Kyle

Movie buff, Avid reader

[Letterboxd @letterboxd]

Sam Neill (1947–2026)

[kage @sukikage_]

read the books you bought … read the books you bought… read the books you bought.

[❦ @joachmtrier]

watchlist keeps getting bigger and i still haven't found the right film to watch from it

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

They can’t turn it off in Gaza.

[barbarism critic @barbarismcrit]

This is the best way I’ve seen an insurgent candidate handle the “does Israel have a right to exist” shibboleth so far. It’s embarrassing how many times she asked. I hate the media.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

A Democratic Socialist born in 1997 just beat a Democrat who first took office in 1997

[Memorïa @deathofmeaning]

being a fan of Japanese cinema and anticipating new releases means waiting 8 months for a film to become available and 2 years if you’re lucky for subtitles to appear

[Criterion Collection @Criterion]

😎💗 Our Barnes & Noble summer sale starts now! All Criterion discs are 50% OFF, both online and in stores, through July 26! 😎💗 https://t.co/bTwhAKVV5r

[Sunrise Movement 🌅 @sunrisemvmt]

This is what it looks like to elect members of Congress with moral courage.

[annie @annieereadss]

how anyone prefers the heat over the cold is absolutely baffling to me

[mr. koen @atylerisborn]

Loved the backrooms, but all I could think abt was the potential physical media displays

[hunter @3gpmh]

dating is a lot of work just to find someone to watch films with you

[Brett @BrettRedacted]

found the first conspiracy theory that I believe

[jesse @darthgordita]

if someone goes out of their way to kill me at an amc then it was fate

[rue bennett forever @ELLIEW1LLAMS]

backrooms film feels particularly relevant for the modern age with the motif of loneliness as a catalyst for self destruction. comfortable with being alone and lost in a world of memories, needing no human interaction because you’ve already been living inside your head.

[Cxspxxr✘🧸 @_6signxxx]

Mamdani is the Democrats’ worst nightmare because he’s living proof that they’re simply not doing their jobs.

[Noodles @criptopaul]

Let's decode what actually happened here.

Axios reported that Trump exploded at Netanyahu. Called him "fucking crazy." Said "you'd be in prison if it weren't for me." Said "everybody hates you now."

The journalist is Barak Ravid again, we talked about it. Israeli. Based in Washington. Covers the Netanyahu-US relationship for Axios, and every latest deals to calm the markets.

This is the same journalist who wrote the exact same type of story about Biden. There is literally a book chapter about this pattern. It is called "Fuming Biden." The same reporter. The same format. The same function. Different president.

Now watch the response.

Mark Levin, a close ally of both Trump and Netanyahu, did not deny the story. He demanded an FBI investigation into who leaked it. When your defense is "this should never have leaked" instead of "this never happened," you have confirmed the call happened.

But here is the part that matters.

Why would Levin, a friend to BOTH men, confirm the most explosive account of their relationship ever published?

Because it serves both.

Trump gets to look tough. Not Netanyahu's puppet. Willing to put Israel in its place. His base loves it.

Netanyahu gets cover. He "paused" the Beirut strike, but not because Iran threatened him. Because his "friend" asked him to. His base loves it too.

And look at what actually changed on the ground. Nothing.

Israel cancelled the Beirut strike. But the ground invasion of Lebanon continues. The IDF is still miles deep. A soldier died today from a Hezbollah drone. Netanyahu's office said: "position unchanged."

The performance was perfect. Trump gets the headline. Netanyahu gets the cover. The deal gets another 48 hours of "progress." Markets get a reason to breathe.

And the war continues exactly as planned.

This is the same playbook. Every time public opinion turns against the war, a story appears showing the US president is "furious" with Israel. It creates the illusion of restraint while changing nothing.

Biden was "furious" for 14 months. The war never stopped.

Trump is "furious" now. The ground invasion is expanding.

The visible game is: Trump controls Netanyahu.
The real game is: both men are performing for their audiences while the machine moves forward.

Nothing has been signed. Nothing has stopped. The war is not winding down. It is being managed.

Neither one controls the other. They walk arm in arm. Know that.

[largest rodent @capybaroness]

yeah sorry if i don't want to hear about how hard it is to fight in wars or whatever from someone who didn't live through being an M. Night Shyamalan fan between 2013 and 2015

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

This is better…