Shirley Siluk

Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social [ View ] May 10, 2024 at 16:08 UTC

"Since yesterday, my children and I have not been drinking water. Due to the closure of the crossings and the lack of diesel fuel entering the water stations in Rafah, we will die of thirst."

You can help.

www.gofundme.com/f/ahmeds-fam...

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] May 09, 2024 at 19:58 UTC

Love this: "Most contemporary recordings are so compressed and optimized they might as well have been recorded in orbit around a distant planet, but with Albini’s, you’re right in the room, experiencing the music in the instant it comes into existence. In that moment, there’s nothing better."

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] May 09, 2024 at 18:27 UTC

I found WaPo's headline to this story weak and clickbaity. Instead of saying something like "Trump to oil execs: Give me $1 billion and I'll kill climate efforts," it uses a "one weird trick" phrasing:

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] May 09, 2024 at 17:08 UTC

As much as I love "Amadeus," Ridley Scott's "The Duellists" is arguably the most awesome beef movie ever made.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] May 08, 2024 at 18:39 UTC

OMG, this is so good and well researched. I laughed out loud at the digging you did when investigating the Google Docs editing history that AdVon offered as evidence of having a human writer:

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] May 08, 2024 at 16:32 UTC

What a horrifying shock - just awful to hear. I've followed Albini's career since we were at Northwestern together, and he's contributed so much to the art and music world, and to the world in general. My condolences to all his family, friends and colleagues. 😭

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] May 05, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

Oh, it might not be *good* but I find it's still good fun.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 16:16 UTC

That is such an excellent description: "indestructible credulity." The other side, meanwhile, is consigned to being perpetually dismissed.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 25, 2024 at 18:02 UTC

"Broadcast News," of course. Also "His Girl Friday" and "State of Play." I'd also make an edge case for "Frost/Nixon."

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 25, 2024 at 01:48 UTC

Perfection: "Fifty years from now, we will definitely not pretend that we agreed with them the whole time."

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 20, 2024 at 15:34 UTC

And grift off of it.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 18, 2024 at 15:56 UTC

Geysir is a great stop, with nice amenities, including an extensive cafe. It's also near Fludir, which has the Secret Lagoon. Not nearly as luxurious (or expensive) as the Blue Lagoon, but the water is wonderfully toasty and relaxing.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 18, 2024 at 15:52 UTC

The diving spot is in Thingvellir National Park, where you can easily spend a full day exploring: waterfalls, huge lake, amazing vistas, rift between continents and more. Even if you don't dive at Silfra, it's fascinating to watch the divers prep for a journey into that icy water.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 17, 2024 at 15:41 UTC

That "if you did" line has always bugged the heck out of me.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 06, 2024 at 19:50 UTC

You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN2_...

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 06, 2024 at 19:49 UTC

Did you see John Oliver's recent "Last Week Tonight" show about student debt? It was excellent, and featured several stories about people who have been devastated by the genuinely Kafka-esque nature of the student loan program as it's currently abused by the commercial loan management companies.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 16:39 UTC

"Potemkin shopping": [chef's kiss]

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

Yes, I still check regularly but avoid posting. Yet somehow I keep gaining followers - really questionable ones with 7 or 8 followers and strings of numbers at the end of their usernames. Not at all suspicious /s

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 16:39 UTC

Yes, worth saving the link - first place I go when a site or app isn't working for me: downdetector.com

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 07, 2024 at 23:06 UTC

Brilliant. But I'm not sure whether to laugh or to cry.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 07, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

That's a brilliant description: "contrarianism as an ideology." I think it functions as a partner to @jayrosen.bsky.social's "view from nowhere." Both take a stand - that of not taking a stand. And both damage journalism and democracy while their proponents say, "Wasn't me. I'm on no one's side."

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 06, 2024 at 23:49 UTC

Criterion Channel! (Highly recommend): www.criterionchannel.com/tampopo

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 06, 2024 at 21:08 UTC

Really a disturbing trend. "On the Media" reported a similar case not long ago involving the now-shuttered Apple Daily in Hong Kong, which has since been acquired by a Serbian entrepreneur and populated with AI-generated content: open.spotify.com/episode/3qEt...

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 02, 2024 at 03:44 UTC

Love this observation! "Broadcast News" has so many good lines, and this was definitely one of the most memorable.

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