Elli Lester Roushanzamir
@noirelli.bsky.social
Media Studies Prof Emerita/ film noir & intl film, writer/visual expression/iphone photos/National Theatre at Home, dog lover-Soho, best pal, fave city, London, history- interrogate & learn, still (probably)taking risks
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The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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It’s like the Middle Ages are back.
Here is an example of a Queen, wanting a King, to be a Pope.
Holy Roman Empire 2.0
Here is an example of a Queen, wanting a King, to be a Pope.
Holy Roman Empire 2.0
April 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It’s like the Middle Ages are back.
Here is an example of a Queen, wanting a King, to be a Pope.
Holy Roman Empire 2.0
Here is an example of a Queen, wanting a King, to be a Pope.
Holy Roman Empire 2.0
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Eine kleine Popmusik. Number one in Ireland this week in April 1986: Falco with the splendid 'Rock Me Amadeus' irishnumberones.com/2022/02/26/f...
Falco – ‘Rock Me Amadeus’
26 April 1986 My memory of the night is hazy. However, I’m pretty sure I was at a college party where as a party piece someone stood by the fireplace, propped their elbow on the mantelpiece i…
irishnumberones.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Eine kleine Popmusik. Number one in Ireland this week in April 1986: Falco with the splendid 'Rock Me Amadeus' irishnumberones.com/2022/02/26/f...
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Raskin: We even have the right to call the president deranged for crashing our economy, destroying $6 trillion of wealth and turning our 401(k) Into a 201 (K). And the press has the right to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
April 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Raskin: We even have the right to call the president deranged for crashing our economy, destroying $6 trillion of wealth and turning our 401(k) Into a 201 (K). And the press has the right to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.
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These are the signs of the times — as demonstrated in today’s Hands Off!
WE ARE THE OPPOSITION!!
WE ARE THE OPPOSITION!!
April 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
These are the signs of the times — as demonstrated in today’s Hands Off!
WE ARE THE OPPOSITION!!
WE ARE THE OPPOSITION!!
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It’s almost funny but actually shocking how MAGA spent all week trying to justify the detention of Mahmoud Khalil with BS ‘he’s Hamas’ accusations but then goes & deports Dr Rasha Alawieh, a Brown uni professor & doctor specializing in kidney transplant patients without any reasons given whatsoever!
With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch
“Oopsie … Too late,” El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It’s almost funny but actually shocking how MAGA spent all week trying to justify the detention of Mahmoud Khalil with BS ‘he’s Hamas’ accusations but then goes & deports Dr Rasha Alawieh, a Brown uni professor & doctor specializing in kidney transplant patients without any reasons given whatsoever!
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Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
Yesterday’s film and today’s film:
#Lilies
#QueerFilm
#bobdylan
#cinemaverite
Recommend both & would be interested in your thoughts
#Lilies
#QueerFilm
#bobdylan
#cinemaverite
Recommend both & would be interested in your thoughts
February 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Yesterday’s film and today’s film:
#Lilies
#QueerFilm
#bobdylan
#cinemaverite
Recommend both & would be interested in your thoughts
#Lilies
#QueerFilm
#bobdylan
#cinemaverite
Recommend both & would be interested in your thoughts
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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."
February 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
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Strawberries and cream, brought to you by Raphaelle Peale, first American still-life painter. He was born on this day in 1774.
February 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Strawberries and cream, brought to you by Raphaelle Peale, first American still-life painter. He was born on this day in 1774.
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The forge of Vulcan, 1585. Curiously specialized in housewares. But Cupid is working away too, for Valentine's Day. And with a fine pet dog, because it's by Jacopo Bassano. Today is his day
February 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The forge of Vulcan, 1585. Curiously specialized in housewares. But Cupid is working away too, for Valentine's Day. And with a fine pet dog, because it's by Jacopo Bassano. Today is his day
Photo according #TonyRoberts 2/7/25 NYT Obit
February 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Photo according #TonyRoberts 2/7/25 NYT Obit
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We told you they would come for veterans. We told you they would come for community care.
And so it begins...
I have an appointment at USA Medical Center for my that was made through the VA.
After driving 80 miles to get here, they told me that the VA hasn't authorized payment so they have to reschedule for next month
I have an appointment at USA Medical Center for my that was made through the VA.
After driving 80 miles to get here, they told me that the VA hasn't authorized payment so they have to reschedule for next month
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We told you they would come for veterans. We told you they would come for community care.
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
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KOSMA - the Kids Off Social Media Act - is a bad, bad bill. We need education and regulation, not bans.
We need to rein in the technocratic oligarchs and demand transparency for their products. Make the world better, not less.
We need to rein in the technocratic oligarchs and demand transparency for their products. Make the world better, not less.
Statement: @schatz.senate.gov hearing on #KOSMA amid tech-billionaire fueled constitutional crisis a pathetic fart amid the Democratic party’s spineless flailing.
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-02...
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-02...
Statement: Schatz hearing on KOSMA amid tech-billionaire fueled constitutional crisis a pathetic fart amid the Democratic party’s spineless flailing
The following statement can be attributed to Lia Holland (they/she), Campaigns & Communications Director at Fight for the Future: The world’s richest tech billionaire and the Trump Administration are ...
www.fightforthefuture.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
KOSMA - the Kids Off Social Media Act - is a bad, bad bill. We need education and regulation, not bans.
We need to rein in the technocratic oligarchs and demand transparency for their products. Make the world better, not less.
We need to rein in the technocratic oligarchs and demand transparency for their products. Make the world better, not less.
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Elias van den Broeck tries some fruit & oysters along with the flowers. Looks good! Lemon peel curled around the wine glass is also a nice touch. Today is his day.
February 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Elias van den Broeck tries some fruit & oysters along with the flowers. Looks good! Lemon peel curled around the wine glass is also a nice touch. Today is his day.
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the OTHER thing about the white house’s anti-diversity push is that like old fashioned segregation it is explicitly an effort to undermine unions! like c’mon! don’t be stupid!
February 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the OTHER thing about the white house’s anti-diversity push is that like old fashioned segregation it is explicitly an effort to undermine unions! like c’mon! don’t be stupid!
This is a scene from the 2017 challenging (mystical?) film "Flores" by Jorge Jácome, highly recommend this short film
#criterion app
#jorgeJacome
#Flores
#queerfilm
#lgbtq+
#criterion app
#jorgeJacome
#Flores
#queerfilm
#lgbtq+
February 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
2 screen shots: 1 small & brief retreat from way-too-weird global formation, use as needed.
#lynleymysteries
#bizarooworld
#useasneeded
#britbox
#simplepleasure
#lynleymysteries
#bizarooworld
#useasneeded
#britbox
#simplepleasure
February 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
2 screen shots: 1 small & brief retreat from way-too-weird global formation, use as needed.
#lynleymysteries
#bizarooworld
#useasneeded
#britbox
#simplepleasure
#lynleymysteries
#bizarooworld
#useasneeded
#britbox
#simplepleasure