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I watched part of One Battle After Another but I'm not that interested in re-watching the whole thing. I'm sure it's a great movie; it's just not my cup of tea. But I very much enjoyed this spoiler-filled article about how The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R.
I finally remembered in December to pay for Dreamwidth points. I'm trying to be better about paying for stuff I actually really like and use.
To that end, I renewed my subscription to Zeteo. The most recent thing I watched of theirs that was great, was this interview with Iranian-Jewish-Israeli comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi, who talks about growing up in a small Israeli village nicknamed "The Oasis of Peace", where Israelis and Palestinians intentionally lived together. She's now got a documentary called "Coexistence My Ass".
Equator also continues to bring gorgeous, heartbreaking writing and news, and I'm pretty sure I will subscribe once I sort out other subscriptions and bills for 2025. It is one of the few publications where I actually want to read everything. Some articles that stand out: How Gaza Broke the Art World - from the former editor of ArtForum and how he got fired for speaking up on Gaza, The Demand for Silence - on the unspoken and increasing costs of the Ukrainian war on Ukrainians themselves, Caste and Chappals - a translation of a memoir about being Dalit and what having shoes means, We Have Talked Enough About Ourselves - How the marriage of American exceptionalism and liberal Zionism led to genocide.
Apparently the boycott against PenAmerica has been lifted.

Why The Left Can't Stand The New York Times:
The paper’s collective decision to dedicate space—even in the infinite arena of Web content—and resources to such utterly meaningless and unnewsworthy trivialities indicates an editorial commitment not to journalism, but to educated-middle-class dinner party talking points.
Feminist writer Rebecca Solnit on mansplaining and #MeToo:
Ideas such as these, which are squishy and unquantifiable, are anathema to me. But Solnit herself gravitates towards such things. Her writing is deeply psychological; at many points during the course of our interview she refers to how things “feel”, and she rails against the “tyranny of the quantifiable”. Speaking of the growing wealth gap in America, for example, she says, “it just feels like you have these warlord empires and people who must faithfully serve them, and then the starving outside the castle gates.” True enough, and yet I find myself wishing that she would pepper her passionately felt arguments with a few sharp Piketty-esque data points, low-hanging fruit that is there for the taking.
I Make $140k, Have Great Benefits - But Have No Idea What My Passion Is - I'm mostly jealous of this person because I'm in the same boat but I don't make six figures. I'm too tired after work and kids to figure out a side hustle, and I'd rather be reading.
Momo Isn't What Parents Need To Worry About on YouTube - My FB parenting groups are driving me crazy with their postings/warnings about Momo. JUST. FUCKING. STOP. Also, is it like a rule that no matter what the parenting group is actually about, it will eventually devolve into sentimental schmaltz and warnings about the next dangerous trend? Because it's really annoying.
Rolling Stone Interview With AOC.

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