That John from Peru or Texas
@john-mcfarland-sm.bsky.social
Foreign service brat turned mental health professional and sociologist. Cinemaphile. Anti-ignoratti. Writes and photographs too much.
Awaiting the Snowmageddon 2026 as we freeze here in the northeast, by listening to the final album of #Megadeth . #DaveMustaine is retiring, thus also their mascot #VicRattlehead.
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Awaiting the Snowmageddon 2026 as we freeze here in the northeast, by listening to the final album of #Megadeth . #DaveMustaine is retiring, thus also their mascot #VicRattlehead.
Mandela effect kicking in.
January 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Mandela effect kicking in.
News coming later this week: Google ordered again to update its maps.
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 PM
News coming later this week: Google ordered again to update its maps.
Slowly turning true.
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Slowly turning true.
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January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Many thanks to @cathcullen.bsky.social for having me on air on CBC Radio's The House today to discuss the possible ripple effects of Canada PM Mark Carney's China trip on U.S.-Canada trade ties www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
MLK day reflection: about 11% of people in the USA currently self-identify as multiracial. It is not just due to more interracial relationships, but also more acceptance of one's mixed heritage (and findings from all those geneology websites). Societal approval of interracial marriages is at 96%.
January 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
MLK day reflection: about 11% of people in the USA currently self-identify as multiracial. It is not just due to more interracial relationships, but also more acceptance of one's mixed heritage (and findings from all those geneology websites). Societal approval of interracial marriages is at 96%.
Am I the only one who laughed at the logo of #Skydance coming up at the beginning and end of the new version of #TheRunningMan ?
January 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Am I the only one who laughed at the logo of #Skydance coming up at the beginning and end of the new version of #TheRunningMan ?
If for 1 year consistently 70% of people in the USA have polled opposing a theoretical US invasion of Canada, Gaza, Venezuela, Greenland (x 2), and Iran, I doubt that a focus group suggested that they wpuld prefer instead an invasion of #Minnesota .
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
If for 1 year consistently 70% of people in the USA have polled opposing a theoretical US invasion of Canada, Gaza, Venezuela, Greenland (x 2), and Iran, I doubt that a focus group suggested that they wpuld prefer instead an invasion of #Minnesota .
I have plenty of conspiracy theories as to why Neon buried the brilliant #TheLifeofChuck to instead promote the cliche-filled thoroughly mediocre stripper fantasy/russian oligarch 'comedy' "Anora", an already forgotten film. Go watch Mark Hamill shine in Mike Flanagan's multi-genre King movie.
January 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I have plenty of conspiracy theories as to why Neon buried the brilliant #TheLifeofChuck to instead promote the cliche-filled thoroughly mediocre stripper fantasy/russian oligarch 'comedy' "Anora", an already forgotten film. Go watch Mark Hamill shine in Mike Flanagan's multi-genre King movie.
Before #ScottAdams took a bitter turn in his final.years. he created a hero for the cubicle culture. I reclaim #Dilbert from The Pointy Haired Boss who misappropriated the strip and have him return back to white collar workers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Before #ScottAdams took a bitter turn in his final.years. he created a hero for the cubicle culture. I reclaim #Dilbert from The Pointy Haired Boss who misappropriated the strip and have him return back to white collar workers.
Nikki Glazer's skewering of the state of #podcasts at the Golden Globes was hilarious: celebrities with inane topics and the Bombas ads.
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Nikki Glazer's skewering of the state of #podcasts at the Golden Globes was hilarious: celebrities with inane topics and the Bombas ads.
The art of photogrpahy within cinema. The nominees for the 2025 American Society of Cinematography Award and their Spotlight Award for work in lesser known films.
Frankenstein, Train Dreams, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Marty Supreme
The Plague, Arum, Orphan (Árva).
Frankenstein, Train Dreams, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Marty Supreme
The Plague, Arum, Orphan (Árva).
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The art of photogrpahy within cinema. The nominees for the 2025 American Society of Cinematography Award and their Spotlight Award for work in lesser known films.
Frankenstein, Train Dreams, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Marty Supreme
The Plague, Arum, Orphan (Árva).
Frankenstein, Train Dreams, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Marty Supreme
The Plague, Arum, Orphan (Árva).
Thank you and farewell, #CorporationforPublicBroadcasting .
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Thank you and farewell, #CorporationforPublicBroadcasting .
At 916,445 km² (353,842mi²) #Venezuela is much larger than Afghanistan, Iraq, Panama, Grenada, South Viet Nam, South Korea, Japan, West Germany, Cuba, and the Philippines. With the exception of Japan in 1945, at 29 people plus 7.9 m refugees, it is also more populous than those at #USoccupation.
