Contemplating the immensity of what Frederick Wiseman brought to documentary filmmaking is too dizzying a task to take on the same day he leaves us. Put it this way: he lived to be 96 while never ceasing to find new ways to see & film & show the world around him in all its complexity. A+ job on life

Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 96 reut.rs/4aABJtQ

my favorite Robert Duvall role is where he appears as a priest on a swing for 2 seconds for no apparent reason in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

today's first song of the day is "town called malice" by the jam www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpR...

Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell announces plans to run for Congress

“Computer scientists have warned of risks posed by 4o’s obsequious nature. By design the chatbot bends to users’ whims and validates decisions, good and bad.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now. techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...

Baltimore: if you have or know someone who has a little time and inclination: we need more folks to serve on the board of the last remaining conservatory in our city. We are a small and scrappy board and we need to build up our numbers to be more effective !

today's first song the day is "this is the day" by the the www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxaz...

not that i'm complaining but it just occurred to me that i haven't seen a cyber truck in months

vday letterboxd check-in 4 current faves+4 most recent

On the channel, you can watch Alucarda, The Watermelon woman, The living dead girl, Working girls and many more ✨

Yes yes yes yes TIME FOR THE BEST SHOW TO COME BACK I MISSED MY IDIOTS

today's first song the day is "soulful dress" by sugar pie desanto www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVap...

This may be one of the contradictions in capitalism that Marx did not foresee: the conglomerates that control the mass media are now selling "youth" the violent overthrow of the Establishment for the suicidally simple reason that they can find and develop a demand for it. (1969)

This is a 100% elite manufactured craze.

a drag queen that manufactures consent for shooting dogs on private planes called noem chomsky

We’re so excited for ASAP/17 in Madison, WI! Submit your call for a panel, roundtable, or seminar today! The deadline is March 13! See the link in bio for more or click here: asap17.exordo.com

Vincent Lloyd reads abolition as committed to destruction, not reform. He explores how abolition demands an absolute end to domination, to beget new ways of life. From theological roots to decolonization, discover the radical power of the long 2010s. https://bit.ly/3NY3GE7

We don't always publish poetry in our journal Philosophy & Literature, but when we do, it's pretty lit! Read Maurice J. O’Sullivan's "Epistemology" and "Logic" FREE in the new issue, #S2O #OpenAccess at Project MUSE Today's Lit Friday: tinyurl.com/4z53dnbw

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Kim Gordon has shared a new song, titled ‘DIRTY TECH’. You can watch a video for the song, made by director Moni Haworth, here: buff.ly/fVAJrcB

today's first song of the day is "love like blood" by killing joke www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnpw...

The Baltimore Sun’s most read story according to its website is a six paragraph AI-generated analysis of Wes Moore’s State of the State address

I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out

I’m getting ready!!! 😆

a drag queen that screams incoherently while slathering herself with slate grey body filler called pam bondo

Disabled people are part of the future. We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be. This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.

Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...

which should also unnerve you a little bit

it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks

If you’re a journalist or community organizer and haven’t shifted away from Google yet, this is a good reminder that it’s probably a good time to start! Set up that Proton mail account, explore Crypt Pad or Outline for docs. Take 1 small step towards privacy today techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...

Not enough people are talking about the fact that the GOP’s disenfranchising SAVE act would disproportionately risk the voting rights of approximately *69 million* married women in the US. Read that again. 69 MILLION married women. See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.

every baltimore libra i know at this chart: lol. lfmao. come over here real quick, i just wanna talk

TONITE! Come out for a very cosmopolitan discussion about what happens when you let 45 delightful trans and queer folks go off on their most favorite Straight People Zoo teevee show SEX CHANGE AND THE CITY Tuck Woodstock in conversation with Rahne Alexander 7pm, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse

today's first song of the day is "inbetween days" by the cure www.youtube.com/watch?v=scif...

yall, Atlanta Community Press Collective is running out of $. we’ve sued for public records when no one else would. we covered Cop City from the ground for years. we train and pay local freelancers. we publish work other outlets wouldn’t touch. if this reporting means anything to you, PLEASE donate

Here's the lyrics/chords to "You Will Have to Come Thru Us" for anyone that wants to learn to play / sing it! It's designed to be sort of a "zipper" song. You can easily change the verse to, say 🎶 If you're picking on trans kids 📣YOU WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH US Watch: youtu.be/EknOeiO54Ns?...

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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Please, please get a colonoscopy. The prep kind of sucks, but it's the best sleep you'll ever have. And it could save your life.

"cartel drone"? isn't that just the sound karoline leavitt makes whenever she talks

A journey through grief: HH Hiaasen asks how Baltimoreans would complete the day of loved ones lost to gun violence baltimorebeat.com/a-journey-th...

Issue 76 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was designed by Wide Angle Youth Media.

Hyper-local news takes parts of our communities that are familiar and perhaps overlooked, and gives them depth and history. That’s what we’re doing in our Love and Sex issue baltimorebeat.com/red-light-di...

today's first song of the day is "man on the moon" by r.e.m. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxp...

The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance. bsky.app/profile/pron...