Peter Carlson
@peterdcarlson.bsky.social
He/him. Alexandria, VA.
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which is striking to me because the movie is quite unambiguous about what's happening, you just have to pay attention to the immediately preceding events and dialogue. also, pay attention to how the movie uses shallow focus to put you in marty's point of view
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
which is striking to me because the movie is quite unambiguous about what's happening, you just have to pay attention to the immediately preceding events and dialogue. also, pay attention to how the movie uses shallow focus to put you in marty's point of view
Bouie correct as usual. Critics of the film are misreading the ending.
i enjoyed MARTY SUPREME to the extent that i can enjoy spending two and a half hours with the worst person imaginable
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Bouie correct as usual. Critics of the film are misreading the ending.
Shopping with the child whose current clothes size is 6/7. Nightmare.
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Shopping with the child whose current clothes size is 6/7. Nightmare.
Halfway through the decade!
What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Da 5 Bloods
2021: The Green Knight
2022: EEAAO
2023: Oppenheimer
2024: Rebel Ridge
2025: 28 Years Later
What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Da 5 Bloods
2021: The Green Knight
2022: EEAAO
2023: Oppenheimer
2024: Rebel Ridge
2025: 28 Years Later
Halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Small Axe
2021: Memoria
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: Killers of the Flower Moon
2024: Anora
2025: One Battle After Another
2020: Small Axe
2021: Memoria
2022: The Fabelmans
2023: Killers of the Flower Moon
2024: Anora
2025: One Battle After Another
Halfway through the decade! What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: David Byrne's American Utopia
2021: West Side Story
2022: Decision to Leave
2023: The Zone of Interest
2024: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2025: Sinners
2020: David Byrne's American Utopia
2021: West Side Story
2022: Decision to Leave
2023: The Zone of Interest
2024: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2025: Sinners
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Halfway through the decade!
What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Da 5 Bloods
2021: The Green Knight
2022: EEAAO
2023: Oppenheimer
2024: Rebel Ridge
2025: 28 Years Later
What are your favorite films each year so far?
2020: Da 5 Bloods
2021: The Green Knight
2022: EEAAO
2023: Oppenheimer
2024: Rebel Ridge
2025: 28 Years Later
Better to describe AOC, Mamdani, Brandon Scott, and others of their cohort as the product of the convergence of Occupy and BLM. Sandy Hook/March for our Lives are also in that nexus.
Seems like there's a line to be drawn from Occupy Wall Street to Bernie as national figure to AOC to Mamdani. Many other factors, of course! But maybe messy, beautiful 2011, crushed so brutally by Bloomberg & countless other mayors, forgotten in the Trump years since, was a turning point after all.
January 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Better to describe AOC, Mamdani, Brandon Scott, and others of their cohort as the product of the convergence of Occupy and BLM. Sandy Hook/March for our Lives are also in that nexus.
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one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
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AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.
High quality Iowa-Nebraska WBB game on Big Ten Network rn. Iowa has a player named Chit-Chat Wright who's balling out. 6 mins left in the 4th.
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
High quality Iowa-Nebraska WBB game on Big Ten Network rn. Iowa has a player named Chit-Chat Wright who's balling out. 6 mins left in the 4th.
Fuck this shit
NEWS: The Trump administration has canceled the 50-year lease given to the National Links Trust to manage the D.C. golf courses at East Potomac Park, Rock Creek, and Langston. The group won the leases five years ago, and had started work renovating the Rock Creek course.
December 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Fuck this shit
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Isiah Whitlock was very good recently in The Residence. Also watch Da 5 Bloods.
December 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Isiah Whitlock was very good recently in The Residence. Also watch Da 5 Bloods.
Goddamn
An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Goddamn
Anyone know what space this is taking over? Google Maps has it in the middle of the parking lot.
Wonder food hall to open Potomac Yard location Jan. 9
Wonder food hall to open Potomac Yard location Jan. 9
The $7 billion startup from Jet.com founder Marc Lore will bring its fourth Virginia location to Richmond Highway
dlvr.it
December 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Anyone know what space this is taking over? Google Maps has it in the middle of the parking lot.
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i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
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[Trailer for Funyuns (2024)] Jeremy Strong holds an onion up in front of a board room "Kids don't want to buy this. They see this and they think Grandmas Soup. They hate this shit." he throws the onion hard against the wall "I think it's about time we started having a little fun with it"
July 12, 2023 at 11:41 AM
[Trailer for Funyuns (2024)] Jeremy Strong holds an onion up in front of a board room "Kids don't want to buy this. They see this and they think Grandmas Soup. They hate this shit." he throws the onion hard against the wall "I think it's about time we started having a little fun with it"
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going into the movie theater with a bulky leather jacket with one sleeve pinned up like ive got one arm, and once i sit down i slide a deli container brimming with cabbage soup out of the pinned sleeve and pop the lid and it instantly smells like fart within a 6 seat radius of me
November 15, 2024 at 2:11 AM
going into the movie theater with a bulky leather jacket with one sleeve pinned up like ive got one arm, and once i sit down i slide a deli container brimming with cabbage soup out of the pinned sleeve and pop the lid and it instantly smells like fart within a 6 seat radius of me
Aladdin
Inside Llewyn Davis
School of Rock
West Side Story
Inside Llewyn Davis
School of Rock
West Side Story
🎶🎬 Next up in the MUSIC MOVIE SHOWDOWN!!! Over 250 music-related films. 3 rounds. 1 winner.
Round 2
Match 2 of 4
To vote, reply or quote tweet with UP TO 4 films you think should advance to the finals! One vote per film.
Round 2
Match 2 of 4
To vote, reply or quote tweet with UP TO 4 films you think should advance to the finals! One vote per film.
December 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Aladdin
Inside Llewyn Davis
School of Rock
West Side Story
Inside Llewyn Davis
School of Rock
West Side Story
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Went between the legs to avoid the poke check.
December 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Went between the legs to avoid the poke check.
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Buffalo Drive, by William R. Leigh, 1947, 📸 by @sickoscommittee.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Buffalo Drive, by William R. Leigh, 1947, 📸 by @sickoscommittee.org
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HAVE A FUN FRIDAY FRIENDS
December 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
HAVE A FUN FRIDAY FRIENDS
Glenn Youngkin lmaooooo
who cares about nielsen ratings, streaming is the future of- wuh oh
December 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Glenn Youngkin lmaooooo
Important thread
Gonna be a little bit ~different~ today and pay tribute to the queer icons of Christmas. Starting with fussy, frustrated, child-hating Professor Hinkle from "Frosty the Snowman."
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Important thread