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NYC and HVR via Bama. Film, Politics, theater and the Tide. Oh, and tennis. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Your intro slayed. What a delight!

26.02.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so bummed.

09.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, ESPN is a serious issue if you are trying to watch this Australian Open. Shitshow.

22.01.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..."

There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel

Duane Puryear died in 1991.

Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..." There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel Duane Puryear died in 1991.

It's your birthday, Duane.

20.12.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 8809 πŸ” 2562 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 63
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This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.

14.12.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 2251 πŸ” 798 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 154

What a prick

15.11.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.

13.11.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 9009 πŸ” 2049 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 35

"We would rather be ruined than changed;
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die."

β€”W. H. Auden, The Age of Anxiety

07.11.2025 05:12 πŸ‘ 685 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

06.11.2025 18:10 πŸ‘ 43279 πŸ” 12401 πŸ’¬ 4606 πŸ“Œ 2877

I loathe Miles.

04.11.2025 03:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Loins have asses?!!!!

20.10.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing performance. I also love her in "Shoot the Moon." Brutal film, brutal performance.

11.10.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 38299 πŸ” 17043 πŸ’¬ 829 πŸ“Œ 2407
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ORIENTATION
FACT SHEET
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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. β€’ 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

CRESTRICTED] ORIENTATION FACT SHEET 64 WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. β€’ 24 March 1945 FASCISM! Note For This Week's Discussion: Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis; (2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

01.08.2024 21:35 πŸ‘ 2190 πŸ” 973 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 134
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24.09.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But who is filming after he eats the cameraman? 😁

21.09.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I dunno- having to endure a bullshit court-side interview as your player is broken would be pretty tough.

05.09.2025 01:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frank O'Hara, who died #OTD in 1966.

β€œIn times of crisis, we must all decide again and again whom we love.”

25.07.2025 19:40 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I was there! Great night

22.07.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CBS Canceling β€˜Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season

Gee, right after he criticized Paramount for selling CBS's soul out to Trump?

Sure Jan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

18.07.2025 00:02 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz? We obtained a list The Trump and DeSantis administrations have refused to release a roster of detainees, none of whom seem to appear in ICE’s online database.

The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.

13.07.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 1217 πŸ” 622 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 34

The auteur theory is an attempt by adult males to justify staying inside the small range of experience of their boyhood and adolescence. (1963)

10.07.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trinity Place Shelter – a homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth

trinityplaceshelter.org
Ten bed, long term shelter on the Upper West Side. It's a great organization.

18.06.2025 19:56 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But the Tracey Ullman Show was so good.

20.05.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🫑

29.04.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 1875 πŸ” 490 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 32

Not useful.

01.03.2025 00:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

28.02.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 8805 πŸ” 2447 πŸ’¬ 320 πŸ“Œ 204

Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.

But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.

He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

28.02.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 59721 πŸ” 13087 πŸ’¬ 2168 πŸ“Œ 470

Uncle Charley! πŸ˜€

18.02.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I loved the halftime show,
but if I'd never left my home town,
ignored history,
got all my news from right wing sources,
only knew ppl who looked like me,
and never read books,
and voted for an amoral lying racist,
I'd probably hate it as much as the FOX News audience did.

10.02.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 1608 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 8