Leonard Pierce
@leonardpierce.bsky.social
Marxist, wife guy, union man, ne'er-do-well. Concerned with words, generally. Chicago-based eating enthusiast. CPS, DSA, THC. Crime, baseball, communism.
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Is this what it felt like to live in the Roman Empire when everyone had brain damage from lead poisoning
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Is this what it felt like to live in the Roman Empire when everyone had brain damage from lead poisoning
Noirvember starts to draw to a close with a look at Hitchcock's ROPE. I look at its historical background, where it adheres to and departs from noir tropes, and what it tells us about the notion of 'the perfect crime'. Exclusively on IMMORTAL SCIENCE! Check it out.
Noirvember: An Immaculate Murder - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
In defining the “perfect crime”, there is an interesting debate between criminologists. The most commonly held interpretation is that a so-called perfect crime is one where the perpetrator is never...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Noirvember starts to draw to a close with a look at Hitchcock's ROPE. I look at its historical background, where it adheres to and departs from noir tropes, and what it tells us about the notion of 'the perfect crime'. Exclusively on IMMORTAL SCIENCE! Check it out.
What's my dream Ken Burns project? A history of literally anything that happened after 1981
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What's my dream Ken Burns project? A history of literally anything that happened after 1981
How did my team already have one of the most boring logos in all of sports and they somehow managed to make it worse
NEWS: The Phoenix Mercury have announced a complete rebrand that includes an updated logo 👀
A new uniform is expected to be released on Tuesday.
A new uniform is expected to be released on Tuesday.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
How did my team already have one of the most boring logos in all of sports and they somehow managed to make it worse
Some of you go out to public places and interact with other human beings without being at least lightly stoned and I *respect* it but I don't *understand* it
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Some of you go out to public places and interact with other human beings without being at least lightly stoned and I *respect* it but I don't *understand* it
August reporting for duty
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
August reporting for duty
I have no comment on the Variety comedy list at this time, nor will I have at any future time, but I will tell you what I think of any individual entry or placement for $5 a pop
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I have no comment on the Variety comedy list at this time, nor will I have at any future time, but I will tell you what I think of any individual entry or placement for $5 a pop
The first person to divorce his AI will become a family court legend
one of the more bleak aspects of ai chatbots is it’s starting to blow up real marriages
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The first person to divorce his AI will become a family court legend
I am currently deciding which Rockstar murderfest game to delete from my Xbox Series S console to make room for NBA 2K26 so my wife can play WNBA games, if you were ever wondering if I am truly a hardcore gamer
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am currently deciding which Rockstar murderfest game to delete from my Xbox Series S console to make room for NBA 2K26 so my wife can play WNBA games, if you were ever wondering if I am truly a hardcore gamer
It's the last week of Noirvember at IMMORTAL SCIENCE, and today we abjure reviews to discuss a specific aspect of noir: the low-light, all-shadows visual look of black & white cinematography, its realism and artificiality, why color noirs seem so jarring, and why modern films don't look lived in.
Noirvember: Shades of Gray - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
Noir means, of course, “black” in French; and it refers not only to the dark moods and bleak tone of American crime dramas of the ’40s and ’50s, but also...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's the last week of Noirvember at IMMORTAL SCIENCE, and today we abjure reviews to discuss a specific aspect of noir: the low-light, all-shadows visual look of black & white cinematography, its realism and artificiality, why color noirs seem so jarring, and why modern films don't look lived in.
Well this certainly wasn't the Hernandez Bros adaptation I was expecting
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Well this certainly wasn't the Hernandez Bros adaptation I was expecting
Bohemian dusk, Brynford Park, Chicago, November 23rd, 2025
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bohemian dusk, Brynford Park, Chicago, November 23rd, 2025
A movie that takes place where you're from*
*By definition of 'where you were born', in this case
*By definition of 'where you were born', in this case
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from*
*By definition of 'where you were born', in this case
*By definition of 'where you were born', in this case
Coping with my latest bout of insomnia by watching HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL on Pluto. A bunch of the early episodes are written by Gene Roddenberry and boy oh boy does that guy enjoy what one might call with excessive politeness "ethnic comedy"
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Coping with my latest bout of insomnia by watching HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL on Pluto. A bunch of the early episodes are written by Gene Roddenberry and boy oh boy does that guy enjoy what one might call with excessive politeness "ethnic comedy"
Noirvember bops along at IMMORTAL SCIENCE with a look at the splendid, surprising 1962 U.K. Basil Dearden film ALL NIGHT LONG. It manages to be a neo-noir, a chill hangout movie, a jazz-world drama, and a Shakespeare adaptation all at once, and features Charles Mingus in a dramatic role!
Noirvember: Back in Panicsville - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
Charles Mingus is wrong, you see. Mingus is the first (and the greatest, though he’ll have some solid competition) jazz musician we see, idly coaxing some low mournful notes out...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Noirvember bops along at IMMORTAL SCIENCE with a look at the splendid, surprising 1962 U.K. Basil Dearden film ALL NIGHT LONG. It manages to be a neo-noir, a chill hangout movie, a jazz-world drama, and a Shakespeare adaptation all at once, and features Charles Mingus in a dramatic role!
Today on IMMORTAL SCIENCE, Noirvember finds us looking at NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER. It's a UK noir! From the end of the noir era! It's the only 'issues picture' Hammer Films ever made! It's set in rural Canada! Still not convinced? It's about a child molester! Ripped from today's headlines!
Noirvember: This Isn’t an Ordinary Crime - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
Before America was plunged into the depths of fascism and we cared about frivolous things like moving pictures, my wife and I took in a triple feature at the Siskel...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Today on IMMORTAL SCIENCE, Noirvember finds us looking at NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER. It's a UK noir! From the end of the noir era! It's the only 'issues picture' Hammer Films ever made! It's set in rural Canada! Still not convinced? It's about a child molester! Ripped from today's headlines!
Turning politics into an argument about who has it worst sure does make things easy for the people who have it best
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Turning politics into an argument about who has it worst sure does make things easy for the people who have it best
Whenever I tell an ultra it is perfectly fine to be a communist who is in DSA, they always ask "how can you tolerate [whatever atrocity or wrongthink they believe DSA is doing]?" and they're never satisfied with my answer, whatever it happens to be. I dunno what else to tell you, comrades!
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Whenever I tell an ultra it is perfectly fine to be a communist who is in DSA, they always ask "how can you tolerate [whatever atrocity or wrongthink they believe DSA is doing]?" and they're never satisfied with my answer, whatever it happens to be. I dunno what else to tell you, comrades!
So this is my reward for getting up early huh
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
So this is my reward for getting up early huh
Imagine what an actual opposition party might be doing on a day like today
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Imagine what an actual opposition party might be doing on a day like today
Snap buttons too, lord save us
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Snap buttons too, lord save us
Clearly the right thing for Mamdani to have done is to smuggle a pistol into the most heavily guarded building in America, shot the evil president dead and then been immediately executed, thus triggering the biggest crackdown on the left in American history
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Clearly the right thing for Mamdani to have done is to smuggle a pistol into the most heavily guarded building in America, shot the evil president dead and then been immediately executed, thus triggering the biggest crackdown on the left in American history
Crook Hat Club will never die as long as it lives in our hearts
[Trade the Train and ya trade ya brain]
[Trade the Train and ya trade ya brain]
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Crook Hat Club will never die as long as it lives in our hearts
[Trade the Train and ya trade ya brain]
[Trade the Train and ya trade ya brain]
Reposted by Leonard Pierce
15 years ago, I drew this based on basically that same still
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
15 years ago, I drew this based on basically that same still