Recent posts by NPR Staffers on Bluesky

New episode tomorrow! CABARET with @isaacbutler.bsky.social!

Man is just sundowning on main

Love this movie, love this scene – reminds me of the India sequence in Close Encounters where the translator asks where the music was coming from and you see 1000 hands point upward at the same instant

I thought George W. Bush was an awful President in every way, but I have to admit, compared to Trump, I still think he was an awful President in every way.

Coen Brothers level of cartoonishness here

got my contributor copy of StudioCanal's 40th anniversary Highlander 4K set! there have been so many different editions of this movie, I never thought I'd get to contribute an essay to a release like this. still kinda in disbelief. gotta thank @jonmelville.bsky.social for helping to make this happen

Anyone messing with the reflecting pool algae will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, in accordance with the National Trump’s Shitty Presidency Metaphor Preservation Act.

Bunch NASA scientists proposing we go get pictures of nearest habitable planet in 24 years by using a shotgun blast of micro autonomous camera probes.

Curaçao earns a World Cup point and Ozzie Albies hits two home runs (including a walkoff) on the same day. 🇨🇼

That Ukrainian drone strike on LA was brutal.

Amending my anti death penalty stance for one guy

Yet again, blaming outside algae-tators.

Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur is possibly the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

I still can't believe Miranda Sings was a thing, tbh. A thing with a Netflix show, yet.

Prelude to the cigarette factory fight in CARMEN (1915), which got censored in Pennsylvania and Ohio

I always appreciate the mets for sucking the most on nights that i’m busy

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Our great military will not rest until we have brought Glonzo to justice

I wonder how long this bit can go on, calling in the same contractors to overcharge then the coating peeling up again with algae then calling in the contractors to overcharge then the coating peeling up again with algae then calling in the same contractors to overcharge and the coat—

This is in the portrait gallery in Edinburgh. Extremely rare example of an ordinary artisan, rather than an aristocrat

It's been a long while since I've done a physical media announcement update because my 2026 is an absolute fucking walking nightmare (don't ask!), but for those of you interested in such things, some recent additions from the past few months to follow 🧵

Got shut out of seeing a movie the other night because we tried to drive into DTLA right after Mexico won their game. Is there anything going on in LA tonight that might jam the roads that I'm not paying attention to?

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let the people who love alien shows know you’re making an alien show, for the love of god

This team, y'all. Ok, so I don't watch (or understand) basketball, so what. 😭 www.nbcnewyork.com/clear-the-sh...

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“But Alan! It’s Father’s Day weekend but I need to watch a relevant vampire movie! What should I do?” Well…

And MSI is releasing a pc gaming handheld THAT’S $1800 and saying expect prices to go up. The Switch 2 and PS5 just got a price increase. Good luck Steam devices. Extremely cyberpunk that silicon has become more valuable than meat?? kotaku.com/company-reve...

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Also found out it’s become near impossible to get a Mac Mini or Studio thanks to AI gooners & Apple is saying expect the next iPhone to become expensive to manufacture / buy. www.techradar.com/computing/ma...

When you’re a writer, it’s helpful to read your work out loud to others for feedback. #caturday

Just requested a spinach omelette, potatoes, and toast from my child’s restaurant. She happily went to the kitchen and started preparing my food and then sheepishly returned to me to inform me “I’m sorry we are out of potatoes. BUT we do have shark potatoes.”

Could Dwayne Johnson look more bored in the MOANA trailer?

Jessie is absolutely the center of TOY STORY 5, and it’s about damn time.

This looks like a maximum security prison

After 10 days of bad Braves baseball (compounded by bad luck and bad weather), the past two games have been a balm.

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Warner Brothers as we now know it would never release a movie like this. It's a miracle it got made in 1992. Only the iron perseverance of Spike Lee and the intervention of prominent Black Americans got it done. He even won on length. The contract said 2:15 max. Final Cut: 3:21. Worth every second.

Professor Fate requests that you mail her offerings of tuna until her temple is completed.

