Toby Leonard
@tntoby.bsky.social
father of one - user of bike lanes - dir o' programming at belcourt - recovering musician - i delete skeets
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Trump and the Republicans’ push to put right wing billionaire allies like Lee Beaman on the Tennessee Valley Authority board and privatize it to enrich themselves and their allies should trouble us all.
www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Trump and the Republicans’ push to put right wing billionaire allies like Lee Beaman on the Tennessee Valley Authority board and privatize it to enrich themselves and their allies should trouble us all.
www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
www.tennessean.com/story/money/...
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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pretty sure Florida never stopped playing the footloose soundtrack
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
pretty sure Florida never stopped playing the footloose soundtrack
Think I’ll go with the latter
STUCK INSIDE THE AIRPORT
buy
a $14 bag of nuts
and ruminate
on the sins
of humanity
OR
read a Danielle Steel novel
while you
secretly denigrate
other people’s
parenting styles
buy
a $14 bag of nuts
and ruminate
on the sins
of humanity
OR
read a Danielle Steel novel
while you
secretly denigrate
other people’s
parenting styles
Stuck inside the (ATL) airport with the Shutdown Blues again
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Think I’ll go with the latter
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It’s up to the nation to help TN elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social to congress. Little Mike will be forced to swear in 2 Democratic women who will eat him for lunch.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It’s up to the nation to help TN elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social to congress. Little Mike will be forced to swear in 2 Democratic women who will eat him for lunch.
If a film has a 12/17 opening date in NY and is planning to roll out across the country in early 2026 - much like NO OTHER LAND last year - can we retire the hook that "no distributor will touch it"?
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If a film has a 12/17 opening date in NY and is planning to roll out across the country in early 2026 - much like NO OTHER LAND last year - can we retire the hook that "no distributor will touch it"?
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Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie
October 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie
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Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...
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Glorious digital restorations of Golden Princess Hong Kong Cinema Classics arrive at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social this month. Critic Craig D. Lindsey has the details.
Golden Princess Hong Kong Cinema Classics Arrive at the Belcourt
Glorious digital restorations of ‘The Killer,’ ‘A Better Tomorrow’ and more will show Oct. 3-16
www.nashvillescene.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Glorious digital restorations of Golden Princess Hong Kong Cinema Classics arrive at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social this month. Critic Craig D. Lindsey has the details.
Let's check in with some UK press, shall we?
Oh.
Oh.
As US-Venezuela tensions rise, Maduro trains civilians for "undeclared war"
Tensions between the two countries have increased after the US Navy targeted boats off the coast of Venezuela.
www.bbc.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Let's check in with some UK press, shall we?
Oh.
Oh.
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American interests and values demand the global defense of the freedom of right wing leaders to lead violent insurrections to overturn electoral defeats. It’s what the founders intended.
Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro reut.rs/4piCG0f
Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would "respond accordingly to this witch hunt" after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
American interests and values demand the global defense of the freedom of right wing leaders to lead violent insurrections to overturn electoral defeats. It’s what the founders intended.
Coming soon to the olde sit and spool
Some of the greatest and craziest films ever made are finally coming back into circulation. I wrote about the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema. www.vulture.com/article/when...
When Hong Kong Cinema Ruled the World
An entire generation of classics from this golden age of action cinema is finally being restored and rereleased in the U.S.
www.vulture.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Coming soon to the olde sit and spool
Perfect that it's dumping rain outside for the first screening of THRONE OF BLOOD.
August 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Perfect that it's dumping rain outside for the first screening of THRONE OF BLOOD.
Oh man. A titan. Listen to Harlem River Drive. And ffs, go see him in HIGHEST 2 LOWEST.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Oh man. A titan. Listen to Harlem River Drive. And ffs, go see him in HIGHEST 2 LOWEST.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
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The Vegas Loop is a sham. Another great video from @nerd4cities.bsky.social outlining the truest real world example of the Simpsons Monorail Episode.
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g?...
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g?...
The Vegas Loop Is Getting Progressively Stupider
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
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August 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Vegas Loop is a sham. Another great video from @nerd4cities.bsky.social outlining the truest real world example of the Simpsons Monorail Episode.
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g?...
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g?...
4 figures to see Macca at a smallish Nashville venue, eh? Would be a shame if everyone snuck in hamburgers.
July 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
4 figures to see Macca at a smallish Nashville venue, eh? Would be a shame if everyone snuck in hamburgers.
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Trump wants to impose a tax on you so that his buddy can avoid consequences for a coup attempt.
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, in part due to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro
"The way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro ... is an international disgrace," Trump wrote.
www.nbcnews.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trump wants to impose a tax on you so that his buddy can avoid consequences for a coup attempt.
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Elvin Jones outside the studio after the first take of “Ascension,” June 28, 1965
📸 Chuck Stewart
📸 Chuck Stewart
June 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Elvin Jones outside the studio after the first take of “Ascension,” June 28, 1965
📸 Chuck Stewart
📸 Chuck Stewart
Tidal was started by Jay Z and a bunch of other artists. It pays out higher rates to artists - still not enough - and sounds noticably better.
That said, it's now owned by Block, Inc - not ideal, but has to be better than supporting this.
That said, it's now owned by Block, Inc - not ideal, but has to be better than supporting this.
Parasite becomes aggressive.
Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.
Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.
Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.
Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.
June 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tidal was started by Jay Z and a bunch of other artists. It pays out higher rates to artists - still not enough - and sounds noticably better.
That said, it's now owned by Block, Inc - not ideal, but has to be better than supporting this.
That said, it's now owned by Block, Inc - not ideal, but has to be better than supporting this.
Post a banger that's not in English youtu.be/awPqCw_lRXo?...
June 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Post a banger that's not in English youtu.be/awPqCw_lRXo?...
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Today is the 101st arrival date of Sun Ra Arkestra Director Maestro Legend Marshall Belford Allen - 25th may 1924 Happy Birthday with space age celebrations
May 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Today is the 101st arrival date of Sun Ra Arkestra Director Maestro Legend Marshall Belford Allen - 25th may 1924 Happy Birthday with space age celebrations
Owee. Great weather for it but the good thing about knocking this out is the nap i'm abou
May 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Owee. Great weather for it but the good thing about knocking this out is the nap i'm abou
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The Belcourt Theatre turns 100 this month, and over the course of a century, it has been many things, including a stage for the Grand Ole Opry. Join us today as we explore the highs and lows of its history and how it became the independent film industry powerhouse it is today.
May 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Belcourt Theatre turns 100 this month, and over the course of a century, it has been many things, including a stage for the Grand Ole Opry. Join us today as we explore the highs and lows of its history and how it became the independent film industry powerhouse it is today.