sunday

the ‘optimization’ of gift giving via unpersonalized recommendations shakes me a bit. what fills their soul with whimsy? what speaks to their essence? what reminds you of them? let’s shop for or make that!

randomly rewatched “what happens later”(2023) dir. meg ryan this morning. i hope she continues to direct!

We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them

The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Here's a list of 28 films to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month! blackfilmarchive.substack.com/p/28-films-f... via @mayascade.bsky.social

The 2026 edition of @blackfilmarchive.bsky.social's 28 Films for the 28 Days of Black History Month is out. A good number of these are available online for free. Thank you @mayascade.bsky.social 🖤 #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026

there are the wickedly talented adele dazeems everywhere for those with eyes to see

What a list from @mayascade.bsky.social for the @blackfilmarchive.bsky.social! blackfilmarchive.substack.com/p/28-films-f...

Michael "5000" Watts, the producer who founded Swishahouse and helped propel Houston’s "chopped and screwed" sound to international heights, has died at 52

Habla la madre de Liam Conejo Ramos, el niño de 5 años detenido por ICE www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

Talking to Catherine O’Hara about her days with Second City and SCTV, her collaborations with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, For Your Consideration), and hits like Beetlejuice, Home Alone, and Schitt’s Creek.

Catherine O'Hara, the actor who starred as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone,” has died at 71, TMZ reports

Impossible to keep up with the amount of activism happening across the country.... www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/29/t... [Gift link]

as a friend reminded me, nothing is more urgent than children’s liberation. a world in which they are protected, cherished, and centered, we all are.

Somebody say amen! The Library of Congress just announced SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY (1984) has been inducted into the National Film Registry. We are honored to distribute George T. Nierenberg's spirited and moving story of the Black gospel tradition.

Barkley L. Hendricks, Sweet Thang (Lynn Jenkins), 1975-76 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137769

Fellowship opportunity from @atbw.bsky.social. Applications due February 2nd. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

there is something insidious about adults internalizing “look for the helpers” as an immediate reaction to tragedy instead of thinking about ways to become one. we are not all of the same ability but we have a common duty to each other… find your way.. become a helper… so others may find theirs.

The Star-Tribune is taking donations to help fund the purchase vital newsroom supplies and equipment, including protective and tactical gear for street reporters and photogs. If you live in MSP, pls subscribe. If you don't and want to help, here's a way -- www.startribunecompany.com/donate-payme....

courage is not one thing, it’s many things— strategies, practices, and actions— unfurling as the moment does. to be courageous is to acknowledge fear and act despite.

Vigils were held across the state to remember Alex Pretti after he was fatally shot by a federal agent Saturday in Minneapolis. Many also gathered to protest increased federal immigration enforcement happening in Minnesota. For our latest coverage visit www.mprnews.org/live-updates.

ICE pulls over Texas Monthly’s senior taco editor while reporting in West Texas www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...

"The man shot by federal agents this morning has died, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told the Minnesota Star Tribune."

Now: With double digit windchill, thousands marching in Downtown Minneapolis during a general strike. Marching and protest against the actions of ICE. Prince dance party outside First Avenue and the Prince mural - where there’s been many Prince dance parties before. Minneapolis January 23, 2026

“Tragedy in Minneapolis”: ICE’s killing of Renee Good in the print version of @people.com. “People were incensed ICE kept assistance away from her.”—witness Venus de Mars

"grease" (1978) and "high school musical" (2006)— two generation-defining teen tales on the ways gender essentialism keeps us from our higher purpose.

It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.

DELROY LINDO

every new fandom that pops up with a specialized social media account tracking the daily activities of their star du jour is a wheel of fan magazines reinventing itself

Faith Ringgold’s 201O portrait of Martin Luther King Jr., currently on display at Jack Shainman Gallery at 46 Lafayette St in New York City. #BlackArt #MLKDay #MLKJr #NYC

everything is a conspiracy when you lack sustained curiosity.

It's Stroheim time: a look at his entire and dreadfully short directorial career in the light of the new restoration of Queen Kelly from @milestonefilms.bsky.social that's playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

just had a long nourishing phone call with a friend… i feel like i could fly. 🥹❤️‍🔥

overcorrection is one of the most insidious forms of racism. it has no bottom as it endlessly swallows the center to a point of incomprehension.

Eight years ago, I wrote this essay about Seattle’s historic moviehouses, focusing on 7 theaters that were at least half a century old and still operating. Now only 3—the Admiral, the Uptown, and the former Cinerama—are still open; the rest are just memories. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

Burnett is a genius.

charles burnett’s sophomore feature “my brother’s wedding” (1983) is having its world restoration premiere at berlinale. burnett’s follow up to “killer of sheep” is tender and enduring. i am grateful to have served as co-restoration supervisor for this 4K release. @milestonefilms.bsky.social

gambling becoming a core tenant of american life is deeply bone chilling. there's no where for this to go but creating a new bottom.

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

if 2025 was the year of returning to sewing (loved it), 2026 is about returning to knitting.

my most played album of 2025 was my most played album of 2024, ‘23, ‘22, ‘21, ‘20. . . ♾️

We have a new fellowship opportunity in partnership with Onyx Impact. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

"It feels like we’ve stepped off the cliff and are free-falling into the depths of human depravity."

Local people protested, people raised money and showed up for court support. Local press covered what happened which is how folks on here came to know this happened. Local people didn't abandon her.

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications

'a person can only greet the world or moment as deeply as they have met themselves' continues to be a principle worth remembering and repeating.