I first saw Ken Russell’s incredible horror film The Devils for the first time last year. It’s a movie that feels decades ahead of its time. The British Board of Film Classification, their equivalent to the US’s MPAA, shares an article about the history of The Devils’ censorship.
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There’s continuous talk about “the United States sliding into fascism.” We are there. We’ve been there for a long time. Instead, you must realize you are becoming aware that America is a fascist construct to its roots. This has been made nakedly apparent with the rendition of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who engaged in protest against the Palestinian genocide. If you think putting your head down and “getting through this” is an option, I hope you have the life you deserve.
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A new month and some more links to share with you all.
Techdirt is not known as an overtly political tech news site. That has changed since Elon Musk came into the US government with Trump’s new administration. This post talks about how part of their job now is to chronicle the collapse of the United States as techbros are a major part of dismantling things.
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It’s the end of another week, which means I’m sharing more links.
The week concluded on a sad note with the passing of Gene Hackman. I hold this actor very close to my heart as one of my earliest film memories is watching Richard Donner’s Superman. I don’t think anyone has played a better Luthor. He’s necessarily comics accurate, but he was a balance of funny and genuinely evil. IndieWire pays tribute to the late actor, and I have plans for a mini-series of some of Hackman’s best work planned for this summer.
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It’s another Weekly Links with things related to media, but also just important things to share. One of those is that all of us need to be getting off the Google teet if at all possible. That’s hard for me because I’ve been on Gmail since 2005. Here is an article sharing some AI-free, encrypted alternatives to Google Docs which I will be trying out to see if they work for me.
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Happy Valentine’s Day and welcome to my Weekly Links. This is a new type of post I’m trying out to share links to articles I come across that are related to pop culture & examine it from interesting perspectives. Hoping you find a good read here.
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