Mackenzie

All is changed about me, sir; I must change too

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

I'll judge when I see this but Austen takes clear moral stances in her books & while her view of right/wrong does not always align with modern sensibilities, that is also what gives a lot of heft to her work. Many adaptations ignore this aspect & end up feeling hollow imo

[Cher @cher]

My dear
Bob has gone up to heaven.Knowing him,he’s bringing Sequins,Beads,& his sketch pad.
Good nite sweet Prince
Luv
Me
Dyslexic

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

wait why is this legit the last 30 mins of The Odyssey

[Nashville Zoo @NashvilleZoo]

Nothing but beautiful days in Guinea Pig Village 🐹🏘️

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

RIP Sam Neill (1947-2026)

Sam Neill on why "The Piano" (1993) is an important movie in Cinema history:

"I don’t think I can overestimate how important 'The Piano' (1993) is for me in hindsight. It sits on my funny old CV like a medal on my chest. It wasn’t my film. It was Jane Campion's. I wasn’t the star of the film. That was Holly Hunter. But there is honour to be found in the second fiddle. Or fourth. No one notices you much, you don’t get nominated for things. But you served. I was there in an important feminist film. I was there on the front line in an important New Zealand film. Neither of these labels does the film justice. It’s a work of art. And look, that tiny little figure in the fabric— see down there on the right—that’s me. It’s a film that will always have a place in cinema history. And I served in it."

("Did I Ever Tell You This: A Memoir", Sam Neill, 2023)

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

omg ty Your Holiness

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound. https://t.co/FEmCrdQ392

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

Also this line makes me laugh every time that I read it:

[Daniel M. Lavery @daniel_m_lavery]

you can criticize 7 brides for 7 brothers' gender politics, and you'd sure be right to, but what other movie shows a red headed man, as tall as God, fall in love at first sight with a woman for the way she chops wood? who else is doing that?

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

so anyway here are my 10 novels I’d present to the Guardian for their 100 best list
10. The Portrait of a Lady
9. Buddenbrooks
8. The Scarlet Letter
7. Persuasion
6. Excellent Women
5. Lolita
4. The Master and Margarita
3. Jane Eyre
2. In Search of Lost Time
1. Anna Karenina

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

Diva down 😔

[TCM @tcm]

We say goodbye to our founder, the visionary Ted Turner. Ted’s love of classic films inspired him to create a channel dedicated to preserving them. He considered TCM one of his greatest accomplishments.

His passion continues to inspire us all as we work to fulfill his mission.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance…

-It’s ‘sleight of hand’
-It’s ‘bated breath’
-It’s ‘lo and behold’
-It’s ‘one fell swoop’
-It’s ‘brass tacks’
-It’s ‘free rein’

[The Goddamned Penguin @who_shot_jgr]

do you want "Catholicism but american" we invented that, it's called Episcopalianism and it's even more woke. all the priests are lesbians. good luck

[jourdain searles @judysquirrels]

I just love humanity so much and it hurts so bad when people buy into the necessity of war because it’s not necessary!!! we could all be at the club!!!

[Jan @janhopi]

If people are continually pilloried and rejected because their writing (intentionally or not) resembles an LLM whose output is designed to be as average and frictionless as possible, they might have to actually develop craft. Terrible!

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

Being so fr and subtweeting clearly, it’s not *that* hard to know if *someone else* added AI to your book like??? Be soooo serious rn????

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

a huge personal quest is convincing everyone I know how bad for society sports betting is like we deserve a world free from Draft Kings commercials 🙏

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

The Atlantic has a sobering, first-person look at the ramifications of legalized online sports betting. Here are a few of the more telling passages.
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[The Mellon Heads - LOTR Podcast @mellon_heads]

Aragorn, son of Arathorn was born on this day, March 1st in the year 2931 of the Third Age. Happy birthday King Elessar!

[shain 📚 @shainreads]

I never even noticed the farming sections in Anna Karenina because me and Levin have a psychic connection and I was so tapped in I could see the intense yearning behind every reaping.

[Mackenzie @BadBroderick]

re: the Pride & Prejudice teaser and EF's Wuthering Heights, seems like every1 would rather serve Temu Joe Wright rather than giving us NEW IMAGES and FRESH TAKES shots of damp fields & limpid gazes does not mean REAL ROMANCE