Dave Nuttycombe
@nutco.bsky.social
Emmy-winning filmmaker, musician, journalist, amusematist. It was just a local Emmy, so who cares? I do! I care! sigh. nuttycombe.com
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This piece by @jonrauch.bsky.social is very much worth reading. (Yes, I know, even if your reaction to the title is, "Gee, you don't say!") He lays out the case more carefully, clearly, and systematically than I have seen elsewhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:33 PM
This piece by @jonrauch.bsky.social is very much worth reading. (Yes, I know, even if your reaction to the title is, "Gee, you don't say!") He lays out the case more carefully, clearly, and systematically than I have seen elsewhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Oh-oh. Page one rewrite for my Emil Jannings biopic…
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Oh-oh. Page one rewrite for my Emil Jannings biopic…
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*music swells*
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES AT THE 98th ACADEMY AWARDS—AS DRIL TWEETS
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES AT THE 98th ACADEMY AWARDS—AS DRIL TWEETS
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
*music swells*
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES AT THE 98th ACADEMY AWARDS—AS DRIL TWEETS
BEST PICTURE NOMINEES AT THE 98th ACADEMY AWARDS—AS DRIL TWEETS
I'm buying the rights to your novelization for a Play-Doh version in IMAX. Also, seeking voice actors who speak Farsi. Thanks.
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'm buying the rights to your novelization for a Play-Doh version in IMAX. Also, seeking voice actors who speak Farsi. Thanks.
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This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
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The president's threat to impose tariffs on countries that oppose his desire to acquire Greenland shows that he does not see tariffs as an economic tool to help America, but as a weapon to hurt his enemies. That's the fundamental nature of his entire presidency.
January 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The president's threat to impose tariffs on countries that oppose his desire to acquire Greenland shows that he does not see tariffs as an economic tool to help America, but as a weapon to hurt his enemies. That's the fundamental nature of his entire presidency.
Here I am holding an Oscar. It is real. It is not mine. It belongs to Paul Wagner and Marjorie Hunt, who produced the documentary short “The Stone Carvers,” which won the Oscar in 1985. They let me hold it. Unlike some presidents, I don’t think that holding someone else’s award makes me special.
January 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Here I am holding an Oscar. It is real. It is not mine. It belongs to Paul Wagner and Marjorie Hunt, who produced the documentary short “The Stone Carvers,” which won the Oscar in 1985. They let me hold it. Unlike some presidents, I don’t think that holding someone else’s award makes me special.
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Join us tomorrow!
TOMORROW: Please join us for a rally and vigil outside of CBP headquarters in DC as we continue to demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee Nicole Good and the ongoing ICE terror in our communities. #ICEOutForGood
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Join us tomorrow!
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The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
An expert explains how the thugs “protecting” us aren’t…
Here is a thread about a true police-shooting incident that I'm going to use to pose a fun little thought problem for anyone anywhere who think there ia a single justifiable reason to ever allow a law enforcement officer to use force on a citizen and remain anonymous. From my back pages:
January 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
An expert explains how the thugs “protecting” us aren’t…
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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This comment from the Auschwitz Maemorial FB page is VERY important to read today in America.
January 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This comment from the Auschwitz Maemorial FB page is VERY important to read today in America.
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interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
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the current stance of the federal government is that they will harm, injure, and even kill anyone they want to keep us safe from people who committed civil violations of immigration law
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
the current stance of the federal government is that they will harm, injure, and even kill anyone they want to keep us safe from people who committed civil violations of immigration law
Unforgivable.
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Unforgivable.
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"How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline"
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
zeteo.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline"
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
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I assume people will tire eventually of modifying photos in AI, but at the point the damage will be done that photographs will never again be seen as mementos of lived lives.
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I assume people will tire eventually of modifying photos in AI, but at the point the damage will be done that photographs will never again be seen as mementos of lived lives.
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It is very important that your federal electeds hear not only from you on social media, but through direct contact as well. Tag them and then
Call and email. Do both. Tell them to move to immediately impeach and remove for an unconstitutional war of aggression.
Call and email. Do both. Tell them to move to immediately impeach and remove for an unconstitutional war of aggression.
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 AM
It is very important that your federal electeds hear not only from you on social media, but through direct contact as well. Tag them and then
Call and email. Do both. Tell them to move to immediately impeach and remove for an unconstitutional war of aggression.
Call and email. Do both. Tell them to move to immediately impeach and remove for an unconstitutional war of aggression.
Where, oh where, is our “Guy Under the Seats” franchise? “Guy Under the Seats Saves Christmas,” for starters.
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Where, oh where, is our “Guy Under the Seats” franchise? “Guy Under the Seats Saves Christmas,” for starters.
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asia.si.edu/whats-on/eve... Iranian film festival starts @ Museum of Asian Art w/ It was Just an Accident , a good 2025 film by Panahi about seeking retribution
Events Calendar - National Museum of Asian Art
asia.si.edu
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
asia.si.edu/whats-on/eve... Iranian film festival starts @ Museum of Asian Art w/ It was Just an Accident , a good 2025 film by Panahi about seeking retribution
So I was waiting for the punchline to be you getting (tastefully) naked. But fine points, thanks.
January 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
So I was waiting for the punchline to be you getting (tastefully) naked. But fine points, thanks.
You had me at “pointless optimism.”
January 2, 2026 at 5:44 AM
You had me at “pointless optimism.”
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Today's newsletter: I read the Jack Smith transcript Republicans released on New Year's Eve so you don't have to. Here are 12 takeaways:
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
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House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
www.readtpa.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Today's newsletter: I read the Jack Smith transcript Republicans released on New Year's Eve so you don't have to. Here are 12 takeaways:
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...
www.readtpa.com/p/house-repu...