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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 51m

Drew Struzan made some of the greatest, most fun movies of all time look even more epic than they were. An artist who understood the soul of movies.

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1h

RIP Drew Struzan
A master.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1h

This might be the first thing Reform has done that actually has anything to do with protecting women.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 6h

Oh no not again www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 4h

@brightonseo.com Hi there - suddenly-started freelancer here, and realised I missed free tickets. Is the waiting list worth me trying or is there a returns list at all? Thanks!

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 6h

Ha! It's not dignified.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 7h

I'm posting Groo memes on LinkedIn. What have I become?

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 8h

To be honest, it's almost as embarrassing to learn that Dustin Rhodes uses Threads.

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 17h

Overall, I would say that YouTube music, as usual with Google products fails the important "does this lack the functionality that you would have put in having thought about this for five minutes" test

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 10h

The ancient ones performed feats of memory, as their culture required them to commit long strings of numbers to their mind palaces.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 23h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 20h

Any film fans interested in doing next week's Prince Charles Cinema film quiz with me?

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 1d

Finding out that Jared Leto kept doing his method acting shit and insisted on staying in character on the set of Tron Ares and would only answer to the name of Ares is so funny, like making a big ass douche of yourself for the third Tron movie where you play “computer program that gains feelings”

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Moxie @ blfc @dracocat.bsky.social · 1d

Its wild too because apparently Tron Ares was a different story/film initially but Leto wanted to explore his character so much he convinced the director to change it to focus on him.

“The first iteration of [Tron: Ares] was a different movie, but it had a character named Ares that [Leto] was cast as while we were in pre-production,” Wigutow says, “He really got his teeth into this character and really wanted to hold onto it, and ultimately came to me and said, ‘Let's just build a movie around this character. I want to understand this character, his origins, and I want to take him to a very different place.’ So that's really the provenance and the origin of this specific film is Jared's dogged persistence on getting it done, but also telling the story of this character specifically.”

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📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚🎃🌛 @kep.rinvelo.com · 1d

Gingerbread Doritos deserve cream cheese icing dip

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JL Kaufmann @jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 2d

I am a cis woman. I have endometriosis, adenomyosis, I have had ten miscarriages, I may have ovarian cancer, I an about to have a total hysterectomy. The idea that that malfunctioning, agonising, broken BASTARD of a reproductive system is what makes me a woman is actually downright offensive....

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

Prepared to do time for their family rather than spend time with their family.

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E M Will @elainemwill.bsky.social · 1d

I'm like this, but with Cinnamon Toast Crunch flavours

An as yet unopened box of Strawberry Toast Crunch. It sounds wretched...is it also cinnamon flavoured? But nevertheless, I had to try it.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

That's fair - it's been mainly posters, buses etc here.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

Do Ginger Bread Doritos look terrible? Yes. Am I going to try them? Also yes. Will I regret them? Almost certainly.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 3d

I guarantee, if they put Gillian Anderson front and centre of the Tron marketing instead of Jared Leto, it would have done better.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 2d

Sunday is always Carole King day here, so here’s Vincent Price and the muppets

Muppets - Vincent Price - You've got a friend

YouTube video by JayB7869

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Kristi @booksandbodyslams.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not crying

OKAY I am 😭😭😭

Wishing all the speedy recovery vibes and healing to the purest human on the planet, Kota Ibushi

#aewsky

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2d

I think one reason we have an elitism divide with the arts now has a lot to do with the reduction of proper documentary and discussion from TV. There used to be something on every single night like that.

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darcyswickham.bsky.social @darcyswickham.bsky.social · 2d

The U.K. becoming poorer and poorer in comparison to the US has been the elephant in the room since the 2008 financial crisis. Has completely beggared the country.

Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 2d

Feels under recognised that the US has gotten considerably wealthier than the UK since the pandemic

Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 2d

Since 2019, the UK economy has barely grown if we adjust for immigration. Poland’s, however, has grown by more than 18% - and is set to overtake Japan in the early 2030s

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 2d

Men using ChatGPT on dating apps illustrates the depressing point that for some men, everything between the first hello and having sex with a woman (chatting, getting to know them, going on dates, etc) is just frustrating admin that has to be endured beforehand & they want to automate it.

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