Eli Daughdrill
@edaughdrill.bsky.social
Filmmaker, Professor, Golden State Warriors & Mike Leigh superfan
“Did he just drop the snacksus” deserves an Emmy just on its own
July 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“Did he just drop the snacksus” deserves an Emmy just on its own
Seeing John Sayles in an episode of Poker Face made me incredibly happy
May 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Seeing John Sayles in an episode of Poker Face made me incredibly happy
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Amazing interview— & I love that they were filming the lost-the-light sequence while actually losing the light!
March 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Amazing interview— & I love that they were filming the lost-the-light sequence while actually losing the light!
If a guy without the requisite skill set necessary to stick in the league keeps winning your exhibition contest, that probably points to the obsolescence of said contest
February 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
If a guy without the requisite skill set necessary to stick in the league keeps winning your exhibition contest, that probably points to the obsolescence of said contest
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Housing is not expensive because of economic inequality or concentrated corporate power.
Housing is expensive because we do not have enough homes in the places people want to live; and we do not have enough homes because 50 years ago we decided that it should be harder to build dense housing there.
Housing is expensive because we do not have enough homes in the places people want to live; and we do not have enough homes because 50 years ago we decided that it should be harder to build dense housing there.
The people colluding to create housing shortages in order to jack up the price of homes and rent are mostly single family homeowners, not nefarious corporate actors; and they’re doing it in public at your local planning commission, not in smoke-filled conference rooms or whatever.
January 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Housing is not expensive because of economic inequality or concentrated corporate power.
Housing is expensive because we do not have enough homes in the places people want to live; and we do not have enough homes because 50 years ago we decided that it should be harder to build dense housing there.
Housing is expensive because we do not have enough homes in the places people want to live; and we do not have enough homes because 50 years ago we decided that it should be harder to build dense housing there.
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The people colluding to create housing shortages in order to jack up the price of homes and rent are mostly single family homeowners, not nefarious corporate actors; and they’re doing it in public at your local planning commission, not in smoke-filled conference rooms or whatever.
January 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The people colluding to create housing shortages in order to jack up the price of homes and rent are mostly single family homeowners, not nefarious corporate actors; and they’re doing it in public at your local planning commission, not in smoke-filled conference rooms or whatever.
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“I survived. I don’t know how I did.” Joseph Lynskey was waiting for the subway in Manhattan last month when a random act of violence transformed his life. We spoke with him about it.
‘I’ve Been Pushed, and I’m Going to Get Hit by the Train’
Joseph Lynskey was waiting for the subway in Manhattan last month when a random act of violence transformed his life.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“I survived. I don’t know how I did.” Joseph Lynskey was waiting for the subway in Manhattan last month when a random act of violence transformed his life. We spoke with him about it.
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One of the unintended outcomes of the "I'm not racist you're racist" folks is all of these executive actions etc illuminates how much race forms the basis of their world view, belief system, and their reason for attempting to remake America.
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
One of the unintended outcomes of the "I'm not racist you're racist" folks is all of these executive actions etc illuminates how much race forms the basis of their world view, belief system, and their reason for attempting to remake America.
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as profound a meditation on attention as anything I've read
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
as profound a meditation on attention as anything I've read
Many a great scene in David Lynch’s filmography, but this is probably my favorite
RIP Mr Lynch, you were a true master
youtube.com/watch?v=_tK4...
RIP Mr Lynch, you were a true master
youtube.com/watch?v=_tK4...
youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Many a great scene in David Lynch’s filmography, but this is probably my favorite
RIP Mr Lynch, you were a true master
youtube.com/watch?v=_tK4...
RIP Mr Lynch, you were a true master
youtube.com/watch?v=_tK4...
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More than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war in Gaza, according to a new study. It suggests that the Hamas health ministry tally, a figure the UN relies on, is a significant undercount. nyti.ms/4fZxCIv
January 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
More than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war in Gaza, according to a new study. It suggests that the Hamas health ministry tally, a figure the UN relies on, is a significant undercount. nyti.ms/4fZxCIv
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It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.
www.pbs.org
January 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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Genuinely revelatory to me to learn how common the belief among US whites that black people get to go to college free is.
It’s not polite to say this but the biggest unspoken belief among conservatives is that if you’re black you can go up to the government and ask for unlimited free stuff and you’ll get it. Trump’s success among minorities came from convincing them the same is true of illegal immigrants.
January 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Genuinely revelatory to me to learn how common the belief among US whites that black people get to go to college free is.
