by @sandipb.net
List of News and people for me to keep in touch with Europe. Very personal. Not intended to satisfy any one elses preferences. People being present in this list is in no way an endorsement of their politics or behavior.
Dr Seán Ketchem Yes it is way too early to talk Christmas movies, but TIL that Holly Gennero is the aunt of Kevin McCallister! IRL Bonnie Bedelia's last name is Culkin (for her stage name, she made her middle name her last name). Her brother Kit is the father of the famous Culkin brood (Macaulay, Kieran, and Rory).
Dave Keating Europe is still not moving toward becoming independent from the United States. If anything, it's just adding more dependency. Watch my full interview with James Ker-Lindsay here: davekeating.substack.com/p/video-euro...
Dr Seán Ketchem We sent Ponyboy to the store to get burrito fixings, and he came back with taco seasonings. I forgot that Kittenz can't read. It is probably the exact same thing though.
Dr Seán Ketchem I still can't get over a former German chancellor traveling to Moscow for Putin's birthday and posing for official photos with the Russian dictator (while joining the board of a Russian retail chain). It is just absolutely shocking and shameful.
Dr Seán Ketchem The 1985 dark fantasy film "Return to Oz" is (unintentionally) actually a pretty good Halloween movie. It is creepy AF with more jump scares than you would expect in a movie supposedly intended for young children, which is why it was a notorious studio bomb.
Dr Seán Ketchem America in 2026
Dr Seán Ketchem You can't ding my local grocery store for putting the Christmas stuff out with the usual "one holiday at a time!" rebuke. Neither Halloween nor Thanksgiving are a thing here (Halloween just sort of maybe if you have 5-year old kids). Once the temps drop, the Christmas stuff goes out, if not before.
Emmanuelle Chaze Over the past two days, aside from reporting on it, I’ve had to sit with two pieces of horrific news. The first came from Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region, where Russia killed 22 people, including five children, in a strike on a residential building. 1/