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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Better yet, tell me about three LOCAL acts in your community: Ray Flanagan, the hottest shit going on in Cleveland. A genre unto himself Cowboy Princess Brigade, Cleveland's new country-ska band Moon Echo Garden, woman-fronted psychedelic pop-rock You can see them all for free or for five bucks.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I was sexually abused as a child. A few years later, I saw ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and absolutely fell in love with it. These things are not unrelated. The movie showed me it was okay to feel weird and horny and weirdly horny and hornily weird. Thank you, Tim Curry, and RIP.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hi. I published another EP. There is a song about Pete Alonso on there. There's also a song about having a one-night stand as the world ends. That one is based on a true story. Please listen and purchase. noahgittell.bandcamp.com/album/vol-2

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Vol. 2, by Noah Gittell

7 track album

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Also, according to the article (which I read after commenting), Zuckerberg himself wasn't on the yacht at the time!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

That's a good call. Smart cookie, that one.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The thing I keep saying is that you don't become a billionaire helping people. It's just not in their character. You become a billionaire by wanting to crush others, or at the very least being comfortable sacrificing others for your own enrichment.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"I didn't vote for this" = "I voted for OTHER people to get hurt, not me"

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My recommendation would be to let it live in your memory!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I don't remember seeing it as a kid, but I revisited it for the book, and I thought it was....not great. Sorry, my man.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

From your lips to the publisher's ears!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Why is it back? As the author of a book that links the baseball film to specific eras in American history, I'd like to tell you there is a cool reason for it, but I think the real reason is that baseball is popular again, particularly overseas.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Don't look now, but the baseball movie is back. Upcoming releases: The Catch (Emma Stone project shot in part at Citi Field) The Comebacker (Tom Hanks as coach helping pitcher return from injury) Untitled Rick Linkater/Glen Powell Lou Gehrig biopic

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

You know what blows my mind? My parents' generation was the first to care about feelings. Before, like, the 1960s, nobody really cared what their father, mother, wife, husband, sister, brother, friend, or CHILD was feeling.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It sucks. But these things happen. To all of us!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It’s a western with Chris Cooper and Amy Madigan. That’s all I remember.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

What a gift that we're getting another Sayles film.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Cool. I'm just saying I don't think people like Spider-Man because of the tragic cliffhangers. I think they love him because he's a regular guy with a cool suit who flies around the city and has fun.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Okay, well, I guess it's semantics, but I think his "regular guy" appeal is more of a draw than his "self-sacrifice" appeal. At this point, perhaps we're splitting hairs.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In this case, the cliffhanger is self-sacrifice. But there's no reason to think another kind of cliffhanger wouldn't have had the same impact.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ah, well, if you're argument is that Spider-Man is the most "regular guy" of all the superheroes, then I'd agree with you. I just don't think "self-sacrifice" is the kind of hook that gets people to purchase movie tickets.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm sure the cliffhanger is part of it, but that's not the same argument as "the reason Spider-Man movies are more popular than others is because the character is inherently self-sacrificial and that's something people are universally drawn to."

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Or maybe people just like watching Spidey swing around the city in a pretty blue and red suit? I dunno. You might be right, but it seems like a big assumption.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

How do you know that's what people are responding to?

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ha, don't worry, I've been doing other things.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I guess the only reason I assumed my perspective was the norm because A) I'd seen no numbers on how many fans of the movie read comic books and B) literally no one I knew growing up or as a young man was into comic books. Seems reasonable to me! But I see now that I must have been wrong.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Oh, by "weirdo" I just mean something like "different." I'll assume at this point that you're correct that the interest in the first Spider-Man movie was driven by people who read comic books and were compelled by how the character had to sacrifice a normal life. You would know better than me!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Huh? No, I just mean that I'm a "weirdo" because I went to Spider-Man just because I thought it would be cool, and not because I was invested in the character's penchant for self-sacrifice. Isn't that what you're saying?

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Okay. Well, I guess I'm a weirdo, and you're normal!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sure. But whether people read one or two comic books (or read none) isn't the point. The point is whether the interest in Spider-Man (2002) was driven by avid comic book readers or people like me who knew about the character and liked movies and stuff.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Do you have any data to back that up? It just doesn't align with my experience at all.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Huh. I didn't have any friends growing up talked to me about comic books. Literally not one. Maybe they were reading them secretly? We talked about music and video games and girls.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Respectfully disagree. I think it's because it was the first Spider-Man movie ever and the first superhero movie about a teenager ever. I went to see it, and I didn't know anything about Spider-Man's character. I just knew he was a kid who spun webs and flew around and stuff.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I guess I just think the movies are distinct from the comics for most people. I'm sure you're right that the idea of sacrifice is a bigger part of Spider-Man's identity than others, but I feel like lots of superhero movies (going back to Superman II!) have used the idea that he has to give up stuff.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Fair enough, but why are you talking about it like movies don't count? I'd reckon far more people know Batman and Spider-Man from the movies than from the comics at this point. And the OP was about the films, no?

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Also Batman Returns and Batman Forever. They both deal with that theme.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Again, I don't know about the comics, but in the movies, I feel like it does keep him from being in a healthy relationship.

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Huh! I didn't realize we were talking about the comics. I've never read a comic book!

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I don't know Spider-Man well. What tragic stuff happens to him? Is it worse than Rachel Dawes dying in The Dark Knight?

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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It's crazy how many health problems could be solved by just eating a mostly plant-based diet. I'm not talking strict vegan. I'm talking about ditching red and processed meats, and eating poultry/fish at one meal a day. Something like that.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

These craven scumbags blithely lied in order to get the day of headlines the mad king wanted. They knew they had nothing, but all that matters to them is whatever six-hour news cycle they're in the middle of.

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