Manuel in 10589 Berlin
@manuel10589.bsky.social
Formerly known as Grumpy Frog on Tw.
Film programmer and critic (in my household).
Motto: The grass is always greener…
Support Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 “Don’t be a Republican”
Film programmer and critic (in my household).
Motto: The grass is always greener…
Support Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 “Don’t be a Republican”
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Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
President Donald Trump said his administration will take action on Greenland “whether they like it or not.”
“I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said at the White House.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...
“I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said at the White House.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/t...
Trump: ‘We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’
Trump said that if the U.S. doesn't take action on Greenland, "Russia or China will take over" the Danish island territory.
www.cnbc.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
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Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
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DOJ use of force policy.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
DOJ use of force policy.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.
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I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
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I have nothing to add to J6 discourse except that Trump should have been tried, convicted, and imprisoned and it's a stain on this country that it didn't happen.
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I have nothing to add to J6 discourse except that Trump should have been tried, convicted, and imprisoned and it's a stain on this country that it didn't happen.
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He's not wrong.
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM
He's not wrong.
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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History will remember Donald Trump and every person who enabled him, voted for him, protected him, and did not actively oppose him as complicit in the fall of America.
It's America's 250th anniversary this year. It is also the end of the republic.
It's America's 250th anniversary this year. It is also the end of the republic.
January 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
History will remember Donald Trump and every person who enabled him, voted for him, protected him, and did not actively oppose him as complicit in the fall of America.
It's America's 250th anniversary this year. It is also the end of the republic.
It's America's 250th anniversary this year. It is also the end of the republic.
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My thoughts are with everyone affected by the horrific attacks in Providence and Bondi Beach this weekend. In moments of fear and darkness, students helped each other shelter. Bystanders disarmed gunmen. May we build a world where such acts of heroism are no longer necessary.
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My thoughts are with everyone affected by the horrific attacks in Providence and Bondi Beach this weekend. In moments of fear and darkness, students helped each other shelter. Bystanders disarmed gunmen. May we build a world where such acts of heroism are no longer necessary.
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Such an interesting list
"These films celebrate the tremendous range of human expression that’s vital to our understanding the context of the age we live in." Presenting our list of the best films of 2025. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/3zrchuc3
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Such an interesting list
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A truly excellent list, and likely the only top ten where you’ll see Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS nestled right next to Alexandre Koberidze’s DRY LEAF. (The latter very little-seen thus far, so a particularly delightful surprise that its champions came through so strongly.)
And the winner is… ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Paul Thomas Anderson’s incendiary portrait of modern America has been voted best film of 2025 by our critics
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of the year
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Paul Thomas Anderson’s incendiary portrait of modern America has been voted best film of 2025 by our critics
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of the year
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The 50 best films of 2025
Our annual international critics’ poll of 2025's best movies shows cinema thriving in a year of troubles
www.bfi.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A truly excellent list, and likely the only top ten where you’ll see Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS nestled right next to Alexandre Koberidze’s DRY LEAF. (The latter very little-seen thus far, so a particularly delightful surprise that its champions came through so strongly.)
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
Just saw it and loved it. Amazing supporting cast! (Gaby Hoffman, Hope Davis, Bill Camp) Highly recommended.
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just saw it and loved it. Amazing supporting cast! (Gaby Hoffman, Hope Davis, Bill Camp) Highly recommended.
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dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
Brilliant review that EXACTLY captures my viewing experience. I can’t remember a movie in recent years as shocking and confounding. (Thanks for avoiding spoilers.)
It's an ongoing pleasure watching SIRAT play at festivals and open in territories across the world like a series of controlled detonations. If you're within blast radius, you must check it out -- here's my review for afters, when you're picking your jaw up off the floor. variety.com/2025/film/re...
‘Sirat’ Review: Oliver Laxe’s Excruciatingly Tense, Escalatingly Insane Road Trip Through a Desert Purgatory
Oliver Laxe graduates to Cannes competition with a brilliantly bizarre, cult-ready vision of human psychology tested to its limits.
variety.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Brilliant review that EXACTLY captures my viewing experience. I can’t remember a movie in recent years as shocking and confounding. (Thanks for avoiding spoilers.)
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Tell me a scenario in which Trump accepts that his completed ballroom is being used by a Democrat or a Republican he hates. This is, literally, a monument to permanence. It’s not the action of someone planning to leave.
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tell me a scenario in which Trump accepts that his completed ballroom is being used by a Democrat or a Republican he hates. This is, literally, a monument to permanence. It’s not the action of someone planning to leave.
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That we know of.
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That we know of.
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It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
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A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.
ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN
A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.
www.cnn.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.
Shithole country.
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
October 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Shithole country.
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