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film and TV critic, at current affairs and other places. eclectic academic. phd on martin mcdonagh + diaspora. intermittent podcaster. into sitcoms, slasher movies, and martin and lewis. ciaramoloney.net | thesundae.net

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · Jun 18

But Rocky understands Adrian differently to other people in the neighborhood. “You know, some people are very shy by nature, you know?” he says to her on their first date, “I say you’re very shy by nature, you know? … You know, some people think that being shy is a disease, but it don’t bother me none.” Rocky, in his own way, expresses support for Adrian rooted in an approximation of the neurodiversity model. He explicitly rejects the pathologizing of her difference (“that being shy is a disease”), positions it as within the natural variance in human cognition (“you’re very shy by nature”), and puts forward a positive outlook on that difference (“it don’t bother me none”).

It is understandable, of course, that Rocky would come to that neurodiversity-rooted conclusion, because he, too, lives outside of the bounds of neurotypicality. Rocky appears to have mild intellectual disability, and possibly other neurodivergences, undiagnosed due to his lifelong poverty.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

there are a rabble of uncertain, fugitive, half-fabulous whales, which, as an American whaleman, I know by reputation, but not personally

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

years ago—never mind how long precisely

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St. Simeon the Pumpkin Spice Holy Fool @simeonthefool.bsky.social · 2d

J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.

MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

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the mountain goats lyrics @tmgbot.bsky.social · 2d

He was my hero back when I was a kid
You let me down, but Chavo never once did
You called him names to try to get beneath my skin
Now, your ashes are scattered on the wind

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sarah @sablaah.bsky.social · Oct 25

ugh. boss just asked if I could put in a few extra hours in the lab tonight. we’re on a crazy deadline and “someone’s gotta make sure the monster stays on the slab” 🙄 the monster’s not going anywhere! he’s literally chained to the slab!!! this sucks.

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 2d

i am sorry to say this but suing someone for defamation is, with rare exception, mega cringe

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 2d

I think superman (2025) is excellent on its own merits!

ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 3d

extremely funny that 12 years ago he thanked everyone for waiting three years

Screenshot from Ryan Ross's Wikipedia page. Heading: solo project (2013-present). Body: in 2013, Ross released a two-track untitled demo EP as well as a couple of other songs through his official Soundcloud page. The description of the page says: "Thanks for waiting. I'm back now."

ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 3d

wonder if ryan ross will ever make music again

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F♯A♯∞, fka ☕️ @coopercooperco.bsky.social · 4d

“Want to see Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones?” No. Why would I want to see that

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 5d

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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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 4d

in case anyone following me isn't aware, mcfly are the greatest live band on earth (and busted, one supposes, also exist)

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 4d

brushing up on my busted knowledge ahead of busted vs mcfly and all i think is this

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 6d

Christopher Lee and Vincent Price between takes on the set of The Oblong Box (1969)

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 5d

very important to me that they should call it whatever happened to the inbetweeners

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 5d

Fifteen years after its third and final season aired, cult classic UK sitcom The Inbetweeners has been confirmed to make a return – in some form or another
www.thejournal.ie/the-inbetwee...

The Inbetweeners could be making a comeback

The Inbetweeners was a coming-of-age UK sitcom originally broadcast on E4 between 2008 and 2010.

www.thejournal.ie

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 7d

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 7d

can't overstate how important diane keaton was to me, gender wise. also, a genius

Diane Keaton in a tie and waistcoat as Annie Hall

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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 7d

This one hurts a lot. RIP Diane Keaton.

I don’t even know what else to say.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 7d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 10d

[RE-ANIMATOR] These scenes are like pop Buñuel...The jokes hit you in a subterranean comic zone that the surrealists' pranks sometimes reached, but without the surrealists' self-consciousness (and art-consciousness). (1985)

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10d

a strong case could also be made that if you were confused by why Bill and Ted would cast themselves in WAITING FOR GODOT, you might also not fully understand Bill and Ted

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10d

a strong case could be made that in fact, by selecting this play for themselves to star in, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have demonstrated that they understand WAITING FOR GODOT better than anyone else alive

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John Moynes @johnmoynes.bsky.social · 11d

Hearing reports of Jim Gavin canvassers in the Wicklow mountains who are refusing to surrender.

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 10d

Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (1944)

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 11d

Sometimes a user will post a joke and then that very same user will post something sincere. And I as the reader am expected to understand this, using my brain?

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 10d

[sighs gravely] abraham lincoln could have faxed a samurai

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 11d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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ciara moloney @ciaramoloney.bsky.social · 10d

same

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