Matthew Dessem
@matthewdessem.bsky.social
I’m the enchanting wizard of rhythm. I came here to tell you about the rhythms of the universe.
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Matthew Dessem
@matthewdessem.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Okay. Here are the TV settings you need to get the best picture possible out of an LG OLED. Mine is a C4--on older models some of the names are different. (If I have time some time I'll get the older setting names from a CX.)
If you’re letting your students watch movies on multitasking devices like laptops, you’ve already lost the war. (Honestly, moving from printed reading to e-books strikes me as equally misguided.) If you don’t have decent screening rooms and students don’t have access to televisions, I’d start there.
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
If you’re letting your students watch movies on multitasking devices like laptops, you’ve already lost the war. (Honestly, moving from printed reading to e-books strikes me as equally misguided.) If you don’t have decent screening rooms and students don’t have access to televisions, I’d start there.
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1978-era ABC would absolutely have done this show.
He’s the best sleuth there is, but thanks to the crippling emotional damage inflicted by the murder of his wife, he’s unable to leave his hot tub. Thanks to the help of his faithful assistant in both finding clues and inviting suspects, he catches killers. J’ACCUZZI, coming this fall to ABC
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
1978-era ABC would absolutely have done this show.
If you can’t watch a feature film, why are you in a film class? This sounds like trying to teach Ulysses to students who can’t read. If your institution needs to test for proficiency and offer remedial classes to kids whose high schools did not prepare them for college, why not just do that?
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
If you can’t watch a feature film, why are you in a film class? This sounds like trying to teach Ulysses to students who can’t read. If your institution needs to test for proficiency and offer remedial classes to kids whose high schools did not prepare them for college, why not just do that?
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I didn’t realise that Bezos made Melania to save cinema.
I feel bad now.
I feel bad now.
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I didn’t realise that Bezos made Melania to save cinema.
I feel bad now.
I feel bad now.
I watched The Phoenician Scheme for the second time tonight and I thought it was good the first time but now I think it’s perfect. The best Tintin movie anyone will ever make.
January 31, 2026 at 6:14 AM
I watched The Phoenician Scheme for the second time tonight and I thought it was good the first time but now I think it’s perfect. The best Tintin movie anyone will ever make.
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This is so well written. 💔
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM
This is so well written. 💔
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If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 AM
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
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i once bought a new blazer for a schitts creek panel, and when i walked into the green room, catherine o'hara complimented me on it, and also noted that i had forgotten to cut all the threads off the vents.
and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"
and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
i once bought a new blazer for a schitts creek panel, and when i walked into the green room, catherine o'hara complimented me on it, and also noted that i had forgotten to cut all the threads off the vents.
and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"
and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"
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For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
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Catherine O’Hara was so brilliant and just as important, always came across as unfailingly kind. There’s a reason she’s universally beloved.
One of my earliest & most permanent memories of comedy is a sketch she did with Andrea Martin:
“Can you… direct me… to the hotel?”
One of my earliest & most permanent memories of comedy is a sketch she did with Andrea Martin:
“Can you… direct me… to the hotel?”
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Catherine O’Hara was so brilliant and just as important, always came across as unfailingly kind. There’s a reason she’s universally beloved.
One of my earliest & most permanent memories of comedy is a sketch she did with Andrea Martin:
“Can you… direct me… to the hotel?”
One of my earliest & most permanent memories of comedy is a sketch she did with Andrea Martin:
“Can you… direct me… to the hotel?”
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From Brooks’ column TODAY: “The most grievous cultural wound has been the loss of a shared moral order… Without shared standards of right and wrong, it’s impossible to settle disputes; it’s impossible to maintain social cohesion and trust.”
January 30, 2026 at 7:14 PM
From Brooks’ column TODAY: “The most grievous cultural wound has been the loss of a shared moral order… Without shared standards of right and wrong, it’s impossible to settle disputes; it’s impossible to maintain social cohesion and trust.”
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Catherine O’Hara could deliver any line of dialogue in a way that was hilarious and would never occur to any other actor on the planet. A truly singular talent, RIP.
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Catherine O’Hara could deliver any line of dialogue in a way that was hilarious and would never occur to any other actor on the planet. A truly singular talent, RIP.
UCLA Anderson School of Management, I *love* the idea of festooning your building with Successories-type slogans! I just have a tiny note about the one at the top of the stairs.
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
UCLA Anderson School of Management, I *love* the idea of festooning your building with Successories-type slogans! I just have a tiny note about the one at the top of the stairs.
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The Reason for the Superior Quality is the size of the picture!
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 AM
The Reason for the Superior Quality is the size of the picture!
The amount of anti-ICE graffiti along Sunset is making me reconsider the hackiness of environmental storytelling in post-apocalyptic games and movies. Probably one of those art/life feedback loops.
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The amount of anti-ICE graffiti along Sunset is making me reconsider the hackiness of environmental storytelling in post-apocalyptic games and movies. Probably one of those art/life feedback loops.
100% of readers of The Information surveyed feel that cities at night contain men who cry in their sleep and then say Nothing. It’s nothing. Just sad dreams. Or something like that.
55% of readers of The Information surveyed believe AI is a bubble and of them half believe it will burst this year. Something is shifting
www.theinformation.com/articles/opt...
www.theinformation.com/articles/opt...
January 30, 2026 at 5:37 AM
100% of readers of The Information surveyed feel that cities at night contain men who cry in their sleep and then say Nothing. It’s nothing. Just sad dreams. Or something like that.
The Reason for the Superior Quality is the size of the picture!
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 AM
The Reason for the Superior Quality is the size of the picture!
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Love the new Aronofsky scene where the colonist takes off his hat to cheer, revealing that underneath it was a second and somehow larger hat
Masterful artsistic choice
Masterful artsistic choice
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Love the new Aronofsky scene where the colonist takes off his hat to cheer, revealing that underneath it was a second and somehow larger hat
Masterful artsistic choice
Masterful artsistic choice
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I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...
George Washington
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January 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...
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I wished this into existence and now I must decide what to do with it
January 29, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I wished this into existence and now I must decide what to do with it
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i gotta say one more thing
having worked in animation for years now, calling this "animated" is a fucking mortal insult. completely get fucked. animation is a creator thoughtfully and painstakingly giving something life. this is fucking nothing compared to animation
having worked in animation for years now, calling this "animated" is a fucking mortal insult. completely get fucked. animation is a creator thoughtfully and painstakingly giving something life. this is fucking nothing compared to animation
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM
i gotta say one more thing
having worked in animation for years now, calling this "animated" is a fucking mortal insult. completely get fucked. animation is a creator thoughtfully and painstakingly giving something life. this is fucking nothing compared to animation
having worked in animation for years now, calling this "animated" is a fucking mortal insult. completely get fucked. animation is a creator thoughtfully and painstakingly giving something life. this is fucking nothing compared to animation
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Darren Aronofsky’s the Civil War
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Darren Aronofsky’s the Civil War
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The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
The Lowdown! I liked it! Ethan Hawke, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kyle MacLachlan, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Dinklage, Graham Greene and a bunch of killer locations, what else could you want from a television show?
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 AM
The Lowdown! I liked it! Ethan Hawke, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kyle MacLachlan, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Dinklage, Graham Greene and a bunch of killer locations, what else could you want from a television show?