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tru @thetrudz.photo · 2h

😂🎵”so I creep, yeeeaaah…”

Criterion Collection edition of Brief Encounter (1945). Black and white cover of a close up of a woman staring longingly and closely at a man and he at her, similarly. He’s on the sidewalk at train station and she’s on the train near window. Both wearing overcoats; he has on a hat. Title and director name at the bottom right corner, shaped like a train ticket.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 13/10/2026

Watch Rooster. Very good.

Rooster on HBO. Top of diptych is promo image from show with title in serif font on left and Steve Carell’s character on the right doing a walk of shame. On bottom is photograph of Danielle Deadwyler’s character with Steve Carell’s character walking on a northeastern campus, sharing laughs.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 10/10/2026

🍓an unripe strawberry was hidin in there.

Close-up and cropped photograph of four ripe red strawberries surrounding a green unripe strawberry in the center. Photograph by thetrudz.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 06/10/2026

This wannabe Sprite tastes better than real Sprite. It’s 99¢ at Aldi and is crisp like shattered glass in the way McDonald’s Sprite is.

Citrus Twist soda in 2 liter plastic bottle. Label is lime green, light blue, yellow and white.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/10/2026

added some new items to my site🩵 • thetrudz.com/shop • cash.me/$thetrudz • paypal.me/thetrudz • venmo.com/u/thetrudz

New items in my indie artist shop.

Two new 16x20 macro food photography prints (kale and blueberries), a new vinyl collector-themed tee, a new journal with cover design based on a matte version of my 2 classic vinyl-themed prints and a new tote bag for vinyl and other physical media thrifting.

Photographs and more by thetrudz.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 30/09/2026

Finally saw 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. It is excellent. After watching Little Woods earlier this year and Hedda last year, gotta add Nia to fave directors list. I didn’t start 28 franchise until last year, yet ends up being one of my fave franchises.

Poster for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Orange gradient backhand with characters on left and title on right in bold capitalized text.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 30/09/2026

In the past, I shared a macro photograph of kale that I made; a mutual into farming wanted custom print. Shipped her one + added to my site permanently if others are interested. thetrudz.com/shop (Adding more macro food prints soon.)

Macro photograph of a lacinato kale leaf with stem in the middle. Dark green and highly textured close-up. Photograph by thetrudz.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 23/09/2026

My current fave 4 is “good and unique films that more people should watch.” 3/4 have Black directors. The previous fave 4 was a dystopian “damn, shit’s fucked; but, there’s hope too.” bsky.app/profile/thet...

Current Letterboxd fave 4. I Love Boosters; Sing Sing; Little Woods; On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. Posted by thetrudz.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 21/09/2026

“Photos: The precarious life of fisherfolk” www.npr.org/2026/09/20/g...

"Nandu Kumar, 65, sits among fishing boats at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour in Chennai, India. A former fisherman who now sells fish on shore, Kumar says he once smuggled imported alcohol and cigarettes to make a living." Black and white photograph by Viraj Nayar.

"Pavadairayan, 60, a migrant laborer known as a 'basket man,' carries fish in a basket on his head from boats to the auction house at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour in Chennai, India." Black and white photograph by Viraj Nayar.

"Vendors set up their baskets of the morning's catch on the docks, catering to customers that weave through the makeshift market." Black and white photograph by Viraj Nayar.

"A fisherman wades to the shore from his anchored boat, as the sun rises higher in the sky and the activity on the docks winds down for the day." Black and white photograph by Viraj Nayar.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 18/09/2026

😂😂 “Photographer Accidentally Double-Exposes Wedding Photos With Pictures of Her Dog and Cat” petapixel.com/2026/09/18/p... (This happened with a Canon AE-1; photographer was new to using it and couple allowed testing.)

Wedding scene, couple, at night, neon, lights…double exposure with a cat photo.

Wedding scene, couple, at night, neon, lights…double exposure with a dog photo.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 18/09/2026

“24 new movies worth checking out this fall” www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n... I really want to see Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother with Mahershala Ali. Also want to see Once Upon a Time in Harlem.

