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Skeptical iconoclast freelancer, ex-Wall St lawyer,ex-Dubliner, outraged pol/econ observer, lover of Irish lit/theater/mother wit, now living in Normandy, searching for a home.

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belleslettres.bsky.social @belleslettres.bsky.social · Nov 21

A bestseller

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Nov 21

Discover the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with “Purposeful Stupidity” (1944)

www.openculture.com/2024/11/the-...

Discover the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with “Purposeful Stupidity” (1944)

I’ve always admired people who can successfully navigate what I refer to as “Kafka’s Castle,” a term of dread for the many government and corporate agencies that have an inordinate amount of power ove...

www.openculture.com

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Paul Gauguin @gauguin.bsky.social · 34m

In the Heat (The Pigs)
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12252

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 5h

Lyonel Feininger, The Steamer Odin, II, 1927
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135831

Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 8h

Terrific interview. What a fascinating & thoughtful guy he is. Look forward to the audiobook.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Tim Curry Does the Time Warp

The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.

www.newyorker.com

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belleslettres.bsky.social @belleslettres.bsky.social · 8h

Truly repugnant

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Henri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social · 9h

View of Collioure (The Tower), 1905
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15467

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 10h

Head of a Woman (Dora Maar) by Pablo Picasso, 1939
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137299

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978

© 2016 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 10h

Saint-Lazare Station, Exterior View - 1877
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8985

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the artist formerly known as 'that guy' @oh-that-guy.bsky.social · 11h

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940)
youtu.be/k0CzXi9e66M?...

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

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belleslettres.bsky.social @belleslettres.bsky.social · 13h

Screen manufacture should be a booming industry in Europe

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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belleslettres.bsky.social @belleslettres.bsky.social · 15h

Cool underground Parisian cinema, alas no more

Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 15h

The movie theater was the work of an art collective that tries to reinvigorate historic spaces. One of its members now makes his living overseeing a giant clock that they restored without government permission

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16h

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

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Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 16h

In a sane world Germany would be having lengthy debates about "the police question".

The lack of shame is maddening.

They know they're being filmed, they know their ID number is in full view and yet they gladly assault and abuse people over and over

ultras-antifa @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 1d

#Germany - At the pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin, Die Linke Party MP Lea Reisner was punched by the police.

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 17h

Y’know, the more I see of Glasgow, the more I like it…

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Paul Serusier @pserusier.bsky.social · 22h

A rain https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-serusier/a-rain-1893

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 1d

A Sunday in Eindhoven - 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13881

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Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 1d

The feature film debut of the iconic animated British duo Wallace & Gromit suffered from some American interference. A look back at “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” released 20 years ago this week: crookedmarquee.com/aardman-vs-d...

Aardman vs. DreamWorks: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the...

The feature film debut of the iconic animated British duo suffered from some American interference.

crookedmarquee.com

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

Henry Ford learned mass production from slaughterhouses. A century later, our modern economy still resembles a meatpacking plant.

www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-ind...

How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism

Henry Ford learned mass production from slaughterhouses. A century later, our modern economy still resembles a meatpacking plant.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 1d

Forty-plus years after its release, Louis Malle's surprise hit ‘My Dinner With Andre’ continues to prove that there's nothing more thrilling than two smart people talking. It was released on this day in 1981: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: My Dinner With Andre

Forty-plus years after its release, Louis Malle's sleeper hit continues to prove that there's nothing more thrilling than two smart people talking.

crookedmarquee.com

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 1d

Surrealist painter Georges Malkine and His Meezer, photographed by Man Ray. Used by André Breton to illustrate the article “Surrealism in 1929,” published in the review Variétés.

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 1d

Still Life with Mussels and Shrimp - 1886
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13984

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/11/44: To Have and Have Not
D: Howard Hawks W: Jules Furthman & William Faulkner
w/Bogie & Bacall ++
Robin Wood: "one of the most basic anti-fascist statements the cinema has given us"
More:
@jakehinkson.bsky.social: www.criminalelement.com/bogie-and-ba...
James Agee: time.com/archive/6865...

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 1d

'Punch-Drunk Love' was released on this day in 2002 - a great movie, and PTA's pivot film:

To Get to 'The Master,' Paul Thomas Anderson Needed Adam Sandler

The director's style has changed dramatically since 'Boogie Nights,' and the turning point may have been 'Punch-Drunk Love.'

www.theatlantic.com

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André Derain @aderain.bsky.social · 1d

The Port of Collioure https://www.wikiart.org/en/andre-derain/the-port-of-collioure-1905

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 1d

The king

Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · 1d

Saluting the legendary novelist Elmore Leonard, born on this day in 1925, with an all-day marathon of movies based on his crime stories, including Quentin Tarantino's JACKIE BROWN, now playing on Pluto TV Staff Picks: pluto.tv/us/live-tv/5...

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Paul Serusier @pserusier.bsky.social · 1d

Landscape https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-serusier/landscape-1904

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