Rebecca (or Becky) Blondin
@beckybewriting.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, grants, scripts, & to-do lists. My posts consist of film, classic lit, tv, art, progressive stuff, and random nerdy stuff. She/her/hers. Joined 2024. Part of the twitter diaspora.
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This is Nazi shit and absolutely violates our constitutional rights
Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is Nazi shit and absolutely violates our constitutional rights
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[norman rockwell meme]
I think it's bad to destroy climate change research facilities
I think it's bad to destroy climate change research facilities
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
[norman rockwell meme]
I think it's bad to destroy climate change research facilities
I think it's bad to destroy climate change research facilities
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Gazing at the layers of time in the cliff side in Redstone Colorado.
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Gazing at the layers of time in the cliff side in Redstone Colorado.
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
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Happy holidays to this photographer only.
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Happy holidays to this photographer only.
It is a very memorable scene, and I always wondered how they filmed it.
Answer: nearly drown a live rat for real
Answer: nearly drown a live rat for real
The Abyss (1989)
"A rat used to demonstrate the film’s oxygenated water technology drowned during filming. Faced with the prospect of a dead rat — and losing the production’s “No Animals Were Harmed” certification — [James] Cameron performed CPR on the rodent. The rat sprang..."
"A rat used to demonstrate the film’s oxygenated water technology drowned during filming. Faced with the prospect of a dead rat — and losing the production’s “No Animals Were Harmed” certification — [James] Cameron performed CPR on the rodent. The rat sprang..."
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It is a very memorable scene, and I always wondered how they filmed it.
Answer: nearly drown a live rat for real
Answer: nearly drown a live rat for real
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How much of this is "the court system is the same size as it was in 1974"
Extremely blackpilling fact is that apparently, as recently as the 1970s, something like 20% of all cases actually went to trial. Today, it's like 1-3%, depending on which state or federal system we're talking about.
December 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How much of this is "the court system is the same size as it was in 1974"
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way to go skate canada. I hope other sports organizations do the same
I wonder how many other national sport organizations will follow Skate Canada's lead. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Skate Canada won’t host Alberta events due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sport divisions.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
way to go skate canada. I hope other sports organizations do the same
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“Electric cars are no more dangerous for pedestrians than petrol and diesel models, researchers find.”
They’re also no safer. Which reminds us that “better cars” aren’t the main answer to the consequences of cars. The main answer is fewer (and smaller) cars driven less frequently in better cities.
They’re also no safer. Which reminds us that “better cars” aren’t the main answer to the consequences of cars. The main answer is fewer (and smaller) cars driven less frequently in better cities.
EVs 'just as safe for pedestrians'
Electric vehicles (EVs) are no more dangerous to pedestrians than traditional petrol or diesel cars, according to a new study.
www.leeds.ac.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Electric cars are no more dangerous for pedestrians than petrol and diesel models, researchers find.”
They’re also no safer. Which reminds us that “better cars” aren’t the main answer to the consequences of cars. The main answer is fewer (and smaller) cars driven less frequently in better cities.
They’re also no safer. Which reminds us that “better cars” aren’t the main answer to the consequences of cars. The main answer is fewer (and smaller) cars driven less frequently in better cities.
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People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
Going into 2026 like...
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Going into 2026 like...
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For @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social, on the event of her birthday, I wrote about why Jane Austen has endured so long and so strongly: www.jezebel.com/happy-birthd...
Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, the Inventor of the Rom-Com
"The rules around female behavior have changed, but the architecture of how people interact and fall in love have not," author Jennifer Egan told Jezebel on why Austen endures.
www.jezebel.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social, on the event of her birthday, I wrote about why Jane Austen has endured so long and so strongly: www.jezebel.com/happy-birthd...
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Raise a teacup to Jane Austen! ☕
Happy Birthday to the author who made our city iconic.
Happy Birthday to the author who made our city iconic.
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Raise a teacup to Jane Austen! ☕
Happy Birthday to the author who made our city iconic.
Happy Birthday to the author who made our city iconic.
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stopped listening to a podcast episode about Persuasion when a male academic said that it was about Anne Elliot getting a second chance like cmon my dude, Wentworth is obvi the one who got a second (second) chance
anyway happy birthday Jane Austen the greatest of all time
anyway happy birthday Jane Austen the greatest of all time
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
stopped listening to a podcast episode about Persuasion when a male academic said that it was about Anne Elliot getting a second chance like cmon my dude, Wentworth is obvi the one who got a second (second) chance
anyway happy birthday Jane Austen the greatest of all time
anyway happy birthday Jane Austen the greatest of all time
True story. Sometime in the 80s my parents bought 1/2 cow from a butcher "because it was cheaper that way". It was so much red meat. Too much. Lasted us a whole year. It came with random organs too. My mom served us beef heart on Valentine's Day ♥️
You can fit a half a cow in a deep freezer
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
True story. Sometime in the 80s my parents bought 1/2 cow from a butcher "because it was cheaper that way". It was so much red meat. Too much. Lasted us a whole year. It came with random organs too. My mom served us beef heart on Valentine's Day ♥️
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Love this moment 😢
“Because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible”
“Because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible”
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Love this moment 😢
“Because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible”
“Because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible”
It goes:
- charlie horses
- giving birth
- wearing Birkenstocks
- poison oak rash/shingles
- charlie horses
- giving birth
- wearing Birkenstocks
- poison oak rash/shingles
I wore my college roommate's Birkenstocks for one day and it probably the most pain I've been in other than childbirth.
December 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It goes:
- charlie horses
- giving birth
- wearing Birkenstocks
- poison oak rash/shingles
- charlie horses
- giving birth
- wearing Birkenstocks
- poison oak rash/shingles
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I mean this year is terrible. We welcome Lake Michigan godzilla. Why not?
Unidentified floating objects seen off the coast of Chicago. (Presumably vessels, distorted by the “Fata Morgana effect” during the frigid weather this morning on Lake Michigan.)
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I mean this year is terrible. We welcome Lake Michigan godzilla. Why not?
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Teaching my kids the old ways. We showed our young teenager how to channel surf the other day, and their hooked. Favorite show: Magnum PI.
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Teaching my kids the old ways. We showed our young teenager how to channel surf the other day, and their hooked. Favorite show: Magnum PI.
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Rob Reiner had a hand in writing, producing, directing, knowing a guy, pairing up talents, punching up a script on the down low, doing a cameo for like so much of the funniest shit coming out of Hollywood the last 50 years. His influence is seen everywhere
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Rob Reiner had a hand in writing, producing, directing, knowing a guy, pairing up talents, punching up a script on the down low, doing a cameo for like so much of the funniest shit coming out of Hollywood the last 50 years. His influence is seen everywhere
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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Same with claims "ditching education and careers." Most people who are on OF are doing it for extra money, often to pay for things like tuition or to support themselves while they build careers.
Just as with the bar owners, he believes what he wants to believe, speaking over the people who live it.
Just as with the bar owners, he believes what he wants to believe, speaking over the people who live it.
December 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Same with claims "ditching education and careers." Most people who are on OF are doing it for extra money, often to pay for things like tuition or to support themselves while they build careers.
Just as with the bar owners, he believes what he wants to believe, speaking over the people who live it.
Just as with the bar owners, he believes what he wants to believe, speaking over the people who live it.
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Any movie marathons, really.
Trying to watch a whole trilogy in one night in high school with friends at sleepovers.
Trying to watch a whole trilogy in one night in high school with friends at sleepovers.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Any movie marathons, really.
Trying to watch a whole trilogy in one night in high school with friends at sleepovers.
Trying to watch a whole trilogy in one night in high school with friends at sleepovers.