chris quixote

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#TeamFight he/him tilting at windmills; yelling at clouds I write about the ways we make and find meaning in art. And other things in life. I began in Ohio. I still dream of home. my writing is at christopherhammett.net

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chris quixote@chrisquixote· 18d

Images I grabbed from “Birdman” while preparing my next post on producing theater. A remarkable film - deeper and more revealing every time I watch it. Knowing what’s coming makes me feel *more* anxious. The best depiction of making art I’ve encountered.

Zach Gallifianakis and Michael Keaton arguing in a long hallway.

Michael Keaton walking through the audience of a Broadway theater wearing only tighty-whities, pointing his forefinger as if it were a gun, bathed in blue light.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· 18d

I hate to break it to you but that title has been rescinded as of this afternoon.

PINO Trump saying he likes Michael Jordan because Jordan likes him and plays golf with him whereas “LeBron is maybe he’s a racist.”

chris quixote@chrisquixote· 21d

Until I see a herd of kids strolling down the beach in suits, I’m not buying this as a trend.

Nixon out for a stroll at San Clemente, waves breaking behind him, in a dark suit oxford shoes. Go big or go home, kids.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· 22d

Leftover quiche with avo and salsa.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· 22d

"It's a bloodbath" "What is 'Blade,' Ken?" "No, I'm sorry we were were looking for 'What is OpenAI?' Remember the category."

Consecutive posts about the Open AI bloodbath and the Blade movies

chris quixote@chrisquixote· 23d

Paul Hoynes showing signs of growth because even though he once again pinned a blowout loss on a mistake by a Latino infielder he acknowledged there were other players on the field too.

Screenshot from another shitty article written by Paul Hoynes:

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Third baseman Gabriel Arias did not have a good day Sunday. The same goes for several other Guardians.

In a 7-1 loss to the Pirates, Arias and catcher Patrick Bailey miscommunicated on a pickoff attempt in the top of the fifth inning. In the bottom of the inning, Arias did not retag second base in making the third out of the inning.

If misery loves company, Arias had plenty of it.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· 24d

Is he though?

chris quixote@chrisquixote· 26d

Passengers on a cruise bond with each other, some for the rest of their lives.

a graphic of movie posters with the text “Describe your favorite movie as boring as possible.” Yes, it should be “boringly.”

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 12

A mere three hour and 43 minute drive.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 11

Screenshot from “The West Wing” showing Chief of Staff Leo McGarry with the text “Andrew Jackson, in the main foyer, had a big chocolate fountain.”

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 9

“Total Eclipse” is out of the range of every one of us here and none of us care. R.I.P. Bonnie.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 7

Needs a leaf.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 5

Is it that you don't know what birthright citizenship means, or you haven't paid attention to US politics in the last two years, or you didn't bother to learn anything about Balogun which you could have researched in ten seconds before you called someone a dope?

Balogun was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Yoruba Nigerian parents. His parents were living in London, and visited New York when his mother was seven months pregnant with him. Airline staff did not allow her to board the family's return flight to London due to safety concerns over the advanced state of her pregnancy, and Balogun was subsequently born in New York. He returned to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was two months old and grew up in London.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 5

A historical marker family in Berrien Springs, Michigan. @historicalmarker.bsky.social

Three historical markers in a row, each about the Berrien County MI courthouse. A small brown one on the left identifies it as being on the National Register of Historic Places. The large green one in the center tells its history. A small brown one on the right also tells its history.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 5

Augusto Boal

I was doing a play in which the protagonist said, at the end said, "We have to spill our blood to save our land." And then we were all singing, dressed like peasants. We were not peasants; looking like peasants, but we were not peasants, and saying, "You have to spill your blood, our blood, to save our lands, to reconquer." And then a peasant came to us and says, "Well, you think exactly like we do. So why don't you take your rifles," because we had rifles on stage, very beautiful, colorful rifles, and he said, "Why don't you come with your rifles, and let's go to fight against some landowners that occupied our land. We have to spill our blood." And then we said,
"Forgive us, but our rifles, they are not true. They are fake. They are setting rifles." And he said, "Ok the rifles are not true. They are not real rifles. But you are sincere, so you come, because we have rifles for everybody. Let's fight against them." And then we said, "No, we are truly artists, not truly peasants." And he said,
"When truly artists say, 'Let's spill our blood,' you are talking about our true blood of truly peasants and not about yours."

