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In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together "Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.

The future being pushed by both AI boosters and educational censors is one where access to information is tightly controlled. Children will not be allowed to read certain books or learn certain narratives. “Research” will be performed only through one of a select few artificial intelligence tools owned by AI giants which are uniformly aligned behind the Trump administration and which have gone to the ends of the earth to prevent their black box machines from spitting out “woke” answers lest they catch the ire of the administration. School boards and library boards, forced to comply with increasingly restrictive laws, funding cuts, and the threat of being defunded entirely, leap at the chance to be considered forward looking by embracing AI tools, or apply for grants from government groups like the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is increasingly giving out grants specifically to AI projects.

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

ready to buy tickets asap

just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness

A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this

Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%

We need to enjoy this: A handsome likable candidate is great at campaigning, has a hot wife, and his mom is in the Criterion Collection. The opposition must hate themselves for trying.

How would you describe that worldview? My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: “Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.” It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it. In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people.

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

reading the news every day feels like this

Democracy in action, Illinois.

Proud of our state for peacefully showing up and speaking out together in one voice to fight back against Donald Trump’s takeover of our democracy.

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

there is dignity in just being

it is ok to be

Dale Gribble in a courtroom holding a cigarette. To judge: I'm not questioning your authority. I'm completely denying its existence.

tonight is the night I became Dale Gribble and blocked the feds

After Hours (1985). Paul (Griffin Dunne) stares at a drawing on the wall of a person with their genitals caught in the jaws of a shark.

what it feels like to wake up every day

Michigan Avenue right now.

There is so much cinema hitting theaters in October, so we're walking you through the month's most exciting releases to keep on your radar! #FilmSky

Check out our very first Theatrical Release Newsletter 📽️ ➡️ bit.ly/470IMeB

In our very first episode we'll be chatting about:

🎞️ NYFF Premieres + Buzz
✨ Kogonada's A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY
🎡 Scarlett Johansson's ELEANOR THE GREAT
💥 Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

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“One Battle After Another” Is a Powerhouse of Tenderness and Fury In Paul Thomas Anderson’s film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland,” the fight against American fascism is a family affair.

"As great an American movie as I’ve seen this year... Extraordinary tenderness, fury, and imagination" -- @newyorker.com

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is Now Playing at the Music Box, Presented In 70MM

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Sometimes you rewatch COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN and you start to think it’s one of the best movies you’ve ever seen

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

a black and white typography edit. there is white text that reads "don't want to see trans people? pluck out your eyes." in the middle of the design is a hand holding a scorpion by the tail. between the scorpion's claws is a human eyeball. the entire image is edited to look photocopied.

one of my most popular designs

What’s at stake here is free speech.

Across the board, we’ve seen the Trump administration use the power of government to go after anybody who’s criticized them — and in this case, Jimmy Kimmel.

We need to all stand up and speak out.

Phantom Thread (2017) / The Naked Gun (2025)

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

SISKEL & EBERT, which premiered #OTD in 1986, had a master class of an opening sequence.

Thirty-five seconds, 21 shots, and a flawless establishment of the professional rivalry of two Chicago newspapermen who inspired a generation of film buffs. #FilmSky #TVSky