@jpate.bsky.social
Writer who likes cult films, noir and Gothic novels. He/him.
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What arrogance. What narcissism.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
The Kennedy Center is adding 'Trump' to its name, White House says reut.rs/4qhpKaI
The Kennedy Center is adding 'Trump' to its name, White House says
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which President Donald Trump filled with allies during a broad takeover earlier this year, has decided to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What arrogance. What narcissism.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
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“Trans people and our families are facing terror from this administration.”
Doctors in Jail? Hospitals Stripped of Fed Funding? The Criminalization of Trans Youth Healthcare
The Trump administration on Thursday announced new measures to target hospitals and doctors providing care to trans youth. Under the new rules unveiled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Trans people and our families are facing terror from this administration.”
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Jeff Buckley on the reminder you might need.
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Jeff Buckley on the reminder you might need.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
Watched The Occupant of the Room and really enjoyed it. I'm a big fan of Christmas season ghost stories, and this one does a great job invoking an eerie, late-night, wintery atmosphere. Written and directed by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and based on an Algernon Blackwood story.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Watched The Occupant of the Room and really enjoyed it. I'm a big fan of Christmas season ghost stories, and this one does a great job invoking an eerie, late-night, wintery atmosphere. Written and directed by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and based on an Algernon Blackwood story.
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In Gaza, "surveillance is constant," says Palestinian writer Mohammed Mhawish. This omnipresent sense of being watched and tracked — through checkpoints, social media, drones, AI and more — creates an "enormous psychological burden" on the civilian population.
Gaza Writer Mohammed Mhawish on Life Under Israeli Surveillance
Award-winning Palestinian reporter Mohammed Mhawish, who left Gaza last year, joins us to discuss his new piece for New York magazine about Israel’s surveillance practices. It describes how Palestinia...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In Gaza, "surveillance is constant," says Palestinian writer Mohammed Mhawish. This omnipresent sense of being watched and tracked — through checkpoints, social media, drones, AI and more — creates an "enormous psychological burden" on the civilian population.
Recently watched The Honeymoon Killers (1970). It's a tense, claustrophobic character study of two truly twisted individuals, based (very loosely) on the "lonely hearts killers" case. It's riveting and deeply unsettling. Scorsese was the original director before he was fired from the project.
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Recently watched The Honeymoon Killers (1970). It's a tense, claustrophobic character study of two truly twisted individuals, based (very loosely) on the "lonely hearts killers" case. It's riveting and deeply unsettling. Scorsese was the original director before he was fired from the project.
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Ireland, Slovenia, Spain and the Netherlands to Boycott Eurovision over Israel’s Participation
Ireland, Slovenia, Spain and the Netherlands to Boycott Eurovision over Israel’s Participation
Public broadcasters in Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Spain said Thursday they will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after the European Broadcasting Union refused to hold a vote on wh...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ireland, Slovenia, Spain and the Netherlands to Boycott Eurovision over Israel’s Participation
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This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
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November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is spot-on.
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.
A betrayal of our values.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
RIP Udo Kier. The intro. to Blood for Dracula (1974) is one of my all-time favorite film openings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHh...
Blood For Dracula 1974 intro with Udo Kier - HD
YouTube video by MultiCathyU - Cassie Arc
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November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
RIP Udo Kier. The intro. to Blood for Dracula (1974) is one of my all-time favorite film openings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHh...
I read "One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This" last summer--an incredibly powerful book.
Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
“One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”: Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity
We speak with the award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad, whose new book about the war on Gaza is titled One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. The book expands on a viral tw...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I read "One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This" last summer--an incredibly powerful book.
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HBD, the incomparable Martin Scorsese, whose movies and commitment to art changed my life.
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
HBD, the incomparable Martin Scorsese, whose movies and commitment to art changed my life.
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Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
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This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Add child kidnaspping to the ICE Nuremburg file.
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Add child kidnaspping to the ICE Nuremburg file.
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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this is genuinely wild
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
this is genuinely wild
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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doorway to hell actor haunted house, casino pier, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
October 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
doorway to hell actor haunted house, casino pier, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
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Christopher Lee with his cat, Renfield.
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Christopher Lee with his cat, Renfield.
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BLACKOUT NOIR • Coming to criterion channel in November!
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
BLACKOUT NOIR • Coming to criterion channel in November!
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Now on sale! Aase Berg ’s Aase’s Death!
25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
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25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
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Aase's Death by Aase Berg, translated by Johannes Göransson — Black Ocean
One might expect a book by Aase Berg with the title Aase’s Death to be dark, and it is. You may also expect it to be parodic, and maybe it is that too. But if it’s parodic, it’s darkly parodic. A defi...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now on sale! Aase Berg ’s Aase’s Death!
25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
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25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
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