Sylvie (@slywit.bsky.social)

@sesmith.lol Oct 11, 2026, 3:35 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

Repeat after me: Yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, which are designed to cancel out 40!

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:33 PM

Le Mistral don't play

@nanaslugdiva.blacksky.app Oct 11, 2026, 3:44 AMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

He will not get the nomination. We don’t like him here in California and I suspect Democratic voters in the early primary states won’t like him either.

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:48 PM

On y danse...

@indyfromspace.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:06 AMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

Y'all denied her tenure

Princeton University@princeton.eduOct 8, 2026, 1:34 PM

Congratulations to Anne Carson on receiving the 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature. Carson taught at Princeton University in the 1980s and was recently on campus to deliver the 2025 Fagles Lecture: https://bit.ly/3TteJZj

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:30 PM

Oui!

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:58 PM

Current status: Living a Provençal cliché

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:59 PM

I haven't even been in France three days and I've already eaten more than ten kinds of cheese.

@jesspish.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 5:41 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

Newsom should do at least one good thing in political career because people should do things that are moral and just.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...

@stephlamy.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:07 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

"Macron. He, at least, had a French teacher."

@themovieloot.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:55 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

Check out our latest Birthday Loot, where our host @thiefcgt.bsky.social talks about five films he received as "gifts" for his birthday. Celebrate with us! #FilmTwitter

The Movie Loot - The Birthday Loot 2026
www.buzzsprout.com/850063/episo...

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 8:45 PM

This reminds me that I really need to rewatch DAS BOOT

A submarine surfaced at sunset with crew looking out to sea with binoculars

@letterboxd.social Oct 3, 2026, 12:10 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

it’s october 3rd 💗

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 4:15 AM

James Bond is dead, long live #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! Tonight's selection is MANAS (2025) by Marianna Brennand. A Portuguese drama set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. On Kanopy. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #45 #Filmsky 📽️🎞️🎬

Kanopy thumbnail for MANAS featuring the film title in mauve and a young woman's face looking out from jungle foliage.

@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 6:36 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

PRAISE BE TO THE CINEMA GODS!! 2026 IS REDEEMED! 🙏

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 5:50 PM

Thank god. I work almost exclusively on my old laptop because I hate my newer one with Windows 11 and Office 2021 so much.

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:44 AM

On a related note, in anticipation of my finishing my long-stalled blog series on the novels in October, here are my final rankings of the 28 depictions of Bond on screen:

@slywit.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:40 AM

Top 5* new-to-me watches in September: GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE (2026) THUMBSUCKER (2005) КОРОТКИЕ ВСТРЕЧИ (BRIEF ENCOUNTERS) (1967) BAD DAY FOR THE CUT (2017) WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (2001) *Since most of the month was spent rewatching Bond films, I only have a Top 5.

Letterboxd posters of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE, THUMBSUCKER, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS, BAD DAY FOR THE CUT, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER

@slurmqueen.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 6:57 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

The only thing that would be genuinely surprising is if a storyline resolved or a dead character stayed dead or they announced the next one would contain no CGI.

@stevensantos.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 5:08 PMReposted by @slywit.bsky.social

"This is your brain on drugs." Because people were hungry for that fried egg.