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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 3h

I was hoping someone would cite LOVE AND DEATH today! It's a great film, and Keaton gives a fearlessly hilarious performance.

Diane Keaton as Sonja in LOVE AND DEATH, with her tongue out

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 3h

"In a time of darkness, New York must be the light." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social makes a 2-minute ad about transgender rights, while sitting at the Christopher Street Pier in NYC. And yes, I'm crying, too.
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

You Have to See This Mamdani Ad

I wasn't planning to post anything today. I dislike working and writing on weekends in general, but this was too important to ignore. You have to see this Zohran Mamdani campaign ad that came out this...

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, and @ringdownmusic.bsky.social was a marvelous opener!

The two women of Ringdown sing to each other in front of keyboards

Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 4h

Also, we're still recovering from @tuneyards.bsky.social at Bowery Ballroom Thursday night

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 6h

"Police say Brent Jones, 26, urinated in the reflecting pool and stomped on and broke the eternal flame at the site."

A no-brainer: Pam Bondi could pretend to be a both-sides advocate of justice by staging an outraged press conference and pledging to prosecute this guy. But she won't.

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 6h

To the grift born

That pic with Donald, Melania, and Barron on a toy lion in a gold room https://pursuitist.com/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-barron-trump/

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 9h

MANHATTAN is my favorite film starring Diane Keaton, and she's great in it, but she wears an astonishingly unflattering hairstyle throughout, so I feel a little bad posting a pic here

Diane Keaton in MANHATTAN, gorgeous but with an astonishingly unflattering hairdo

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 8h

LFG

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 9h

MANHATTAN is my favorite film starring Diane Keaton, and she's great in it, but she wears an astonishingly unflattering hairstyle throughout, so I feel a little bad posting a pic here

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 9h

My favorite Keaton role

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 11h

Big Star: Third/Sister Lovers (Full Album)

Dailymotion video by afieled

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 13h

Curious how many Connections people were as tickled as I was yesterday by the way the screen came up #BigStar #SisterLovers

Screenshot from Connections with the words BIG STAR THIRD SISTER LOVERS

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 14h

Eleanor Roosevelt’s 141st birthday, an excuse to post her first two books. From WHEN YOU GROW UP TO VOTE: “Government is like a game. If you do not know the rules, or what each player is supposed to do, it is dull, but as soon as you understand what is going on, it can get very exciting.” #BookSky

Two books: IT'S UP TO THE WOMEN, published in 1933, and WHEN YOU GROW UP TO VOTE, published in 1932. Still looking for a copy of the latter with a dust jacket.

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

"It was dancing in the streets."

Trump 'wrong' in claiming US Arabs cheered 9/11 attacks

A US mayor says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

Can't decide whether "the Homeless Industrial Complex" would make a good band name

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

$MELANIA just dropped below 10 cents—down 95.02% since the inauguration! $TRUMP marginally better—down only ~90%.

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

Ran across this poetry collection while browsing eBay, and maybe this insane news week has left me punchy, but I'm tickled by the notion that author James Whitcomb Riley wasn't sure how old his title character was: 15? 16? 17? #BookSky

Illustrated hardcover of James Whitcomb Riley's book WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIXTEEN

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

Tag yourself:

* the antifa crowd
* the pro-Hamas crowd
* the Marxists

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

R.I.P., John Lodge www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

The Moody Blues - Sitting at the Wheel

YouTube video by B&C

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

"Despite repeated requests for data to back up their eye-popping statistics, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly declined to provide any justification to CPR or NPR for continuing to make its assertions."

Wild that under Trump, we can't take the government's word for it, period.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

www.npr.org

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 1d

"Despite repeated requests for data to back up their eye-popping statistics, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly declined to provide any justification to CPR or NPR for continuing to make its assertions."

Under Trump, the federal government is—like him—post-truth.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

n.pr

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 2d

Sure seems as though the WaPo is adopting a WSJ model, with great news reporting b/w a predictable right-wing editorial page notable only for the occasional exception

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 2d

Joni Mitchell & Elvis Costello are still alive, why is this up for discussion

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 2d

100% chance that the new Trump Peace Prize will involve a big gold cup, since that's what he thinks the Nobel looks like. (screenshot of 2020 campaign email)

Screenshot from 9/10/2020 Trump/Pence email, showing Trump holding a golden cup with BREAKING: PRESIDENT TRUMP NOMINATED FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 2d

I nominate David Attenborough

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