January 5, 2026 at 11:56 AM
At 916,445 km² (353,842mi²) #Venezuela is much larger than Afghanistan, Iraq, Panama, Grenada, South Viet Nam, South Korea, Japan, West Germany, Cuba, and the Philippines. With the exception of Japan in 1945, at 29 people plus 7.9 m refugees, it is also more populous than those at #USoccupation.
Theory: #OneBattleAfterAnother is #PaulThomasAnderson trying to make the ultimate #CoenBrothers movie.
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Theory: #OneBattleAfterAnother is #PaulThomasAnderson trying to make the ultimate #CoenBrothers movie.
#Records turning 50 years old.this year. It includes classics from #Rush #Aeromsith #ACDC #Kiss , Boston, Chicago, #BobMarley #DavidBowie and The Eagles' #HotelCalifornia . Also the debuts of #TheRamones , #Blondie #TomPettyandtheHeaetbreakers and #DianaRoss .
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
#Records turning 50 years old.this year. It includes classics from #Rush #Aeromsith #ACDC #Kiss , Boston, Chicago, #BobMarley #DavidBowie and The Eagles' #HotelCalifornia . Also the debuts of #TheRamones , #Blondie #TomPettyandtheHeaetbreakers and #DianaRoss .
Happy New Year 2026! A reminder that everything from 1976 is now 50.years old, everything from 1986 (your hair metal album collection) is 40.years old, 1996 stuff is 30.years old (primitive internet arguing over "ID4"), and your iPod-ruled 2006 culture is 20 years old.
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Happy New Year 2026! A reminder that everything from 1976 is now 50.years old, everything from 1986 (your hair metal album collection) is 40.years old, 1996 stuff is 30.years old (primitive internet arguing over "ID4"), and your iPod-ruled 2006 culture is 20 years old.
See you out somewhere in the cosmos. #GilGerard. He was cool as #BuckRogers in all 3 languages in which I watched his show growing up.
December 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
See you out somewhere in the cosmos. #GilGerard. He was cool as #BuckRogers in all 3 languages in which I watched his show growing up.
Last Christmas, I survived #Whamageddon . This year, can't save me some tears: with a week to go, I got whammed at a coffeeshop.
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Last Christmas, I survived #Whamageddon . This year, can't save me some tears: with a week to go, I got whammed at a coffeeshop.
Few filmmakers have contriubuted as much to US culture (consider it pop or otherwise) than the recently departed #RobReiner. Movie quotes, expressions ("bucket list"), subgenres, and films preserved in the National Library of Congress. I'll have what he was having.
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Few filmmakers have contriubuted as much to US culture (consider it pop or otherwise) than the recently departed #RobReiner. Movie quotes, expressions ("bucket list"), subgenres, and films preserved in the National Library of Congress. I'll have what he was having.
#KnivesOut previously satirized home care and pseudo-billionaire tech bros. In "Wake Up Dead Man' #RianJohnson skewers Catholicism that is subverted to preach the opposite and weaponized for greed and politics, while also showing the human side of faith support. More #BenoitBlanc please.
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
#KnivesOut previously satirized home care and pseudo-billionaire tech bros. In "Wake Up Dead Man' #RianJohnson skewers Catholicism that is subverted to preach the opposite and weaponized for greed and politics, while also showing the human side of faith support. More #BenoitBlanc please.
#ImmersiveFilms nominated to the #ProducersGuildofAmerica 2025 Innovation award
#VR:
"Asteroid", Google XR.
"D Day the Camera Soldier": Apple Vision Pro.
"Territory", VR, Kinetic Light
Amphiteater:
"Big Wave, No Room for Error": Cosm Los Angeles.
"Wizard of Oz at the Sphere": The Sphere.
#VR:
"Asteroid", Google XR.
"D Day the Camera Soldier": Apple Vision Pro.
"Territory", VR, Kinetic Light
Amphiteater:
"Big Wave, No Room for Error": Cosm Los Angeles.
"Wizard of Oz at the Sphere": The Sphere.
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#ImmersiveFilms nominated to the #ProducersGuildofAmerica 2025 Innovation award
#VR:
"Asteroid", Google XR.
"D Day the Camera Soldier": Apple Vision Pro.
"Territory", VR, Kinetic Light
Amphiteater:
"Big Wave, No Room for Error": Cosm Los Angeles.
"Wizard of Oz at the Sphere": The Sphere.
#VR:
"Asteroid", Google XR.
"D Day the Camera Soldier": Apple Vision Pro.
"Territory", VR, Kinetic Light
Amphiteater:
"Big Wave, No Room for Error": Cosm Los Angeles.
"Wizard of Oz at the Sphere": The Sphere.
For #photography fans, an interesting colection of photos of 2025.
www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-p...
www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-p...
2025 National & Regional Awards Winners & Shortlist | World Photography Organisation
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December 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
For #photography fans, an interesting colection of photos of 2025.
www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-p...
www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-p...