Britta Kavanagh
@triciafee.bsky.social
Translator by day (because AI can’t do my job). Lover of movies, books, TV, musicals, acting, and chocolate. Not an expert.
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Britta Kavanagh
@triciafee.bsky.social
· Nov 16
What do you mean, „echo chamber“? I, for one, found Paddington 2 underwhelming.
I‘m actually pissed that Andrew Tate is getting to make money out of boxing matches while he’s awaiting trial. Lemme know when he gets punched out in prison, then I’ll laugh.
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I‘m actually pissed that Andrew Tate is getting to make money out of boxing matches while he’s awaiting trial. Lemme know when he gets punched out in prison, then I’ll laugh.
Avatar movies are getting kinda repetitive. Humans come to kill and plunder, but eventually get their asses kicked. Rinse, repeat. Whatever moved forward in the story during Fire and Ash could easily have folded into Avatar 2. And was the final battle not the same as the last one?
December 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Avatar movies are getting kinda repetitive. Humans come to kill and plunder, but eventually get their asses kicked. Rinse, repeat. Whatever moved forward in the story during Fire and Ash could easily have folded into Avatar 2. And was the final battle not the same as the last one?
Pop culture outlets seem intent on spoiling The Housemaid for me, and if that happens before I’ve seen it, swear to god, I’m going to go on a rampage.
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Pop culture outlets seem intent on spoiling The Housemaid for me, and if that happens before I’ve seen it, swear to god, I’m going to go on a rampage.
Think I‘m gonna start a thread with my reactions to my first-time ER watch, even though I’m already on season 5. Reaction for today: THAT‘S how they wrote off Doug Ross??!
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Think I‘m gonna start a thread with my reactions to my first-time ER watch, even though I’m already on season 5. Reaction for today: THAT‘S how they wrote off Doug Ross??!
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Usual reminder: decisions like this don't mean that AI can do the job of a human translator; they mean that some C-suite creature who is basically a LinkedIn profile wrapped in ham and an expensive suit has decided it provides an alibi for paying human translators less money for less rewarding work.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Usual reminder: decisions like this don't mean that AI can do the job of a human translator; they mean that some C-suite creature who is basically a LinkedIn profile wrapped in ham and an expensive suit has decided it provides an alibi for paying human translators less money for less rewarding work.
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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Organizing a class-action suit against whoever told all the screenwriters about trauma
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Organizing a class-action suit against whoever told all the screenwriters about trauma
I think it’s become clear to me that what I love most about Rian Johnson‘s movies is their moral core. The celebration of love and decency that‘s at the center of so many of them (guess who was my favourite in TLJ). Needless to say, Wake Up Dead Man is my jam.
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I think it’s become clear to me that what I love most about Rian Johnson‘s movies is their moral core. The celebration of love and decency that‘s at the center of so many of them (guess who was my favourite in TLJ). Needless to say, Wake Up Dead Man is my jam.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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We hope this makes you happy, Carol.
RESULTS: Democrat Tim Keller has won reelection as mayor of Albuquerque.
He defeats a former Republican sheriff, who took issue with Keller's executive order that limited collaboration with ICE.
And that's not all: Liberal faction seizes majority a city council.
He defeats a former Republican sheriff, who took issue with Keller's executive order that limited collaboration with ICE.
And that's not all: Liberal faction seizes majority a city council.
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We hope this makes you happy, Carol.
Manchester by the Sea. It was excellent but I don’t have to go through that emotionally again.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Manchester by the Sea. It was excellent but I don’t have to go through that emotionally again.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
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“do you want anything from McDonald’s”
me: round egg please
me: round egg please
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“do you want anything from McDonald’s”
me: round egg please
me: round egg please
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"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
Watched Eternity today because Afterlife Shenanigans is one of my favourite genres. I have to say, though, the rules of this particular afterlife were baffling.
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Watched Eternity today because Afterlife Shenanigans is one of my favourite genres. I have to say, though, the rules of this particular afterlife were baffling.
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The only ethical use of AI is making it listen to Quentin Tarantino's opinions so that we don't have to.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The only ethical use of AI is making it listen to Quentin Tarantino's opinions so that we don't have to.
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They put the Friday Night Lights guys together!!!
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
They put the Friday Night Lights guys together!!!
I can forgive a lot but don’t you dare come for Paul Dano!
Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’
Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’
Most filmmakers know better than to publicly torch another director’s film or an actor’s performance, but Quentin Tarantino has never really played by those rules. On a new episode of Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast, where the pair ran through their top 20 films of the century, Tarantino used his praise of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” as a springboard to lay into one of its key performers: Paul Dano.
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dlvr.it
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I can forgive a lot but don’t you dare come for Paul Dano!
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Currently watching ER for the first time and really enjoying the game of spot the future star. Taraji P Henson just appeared as 2 different characters in the span of a few episodes.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Currently watching ER for the first time and really enjoying the game of spot the future star. Taraji P Henson just appeared as 2 different characters in the span of a few episodes.
The standard question I now get as a translator is „But can’t AI do your job now?“Then they tell me how well it works for them when they have to send an email in a different language.Most people don’t understand how badly AI translates cause they don’t see the difference between bad and good writing
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The standard question I now get as a translator is „But can’t AI do your job now?“Then they tell me how well it works for them when they have to send an email in a different language.Most people don’t understand how badly AI translates cause they don’t see the difference between bad and good writing
Still recovering from Train Dreams. A quietly devastating film about the insignificance and significance of a life. Probably my second favourite film of the year.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Still recovering from Train Dreams. A quietly devastating film about the insignificance and significance of a life. Probably my second favourite film of the year.