Tomás Murray
@tomasjmurray.bsky.social
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In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece
Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1889, in Copenhagen
February 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1889, in Copenhagen
Mabel Mercer, Singer, #BornOnThisDay in 1900, in Burton upon Trent, England
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Mabel Mercer, Singer, #BornOnThisDay in 1900, in Burton upon Trent, England
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Continuing the 457th Columbo rewatch. After last night’s confirmation that SWAN SONG is a relative dud, nice to watch the neat, near-perfect PLAYBACK. Featuring a lovely closing shot of forlorn Gena Rowlands. What telly. What supreme telly.
February 3, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Continuing the 457th Columbo rewatch. After last night’s confirmation that SWAN SONG is a relative dud, nice to watch the neat, near-perfect PLAYBACK. Featuring a lovely closing shot of forlorn Gena Rowlands. What telly. What supreme telly.
I like the nameplate.
Rory
Cat
I suspect we all need reminding who & what we are occasionally.
Rory
Cat
I suspect we all need reminding who & what we are occasionally.
Rory “works” by sleeping in a fluffy bed on Stacey’s desk all day. (If she’s running late in the morning, he will go badger her to get to it.)
She’s out of town, and he’s taking the change of office locations in stride.
She’s out of town, and he’s taking the change of office locations in stride.
February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I like the nameplate.
Rory
Cat
I suspect we all need reminding who & what we are occasionally.
Rory
Cat
I suspect we all need reminding who & what we are occasionally.
Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophonist, #BornOnThisDay in 1927, in Philadelphia
February 2, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophonist, #BornOnThisDay in 1927, in Philadelphia
Sonny Stitt, Jazz Saxophonist, #BornOnThisDay in 1924, in Boston
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Sonny Stitt, Jazz Saxophonist, #BornOnThisDay in 1924, in Boston
S. Z. Sakall, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1883, in Budapest
February 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM
S. Z. Sakall, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1883, in Budapest
James Joyce, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1882, in Rathgar, Dublin
February 2, 2026 at 9:26 AM
James Joyce, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1882, in Rathgar, Dublin
It’s Bonita’s birthday tomorrow.
February 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
It’s Bonita’s birthday tomorrow.
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February 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
John Ford, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1894, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
February 1, 2026 at 12:58 PM
John Ford, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1894, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Langston Hughes, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1901, in Joplin, Missouri
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
February 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Langston Hughes, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1901, in Joplin, Missouri
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
Muriel Spark, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, in Edinburgh
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Muriel Spark, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, in Edinburgh
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Jean Simmons, Actress, Singer, #BornOnThisDay in 1929, in London
January 31, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Jean Simmons, Actress, Singer, #BornOnThisDay in 1929, in London
January 31, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Wow.
Our snowy winter lake. We get to have this as part of our city every day, right there to look at, one of our neighbors.
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Wow.
My friend Kevin w/ the good stuff.
Catherine O'Hara as Katharine Hepburn for SCTV.
Genius, genius, genius.
Genius, genius, genius.
January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
My friend Kevin w/ the good stuff.
Vanessa Redgrave, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1937, in London
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Vanessa Redgrave, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1937, in London
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Victor Mature, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Victor Mature, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky