Website of these people https://allivyevents.com/
- Dartmouth
- Columbia
- Brown
- U Penn
- Cornell
- Yale
- Harvard
- Princeton (attended by my Dad, my ex, my father-in-law, and my sister-in-law)
A lot of my friends and acquaintances are telling me that they've seen me in this vertical drama, where I play the powerful billionaire gramma. Here's my blog about it Blog link
So this is going to be a draft for now.
Sept 29 I went to Feirstein to participate in a student project. The student, Ariana Melendez-Franco, was filming a scene from the movie "Magnolia" in class. It was a small assignment -- tho hopefully will result in some reel for me.
I was away on a retreat the weekend before and only learned that the scene was going to be filmed Monday on Sunday night. Monday I also had an extended doctor's appointment, with lots of testing. Miraculously, I managed to learn most of the lines -- and the student wasn't too picky about errors.
I was interested in the project because this movie is on my to do list, since I'm a Tom Cruise fan & his role in this film is widely considered to be his best acting -- yet I haven't seen it. The scene we filmed was not one of his scenes.
This project was a classic illustration of how important it is to read the whole script, even if you're only filming one scene. In the scene we filmed, I played a woman named Rose who was confronting her husband, Jimmy, about his alleged molestation of their daughter. I somehow had the idea that she was already convinced that he was guilty and that her primary emotion was anger.
The student had a different idea -- probably more based on the real story -- that Rose was trying to figure out whether to believe her daughter or not. Jimmy's responses convinced her that her daughter was telling the truth and she was persuaded to leave her husband. She was both angry and sad, not just angry -- probably more sad.
If I had understood this distinction, I would have approached the scene differently. Hopefully, I got a good enough interpretation based on the direction I received.
The professor also came in and gave some direction. He told me I did a good job, tho, I, at this point, am not at all satisfied with what I did and would have done it quite differently had I really understood the scene.
Anyway, it was a good experience. I actually felt like I was in class myself -- learning something from the professor.
This school is a bit tricky to get to, as I had to take 2 subways and then a bus that only ran every 20 minutes, and I just missed the first one. The G subway stopped at a very confusing intersection on Flushing Ave. Fortunately, other people helped me find the correct bus stop -- in particular a guy who was also filming -- altho in his case it was of someone doing tricks on a skateboard -- dangerous, given that the performer was in the street.
The school itself is at the entrance of Steiner Studio -- a very large movie studio that is also their landlord. The big gate to the studio looked very enticing
On the way back, I discovered a ferry from the nearby Brooklyn Navy Yard to 34th street in Manhattan. If you have the option of taking this ferry to either Feirstein or Steiner Studio, I would highly recommend it. It was much more fun -- tho more expensive -- than the subway. Apparently this ferry also goes to Astoria
Here are some videos I took from the Ferry
Hopefully, when I get some video from the student, I will be able to add it here.
These are in chronological order -- latest at bottom
torrent of lies https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17w7twMXFm/
former advisors https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XJk1cakHA/
mental health professionals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/187FWByxV5/
trump scandals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18Mju9ZsQm/
fact checking Jan 7 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18C4mVGKSL/
fact checking Jan 20, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BDgeYjMz6/
Fact, check: Canada is not a significant source of fentanyl https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/canada/canada-fentanyl-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE4.l4Zj.7sC1xL9kqX4m&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
fact checking Trump's speech to Congress https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/05/us/trump-speech-congress?unlocked_article_code=1.204.-5aj.uvpF6PfsLm5c&smid=url-share
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Also one about vaccines https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NUkFcgNPA/
Also one about immigrants https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CAn3KeLFq/
NYTimes fact check about number of undocumented migrants https://x.com/AnneBarschall/status/1802514209172840626
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Also one about Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/africa/rwanda-congo-goma-conflict.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s04.xR4B.04ZADpFd1R8R&smid=url-share 250129
Another one about Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/world/africa/dr-congo-rwanda-rebels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU4.Usil.gwsjynkMEv3T&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Op Ed about Alzheimer’s https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/opinion/alzheimers-fraud-cure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.6Kv6.QrvXPonLLKwc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Wapo gift article about water release
Trump used personal cell phone https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-private-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.wFDc.UjEDvX-LjrDI&smid=url-share
January 2025 inflation https://wapo.st/4gBUOwD
Fire in lithium battery storage facility in California https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/california-battery-plant-fire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.h-v9.4TessHfSS5Lq&smid=url-share
Musk tries to buy Wisconsin Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-money.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k4.TRsi.iPniLzqWxM7C&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Why is Congo army ineffectual https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/world/africa/congo-army-weak-rwanda-m23.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.KOvH.OwhjzSkz9yTA&smid=url-share
Wapo on government funding of Musk's business empire https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DRnzeUVb8/
Wapo on Heather Stone. Cure for brain eating amoeba. https://wapo.st/4bOgCV4
NY Times on federal contracts that Musk stands to gain https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k4.9Rzp.MiJYoUJFoERc&smid=url-share
WaPo on arrest of Turkish graduate student https://wapo.st/3Y68yJv
Wapo on CDC vaccine resignation https://wapo.st/4hQn8fm
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Wapo on social security problems due to cuts https://wapo.st/3FHsJXR
New York Times: unprecedented interference in the independence of prosecutors https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/line-prosecutors-fired-trump-doj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.0m3x.XdqunYjLGEQv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
