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University of Minnesota to Faculty: Shut Up About Palestine, Please. Also Anything Else. - Racket Lately, U of M leaders seem determined to snuff out free expression and academic inquiry, writes one faculty member.

A U of M English prof on how his bosses are silencing faculty.

I smell a theater kid. :)

I was just talking to Andy about hanging out in the Greeley Central cafeteria with kids from all over the state while the coolest kid in school DJd Lucious Jackson at the Forensics meet

mrs. gennaro I am sorry to have to tell you this but your husband was killed in a work accident. they made dinosaurs real for fun and he got eaten by one while sitting on the toilet. he wasn’t using it he died abandoning children

Who the fuck attends SXSW anymore? I see all these comedians and I’m like isn’t it just a corporate wasteland of techbros and crytoassholes?

So sorry, Sam. I hope everything calms down for you soon.

I think Hackman’s most underrated performance is in The Birdcage. Playing it so straight (ha!) let the comedy live. By the end you actually like his bigoted, unsympathetic Republican senator character. Just a joy to watch.

Spineless. Feckless. Cowardly. Pathetic. But why should we expect anything else. They’ve not only shown their asses at every turn, they’re pressing their cheeks up against the window.

Related hot take: I think The Simpsons has a couple handfuls of truly great episodes and the rest are just serviceable or downright terrible.

Maybe I’ll use this platform to post my hottest of hot takes. Okay, here goes:

I can’t stand Conan O’Brien.

Also, I love Matinee!!

The Gary Marshall Theater in Burbank was holding a yard sale fundraiser and somebody told Michael about it on Twitter, and he then brought a box of tapes there to donate for sale. Somehow the whole thing was documented on Twitter and so Andy and I ran over there to see what he left.

I actually own Michael McKean’s VHS copy of this.

Tell me your favorite movie not many people know.

Okay, I’ll bite. Who are the other 3? (One is Bowie, I’m assuming?)

Thinking about David Lynch dying makes me think of R. Crumb in his documentary talking about the death of culture. Real, true, honest-to-god eccentricity like Lynch’s is so rare these days, let alone eccentricity paired with uncompromising artistic vision and integrity. What a loss. What a life.

New year, same ole @andysell.bsky.social yelling “GODFUCKINGDAMNIT” “FUCKSHIT” and so forth while making food in the kitchen.

'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'

I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...

Enjoying #wprbxmas while watching Black Christmas on mute with the kitties. Pretty rad Christmas Eve. Thanks for the excellent tunes, @jon.wprb.com.

When it comes to Health Insurance CEO assassins and their narcissistic manifestos, I say separate the art from the artist.

2025 is just going to be me saying “No shit” over and over again every time some news org posts another “incredible revelation”. Oh, rich people do whatever they want? Oh, cops are evil? Oh, the United States government acts with impunity all over the world? No fucking shit.

I’m proud to say I know all my blue sky followers in real life. Hi, fellas! I don’t think I have the energy or snark to keep this up but it’s nice to be here with you.

The Christian Bale segment of I'm Not There expanded to feature length is sort my ideal version of a Dylan biopic

❤️ I wuv my honey beaw sweetheart. ❤️

What the hell, right? Might as well.