Scene from the film, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Starring Mahershala Ali. He’s standing in the center of a home, lit warmly, while holding a baby. An older daughter is on left and younger son on right. They’re wearing casual clothes.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 18/09/2026

🩵 Hi. I really could use some immediate support as I’m dealing with major income loss + ongoing health issues. A lot has changed for artists + finding other work has been tough thus far. tysm. • thetrudz.com/shop • patreon.com/thetrudz • cash.me/$thetrudz • paypal.me/thetrudz • venmo.com/u/thetrudz

Photography-themed and music-themed t-shirts. White one with film cameras on it. Black audiophile one with white text. And two white ones that mention vinyl, blue and pink text. Shirts and images of shirts by thetrudz.

Vinyl collector-themed poster prints, music-themed stickers and my book, Insights: Film & Television (Reflections, Reviews & Resources) which is ten years (2013-2023) of indie writing on film, television, music and more. Includes essays and also film reviews. All work by thetrudz.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 14/09/2026

How I feel watching a show all my friends like but I don’t like it and I’m trying to…

Young White guy with short curly blonde hair, wearing blue sweatshirt with white block lettering. He’s straining to hold something in; veins are popping out on his forehead and neck.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 09/09/2026

Finally watching this…

Poster for the 2026 film, The Drama, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. Posed as a couple at a wood diner booth next to a brick wall. He’s wearing a dark jacket and dark slacks; she’s wearing an orange puffer jacket over a white dress with curly hair pinned up. The film title in both serif and sans serif bold white text up top.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 27/08/2026

I watched Dolly’s documentary Here I Am more recently and not ready for a rewatch of Steel Magnolias, so my Dolly upcoming watchlist:

Dolly films she’s in or funded. 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Straight Talk, Joyful Noise, The Library that Dolly Built and Still Working 9 to 5.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 26/08/2026

🥳🎉4️⃣7️⃣ 🖤🤍 a tough year ngl, so I thought about what am I usually doing when I feel happiest and that’s taking pictures, still.

Black and white selfie, holding a large dSLR on shoulder. Hair in locs and braided back, dark eye makeup and lipstick, with rope necklace and beaded bracelets. Long tee under short tee. Standing in front of older building. Smartphone selfie of and by thetrudz.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 19/08/2026

This part made me cry.

Image from article shows two young Black boys, the author Damien Davis and his brother who later died from sickle cell. One wearing red checkered sweater and one wearing matching yellow checkered sweater.

Article excerpt reads: “One of the works that was broken apart and sold off from my storage unit had been part of my exhibition For Demetrius at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum in 2019. The show was named for my late brother, who died from sickle cell disease in 2009, and it marked the tenth anniversary of his passing. That work was never meant to circulate casually. It was an act of remembrance, a way of holding grief in form. Knowing that it had been dismantled and redistributed without context was emotionally devastating in a way that is difficult to explain. It felt like a second loss, quieter than the first, but no less final.

Recently, news circulated about a breakthrough gene therapy that has effectively cured sickle cell disease in at least one patient. I read it with a complicated mix of relief and grief. Scientific progress arrived too late to change my brother’s life, just as recognition arrived too late to protect the work that bore his name. These timelines do not align. They rarely do. What remains is the knowledge that some forms of care only appear after loss has already done its work.”

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 19/08/2026

Read this painful piece about an artist who couldn’t afford to keep his storage unit in NYC, so it was auctioned. Someone bought it and sold his art off as incomplete parts. An additional trauma for artists beyond what’s normally lost via economic suffering. hyperallergic.com/when-artists...

“When Artists Lose Their Archives” by Damien Davis via Hyperallergic.

Article (via Hyperallergic) excerpts (2) read:

“There is a particular kind of shame that comes with losing your own work. Not the spectacular kind. Not the kind that arrives with a public failure or a dramatic ending. This shame is quieter. It settles in the body. It convinces you not to tell anyone. It suggests that if you were more responsible, more successful, more organized, this would not have happened. It tells you that asking for help would only confirm what you already fear, that you were never supposed to need it in the first place.”

“This was not just the loss of objects. It was the loss of authorship, sequencing, and context. Works that were never meant to exist independently were broken apart and reintroduced to the world as aesthetic fragments. My archive had become modular in the most violent sense. Not by choice, but by necessity and market indifference.”

