Just listened to a Fresh Air interview with Werner Herzog. Interesting man. I remember seeing Fitzcaraldo when it first got to video. Crazy movie! And, of course, he played a role in a few Mandalorian episodes.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/07/1217794924/werner-herzog-memoir
Back from my social media break - a very happy New Year to all my followers! If gardening's on your agenda, here's an updated list of jobs for January, organised week-by-week. Bear in mind, this if for the UK! A little pinch of Viola Pot Pourri.
https://www.mandycanudigit.com/gardening-jobs/january-gardening-jobs/
Aw, Teri Garr died. She was SO smart and funny and talented. I think I may have to do my own little Teri Garr filmfest. 
Fresh Air replayed Terry Gross' 2005 interview with her. It's a wonderful listen. I'm going to request her autobiography from the library.
And I did not realize she had MS. It didn't seem to slow her down at all (her autobio, btw, is called "Speedbumps" 
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And did you notice the other layer of protection?
Yup - look at the size of that doorway to outside! It must be open as wide as a quarter of the width of the apartment.
#SwissCheeseModel keeps projects on schedule!
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/27/In-The-Eviction-Vancouver-Plays-Itself/?utm_source=mastodon
It's weird.
Half the time I get the impression that most non-Republicans in the US take the threat of Christian Nationalism (American Fascists) seriously.
I don't think a majority did before 2016.
(They should have but maybe they weren't paying attention during the W years or somehow forgot the Oklahoma City Bombing.)
But they sure seem to take it seriously now.
Except for the other half of the time when I get the impression that they're more pissed off that Democrats haven't defeated the fascists already, or accomplished a bunch of other stuff that makes sense but hasn't been accomplished.
Which, without getting into details, sometimes these are absolutely accurate and damning accusations but at other times are pretty hypocritical (Why haven't you protected me from this threat without my reliable support at the polls or political participation!).
It makes sense that when everyone who isn't a Christian Nationalist is forced into one party that there will be divisions and frustration and acrimony and backstabbing.
What I don't get is how anyone at this stage of US history who isn't a Christian Nationalist can convince themselves to be more angry and afraid of Democrats than Christian Nationalists.
Do they still somehow think that Christian Nationalists are harmless rural hicks?
IDK
It's something I haven't been able to really grokk.
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Rachel Maddow / Ultra followup: Steven Spielberg is developing a film based on the podcast.
That was one of many points touched in Maddow's interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross:
That's also a good summary of the full series, though it omits much detail.
And if you've not yet caught it, Ultra itself:
https://www.rachelmaddow.com/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/
RSS: https://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra (Edit, h/t @joeyh)
