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Aspiring bon vivant. Director of Commercials / Narrative / Brand Films. Portland, London, Anywhere. US: @kismet_artists UK: The Visionaries

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The Hunt for Red October must be watched once per year. Preferably in December. January is acceptable. Have passed the tradition to my Gen Z kid. Patriot Games is up there too

04.02.2026 04:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73

Photographer Martin Parr just passed. If you don't know his work, the Guardian has a really nice introduction here.

h/t @wvschaik.bsky.social

07.12.2025 23:59 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Happy birthday, Jonathan Swift. The great satirist was also Dean of the Anglican St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. He had wheels installed on his pulpit in order to be moved directly over any parishioner who fell asleep during one of Swift’s hours-long sermons.

30.11.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

Amazon have universal power supplies with variable voltage, polarity and barrel tips. Handy for when you’ve lost or broken a power supply

25.11.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Selling Zohran | Defector On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read β€œDID YOU VOTE...

watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people

this is my story about how they did it

04.11.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 984 πŸ” 206 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 45

You can tell the campaign staff is good because you don't know any of their names.

04.11.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 1175 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9

(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??

26.09.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 3031 πŸ” 360 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 63
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War ravaged Portland.

27.09.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 4358 πŸ” 1206 πŸ’¬ 175 πŸ“Œ 80
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Fixed

22.08.2025 01:58 πŸ‘ 2001 πŸ” 419 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 13
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

10.08.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 24900 πŸ” 5237 πŸ’¬ 485 πŸ“Œ 497

Velvet art museum, of course. Sadly now shuttered

01.08.2025 06:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

"Betting that this time, hinging the future of our industry on massive, monopolistic tech giants will work out is the most Lucy with the football thing I can imagine." www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

14.07.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 358 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Link is feeling empirical

11.07.2025 03:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop
working

05.07.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 3742 πŸ” 619 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 9

It’s the billionaire-class flavour of the β€œrisk-aversion” model, where periods of prosperity and stability ironically fuel a turn toward ideologically conservative/reactionary positions - rooted less in survival anxiety & more in boredom, identity threats, and perceived/invented external dangers.

22.06.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your favorite campgrounds, hiking trails, and forests could soon be up for auction Republicans want to make 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale to housing developers.

I know everything is on fire but PLEASE contact your representatives about the selloff of public lands. It's a heartbreaking proposal that will destroy the soul of America.

20.06.2025 22:20 πŸ‘ 994 πŸ” 635 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 22

Chatbots β€” LLMs β€” do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re β€œright” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

19.06.2025 11:21 πŸ‘ 36830 πŸ” 11350 πŸ’¬ 631 πŸ“Œ 960

My god. 6 MILLION acres of public lands in Oregon, including the vast majority of our national forests, will be sold in a fire sale if the MAGA budget passes.

16.06.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 1600 πŸ” 1072 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 53
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Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...

"Trump signed an executive order in April to 'restore American seafood competitiveness' but in revoking the Columbia River agreement has canceled millions of dollars to support the programs that seed the ocean with fish to catch."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

13.06.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 470 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8

I gave up trying to reform it. We've gotta build something bigger and better. The propaganda, the copaganda, the immigrant panic is too thoroughly embedded in institutional journalism. It's part of why it's dying. I stopped mourning this and started seeing opportunity. We can build something better.

10.06.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 1585 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 5
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Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.

This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
prospect.org/justice/crie...

10.06.2025 02:14 πŸ‘ 5944 πŸ” 2244 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 89
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In-house agencies navigate a new phase of purpose and pressure When the economy turns sour, marketers are the first in their businesses to taste it, especially the ones on in-house teams.

β€œIn-house teams, in particular, sit in a precarious spot. They live in the tension between big expectations and limited authority, a dynamic that becomes more difficult to navigate when the floor starts to shake.”

flip.it/_-Ur9t

29.05.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Five favourite black and white movies:

La Haine
Ice Cold in Alex
A Bout de Souffle
Night of the Hunter
Sweet Smell of Success

28.05.2025 04:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Editor: You get the pictures for the air traffic controller story?

Photographer: Sure did boss. Real fucking sexy just like you asked.

Editor: What

15.05.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 7938 πŸ” 1572 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 110

What are the 5 best Tom Waits songs?

If you don't know who Tom Waits is, please re-post this until you find someone who wants to share their answer (while you're listening to every album).

07.05.2025 00:20 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 196 πŸ“Œ 102

Hold On
Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night
Kentucky Avenue
Jersey Girl
Heartattack & Vine

07.05.2025 00:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing wrong with the name Lawless. Everything wrong with this picture but that badass lady who wasn’t going to get bullied

06.05.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Hollywood Reporter: 

Although the entertainment business is still grappling with President Donald Trumpβ€˜s post suggesting that a tariff on foreign-made films is in the works, the White House said in a clarifying statement Monday that β€œno final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made.”

β€œAlthough no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the Administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again,” White House spokesman Kush Desai tells The Hollywood Reporter.

The Hollywood Reporter: Although the entertainment business is still grappling with President Donald Trumpβ€˜s post suggesting that a tariff on foreign-made films is in the works, the White House said in a clarifying statement Monday that β€œno final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made.” β€œAlthough no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the Administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again,” White House spokesman Kush Desai tells The Hollywood Reporter.

lmao. every day, every time. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

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