Duncan Birmingham

Writer & Director * WHO INVITED THEM * BLUNT TALK (Starz) * MARON (NetfIix) * THE CULT IN MY GARAGE (bookstores)
*find me @ IG

[Audrey Kaufman @KaufmanAudrey]

Locals don’t think LA is evil, only transplants think LA is evil. Because they come here and they do evil shit, because they’re strivers, and then they’re like “it wasn’t me, it was the Santa Ana Winds”

[Duncan Birmingham @DuncanBirm]

Always nice to see some stars trickling in for THE CULT IN MY GARAGE on @goodreads

[The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 @BlackMajikMan90]

The situation with the Cinerama Dome is a perfect encapsulation of why the film industry is declining in LA.

The owners would rather keep this iconic LA staple shuttered for a tax break than reopen this place to the public.

Then the owners cry harassment when they’re being called out.

It’s sickening.

[Duncan Birmingham @DuncanBirm]

Listen here: https://t.co/8wrCyTfYNq

[Desert Horror @deserthorror]

But I was listening to @DuncanBirm ‘s podcast on Life Lessons when they mentioned the message machine. And it made me think how cool would it be to see how different directors shoot the same idea.

[Desert Horror @deserthorror]

Has anyone ever done a compilation of people listening to their message machines in 80s-90s movies?

[Duncan Birmingham @DuncanBirm]

@deserthorror Lots of answering machine talk in our WINTER KILLS episode as well.

[Brandon @InquisitiveDick]

@svrcmplex You guys should really check out the whole short! It's great!

https://t.co/KGZbeI0Cg0

[Duncan Birmingham @DuncanBirm]

@marcmaron @WTFpod Damn. End of an era. Bravo!

[Duncan Birmingham @DuncanBirm]

@GovMikeHuckabee Aren't there American citizens and veterans also being held illegally right now. I was checking your feed for an update but I guess you're just here to parrot BS talking points.

[Maudlin House @MaudlinHouse]

At Printers Row everyone asked what kind of books we publish. Weird ones. Mythic fables, nostalgic trips, dystopian futures, disco slashers with demons.

Weird enough you’ll wonder why you picked them up. And we’ll wonder why you didn’t put them down…

https://t.co/ZDN3QJGuuh

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Mr. President @realdonaldtrump I understand why you are confused...all your time in DC you haven't eaten ONCE outside the White House or your own hotel. I've lived here for 33 years, and it's a flat out lie that half the restaurants have closed because of safety...but restaurants will close because you have troops with guns and federal agents harassing people...making people afraid to go out.

Cities and towns and rural areas of America need policies that allow small business to thrive and all people including immigrants to live and work with dignity. People shouldn't be afraid of their government...government should have respect for its people, not terrorize them.

[Mark Duplass @MarkDuplass]

Our friend Lynn Shelton would be 60 today. What kinds of art would she be making if she were still here? What's the thing you want to make before you go?

[Shudder @Shudder]

Some guests kill the vibe, others kill more than that.

WHO INVITED THEM is streaming now on Shudder.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Why does the U.S. continue to provide weapons to Israel to kill journalists, nearly 200 so far in Gaza? Why should U.S. taxpayers fund double-tap bombings that kill rescue workers and journalists?

[Mother of Movies and Series @MotherofMovies]

Great film - Here's our Take https://t.co/eMqBlwhzpF

[miranda 🫧 @mirandathescary]

Watch @DuncanBirm ‘s WHO INVITED THEM asap pretty plz

[Duncan Birmingham @DuncanBirm]

@mirandathescary 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[Brandon Stanton @humansofny]

“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a limit on food? I’ve worked in many places with extreme hunger, but what’s so jarring in this context is how cruel it is, how deliberate. I was in Gaza for two months; there’s no way to describe the horror of what’s happening. And I say this as a pediatric ICU doctor who sees children die as part of my work. Among our own staff we have doctors and nurses who are trying to treat patients while hungry, exhausted. They’re living in tents. Some of them have lost fifteen, twenty members of their families. In the hospital there are kids maimed by airstrikes: missing arms, missing legs, third degree burns. Often there’s not enough pain medication. But the children are not screaming about the pain, they’re screaming: ‘I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” I hate to only focus on the kids, because nobody should be starving. But the kids, it just haunts you in a different way. When my two months were finished, I didn’t want to leave. It’s a feeling I haven’t experienced in nearly twenty years of humanitarian assignments. But I felt ashamed. Ashamed to leave my Palestinian colleagues, who were some of the most beautiful and compassionate people that I’ve ever met. I was ashamed as an American, as a human being, that we’ve been unable to stop something that is so clearly a genocide. I remember when our bus pulled out of the buffer zone. Out the window on one side I could see Rafah, which was nothing but rubble. On the other side was lush, green Israel. When we exited the gate, the first thing I saw was a group of Israeli soldiers, sitting at a table, eating lunch. I’ve never felt so nauseous seeing a table full of food.”

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Aqsa Durrani is a pediatric doctor and board member of Doctors Without Borders USA, with nearly twenty years of experience in humanitarian projects. During our interview Aqsa repeatedly expressed a desire to center the voices of her Palestinian colleagues. To this end I’ve spent the past week collecting stories from the Palestinian staff of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. I will be sharing these stories over the next several days. I’m so grateful for the time that these people gave me; they were sleepless, hungry, traumatized, and often working 24-hour shifts. Because of the unreliable internet connection their images are sometimes grainy. Their words, however, will be crystal clear.

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

This landmark study in The Lancet should be etched on @elonmusk's gravestone:

Dismantling USAID is projected to cause 14 million deaths between 2025 and 2030 — that’s more than 2.4 million lives lost every year.

That’s as many lives lost as in World War I.

[Writers Guild of America East @WGAEast]

The following is a statement from the Writers Guild of America East regarding Paramount’s settlement with Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” segment: