My tweets

• Thu, 12:35: RT @mattyglesias: Did Biden make the right call on Afghanistan? We asked 27 former senior national security officials now working as defe…
• Thu, 12:43: Well! At least we know our Congresscritters are all safe! Unless someone hid money in the books, you'd never catch one in a library.
• Thu, 14:46: Moar armchair generals! That's what this country needs! We never would have lost Afghanistan or Vietnam if only we had moar armchair generals. https://t.co/XfgIYGi2MP
• Thu, 16:05: RT @RVAwonk: Wow. In North Texas, hospitals are preparing for what to do if they run out of ICU beds. **If that happens, for the first tim…
• Thu, 16:08: RT @HillReporter: USPS Must Turn Over Documents About DeJoy’s Potential ‘Conflicts of Interest’ https://t.co/NoUKCLyYL4
• Fri, 01:46: RT @maddow: If you or someone you know is exposed to COVID and (a) unvaccinated, or (b) vaccinated but immune compromised, you qualify unde…
• Fri, 01:46: RT @TristanSnell: BREAKING - Fox News is requiring all employees to enter their vaccination status into a central database — and requiring…
• Fri, 01:47: RT @NicholasTyrone: Brexit was based on four assumptions: 1. It would cause the EU to collapse. 2. We'd get all the benefits of the SM with…
• Fri, 06:25: RT @CyrilPedia: 'But Delta is slightly more likely to infect fully vaccinated people than previous variants. “It shows the possible beginni…
• Fri, 06:56: RT @torbooks: The Interdependency series by @scalzi, #TheGoblinEmperor by @pennyvixen, The Masquerade series by Seth Dickinson, and #TheJus…

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NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

In the Same Breath
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Nanfu Wang
In her latest documentary, the director of “One Child Nation” revisits the pandemic as it unfolded in China as well as in the United States.


A scene from the documentary “In the Same Breath.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Night House
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Horror, Thriller | Directed by David Bruckner
A sensational Rebecca Hall plays a grieving widow besieged by potentially occult forces in this superior creepout.


Rebecca Hall in “The Night House.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

On Broadway
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, History | Directed by Oren Jacoby
The neon lights are bright, and so is the spirit of this brief but loving history of Broadway.


Ian McKellen is one of the interview subjects of the documentary “On Broadway.”
By MAYA PHILLIPS

-- Of Possible Interest --

Cryptozoo
Animation | Directed by Dash Shaw
This animated film is a rapturously hallucinogenic daydream for mature audiences.


A scene from the animated film “Cryptozoo.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZAH