Peter Mascuch
@pmascuch.bsky.social
English, American Studies, and Cinema Studies Prof at St. Joseph’s University of New York (Brooklyn & Long Island).
Happy husband of Andrea. Proud Dad of Hannah and Ben.
He/Him/His
Happy husband of Andrea. Proud Dad of Hannah and Ben.
He/Him/His
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‘We’ve gone on Ed Sheeran’s tour by mistake’
September 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
‘We’ve gone on Ed Sheeran’s tour by mistake’
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‘Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be ‘apolitical’ is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.’
- Rebecca Solnit
- Rebecca Solnit
September 16, 2026 at 7:49 AM
‘Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be ‘apolitical’ is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.’
- Rebecca Solnit
- Rebecca Solnit
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It’s Peter Falk’s birthday.
My favourite Columbo episode was when he came out of retirement to catch a 10yo murderer.
My favourite Columbo episode was when he came out of retirement to catch a 10yo murderer.
September 16, 2026 at 6:27 AM
It’s Peter Falk’s birthday.
My favourite Columbo episode was when he came out of retirement to catch a 10yo murderer.
My favourite Columbo episode was when he came out of retirement to catch a 10yo murderer.
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Tomorrow on @tcmtv.bsky.social:
Daytime - Directed by Richard Fleischer
Primetime - Special Theme: Stanley Kubrick
#TCMParty ^JW
Daytime - Directed by Richard Fleischer
Primetime - Special Theme: Stanley Kubrick
#TCMParty ^JW
September 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Tomorrow on @tcmtv.bsky.social:
Daytime - Directed by Richard Fleischer
Primetime - Special Theme: Stanley Kubrick
#TCMParty ^JW
Daytime - Directed by Richard Fleischer
Primetime - Special Theme: Stanley Kubrick
#TCMParty ^JW
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Booker to Patel: "Like a thug, you're using your agency to go after reporters in a chill to one of the most sacrosanct ideals of the US. They can pass you all the notes they want, but the truth is clear. Right now you are stonewalling this committee for asking simple questions of accountability."
September 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Booker to Patel: "Like a thug, you're using your agency to go after reporters in a chill to one of the most sacrosanct ideals of the US. They can pass you all the notes they want, but the truth is clear. Right now you are stonewalling this committee for asking simple questions of accountability."
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While the world burns, and you pay more for everything, your tax dollars become the royal family’s wealth. Because it pays to be a Trump, especially when the whole world knows daddy's a crook.
September 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
While the world burns, and you pay more for everything, your tax dollars become the royal family’s wealth. Because it pays to be a Trump, especially when the whole world knows daddy's a crook.
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SCHIFF: The AG says you cleaned house at the FBI
PATEL: I did
SCHIFF: Is he right when he said there's not a single agent still at the FBI who worked on the Mar-a-Lago investigation?
PATEL: He's always truthful, so I believe his statement
SCHIFF: So they're all gone
PATEL: I did
SCHIFF: Is he right when he said there's not a single agent still at the FBI who worked on the Mar-a-Lago investigation?
PATEL: He's always truthful, so I believe his statement
SCHIFF: So they're all gone
September 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
SCHIFF: The AG says you cleaned house at the FBI
PATEL: I did
SCHIFF: Is he right when he said there's not a single agent still at the FBI who worked on the Mar-a-Lago investigation?
PATEL: He's always truthful, so I believe his statement
SCHIFF: So they're all gone
PATEL: I did
SCHIFF: Is he right when he said there's not a single agent still at the FBI who worked on the Mar-a-Lago investigation?
PATEL: He's always truthful, so I believe his statement
SCHIFF: So they're all gone
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the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
September 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
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That's an incredibly mealy mouthed headline that manages to downplay a Republican candidate's extreme racism *and* insert a "both sides" frame that diffuses blame even more.
Bo French, a candidate for Texas’ railroad commissioner, tests boundaries of political speech as both parties struggle to define what’s off limits. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: on.wsj.com/3SI6qZe
Bo French, a candidate for Texas’ railroad commissioner, tests boundaries of political speech as both parties struggle to define what’s off limits. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:
Plus, Trump says there’s no need for AI guardrails as long as he is in the White House, and why Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is roiling oil markets.
on.wsj.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM
That's an incredibly mealy mouthed headline that manages to downplay a Republican candidate's extreme racism *and* insert a "both sides" frame that diffuses blame even more.