A bunch of my friends made this batshit movie Hoagie and I have to say it’s a big recommend from me but it’s so wild to see it written up in the NYT.

they’re scooping out of the Silver Lake reservoir (and maybe elsewhere too?)

It's not in the way that you hold me It's not in the way you say you care It's not in the way you've been treatin' my friends It's not in the way that you stayed 'til the end It's not in the way you look Or the things that you say that you'll do Hold the line Where’s a real lyricist we can find

I had a big lunch, so I will just get the fresh strawberry sundae and some root beer if they frost the mugs

Season 3 of "House of the Dragon" premieres tomorrow night on HBO. I thought the first and second episodes were more of the same, for better or worse, but that the third and fourth episodes offered hints of something promising for the future. Maybe. My review:

"You never write off the Germans. That's the saying in Europe." Are we... still talking about soccer here? #WorldCup

American studios had sent teams overseas regularly prior to WWI but had been sticking close to Hollywood postwar, with notable exceptions. BEN-HUR (1925) was shot on location in Italy. Mussolini was delighted, assuming that Francis X. Bushman's Roman Messala was the hero

My TOY STORY rankings: 2, 4, 1, 5, 3. My rank, my rules.

TOY STORY 5: It’s good! It’s great that it’s Jessie’s movie and I got no problem with Woody being supporting this time. His story’s done. Also, while it’s not as good as the others (I have deep love for 4), it’s still of a piece. It’s about time that it’s a little girl’s perspective this time.

This is so fucking crazy

At the Reflecting Pool and guys

I know I am always complaining about my ailments (some find it charming), but this is a new one… I have a mouth ulcer/canker sore inside the corner of my lip, so every time I open my mouth to yap or eat (two beloved activities) I feel a sharp pain. It’s like a big-ass hole. Not cute.

shout-out to everyone else who learned to write by reading the gigantic collection of Roger Ebert reviews in the bathroom

Wowwwwww Côte d’Ivoire

I get why, during these men’s World Cup matches, instead of just the city name on the wall at midfield, they’re also cycling thru country and state/province, but when they play in Toronto and the wall shows “Ontario,” for a split second my brain sputters and I think, the World Cup’s in ONTARIO, CA??

Fire and Blood. And Storylines That Shunt a Major Character Into An Endless Series Of Visionquests For An Entire Goddamn Season.

Seeing the latest Pixar concern.

seems pretty clear the mandate was just to arrest some people to bolster the vandalism narrative and they wound up arresting an Olympian which honestly is right in line with this whole farkakte affair

I said an external ssd but yes 4TB for a reliable fast ssd for ProRes Raw video is now $1144, I bought 4 of these in 2024 for $200 each www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/17...

Not a New Year’s resolution since it’s far from New Year’s, but I have a spare bedroom that’s currently just for storage. But I’m hoping by year’s end it will be my media room, with all my discs, records, games, a big ass TV, futon, and my writing desk. I procrastinate but it’s gonna get done.

If a billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, a trillionaire is the equivalent of a rogue state, and other nations should work together to constrain it in the same way.

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Having now seen (and been wrecked by) Disclosure Day, I'm with Sam here. I can totally understand if you find the ending corny/implausible but some of the criticisms I've read seem based on a fundamental misreading of what is actually happening in those last 15 minutes.

We’re west of Boyle Heights but we can smell it too so our windows are shut and we’re running our HEPA filter. 😷

In 2024, Lineage Logistics — which owns the cold-storage facility that’s on fire in Los Angeles & making the air so toxic — had a fire in its cold-storage facility in Finley, Washington. That fire smoldered for two months! www.nwpb.org/nw-news/2025...

Gotta be tough for a guy who’s never lasted more than 8 minutes

Many people have died after being whipped even a few times

Father’s Day gift from the fam

On media-literacy: You're not media-illiterate for disagreeing with a filmmaker and seeing a villain as the hero. You can understand a movie clearly and see that the filmmaker is wrong, ignorant, or worse. Gone With The Wind, The General, Birth of a Nation – I root for the North every time.

