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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 6h

Charles Bronson is outrageously jacked in House of Wax. Steroids were crazy in the 50s.

Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 11h

They could say no, but they capitulated so completely to Trump last year that saying no would raise a few eyebrows, and nobody wants that when they’re busy trying to sell to the Ellisons. The end.

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 11h

“Why is ____ running ICE ads?”

Well, you see, during the 2024 election every media outlet said they had no choice but to run Trump campaign ads that pushed false narratives about immigration, trans people, crime, etc., and now they can’t even apologize for it without getting sued.

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Tom. @notthattomgreen.is.tired.fyi · 1d

Colette’s views on the current state of WWE’s footage stewardship mirror mine. Highly recommend reading.

Piracy is the only complete, accurate form of archiving.

Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts on the 4/6/98 Nitro (Goldberg’s 69th win, Nash vs. Sting, etc.), but also about the current “WWE Vault” style of curating wrestling history via incomprehensibly large video libraries and the YouTube algorithm. 🤼

www.bigeggwrestling.com/bill-goldber...

Bill Goldberg Goes Nice-0 | WCW Monday Nitro 4/6/98

Kevin Nash battles Sting for the WCW World Title! Goldberg is 68-0 heading into a match against Van Hammer! You'll never guess what happens in either match!

www.bigeggwrestling.com

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 13h

Whoever got the “Gothic for life, bitch” copy of Goths doesn’t know how good they got it.

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like I’ve been waiting eons for a leak from the Iron Mountain facility.

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

Had the first one of these made earlier this year because I thought the design Merge’s art director made would look sick as a one sheet and now it’s merch. Still have the instinct, baby.

Merch booth at the Destroyer show, featuring a yellow and black movie poster-style one sheet for the album Dan’s Boogie. Dan Bejar is on it, staring forlornly into a vanity mirror.

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

Peacemaker really calling its shot wrt Cena’s last match in DC.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

Also discussed: Buff Bagwell’s potential, DDP/Raven being better than Raven/Dreamer, the “Eddie Guerrero Is My Favorite Wrestler” shirt, 1998’s most washed wrestlers, Big Match Kev, Lex Luger’s selling, Chris Jericho’s brat era, early CIMA, and much more!

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts on the 4/6/98 Nitro (Goldberg’s 69th win, Nash vs. Sting, etc.), but also about the current “WWE Vault” style of curating wrestling history via incomprehensibly large video libraries and the YouTube algorithm. 🤼

www.bigeggwrestling.com/bill-goldber...

Bill Goldberg Goes Nice-0 | WCW Monday Nitro 4/6/98

Kevin Nash battles Sting for the WCW World Title! Goldberg is 68-0 heading into a match against Van Hammer! You'll never guess what happens in either match!

www.bigeggwrestling.com

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

Sub Pop doing some good things this week, damn.

Sub Pop Records @subpop.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing on earth is free // Even in ecstasy // Hell is the day after the party.

Lala Lala, the project of Lillie West, has signed to Sub Pop and has a new single/video for you to experience immediately -> youtube.com/watch?v=UiFKFo6nmAI.

@flutelilliewater.bsky.social

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 1d

I bet the gluten free dick and balls combo goes crazy

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 2d

Coffee is the ultimate former alcoholic drink. You can pay a guy $18 to make a fancy version of it right in front of your bloodshot eyes, or you can buy one in a gas station for a buck and a half while slowly crying to "Night Moves" because you just need to feel something again

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 2d

“Want to see Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones” is an all-time “thank God for casting directors” pitch.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

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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BIG EGG @bigeggwrestling.bsky.social · 2d

Horror Month continues, this time with @josephweirdness.bsky.social vibing with the sick DIY thrills of the Colon/Ayala Fire Match, in which lighter fluid is poured out via red solo cup and both men get reckless running the ropes. 🤼

www.bigeggwrestling.com/burn-baby-bu...

Burn, baby, burn: blood and fire in Puerto Rico

As with so many things, it starts with the Wrestler of the Year award. At a ceremony given a lot of gravity and weight by the hosting of one Gordon Solie, current WWC Universal Champion Hercules Ayala...

www.bigeggwrestling.com

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 2d

This state is so pretty that it drives me crazy sometimes.

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 2d

That big egg contributor invitation 😉

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Colette Arrand @colettearrand.bsky.social · 2d

In a less terrible universe, Star Trek dot com is still paying me money to write about the persistence of artifacts and current culture in the distant future, and I’d have an essay about the Noh-Jay Consortium on the order of this

www.startrek.com/news/buck-bo...