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Happy Birthday Michael Powell, here seen performing a magic trick with a single sheet of paper. I only planned to post that one shot of the paper drifting down, but then I was reminded of the miraculous sound of it all! The unearthly choir! The footsteps! The echoes! And half the set is a painting!

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ceej @ceej.online · 29/09/2026

emulsions… very “enemies-to-lovers”

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ordering a bento box by saying "I'm incredibly stressed" and letting them go from there.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mike Leigh at NYFF tonight: ‘I’ve said it before, and I don’t mind saying it again: film directors who make long speeches about their film before a screening should be taken round the back & shot in the head.’

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should legislate that there's one song you're allowed to sing along to if it comes up on the work playlist and nobody is allowed to throw things at you.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Never happier than when I have an opportunity to put a dollop of greek yogurt or sour cream into a bowl of soup.

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 13/05/2023

Sometimes you don't realize how much you say "ooh la la" till they play your 911 call on the local news

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Poster for HOT SPOT (aka I WAKE UP SCREAMING) displayed prominently in THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, and yet no 20-minute scene where those nerds dissect the career of H. Bruce Humberstone. Fan service my ass.

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wool tweed "Peachy" dress worn #onthisday in 1962 by its designer, Mary Quant, while unpacking her J.C. Penney collection at the British Embassy in Washington D.C. #OTD 📷️ Victoria & Albert Museum

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have a social event tonight and I swear my body is already lashing out in revolt. Things are creaking that have never creaked before.

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Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes I don't know about pop culture stuff because I am busy doing other pop culture stuff and also trying to keep mice out of my garage and other things that siphon away time from my finite life.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tonight's rewatch was THE MASK OF ZORRO, a film that cares for its audience by giving them Antonio Banderas in three decreasing levels of scruffiness.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

First we must address why this poor child has spent over 200 years without socks on.

One of the three Jaquet-Droz automata. On the left, the little automaton sits at a desk writing. On the right, his red velvet coat opened to reveal his inner workings.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The race between your pants drying in the dryer and the person who's supposed to show up at your house at an unspecified time.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Joan in that unbuttoned jumpsuit? Ugh she's so cool and hot.

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Claude Rains between takes on the set of Deception (1946)

Actor Claude Rains — in costume, dressed in a black tuxedo sans jacket — captured facing the camera while perched on a wooden stool, left foot raised, right on the floor, his hands resting on the top of a stair rail, the steps out of view, an orchestra seated behind him, in a full-length black-and-white shot taken from beneath during a break from filming on the set of Deception (1946)

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A man is coming to assess some of our dangerous trees today and I never feel more intimidated than when I'm in the presence of someone who understands both chainsaws and physics.

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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 26/09/2026

Canada was a manufacturing leader in hi-fi systems in the 1950s and 1960s. Friends. Romans. Country people. Let me present you the Clairtone G2.

A Clairtone G2 stereo system with two shelf layers, the lower being a turntable and amp plus a box for records the upper shelf beings being something I’m not sure and on either side. There are black spheres that are actually the speakers there are four of them it is against a white wall and a floor that is made of blonde hard wood

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

During what I hope is only a brief global interest in Alberta due to our loudest 30%, as is tradition, making the rest of us look bad, I will be your on-the-ground reporter, here to cry a futile "bullshit" when the international news says weird stuff that makes no sense.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anthony Asquith's LIBEL, and it's because curating a watchlist is its own hobby, like buying craft supplies.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

happy first (full) day of fall, bluesky

ina garten in a witch hat saying “If you can't summon the flames directly from hell, store-bought is fine.”

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Weekly I am injured by a panini.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

All chores are equally awful UNLESS it's a day where you can blast showtunes through the entire house. Then the chores become the mindless thing you accomplish while achieving your true aim, which is belting so loud that your cats run away.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I had two coffees this morning and then an Americano at lunch and then my coworker brought me another Americano and I would never not consume a gift and anyway, anyhoo, anyhow, I hope you all are gonna like my 3am thoughts.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Imagine when no mic can pick up the sound of his voice ever again. Makes the scalp tingle to think about it.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In what I suspect is a sign of love from the universe, restaurants serving breakfast sandwiches keep opening up within walking distance of my desk, and I intend to sustain them all.

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

REBECCA - written by me, illustrated by Sydney Smith. It comes out tomorrow. I am very proud of this book, and greatly indebted to Sydney, who took a personal story and made it timeless. I hope you like it.

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My enemies are amassing on the outskirts of town. Probably to apologise for their grievous misconduct

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I am a year shy of 40 and was told there would be no more zits, AND YET.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Times are very hard and if we're going to engage in a little patriotism, let it be rooted in Terry Fox and Gander and Tommy Douglas and anyone or anything else that reinforces that charity, community, and endurance are what make us strong.

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ceej @ceej.online · 19/09/2026

got a new phone and had to wait like four hours to get back on bluesky. did you guys know there’s grass outside

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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A West Side Story rehearsal, 1957

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I dunno, things are pretty bad and I think we should give the papal orb a shot.

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

[being murdered] murderer: (murdering) what are you doing on your phone me: (putting away phone) my bad what's up what's going on

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A reminder that the cover of S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall’s autobiography looked like this.

THE STORY OF CUDDLES:

MY LIFE
UNDER THE EMPEROR
FRANCIS JOSEPH
ADOLF HITLER
AND THE WARNER BROTHERS

by S.Z SAKALL

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 17/09/2026

Subway Takes in Toronto the first guest is going to be the demonic pineapple that taught us French in the 90s

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's one thing to have that man target us, but what is especially horrific is watching the American newsmedia and pundit class willfully—and sometimes, we are starting to suspect, maliciously—frame the actions of our government as petty, rather than the prevention of something truly unthinkable.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have criticisms of Carney, but his superpower is showing the world that you simply don't have to do whatever this greasy heap of hair scraped out from behind a fry station tells you to.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Somebody tell this man that the audience for his humiliation fetish is getting smaller and smaller.

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Sarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I hope closer alignment with the EU means closer alignment with EU standards on paid annual leave. Would love to see "Well, we're better off than the U.S." eliminated as the metric by which we judge our quality of life.

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