If you're a shareholder, vote no on the Paramount & Warner Bros. Discovery merger up for vote his Thurs April 23 to keep the Ellisons from consolidating their media power & censoring truth in news reporting & content in film & tv that does not align w/ their MAGA agenda.
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Oooooh, they just keep it going don’t they
“It’s a couple of things that work beautifully in concert. First: no music. Audiences are so sophisticated, but what they’re not accustomed to is not being told how to feel,” Wyle says. “You take all that out and it forces a level of engagement where you’re now looking for clues within the frame of the screen, which forces you to look up from your phone. And I think that is extremely engaging, especially to young viewers who aren’t accustomed to being asked to participate in a nonpassive way in the viewing experience.
![“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:guthikarwozoldkzhueivkl6/bafkreihklvhtymho7wpemo5mj2f7xaiq6ulvfvcwnzo6hjstg3wixzgesy)
“Second point, shooting it with almost exclusively 50-millimeter or 65-millimeter lenses, which is the most comparable to the human eye—and only shooting from the point of view of a human being that’s present in this space. There are no cameras on gurney wheels going in the hallway. There’s no cameras on the ceiling looking down from a God point of view. You are limited to the perspective of a participant. You can look away, but you can’t leave, and it becomes an endurance test for you to stay on your feet as long as we’re on our feet. Which [brings me to my] third point: real time. Real time has an aggregate sense of tension that you don’t get in any other form of storytelling. What happened before is happening now, and these two things are going to add up to the next thing. And if we throw more ingredients into this cooker and keep ratcheting it up, it’s going to pop.”
Wyle makes eye contact for his next point, delivering it with a Robby-esque matter-of-factness. “Fourth point: The election went the other way,” he says with a shrug. “We could have been a really good show with a lot of nice things to say in a perfectly normal Kamala Harris universe. And instead we became almost a beacon of hope and humanity in an alternative universe. But in the midst of that, fifth point—this is essentially competence porn. You’re watching really smart, dedicated people do what only they know how to do at a level that you don’t know how to do it, and you’re so fucking glad that they’re there doing it, and compartmentalizing their own stuff to put your broken pieces back together. You’re so reassured by knowing that there are people out there that laugh and joke and have the ability to lock in like that.”
this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...
I showed this to my wife and it sparked a fifteen minute discussion where we each told the story of our own high school Porch Cats.
Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich
Well, today we're taxing the rich...
get those refunds ready
What a coincidence, after filing my taxes I was just thinking about charitable contributions
Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.
A series of posts from journalist Mark Chadbourn reporting on the acceptance speech of Péter Magyar after Hungarian elections: Péter Magyar: "Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again." Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 24m Magyar's speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: "He's basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired." •.. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 22m He's announced that Hungary will join the European Prosecution Office so anyone in the country can be charged. Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 21m Magyar: "No mercy, they will need to take responsibility for all their actions." ... Mark Chadbourn• @chadbourn.bsky.social • 20m Magyar says he's starting work with the EU and NATO immediately. "The EU doesn't have to worry anymore."
From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.
I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail.
Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.
“on april 7th, 2026, people stopped being born. on the same day, people stopped dying, and people stopped aging.” excerpt from 17776 by jon bois
happy april 7th, 2026 to all who celebrate
Forever, Go Blue. What a goddamn delight to watch all year.
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US: Detroit
International: I always rave about Melbourne so leaving it aside, Oslo in the summer was great
people understand that this is intended to target EVs, right? It gets rid of the gas tax, which only affects internal combustion vehicles, and replaces it with one that disproportionately hits EVs, which are much, much heavier for a given body size. That is why GM and Toyota are promoting it.
Charlie May side eye dot gif
I knew he’d have a big game the second I saw this
Sadly I am reminded he was also in the UConn student section earlier.
WAIT WHY IS BOBAN IN THE MICHIGAN STUDENT SECTION?
Michigan is like one of those anime characters who gets stronger after every setback. Cut off an arm, one grows back. Take out a leg, they grow wings.
1. Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
[REDACTED]; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
What redaction from this Yeats 1919 poem is the most widely read book in modern African literature?
10 YARD PENALTY
#LL108 #bestwronganswers
Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Everyone *does* need to watch this, but most importantly, Democratic leaders still obsessing over centrism, bipartisanship and reaching "middle America" need to watch it
steve lappas, shut the fuck up
Her twin sister Constantinopleglu is tearing it up overseas.
Considering how eager I am, and all of you seem to be as well, for book recommendations… this is a genius idea. Curated collections of 3-4 books for the mystery/thriller/literary fiction/etc lover in your life. Get on it, someone.
Well, someone gif Sad Alabama Kid.
Michigan mens' players who go all out on D while struggling on O should be called Q. Daniels Bros
Go watch the highlights. Gibson stood on his head and had multiple Hasek stops.
He and Morez are very tight on the offensive end. Yax cannot afford to be in foul trouble
