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Josette Torres, MFA

@speedwaybeef.bsky.social
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Poet for hire (Purdue BA / Virginia Tech MFA). Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network fan account. Basketball and the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race for life. 📍Blacksburg, Virginia

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Virginia Tech @virginiatech.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has appointed Richard Linton as the university’s 17th president. Linton, an alumnus, will succeed Tim Sands, who will continue as president until Linton assumes office at the start of the spring semester. ➡️ go.vt.edu/utpP7
A portrait of Richard Linton. Text on screen reads "Richard Linton, 17th president of Virginia Tech."
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David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social · 11h
James Spader looks like he is preparing for a role as Karl Marx in Vision Quest
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 9h
if there were ever a video specifically targeted to my interests, well, here it is. beer, midwest autumn agriculture, a basso profondissimo, audio technology and analysis, did i mention beer? youtu.be/vb-bzsyBviM
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World's Largest PUMPKIN SUBWOOFER
YouTube video by ALPHA SOUND
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 9h
It is a film everyone should see, it breaks my heart that there is something universal discussed at the very end of the movie but you can't clip it and show it to someone because it requires having watched all three hours prior to it
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Hazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Great to see the Newham Recorder looking into pressing local issues like: have they tradwifed Aunt Bessie?
Aunt Bessie, which is a brand of frozen and packaged roast dinner bits, with the older, more matronly logo on the left and a younger, clearly make up wearing and doing the mild Tiktok face version on the right
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 20h
What do movies like What Does That Nature Say to You, A Poet and Late Fame reveal about how we view poets?
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What Three Recent Films Reveal About How We View Poets and Poetry
We probably already have the definitive film about an artist for this decade, in Ira Sachs’s Peter Hujar’s Day. The idiosyncratic biopic makes the right choices, giving us in a sliver of time the d…
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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 11/10/2026
My wife and I just watched the closing episode of 70 Up and we both felt a sudden and overwhelming sense of loss. We saw 28 Up in Santa Monica when we'd been married a year and have followed ever since. What a privilege to follow these lives. Our thanks to everyone responsible.
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Sally McSurly @sallymcsurly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shoutout to all my friends who still bartend in downtown Blacksburg, your night is about to get #worse
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Garden of EDonz @edonz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
First October friday night in Blacksburg produced a ghost
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 03/10/2026
giving northwestern money to spend was a mistake
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 30/09/2026
The “Insane” Cinematography of Pride and Prejudice (2005). “I want to talk about how director Joe Wright created some of the best extended tracking shots, ones, long takes, that I've ever seen." [kottke.org]
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The “Insane” Cinematography of Pride and Prejudice
I love 2005’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightly & Matthew Macfadyen and directed by Joe Wright. So I really enjoyed Danny Boyd’s video essay about the great cinematography in the film. Pride & Prejudice isn
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Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How the gaming term "larping" became a word for posers.
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How LARPing, a Gaming Term, Became a Word for Posers
Live-action role playing was associated with games like Dungeons & Dragons. Now, it’s a way to call someone out for being inauthentic.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 01/10/2026
Ominous Thunderstorm Rolling Across the Fields, a three-hour, high-quality recording of thunderstorms in the distance in the Slovakian countryside. And the channel has lots more atmospheric videos like it. [kottke.org]
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Ominous Thunderstorm Rolling Across the Fields
This is a three-hour, high-quality recording of thunderstorms in the distance in the Slovakian countryside. The rest of the channel is loaded of similar (and similarly long) atmospheric videos: thunderstorms, blizzards,
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you, like Alix Earle, have never read a book, we would like to offer you this guide. buff.ly/LTQa94e
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9 books to read if you, a fully grown adult, have never read a book.
In a recent interview with Interview magazine, influencer Alix Earle admitted that she has never read a book. Speaking for myself and the collective reaction in the Lit Hub Slack, this was shocking…
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026
The death of web development education. “The income from my book sales went from being enough for me to live off (2024) to zero (2026).” [molily.de]
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The death of web development education – Rescuing a field from disappearing
Rescuing a field from disappearing
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 30/09/2026
i dunno what it says about me or the ACC that it's Tuesday night and I'm just finally figuring out that the last two minutes of a one-score VPI-BC game are lost forever because ESPN lost power at the broadcast site & nobody will ever see it
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After 26 years, Cyberselfish, Paulina Borsook’s prophetic look at big tech, is more relevant than ever. buff.ly/TCxeCCw
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A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print
Paulina Borsook saw there was something rotten afoot in Silicon Valley in the 1990s, and in her book Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, she set out…
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 25/09/2026
Now We Can Sing is the first single from Max Richter’s upcoming album, While the Flood Rages, which will be available wherever you stream your music on Oct 16. [youtube.com]
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Max Richter - Now We Can Sing (Visualiser)
'Now We Can Sing', the first single from Max Richter's new album 'While The Flood Rages', out 16 October.
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Dre Harrison @dreharrison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Let's talk about the main sticking point from Azerbaijan - Franco Colapinto, and the abuse his fanbase dishes out in the name of Argentina. #F1
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*Cracking down on rave parties as apparently France in 2026 has no greater national-security issues mixmag.net/feature/pari...
