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I live near DC and I like to talk about movies and philosophy and culture and some other stuff. More about me: https://rhodesjason.com I write about movies and culture: https://jasonistyping.substack.com Follow me on LB: https://boxd.it/Ga9

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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Jan 30

I wrote about one of my favorite movies, Il sorpasso, and Italian comedy in the 1960s because I know what the people want!

jasonistyping.substack.com/p/bring-back...

It’s part of the #JourneyToItalyBlogathon, too! Read other great essays on Italian cinema: hqofk.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/a...

Announcing the Journey to Italy blogathon

*this page will be updated to archive all the published links as the event goes on… Day 1 links Roundup (here) Day 1 Links roundup (at Gill’s) Day 2 Roundup (here) Day 2 Roundup (at Gil…

hqofk.wordpress.com

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 19d

it would be a pretty good week for Rolling Stone to have a TV critic

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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Sep 3

@letterboxd.social are you having technical difficulties on the mobile app, at least with iOS?

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Jun 25

For months now we have been hearing Democratic pundits say, "Democrats need to meet voters where they are."

Tonight, New York City voters seem to be telling them pretty clearly.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · Apr 19

“frankly, he has not won an election since before I was born”

Lmaooooo

'I can hear James Carville’s head exploding': Gen Z DNC official claps back at Dem critic

Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg escalated the firestorm he created this week when he announced a new multimillion-dollar campaign targeting incumbents in his party – an effort he m...

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · Apr 2

It’s called an invasion. Use normal words for this shit.

Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · Apr 2

Scoop: White House officials are studying the costs of taking over Greenland, attempting to determine price-tag to maintain & what revenue could be gained, per sources

Government officials working on Greenland

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump’s sights

It’s the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Mar 23

Today in Brooklyn: Resign, Chuck

Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · Mar 20

Sunday 3/23 we are going back to Chuck Schumer's to keep the pressure on! It's time to step down, Chuck! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...

@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @socialists.nyc

Rally at Chuck Schumer's: It's Time to Step Down · Indivisible Brooklyn

Last week, Senator Chuck Schumer showed a devastating lack of leadership as he failed to strategize an effective negotiation with Republicans around the bill to fund the Government. Senator Schumer ha...

www.mobilize.us

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[UNOFFICIAL] Now Playing on Criterion 24/7 @upnextcriterion.bsky.social · Mar 1

Now playing (04:30 AM PST):
"City Lights" (1931)
By Charlie Chaplin
Runtime: 87 min.

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Karen Green (she/her) @klg19.bsky.social · Feb 23

Bravo to Governor Mills of Maine! Proud that my father was a State of Mainer, and wish he were alive to hear her (he’s been gone for 39 years).

Her third paragraph is the crux for me, and echoes Martin Niemöller’s famous “First they came…” maxim.

The full text of Governor Mill’s statement:

“I have spent my career – as a District Attorney, as Attorney General, and now as Governor – standing up for the rule of law in Maine and America. To me, that is fundamentally what is at stake here: the rule of law in our country.

No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold.

Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. Today, the President of the United States has targeted one particular group on one particular issue which Maine law has addressed. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your

Side-by-side photos: one of Governor Mills sitting with her lips pursed; the other of Trump standing at a podium

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Feb 22

They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.

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Dr. Cynthia Chang @drcynthiacchang.bsky.social · Feb 19

The committee on Science, Space, and Technology are collecting testimony of Federal employees fired in the past days. Please share with your colleagues and friends. The more testimony, the better we can argue against this injustice.

Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

democrats-science.house.gov

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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Feb 18

Please include links to things you’re shitting on, be the change you want to see in the crumbling journalism world.

Today, admitting being a dumbass:
www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Yesterday, being a dumbass (final graph):
www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Playbook: Europe’s split-screen moment

And mass firings continue across the government.

www.politico.com

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · Feb 16

Modern Movies: "Okay, so this is an antihero but this is also PG-13, so you can't kill the villain unless he attacks you first, so I need you to turn your back to leave so he can try to stab you."

Silent Movies: "The villain has been disarmed so--"

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · Feb 12

Please read this story, and share. Here is a free link again. With Inspectors General fired, Congress controlled by GOP that is aligned with Trump, top federal ethics lawyers removed, newspaper efforts like this are largely what's left of accountability. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Gift Article)

Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · Feb 12

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is securing real beneifits as he helps Trump disrupt the federal government. Just how? The NYT takes a deep look today at these benefits: federal investigations targeting Musk companies that have been disrupted or now may die.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Gift Article)

Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.

www.nytimes.com

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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Feb 11

All 29 of us?

Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Feb 11

Will people #cancelparamountplus if Redstone pays to settle with Trump’s bullshit lawsuit against CBS News?

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · Feb 9

it ought to be interesting to see who wins the super bowl. at the end of the day you never know

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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Feb 8

No such thing as obvious anymore :hattip:

Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Jan 30

Announcing the Journey to Italy blogathon

*this page will be updated to archive all the published links as the event goes on… Day 1 links Roundup (here) Day 1 Links roundup (at Gill’s) Day 2 Roundup (here) Day 2 Roundup (at Gil…

hqofk.wordpress.com

Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Jan 30

One of the more uncomfortable morals of Emilia Pérez seems to be something like “people who do horrible things can be trans” and well, life imitates art?

Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Jan 29

It’s been a long time since I’ve forced myself to write something long form on a deadline, and boy am I out of practice.

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josh boerman @bosh.worstpossible.world · Jan 26

amazing that they’ve now had years to come up with a compelling “in your wildest dreams” use case and this is what they’ve gone with. this is psychopath shit; nobody wants this. but it IS the pitch for microsoft copilot!

Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · Jan 25

"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."

Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...

Opinion | AI Can Work for Us

A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Jan 23

Okay, here we go. All of you who responded with preening comments about how little you care and how unimportant it is: Nobody's holding you hostage here. Move on!

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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Jan 17

Lynch’s art wasn’t for me, but he was a force for good and for the importance of creativity in all of movie-making. RIP.