so busy with my stupid spy shows i missed the one happening in real time. this is a good read on syria.
was about ready for a new pair of hikers moreso after i stepped in dog shit and the cleanup took off more than just the dogshit. still wearable but i started looking. i was hoping for something other than the merrell moabs which are fine and you can usually find a good deal on them ive had two pairs but they are kind of drab but serviceable. when ive gone away from them i usually end up with something too stiff, ya know, for actual hiking, and i probably did the same again but i found a good price on these today $76 (!!!) so i figured id give them a go. not my first color option but thats what was available. even has free returns. i did check to see if the seller was legit and according to reddit they are.
NY sports concession history
machine in the studio
there should be a new show i want to watch every night that i can then complain about. oh hey, december 5th, you say. not soon enough!
Mike Leigh is featured this month on criterion. I've seen all in this collection but The Short and Curlies which I'll probably skip because it's a short. Meantime was the first film of his I saw and remains a favorite.
movie magic
please dont take the brown sriracha.
(did i buy it anyway? maybe.)
Mondo New York
wasnt as enamored with the conclave as others seem to be. def missed some of it by not having subtitles on but i thought it was gonna be more of a tense whodunnit and it was tense but more like rigor mortis.
coffee bean prices hit highest mark since 1977.
done
Rover (The Prisoner)
Exit Interview
Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵
— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) November 27, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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saw the same thing yesterday as they shutdown down 33 st between 7th and 8th to create a pedestrian zone just north of msg.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/11/27/sound-vision-two-broadway-blocks-to-get-permanent-upgrades
Three by Jacques Audiard on criterion channel. Read My Lips, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, and Dheepan. After them I took a deeper dive. All but one of his movies revolve around criminals, are well-written and acted, and - spoiler alert - have happy endings. Paris, 13th District is about a love triangle—no crime—and is free, along with his films Rust And Bone and A Prophet on Amazon Prime if you're a subscriber.
The Swimmer
black friday hulu deal 99 cents a month for a year..... ad-supported. i didnt go for it. could deal with tv show ads but reading they add ads to movies as well which is base. still. hard deal to beat. think i saw max for $3 a month for six months. some peacock deal? maybe $20 for the year which id go for if i was still soccer mad which i am not.
conceptual art in magazine form
mike, lead the way!
with the post election swing bluesky is finally making serious inroads into twitter. thread has supposedly 200 million users but everyone just ported over an account from instagram and it hasnt quite become the place. bluesky just topped 18 million users but more importantly prominent journalists and sports media people have begun to use it in earnest dragging their brands in their wake. as proof of its popularity the trolls have started to show up as well. how this is handled will be an interesting test. so far ive seen block lists that are user generated but just today in one thread i saw numerous accounts that were newly minted to own the libs as it were. at the very least, theyll never be able to dominate as theyve been enabled to since buying placement in comments killed twitter threads which were toxic to begin with.
in the meantime i was just slowly scrubbing my follows on twitter once they make the move or are inactive already. otherwise fun to see who the last holdouts will be. someone mentioned it had to do with the fact that most of the software that allows you to post on multiple sites simultaneously havent added bluesky as an option yet but that seems like it will have to be rectified in short order.
The Substance
2h 21marcane has been quite good though the second season does feel rushed now that i know they are closing up shop after this one when five were originally planned. apparently its the most expensive anime(tion) series produced at $250 million for 18 episodes.