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As France cracks down on free parties, 350,000 people dance in protest at Paris’ Techno Parade
Following a two-year hiatus, the return of Paris’ Techno Parade couldn’t be more timely. The French RIPOST law, adopted this summer, threatens organisers of undeclared free parties with eye-watering f...
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Joseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Olive Garden to replace former Portage Quaker Steak and Lube as demolition commences nwitimes.com/news/local/a...
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Olive Garden to replace former Portage Quaker Steak and Lube as demolition commences
The landmark Quaker Steak and Lube, a longtime fixture on Portage's dining scene, is being torn down to make way for an Olive Garden.
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Matthew Fraser @matthewfraser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Visitors to Paris are returning home with French butter stuffed in their luggage. They buy it at La Grande Épicerie behind the Bon Marché on the Left Bank.
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The High-Stakes Pursuit of Smuggling Butter Home From Paris
Tourists are lugging their own insulated bags and ice packs and asking hotels for freezer favors to make sure their golden bars make it back in one piece.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
How a pop star vs. bookseller clash drove Bonnie Slotnick to jail. buff.ly/Tm6yJL6
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How Harry Styles drove a bookseller to jail.
Harry Styles, the amphibious pop star who’s just coming off a 30 day engagement at Madison Square Garden, has made a new enemy. And I’m not talking about Channing Tatum. Meet Bonnie Slo…
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 24/09/2026
Kids who are too young for social media are chatting in the comments section of NPR’s podcasts on Spotify. Kid says: “I think we just like looked for podcasts that didn’t have many comments." Nature finds a way. [kottke.org]
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The 🔥🔥🔥 New Social App: NPR Podcasts Comments Section on Spotify
{Ira Glass voice} On this week’s episode of This American Life, the story of middle schoolers too young for social media chatting in the comments section of NPR’s podcasts on Spotify. From the transcript: And it was j
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 23/09/2026
Engaging read on how the Bugs Bunny cartoon What’s Opera, Doc? was made. “To get the extra work done, Jones and his crew secretly shaved a couple weeks off other, easier films and faked their time cards. It was something they did on occasion.” [animationobsessive.substack.com]
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Why ‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ Looks Like That
It’s one of the really famous cartoons. If you’re reading this newsletter, you’ve probably watched it yourself. After almost 70 years, What’s Opera, Doc? endures.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Katie Clapham on the joys of eavesdropping as a bookseller, hearing everything from “the worst of all the swears” to...wigglers? buff.ly/g0BVMDv
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The Joy of Eavesdropping as a Bookseller in an English Seaside Town
Friday, September 6 Honestly, the first thing I heard this morning as someone walked past the bookshop door I cannot even type because it includes the worst of all the swears, but I will tell you t…
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Joseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lubeznik to bring sample of Detroit's famed Heidelberg Project to Region nwitimes.com/life-enterta...
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Lubeznik to bring sample of Detroit's famed Heidelberg Project to Region
Detroit’s internationally known Heidelberg Project is coming to Northwest Indiana, with works by artist Tyree Guyton going on display in Michigan City next spring.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 23/09/2026
The Museum of Time-Based Art. “My idea for this site is to build an exhaustive, authoritative compendium of every art project that uses time as part of the work.” [motba.art]
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The Museum of Time Based Art
Celebrating artists who commit to long-duration and daily creative practices.
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Joseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
East Chicago’s first female Hispanic councilwoman Rosemarie Gomez dies at 100 nwitimes.com/news/local/l...
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East Chicago’s first female Hispanic councilwoman Rosemarie Gomez dies at 100
Rosemarie Gomez, East Chicago’s first Hispanic woman to serve on the City Council, died Sept. 19 at age 100.
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Joseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gary food event to celebrate community's post-storm resilience nwitimes.com/news/local/l...
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Gary food event to celebrate community's post-storm resilience
Brunchin’ on Broadway returns Saturday with food, music and art while highlighting Gary businesses recovering in the aftermath of the Aug. 11 storm.
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Hazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
tired of everything being shit? want a nap? bored out of your nut? inexplicably missing F1? well sounds like you should be watching the all-day stream of the British hillclimb title decider; easy to get the hang of, you've got to get up the hill fast www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqt...
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LIVE British Hillclimb Championship TITLE DECIDER - Prescott 2026
YouTube video by HillClimb.TV
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 21/09/2026
I love these login.jp_ videos; this one features English DJ & producer Bonobo playing some downtempo ambient electronica in a Shinjuku dyeing workshop. [kottke.org]
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Music for the Dyeing
I believe I have featured login.jp_ here before — they pair electronic music with different locations around Japan to highlight the Japanese experience. For their latest video, they had English DJ & producer Bonobo play
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“When the president does anything today, there will be no TV camera with the president that is broadcasting and sharing this footage” with the wider press corps and networks around the world." Stelter: "Last I checked, this president likes to be on camera." www.cnn.com/newsletters/...
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Joseph S. Pete @nwi-jsp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rita's Italian Ice & Custard opening across from Pat's Ice Cream Parlor in Valpo nwitimes.com/news/local/b...