We're down to our last 2 copies of the official Studio Ghibli Spirited Away stationery set. It's in our Miyazaki section (yes, we have an entire section!). If it's sold out by the time you encounter this post, scroll down to see more Ghibli books & merch. mzs.press/Studio-Ghibl...

DICKSON'S GREETING (1891), an early experimental film meant to test out the Edison motion picture camera

"Grandpa, how did this happen and whatnot?" "Well Bobby, a drag queen read a storybook, so the only choice was to become a racist, fascist dictatorship and let seven wockaflockas take all the money."

Everyone saying Vance could be more dangerous than Trump if he dies I just do not think he is more of a threat because his entire career is a mirage of popularity.

Or, third option, you can clearly understand a movie and totally disagree with the filmmaker's politics and take on events. You aren't media-illiterate for seeing that a filmmaker is wrong or just ignorant. Gone With the Wind, The General, Birth of a Nation -- I always root for the North.

The Strait of Hormuz is open…to the idea that stove stop stuffing is a viable alternative to potatoes.

(pops head up) DWARF CORN I was wanting to do a bit of corn farming but (waves arms) corn is a lot DWARF CORN 3 footers! Yes, yesssss

Cannot fucking believe an external 4TB SSD drive that cost me $200 last year is now $1100. Had to check receipts to make sure. They’re really out there trying to keep you from having a PC, phone, or a gaming console so they can have hallucinating, polluting chatbots that drop bombs on kids’ schools.

Hillary episode is hilarious.

If the "takeaway" of a film is widely misunderstood, who is to blame, the filmmakers or the audience? For instance, if Marines watch Apocalypse Now and cheer the destruction and come away thinking Kilgore and Kurtz are awesome, are they media-illiterate, or did the movie fail in some basic way?

Woke up to thick smoke. Checked Watch Duty. Not seeing any fires we’re downwind of, totally confused as to where it’s coming from. I was thinking the Boyle Heights structure fire but wind is going the opposite way.

Anton Corbijn’s cover photo for The Buns’ debut album.

The same people complaining Zohran isn’t a lifelong Knicks fan will tell you with a straight face that Trump is a Christian

Shocked to find out House of the Dragon comes back tomorrow, I can't remember seeing less talk/buzz/anticipation for a Game of Thrones thing. I only found out about it because of a banner ad

At the Reflecting Pool, and guys, this doesn’t look right.

NYC Knicks Championship Parade

Hey remember multiplayer play with friends in your actual house? Chips, sodas, and digital slaughter and smack talk? Then you’d break for lunch and laugh then get back to it? For hours? Remember friendships? Fuck off with this “Must have 2 sign-ins to play two player IN THE SAME ROOM” bullshit.

Welp that’s me not buying it.

Lot of us showing our age on this one

This is an AI account, in case anybody is keeping a blocklist

so Toy Story 5… kind of wrecked me? I guess that’s what happens when you make a whole movie out of the most devastating scene in the entire franchise. On Cowgirl Jessie, Sarah McLachlan, and [sob] “When She Loved Me.”

Here’s a fledgling blue jay hanging out on our deck to start your day. Cute lil boop, fresh out of the nest.

Brand new JASON UNIVERSE products have begun to hit Spirit Halloween's website, including this JASON VOORHEES MASK LED LIGHT-UP SIGN. The 16" tall metal sign is selling for $29.99.

Have a great uplifting Saturday #Caturday, says Tuesday Weld!

REVIEW - THE BACKROOMS: LOST TAPE is an entertaining (but unnecessary) upgrade of the 2022 video game: bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3956...

Why André Øvredal's TROLL HUNTER remains one of the very best found footage movies: bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...

They’re coming to new conclusions every day on this app

Just finished rewatching BROAD CITY. Holds up beautifully. Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are so hilarious. And I only realized this time around that Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky, the brilliant masterminds behind HACKS, were part of this creative team. Funny, talented motherfuckers.

It’s very funny for this guy to be claiming he won the war in Iran when he’s also claiming he can’t turn the tables against algae enthusiasts