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 1

The amounts involved are small compared to his crypto gains, but this is a particularly repellent form of corruption.

NBC News article selection:

The disclosure also lists Trump's investment accounts as buying and selling shares of the GEO Group, a private prison company and one of the largest contractors with ICE.

Starting just 10 days after his inauguration, the disclosure shows Trump's investment accounts made purchases of the prison company. As the number of immigrant detainees swelled from 35,000 to almost 70,000, the purchases increased with the total ranging from $143,000 to $445,000. The last purchase was listed in late November. The stock that was sold ranges from $67,000 to $180,000.

Because many of the amounts listed on the disclosure form are reported as ranges, it is impossible to state exactly how much Trump earned last year from his tens of thousands of investments

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jul 1

Should we plant some ivy in left field?

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 30

Boom.

During his first year at the colegio he met Adolfo de la Huerta, who was, like him, from Guaymas. They had an exchange that already shows us something about Plutarco Calles:

—I'm told, Plutarco, that you're from Guaymas.
—Yes, I'm from Guaymas.
—From which family?
—From mine.

(Enrique Krauze, “Mexico: Biography of Power”)

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 30

Gee but it’s great to be back home

The New York City skyline against a hazy sky, seen from Sunset Park in Brooklyn. A grassy lawn and various trees are in the foreground

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 29

Here is the full news article proving the king and queen bit.

A yellowed newspaper clipping showing 7 children and a magician in various period costumes with the headline "Kilbourne's 'Old Fashioned' Celebration is Saturday"

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 28

Here is a picture of my brother and a neighbor as king and queen - yes, *king and queen* - of the Kilbourne, Ohio (pop. 200) bicentennial festival. My brother's costume by my mom. He got to ride in a rumble seat in the parade and I was and am jealous.

A teenage girl and boy in colonial dress in front of a magician's old timey truck. The girlhas a light colored floor-length dress of patterned material, and wears a bonnet. The boy is wearing a long dark coat with a light colored vest buttoned up underneath, and light colored pants tucked into boots. He wears a tricorner hat. The stupid magician's hand is splayed in front of the boy's lapel.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 27

Lxs chicxs son alright

A sign reading "Es mi primera marcha y ya lxs considero familia" (It's my first march and I already think of you as family"). Not pictured, a teenager with face paint in colors of trans pride.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 27

Feliz día de orgullo!!

Yr humble obdt poaster in front of el Ángel de Independencia on el día de orgullo in Mexico City. The angel is a tall column topped by a gold-leafed angel alighting. I'm wearing a rainbow bandanna and sunglasses and smiling.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 27

(Why would you put raised handles in the middle of the sidewalk for someone (me) to trip on?)

A raised handle in the middle of the sidewalk for someone to trip on.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 27

Today's example of "clearly the UX engineers don't use this": the googlephone calendar defaults to an unusable See N Spell clock thing, so you have to click the keyboard icon hiding there at the lower left.

the fucking super annoying googlephone time selection interface, which is a clock dial with overlapping hands and a blue circle at the time selected, and by the way there are concentric dials for hours vs minutes, and it all sucks. The time selected is at the top.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 24

Elitist losers!

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 23

Could have done more with the “I voted by mail” sticker tbh. Where’s the Farley Post Office in that skyline?

A round sticker that says “I voted by mail” with the skyline of New York City in white against a red background.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 22

Plausible!

Schrader's work frequently depicts "man in a room" stories which feature isolated, troubled men confronting an existential crisis.

chris quixote@chrisquixote· Jun 22

A day clear enough to see Popocatepetl from Cuernavaca.