I don’t believe in spoilers but at this point of my life I’m going to have to be informed beforehand if anything even mildly bad, even inconveniencing, happens to a cat in a movie

I never feel more alive than when I walk by a long line at the Fillmore for whatever show to get to something at the AFI. Tonight it’s Charade (1963) “Sir are you in line for” Oh no, I’m across the street for Cary Grant, thank you

I could go for an impossible big plain right about now

one thing that's great about this show is basically every villain employs a fleet of henchmen wielding Uzis. Largely ineffectual Uzis

I find these posts from David Lynch’s Twitter account quite moving. It’s shocking to hear him in the world, present tense, while the then-Twitter character limit prevents much context, making these old missives feel like cryptic, time-defying messages in a bottle. It’s so fitting.

A fun mix. First Satyajit Ray (!), Miami Vice pilot rewatch, James Cagney/Busby Berkeley excellence, and a Merrie Melodies short from 1934. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfour

Hell yeah BWJ!!

Kyle Isbel low-key our best player

Jeez I can’t remember seeing a play like that

Surreal

Watching Miami Vice “There’s no way they kill off this woma—“ “okay well I’d be STUNNED if the baby di—“

Gonna die on this hill but efficiency is the opposite of education. Learning is not efficient.

This thread was how I learned he spent a year coaching high school basketball on an Apache reservation, then wrote a book about it. In 1998!

11-year experiment into the Maryland Demeanor and I’m going to go ahead and say, It sucks, stop it

Somewhere out there is a teacher who’s going to check Google doc timestamps to see if something submitted after midnight was actually done on time

What if we just let Canvas die?

Everything I’ve read about the hantavirus is scientists saying “this is nothing like COVID. It spreads completely differently.” but social media is generally like “this is the end, my friends” If we could even approximately get on the same page here folks

Canvas rn

McSweeney’s article idea: A realistic assessment of how many Donald Trumps I could take before they overpowered me

There’s an outside chance I get to teach Slaughterhouse-Five next year

20s Ryan at midnight: Hell yeah! Royals win in extras! Great vibes for tomorrow 40s Ryan: First pitch is at 7:40pm, and if I time it right, I will be in bed before then

They don't want you to know about the 10:30am lunch

whatsbetter dot com was so great for a brief window there, when I first moved into the dorms

Terrified Adolis García Wondering If Anyone Else Can See Phillie Phanatic https://theonion.com/terrified-adolis-garcia-wondering-if-anyone-else-can-see-phillie-phanatic/

We should let in Mitch Moreland, but only because I think it would open the door for Matt Stairs

Good morning. ☕️ Diner on 14th Street, NYC, 1952 📷 Photo by Louis Stettner

me: hello I’m here for the pick a pancake comb— IHOP: let’s see some identification son

I think Black Reconstruction by Du Bois is best read with others. A few years ago, I gave a presentation for the Schomburg Center. My focus was on what PIC abolitionists can learn about how change happens by studying Black Reconstruction. We even created a little guide to share with participants.

I’m watching “Brother’s Keeper,” the Miami Vice pilot, with @godwhatamess.bsky.social who hasn’t seen it yet and I’m so excited 😃😃😃 I’ve been thinking about In the Air Tonight all day in advance

I can’t explain it but I feel like our cat Francis could actually square up against Chotiner. I would somehow come out looking like the villain in this

This is such a beautiful film: such delicacy, such magic.

In 48 Edward G. Robinson did Key Largo and All My Sons, and he really owns both (along with Claire Trevor in the former, who won best supporting actress that year). It dawns on me Trevor herself could have done it with Key Largo and Raw Deal!

I also think they would make a killing! This feels like a layup advertising campaign

Pure, gut favorites: 1) Bottle Rocket 2) Rushmore 3) The Life Aquatic (has only ever grown on me) 4) Asteroid City 5) Stuck on this one, but I suppose right now I’d say Royal Tenenbaums. I always think about Chas saying “I’ve had a rough year, dad.”

Who could have predicted

All timer “is that good?” candidate here

The Wachowskis built 1.5 miles of highway for their Reloaded set piece, got 300 some cars from GM that were not deemed to be road safe for consumers, and after filming one of the five best car chases in cinematic history, recycled all that material into affordable housing in Mexico

#edusky Probably lots of other teachers already do this, but, a major life hack for me is this: 1. Order bulk blank birthday cards. You can get 120 usually for ~20 dollars.

Could be either.

[guy who missed the first few seconds of Star Wars] whoa is this happening right now? In our galaxy??

[ANNIE] The picture uses the same Dolby and six-track system as APOCALYPSE NOW, and it sounds like APOCALYPSE NOW. (1982)

Josh O'Connor, on the incredible performance note he got from Steven Spielberg while shooting Disclosure Day apnews.com/article/disc...

Amazing thread

Current* conditions near Silver Lake, MI:

My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.

Fear not

One of my favorite movie posters / one of the coolest looks in movie history

I work for a public radio stationed licensed to the University of Kansas, and KU is doing a fundraising event where people can direct their pledges directly to a specific department. Long story short, we would get a bonus if we got a pledge from very, very far away during the hour of 2100 UTC/Zulu.