Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) Darren McGavin "LOOK AT THE OLD MAN GO" with Angie Dickinson YouTube video by TooleManTV

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The blacklist is back, baby: Paramount's retributions should worry the industry Paramount retaliated with the blacklist after a columnist at The Ankler stood against its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

You don’t need to go very far to see that the Para-Bros merger will mean censorship, reprisals, punishment and exclusion. They are already at it. Trust them when they tell you they will use the power and this consolidation of media for political reasons.

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A black & white photograph portrait of a young woman, her dark hair loose. She is wrapped up in a large robe? Blanket? The photo shows some damage, which adds to the vintage feel.

Photograph by French writer, caricaturist, and photographer Félix Nadar (1820-1910) of actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), known as the Divine Sarah, salt print from a collodion glass negative, ca. 1860-1865. #photography #vintagephotography #photographyhistory

Comic page , text says ‘only change will save us’ a women mid transformation into a werewolf

Happy werewolf Wednesday, freaks

A look into the unusual heart of NGC 1512, a galaxy some 30 million light-years away.

At its center lies a spectacular circumnuclear starburst ring, stretching 2,400 light-years across and glowing with young star clusters.

(Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Maoz)

South Loop Sunset. This evening on the Chicago River.

exactly! the GOP controlled congress is an abomination.

funny that Ari Fleischer is talking about playing by certain rules, when his career as spokesperson was about lying his goddamn ass off every single day. in some ways, Ari is the one who dragged the spokes' job down into the hell gutter where it is today.

solaris (1972)

the Queens mojo that we know and love!

Pretty sure I could (should?) write a decent Robert E. Howard-ish Conan short story for every single one of these article titles on the cover.

Monterey Park becomes the first city in California to ban "all data centers within city limits" Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether

The "public comments at the hearing before the vote left little doubt that Monterey Park residents overwhelmingly disdained not only the prospect of a massive, noisy, and polluting infrastructure project being erected in their backyards, but who that project would benefit, at their expense.”

I don’t necessarily think that it’s useful for serious political figures to endeavor to fully dissolve — as opposed to regulate and constrain — corporate entities, but I’d make an exception for Palantir. It cannot coexist with liberal democracy and it openly says so

A family of Ravens is putting the goth back in gothic at NYC's largest cathedral--St John the Divine. There are five mouths to feed, so the parents are staying busy! ⛪️⛪️⛪️ #Ravens #Cathedral #birding

After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.

people can organize their own festivals. at places where they want to meet. ah, summer breeze!

Impeachment, not the 25th. He is unfit for office, but his problems now are because he has surrounded himself with enablers and thinks he has no restrictions or consequences.

Night Sky
Acadia National Park
Maine USA

Victor LaValle (Lone Women) on the Power of Monsters, and Writing a Different Historical Fiction Novel — Origin Story Episode Description Victor LaValle is the author of a short story collection, five novels, and is also the creator and writer of two comic books.  His novel, The Changeling, will soon be airing...

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youtube algorithm has got me figured!

Wednesday Addams in a riding jacket, stands next to a motorcycle holding an envelope. thing is propped up on the headlamp, with the Eiffel Tower looming behind them.

from Paris, with dread.

what

Little Johnny Jewel (Live in San Francisco 1978) YouTube video by Television - Topic

Happy Patriot's Day, everyone!

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THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR limited ed N. American hardcover is officially out of print, & no longer available. My BFA-winning book about a family of interreal refugees in 90s/00s Calcutta is still available as an ebook, & a paperback in S. Asia. Shares appreciated, reads even more so:

The Poodle Room is a members-only club at the top of 67-story Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Jay Kuo: Throwing Kashyap Against the Wall

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each of us: a vibration of the infinite. celebrate everything. be well, your artwork is amazing!

happy 4/20! superbly researched article by Bobby Derie.

"A strong brute and one who might be useful somehow. See that he is given all the hashish he requires."

outstanding article by Rebecca Solnit! #mustread

Black Feminist Visionary Beverly Guy-Sheftall to Discuss New Book 'Black! Feminist! Free!' @ LA Ms. Mag HQ, April 23 A leading voice in Black feminist scholarship Beverly Guy-Sheftall joins professor Bonnie Thornton Dill on her new book, Black! Feminist! Free!

“[Beverly] Guy-Sheftall, widely regarded as a trailblazer in Black feminist thought, has spent more than five decades shaping the field through her scholarship, teaching and institution-building.”

#BlackWomensHistoryMonth #USDemocracy #MomSky

Picture of the week - Odesa…😢