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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Ah see but what you're forgetting is that Trump is an idiot
Mind-boggling to see Trump suddenly toss the debt ceiling into this unrelated government funding debate. It’s been known since 2023 that it would come due in mid-2025, and there’s been no discussion on Capitol Hill about dealing with it this year.
December 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Ah see but what you're forgetting is that Trump is an idiot
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That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
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Truly under appreciated how much bigger houses are now than back then.
There is a lot that we could and should do to increase housing affordability, but the basic reality is that a nice suburban 1950s family house would be *tiny* by contemporary American standards which is why they were affordable on lower incomes.
December 4, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Truly under appreciated how much bigger houses are now than back then.
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I think the main thing we're going to get out of Trump II is chaos. He's a lame duck and was already a weak president, is putting together an incoherent governing coalition and seems intent on taking the rest of the elected GOP to the Shit Buffet and not even springing for the lobster.
December 4, 2024 at 7:39 PM
I think the main thing we're going to get out of Trump II is chaos. He's a lame duck and was already a weak president, is putting together an incoherent governing coalition and seems intent on taking the rest of the elected GOP to the Shit Buffet and not even springing for the lobster.
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The Bush pardons of Iron-Contra figures, after Bush lost the 1992 election? You never hear about that.
Bush letting Scooter Libby off, then Trump giving Libby a full pardon? Nobody gives a shit.
Washington loves to predict the Judgment of History and it's TERRIBLE at it.
Bush letting Scooter Libby off, then Trump giving Libby a full pardon? Nobody gives a shit.
Washington loves to predict the Judgment of History and it's TERRIBLE at it.
December 3, 2024 at 1:28 AM
The Bush pardons of Iron-Contra figures, after Bush lost the 1992 election? You never hear about that.
Bush letting Scooter Libby off, then Trump giving Libby a full pardon? Nobody gives a shit.
Washington loves to predict the Judgment of History and it's TERRIBLE at it.
Bush letting Scooter Libby off, then Trump giving Libby a full pardon? Nobody gives a shit.
Washington loves to predict the Judgment of History and it's TERRIBLE at it.
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I didn't get into it in my piece, but one factor bubbling under the service here is that liberals eventually retconned the Ford pardon of Nixon into an act of healing and heroism.
You still hear this when a columnist publishes version 5482 of "to heal America, Biden should pardon Trump."
You still hear this when a columnist publishes version 5482 of "to heal America, Biden should pardon Trump."
Ford pardoned Nixon. GHWB pardoned the Iran-Contra crew. Clinton pardoned Marc Rich and his half brother. Trump pardoned Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn, Roger Stone, and Charles Fucking Kushner!
Joe Biden pardoning his own son doesn't come close to any of those truly controversial pardons. Get a grip.
Joe Biden pardoning his own son doesn't come close to any of those truly controversial pardons. Get a grip.
December 3, 2024 at 1:26 AM
I didn't get into it in my piece, but one factor bubbling under the service here is that liberals eventually retconned the Ford pardon of Nixon into an act of healing and heroism.
You still hear this when a columnist publishes version 5482 of "to heal America, Biden should pardon Trump."
You still hear this when a columnist publishes version 5482 of "to heal America, Biden should pardon Trump."
Finally put my short films on Youtube. Now just waiting for the money and accolades to roll in
December 3, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Finally put my short films on Youtube. Now just waiting for the money and accolades to roll in
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I think the best way to make sense of all of this remains this: in teh first half of 2021, thanks to CARES + ARP, American households were flusher than they had literally ever been. They proceeded to get *much* poorer over the next two years and were understandably furious and frustrated about it.
December 2, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I think the best way to make sense of all of this remains this: in teh first half of 2021, thanks to CARES + ARP, American households were flusher than they had literally ever been. They proceeded to get *much* poorer over the next two years and were understandably furious and frustrated about it.
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This is correct. And don't tell me Trump didn't pay a price last time he did it. He did!
Among the damage Nixon did: Created mistaken belief that the only two possibilities are Driven From Office and Paid No Price.
Among the damage Nixon did: Created mistaken belief that the only two possibilities are Driven From Office and Paid No Price.
This is what has me so crazy about Kash Patel. Everyone has jumped right to the merits of Patel and no one has even paused to say, “Presidents don’t get to fire the FBI director without paying a huge political price.”
There seems to be a vast under-appreciation for the lines we’ve crossed and the world we’re in.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
December 2, 2024 at 12:04 AM
This is correct. And don't tell me Trump didn't pay a price last time he did it. He did!
Among the damage Nixon did: Created mistaken belief that the only two possibilities are Driven From Office and Paid No Price.
Among the damage Nixon did: Created mistaken belief that the only two possibilities are Driven From Office and Paid No Price.