Jette
@jette.bsky.social
she/her/hers
Formerly Austin, now Portland.
Formerly Austin, now Portland.
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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aside from the sexual predation of women which is, you know, the main thing, the first time i met max landis he said "fag" at the dinner table and i told him pretty gently given the circumstances to watch his mouth and he said it was fine because he was "gay for a year in college"
thinkin about this jackass again and luckily someone else was too
Max Landis is trying to rebrand. Don't let him | The Mary Sue
Max Landis is trying to get himself back out there on social media and people are forgetting who he is and what he was accused of.
www.themarysue.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
aside from the sexual predation of women which is, you know, the main thing, the first time i met max landis he said "fag" at the dinner table and i told him pretty gently given the circumstances to watch his mouth and he said it was fine because he was "gay for a year in college"
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Hey you guys it's Rita Moreno's birthday!
w/ Morgan Freeman on THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. #RitaMoreno #BOTD #PBS
w/ Morgan Freeman on THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. #RitaMoreno #BOTD #PBS
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Hey you guys it's Rita Moreno's birthday!
w/ Morgan Freeman on THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. #RitaMoreno #BOTD #PBS
w/ Morgan Freeman on THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. #RitaMoreno #BOTD #PBS
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Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
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great piece by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
It’s the latest in a series of roles that dissect the strong-silent-suffering men with codes in some of his earlier films, and showing how the codes themselves can destroy men or bring destruction to their world.
www.vulture.com/article/russ...
It’s the latest in a series of roles that dissect the strong-silent-suffering men with codes in some of his earlier films, and showing how the codes themselves can destroy men or bring destruction to their world.
www.vulture.com/article/russ...
There’s Something About Late-Career Russell Crowe
He’s transformed from bare-chested Method hunk to ruddy-cheeked scene stealer, and his body of work has never been better.
www.vulture.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
great piece by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
It’s the latest in a series of roles that dissect the strong-silent-suffering men with codes in some of his earlier films, and showing how the codes themselves can destroy men or bring destruction to their world.
www.vulture.com/article/russ...
It’s the latest in a series of roles that dissect the strong-silent-suffering men with codes in some of his earlier films, and showing how the codes themselves can destroy men or bring destruction to their world.
www.vulture.com/article/russ...
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Looking for a freelance researcher based in Boston for a brief gig in January or February. Please email [email protected] with your relevant experience, availability, and rate.
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Looking for a freelance researcher based in Boston for a brief gig in January or February. Please email [email protected] with your relevant experience, availability, and rate.
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Instead of fighting the University of Austin, UT became the University of Austin.
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Instead of fighting the University of Austin, UT became the University of Austin.
Strunk and White, The Elements of Style.
omg. Kat Abughazaleh just posted that if she's elected, she'll swear in on a copy of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you'd ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Strunk and White, The Elements of Style.
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Christmas dinner hits different there
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Christmas dinner hits different there
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listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
listen
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
we can all agree it's a misleading name
but for none of the "ooh we're so traditionalist" "oooh we're the only ones correctly interpreting ancient doctrine" Catholics in this administration to know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is about MARY being born without sin is banoonies
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Images from films in which Mary Woronov speaks on the phone
Woronov was BOTD in 1943
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Sugar Cookies (1973)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Woronov was BOTD in 1943
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Sugar Cookies (1973)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Eating Raoul (1982)
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Images from films in which Mary Woronov speaks on the phone
Woronov was BOTD in 1943
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Sugar Cookies (1973)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Woronov was BOTD in 1943
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Sugar Cookies (1973)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Eating Raoul (1982)
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If Benoit Blanc is such a great detective, why hasn’t he noticed these are all the same guy
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
If Benoit Blanc is such a great detective, why hasn’t he noticed these are all the same guy
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Found out that the Astoria Column gets decorated with holiday lights and you can visit the park at night. It was very foggy, which was cool and not at all creepy or scary.
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Found out that the Astoria Column gets decorated with holiday lights and you can visit the park at night. It was very foggy, which was cool and not at all creepy or scary.
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A reminder that there is still no Gregorian moratorium on posting pictures of Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels.
December 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
A reminder that there is still no Gregorian moratorium on posting pictures of Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels.
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Standing on the dock, looking up to the Astoria Column in the distance, lit up for the holidays. In Astoria, OR.
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Standing on the dock, looking up to the Astoria Column in the distance, lit up for the holidays. In Astoria, OR.
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Kudos for these women for standing up and doing the right thing but they're trying to ban trans women from e-sports now? Absolutely ridiculous.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
www.out.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Kudos for these women for standing up and doing the right thing but they're trying to ban trans women from e-sports now? Absolutely ridiculous.
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Anna May Wong — Edward S. Curtis, c. 1925
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Anna May Wong — Edward S. Curtis, c. 1925
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The film the still on the left is taken from made over *a billion dollars* in the theater; the film the still on the left is taken from was released eight months ago to become the biggest hit this year, and is STILL making money in theaters despite now being available on streaming and home media.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the streamer has no "opposition" to releasing Warner Bros. movies in theaters, but hints that "windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly."
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The film the still on the left is taken from made over *a billion dollars* in the theater; the film the still on the left is taken from was released eight months ago to become the biggest hit this year, and is STILL making money in theaters despite now being available on streaming and home media.
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How it feels trying to cover this administration
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
How it feels trying to cover this administration
@rmwhittaker.bsky.social I remember SXSW announcing marquee films right around the same time as BNAT (yeah, yeah, this was awhile ago) in early December, so it's not unprecedented.
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
@rmwhittaker.bsky.social I remember SXSW announcing marquee films right around the same time as BNAT (yeah, yeah, this was awhile ago) in early December, so it's not unprecedented.
*looks at #PDX acquaintances* anyone?
I'm planning a long weekend in Astoria. Recommendations for things to do, places to eat? Indoors stuff preferred. I'll stipulate I already know about the Tower and Goonies house.
Any faves you want to share?
#portland
Any faves you want to share?
#portland
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
*looks at #PDX acquaintances* anyone?
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Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
Once again thinking about every actor trying to justify taking the money for the new HP series.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
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Dec 2nd 1941 - Ugarte asks Rick Blaine to look after his "letters of transit" before being arrested. Rick's former lover, Ilsa, enters the club with her husband, Victor Laszlo.
📽️📅 Casablanca (1943)
📽️📅 Casablanca (1943)
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Dec 2nd 1941 - Ugarte asks Rick Blaine to look after his "letters of transit" before being arrested. Rick's former lover, Ilsa, enters the club with her husband, Victor Laszlo.
📽️📅 Casablanca (1943)
📽️📅 Casablanca (1943)
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This is not an issue of cropping! They accidentally used the raw plate without VFX that removed the crew. In the proper version you still See John Hamm step back but no crew behind him.
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is not an issue of cropping! They accidentally used the raw plate without VFX that removed the crew. In the proper version you still See John Hamm step back but no crew behind him.