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 18/08/2026

I love these flower photographs I made in the past; they’re tulips my BFF gave me when I was going through a lot, a few months before a major surgery. 😌😌 very simple black and whites >>>

Black and white photograph of the open bulbs of three tulips.

Black and white photograph of the open bulbs and leaves of four tulips.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 13/08/2026

I immediately thought of this… www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was On Purpose.” via Chris Colin; The Atlantic

“Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”

Article image is a skeleton on a laptop in an armchair with orange background.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 11/08/2026

I have not stopped thinking about this film. youtu.be/Oj0PsaP2ZqQ?...

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 04/08/2026

I finally watched Wonder Man. The first two episodes were a lil rough for me, but by the end of the series I was like…

Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad says “someone cooked here.”

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 28/07/2026

🥲🥲 lmaooo tbh I could’ve told them this before the quiz

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 27/07/2026

Very pleased with my current fave 4 being “damn, shit’s fucked; but, there’s hope too.”

Letterboxd current favorite four, dystopian sci-fi selections: 28 Days Later, Project Hail Mary, Attack The Block and 40 Acres.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 17/07/2026

Ooo. I love The Odyssey. And it’s so fucking loud my bones were rattling. Can’t wait to see it again lol. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 14/07/2026

Me to people who have already seen The Odyssey…

“I don’t really care if something good happened to you. It shouldn’t have happened to me instead.” Meme.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 11/07/2026

I’m so sad.🙁🙁

Article excerpt (Todd Spangler;Variety) reads: “Letterboxd’s owners have held early talks with a number of potential buyers — including Netflix, according to an unconfirmed report by Puck. Others reportedly looking at Letterboxd include Sony Pictures Entertainment, David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance (and RedBird Capital Partners, a key Paramount financial backer) and private-equity giant TPG. Also supposedly kicking the tires on Letterboxd is Reddit co-creator Alexis Ohanian, who is founder and general partner of VC firm Seven Seven Six.”

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 11/07/2026

I didn’t get the standard issue Payless bobos, but the fact I twisted my ankle eleventeen times in these cursed sandals…

Black backless platform sandal with large single elastic band across the top.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 11/07/2026

Patreon now has a TL feature and calls the short posts Quips, different from traditional patron-only posts. Both patrons and members (and public) can see the TL. I’m using Quips for Q&A + news… More info: tinyurl.com/quips-info Quips timeline: tinyurl.com/quips-timeline

Screencap of 3 Patreon quips, or short posts in their own public timeline that mirror other text-driven social media platforms, but newly on Patreon. Black & white photographs in posts and Patreon page by thetrudz. More info on patreon.com/thetrudz.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 09/07/2026

Daggett: “I’m in charge.” Bane: “Do you feel in charge?” Daggett: “I’ve paid you a small fortune.” Bane: “And this gives you power over me?”

Daggett (Ben Mendelsohn) and Bane (Tom Hardy) in The Dark Knight Rises. Daggett looks up to Bane and Bane looks down on him with his hand menacingly on his shoulder, implying superior force, both intellectually and physically. Daggett is wearing a grey pinstriped suit. Bane is wearing a black jacket with pockets and a unique black mask that wraps around the head.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 06/07/2026

Currently watching this film. This shit is so ridiculous omg.😹😹

Film poster for the film, Send Help. Sky is blood red on an island with two palm tree silhouettes on the right. Rachel McAdams’ character is between the trees, covered in dirt and blood. On the left is the film title in sans-serif all caps yellow text with stylized cracks in it.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/07/2026

👵🏾🎧 a lot. Salsa music.apple.com/us/playlist/... World Sound music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

“Salsa” playlist on Apple Music. Featuring artists such as Hector Lavoe, Eddie Palmieri, Buena Vista Social Club, Africando and more.

