Censoring a story about the outsourced regime gulag is not consistent with freedom of speech. But it is consistent with the belief that “free speech” is when conservatives can say what they want and when you can say what they want.

They were never defending freedom of speech. They were defending a right to monologue. The former cannot coexist with the latter.

The Epstein papers, running CBS into the ground, and globalizing legislative transphobia

The Altadena fire was THIS YEAR for anyone else struggling with time blindness at scale.

Hoping to get this met soon so we can focus on raising overdue funds for heating and recent plumbing repairs which were essential. 💕💸

"prompt theft" is funny as hell like oh no somebody did the same google search as me. grow up

One of the central tenets of AI artists is that their refining prompts makes them equal (or even superior) to any artist, analog or digital. They are so, so close to a breakthrough but they always U-turn just in time to avoid it.

One of the most emotional moments I've experienced on a screen as a father was in SINNERS. To me, having a whole post on 2025 movie dads without mention of Sinners is...absurd.

Sunday Taquitos #7: Raid at Santa’s Workshop Art by Ivan Ehlers.

Lisa Fischer

I'm not in marketing but an angry guy shrieking "Guess what asshole...AI isn't going away so you might as well accept it!" doesn't strike me as the way you'd pitch an ostensibly useful product

Currently watching.

Every step you take will be on a Lego until you take this back.

Share a magazine cover you love. 📸

Letterboxd Wrapped is dropping January 2 👀 Here’s how to ensure your Diary, ratings and stats are in tip-top shape before the year wraps up. Read more of our Year in Review FAQ on Journal: boxd.it/2Tg

Black Solstice loading up beautifully this year

So along with the inevitability fallacy (since a clutch of billionaires & boosters simply told us so), we now have to concede to the availability fallacy? Let me say this as loud and clear: the presence or availability of a thing does not resolve the question of its appropriateness/harmfullness

Soccer pre-game fits > Any other sport

Until we admit the plagiarism machine was based on creating an underclass ( that they have watched be ignored for caring about theft) the farce just gets worse and worse

Have you seen "prompt engineers" or "AI artists" jealously guard or hide their prompts or accuse others of stealing their 'work' (prompts)? Incredible shit

I find the idea that you need to know “how to use” AI tools really funny, as if it isn’t incredibly easy to type in prompts and the marketing these tools is that literally anyone can do it

This made me cry my eyes out.🥺❤️‍🩹

@blackamazon.bsky.social has given me so many light bulb moments it's only right I give back. gofund.me/a5ee0064

Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI. I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.

"Tyler Mitchell’s Art-Historical Mood Board" www.newyorker.com/culture/phot... Deborah Willis (author of iconic Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present and Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present) was his undergrad mentor? So cool.

Everything I’m learning about Anthony Joshua is BY CHOICE.😂😂 Why he posted a TT of him knocking Jake Paul down and the caption is “Netflix and chill.” YOU KNOW WHAT…😭😭

Christopher Nolan sat down with Ryan Coogler and Denzel Washington with Delroy Lindo, re: Sinners. And gave them their flowers. THIS IS WHAT I WANNA SEE! *in Kevin Jz Prodigy’s voice*

I couldn’t think of anything under 10 minutes, but Mahershala Ali has 20 minutes in Moonlight and he’s great.

Vince Staples’ Criterion Closet visit is up. So good. www.criterion.com/shop/collect...

During the early years of the pandemic, I made air fried french fries out of whole potatoes (with very minimal oil, which is why I liked it). Everyone was just air frying for no reason. Good times.

“Vocab Quiz: The Most Misused Art History Terms” www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

My brain is spaghetti; I meant to say Muhammad Ali (fighting Sonny Liston) *as photographed by Neil Leifer* is what that gen ai fake b&w Joshua/Paul boxing image is trying to evoke, hoping people *feel* what they feel when they see the former…so they’ll ignore that the latter is fake.

I think about this all the time.

You have to watch this short film where slapping people in the face is a form of currency and kissing is punishable by death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuOE...

😌🎥 #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

🎧 I wish I had this album. Vibes.

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Black Reel Awards nominations: Sinners - 21 Highest 2 Lowest - 11 40 Acres - 9 On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - 9 One of Them Days - 8 Hedda - 6 About Black Reel awards: www.blackreelawards.com/voting-academy

Not big into James Cameron’s films (T2 being a notable exception), but did chuckle when he said with shade he’s not concerned with Oscars as he prefers to make films ppl “actually watch.” And said sci-films aren’t represented (& gave shoutout to Denis Villeneuve). (He does have 3 for Titanic.)

Just saw this Arab guy say “wah gwan alaykum” because he found a halal Jamaican restaurant in NYC. This the kinda chaos I enjoy.

I think everyone needs to watch the film Sorry, Baby.

Fela Kuti’s music is so beyond Grammys to me, they can’t quantify its quality or significance even with a “first” lifetime achievement award. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

“Physical spaces carry memory in a way that transcends words. Nina Simone’s Childhood Home isn’t just a structure; it’s a vessel of her spirit, her struggle, and her genius. Preserving it gives us a place to return to. It reminds us that creativity, resistance, and beauty are born somewhere real…”

I’m dealing with very severe income & work loss, which impacts housing & more and need urgent support. TY so much.🤍🤍 tinyurl.com/gfm-care-support

All of this affects me.

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Coming to terms with the fact that I actually do like horror films.

I finally completed the 28 ____ films. I started a few months ago with the first 2 that I never saw in real time and the 2025 one this month. 28 Days Later 4.5/5 28 Weeks Later 3/5 28 Years Later 4/5