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Writer/editor. Past lives: The A.V. Club, Chron, Time Out Chicago. He/him/his. https://letterboxd.com/AADowd/ https://authory.com/AADowd

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The 100 Greatest Cinemas In The World Right Now Classic kinos, cult film temples and fabulous picture palaces from across the planet

I've been to four of these theaters, which means one thing:

Moviegoing tourism goals!

06.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesβ€”including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

06.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 8932 πŸ” 4290 πŸ’¬ 520 πŸ“Œ 607

Great, ICE still absolutely must be abolished.

05.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look, when the day comes, it's going to be very hard to get some people to get off the "norms/turn the page" bandwagon, but the least, and already established, thing we can do is prosecute the fuck out of everyone for perjury. All these people have lied under oath. Start there, at the lowest bar.

05.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 400 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

All the Evangelicals excited about Jesus coming back don’t realize that according to the sacred texts, there will actually be FOUR people claiming to be Jesus: an vigilante, a kid, a guy in armor and a cyborg

03.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

Absolutely.

05.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haven't watched them, sorry!

05.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If I was picking the Oscars:

Picture: Marty Supreme
Director: PTA
Actor: Chalamet
Actress: Byrne
S Actor: Lindo
S Actress: Taylor
O Screenplay: Panahi
A Screenplay: PTA
International: It Was Just An Accident
Documentary: The Perfect Neighbor
Casting: Marty Supreme
Cinematography: One Battle

05.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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Picking the Best Casting Oscar for Each of the Past 25 Years There’s a new statuette at the Oscars this year, so we decided who should’ve won it for each year of the 21st century

What if the Academy introduced Best Casting a whole 25 years ago? @theringer.com.web.brid.gy has picked what should have been nominated (and what should have won) for every year since 2000. Happy to have submitted my own ballot and written up a couple years. www.theringer.com/2026/03/05/o...

05.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It should not be difficult to oppose an illegal war based on lies with no actual goals that polls at 27%

05.03.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

What every American I know stranded abroad due to the Iran war tells me:

β€œwhen you call the State Department numbers all over social media, you’re met with just an automated message saying not to rely on US government for assistance with departure and that no evacuations are currently planned.”

04.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

Still very early in, but I'm continously delighted how this franchise can deviate wildly in mechanics while still offering the core RE experience: hoarding scarce resources while you plot the safest route back to typewriter-room sanctuary.

04.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was skeptical about the whole retain-aspects-of-their-old-behavior aspect, but it's somehow both agreeably silly and still scary. Feels like the series finally doing its spin on Dan O'Bannon zombies.

04.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Loving the task-oriented zombies in RESIDENT EVIL: REQUIEM.

04.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If you smell toast, you might be having a stroke... a stroke of luck that is. It’s toast time.

03.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 3704 πŸ” 862 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 14

Alt text is important for accessibility but what we don’t talk about as much is that it’s also a great opportunity for joke density

04.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 880 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 8119 πŸ” 2408 πŸ’¬ 260 πŸ“Œ 524

Odd Future

03.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?

If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.

Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

03.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 6826 πŸ” 1969 πŸ’¬ 189 πŸ“Œ 109

literally your customer base was 90% parents of young children who want a good future for their kids in which they can be free to be themselves, no matter who they are. you told those people to go fuck themselves. they won't be back

03.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 8622 πŸ” 1361 πŸ’¬ 189 πŸ“Œ 45

Hey, remember how we let a nazi near-trillionaire annihilate the US state capacity? I know it was a whole year ago, but it turns out that this has consequences beyond "murdering 14 million people by ending USAID" (which apparently no one cared about).

03.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 1183 πŸ” 409 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 10
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They are literally running with β€œwe have always been at war with Eurasia.” Unreal.

03.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 4866 πŸ” 1038 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 25
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been β€œinundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 12802 πŸ” 6375 πŸ’¬ 1307 πŸ“Œ 4131
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No warning, no siren: six US service members killed in Iranian strike that hit makeshift operations center in Kuwait | CNN Politics The first US service members to die in the conflict between the US and Iran were killed by a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait on Sunday morning local...

Seems like the Trump administration’s staggering idiocy just got six U.S. service members killed - who never got advance warning from their own leaders to take cover.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...

02.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 626 πŸ” 226 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 30

Probably true, and also, I don't think there was ever a joke logic to the meme. It was just "Plug some other thing into his exposition dump." Unfunny!

02.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't much care for TRAP, but to be clear, this is slander of a failed meme format based on TRAP!

02.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With all the awful news hitting nonstop, it's important sometimes to focus on the good. Like how that meme format with the loose-lipped vendor from TRAP never took off. Not a single funny variation!

02.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSo called international organizations…no stupid rules of engagement.” We are a rogue murder state now, and positively proud of it.

02.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 1877 πŸ” 508 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 14

It was sort of fun to see him play the same character as his dad, but not fun enough. A dull streaming soap with periodic kaiju cameos.

02.03.2026 06:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0