julia ☕️

the highs were high, but good lord the low was LOW
#lastfourwatched #letterboxd

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.

Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.

Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

update on switching to tidal:
- LOVE the sound quality
- ui/ux is an adjustment
- no duplicated playlists when i transferred everything!
- easy connection to lastfm for tracking

Polling place hours on Election Day, Nov. 4

You can register to vote on Election Day in 21 states and DC

Voters in 39 states have elections on Nov 4

Know your voting rights

Today is #ElectionDay in 39 states across the country. Know your voting rights!

Images: When We All Vote

this aged like milk - i’m now moving from apple music to tidal 🙃

A black cat standing and looking forward with its tail raised, on a vibrant red background.

'Action (2)' - Ono Tadashige, 2005.
#Caturday #JapaneseArt

back on a strong movie streak 🥹 (doesn’t including today’s impending movie marathon LOL)

Kawase Hasui - Pier at Otaru
#ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print #JapaneseArt #Ukiyo-e

sinners - the minute it started, i was covered in chills and my jaw was on the floor. that feeling still hasn’t gone away even after 5 watches

i implore you to prioritize mutual aid

context: my blu-ray player is still going strong after 10+ years, but more and more releases include a 4k disc as well

physical media folks: is getting a 4k player worth it?

Johnny Depp To Star In ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ At Paramount With Ti West Directing; Andrea Riseborough Also Joins Movie Dated For November 2026 Paramount has tapped Johnny Depp to star in 'Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol' movie which is being directed by Ti West.

gross!! i’ll simply wait for robert eggers’ adaptation 😇

deadline.com/2025/10/john...

Gonna keep posting this link until the government opens up.

If you don’t need to get food from a food bank, please consider donating food to a food bank. We gotta help each other if we are gonna survive.

Please share this.

foodfinder.us

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Sex Won’t Kill You, But Something Else Surely Will Ti West’s X (2022)

New My Favorite F***ing Movie is out! I originally wrote this essay for Daily Grindhouse when X first came out. I think this is such a special movie & I really love what I wrote about it, so I’m happy to be giving it a second life as part of this series.

Likes/shares/subscribes very appreciated 🖤

thank you, october. i love you, october.

very big possibility i’m going to Chicago for the first time next may and i’m getting so pre-excited it’s not even funny!!!!

A purple, pink, and white background with an image of a stack of books in black and white. In block black text, “Banned Books Week October 5-11”. In the bottom left, the QLL logo.

Let’s talk about Banned Books Week. 📚

October Watchlist a mix of new (to me) films and old favorites! [new (to me) starts at the top & end before "Great Pumpkin"] [old favorites start at "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown]

making a point to get back into my weekly movie habit & made another list specifically for october/scary szn/halloween!! so many new (to me) ones & old faves here!!!
boxd.it/P4Vb4

3/3 The coalition is open to public comment until October 17, so we're asking you to FLOOD them! You can speak against a specific group, talk about the importance of understanding America's actual history, to advocating for a different partner. Whatever. Just let 'em know we see them. Comment 👇

U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition The U.S. Department of Education, alongside the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 40 leading national and state-based organizations today announced th...

1/3 Quick thread & a nationwide action! The Department of Education has launched the America 250 Civics Coalition & some of the worst book banners are part of the coalition. You can see the formal announcement from the Department of Ed here:

Julia smiling at the camera with her eyes closed holding a Halloween travel mug next to her face. She is wearing dark-rimmed glasses, a red sweater, gold chain, and denim jacket.

Screenshot of the Apple weather app showing perfect autumnal weather conditions

someone is too excited to be wearing her favorite sweater, drinking hot pumpkin coffee out of her favorite travel mug on a day that feels like autumn 🥰🎃🍂🔪

(granted, i don’t go to that specific theater often (if at all) bc it’s actually gross, but i like having the option!!!)

the only movie theater with an imax screen in my state is closing in January unless a new one moves in 🙃

going to Santa Barbara for the first time next month for work & need some recs for vegan food/bookstore/coffee/cool things!!!

Screenshot of 2 podcast notifications from the Apple notifications center. Top: Maintenance Phase, The Food Babe Bottom: Pleasers & Punishers, House (1977)

it’s gonna be a good day!!!
@pleaserspunishers.bsky.social
@ bsky-less Maintenance Phase

They're Organized; We Need to Be Organized, Too Trump and his far-right acolytes wield their power to disinvest from public services, terrorize our neighborhoods with ICE agents, and ensure that opposition to genocide becomes a fireable, and d...

A reading list for building durable organizations for both short term survival and long term social transformation.

Did I tell y’all that I interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER?

Because I did. 😎

With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.

"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism."

@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):

reactormag.com/with-the-ser...