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7 Nov 2025
Thrilled that IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SURVIVE: THE YOUNG PATRIOTS STORY has a cover and is available for pre-order!
John Sayles calls it “a fascinating chapter in the long story of seemingly powerless people trying to win some control over their lives.”
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had a blast talking about IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SURVIVE: THE YOUNG PATRIOTS STORY w/ Michael Stauch over at @NewBooksNetwork. we talk radical rednecks, working class interracial coalition building, and settle the politics of "Okie From Muskogee" once and for all!
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Jun 11
Chicago friends, Labor Note early birds, come to Pilsen Community Books tonight where I’m talking Young Patriots and the Rainbow Coalition with Will Harris. Sponsored by the Chicago Union of Tenants!
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Jun 10
despite seeing some truly ominous weather posting I’m excited to hang in Chicago for a long weekend
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Jun 10
Alan Partridge voice:
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Alan Partridge tries to explain the format of the 1994 World Cup finals with the never-to-be-forgotten Soccermeter.
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Jun 10
me and my top four
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Jun 8
🗣️ “I want to say thank you to Algeria for choosing Lawrence, Kansas.” 🇺🇸
The locals in USA are all getting behind Algeria. 🇩🇿
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Jun 10
gonna be in Chicago this Thursday talking about my book with the homie Will Harris. radical rednecks, country music, the multi-racial movements of the poor! SEVEN PM at Pilsen Community Books.
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big deal. Shalamo Petemoss wrote Pontiac John on an iPhone way back in 2014
Steven Spielberg wrote “Disclosure Day” on his iPad — typing out the feature film in the Notes app.
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Jun 9
this is like that clip where Paul comes up with Get Back
10 Jun 2020
I absolutely need a 10 part behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the Paul Rudd/Tim & Eric Celery Man sketch
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"A standalone movie—not part of a series, not part of the Marvel Universe—is a really hard thing to get made now because there are some very good ones made that just don’t get traction and disappear right away."
John Sayles talks with @djmecca about resourceful filmmaking, his next film, writing for James Cameron, favorite recent watches, and working with @brofromanother on his @TIFF_NET retrospective: thefilmstage.com/the-hard-wo…
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Jun 9
Paul Thomas Anderson on set of OBAA laughing at Jim Downey
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“I’m as dumb as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”
Jun 9
Let's assume, for argument's sake, that Nithya Raman really did, unlikely as it seems, got to second place in the LA mayoral race. The problem is that many, many, MANY of us simply cannot believe it. It seems for all the world like fraud. This matters, & is going to matter more.
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new sentences, etc. being discovered at an alarming rate
Shams Charania was stopped by Secret Service outside MSG, and now he can't find his Airpod case
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