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To help with his final expenses, the needs of his also recently widowed mother & teen sons, please consider donating and/or sharing this 🔗 (it’s also my pinned post on my profile) gofund.me/833bc5a0 Thank you to all who have already & for your thoughtful condolences. 💔

🧵I saw an Aboriginal aunty busking in Newtown last night. She plays the saxophone & it was special. I listened for 20mins, dropped $50 into her case & said "You remind me of Marlene Cummings, the great blues & Jazz artist from way back." She looked up, crying: "I am Marlene."

When i used to speak at predominantly black high schools, I literally would come with a list of niche jobs I researched and try to convince some kids based on their interests. Finally paid off 😭 I have 3 focused on arts admin, a Fragrance Chemist getting ready for her masters.

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE. THAT THING YOU PRAYED FOR IS COMING.

this was, understandably, the last time they invited me to Morning Joe 😂 [2019] . I wasn't trying to be nasty but i had realized how the media is invested in our ignorance -- the less we understand, the more "complicated" things seem, the more we tune in -- or, rather, the more

sorry babe can’t talk reading the vatican’s 80 page on the catholic church’s position on the artificial intelligence era

a common misunderstanding i see when it comes to embarking on some sort of endeavor is assuming that a low probability event will likely never happen, rather than it being near-inevitable if you can persist long enough to take enough shots on target

Such a haunting film.

Literature in translation. Literature in translation. Literature in transition.

Real Tears. This is a moment. Thank you TIME for featuring me on the cover of THE CLOSERS. My parents would be overjoyed. I am my ancestors wildest dreams.

For anyone in New Haven: Grey Matter Books has James C. Scott’s personal collection on sale (donated by his children). Many are about rivers

All I want is a 4 page handwritten letter expressing your undying love for me w the edges burned to symbolize how intense and consuming your love is for me. Romance!

Steve Jobs on perseverance:

KILLER OF SHEEP ON CRITERION. OUT MAY 27. It was an honor to be a consulting producer on this release. I am grateful to be of service to Charles Burnett. I am thankful for my former colleagues at @criterion + Milestone FIlms. criterion.com/films/34233-ki…

Roadtrips with someone who likes intervals of yapping and intervals of silence, and intervals of blasting music, and intervals of podcasts >>>>

not to spoil the ending, but you will win at the end, remember that.

So this is happening:

This is really something. A memorable moment with Gene Hackman from Inside the Actor’s Studio.