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Thirteen Women (1932)

Myrna Loy portrays Ursula, an embittered woman of Indian/Japanese descent, dead set on the destruction of the members of a sorority who prevented her from gaining acceptance in white society in her youth. She has, as her weapon, the Power of Suggestion.

If it weren’t for Ursula’s ongoing attempts to outright murder one of her tormentor’s children, her actions might be read as comeuppance: childhood alone can not excuse the life-destroying racism of the privileged elite.

Murders in the Zoo (1933).

Sadistic, possessive, wealthy zoo collector delights in ghoulishly dispatching his wife’s paramours.

Hi jinx ensue!

Once the grisly murders have played out, prepare yourself for a history lesson on why the SPCA is a presence on movie sets today.

SwiftUI pros: How do I make a List with style .insetGrouped fit to the device's readableContentGuide?

Doctor X (1932).

I’ll watch anything shot in two-strip technicolor. The palette—peach and green—makes a fever dream of everything.

We begin with a police tour of a gallery of scientist suspects, any of which might be a lunatic serial killer. But which one? (They’re all quite mad).

The sprawling sets are absolutely glorious—perfect for stalking stranglers and shadow play.

And comedy; because, at heart, this is a goofy movie, full of pranks and fools.

❤️❤️❤️💔

“Vote NO on Woman Suffrage” 🙄

Not ancient #history, but just a century ago.

Source: State Archives of North Carolina

Mitchell Baker from Mozilla tells the German news agency that we shouldn't "leave AI development to the tech-giants", that somehow "the training data should be controlled by users".

And that does on a surface level sound nice. User control and criticizing tech giants. Great. But it accepts the tech-giants' narrative: That "AI" is inevitable and that all data *has to* be dumped into these systems, that unfairness is a tech issue to solve with more data. That is not true.

We can also decide not to build these huge and wasteful statistical systems.

Criterion Channel has at least four different horror film slates running for October this year.

Between 90’s Horror, Hopping Hong Kong Vampires, Art-House Horror, and Pre-Code Horror, I’m paralyzed with indecision as to what to watch.

What can I say about Disney’s Galactic Starcruiser?

Let’s find out, shall we? ☺️

If I cannot compartmentalize my identities with your social app, I cannot truly protect my privacy.

Allowing multiple accounts for social apps is an important feature.

#Privacy 🔒

Last night was Sylvan Esso at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. I actually bought the tickets for the opener, Indigo de Souza, but she had to cancel for a family emergency. Still a good show! Programming the lights must have been a lot of fun!!

Just wrapped up Dragon Inn (1967).

I’ve been slowly rolling through King Hu’s oeuvre ever since being tipped off about Touch of Zen (1971) last year (on Mastodon, no less). I’ve enjoyed them all so far, and this one was no exception.

(I will admit that, for this trans-person, the final scene’s obsession with eunuch-taunting probably didn’t land quite as intended ☺️ Thank goodness for all that anthropology training).

Software is ephemeral. Always capture and archive screen recordings of your experience—especially during development.

I deeply regret not capturing a screen recording of the UX for a chat-based multiplayer RPG I wrote years ago.

There were a few interactions I want to demo to others purely for purposes of inspiration, including the multi-modal message send button and the way that transcript history collapsed into cards as quests were completed.

It would be a pain to stand it all up again.