Shanti “masking” Leonard

@effthealgorithm Kanopy is the library streaming service and it is my favorite streamer. 100% free.

Cancel them all. Yes, you’ll have to find a place to rent movies. Pro tip: try your public library. You can check out DVDs and sometimes do Interlibrary Loans for ones your local branch doesn’t have and it’s free! Plus, you’ll be supporting your community and not microdosing billionaires who think we exist for their profit.

@Simemeulation @AlexHarron @AVARY Is this a bot? The comment has nothing to do with any of this.

@fastentilt @AlexHarron @AVARY Yall never cried that George Lucas owed Dune royalties for all the shit he remixed🤤

Both Steven (with Full Frontal) and I (with The Rules of Attraction) were the first filmmakers to take Final Cut Pro, a consumer tool, into prime time usage on feature films. I only narrowly beat him to theaters because his system crashed and he lost all his work. That’s what it means to be on the bleeding edge of filmmaking. The guy is a mad scientist and it doesn’t surprise me at all that he’s at the forefront of the greatest democratizing filmmaking tool since consumer digital cinema. No one complained when he shot a movie on an iPhone. It astonishes me that anyone is in a kerfuffle about his experimentation with AI.

@BDisgusting …not quantifiable.

Finish this sentence: The scariest horror movie ever made is

@AlexHarron @AVARY I find it so frustrating that they don’t acknowledge the theft. Are they ignorant of it or indifferent because they feel entitled to it?

@AVARY As false equivalencies go, this is beyond stupid. Comparing using final cut pro and shooting on a iPhone is the same as using ai which uses artists work without permission. But hey, something something "bleeding edge"...

@AVARY Shooting on an iPhone doesn’t steal other people’s art.

@DiscussingFilm “That was a fun phase of stealing other people’s art for our own gain.”

Steven Soderbergh responds to the backlash to his next movies including generative AI. “Five years from now, we all may be going, ‘That was a fun phase.’ We may end up not using it as much as we thought we were going to. There are some people that I have absolute love and respect for that refuse to engage with it. That’s their privilege. But I’m not built that way. You show me a new tool. I want to get my hands on it and see what’s going on.” Source: variety.com/2026/film/news…)

@adamhlavac Now is the time to open video stores.

They're just giving you every reason to cut ties and go with physical media.

@kirkneverdied Somebody shoot shoot a video of this and tag Alamo. It would go viral.

I was at a packed screening Tuesday night. The audience started to BOOOO when the video came up discussing ordering via phone. Then the next video was about NOT BEING ON YOUR PHONE DURING THE MOVIE! Everyone burst into laughter. This is some of the most insane brand suicide I have ever seen.

@frpowelljr @Shadows1192 @TerrellSocialst A strawman argument is where you misrepresent somebody else’s claim. Nobody above said they wanted “open borders” or no immigration law enforced. But you said they did twice now. They just stated they wanted to abolish ICE, the particular agency.

@Shadows1192 @TerrellSocialst I wasn't making an argument. And my question was not posed to you. And there has been some team enforcing immigration law at least since Eisenhauer in the 50s (regardless of name) well,until Biden. I get it; you don't want immigration law enforced. You want "open borders".

If Kamala ran again on policies like universal healthcare, tuition-free college, canceling all student debt, abolishing ICE, universal childcare, and other left-wing ideas, a large portion of the K-Hive would turn on her instantly. Not because those policies are unpopular on their own, but because they represent the same left they’ve been conditioned to oppose. For years, moderates have told their base that the left is the problem. That messaging sticks. So when those same ideas show up, even in a different form, the reaction isn’t curiosity or support. It’s rejection. At this point, it feels like many moderates are less driven by a vision for transformative policy and more by opposition to the left itself. That opposition becomes the identity. It creates a sense of standing for something, even if there’s no clear alternative being offered. And that’s the deeper issue. Politics becomes less about building something better and more about who you’re against. When that happens, division becomes the driving force instead of progress.

@k6lcsclint @TheGeorgePu If it says “buy” then it should be forever. Anything less is not reasonable.

Fourteen years. FOURTEEN YEARS. What is a reasonable amount of time to support such a device? 25 years? 50? Kindles released before or during 2012 are not completely worthless, but starting May 20, 2026, they will lose the ability to directly access the Amazon Kindle Store, borrow books, or download new content over the air. They will continue to function as offline readers for content already on the device, and they can still be used for sideloading books via USB.

