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#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

13.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

13.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 15164 πŸ” 3230 πŸ’¬ 471 πŸ“Œ 241
Fitzcarraldo

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Can this be a solution?

12.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 1590 πŸ” 311 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 23
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Officer having 'anxiety attack' took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an β€œanxiety attack” took the f...

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12.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 21

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - β€œWhen your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

11.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 11054 πŸ” 2782 πŸ’¬ 178 πŸ“Œ 51
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The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics

NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics.

We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races.

1/7

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

10.03.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 606 πŸ” 347 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 42
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Fox News apologizes for showing old video of a hatless Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony Fox News has apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony as part of its coverage.

even criticism of Fox News has to be wrapped in this weird kayfabe that it isn't one of the world's most successful propaganda operations

09.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

These ghouls act like they've discovered some novel secret: "Hey, guys, GUYS! Did you know that we can just kill people whenever we want?" Yes, you absolute idiot, that's ALWAYS been true. We just chose not to, for good and self-interested reasons which the entire world is about to learn yet again.

08.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 2025 πŸ” 371 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 21

Probably the most annoying thing about the time change is that its impossible to convince kids that it really is bedtime now

09.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Baturday
Bat World Sanctuary

07.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 6683 πŸ” 1557 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 372

I see so many people blast through red lights a solid two or three seconds after they change, it’s terrifying

07.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

accelerating chaos in all directions.

i am just barely able to begin to register the damage Republican dysfunction has wrought on domestic & global scales.

god help us come up with enuf electoral retrospection to climb back to some sanity.

06.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think they might have better luck spending two thousand dollars holding a press conference where they detail who made the key decisions to collaborate with the Trump administration, how and when they were fired, and explaining what would stop that from happening again.

06.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 7690 πŸ” 1650 πŸ’¬ 208 πŸ“Œ 54

My brain always adds an extra mark. He is Markwayne Markmullen

06.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my God he sucks so bad lmao

03.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A heavy metal wheel crank laid against a wrought iron fence among various other free items

A heavy metal wheel crank laid against a wrought iron fence among various other free items

*sigh* great. There’s obviously some sort of device nearby I’m gonna need to use this on to compete a puzzle so I gotta lug it to the leftist coffee shop and bookstore with me

27.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 2477 πŸ” 351 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 13

thanks for the heads up

01.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”

James Baldwin

28.02.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 3009 πŸ” 1182 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for β€œIAEA” wrong.
They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel
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They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary.
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Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood
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Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for β€œIAEA” wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen Β· 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

28.02.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 8192 πŸ” 2456 πŸ’¬ 232 πŸ“Œ 238
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Netflix Declines to Raise Offer for Warner Bros. - About Netflix

Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer.

Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount.

about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...

26.02.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 4620 πŸ” 1950 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 735

The Dems who went are so far behind public sentiment and modern communication strategy

25.02.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Canadian liberals (particularly those with higher levels of political engagement) often consume a lot of American political media and have a resulting tendency to place all their expectations and hopes on American progressives.

This fosters a sense of complacency that we can’t afford right now

23.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œGreat Man” theories of history may have been wrong but β€œThat F*ing Guy” theory looks increasingly plausible.

22.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 1901 πŸ” 471 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 17
Bloomberg: "The Justice Department’s investigation of Netflix Inc.’s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. includes scrutiny of whether the streaming giant’s behavior wields anticompetitive leverage over creators."

Bloomberg: "The Justice Department’s investigation of Netflix Inc.’s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. includes scrutiny of whether the streaming giant’s behavior wields anticompetitive leverage over creators."

The U.S. press is 100% going to help the Trump DOJ pretend its "antitrust inquiry" into Netflix is in good faith, in order to transfer ownership of Warner Brothers (and CNN, HBO, Discovery) to Trump's friend Larry Ellison

22.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7
HOT FUZZ scene. Pegg as a cop talking to some underage kids in a pub

When’s your birthday?
22nd of February. 
What year?
Every year.

HOT FUZZ scene. Pegg as a cop talking to some underage kids in a pub When’s your birthday? 22nd of February. What year? Every year.

Happy birthday to this young man, and really to us all

22.02.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 5455 πŸ” 1227 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 34

#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
Day laaaate

21.02.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.

With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.

The subheadline on this NYT piece is going to turn me into the Joker.

Like... this... is exactly what trans people have been saying was going to happen for years.

21.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 8043 πŸ” 2215 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 204

sold me on it, and it’s on Tubi hell yeah

21.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ok had to draw this too

19.02.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 3623 πŸ” 1159 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 13