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Who isn't covering it?
CBS had the only evening news show that didn't.
Fox News gave it 1 minute of airtime -- a Special Report segment framed around the response. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
CBS had the only evening news show that didn't.
Fox News gave it 1 minute of airtime -- a Special Report segment framed around the response. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
September 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Who isn't covering it?
CBS had the only evening news show that didn't.
Fox News gave it 1 minute of airtime -- a Special Report segment framed around the response. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
CBS had the only evening news show that didn't.
Fox News gave it 1 minute of airtime -- a Special Report segment framed around the response. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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a way you can tell the "they just like trump because they chase clicks and ratings" thing isn't true is that trump-controlled networks like Fox and CBS ignore stories like this that produce clicks and ratings
Who isn't covering it?
CBS had the only evening news show that didn't.
Fox News gave it 1 minute of airtime -- a Special Report segment framed around the response. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
CBS had the only evening news show that didn't.
Fox News gave it 1 minute of airtime -- a Special Report segment framed around the response. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
September 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
a way you can tell the "they just like trump because they chase clicks and ratings" thing isn't true is that trump-controlled networks like Fox and CBS ignore stories like this that produce clicks and ratings
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Live musical performances during In Memoriam montages pull focus from those being honored.
NBC's YouTube promotes the clip as a Noah Kahan performance, and gives the memorial second billing.
This is disrespectful and it should stop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uUE... #TVSky #Emmy
NBC's YouTube promotes the clip as a Noah Kahan performance, and gives the memorial second billing.
This is disrespectful and it should stop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uUE... #TVSky #Emmy
Noah Kahan Performs "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" In Memoriam | 78th Emmy Awards | NBC
YouTube video by NBC
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Live musical performances during In Memoriam montages pull focus from those being honored.
NBC's YouTube promotes the clip as a Noah Kahan performance, and gives the memorial second billing.
This is disrespectful and it should stop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uUE... #TVSky #Emmy
NBC's YouTube promotes the clip as a Noah Kahan performance, and gives the memorial second billing.
This is disrespectful and it should stop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uUE... #TVSky #Emmy
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Sending a message to your current audience that you'd prefer to have a different audience results in losing the former without gaining the latter. www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
Refurbished ‘60 Minutes’ Debuts to a 19% Ratings Drop
The “60 Minutes” Season 59 premiere drew 7.7 million viewers, down 19% year over year.
www.thewrap.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Sending a message to your current audience that you'd prefer to have a different audience results in losing the former without gaining the latter. www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
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👻 One of cinema’s most beautiful nightmares returns.
Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN opens Sept. 11 in a stunning new 4K restoration from Janus Films—restoring 17 minutes of footage unseen since its original Japanese release.
Surreal. Haunting. Absolutely gorgeous.
#TCMParty ^JW
Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN opens Sept. 11 in a stunning new 4K restoration from Janus Films—restoring 17 minutes of footage unseen since its original Japanese release.
Surreal. Haunting. Absolutely gorgeous.
#TCMParty ^JW
September 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
👻 One of cinema’s most beautiful nightmares returns.
Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN opens Sept. 11 in a stunning new 4K restoration from Janus Films—restoring 17 minutes of footage unseen since its original Japanese release.
Surreal. Haunting. Absolutely gorgeous.
#TCMParty ^JW
Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN opens Sept. 11 in a stunning new 4K restoration from Janus Films—restoring 17 minutes of footage unseen since its original Japanese release.
Surreal. Haunting. Absolutely gorgeous.
#TCMParty ^JW
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Tomorrow on @tcmtv.bsky.social:
Daytime - Featuring Leo Carillo
Primetime - Spotlight: Swashbucklers
#TCMParty ^JW
Daytime - Featuring Leo Carillo
Primetime - Spotlight: Swashbucklers
#TCMParty ^JW
September 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Tomorrow on @tcmtv.bsky.social:
Daytime - Featuring Leo Carillo
Primetime - Spotlight: Swashbucklers
#TCMParty ^JW
Daytime - Featuring Leo Carillo
Primetime - Spotlight: Swashbucklers
#TCMParty ^JW
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The great ships in Bruegel's Icarus, like the wax & feather wings, exemplify extreme technology and mankind's hubris. Bruegel was rather skeptical about modernity. Today is his day.
