Daisy Steinhardt

Hiring a private security company to evacuate my dog from Dubai

Every so often I’m reminded of how insane it is that this is how significant geopolitical events are communicated by the US president.

WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Every generation is told this time the threat is uniquely urgent, diplomacy has uniquely failed. And every time, it's civilians who pay the price while the imperialists who launched the strikes call it liberation. It should go without saying that you do not liberate people by bombing their schools.

Screenshot of Mark from Peep Show reading “The Beastie Boys fought and possibly died for my right to party”

Sirāt (2025)

I’m so glad Jane Schoenbrun is getting to make films. Especially films with Gillian Anderson in.

Absolutely extraordinary things happening in the AI world.

On Screen: Geopolitics and Marriage in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession (1981) — The Vault of Culture In this “On Screen” entry, Michael Uhall argues that Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession (1981) is a film about much more than its obvious subject—divorce. Uhall explores the film’s interest in setting th...

Watched Possession for the first time last night and stayed up late reading this really good analysis of it. www.vaultofculture.com/vault/onscre...

I can’t believe how many friends I used to be able to make on Elon’s defunct toy app

Made the mistake of spending a considerable portion of my day on Twitter. There’s someone making Epstein’s bran muffin recipe and another who’s made a Ghislaine Maxwell compilation video soundtracked by Charli XCX. Normal reactions to horrific abuse on an emotionally deadening platform.

An example of Technopathology’s early works 😭

Structural power? Never met her (screenshot from the delightful r/NeilGaimanisInnocent)

Patriarchy, as it’s otherwise known

As with the Epstein files, you don’t need a conspiracy when the root cause is multiple men hating women.

Btw the author of this “journalism” is in fact not Neil Gaiman, just one of the many men on the left who are normal about women 👍🏻

There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

I’d urge anyone who’s got the stomach for it to read this really well researched piece about Gaiman. And to avoid the podcast Rachel Johnson made about it, which is an embarrassment. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

Particularly enjoyed* his recommendation of serious investigative reporting on his case: a substack page almost exclusively dedicated to posts beginning with “Neil Gaiman is Innocent”

In the midst of the Epstein media storm, formerly silent alleged serial rapist and fantasy author Neil Gaiman is making non-apologies for his non-behaviour on Instagram. Bets are on as to how long it’ll take him to join Russell Brand on the Christian right because nobody else will have him.

Lol. I love Will Tavlin’s writing.

Who Is Mubi For? The art-house movie streamer had a cultlike following. Then it started to expand.

Really good article about Mubi’s evolution and the public backlash following its investment deal with Sequoia Capital. www.vulture.com/article/mubi...

Jesus fucking Christ

I have many thoughts about Pluribus and the gradual humanisation of AI, not sure how to verbalise them at this present juncture though so I have asked my friend Cha-

People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind

Actual academics:

Ball of Fire (1941)

The Alabama Solution (2025)

A Frown Gone Mad (2025)

I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

Waterworld (extended cut, 1995) thanks @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social 🤗

The Big Picture (2025) cos obvs ❤️

Limbo (1999)