Rob Christopher
@randomcha.bsky.social
Sporadic filmmaker. ROY'S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD'S CHICAGO is streaming! (Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor.) New film: MY LAST MARTINI. Some stuff I scribe: #Chicago, #movies, #cocktails, #music, #books. And yup: I'm #gay. https://linktr.ee/randomcha
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Rob Christopher
@randomcha.bsky.social
· Nov 25
David Lynch: "Barry Gifford is a killer f**kin' writer...ROY'S WORLD captures his childhood and that time in Chicago, and many other places. I really enjoyed watching it and then contemplating what goes on inside a person with this history." My film is streaming! letterboxd.com/film/roys-wo...
Just reading this feels cathartic.
February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Just reading this feels cathartic.
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
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Hey Peakies, OG and new, if you’re looking for the whole story… look no further. #scottmeslowbksy.social
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Hey Peakies, OG and new, if you’re looking for the whole story… look no further. #scottmeslowbksy.social
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
SHUT. IT. DOWN.
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The murder of Medgar Evers was an act of racial terror. That fact is not partisan. It is historical. Calling it anything else is not “restoring truth.” It is erasing it.
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The murder of Medgar Evers was an act of racial terror. That fact is not partisan. It is historical. Calling it anything else is not “restoring truth.” It is erasing it.
Read AMERICAN TABLOID, my first James Ellroy. Wildest thing is that its fantastically baroque conspiracy yarn, which must have felt so over-the-top in 1995, can't really compete with what we're actually living through right now.
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Read AMERICAN TABLOID, my first James Ellroy. Wildest thing is that its fantastically baroque conspiracy yarn, which must have felt so over-the-top in 1995, can't really compete with what we're actually living through right now.
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A must-watch.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
A must-watch.
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It’s a three mugs of coffee morning ☕️
February 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
It’s a three mugs of coffee morning ☕️
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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Eternally Chicago-faced
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Eternally Chicago-faced
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Jackson Mac Low prefiguring the keyword-laden nonsense that is product naming in the 2020s.
February 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Jackson Mac Low prefiguring the keyword-laden nonsense that is product naming in the 2020s.
3 things about Mark Obenhaus & Laura Poitras’s COVER-UP
[2025]
1. “His notes are indecipherable.”
2. Rumsfeld quibbles over the difference between “abuse” and “torture.”
3. An anonymous source in Gaza.
#3things #movies #documentaries #war #vietnam #politics #journalism #cinema
[2025]
1. “His notes are indecipherable.”
2. Rumsfeld quibbles over the difference between “abuse” and “torture.”
3. An anonymous source in Gaza.
#3things #movies #documentaries #war #vietnam #politics #journalism #cinema
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
3 things about Mark Obenhaus & Laura Poitras’s COVER-UP
[2025]
1. “His notes are indecipherable.”
2. Rumsfeld quibbles over the difference between “abuse” and “torture.”
3. An anonymous source in Gaza.
#3things #movies #documentaries #war #vietnam #politics #journalism #cinema
[2025]
1. “His notes are indecipherable.”
2. Rumsfeld quibbles over the difference between “abuse” and “torture.”
3. An anonymous source in Gaza.
#3things #movies #documentaries #war #vietnam #politics #journalism #cinema
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Remember who this celebrated woman is
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Remember who this celebrated woman is
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The comments on this video are all over it lmao. It happens at 0:33 seconds, you can hear it, the woman in green immediately notices, and they end this event in an EMERGENCY.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
Trump Does Not Take Reporters' Questions After Signing Executive Order In The Oval Office
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The comments on this video are all over it lmao. It happens at 0:33 seconds, you can hear it, the woman in green immediately notices, and they end this event in an EMERGENCY.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
I was lucky! That first afternoon I left work at 2, caught the L to Belmont, had my usual gym workout and walked home.
From Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, 2011, Chicago experienced the third-worst blizzard the city has ever seen.
A look back at Chicago's Groundhog Day blizzard, 15 years later
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I was lucky! That first afternoon I left work at 2, caught the L to Belmont, had my usual gym workout and walked home.
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I support the Papal Groundhog of Woodstock, not that heretic Punxsutawney Phil
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I support the Papal Groundhog of Woodstock, not that heretic Punxsutawney Phil
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Okay campers, rise and shine! And don’t forget your booties cause it’s cold out there today!
Happy Groundhog Day! Be like Needlenose Ned here and grab a shirt that I designed while you can! #groundhogday
Happy Groundhog Day! Be like Needlenose Ned here and grab a shirt that I designed while you can! #groundhogday
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Okay campers, rise and shine! And don’t forget your booties cause it’s cold out there today!
Happy Groundhog Day! Be like Needlenose Ned here and grab a shirt that I designed while you can! #groundhogday
Happy Groundhog Day! Be like Needlenose Ned here and grab a shirt that I designed while you can! #groundhogday
Can't wait to see this when it comes to Chicago!
HEKLA will have its world premiere at the great Lindsey Film Fest in Florence, AL on March 6! Attending the screening with me will be actors Liz Stam, Mary Tilden and Brooke Hebert, producer Aaron Wertheimer and editor @marshlands.bsky.social. Here’s a new poster by Tyler Rubenfeld to commemorate:
February 2, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Can't wait to see this when it comes to Chicago!
mastodon.online/@IngridHbn/1...
People not in the Epstein files:
- drag queens
- transgender athletes
- librarians
- Black journalists
- “radical leftist scum”
- hungry family needing SNAP benefits
- workers on strike
- the cast of Sesame Street
People not in the Epstein files:
- drag queens
- transgender athletes
- librarians
- Black journalists
- “radical leftist scum”
- hungry family needing SNAP benefits
- workers on strike
- the cast of Sesame Street
Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪 (@[email protected])
People not in the Epstein files:
- drag queens
- transgender athletes
- librarians
- Black journalists
- “radical leftist scum”
- hungry family needing SNAP benefits
- workers on strike
- the cast o...
mastodon.online
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
mastodon.online/@IngridHbn/1...
People not in the Epstein files:
- drag queens
- transgender athletes
- librarians
- Black journalists
- “radical leftist scum”
- hungry family needing SNAP benefits
- workers on strike
- the cast of Sesame Street
People not in the Epstein files:
- drag queens
- transgender athletes
- librarians
- Black journalists
- “radical leftist scum”
- hungry family needing SNAP benefits
- workers on strike
- the cast of Sesame Street
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Chicagoans! One day left to vote for who will replace the statue of Columbus in Little Italy. Please vote for anyone but Scalia! I voted for Florence Scala, an activist who fought against Daley’s urban renewal wrecking ball in Little Italy. Vote here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Chicagoans can vote through Sunday to pick a notable Italian to be honored with a statue in Little Italy’s Arrigo Park, where a statue of Christopher Columbus once stood. @wttw.bsky.social
Park District Asks Chicagoans to Decide What Statue Should Replace Columbus in Little Italy
Eight notable Italian Americans are finalists in a little-advertised contest.
news.wttw.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Chicagoans! One day left to vote for who will replace the statue of Columbus in Little Italy. Please vote for anyone but Scalia! I voted for Florence Scala, an activist who fought against Daley’s urban renewal wrecking ball in Little Italy. Vote here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Caught up with Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY and it was remarkably refreshing to watch a filmmaker who knows how to block and shoot musical numbers!
January 31, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Caught up with Spielberg's WEST SIDE STORY and it was remarkably refreshing to watch a filmmaker who knows how to block and shoot musical numbers!