These blind students say their college blocked their education. A new rule could help Higher education is especially reliant on computers and phones, but accessibility for people with disabilities has often been forgotten. A new federal rule could change that.

Higher education is especially reliant on computers and phones, but accessibility for people with disabilities has often been forgotten. A new federal rule could change that.

Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 138, The Hot Ronald Colman. With @shelly.brisbin.net your host and @mickimaynard.bsky.social. theincomparable.com/lts/138.
We recap Beau Geste. #TCMParty

My cat tilting his head toward the Integrity module on the television as it parachutes toward splashdown.

To all the Cats who collectively assisted in the Splashdown portion of the Artemis II mission, including my Gonzo, I salute you and thank you for your service. #catsthatlovenasa #cats #nasa #artemisII

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This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

In 1978, they stopped buses — and helped launch a disability rights movement People in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride."

People in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride."

Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 137, 714 Home Runs and at least Two Murders. With @shelly.brisbin.net your host @djl.bsky.social @mickimaynard.bsky.social @philipmichaels.bsky.social and Randy Dotinga. theincomparable.com/lts/137.
We recap our baseball movie draft. #TCMParty

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When I got that first job editing computer magazines – tabloid format newspapers, really – I also set up the company's first email system and helped keep a bunch of Mac Pluses running. And, um, there was some mischief with QuickMail, as a protest against unloved bosses. We were young.

Next, I fixed everyone's Macs – usually they just had one. I was the anti-mansplainer who trained women to get the most from their little beige boxes. I did write HyperCard stacks for a fancy lawyer while wearing a suit and heels, with a Mac Plus slung over my shoulder.

Most starting-out reporter jobs in those days would have sent me to small towns where you needed a car. So I pivoted to nonprofits, local politics and a newsletter called The MacBulletin. I learned to make myself indispensable by building databases and managing mailing lists.

I've told versions of this on podcasts, but without the slap upside the head from my journalism professor. It feels weird to send the written version into the world though, mostly because it screams "you old!"

My Mac origin story.
Here's a thread of "behind the music" stuff I left out of the story for brevity.

Criterion and Warner Archive titles were both on sale yesterday. That’s just mean!

When did you leave the message? It hasn’t popped up in yhe email for the bracket, but perhaps it got waylaid somewhere.

Call It A Noirlodrama (Lions, Towers & Shields 135) The son of a man convicted of murder faces bullying, then suspicion when he is accused of a crime, too. Directed by Frank Borzage, the film is moody, dark and a bit gothic. Dane Clark and Gail Russell...

Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 135, Call It A Noirlodrama. With @shelly.brisbin.net your host and @mickimaynard.bsky.social @nathanalderman.com and Randy Dotinga. theincomparable.com/lts/135.
We recap Moonrise. #TCMParty

The course was a lot of fun. I think I watched every film.
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Step into the shadows… 🌙 Join us for a Summer of Darkness—classic crime, mystery, and intrigue every Friday night in June & July. Femme fatales, hardboiled detectives, and twists await.
No schedule yet, but Eddie says it's his 'greatest hits'. See you in the shadows.
#SummerOfDarkness
#TCMParty ^JW

A triple-Bluesky day is also fairly impressive.

You're welcome!

Texas Standard Movie Madness 2026

Hey #filmsky, especially anyone with ties to Texas. Over at @texasstandard, we're running our own March Madness-style bracket, trying to find listeners' favorite Texas movie. Can be about the state and/or made here. Old & new faves. Fill out your bracket: www.texasstandard.org/marchmadness.

Let's Lean into the Weirdness (Game Show 278) Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. This time around, our panelists must divine means of telling the future, identif...

The latest episode of my nerdy quiz show, Inconceivable!, is here, wherein I challenge panelists to divine means of telling the future, deduce actors who played the world's greatest detective, and untangle mashed-up superhero songs! www.theincomparable.com/gameshow/278/

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Such a great film and well deserving of a criterion release and a fabulous essay. I introduced this film to my Lions Towers and Shields podcast panel and everyone loved it.

www.theincomparable.com/lts/86/

Posing with the Aira creatures on the #CSUN conference floor.

When you swim with sharks…

Hotness Is A Reason (Lions, Towers & Shields 134) Gene Tierney does comedy. John Lund is not bad. And THELMA RITTER IS THE BEST.

Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 134, Hotness Is A Reason. With @shelly.brisbin.net your host, @nathanalderman.com & @mickimaynard.bsky.social. theincomparable.com/lts/134.
We recap The Mating Season. #TCMParty

As Silent Sundays and International Women’s Day collide, a look back at the life and work of Alice Guy-Blaché, The Mother of Cinema

Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/alice-guy-...

San Antonio airport program gives travelers with disabilities a practice run before flying The Altitude Inclusion program lets families rehearse check-in, security, and boarding so travelers with disabilities can better prepare for future flights.

I recently covered a story on San Antonio International Airport's Altitude Inclusion.

The Altitude Inclusion program lets families rehearse check-in, security, and boarding so travelers with disabilities can better prepare for future flights.

Read more here
www.tpr.org/news/2026-03...

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