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Rita's Italian Ice & Custard opening across from Pat's Ice Cream Parlor in Valpo
Rita's Italian Ice & Custard plans to open in downtown Valparaiso.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The director/camera crew having the idea to locate a SeatGeek sign in the stadium and zoom in on GEEK and get it on the broadcast within 10 seconds of Benetti nerding out is the pinnacle of sports broadcasting
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15/09/2026
With a new installment every seven years since 1964, the Seven Up series has followed a group of 14 British schoolchildren from adolescence to adulthood. The final installment, 70 Up, directed by Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy), is out this week. [theguardian.com]
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‘It’s the Bayeux tapestry of TV!’ After six decades, the seminal series bows out with 70 Up
The ‘hugely important artefact’ that’s followed 14 children since they were seven is set to air its final instalment. The now-septuagenarians and director Asif Kapadia talk about breaking new ground for 63 years – and changing TV for ever
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Who actually benefits in an MFA workshop? Devon Halliday explores why these spaces might need “a greater clarity of purpose.” buff.ly/DIZ5opg
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Who Are MFA Workshops *Really* For?
How many writers does it take to fix a short story? The premise of the creative writing workshop is that it takes a room full of writers, reading and offering feedback and working through the kinks…
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 16/09/2026
Usenet-Rewind: search over 1 billion Usenet text posts from 1981 to the present. [usenet-rewind.com]
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Usenet-Rewind
Search Usenet news text-message archives from 1981 to present across hundreds of thousands of newsgroups.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 17/09/2026
This is fun: Red Bull took over one of the karting tracks at Silverstone (home of the British Grand Prix), put 100 regular folks in karts, positioned four-time F1 champ Max Verstappen at the back of the pack, and gave him 75 minutes to pass everyone. [kottke.org]
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Max Verstappen vs. 100 Normies in Go-Karts
This is fun: Red Bull took over one of the karting tracks at Silverstone (home of the British Grand Prix), put 100 regular folks in karts, positioned four-time F1 champ Max Verstappen at the back of the pack, and gave hi
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Dre Harrison @dreharrison.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The first woman (Abbi Pulling) doing an Indy NXT Evaluation test on Monday. Neat. www.motorsport.com/indylights/n...
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Abbi Pulling headlines 11-driver Indy NXT test at Indianapolis
USF Pro Championships standout G3 Argyros and former Mercedes F1 junior Alex Powell are among the prospects set to test with five teams at the Brickyard
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 17/09/2026
Using a Railway as a Massive Flatbed Scanner. By taking a camera, pointing it out the window of a train, and keeping track of how fast the train is moving, you can create very wide panoramic scans of the scenery. [kottke.org]
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Using a Railway as a Massive Flatbed Scanner
By taking a camera, pointing it out the window of a train, and keeping track of how fast the train is moving, you can create very wide panoramic scans of the scenery. It’s a little more complicated than that — all
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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 17/09/2026
It's never been easier to locate and borrow or buy out of print books. Never in the entire history of books. Yet 99.9999% of all book talk on social media is about books that are in print. Centuries of gold awaits. But hardly anyone takes the chance. I just don't get it.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 18/09/2026
From our own Edith Zimmerman for the New Yorker, some Updated Jane Austen Titles like Dead-Ass Karen and Red-Flag Baddie and Brain-Rot Third Space. [newyorker.com]
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Updated Jane Austen Titles
Including “Brain-Rot Third Space” and “Based and Vibey.”
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 18/09/2026
Instant click for me: how NYC street signs are made. “The sign shop…has a staff of 46 workers, including seven letterers who lay out signs by hand and a blacksmith who makes custom brackets to securely attach signs to traffic poles.” [nytimes.com]
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There Are Over 1 Million N.Y.C. Street Signs. Here’s How They Are Made.
From Cornelia Street to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the 46 workers in this Queens building bring to life the words and symbols that guide the city.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19/09/2026
I do NOT remember there ever being four simultaneous primetime broadcast TV kickoffs before
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9/19/2026 19:30:00    ABC    LSU            Ole Miss
9/19/2026 19:30:00    CBS    BYU            Colorado State
9/19/2026 19:30:00    NBC    Michigan State  Notre Dame
9/19/2026 19:30:00    FOX    Colorado       Northwestern
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Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I just really want to not get off the train at my stop, which is about twenty seconds from where I am now, but instead stay on until Coney Island and sit on a bench and watch a family dance to bluetooth while the ocean comes across in scalloped glimmers.
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
*Is Keaton's train crash "funny," the audience at the time didn't think so *It's not a joke about a train crashing, it's actually a Keatonesque joke about cinema and its ability to command apparent reality "Comedians do funny things, great comedians do things funny" youtu.be/sn9AdwQr2jE?...
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The General (1926)- Train crash
YouTube video by O-Dog Kubrick
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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
To brighten your timeline.
Different types of tomatoes on a table. Some very dark red / green, others more orange.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19/09/2026
AS CALLED BY ANDREW ALLEGRETTA ON VANDERBILT RADIO AND MATT CHAZANOW ON NC STATE RADIO:
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