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The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in the democracy - Montesquieu

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One of my favourite movies of all time and the first film I thought of when I read the horrible news. Too soon is an understatement... 💔

[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)

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@DannyDrinksWine I've been scrolling and scrolling and scrolling for "The Piano" reference... thank you for this much needed post.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Sam Neill spent five years fighting blood cancer, beat it with an experimental therapy, and said it was time to make another movie. Less than three months later he was dead at 78, for reasons that had nothing to do with the cancer he had just survived.

His family announced the news Monday from Sydney, Australia. The statement said the loss was sudden and unexpected, that Neill remained cancer free, and that he had been surrounded by family. They thanked the staff at St Vincent's Private Hospital and asked for privacy. No cause of death has been released.

Neill was diagnosed with stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in 2022, a rare, aggressive cancer that attacks the immune system's T-cells. He went through years of chemotherapy that worked, then stopped working. Doctors switched him to CAR T-cell therapy, a treatment that takes out a patient's own immune cells, reprograms them to spot cancer, and puts them back in the body to hunt it down. On April 28, a scan came back clear. "There is no cancer in my body, that's an extraordinary thing," Neill said at the time. He spent his final months pushing for wider access to the same therapy that saved him.

He is best remembered as Dr. Alan Grant, the paleontologist who spent Jurassic Park running from what he studied. Neill played Grant across three films over 29 years, from the original in 1993 to Jurassic World Dominion in 2022. The same year Jurassic Park came out, he starred opposite Holly Hunter in The Piano, which won the Oscar for best original screenplay. His five-decade career also ran through The Hunt for Red October, Dead Calm, and three seasons as Chief Inspector Chester Campbell on Peaky Blinders. New Zealand gave him its Screen Legend Award last year.

Born in Northern Ireland in 1947, he moved to New Zealand with his family at age seven. He is survived by four children and eight grandchildren. His last public statement about his future, made less than three months before he died, was simple: it's time I did another movie.

[DeepFake Dissident @inovajon]

This is one reason GenZ & Millennials are so smart & difficult to successfully propagandize.

It’s also why Democrats & Republicans in the U.S. government (as well as apartheid Israeli govt. officials) are so DESPERATE to shut down TikTok.

TikTok: jamesissmiling

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Don't Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/YJMKRTvzpE via @Change

It's pretty self explanatory. You don't need me to add any fluff... sign today.

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"I would say that I am a diaper wearing douche bag more than anyone else that ever was." President DJT

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Trump just claimed that he Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize more than "Anyone who ever got one."

This includes:

- Mother Teresa
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Nelson Mandela
- Malala Yousafzai

He is such a disrespectful piece of dog crap.

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THANK YOU!!!! We have not—and will not—be distracted by the regime's constant shenanigans. UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW NOW!!

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
What exactly is the hold-up?
IT'S THE FUCKING LAW!

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Wow... this man is freaking AWESOME!!! Speaking the TRUTH to these goons! He NEEDS TO RUN FOR OFFICE!!

[Pete Hegseth’s Liver 🍸 @PeteHegsLiver]

A star is born. This is Marshawn Camese. He is brilliant. He needs to run for office. Watch him eviscerate a Louisiana MAGA state representative. Looooove him!

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@SecRubio GAG me... we are NOT—nor have been, nor ever will be—the "greatest nation on Earth." Same goes for every other nation the world over; this viewpoint is subjective, there isn't a way to objectively measure greatness. Nationalistic grandstanding is lame.

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@QFounder1 Your "GOP approval... in the high 80s" shocked me so I reviewed polls myself. You are kind of correct; you left out +80% approval is based on 72% of Rs that have good MAGA view. Contrast 28% of Rs that have BAD MAGA view, his approval is 36%.

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@el_shaddai33 @NYCMayor says you... you're an idiot

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@Tribul82come @NYCMayor you're a fool

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@abill7766 @NYCMayor https://t.co/RPSqezB6Ry
and this in case you don't know what the Cato Institute is: https://t.co/OG7CMWFGp5

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@malabamawalz24 @NYCMayor You are disgustingly ignorant.

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@TheReginaHaley1 @NotHoodlum @TheGoodLiars These are all great, but I'd have to say "Cherry Pick" is my favourite because it's SO F*CKING TRUE!!!

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@CalltoActivism I wonder why, to me, this comes off as boys playing some army game... it just comes across as very immature and pathetic really...

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The Best Video Editor: Premiere vs Final Cut vs Resolve https://t.co/fnREkQXjLf
Great video comparing the three. Thank you @stalman for this overview. I do have a question: what is that bad ass watch you are wearing in this video? Merci!

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

As someone works in human rights, I’ve never seen anything like the Epstein files in my 15-year career

Raped
Cannibalized
Trafficked
Filmed
Terrorized
Tortured
Murdered
13, 14, 15 year children

Jeffery Epstein has every major politicians and billionaires on video doing something terrible to a child or to multiple people.

THOUSANDS have been arrested for criticising Zionism.

THOUSANDS have been arrested for social media posts.

ZERO have been arrested for raping children.

The bottom line here is the world system has become so corrupt that the time has come I think to clean the crap out of the stables and start over.

I don't understand how we're not having a global revolution right now.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Yesterday, the IDF seized 4 students from their homes in the West Bank, including 20-year-old American, Sama Safi.

The Israeli govt didn’t tell her family or the U.S. Embassy where or why she was being taken & is holding her without charges.

America must secure her release NOW.

[BOURNYBOY @BOURNYBOY76]

Ofcom have a list of 186 words you cannot say

Enjoy 🤣🤣🤣🤣