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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>⸻🇨🇦A dastardly collective of woke &#xA;leftist pinko Antifa DEI BLM commie&#xA;NeoMarxist subversives🇨🇦&#xA;⸻We post what we sponge-up&amp;twist-out into Fate&#39;s scrub bucket&#xA;⸻We ALWAYS fol⇄low back&#xA;⸻Working on a new project with AlliedSpin &#xA;⸻Dystopian value @ Utopian prices</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/constant-reader.bsky.social</link><title>@constant-reader.bsky.social - Constant Reader &amp; Co.</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/constant-reader.bsky.social/post/3mkoitzdcec2p</link><description>📽️ Master cinematographer Ed #Lachman  &#xA;&#xA;Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)&#xA;Mississippi Masala (1991) &#xA;The Virgin Suicides (1999) &#xA;Erin Brockovich (2000)&#xA;&#xA;chats on the “Team Deakins” podcast. &#xA;&#xA;He calls out contemporary #cinematography: &#34;Everything’s Mush.&#34; &#xA;&#xA;https://teamdeakins.libsyn.com/post-production-with-ed-lachman</description><pubDate>30 Apr 2026 01:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:6swqaas6en4jjgsjfkrj7amp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoitzdcec2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/constant-reader.bsky.social/post/3mkohic6zhs2p</link><description>📽️A great 1hr critique by the Brothers Deveney: &#34;Why Do Movies Look Different Now?&#34; Their diagnosis: too many new tools but no intention. 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