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Media Prophet. Film Critic (GALECA, MCFCA, Rotten Tomatoes, SEFCA). Co-host of @jjlpod.bsky.social . DJ (http://mixcloud.com/DJNomi). Catsitter. 16 insecurities in a leather jacket. Patricia Coma stan. Painter. Very gay. BLM. (He/Him)

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Jason Shawhan @jshawhan.bsky.social · Dec 17

My 2024 Best of Film Extravaganza

www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...

Our Senior Film Critic’s Favorite Films and Performances of 2024

From ‘No Other Land’ and ‘The Brutalist’ to outstanding restorations, here’s the best cinema this year had to offer

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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 3h

Wondering what was going on with the headline I keep seeing about "Halloween terror plot that Kash Patel described never existed."

Now, thanks to @ursa58.bsky.social, I get it!

This is a hell of a story. Shout out to Kyle Seraphin. (Remember competent FBI people?)

marygeddry.com/p/wag-the-do...

Wag the Dog, Fetch the Jet

How Kash Patel turned a taxpayer-funded love story into a national-security press stunt—and proved Kyle Seraphin right in record time.

marygeddry.com

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🇳🇬Mobutt | Mr.Mobius | Glitchwood High🇳🇬 @mobutt.bsky.social · 2h

Nigerian here! The only thing worse than the current political strife in Nigeria is the idea of DJT trying to fix it. Counter-terrorism operations by the U.S. more often than not just decimate the nations they were trying to help.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6h

yeah, the idea that Trump will stop Boko Haram types by ending aid to the Nigerian federal government is as confused as the idea that he is actually interested in the welfare of the same Nigerian Christians he put on a categorical travel ban 5 years ago

news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/03...

Faculty Insight: What Trump’s Nigeria Travel Ban Means | HDS News Archive

news-archive.hds.harvard.edu

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 2h

I can’t wait for the ADL to declare that Satmar Hasids are confused & don’t understand their Jewish identity.

But on a serious note: a significant number of Hasidic Jews are anti-Zionist and want a holy land where Jews Christians and Muslims live side by side in peace. And look who they chose.

Jacob Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 BIG 🚨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed.

Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon.

Here is more background ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

Why Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters

The Satmar Hasidic community’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor shows the broad coalition built by the democratic socialist and Muslim.

forward.com

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 2h

The eyes. Haunting.

Evil penguin from Wallace and Grommit. Beady little dead shark eyes.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 4h

“Oh no the girls are rapping about pleasurable sexual experiences and gucci bags”

The boys are rapping about serial killing and the lack of mental health services

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Chris “Chance!” Brown @chancesecond.bsky.social · 4h

Mamdani got on the Bodega Cats insta and honestly, better endorsement than Schumer at this point

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realgoodtrouble.bsky.social @realgoodtrouble.bsky.social · 4h

Those same Nigerian Christians would never be offered asylum in the US.

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 4h

Just want to urge anyone in the U.S. eligible to vote for anything at all this election cycle to please do so. Shock everyone with the turnout. Make jaded pundits cough coffee out their noses. Make poll volunteers smile. Make voter suppressors nervous again.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h

This is why we can’t have nice things

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 1d

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.

This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.

Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog

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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Police departments paid out $2.3 billion in settlements in one year.

We're not overspending feeding people. We're overspending beating people.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14h

Want to see a microcosm of America? Immigrants won the World Series for the Dodgers and immigrants will be unwelcome and hunted at the victory parade.

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Bronwen Manby @bronwenmanby.bsky.social · 11h

This is an amazing and disturbing story—not just the usual game park as neocolonialism, but added extra of EU funded hydropower project in DRC supporting a bitcoin mine managed by a Belgian (of course) aristocrat …

The Continent @thecontinent.org · 4d

As Virunga National Park turns 100, Congo’s crown jewel faces crisis: rebel occupation, local anger, failed projects, and a controversial Belgian “prince” at its helm. Once a symbol of conservation, it’s now a battleground of power, poverty, and profit — even hosting a Bitcoin mine.

The Belgian prince, the national park, and the bitcoin mine

Emmanuel de Merode’s controversial stewardship of the DRC’s iconic Virunga National Park is giving him even greater powers.

continent.substack.com

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 1d

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 15h

can't find a better example of "police cause riots" than the cops turning off the TV at a bar to make a bunch of drunk sports fans extremely angry.

Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 17h

Los Angeles, CA -

LAPD has commanded The Douglas, the nearest bar to Dodger Stadium to turn off the televisions. They are now calling unlawful assembly, though as far as I can tell the only signs of anything are people on the sidewalk. It is the 9th inning.

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 21h

Throwing queer people under the bus--8% of electorate in '24 in which 85% voted for Harris--is politically stupid in addition to being bigoted.

www.advocate.com/voices/democ...

Top Democratic officials target their most vulnerable constituents in new strategy document

Opinion: The party leaders' new guide, "Deciding to Win," encourages Democrats to be a little more like Republicans on "identity and cultural issues," Erin Reed writes.

www.advocate.com

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Jason Shawhan @jshawhan.bsky.social · 19h

He's Brak, y'all,
and he's back, y'all,
From the front door
to the back wall.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

A CHATTANOOGA veteran processes his new health care reality

This is what @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn and Trump are fighting not to fix

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

I wonder if the South American fishermen he's routinely killing would count as "innocent Christians" too, or nah?

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h

Confirmation from TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth * O
@PeteHegseth
Yes sir.
The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria
— and anywhere — must end immediately.
The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.

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Jason Shawhan @jshawhan.bsky.social · 20h

I remember the day I saw this- last year at the NYFF press screening, before the election, and i have never been so glad that the subjects of the film were still alive. What an incredible film.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jul 25

Mr. Beast is like if Willy Wonka didn’t have the charm to cover up clearly being a child murderer

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 20h

There’s exactly three things to expect from Cuomo as mayor:
1. Taxes on millionaires won’t go up.
2. 5000 more cops will be hired at the expense of other city services.
3. He will very loudly say “I love Israel and Muslims are bad” as often as possible.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20h

Three hops out encompasses so many people that a strike predicated on that degree of association is an indiscriminate strike.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 22h

Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Several lawmakers said Thursday that the Pentagon relayed that it did not need to know the identities of those being targeted in the attacks, or if those killed had been trafficking drugs.

“What they told us is they have to show a connection to a designated terrorist organization or their affiliate, and as long as they can show that connection, they believe they are authorized to strike,” Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-California) said in an interview.

But such connections could be as much as “three hops away” from a known drug trafficker, Jacobs told reporters after the briefing.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I can’t get fucking toilet bowl cleaner with my SNAP benefits. If it ain’t food you cook yourself, it ain’t going on the card

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

“Under the plan, bounty hunters may receive “monetary bonuses” depending on how successfully they track down their targets — and how many immigrants they then report to ICE.”

Or ICE could just fund the Klan directly.

ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna be the Gay History Nerd for a sec: This headline continues a decades-old tradition of explaining gay cultural phenomena to readers via straight confusion/resentment--and of assuming that highly specific references are designed to confuse or exclude, not delight. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/s...

A Halloween Tradition People Love to ‘Hate’

www.nytimes.com

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