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Shawn Levy
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Author: CLINT; The Castle on Sunset; Paul Newman: A Life; Dolce Vita Confidential; &ct

Film guy/Soccer nut/Burner/Poet/Portlander/Board member @opipdx/Dad/Grandad/Grouch

NOT THE SHAWN LEVY WHO MAKES MOVIES AND SHOWS!!!

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Someone made this event 10 years ago and it’s fast approaching and while I said I was going as a joke way back when, I think this is very important and I will be there with any priestly amulets that are needed to make this come true
Facebook event Friday, January 1, 2027 at 12 AM - 3PM Open the Cloud Gate and Summon Anubis to Smite the Unworthy
September 20, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Ultimate Man shook my hand and then told me exactly how I was going to die.
WSJ EXCLUSIVE Belgian Scientists create “Ultimate Man" AI sex bot that they believe will replace real men entirely by 2035
September 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Who will show more commitment to, and solidarity in support of, First Amendment values: members of the White House Correspondents Association, or opening acts for Ed Sheeran?
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d
President Donald Trump, in a clear violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, says he is banning MSNOW, CNN and Politico from the White House.
A post from Trump saying "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
September 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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I would like to point out that the local people in Bolivia were already familiar with the new cat species, traditionally calling it "Tilcayo", a name honored by the scientists who carried it over into the formal scientific name Leopardus tilcayo.
September 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Today is Abbess #HildegardVonBingen's feast day. Here she is, receiving a vision with a witness nearby to confirm, the chapel at her abbey, and the plate from Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, commemorating Hildegard in stained glass.
September 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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A painting of a bird beside the text "I can smell your bullshit from here"
September 18, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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“The Bob fan base is — I mean, they're real...what's the word I'm looking for? Let's just say: thorough.”

Jad Tariq Shares What He Learned Playing With Bob Dylan | ultimateclassicrock.com/jad-tariq-bo...
Jad Tariq Reflects on His Time Touring With Bob Dylan
It wasn't a phone call he was expecting to get this summer.
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September 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
September 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk.
NYT headline: A provocative streamer creates headaches for El-Sayed in key Senate race
September 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Tomorrow night. Do come.
shawnlevy.com Shawn Levy @shawnlevy.com · 11d
Join us to celebrate the life and work of Brian Lindstrom at Cinema 21 on Sept. 16. I'll chat with Brian's colleagues and film subjects, we'll show clips, and we'll screen his essential 2013 feature "Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse."

Tickets/info: www.cinema21.com/.../brian-li...
Poster for "Brian Lindstrom: A Life in Film" at Cinema 21 in Portland, OR, Sept 16, 2026
September 16, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
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September 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Tomorrow night. A chance to honor the life, art, and spirit of one of the finest who ever walked and worked among us.
shawnlevy.com Shawn Levy @shawnlevy.com · 11d
Join us to celebrate the life and work of Brian Lindstrom at Cinema 21 on Sept. 16. I'll chat with Brian's colleagues and film subjects, we'll show clips, and we'll screen his essential 2013 feature "Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse."

Tickets/info: www.cinema21.com/.../brian-li...
Poster for "Brian Lindstrom: A Life in Film" at Cinema 21 in Portland, OR, Sept 16, 2026
September 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Worth noting, as Macklemore was banned by NFL owners in what will be dubbed "fighting antisemitism", that Kanye, who
- sold merch with swastikas
- said on Alex Jones that he idolizes Hitler
- tweeted he was "going Defcon 3 on Jewish people"

is currently on a multi-city tour of NFL stadiums
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran.

Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in … What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
September 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Tippi Hedren in a 1962 promotional photograph taken by Philippe Halsman for the film "The Birds".
September 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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In other news, please look at this photo of a 16-year-old Willem Dafoe playing Charlie Brown in a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
September 14, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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"Why trust one drug and not the other? That's politics, innit?"
September 14, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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"2 p.m. I participate in a protest against laws. A Hate-America-Pro-Hamas-Antifa-anti-law march. The only opportunity to wear my WE OPPOSE LAWS. At the protest, we burn an American flag—the last one left in New York City. As we’re burning it, we get stabbed."
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A Day in the Life of a New Yorker, According to My Fox News-Watching Florida Family Members
7 a.m. I wake up and get stabbed.
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September 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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TFW you have to TRIPLE-check the source of the post.....
September 11, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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if this whale be a king, he is a very sulky looking fellow
September 11, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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James Talarico: The president said that I’m disrespecting Jesus. You want to know what actually disrespects Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare to give tax cuts to billionaires.
September 11, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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September 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Ah, yes, when the new St Paul's Cathedral that was built after the fire, was destroyed ... in the fire.
ottoenglish.bsky.social Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10d
Ai is aptly named.

It's what I scream when I see things like this.
The mind the History MIND THE HISTORY 6d. ○ 4 SEPTEMBER 1666 - A DAY LONDON WOULD NEVER FORGET. Image shows A St Pauls/Westminster Abbey mash up
September 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Email: "I do not understand why [a used book] would still be subject to a tariff. However, I’m agreeing to this because I am very interested in the book, I do not wish to complicate the process for anyone, and my President is an asshole."

#america #somuchwinning
September 10, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Dec 16
Apple is aiming to release a foldable iPhone in 2026 📱

(via WSJ)
September 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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What's orange, jiggles, and refuses to die?
September 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM