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Ultimate Double Feature: Vivre Sa Vie & The Passion of Joan of Arc What is an “Ultimate Double Feature”? You might ask… Y’know when the characters in a movie go to...

The Brattle theater is playing what they call the Ultimate Double Feature: “we play the first movie up until the point when the characters enter a cinema to watch a different film”, then play the entirety of that 2nd film, then finish up the 1st film. (via @tcarmody.bsky.social) [brattlefilm.org]

Catch a Brass Canary by Donna Hill (1965), a novel by a NY Public librarian about a NY Public library, deals with an issue still relevant today: self-appointed censors who decide to "cleanse" collections.

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Had a lovely brunch at a new breakfast spot in Blacksburg. It was delicious!

I’ve seen … five. And for a good portion of this time period I was affiliated with a movie theatre that screened a large portion of these films. Welp.

I never did see Control because static. Also i don’t think it made it beyond DC

if you were a film composer i think the odds are likely that if an Olympic gold medal-winning skater used one of your songs in their performance more human beings on earth would hear it there than in the context you wrote it for (unless it's Conclave, the movie that song just now is from)

Faculty writes letter calling for Provost Wolfe’s immediate resignation A group of faculty members has written a letter consisting of 16 grievances, calling for the immediate resignation of Provost Patrick Wolfe.

One of the many charges: "Discriminating against prospective students based on their nationality, as graduate heads were reportedly told that the Provost's Office would not support granting admission letters to applicants from China and many other countries."

Holy Mother of ______! Look at what Virginia Tufte's 1971 book, Grammar as Style -- an old paperback textbook, mind -- is going for these days. I didn't own a car worth that much until I was 29!

Your A–Z Guide to All Things Romance From cinnamon rolls to stern brunch daddies, here are 101 terms you should know to understand the popular literary genre.

The New York Times is obsessed with romance novels (doubtless because they sell millions of copies). Here, a glossary of terms in the genre, from "cinnamon rolls" to "stern brunch daddies".

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they're talking about michael jordan on multiple channels at the same time

In Praise of One of America’s All-Time Great Book Sections (RIP) Here is what it felt like to work in publishing, particularly as an editor, from the mid-1970s until the advent of the internet. You lived, for the most part happily, under a daily avalanche of pri…

“To put it bluntly, you read the Times Book Review because you had to, but you read Book World because you wanted to.” @ghoward1950.bsky.social on the legacy of book coverage at the Washington Post.

80s Headshots of Famous Artists Central Casting, but make it art

Actor-style headshots from the 80s of artists like Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, and Robert Longo. [ironicsans.ghost.io]

'Washington Post' CEO departs after going AWOL during massive job cuts Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has departed just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.

Yesterday the Washington Post rid itself of Publisher and Chief Executive Will Lewis. If you're interested in those events and their tumultuous background, I would recommend this detailed account from NPR's @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

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Starting Monday, 2/9, all routes will return to our Spring 2026 Full Service schedule with the exception of the CAS route. CAS will remain on a 15 minute frequency for the foreseeable future. See https://ridebt.org/news-alerts/591-monday-2-9-service-update for details.

Skiing lodges that once dotted Northern Indiana no more amid long-term decline in snowfall The Region has seen some of its heaviest snowfall in years this winter, but residents will have to drive to Michigan or southern Indiana if they want to go skiing.

Northern Indiana was dotted for decades with ski hills where Hoosiers hit the slopes. But the Pines Peak Family Ski Area in Valparaiso, Ski Valley in LaPorte and Bendix Woods in New Carlisle all shuttered, due in part to long-term declines in snowfall.
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Printing Films Archive A website dedicated to preserving the visual history of the printed word

Printing Films is a collection of vintage films that showcase the technologies and processes of printing, journalism, and typography. [printingfilms.com]

Today's @status.news has this about the Washington Post:

The Post's chief executive Will Lewis, who was entirely MIA during the layoffs Wednesday and has not said a word about them, turned up at the NFL Honors red carpet in San Francisco on Thursday.

Foundational Texts: Jenny Holzer's Truisms | dansinker.com Foundational Texts is a new monthly essay series for 2026 looking at some of the culture that shaped me and how it still resonates today. This is the first of 12 monthly installments.

Dan Sinker writes about the transformative experience of seeing a work by Jenny Holzer when he was 14. “Truisms was a revelation. Art could be just words. Art could be just at home slapped on a POST NO BILLS wall as it could in a gallery.” [dansinker.com]

‘Do You Speak Billionaire?’ and Other Stories From the Fall of the Washington Post I think I can say with little fear of contradiction that I...

"When you cut your sports section, it’s because you actually don’t want the paper to exist anymore." —Josh Marshall

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We are exploring alternative solutions to resolve the ongoing issues with electric bus chargers that we continue to face. Adjustments to service will affect the BMR, CAS, and HXP routes throughout the day. See https://ridebt.org/news-alerts/590-friday-2-6-service-changes for details.

The CIA has deleted the CIA World Factbook (a popular almanac about the countries of the world) from the web. Fuck this. All these assholes do is pillage & destroy. [apnews.com]

lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable

When horrible people make bad art, the reviews are fun to read. Melania doc review: “Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest” and “it’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality”. [theguardian.com]

"When in doubt, draw a distinction."

Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that.

This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one.

I will post them one at a time. Ready?

Berkeley Students Make 300,000 Wikipedia Edits to Preserve Queer History Against Trump Their work has already racked up nearly 100 million views.

As part of their coursework, students at UC Berkeley are contributing edits to Wikipedia about “LGBTQ+ history, with an emphasis on queer and trans people of color”. They’ve added 300,000+ edits and 3,000+ citations. [them.us]

Volleyball Player Does Sliding Dogeza Apology During an exhibition, Japanese volleyball player Yuji Nishida hit a courtside judge in the back with an errant serve. He immediately sprinted across the court and dove prostrate in apology. The gesture was a sort of slid

Volleyball Player Does Sliding Dogeza Apology. "The most extravagant form [of apology] in Japanese culture is the dogeza, which can also be used to express deep respect." Love this. [kottke.org]

State Line Pizza closes original location after 69 years State Line Pizza, one of the Region's oldest and best-known purveyors of tavern-style square-cut pizza, closed two locations.

State Line Pizza closes original location after 69 years
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So long, frozen juice from concentrate. The once-popular canned drink leaves shelves this year | CBC News Attention, lemonade stand vendors: You'll have to squeeze the fresh stuff this summer. Minute Maid is discontinuing its line of frozen juices as consumers turn to healthier beverages, and it was potentially the last company selling the concentrated cans in the Canadian market.

I learned two important pieces of news in this post: 1) Frozen OJ from concentrate as a product is being discontinued by major producers. 2) Beverage analysts refer to market share as “share of throat.” And I think that’s just lovely. [cbc.ca]

the gradual convergence of all Formula E liveries is happening again but this time instead of all being red or turquoise every car is gradually going acid green