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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 13m

It’s so good.

The Movie Theater Lobby @themovielobby.bsky.social · 15m

The 14th day of the 31 days in October, finds us watching:

Cabin in the Woods

Because we HAVE to, at least once every October!

#October #spookyseason #horror #horrorsky #filmsky #gonnaseeamerman

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 10m

George Floyd should still be here to celebrate his 52nd birthday. His life sparked a movement, and our fight for justice, accountability, and humanity continues. We’ll never stop saying his name.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 5h

Look for the helpers

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 1h

A fantastic monster movie with the best “alligator attacks a wedding” sequence ever put to film

John Carpenter's AJ MacReady @ajmacready.bsky.social · 1h

We believe in the classic movie monsters in this house

ALLIGATOR (1980) on Scream Factory 4K UHD/Blu

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

This is no more lawful than if Iran / North Korea / whoever blew up a couple American yachts in the Mediterranean for suspected drug trafficking. On the legal spectrum it sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between overt acts of military aggression, state-sponsored terrorism, and simple murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 6h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 2h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 7h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 20h

This. And this again.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 6h

The toxic misogyny has been a reliable throughline of the Trump Era since 2015.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

scholars.unh.edu/unh_lr/vol17...

trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss...

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 6h

“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 8h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 8h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Henry McConnell’s House of Horrors @ghostmoth712.bsky.social · 5h

The definitive master of the film poster. Rest well, legend.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 8h

Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78

He created many iconic movie posters

The Thing poster and Back to the Future poster

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Brendan Foley @thetruebrendanf.bsky.social · 1d

Probably the most consistent of the V/H/S movies I've seen, with a real willingness to play with both found footage and the anthology format. The BLACK PHONE adjacent "Dreamkill" is the most interesting experiment, and also the segment that most strains against the limitations of mockumentary.

Brendan Foley @thetruebrendanf.bsky.social · 1d

Now Watching: V/H/S/85

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 6h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 5h

DEATH TO CHRONOS

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Jeremy Anninos @anninosart.bsky.social · 8d

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · Apr 20

scared dog under a piece of wooden furniture with a speech bubble as if speaking the quoted post

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 6h

If you haven't gone in for a flu shot yet, you might be able to get a fu vaccine nasal spray at home.
lifehacker.com/health/how-t...

The At-Home Nasal Flu Vaccine Is Now Available for Delivery

I love being able to pop into a pharmacy for a flu shot, but now the ability to get flu shots by mail has made the process even easier. You can order the FluMist (a nasal spray, not a shot) to be deli...

lifehacker.com

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Joseph Finn @josephfinn.bsky.social · 5h

All excellent performances that deserved far better movies.

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 9h

Within 2 years Charlie Korsmo earned his place in the canon of great child actors.

Charlie Korsmo and Warren Beatty in DICK TRACY (1990)

Charlie Korsmo and Bill Murray in WHAT ABOUT BOB? (1991)

Charlie Korsmo and Dustin Hoffman in HOOK (1991)

Charlie Korsmo and William Hurt in THE DOCTOR (1991)

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 5h

A genuine breakfast staple I couldn't live without.

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Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇 @sashette.bsky.social · 13h

I don't know whether it's unhinged, but it's certainly divisive:

I believe all novels should have illustrations in them again. Like etchings in Dickens, or Japanese Light Novels.

Every single novel would benefit. Artists would thrive. We all win.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 7h

Once again, I can not stress enough that Silicon Valley techbros are nothing more than the modern version of 1800s snake oil salesmen. Altman might as well be peddling Dr. Sam's Magical Cure-All Elixir out of a wagon.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 7h

The three words every woman wants to hear

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 7h

This is bad and you should feel bad.