Tony H
@tonyhightower.bsky.social
New Yorker in Paris. I run, I dad, I won reasonably big on Jeopardy & Millionaire (and Cash Cab) in a previous life. Serious @joannascutts.bsky.social stan. He/him.
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Tony H
@tonyhightower.bsky.social
· Nov 6
So... if anyone is looking into the idea of moving to Europe, for whatever reason, I know people who were hugely helpful for us, and I'm happy to share any & all info I have.
My DMs are open.
My DMs are open.
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Why was my life half over before I learned these existed?
Why do you come to my now, when I am this?
Why do you come to my now, when I am this?
Salami Advent Calendar, Czech Republic. podnikovka.cz/uzeniny_c103...
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Why was my life half over before I learned these existed?
Why do you come to my now, when I am this?
Why do you come to my now, when I am this?
Why can't you be like Endicott?
Nov 27th 1964 - Surfer Tyler Endicott was born.
📽️📅 Point Break (1991)
📽️📅 Point Break (1991)
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Why can't you be like Endicott?
"We are but children on this earth, pulling bolts out of the Ferris Wheel, thinking ourselves to be gods."
This was just such a quiet, emotional, perfect film.
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
This was just such a quiet, emotional, perfect film.
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
A ★★★★★ review of Train Dreams (2025)
Hey, you better hold on to something! It's always a unique and sublime pleasure to see a film with the pace and force of a real work of literature. It's not always kind, not always gentle or generous,...
letterboxd.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We are but children on this earth, pulling bolts out of the Ferris Wheel, thinking ourselves to be gods."
This was just such a quiet, emotional, perfect film.
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
This was just such a quiet, emotional, perfect film.
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
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Oh no! Talk about a true titan of music.
I didn't need an excuse to play The Harder They Come tonight anyways, but, well.
I didn't need an excuse to play The Harder They Come tonight anyways, but, well.
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died at 81. Massive influence to The Clash, The Slits, The Specials, The Police, The Selecter, No Doubt and countless others. RIP
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Oh no! Talk about a true titan of music.
I didn't need an excuse to play The Harder They Come tonight anyways, but, well.
I didn't need an excuse to play The Harder They Come tonight anyways, but, well.
Hey now, we don't have *that* much rustic pottery here.
I mean, yeah, the rest of that is spot on, but.
I mean, yeah, the rest of that is spot on, but.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hey now, we don't have *that* much rustic pottery here.
I mean, yeah, the rest of that is spot on, but.
I mean, yeah, the rest of that is spot on, but.
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The definition of a murderer’s row
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The definition of a murderer’s row
"You see us as a brain on a horse, an athlete on a horse, a basket case on another horse, a princess on a pony, and a criminal on a getaway horse. Correct?"
Nov. 22, 1925: A spirited polo match pitting the Hollywood Heights and Breakfast Club teams against each other in Los Angeles.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"You see us as a brain on a horse, an athlete on a horse, a basket case on another horse, a princess on a pony, and a criminal on a getaway horse. Correct?"
There is only one good Christmas song, and it's El Vez covering "Feliz Navidad" in the style of PiL.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
There is only one good Christmas song, and it's El Vez covering "Feliz Navidad" in the style of PiL.
... Or the best.
"Slide! SLIIIIIIIIIIDE!"
"Slide! SLIIIIIIIIIIDE!"
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
... Or the best.
"Slide! SLIIIIIIIIIIDE!"
"Slide! SLIIIIIIIIIIDE!"
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in advance of tomorrow’s @nwslsoccer.com championship game (8pm et on @cbstv & @paramountplus - tune in!), a little carousel of the two finals teams from this season, @gothamfc & @washingtonspirit.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
in advance of tomorrow’s @nwslsoccer.com championship game (8pm et on @cbstv & @paramountplus - tune in!), a little carousel of the two finals teams from this season, @gothamfc & @washingtonspirit.com
The quote posts to this are touting every single one of these films, as well as tons of others that came out while we were all locked down. Do yourself a favor and check these out.
(I haven't seen any of these, because of, well, more than just COVID. But that will change.)
(I haven't seen any of these, because of, well, more than just COVID. But that will change.)
Thank you to our friends at Filmbot for their support in presenting this amazing series, kicking off at The Frida on Dec 12 with PIG and RED ROCKET. RELIC, THE WILD GOOSE LAKE, & RELIC on Dec 13th. THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF & WOLFWALKERS on Dec 14 🎬️
🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The quote posts to this are touting every single one of these films, as well as tons of others that came out while we were all locked down. Do yourself a favor and check these out.
(I haven't seen any of these, because of, well, more than just COVID. But that will change.)
(I haven't seen any of these, because of, well, more than just COVID. But that will change.)
This is a hell of a fun band. A nice little power pop infusion for your Friday.
For the last week or so I've been mainlining the catalogue of French 80s indie rock darlings Les Calamités, in aural and visual form, so I turned it into a MetaFilter post. Pretty much every track of their small catalog is a banger.
'Je suis une calamité/un bâton de dynamite allumé'
Les Calamités were a French indie rock band from the town of Beaune in Burgundy comprised of Caroline Augier, Isabelle Petit, Odile Repolt and Mike Stephens. They recorded 16 bangers between...
www.metafilter.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is a hell of a fun band. A nice little power pop infusion for your Friday.
For sale: new hog, blowed up.
You've seen me write about the neighbor who loves to rev his monstrous Harley Davidson motorbike early in the morning? Today, at about 05:30 there was a monstrous bang. Startled, I popped outside. A plume of smoke was rising from the bike and he was cursing his head off.
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
For sale: new hog, blowed up.
Today is the first "space heater in the workspace" day of the season. Gather your rosebuds.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today is the first "space heater in the workspace" day of the season. Gather your rosebuds.
Good evening from windy, early-wintery Paris. I hope you're warm and dry, wherever you are.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Good evening from windy, early-wintery Paris. I hope you're warm and dry, wherever you are.
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We're at the next stag of the authors' lawsuit against Anthropic.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We're at the next stag of the authors' lawsuit against Anthropic.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
All the police have is brute force. They don’t have knowledge on their side, they don’t have the numbers, they don’t have the well-being of the society they pretend to protect. They can kill a person, but they can’t kill everyone, and they sure as hell can’t kill an idea.
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
A ★★★★ review of Sambizanga (1972)
The word "Kafkaesque" gets thrown around way too much, but this story, about an Angolan construction worker suddenly arrested by the secret police for some low-level organizing activity, and how his w...
letterboxd.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
All the police have is brute force. They don’t have knowledge on their side, they don’t have the numbers, they don’t have the well-being of the society they pretend to protect. They can kill a person, but they can’t kill everyone, and they sure as hell can’t kill an idea.
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
#filmsky #letterboxd 📽️
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10 pounds of dim sum followed by a food coma could fix me
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
10 pounds of dim sum followed by a food coma could fix me
You need a toe? Dude, I can get you a toe
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
You need a toe? Dude, I can get you a toe
For we all, in our ways, are a brick house. Mighty mighty, just letting it all hang out.
who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
For we all, in our ways, are a brick house. Mighty mighty, just letting it all hang out.
This is horrifying. Teaching kids to paraphrase & guess at context before they actually learn to read is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is horrifying. Teaching kids to paraphrase & guess at context before they actually learn to read is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!