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Sylvie

@slywit.bsky.social
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Half 🇺🇸, half 🇫🇷, all-around opinionated. Editor currently living in San Francisco. Hitchcocko-Hawksienne. National parkologist. Opera aficionada. Supporting women directors is my jam. Blog: slywit.wordpress.com

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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 19h
Top 5* new-to-me watches in September: GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE (2026) THUMBSUCKER (2005) КОРОТКИЕ ВСТРЕЧИ (BRIEF ENCOUNTERS) (1967) BAD DAY FOR THE CUT (2017) WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (2001) *Since most of the month was spent rewatching Bond films, I only have a Top 5.
Letterboxd posters of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE, THUMBSUCKER, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, BAD DAY FOR THE CUT, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
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Brent, the Sue Bob White of BlueSky 💅🏻 @slurmqueen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The only thing that would be genuinely surprising is if a storyline resolved or a dead character stayed dead or they announced the next one would contain no CGI.
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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"This is your brain on drugs." Because people were hungry for that fried egg.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS from the first row Grand Tier.
A view of the stage at SF Opera
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you get a royal blue nano as a last line of defense, you name her Nut, mother of Isis and goddess protector of the living and the dead.
The goddess Nut (the sky) arching over and protecting her father, the god Shu (the air), and her husband, the god Geb (the Earth).
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“In addition, giraffes are now tall horses. Because that’s what they are. They’re just tall horses. Everybody knows it, they just don’t say it. I’m not afraid to say these things. And those so-called capybaras will be known as ultimate guinea pigs.”
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JaneLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎯🎯🎯
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The connections being drawn between the Cornell 7 and Brock Turner bring up something crucial: The outrage at Turner’s insanely light sentence has ultimately made it impossible for him to blend back into society. Where legal redress failed, community stepped in to make sure no one would forget.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OMG the new interface for Criterion is awful. My watchlist is now completely disorganized and, in Firefox, I can't see any of the images attached to the films. It's row after row of this:
Criterion logo on black x 4
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
forbiddenstories.org
The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only) #IYKYK
Hoagy Carmichael in 1947
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me, enjoying my King David #apples during #FatBearWeek
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James Neal - will know what will happen when it does. @jameswneal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Karl Rove on endorsing a Democratic candidate (watch, if only to here Rove's imitation of Trump) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS3J...
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Karl Rove on endorsing a Democratic candidate
YouTube video by C-SPAN
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This motherf*cker is so lucky he is running against a Republican this cycle.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Now more than ever
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
29% approval rating is still too high for that man.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You read that right: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will, thanks to the approval of Trump's FCC, own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. One of many things to keep in mind when you cast your vote in the next six weeks.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not really the point, but I'd suggest that if you own 20 "family farms," they probably aren't "family farms."
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
opb.org
Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
To my friends in the Bay Area: I'm hearing Rob Bonta is about to cave and hand Warner Bros over to the Ellisons. We can't let him do that. Can you show up outside his AG office in Oakland tomorrow at 5pm to reject this backroom deal? Reject the deal. www.mobilize.us/notabovethel...
mobilize.us
Block the Merger: Don't Settle with Paramount! · Not Above the Law
Join us to rally outside of the California Attorney General's Oakland office! We need Attorney General Rob Bonta to stand strong against a Paramount-Warner Brothers Merger. A core principle behind a...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When I worked at Texas A&M I asked people, why are these students dressed in pretend uniforms? The Corps of Cadets is pretend. It is not a part of the military. It's dress up. Its perfect for a pretend Secretary of Defense.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That's how you make a movie
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 17/09/2026
Damn.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you break bread with Steve Bannon, you will never have my support for anything. You are untrustworthy. You are in direct opposition to my survival.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When a new gold nano rises to replace one of your muses, you name her Isis
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Jeff Billington @facesofjeff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The second part of Don Quixote, where all the characters have read the first part and are winding Quixote and Sancho up, and also they come across the unauthorised sequel, is like proto-Python.
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Twenty years of writing fashion commentary has taught me that this is the single most-cited fashion reference by the general public. People who don't know a thing about fashion or costume design remember this dress. It's safe to call it one of the most remembered dresses of the last hundred years.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Happy Monday!
Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet walking in the forest meme with Piglet asking Pooh, "Is he dead yet?" and, when Pooh responds in the negative, Piglet says "Fuck."
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I have a cousin who was constantly putting me on game with ways that I could get out of my J-O-B and not do all that “smart shit cuz.” I finally explained to them that I LIKE all the smart shit, did in fact choose to do it for a living, and I am very good at it. They never really believed me.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A screenshot of an interaction on X (formerly Twitter).

At the top, Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) quote-tweets a post from Pop Base (@PopBase) that reads: "Apple introduces the foldable iPhone Duo. #AppleEvent", accompanied by two images showing a foldable smartphone. Merriam-Webster adds the caption: "Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828."

Below, user hanaa (@hanasaitoo) replies: "umm who are you??? like genuinely?? ppl dont even know yall so how can we know for sure what you are talking aboutt".

At the bottom, Merriam-Webster replies to hanaa with: "Open the schools."
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's true, folks. It only takes inches of water to drown. Stay safe out there. #RIP Melete (the heir). Your twin Aeode (the spare) will miss you.
Two pink 7th generation iPod nanos
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Looks like this would have gone to waste tonight so it's a good thing no one got it for me I guess.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Appalling behavior on the part of SF Opera tonight. Entered the opera house at 7:35 to no sign of a problem. Had to be told of the cancellation by another attendee. No apology from the employee I confirmed with. This longtime subscriber is not amused. #ISupportTheOrchestra @sfopera.bsky.social
sfchronicle.com
San Francisco Opera cancels opening night after orchestra goes on strike
San Francisco Opera patrons were already in their seats when the company announced that opening night was canceled because of an orchestra strike.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring
Princess Leia in STAR WARS
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Every half-ass plan for our extinction that they provide just turns me on. No internet, you say? No online banking?? No 2FA to use the bathroom at my job??? Baby I was a latchkey kid in the 1980s. You’re describing my platonic ideal. Extinct me.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just want a phone that fits in my hand and has a headphone jack.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"I got a question. If you guys know so much about women, how come you're here at like the Gas 'n' Sip on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere?" ... "By choice, man!"
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is incredible. Glad my Smart TV from 2012 is still dumb vis-à-vis audio I guess. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFV...
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216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2026
I wish I had my own little stock market I could invest in before making business decisions that would benefit my portfolio using taxpayer money.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what Trump did on 9/11.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
I think this is Eddie from Duolingo
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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘COYOTE VS. ACME’ has now officially surpassed the $30M amount Warner Bros. originally planned to write the film off for. The film is now projected to earn over $60M domestically.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
me, enjoying my King David #apples this week
Bears enjoying a delivery of apples at the Kilham Bear Center in Lyme, New Hampshire. September 2020
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
To deny the devastating effects of climate change and the deadly effects of capitalism on steroids, is plain ignorance. What kind of world are we leaving our children and grandchildren?!?!?
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.
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Sylvie @slywit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And I didn't even pick "grinder"
"You talk most like someone from Connecticut"
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