Leia Branagh

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

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Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon Three towns attacked despite truce with Hezbollah in what Israeli military says was effort to prevent group rearming The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon in what it described as an attempt to prevent Hezbollah rearming. Israeli warplanes struck the towns of Kfar Dounine, Tayr Debba and Zawtar al-Sharqiya on Thursday, about an hour after issuing evacuation warnings to residents. No deaths had been reported at the time of publishing. Continue reading...

Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon

This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…

Howling at this Cynthia Nixon post about Mamdani

European robin perches on a post.

And finally from this morning's walk, my favourite species, a robin.

#birds #photography

Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.

BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.

On my dog walk I often chat with right wingers. I pretend I am an ex-Reform voter put off by the utter fuck up of our county council. Then they see me as one of their own, don't get defensive and shouty, and start to question their own opinion of Reform. Honey, not vinegar.

As a Dodgers fan, I literally feel like Sarah Connor at the end of the first Terminator. That’s how good the Blue Jays were.

Like we won but I’m so traumatized I’m going to lose custody of my son because I trained him to shoot weapons in Nicaragua and I’ll end up in a max cell at Pescadero

Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays on a magnificent season. It is a shame either team had to lose. And this was a gut punch. 💔💔

Classy players, fanbase, and truly one of the finest cities in the world.

Future is bright with Yeasavage, Barger, and Vladdy.

Now go re-sign Bo.

caller: hi carrie/// do you find that people, but especially men, are intimidated by you?? carrie: first of all, i dont think of men as people

long live the queen

RIP Adam Greenberg
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:

A picture of a small kitten tucked into a giant bed.

I am so happy that I got do so many things this Halloween weekend but oh my god I’m even happier that I’m not leaving my house today.

Newsom: "This is a historically unpopular president. His policies are even more unpopular than him. In every core category he's underwater. He who promised to make us healthier & wealthier & we're poorer and sicker ... He knows he's lose midterms so he's trying to rig it before 1 vote is cast"

The Alien Invaders Just Want to Chat “Bugonia” is surprisingly subdued for a movie about a conspiracy theorist’s quest to save Earth.

The premise of “Bugonia” sounds like a sci-fi thriller, but the film is much more interested in the human condition—and in having very long conversations about it, Shirley Li writes:

Tech Traveler’s Guide to Chicago: Where to Stay, Eat, and Recharge Skip the tourist traps. Here’s what to do in Chicago when you’re on and off the clock.

Skip the tourist traps. Here’s what to do in Chicago when you’re on and off the clock. www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening Hospitals and doctors' offices are inviting singers and musicians to help patients manage their pain, as music's ability to reduce pain is gaining attention.

Hospitals and doctors' offices are inviting singers and musicians to help patients manage their pain, as music's ability to reduce pain is gaining attention.

I think you can tell when you're a teacher when you're assessing the materials rather than content. 😜 I thought the true or false, summary, reading comprehension questions and writing was a balanced way of assessing whether the student understood the passage. Just wished the content was different.

I grew up with the idea that ABBA was “bad” (not my parents’ fault, just one of those stupid cultural misunderstandings) and then my middle school friend-turned-college roommate made me listen to ABBA GOLD and I said, “wait, what the fuck, this is amazing”

‘No one makes money from them’: with MTV channels switching off, is the music video under threat? Five MTV channels will close at the end of the year in the UK, leaving just one –which mostly plays reality TV. And with budgets pinched, directors say they are struggling

‘No one makes money from them’: with MTV channels switching off, is the music video under threat?

I'm watching #AnimalLogic on YouTube where they discuss "Did #cats actually domesticate is?" (Without the hashtag)

@mizpenn.bsky.social I should have been more specific with the #BetterLateThanSingle response #Spoilers 🛑🛑
I found a lot of the contestants relatable. I felt bad one starved herself to be pretty, which is sadly relatable for first 'loves'. I was surprised at who ended up together and not so they💔

I also read #BetterLateThanSingle #Spoilers 🛑🛑 that JeongMok broke up in August. So it seems like depending on when the show was shot they lasted a while. Maybe close to a year which isn't bad for a first relationship.

I really liked #BetterLateThanSingle . I'm currently watching #19Turning20 and they also have the concept of Forever Alone/Eternally Single.

I think what surprises me in both shows is how someone can get to the age of 19+ and never had a crush. I can see never on a date, but crush is odd.

The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition Lamplighters, pavement artists, babysitters – they have taken on whole new meanings thanks to John le Carré. As his fans will know, they are part of tradecraft practised by the spies he wrote about so evocatively. Now, almost five years after his death, an exhibition, with the title Tradecraft, reveals the techniques and motivations of the characters’ real creator, David Cornwell. As you enter the exhibition in Oxford University’s Bodleian library you are greeted with a large portrait of Cornwell, wearing a black bucket cap, looking straight ahead with piercing eyes, his chin resting on his gently clasped hands. Accompanying the photo are two of his quotes. “I am not a spy who writes novels, I am a writer who briefly worked in the secret world,” one says. The second, after questioning whom, if anyone, we can trust, continues: “What is loyalty – to ourselves, to whom, to what? Whom, if anyone, can we love? And what is the caring individual’s relationship to the institutions he services?” Continue reading...

The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft

I'm late to the party as I just watched it.
#BetterLateThanSingle #Spoilers 🛑🛑
I was happy that she drew the line as well. She had me worried when she starved herself for him so she could be pretty.

I just watched it today and it's interesting to read the resctions

A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainment

A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie

#BetterLateThanSingle
I didn't know Koreans say I love you at the beginning of dating because there's no distinction between like and love in their language.

Stormtroopers in Chicago

#AbolishICE

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven