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Join us on January 22nd at 6-8 PM EST for a brief,-non-exhaustive history of policing and prisons in "canada", the need for abolition, and some ways forward. Free registration via DJNO's Linktree

Canadians say our border agents are nothing like ICE This low bar ignores our partnership with ICE, and the deaths, deportations, and detentions overseen by the Canada Border Services Agency, or CBSA Our latest at @breachmedia.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Wu...

Grok, the gas-powered deepfake-generating "anti-woke" chatbot that used to refer to itself as "MechaHitler," attracted a substantial investment from Canadians' pensions.

After sponsoring the genocide of Gaza, welcoming the kidnapping of Maduro, cheering the bombing of Iran, liberal leaders across the west have discovered international law just in time for the US invasion of Greenland. open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...

Entry #36 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus 📽️, and it kicked my butt www.criterionchannel.com/videos/ryuic...

Entry #35 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was a bunch of shorts instead of a feature so I’ve combined them.WILD WOMEN DON’T HAVE THE BLUES(1989), HI DE HO(1934), BLACK AND TAN(1929),THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE(2023), T’AIN’T NOBODY’S BUSINESS: QUEER BLUES DIVAS OF THE 1020’S(2013),ST. LOUIS BLUES(1928), NOW!(1985)

JAMMIN’ THE BLUES (1944) - short film youtu.be/rWDxsudvCX4

Entry #34 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was a movie that gets better every time I see it, LA LA LAND (2016)📽️ It has jumped 2 spots to become my favourite Ryan Gosling film and jumped 1 spot to become my favourite Emma Stone movie Side note, next year’s watchlist will probably be called #Jazzuary now

Entry #33 of #MusicAll January🎼 is the beautifully shot PARIS BLUES (1961)📽️ featuring Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as American jazz musicians living in Paris with an excellent soundtrack by Duke Ellington. Cinematography by Christian Matras (GRAND ILLUSION, THE MILKY WAY, LOLA MONTÈS, LE PLAISIR)

At what point does losing 77 billion dollars impact a business? The global box office for all movies, put together, in total, all movies everywhere in 2025 was 33.5 billion dollars. He lost more than double that on “legs”

Entry #32 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (1945)📽️ by Raoul Walsh (HIGH SIERRA, WHITE HEAT, THE ENFORCER, THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT) starring Jack Benny as an angel in a screwball comedy about the end of the world

Listen to this florelaurentienne.bandcamp.com/album/volume...

Think that Canada’s border agents, the CBSA, are radically different from ICE? @desmondcole.bsky.social explains how the Canada Border Security Agency works, often in tandem with ICE, to detain and deport migrants, sometimes with lethal consequences. youtu.be/T2WuZY5ViqM

Entry #31 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD (2007)📽️ a documentary on Iraq's only metal band and their fight to play music.

Entries #28, #29 and #30 of #MusicAll January 🎼 were A STAR IS BORN (1954), (1976), and (2018)📽️. I also first watched the OG from 1937 but it doesn’t count for the challenge because it’s not a musical.

Entry #27 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was ONCE (2007) starring Markéta Iglová and Glen Hansard of the Swell Season who won a 2008 Oscar for Best Original Song. They also made a concert documentary following the film and released in 2011 called SWELL SEASON📽️ - and I intend to watch it soon too

Imagine if you will, a government by people who don't know how to do anything but post, but also can't post for shit

Wanna read 5,000 words on a hundred years of Universal monster films? Sure you do! My latest for @crimereads.bsky.social crimereads.com/universal-mo...

Entry #26 of #MusicAll January🎼 was the best Elvis musicals parody, TOP SECRET (1984)📽️. Written and directed by ZAZ and starring Val Kilmer in his first film role. This has been a comfort film for me since I first saw it as a kid on a rented VCR.

[Australia] Wildfires Rip through Victoria Wine Country www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/01/wi... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Heatwave #Wildfire #Victoria #WineCountry #Australia

Entry #25 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was BLUE HAWAII (1961)📽️, starring Elvis Presley as ‘Chad’ (that’s the plot, Elvis is Chad who acts like a chud) but you don’t watch an Elvis movie for the story this is all about the music. Great setting and costumes, this would have failed miserably without Elvis.

