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A woman in a red dress looks down on a chaotic scene in the desert.

Charles & Ray Eames often took photographs on Billy Wilder films. Here's one from Ace in the Hole, 1951

The Eames were witnesses at Wilder's marriage to Audrey Young, & even went along on the honeymoon.

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Nothing suspicious about the president's lackeys illegally removing accusations of sexual abuse against the president from the files of the president's best friend, the pedophile sex abuser.

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

Louis XIV aka “The Sun King” wasn’t decapitated and he reigned for 72 years. You’re thinking of his great-grandson, Louis XVI.

Peter Strausfeld fled Nazi Germany and went on to create an unforgettable series of posters to promote the Academy movie theatre in England.

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How could any human who isn’t dead inside feel anything but joy? Just watching her coaches’ reactions had me in tears

Film friends,
It looks like TCM will honor Robert Duvall's life on March 10th in primetime with the following films:
TENDER MERCIES (1983)
THE GREAT SANTINI (1979)
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
#TCMParty ^JW

Purple Rain and Prince’s Minneapolis with Rashad Shabazz Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · February 19 · 1h 43m

In this episode w @drshabazzz.bsky.social
👑 what makes the Minneapolis sound
👑 immigration in the city
👑 Prince’s musical influences
👑 Why Prince believed women shaped the future of music
👑 Prince vs Michael
👑 how Prince would’ve responded to ICE

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Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

a man wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt says anything can happen anytime Alt: a man wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt says anything can happen anytime

80F in Austin today. Last week it was in the teens

“But she believes that in time, A.I. generated fiction will become widespread and popular. ‘Eventually,’ Ms. West said, ‘readers will not care.’” Ha ha. Haha. Hahahaha.

LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this

In “Riot Women,” the Punks Are All Grown Up Sally Wainwright’s irresistible new series follows a group of middle-aged women who start a band—and find an outlet for the kinds of female grievances that tend to go unsung.

Sally Wainwright’s irresistible new series “Riot Women” follows a group of middle-aged women who start a band—and find an outlet for the kinds of female grievances that tend to go unsung. Read @inkookang.bsky.social ’s review. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/C8nWua

Sick of this!

I am so thankful I bought my Outback two years ago

Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht? Advice for Jeff Bezos

No one does it like @petridishes.bsky.social:

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Loved Spike. I gave James’ band an honest listen and… the only song I liked was a Nirvana cover. A band with song titles like “White Hot Girls” just isn’t for me, I guess.

We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.

Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH

Great piece. Important reporting. Gift link: wapo.st/4kpCBGc

Guy who moved to Austin in 2025 wants to tell you about all the best restaurants here

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

the Post news is gutting for many reasons, but I can’t help focusing on the books section—how great it was, and how essential. So many worthy books barely get reviewed. I’ve had authors reach out to thank me because mine was the only post-pub coverage they got. Just awful for readers & for writers.

Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series

"Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror

The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online series"
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

But… Cibo Matto

Name these Baby Goats! Take the survey by Clayton Tucker for TX Ag Commissioner: Name these Baby Goats!

This is a cute way to gather email addresses for the only Dem running for Ag Commissioner.

CC: @blueheronfarm.bsky.social www.claytontuckertx.com/name_these_b...

He did touch a ~1,700-year-old Mayan artifact at a museum with his bare hands, tho

Like a huge part of the ongoing popularity of cop shows is the fantasy of a world where crimes are easily and methodically solved by mostly good people. To actually look at policing in a real way takes apart most of that. So who is watching then? The Wire was never a hit when it aired!