J. E. Vidal
@jevidal.bsky.social
Writer // Photographer // VFX Artist // Freethinker
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J. E. Vidal
@jevidal.bsky.social
· Jun 22
Wood Pine River (trailer)
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World peace may still be a work-in-progress, but our movie is finally ready to share!
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Eventually today's boring payroll record become tomorrow's fascinating database.
A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Eventually today's boring payroll record become tomorrow's fascinating database.
Evergreen since 10,000 BCE
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Evergreen since 10,000 BCE
Spoiler alert: he doesn't complete the circle.
The U.S. trailer for Lav Diaz's epic #Magellan has arrived ahead of a January release.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/magellan-tra...
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Spoiler alert: he doesn't complete the circle.
AI is for people who wish they had synesthesia.
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
AI is for people who wish they had synesthesia.
Always fascinating to see electoral maps from Georgia knowing that the Black Belt has origins going back 100 million years:
deepseanews.com/2012/06/how-...
deepseanews.com/2012/06/how-...
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Always fascinating to see electoral maps from Georgia knowing that the Black Belt has origins going back 100 million years:
deepseanews.com/2012/06/how-...
deepseanews.com/2012/06/how-...
One magical thing about living in NYC is occasionally hearing and feeling the collective roar.
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One magical thing about living in NYC is occasionally hearing and feeling the collective roar.
Can’t go to hell if you don’t have a soul.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Can’t go to hell if you don’t have a soul.
If your pale white skin is so supreme, then why do you cover it with gruesome ink and bright orange paste?
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If your pale white skin is so supreme, then why do you cover it with gruesome ink and bright orange paste?
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This cracks me up
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This cracks me up
I remember coming through here at age seven. It was impressive. If he can knock down the peoples' house, the people can knock down all of his eyesore towers—starting with the hideous one on Fifth Avenue.
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I remember coming through here at age seven. It was impressive. If he can knock down the peoples' house, the people can knock down all of his eyesore towers—starting with the hideous one on Fifth Avenue.
The baseline for a normal, functional adult is the ability to clean up their own messes.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The baseline for a normal, functional adult is the ability to clean up their own messes.
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"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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Thursday Picture.
Girls in the Windows, 1960, by Ormond Gigli. Hearing the brownstones opposite his East 58th Street studio were to be demolished, he swung into action to secure permissions, models and even the Rolls Royce. The photograph was taken during a lunch break the day before demolition.
Girls in the Windows, 1960, by Ormond Gigli. Hearing the brownstones opposite his East 58th Street studio were to be demolished, he swung into action to secure permissions, models and even the Rolls Royce. The photograph was taken during a lunch break the day before demolition.
October 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Thursday Picture.
Girls in the Windows, 1960, by Ormond Gigli. Hearing the brownstones opposite his East 58th Street studio were to be demolished, he swung into action to secure permissions, models and even the Rolls Royce. The photograph was taken during a lunch break the day before demolition.
Girls in the Windows, 1960, by Ormond Gigli. Hearing the brownstones opposite his East 58th Street studio were to be demolished, he swung into action to secure permissions, models and even the Rolls Royce. The photograph was taken during a lunch break the day before demolition.
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“Living the dream” is pretty accurate considering that dreams are dumb and make no sense
October 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Living the dream” is pretty accurate considering that dreams are dumb and make no sense
Many many years ago, Andy was once my intern-extraordinaire and now he's cut this amazing movie.
One Battle After Another editor Andy Jurgensen talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about test screening cuts, keeping the momentum, and much more.
One Battle After Another Editor Andy Jurgensen on Cutting Paul Thomas Anderson’s Action-Comedy Epic
How do you make a 2.5-hour movie that feels like it flies by in a third of the time? Meet editor Andy Jurgensen, a long-time collaborator of Paul Thomas Anderson, who has followed up Licorice Pizza wi...
thefilmstage.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Many many years ago, Andy was once my intern-extraordinaire and now he's cut this amazing movie.
As someone with absolutely no military experience, I do not think it's the wisest idea to assemble all of your military leaders in the same place at the same time.
September 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As someone with absolutely no military experience, I do not think it's the wisest idea to assemble all of your military leaders in the same place at the same time.
Why aren’t we calling them ICE-holes?
September 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Why aren’t we calling them ICE-holes?
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A great summation of your president America. You voted him in. You live with it
September 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A great summation of your president America. You voted him in. You live with it
TV needs to say MORE mean things about the big baby. Make that baby cry!
September 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
TV needs to say MORE mean things about the big baby. Make that baby cry!
Does anyone know how to contact Antifa HR? I'm missing a paycheck.
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Does anyone know how to contact Antifa HR? I'm missing a paycheck.
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1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
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Iceberg! Model turns Manhattan apartment into Titanic with ‘insane amount of blue fabric’ https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/iceberg-model-turns-manhattan-apartment-into-titanic-with-insane-amount-of-blue-fabric
Iceberg! Model turns Manhattan apartment into Titanic with ‘insane amount of blue fabric’
Sarah Boll has transformed her apartment in Manhattan's Chinatown into a Titanic-themed abode.
Sarah Boll fastened portholes and gold decals to her living room walls and outfitted her bedroom with gilded panels, among other decorations. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Iceberg! Model turns Manhattan apartment into Titanic with ‘insane amount of blue fabric’ https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/iceberg-model-turns-manhattan-apartment-into-titanic-with-insane-amount-of-blue-fabric
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Happy Yes Day (a federal holiday in the United States)
September 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Happy Yes Day (a federal holiday in the United States)
I would gladly own and read these six long paragraphs.
Up for a 'long read' this autumn? All of Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" as published by The Folio Society. Wonderfully tactile cloth boards on the six volumes.
August 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I would gladly own and read these six long paragraphs.
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Headlines Used to Have One Sentence. Not Anymore.
August 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Headlines Used to Have One Sentence. Not Anymore.