“World Sound” playlist on Apple Music. Featuring artists such as Salif Keita, Toto la Momposina, Boubacar Traoré, Elvis Crespo and more.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/07/2026

Trying to watch this film but whew this is a struggle idk.😬😬

Promo poster for the film Strung. Poster is a burnt sienna gradient with film title in serif capitalized text in cream on the center left. On right is a female child in a carved mask standing next to Cloe Bailey’s character Laila, with enlarged violin covering part of her face.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 04/07/2026

I see what you did there. Havent seen anyone discuss The Last Supper/Renaissance framing in some scenes from The Bear but would read tf out of that.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 24/06/2026

A perfect summer album.

Album cover for the vinyl version of The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe. She has her hands on her head with head tilted upward and eyes closed. Wearing braids with beads and a wet orange shirt. General vibe of album is a a hot summer. Album title in yellow capitalized stylized text at bottom center.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 23/06/2026

LMAO, correct. (Also, I think about this American Gangster scene all the time. It’s absolutely incredible. This scene ran so that the scene below with Daniel Kaluuya in Widows could fly.)

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 04/06/2026

Winners from the World Food Photography Awards (2026) www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

“Winner, Bring Home the Harvest: Marco Rutten, Netherlands

At sunrise beneath Kolkata's Howrah Bridge, a small crew hauls in nets from the Hooghly River. Their catch will be sold in nearby markets and cooked that same morning in Bengali homes. The image captures a quiet harvest taking place beneath one of the city's busiest crossings.”

“Winner, Food for the Family: Michela Balboni and Federico Borella, Italy

In Samarkand, Uzbekistan, a child reaches towards hot non bread fresh from the family tandoor. Dense and round with a thick chewy crust, always marked at the centre with black sesame seeds, Samarkand non is one of the city's defining foods.”

“Winner, Street Food: Kara Baird, Australia

In Kyoto's Nishiki Market, a fleeting moment is captured through the crush of shoppers, steam, heat and movement. Known as ‘Kyoto's kitchen’, the market has long been one of the city's great food thoroughfares, where street snacks, pickles, seafood and sweets are packed into narrow lanes. This image catches the intensity of the market at its busiest.”

“Winner, Jamie Oliver Youth Prize 13-17: Indigo Larmour

During Chhath Puja in West Bengal, India, devotees stand in water holding food offerings to Surya, the Sun god. The festival, observed largely by women, is rooted in gratitude, purification and devotion.”

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 04/06/2026

Absolutely amazing soundtrack. Listen to this, ignore the film altogether lol.

The Woman in Red soundtrack, with Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick. Album cover is white with a woman in red dress blowing in wind and man watching her. Title in cursive font in red with credits in black and red. Album cover is vinyl and on black office chair near a window.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 30/05/2026

Hmm. Sigma marketing this “simplified” camera, but I like when cameras have 50-11 buttons lol. (This is so Apple-coded too.) tech.yahoo.com/cameras/arti...

New simplified camera from Sigma. Sigma BF; full-frame, mirrorless. Silver body and silver lens. Large LCD with only a handful of buttons.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 30/05/2026

Some photojournalism via “the week around the world in 20 pictures” in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

“Newark, New Jersey, US - People wave from inside the Delaney Hall detention centre to protesters supporting a hunger strike among those detained. According to activists, between 300 and 400 detainees are participating in the strike, demanding improved food, ventilation.”

Photograph: Ryan Murphy/Reuters

“Lagos, Nigeria - A worshipper uses a fan inside the compound of the Celestial Church of Christ international headquarters in the neighbourhood of Ketu in Lagos.”

Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images

“Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo - A coordinator with U-Reporters takes part in a campaign to raise awareness against Ebola in Goma. The death rate of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is between 30% and 50%, the World Health Organization has said, as its head arrived in the country this week to support efforts to contain the disease.”

Photograph: Marie Jeanne Munyerenkana/EPA

“Wonosobo, Indonesia - Muslim women take photographs of Mount Sindoro before offering Eid al-Adha prayers in the village of Butuh.”

Photograph: Dwi Oblo/Reuters

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 26/05/2026

This type of nonsense makes me not want to use bsky. Why are there consistent non-visible comments here? Reminds me of bird app (derogatory).

Screencap of a Bluesky post that shows 3 reposts and 8 likes. Also shows 1 comment in the comment count, but it’s not visible.

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