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Four years ago Russia began it's full scale invasion of Ukraine. They expected it to fall in days. They were wrong. Long live Ukraine.

Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

At the same time the Administration is helping Russia in Ukraine.

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March 4, 2026 Buried in the cascade of news this week, Sadie Gurman and Caitlin Ostroff of the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that 47,635 files are missing from the Epstein files documents that the Justice ...

March 4, 2026

Going Deeper: The 2026 Midterms Are “Momentum vs Money” The GOP has the Money. The Dems Need A Vision.

The midterms are 8 months away.

Democrats have momentum in the polls.
Republicans have the money.

What Democrats still need is a clear vision.

My latest.
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Who Speaks for Us? | Marilynne Robinson The representatives of our two-party system have made it into a weapon that works against the people.

Marilynne Robinson on two-party tyranny

I'm late to post about this but a few weeks ago I finally took my whole family to see MAYBE HAPPY ENDING. I'd loved it when I first saw it in late 2024, but this was the first chance we all had to see it (i.e., got snail mailed a discount code so it was finally affordable), and we all loved it.

In these troubled times, who isn’t loving the nostalgia of the Kennedys and Love Story’s 90s New York? | Emma Brockes It’s monstrously presumptuous? Unforgivably glib? Perhaps. But this stylised drama is the show we all need right now, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

"Love Story understands the sensibilities of those most likely to love it and gives us exactly what we need. Namely, Naomi Watts, aged up to play Jackie O in her dying days, landing a performance somewhere between Edie Beale and Moira Rose from Schitt’s Creek."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Cash and Carry, by David Sedaris I guessed correctly that the woman had found this cabinet on the curb, just as I had found my current desk chair and countless pieces of furniture in the past.

“There are times when being condemned to Hell really gets under my skin.” Read a new Personal History from David Sedaris. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7nQ3y3

How I arrived on Bluesky

Vertical green facades have become increasingly popular in urban environments over recent decades. Leonard Ng attributes their emergence to good intentions, such as counteracting the diminishing presence of nature as cities develop and expand. www.ecogradia.com/podcast/chal...

‘Don’t Open the Door—It’s Sanders!' Poet Dan Chiasson's 'Bernie for Burlington' functions as a triple bildungsroman of Bernie Sanders, the city of Burlington, and Chiasson himself.

"Why might a poet be a good person to write political biography? One answer: because a poet, if he’s good, cares less about sweeping assertions than about precision and exactingness."

@tonydomestico.bsky.social on @dchiasso.bsky.social on Bernie:

A man in a white suit and pith helmet rides a bike with a front basket. There are two signs affixed to the frame. The top sign says, Michael Todd Co." and the bottom sign says, "Niven". via ridesabike.com

Actor David Niven rides around the studio in the costume of his character, Phileas Fogg, during the filming of the 1956 adventure comedy Around The World in 80 Days

Happy #BicycleBirthday, David!
March 1 (1910-1983)

The Secret Agent review – brilliant Brazilian drama of an academic on the run in the murderous 1970s Kleber Mendonça Filho’s study of a man attempting to escape corrupt politics is a tremendous, novelistic study of corruption in high and low places

My review of The Secret Agent (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho) is up here: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma... (it premiered at Cannes last year and gets its UK release today)

Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar Kicking off this year’s series in which our writers advocate for one Academy Award nominee, our chief critic on why the Brazilian drama-thriller is the most audacious and fully realised film in the race

Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar

Review - Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It A documentary directed by Paris Barclay.

At the Spliced Personality Substsck this week I reviewed BILLY PRESTON: THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT.

Review - Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It A documentary directed by Paris Barclay.

"...this makes him a fascinating subject for a documentary.We find ourselves leaning in and looking closer,seeing the exuberance of the performance footage as..escape from his earthly torments.Music was his way of reaching the divine" @splicedpersonality.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/splicedp...

Introducing the Spliced Personality Substack “Two reviews a week. Seven bucks a month. Cheap!”

So I'm hanging out a shingle in newsletter land. Two reviews a week. Seven bucks a month. As Alfred E. Neuman would say, "Cheap!" Details below.

Coming up on a month of the Spliced Personality Substack and I wanted to thank everyone who’s subscribed for helping me out. It means the world. If you haven’t checked it out yet, feel free to drop by and see if there’s anything here you’d like to let me put in your inbox.

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Dutch museum makes 'needle in a haystack' confirmation of Rembrandt painting The Rijksmuseum says a painting once dismissed as “not a Rembrandt” is now confirmed as a work by the Dutch Golden Age master.

The Rijksmuseum says a painting once dismissed as "not a Rembrandt" is now confirmed as a work by the Dutch Golden Age master.

Giant red strawberry-shaped buildings with white polka dots and green leaf tops at the Ichigo no Ouchi exhibition outside DiverCity Tokyo Plaza. © Sanrio Co., Ltd.

The curved pink interior of the strawberry house displaying Ichigo Shimbun newspaper covers on the left wall and illustration artwork on the right, with a doorway leading to the Strawberry King display. © Sanrio Co., Ltd.

Limited-edition Sanrio character plushies dressed in strawberry costumes with golden crowns, alongside a drawstring bag and acrylic keychain featuring the Ichigo no Ouchi design. © Sanrio Co., Ltd.

Inside the strawberry house, a colorful pink room filled with Strawberry King figures, strawberry decorations, and whimsical wall art. © Sanrio Co., Ltd.

Sanrio will open the limited-time exhibition “Ichigo no Ouchi” from 6 Mar–12 Jul at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Odaiba. The strawberry-shaped venue marks the 50th anniversary of Ichigo Shimbun and features displays of Strawberry King and the Angels, photo spots, and limited-edition goods.

Brian Q. Torff Debuts Composition in Celebration of America250 Renowned bassist, composer, and Fairfield University music professor Brian Q. Torff’s new work, titled Shaker Songs Suite 250, makes its debut at the Fairfield University Glee Club concert on Feb. 27.

Brian Q. Torff Debuts Composition in Celebration of America250 www.fairfield.edu/news/2026/fe...

New to Streaming: Father Mother Sister Brother, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Dead Man’s Wire & More Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Arco (Ugo Bienvenu) With h...

Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother on MUBI, The Voice of Hind Rajab and Dead Man's Wire on digital, and more streaming picks of the week.

Back in one of my old schools

The FeckenOdeon Cinema Society is a rural cinema society showing classic & contemporary films in a traditional cinema setting

Their next screening is Charlie Chaplin silent classic CIty Lights this Sat 28th Feb at FeckenOdeon, Redditch

www.ticketsource.co.uk/feckenodeon/...