September 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The great ships in Bruegel's Icarus, like the wax & feather wings, exemplify extreme technology and mankind's hubris. Bruegel was rather skeptical about modernity. Today is his day.
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Died (alas and alack, too young!) on this day in 1569, in Brussels, the incomparably wise, witty, & plain brilliant Pieter Bruegel. Here in 1565, being skeptical about the mental capacity of art buyers.
September 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Died (alas and alack, too young!) on this day in 1569, in Brussels, the incomparably wise, witty, & plain brilliant Pieter Bruegel. Here in 1565, being skeptical about the mental capacity of art buyers.
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Happy Max Reinhardt's birthday!
September 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Happy Max Reinhardt's birthday!
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I am really sad to hear that Gaylyn Studlar died today. A towering figure in feminist film history, her work on gender, stardom & fan culture had an immeasurable impact on my own thinking. Way ahead of her time on masculinity and masochism. Also a kind & generous human, all too rare in this biz.
September 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I am really sad to hear that Gaylyn Studlar died today. A towering figure in feminist film history, her work on gender, stardom & fan culture had an immeasurable impact on my own thinking. Way ahead of her time on masculinity and masochism. Also a kind & generous human, all too rare in this biz.
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A delight, as always.
youtu.be/0Ck-NPqf2c8
youtu.be/0Ck-NPqf2c8
Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtu.be
September 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM
A delight, as always.
youtu.be/0Ck-NPqf2c8
youtu.be/0Ck-NPqf2c8
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John Coltrane's Centennial comes on September 23. I'll be listening to at least one Coltrane track each day of the month. #Trane100
Let's begin with "A Love Supreme, Pt. 1", released in 1965. McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMCH...
Let's begin with "A Love Supreme, Pt. 1", released in 1965. McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMCH...
A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement
YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
John Coltrane's Centennial comes on September 23. I'll be listening to at least one Coltrane track each day of the month. #Trane100
Let's begin with "A Love Supreme, Pt. 1", released in 1965. McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMCH...
Let's begin with "A Love Supreme, Pt. 1", released in 1965. McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMCH...
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Her doing seemed to justify
the deed;
She gave me of the tree, and I
did eat.
To whom the Sovran Presence
thus replied.
Was she thy God, that her thou
didst obey
Before his voice? or was she
made thy guide,
Superiour, or but equal, that
to her
X, 142-147
the deed;
She gave me of the tree, and I
did eat.
To whom the Sovran Presence
thus replied.
Was she thy God, that her thou
didst obey
Before his voice? or was she
made thy guide,
Superiour, or but equal, that
to her
X, 142-147
September 13, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Her doing seemed to justify
the deed;
She gave me of the tree, and I
did eat.
To whom the Sovran Presence
thus replied.
Was she thy God, that her thou
didst obey
Before his voice? or was she
made thy guide,
Superiour, or but equal, that
to her
X, 142-147
the deed;
She gave me of the tree, and I
did eat.
To whom the Sovran Presence
thus replied.
Was she thy God, that her thou
didst obey
Before his voice? or was she
made thy guide,
Superiour, or but equal, that
to her
X, 142-147
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I refuse to believe that major stadium venues would have cancelled their Ed Sheeran concerts rather than allow Macklemore on the bill. There was an opportunity for Sheeran to use his commercial weight to force the issue, and he folded immediately.
September 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I refuse to believe that major stadium venues would have cancelled their Ed Sheeran concerts rather than allow Macklemore on the bill. There was an opportunity for Sheeran to use his commercial weight to force the issue, and he folded immediately.
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Jacques Becker (with scenes from his film "Touchez pas au grisbi") - BOTD
September 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Jacques Becker (with scenes from his film "Touchez pas au grisbi") - BOTD