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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · 17h

All we hear of Christmas Adventurers is puritanical & punitive; is there nothing celebratory & joyous? Or is query naive?

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · 5d

opening 3 seconds of Trinidad is my new favorite music, immediate entry into the cool rock sounds canon

Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · 7d

100%

Scare-ic Hirsch @ehirsch.bsky.social · 7d

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and EDDINGTON are companion pieces in the same way THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN were, which is to say not in a way that I can articulate, but enough so that I refuse to be dissuaded

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · 22d

Incredibly unfair to cast him as co-protagonist in All the Presidents Men, convincing generations of dweebish young men that uncovering government wrongdoing is the sexiest, most important thing you can do.

Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 22d

Robert Redford's smile is so good he's the most famous smiling-guy meme on the internet even though probably 4 out of 5 ppl posting it have no idea he's Robert Redford, that's how good the smile is

a man with long hair and a beard is holding a rope

ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is holding a rope

media.tenor.com

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Politico @politico.com · 24d

Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania are struggling to find workers. They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as Trump cracks down on immigration.

“We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do," said one farmer and three-time Trump voter.

'The whole thing is screwed up': Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers

They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.

www.politico.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26d

Per the press conference, the actual inscriptions on the casings are:

"Notices bulges, OWO whats this?"

"hey fascist! Catch! Uparrow, right arrow, three down arrow"

"O bella cao, bella cao cao cao"

"If you read this you are gay lmao"

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 9

Oh no just heard my favorite ghostface song on an amazon commercial during the Bears game

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 7

That's what I believed it to be and now I don't feel bad for my actions toward them

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 6

What kind of bee is this please?

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 4

Born performer

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wife and I got a rescue puppy and I feel like I'm speedrunning a fatherhood test drive in the sense that on day one I tried to protect her from every mote of dust and on day 13 my stance is "eat that rat shit, knock yourself out"

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 3

New Schlock and Awe featuring @hitfactorypod.bsky.social!

We examine Michael Bay's 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, a Baysian take on America's new struggling working class: Punisher-badged security contractors.

schlockandawe.substack.com/p/13-hours-t...

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (8/28/25)

The Hit Factory crew joins Evan and Jack to examine Michael Bay's depiction of the new working class: Punisher-badged security contractors.

schlockandawe.substack.com

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Sep 3

Missing letterboxd.com/evan_c_hill/...

A ★★★★½ review of Missing (1982)

As someone who worked as a reporter and human rights researcher in Egypt circa 2010-2016, it's impossible for me not to associate Missing with that experience, and especially the case of Giulio Regeni...

letterboxd.com

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Aug 20

love the caption graphic here. "Why?"

The Athletic @theathletic.com · Aug 20

When the Yankees drafted shortstop Core Jackson in July, they were aware that he had drawn a swastika on the dorm room door of a Jewish student in 2021, when he was a freshman at Nebraska.

Jackson was also charged with driving under the influence on Utah’s campus in 2024: http://dlvr.it/TMbHVP

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sneering at all the Subarus with rails but no racks.... oh yeah? That come factory default for u boy?

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Aug 18

You wont know where im coming from

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Aug 18

Self-installed a roof rack on my Honda CRV Hybrid so I can use a hand-me-down kayak

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Aug 18

Weapons letterboxd.com/evan_c_hill/...

A ★★★ review of Weapons (2025)

I'm not sure whether Zach Cregger set out to be a horror director, but maybe sketch comics have such success in horror because it's a genre that rewards bold and upsetting concepts and doesn't punish ...

letterboxd.com

Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm not sure tbh, I think it makes him look pretty suave!

Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Aug 9

Reversal of Fortune boxd.it/aF838R

A ★★★½ review of Reversal of Fortune (1990)

A fascinating historical document that like a fine wine has only been able to reach its fullest flavor with time. In the year of production this would only have been treated on its face, an essential ...

boxd.it

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · Aug 1

“Two officers could be heard giving an order to troops over the radio to open fire so that the videographers could have some footage of ‘fighting.’…When asked whether the shooting was a show for the media, the officers leading the tour had a hard time containing their smiles.”

Soldiers plead with reporters on IDF press tour of Gaza to publicize that they’re burnt out

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Jul 29

this shit is so evil www.cbsnews.com/video/the-wi...

"The Wizard of Oz" as you've never seen it before

This "Wizard of Oz" isn't in Kansas anymore. In fact, it's in Las Vegas, where Sphere is presenting the Judy Garland classic as you've never seen it – a 16K immersive experience on a screen larger tha...

www.cbsnews.com

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Evan Hill @evanhill.bsky.social · Jul 27

Saw a cedar waxwing for the first time through high-end Nikon binoculars on a camping trip this weekend and now I'm dedicated to birding

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