I'm not trying to sell anybody anything, but this is a hell of a deal. www.amcplus.com

Well, this should be playing 24/7 on every Democratic politician's and candidate's feeds... the guy always says the quiet part out loud eventually.

"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased." Remembering the unforgettable Katharine Hepburn, born on today's date in 1907.

How many bodies would you guess the average country churchyard in Britain contains? When I’ve asked most people this, their answer has usually been “a few hundred” or “maybe a thousand”. The truth is usually at least ten thousand.

THE SHEEP DETECTIVES was a lovely way to spend Mother's Day. I will say that it's QUITE a loose adaptation of the book, so don't judge one by the other.

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

First time I’ve seen Trump underwater in Alabama in this poll. (He’s +9 with Alabama’s 2024 voters, but even that represents a pretty significant decline.)

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

BREAKING: Gov. Kay Ivey has called a special session of the Alabama Legislature for Monday to change the May 19 primary should the U.S. Supreme Court lift an injunction against Alabama redistricting before 2030.

Unfortunately, this piece on The Great Resegregation has aged well. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Charlotte Brontë was born today in 1816. #botd She was the only one of the three novelist Brontë sisters to live past age 31.

Princess Skyla and her lovely family! [for Dashienova's Crowns of Equestria zine!] #mlp #crownsofequestriazine

Showed the retirement community HIGH NOON (1952) yesterday, and I'm still thinking about all the ways it speaks to our present moment. Also, the @kinolorber.com disc is gorgeous, a testament to the beauty of B&W cinematography. You can see every bead of sweat on Gary Cooper's anxious face. #filmsky

Emailed my terrible reps (it's Alabama, so literally the worst possible people) to say it's past time for them to do something. We'll see what kind of BS form response I get telling me how much they love war crimes and skyrocketing gas prices and trashing our future.

Finally watching STARFLEET ACADEMY and I love it. Each episode makes me angrier that they canceled it already because I wanted to see how these characters grew and reached the ends of their narrative arcs.

Continuing my "Close Encounters with the Third Reich" film series today with LIFEBOAT (1944), starring Huntsville's own Tallulah Bankhead. #filmsky

What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with AI fact-checking!

The weather was perfect and the turnout fantastic. Also, I got some fun stickers from the org booths. :) #nokings

The joy of Una Merkel... #PreCode #OldHollywood

Just a reminder that Donald Trump campaigned on lowering costs and no new wars.

I think our country sinks beneath the yoke: It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds.

Saw THE BRIDE! last night and really enjoyed it. @annodracula.bsky.social offers a good review if you're interested. It's a wild film.

Had a lovely day out with an old friend. Gotta make the most of the small joys in dark times.

The King is mad

They have billions for forever wars and funding secret police to disappear citizens and gaudy ballrooms and tax cuts for the rich but never a dime for healthcare or to feed the poor.

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

Trying to explain to "normal" people why AI is bad and no I'm not okay with being associated with it. I'm so tired of this timeline...

The hardest part of working with lifetime learners and the retirement community is that I lose my students and friends on a regular basis. Found out yesterday that one of my favorites had passed away, just a week shy of her 90th birthday. I dreamed about her last night.

“Hey Boo.” #RIP #RobertDuvall (1931 - 2026) here as ‘Boo Radley’ in #ToKillaMockingbird #TheGodfather #TheGreatSantini #ApocalypseNow

💞 my lawyers will be in touch 💞 #muppets #misspiggy

There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"

It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔

I loathe football and did not watch the Super Bowl, but we DID get online and watch the entire halftime show, which was fantastic. The stunts! The wedding! The camera work! WOW.

Showed the lifetime learners CASABLANCA (1942) today. It was the first film in our Close Encounters with the Third Reich series.

Every time you hear that such and such major is being eliminated because it isn't popular or it doesn't make money or it doesn't serve the streamlined mission of the institution, you should think about the WaPo cuts. What is a paper without books and sports? A college without history and languages.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers. Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024. And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary. The system is rigged.

“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

We really do live in the stupidest timeline. "Our fragile ego matters more than warning people about a life-threatening storm." JFC.

You don't need me to tell you about the dumpster fire (you already know), but I will say that BOOKISH is on PBS Passport and a lot of fun if you still have access to PBS in your state (AL is about to kill ours so we're enjoying it while we can).

One year of Trump in a nutshell. Still waiting for those "day one" lower prices.

another tease for my semi-mini-comic as syllabus for my Superheroes class. A statement about the heart of the course, and I really love this passage from Saunders "The wish that things were otherwise." Onward!

🎉 The public domain just got bigger! Join us January 21 for a virtual celebration of the films, music, art, & books newly free for everyone to use, remix, & share. 🎟️ Save your spot ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1977502652... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree #CreativeCommons

Genre rules are only guidelines anyway! Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device? We've got all that and more! 1/3

It's sad but true that some people are so awful even Muppet Ghosts of Christmas couldn't fix them.

Elsa Lanchester, 1941.

Showed the retirement community group THE THIN MAN (1934) today as our holiday movie. Asta and Myrna Loy (I think in that order) were the general favorites.

RIP #RobReiner. A rare, multitalented creator and actor whose voice, vision and wit helped shaped modern American comedy and more. His legacy lives on in the way he championed artist, audiences and the simple idea that heart and craft and coexist.

Showed my lifetime learners QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933) yesterday and was just amazed yet again at how absolutely gorgeous the film is. We had a lot of crying and enthusiastic applause at the end, and several said this was their favorite one in years.