My old Kindle still works perfectly. Probably the highest ROI purchase I've ever made. Amazon just killed every Kindle made before 2012. No store access. No downloads. Factory reset and it's a brick. You bought the device. You bought the books. Turns out you were renting both.

@ThatMagicalFam How about a new land not tied to IP? Like all of our favorites.

If Disney cancels Avatar for California Adventure would you rather have a Monsters, Inc. land or Zootopia land?

@SaveYourCinema 👀

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@Chronodendron If you want to load your kindle with books before the date, I’d be glad to send you a copy of my ebook. It’s a weird one, but some people love it.

I’m so upset… My Kindle is fifteen years old. It still works fine, and I want no other. I read a lot, and this is the only e-reader that doesn’t hurt my eyes. None of the new models have a screen that so perfectly mimics paper. And now Amazon is forcing me to buy a new one. 😡 I don’t need a touchscreen or sound, and I definitely don’t want adverts! 🤬 The timing couldn’t be worse either… I can’t afford it right now. ☹️ I guess I won’t be buying more ebooks for a while... I’ll just have to read the ones I already have.

@DiscussingFilm Say it ain’t so Steven…say it ain’t so…

Steven Soderbergh says his upcoming documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono will include roughly “10 minutes” worth of generative AI. “AI has been helpful in creating thematically surreal images that occupy a dream space rather than a literal space. And that’s been really fun because you need a Ph.D. in literature to tell it what to do. But like every other piece of technology, it desperately requires very close human supervision.” (Source: filmmaker.substack.com/p/steven-soder…)

@rayneofterrorr No. Keep algorithms out of our love of movies. Do research. Look at people’s reviews who like the same things. The hunt is so much more satisfying than an ai regurgitating recommendations into your open mouth. And you might just find a friend.

letterboxd needs a feature that reccomends you films based off your lists

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.

The continued closure of the Cinerama Dome is a genuine tragedy for the city of Los Angeles. Reopen the Dome. Save the Dome. — Grassroots Cinerama Dome campaign on pause following incident at theater latimes.com/entertainment-…

@pixelpreaching *thores hat into ring*

Giving away a 35mm SLR: Olympus OM 2000, along with an undecided lens. Also including a few rolls of 35mm film and I will email you the manual. ONLY open to people who want to try film photography but don't have much or any gear yet. Please reply to this tweet if interested.

@NationRog @HQNewsNow Our allies are turning their backs on us and he is committing war crimes. It is past time.

@HQNewsNow I am not a Donald Trump fan, never have been but, this is the wrong time to be calling for the president to be removed. There's a war going on and the adversary doesn't like any of you!

The following members of Congress are now calling for Trump to be removed via the 25th Amendment: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) Rep. Diana DeGette (D) Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) Rep. Mark Pocan (D) Rep. Summer Lee (D) Rep. Delia Ramirez (D) Rep. Sarah McBride (D) Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D) Rep. Seth Moulton (D) Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D) Rep. Ro Khanna (D) Rep. Maxwell Frost (D) Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D) Rep. Julie Johnson (D) Rep. Sara Jacobs (D) Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) Rep. Lateefah Simon (D) Rep. Robert Garcia (D) Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) Sen. Ed Markey (D) Rep. Shri Thanedar (D) Rep. Rob Menendez (D) Rep. April Delaney (D) Rep. Nikema Williams (D) Rep. Steve Cohen (D) Rep. Joaquin Castro (D) Rep. Betty McCollum (D) Rep. Seth Magaziner (D) Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) Sen. Bernie Sanders (D) Rep. Jill Tokuda (D) Rep. Doris Matsui (D) Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D) Rep. Dan Goldman (D) Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) Rep. Lori Trahan (D) Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D) Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D) Rep. Valerie Foushee (D) Rep. Val Hoyle (D) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D) Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D) Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D) Rep. Christian Menefee (D) Rep. Scott Peters (D) Rep. Hank Johnson (D)

@NoName8k8w @katcystephan @SaveYourCinema

@katcystephan @SaveYourCinema Maybe their intention is not me harassed and told what to do with their private property. You’re acting like it’s your money! When was the last time you even went and saw a film in a theatre in Hollywood?

Spoke with @SaveYourCinema about the end of his battle to reopen the Cinerama Dome: “The first communication I’ve had from the owners in five years is them calling the police on me and telling me to shut down. It’s definitely a big sign of what their intentions are.” pagesix.com/2026/04/07/hol…