Entry #24 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was the fantastic LES CHORISTES (2004)📽️ Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Film and Best Original Song in 2005 and won Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, starring Gérard Jugnot who I feel is in every French movie and some great performances by the kids.

Evening viewing recommendation? On Watch GIRL WITH HYACINTHS (1950) in our Nordic Noir collection! 🖤 One of the most acclaimed Swedish films of all time (heralded as a masterpiece by no less than Ingmar Bergman)

According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, 31-year-old Darian Standing was last seen in the Wahpeton Dakota Nation on Saturday the tenth of January. They are now asking for the public’s help in finding her.

At first glance IKIRU (1952)📽️ by Akira Kurasawa seems like a strange choice for a January film due to its depressing nature. January is a month of new beginnings and rebirth. Kanji Watanabe played by Takashi Shimura has reached the end of his life. #TCMImportsTheBook Week #2 1/7

Thrilled to become a paid Mothership subscriber not just to help feed Maddy's cats but also because their mission is reporting: talking to people, telling their stories, getting information that we wouldn't otherwise have... I'm on board www.mothership.blog/board-the-mo...

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#OtD 14 Jan 1921 Murray Bookchin, theoretician of social ecology and libertarian municipalism, was born. His ideas have come to prominence more recently as they have been embraced by Kurdish communities in Rojava, Syria. Learn about his life and ideas: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8569...

Canadian banks feeling great about attempted US overthrow of Venezuelan govt. This gets reported as news, because apparently we should all share in whatever joys Scotiabank is feeling. Elbows fly wherever and whenever the Canadian elite want to make money, an evergreen lesson.

I once met a famous film critic in an airport on a work trip and I asked him what movie had he recently seen that deserved more eyeballs and without hesitation he told me SING STREET (2016)📽️, which is was entry #23 of #MusicAll January 🎼 He was right. It deserves to be seen by more people. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½

Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash. Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.

Entry #22 of #MusicAll🎼 January was a first time watch for me, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)📽️. Gene Kelly is super as usual and there’s a ton of iconic songs. Great stuff.

Pentagon Picks Fight With Canadian Sex Shop “Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain!” open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

Entry #21 of #MusicAll January🎼 was the documentary SOUND IT OUT (2011)📽️, my 3rd favourite film about working in a record store

Man, you gotta love libraries! #filmnoir

Entry #20 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2001)📽️, a film that i adored 25 yrs ago but it seems to have lost some of its lustre with this last viewing. The music, costumes etc are still top notch, but some of the character elements and trans stereotypes haven’t aged well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️½

This Monday! 1/12 8pm pst. The #Jinxworld/ @wordballoon.bsky.social book club will be talking Darwin Cooke’s adaptation of The Hunter!! If you want to join us for the live conversation all you need is a Jinxworld discord membership (free w/ Powers25) or become a word balloon Patreon subscriber

I love when old people don’t know certain terms. I work with an 80 year old lady who’s email address is MuffLover because she loves muffins

Entry #19 of #MusicAll January🎼 was SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR WHEN THE REVOLUTION CAN NOT BE TELEVISED) (2021) 📽️. I love old-school festival films and this one does not disappoint. Features legends such as Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King and more.. directed by Questlove. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Entry #18 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)📽️, a movie that I did not care for when I first saw it when I was young as thought it was boring. Boy was I wrong. Good performances but the editing really stands out, it’s kinda rare that I’m particularly impressed about editing.

Entry #17 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was LAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI JUKES (2003)📽️, a documentary with some good music but it’s pretty thin on content. By far Morgan Freeman’s least known film.

Twitter is the world’s largest generator of CSAM & non-consensual porn by a margin of about 8000%, and somehow… MSM isn’t even reporting on it. (also includes advice for reporting ‘deepfake harassment’ to police if it escalates to a point where restraining order is necessary) youtu.be/p71qQKmIGhQ

A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

Entry #16 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is LAST SHOP STANDING (2012)📽️, my 5th favourite film about working in a record store

Entry #15 of #MusicAll January 🎼 is EMPIRE RECORDS (1995)📽️, my 4th favourite film about working in a record store

We're one week out from the release of DETOUR! Details, pre-order links, and tour information is here for your reading pleasure.

Entry #14 of #MusicAll January 🎼 was THE CRY OF JAZZ (1959) 📽️ an essay on the politics of music and race - a must watch for music fans. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️