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aspiring film bro, non-native new yorker, and helena’s husband // experience strategist & designer & researcher // portfolio here: https://www.thomasstrickland.co

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It seems that @emilyhughes.bsky.social wore her Longlegs today! If you’re uncertain about being seated for Osgood Perkins’s take on the pros and cons of psychically tracking a satanic serial killer, Emily’s (Horror for) Weenie(s) Report has you covered.

The Weenie Report: Longlegs (2024)readjumpscares.com Too scared to see Longlegs, Osgood Perkins' buzzy new serial killer movie? Here's what you need to know.

Mayor Adams Swim The East River Challenge

Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, swam in the cleaned-up waters of the Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise that has become a symbol of the Paris Olympics. nyti.ms/4fa4SNG

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"A city councilman plans to introduce a bill this week that would require landlords to buy, install and maintain air-conditioning units or cooling systems for tenants during the summer, with fines of up to $1,250 per day for noncompliance."

New York City Tenants Are Entitled to Heat. What About Air-Conditioning?www.nytimes.com Landlords have to keep tenants warm in the winter, but can leave them sweating in the summer. A city councilman wants to change that.

Funny, but refrigerator isn’t the large kitchen appliance I’d recommend for our current mayor.

Mayor Eric Adams, asked by a reporter about the lack of air conditioning at migrant shelters during a heat wave, says, "Every day New Yorkers don't have air conditioners. We make do." He recommends paper fans and says his mom told him to put his head in the refrigerator. —Emma G. Fitzsimmons, NYT

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curious about Longlegs but too scared to watch? may I present the Weenie Report, first in a series on movies not covered in Horror For Weenies. spoilers within, so beware! readjumpscares.com/2024/07/16/t...

The Weenie Report: Longlegs (2024)readjumpscares.com Too scared to see Longlegs, Osgood Perkins' buzzy new serial killer movie? Here's what you need to know.

“Adventures were quick and exciting when you heard about them, but when you were inside one they happened very, very slowly.” I cannot say enough good things about Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, out today and available everywhere and particularly designed to break your heart again and again.

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The Bright Sword is out today, and if you’re the exact same kind of nerd I am (for some significant portion of elementary and/or middle school, The Once and Future King was your only friend) I cannot begin to tell you how much Lev Grossman’s new book is going to ruin your entire life

Negroni Season? No. Espresso Tonic Season? Yes.

“People will remember the photo of a bloodied Trump shaking a defiant fist when they should be remembering how we got there in the first place.” The latest from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is so good. I don’t know, but maybe what this country needs is a 7’2” President with an unstoppable skyhook shot.

The Trump Assassination Attempt & The Movement to Impeach Supreme Court Justiceskareem.substack.com What I’m Discussing Today: Special Message about the Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump: As usual, some Americans will learn all the wrong lessons from this act of violence. Kareem’s Daily Quote: J...

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every movie star used to look like their name was DOCTOR CIGARETTES and we long for this, in our hearts, where we know the great truths

saw Twisters tonight, unfortunately I remain convinced that Glen Powell deserves all the endless hype and, further, the reason he feels like such a genuine old fashioned movie star is charisma, sure, but it’s also the fact that he looks like someone who smokes approximately 100000 cigarettes a day

I ask again… Why must he always Do (u) that?

After a big unwelcome news day like today, it was a nice surprise to turn on Criterion Channel 24/7 and catch Scanners (1981) right as the opening credits rolled. 📽️

Which witch’s curse is it that makes sure some guy is whistling to himself the entire time I’m on the subway and how do I get rid of it?

There’s such potential for good in the American South. This potential has been held at bay for over a century by the efforts of revenants who worship the Lost Cause above the betterment of people. So JD Vance is the latest in a line that started with the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Klan.

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gotta love how contemporary publishing is 30000000 beautiful, deeply felt, finely crafted books with 7.5 readers each whose authors are just barely making a living, and like 4 books that financially support the whole apparatus, each of which has comprehensively and unforgivably destroyed society

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a friend living outside the US told me someone had asked her “what’s the deal with america right now” and her answer was “it’s like the lawnmower episode of mad men, but every day” which, yeah, seems pretty much accurate

$20 says Vance turns up clean-shaven.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota and Senator Marco Rubio have been told that neither one will be Donald Trump’s running mate, people briefed on the matter said. Both were seen as top contenders. Follow live updates.

Rubio and Burgum are out of the running as Trump’s V.P. picks.www.nytimes.com

That’s that espresso.

you're pronouncing it wrong | patreon.com/lubchansky

Bad actors gonna act bad.

Judge Cannon went and did it. She has dismissed the stolen documents case against Trump on Clarence Thomas’s (nonsense) appointments clause rationale.

Because shattered glass off a Teleprompter is unlikely to kill anyone?

www.politico.com/news/2024/07...

Sunday services paint Trump as God's chosen onewww.politico.com The portrayal could solidify the inevitability of Trump’s presidency among some Evangelicals.

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I'm sorry the Secret Service screwed up and that we have such shitty gun laws in America thanks to Republicans but none of this makes a lie of the objective fact that Donald Trump is a threat to whatever remains of democracy in America.

Unprecedented levels of “You Had One Job” going on here.

of COURSE

I remember seeing this book cover as an impressionable kid and I don’t want to say it was the source of hundreds of nightmares, but the total was definitely a two-digit number.

DEAD END (1980) Acrylic on Illustration Board - 30" x 20" In the late 70s all my clients were situated near each other in midtown Manhattan. To get there, I would take a train or bus to town and walk through the seedier parts of Times Square. 1/4

“Surprising” is doing a lot of work here.

FBI concedes in press conference that "it is surprising" that the shooter was able to get into position and fire off a number of shots

That one time when they let Cap and his friend into Berghain.

John Romita, Sr. - Invaders Union Jack and Captain America, a piece done for the UK Comicon program in 1976.

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hey pals what’s up I had such a nice day hanging out with an old friend and catching up and not looking at my phone all day, is there anything happening on the internet tonight

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"If you're doing the math at home and are at all familiar with the economics of a restaurant, you'll see where this is all going—curbside dining, outside of the wealthiest restaurant owners, is absolutely fucking toast." hellgatenyc.com/city-definit...

Oh Great, NYC Killed the Only Good Thing to Come Out of the COVID Erahellgatenyc.com Instead of building upon one of the few bright spots of the pandemic, curbside dining is now heading for swift extinction beginning on August 3, even as the City insists this isn't the case.

Tried humming this to “I Started A Joke” and it really didn’t line up. But yes, this is indeed how it works.

“I yelled at a stranger on the internet, and he blocked me.” Yes. That’s how it works.