Share a TV show that raised you (Sadly, I didn't live in a place with an arts high school)

So, a little extra context about Trump’s message to Norway PM Støre, via NorwegIan media. It was a response to a message co-signed by Støre and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb. It was not a letter out of the blue, or one confused about who controls Greenland.

Ugh

Bear down!

I've got my tickets!

"A movie that takes big chances in a culture that, most days, seems allergic to them" -- TIME THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is Now Playing at the Music Box, presented in 70mm! Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

I'd rather slam my head into the wall than ask AI for help on this creative problem, Thanks

Genius

I wanted to think I was cool enough to go to Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, but I don't think I have the patience for a 4:25 movie, especially one based on movies I've already seen (even if they are movies I love).

🚨 DO NOT ADD YOUR NAME TO ANY LISTS, even those of supposed allies. This is how you put targets on people. Spread the message and warn anyone posting links that ask for personal info. You can just go to any protest you like. You do not need an invite or your name on any tattletale lists to attend.

This was 100% going to happen. Were they just crossing their fingers and hoping for the best at Google?

Bears? Bears! Unbelievable

Bears!!

Bears!

Is there another movie I can watch to keep up my (inadvertent) women looking up on the poster streak?

The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...

reading about a Naked Raygun Thanksgiving show at the Metro where they sliced a raw turkey with a chainsaw, covering the crowd in raw turkey, then found all their cars had been towed they walked up to Lincoln Towing covered in turkey blood carrying a chainsaw if you were at this show please lmk

This is the lowest total since 1965, but you'd never know it from most of the media (kudos to @wgntv.com for pointing out this fact this morning)

Happy new year to all, and happy birthday to all my data privacy friends! 🎉🎉🎉

Happy New Year's Eve, friends. Don't forget -- today is the last day to take advantage of the Pub Crawl Limbo Week discount. See you in 2026!

Look what they took from us with the death of magazines. People are apparently buying books of random pictures to glue to their vision boards.

Make "download and use Signal for text messaging" your 2026 resolution

I don't expect to watch more movies this year, so my lists of favorites are done. I saw a lot of great new releases this year, so it was hard to limit to just 12 (spoiler: I didn't) boxd.it/HxK3k

In this economy, it's a good idea to clean out your old posts. I delete everything older than 90 days. 🧼🧽🧻 bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup

You live in Chicago (North side). Your Christmas tree is done for the season. I got a guy (two guys actually) who can take care of that for you. Through January 16

One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵

We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.

64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains

This is an effective ad. (Seriously, watch until the end)

If you're bored today, I recommend a limited series on Netflix called I Hate Christmas It is in Italian It takes place in Venice The inciting incident is they drop the local Nativity's baby Jesus into the Grand Canal

Not a word I was expecting to see on an ad on public transportation

Tune in today at 107.1FM or chirpradio.org for a special Christmas Eve treat! From 9am-noon, Richard Milne will join DJ Michael B to play some of his holiday faves. Deck those halls and trim those trees! We'll provide the soundtrack.🎄🎶 🎁

People who release their best of lists in mid-December must not be very optimistic about what they plan to read and watch over the holiday break.

For others in the pnw who also feel helpless today: donate.bloodworksnw.org/donor/schedu...

the voices are in an uncanny valley between a podcast and noaa weather radio

What a delightful @chicagoreader.com interview with Dennis Scott, the maestro of the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social's organ: chicagoreader.com/film-tv/denn...

My new mantra as found in The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei: "And she realized this was one way a person could live: find a thing that gave you joy, and then the next thing, hopping from lily pad to lily pad of brightness until you came to the end."

If Wake Up Dead Man makes you want to see more Catholic-frocked boxers, I recommend The Bells of St Mary's, which features Ingrid Bergman as the most badass nun outside of the nunsploitation genre.

Far North Side movie fans! The New 400 is reopening! This is wonderful!

Hey nerds! It's close to the end of the semester in my History of Superheroes class, which means it's about time to decide what new-ish superhero comic to assign my students to reflect the best/most important/most influential work happening today. Would love to hear some suggestions from folks!

You might think my Letterboxd most watched actors of 2025 so far are just due to Star Wars and Kurosawa films, but that's not all! (I also watched The Long Walk, Lawrence of Arabia, Winter Kills, and Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space)

This is always a great event, providing valuable insights about the business side of writing.

Bovino may be gone, but ICE is still here. Spotted outside an elementary school in my neighborhood this morning. 😞

Excellent AP story on Chicago's strategies for fighting back against the ICE/CBP terrorists. Hope it runs in Charlotte and New Orleans papers. apnews.com/article/chic... @apnews.com

To be fair, much of the Western canon is about a dude who can't get over himself.