Tim Arnold
@timothyarnold1973.bsky.social
Books. Film. Music. Nature. Basketball. History. Art. Truth. Hope. Life.
Alana Haim is Darth Vader in a New Hope level of villain
i feel like everyone is being quite unreasonable toward zendaya’s character in THE DRAMA
September 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Alana Haim is Darth Vader in a New Hope level of villain
Nigella is giving Keith Richards vibes, only less sober. #gbbo #greatbritishbakeoff
September 26, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Nigella is giving Keith Richards vibes, only less sober. #gbbo #greatbritishbakeoff
The new season of GBBO is borderline unwatchable and I’ve yet to decide which side of the border is falls
September 26, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The new season of GBBO is borderline unwatchable and I’ve yet to decide which side of the border is falls
Goals
September 25, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Goals
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That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation
September 25, 2026 at 8:56 AM
That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation
I don't know why I would be surprised that the Scholastic Book Fair has gone through and enshitification, and maybe I'm not, just disappointed.
lithub.com/have-they-ru...
lithub.com/have-they-ru...
Have They Ruined Our Beloved Scholastic Book Fair?
Oh, Scholastic Book Fair. If you made your way through a public school in North America anytime during the past half-century, you should recall that shiny catalog. That sudden, circus-like presence…
lithub.com
September 25, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I don't know why I would be surprised that the Scholastic Book Fair has gone through and enshitification, and maybe I'm not, just disappointed.
lithub.com/have-they-ru...
lithub.com/have-they-ru...
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So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people.
londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
londondaily.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:13 PM
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people.
londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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I really just want to say I've eaten at the Hardees in Mecca
September 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I really just want to say I've eaten at the Hardees in Mecca
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A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
September 24, 2026 at 12:37 PM
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
You know what’s weird? How I, and I’m sure many others, can tell who might be texting just by the rhythm of the notifications. I have one friend, it’s always 3-5 short bursts. I have another where it’s ALWAYS a single message and thus a single *ding*. It’s like birdsong or a part of evolution
July 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
You know what’s weird? How I, and I’m sure many others, can tell who might be texting just by the rhythm of the notifications. I have one friend, it’s always 3-5 short bursts. I have another where it’s ALWAYS a single message and thus a single *ding*. It’s like birdsong or a part of evolution
Wodehouse
Writers, read far beyond your genre. So many essays & memoirs I’ve read lately sound exactly the same, or like imitations of Didion. It’s like trying to write dialogue after reading Elmore Leonard. Pick up something different between their pages & yours. Maybe try romance, a spy novel, or Faulkner!
February 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Wodehouse
A thought occurred to me, and it’s meant as the highest compliment from a place of love for both people:
The closest thing we have to an analog or a successor to Catherine O’Hara is Kathryn Hahn
The closest thing we have to an analog or a successor to Catherine O’Hara is Kathryn Hahn
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
A thought occurred to me, and it’s meant as the highest compliment from a place of love for both people:
The closest thing we have to an analog or a successor to Catherine O’Hara is Kathryn Hahn
The closest thing we have to an analog or a successor to Catherine O’Hara is Kathryn Hahn
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I went to my barber shop on the east side this afternoon. Yes, it's cold out, but it felt like a ghost town. Tons of closed businesses. My barber shop *looked* closed and they kept the door locked. The market across the street still had a Christmas tree in the window.
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I went to my barber shop on the east side this afternoon. Yes, it's cold out, but it felt like a ghost town. Tons of closed businesses. My barber shop *looked* closed and they kept the door locked. The market across the street still had a Christmas tree in the window.
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As the year begins, don’t look away from the headlines, look better and deeper | Justine Toh
As the year begins, don’t look away from the headlines, look better and deeper | Justine Toh
It’s important to cultivate a fresh way of seeing – one that isn’t blind to harsh realities but refuses to be cowed by them
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
As the year begins, don’t look away from the headlines, look better and deeper | Justine Toh
How The New Yorker Became Irrelevant
On the decline of America's premier magazine.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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At some point you start to believe this is intentional dereliction of duty. Collusion and not cowardice.
Or does it matter?
Or does it matter?
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
At some point you start to believe this is intentional dereliction of duty. Collusion and not cowardice.
Or does it matter?
Or does it matter?
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Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
Hot take: Sleepless in Seattle is a movie about a stalker
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Hot take: Sleepless in Seattle is a movie about a stalker
My god, CBS news is just shit
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My god, CBS news is just shit
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
Sorry for the vagueness but if you saw the same news alert I just did, we could be getting some very sad celebrity death news shortly
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Sorry for the vagueness but if you saw the same news alert I just did, we could be getting some very sad celebrity death news shortly