New York Times: racist exception on refugees https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.1m4S.af-AShYK59qe&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Israel kills clearly marked aid workers NY times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-workers-deaths-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.p8Xm.ykS5xdKsLRZa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times -- problems at Social Security due to cuts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/social-security-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.qKm1.d62mLOGpU7OW&smid=url-share
Book banning at naval academy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/naval-academy-banned-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.ajIt.jDmRzMDuq9Kq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
This might be a link, rather than a gift article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/arts/design/climate-protests-museums-sentences-art.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Wapo: Laura Loomer fingers wrong guy https://wapo.st/42AS11N
NY Times: analysis of Trump resistance to scotus https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-defy-courts.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.jXrn.rNuHpK3hxoBm&smid=url-share
NY Times about criminal records of those who have been deported https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/americas/trump-migrants-deportations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.do-S.9t4vrg3SWqNJ&smid=url-share
Ny times press censorship https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-bill-owens.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.kiV9.WaHgIb7bb2_Q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times: corrupt use of pardon power https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-pardon-walczak-ashley-biden-diary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Dk8.3bm_.ve6qHQd8JCeR&smid=url-share
Trump distortions: NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-100-days-fact-check.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D08.jnWl.S3F4YCW8SHla&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times: graft involving Trump's children https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E08.T-hV.54psshJgevkY&smid=url-share
WaPo gift article: Hasan Piker detained https://wapo.st/3GT4WVy
NY Times: corruption associated with Trump crypto currency https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-crypto-coin-auction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.BVfG.KfRUXJhOXZ_m&smid=url-share
Wapo: firing of officials who disagree with Trump https://wapo.st/4kjboU8
Wapo on pfas https://wapo.st/3HckcwL
NY Times -- brain drain caused by Trump policies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/business/economy/trump-research-brain-drain.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU8.29xS.D7ci9ty-zX97&smid=url-share
Ny times death of Burlington coat factory founder https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/monroe-milstein-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Kk8.5icC.lWXzmvDMI3yM&smid=url-share. This was for a friend. Not political
NY Times Trump pardons tax cheat after mom attends party link
NY Times: covid vaccine recommendations & criticisms -- link
Wapo RFK Jr to stop scientists from publishing in top journals https://wapo.st/43sc0Bz
Wapo: people dying from abrupt stopping of USAID. Rubio lying about it https://wapo.st/4jrlXE3
NY Times: Musk: drugs, women, children https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.vlE7.DMh2k86tBTsd&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times: Defunding of domestic violence programs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion/domestic-violence-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.h0NR.zV41ODX-ZK-a&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times: Social Media Disinformation about LA protests https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.X_Lu.KyUVg47kqjWj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times Action in Iran to raise gas prices https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/business/energy-environment/gasoline-prices-likely-to-rise-as-israel-targets-irans-energy-infrastructure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.gXwt.ViNbhYGF-1YL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times detailed analysis of new budget
NY Times: China rare earth mining consequences https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/business/china-rare-earth-environment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk8.xK91.hUzCO0n87wa-&smid=url-share
Trump cutting chemical safety NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/climate/chemical-safety-investigator-trump-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VU8.Lz-K.9UvJEsKJLCUB&smid=url-share\
NY Times: lying to courts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/trump-bove-reuveni-whistleblower-doj-deportations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V08.FtUq.Ivdefe73_NBf&smid=url-share
NY Times (2019) disturbing conditions at border facilities in 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/migrant-children-border-soap.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W08.KvG0.LoDoPC1AqMsv&smid=url-share
NY Times: History of Trump/ Epstein https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU8.Z_pN.5EeS__QM0zTE&smid=url-share
New York Times gift article about the Columbia settlement https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyregion/columbia-trump-deal-reaction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE8.5qNE.f5n5J1xUD_Rm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
New York Times gift article: cost of Qatari gift plane
NY Times gift article: map of countries recognizing a Palestinian state
Wapo gift article about food crisis in Gaza https://wapo.st/46ynzZP
New York Times gift article about Trump and facts: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/trump-bls-jobs-facts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Wapo gift article about recent fires https://wapo.st/4mLkrPd
NY Times gift article: Uber and sexual misconduct https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assault.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.DnVS.kzkXcGShMg0y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
WaPo gift article re: price of health insurance v eggs https://wapo.st/4ooBwQl
NY Times gift article: prediction of stagflation https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/stagflation-trump-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dU8.ZsF7.CQmZl0dF3tmK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY Times gift article: blue dragonflies adapted to urban enrollments
WAPO gift article: federal takeover in DC hurting restaurants
NY Times: firing pentagon official who contradicted Trump
NY Times gift article: Chinese influence in local elections https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/nyregion/china-consulate-new-york-elections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g08.EULR.n08w5ejYhFUF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
NY times gift article: vaccine nightmare at CDC
Wapo: Deteriorating situation at CDC https://bsky.app/profile/barschall.bsky.social/post/3lxitm5mxxs2y
Wapo: resignation of senior attorneys from the justice department
Wapo: immigration enforcement undermining firefighting.
NY Times (opinion): what’s going on at the CDC
NY Times: Crimes in red state cities
NY times: soy crisis in North Dakota https://bsky.app/profile/barschall.bsky.social/post/3lyxmy6an5s2e
NY Times: Trump stops cancer war
NY Times: cuts to food safety
Grijalva not seated
NY Times gift article: interesting Alzheimer's research (for a friend -- not poliiticla)