
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You inspired me! I bought a laptop for a 20 yo looking to finish their GED. What a wonderful idea.
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You inspired me! I bought a laptop for a 20 yo looking to finish their GED. What a wonderful idea.
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the person who should be feeling most embarrassed this morning is not Nuzzi, it's the Vanity Fair boss who hired her
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
the person who should be feeling most embarrassed this morning is not Nuzzi, it's the Vanity Fair boss who hired her
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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I see so many interesting articles shared on here that are hosted on substack. Like. What are you doing. It’s 2025, don’t hang out with Nazis
every time i see a writer i respect using nazistack 😔😔😔 there are other options, for real
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I see so many interesting articles shared on here that are hosted on substack. Like. What are you doing. It’s 2025, don’t hang out with Nazis