E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 17hMajor Strasser: You give him credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American. Captain Renault: We musn't underestimate "American blundering". I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918. 000
Reposted by E.E. KnightDavid Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 19hSo the Iranians have closed the Strait of Hormuz and the Cotswolds? 1023349
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Packed like sardines to see the POTUS. You could barely lead a good-sized quarterhorse through that crowd. 000
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The "a pair of eyes walking around a shadowy town" looks so cool. Brilliant art design or cinematography or whoever you wish to give credit to. 020
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Body Heat (1981) An all-time great script. Every scene sweats and crackles. 262
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Depends on the person, but by the time he shows up you're already involved with the film. 010
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Earl, cursing after cutting his hand putting up a barbed wire fence: "Is this a job for intelligent men?" Valentine: "Well, show me one and I'll ask him." Love those guys. 021
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Since Peter Weir was mentioned, Gallipoli really holds up.static.klipy.comarchy and frank reunitedALT: archy and frank reunited 100
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A man who appreciates the classics of Western Civilization. 000
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The switch Spielberg did with "Stay Cool" worked brilliantly. 000
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Every third post in my Instagram feed is some young white guy I've never seen before talking about how great Digger is and it's resolved me to never even watch it on streaming. 1140
Reposted by E.E. KnightGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161... 781921461
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump hates a loser so the next five weeks will be fun. 010
Reposted by E.E. KnightKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There's a new wave of Democratic ads across the country that are somehow brutally partisan and incredibly effective and it's going to take some time for me to get used to this? 1213486732
Reposted by E.E. KnightBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And by "national security" you mean having an insane president trying to distract from his pedophilia, right? 51515
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fall weather has me in a baking mood so today it's cookies. I don't have enough cooling space in our little kitchen so I carry the hot trays to the dining room to put them on cooling racks. 030
Reposted by E.E. KnightTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41119383102
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"I had to question the mermaids! What were you doing while I was working?" 210
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comGet Smart: Missed It By That MuchALT: Get Smart: Missed It By That Much 030
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That movie is so quotable. "You know who else was just following orders? Adolf Hitler." 130
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can't believe the tourism hit on the economy isn't bigger. Our summers used to feature busloads of (mostly) Asian tourists visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and I've hardly seen any this year. 110
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Julia Ward Howe, after hearing a regiment of Union soldiers singing 'John Brown's Body,' awoke from a vivid dream, did the fattest rail of coke ever poured out in the 19th Century, and proceeded to write new lyrics for the tune using a pen made from a dead Confederate colonel's metatarsal." 010
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comClint Eastwood in Magnum Force: Know Your LimitationsALT: Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force: Know Your Limitations 172
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Kicked off October with a film that already feels like a classic.static.klipy.comElijah Smoke Shaking Head in Sinners MovieALT: Elijah Smoke Shaking Head in Sinners Movie 030
Reposted by E.E. KnightAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026LOL -- Trump tries to shout out Ted Cruz in Texas and *not a single person applauds* for him. Not one! 1242094391
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This fuckin' guy. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comHegseth’s new ‘field manual’ for troops is filled with his speeches and Trump promising not to fight ‘dumb wars’The 144-page manual was handed out ahead of Hegseth’s ‘State of the Force’ address 010
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If Dune Part Three lasts longer than four hours you need emergency care. 020
Reposted by E.E. KnightThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump's problem was that he didn't brag enough. That was it 491084133
Reposted by E.E. KnightKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist 26050821106
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Possums eating is my ASMR youtu.be/TBsDFFtmiuE?...youtu.beAdorable Baby Opossums Eating FruitYouTube video by amanda c 010
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lucy Lawless counts as at least 2.5 women, so once you add in Renee it's got more women than Charlie's Angels and is closing in on Designing Women. 010
Reposted by E.E. KnightSemafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2... 62831391116
Reposted by E.E. KnightGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's a $96,318 fine for being raped. 232016656
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Okay, Mad Men fan, I admit it. youtu.be/Y_tPE3o5NWk?...youtu.beLove Is Blue (Remastered)YouTube video by Paul Mauriat - Topic 250
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comHanover Fiste Heavy MetalALT: Hanover Fiste Heavy Metal 051
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wasn't even big fan of Cheap Trick but I went to a concert just to hear them do "Reach Out." 110
Reposted by E.E. KnightClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school 74193905
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wyle E Coyote needs to have Luis Guzmán hand him a special toon Oscar at the next Academy Awards. That was a Daniel Day-Lewis level cartoon performance. 020
Reposted by E.E. KnightSargoth (gyromantically haberdashing iamb) @longersky.com · 07/09/2025The famous sociologist slash rhetorical scholar Kenneth Burke once posited that self-help book fill a function by making you feel like you are doing the thing, without necessarily leading to you actually doing the thing. I sense that this notion, formulated in the 60s, might be relevant again 123080
Reposted by E.E. KnightGeorge David Allen @georgedallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Gentlemen, Schmitty here may look like an idiot, and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you: he really is an idiot.” 113315
E.E. Knight @eeknight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The highlight of God-knows how many middle school band/jazz band/orchestra concerts. 110