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1/2 of the Girl, That’s Scary Podcast🎙️ https://bsky.app/profile/girlthatsscary.bsky.social 1/2 of the Gated. Podcast 🎙️ https://bsky.app/profile/gatedpod.bsky.social She/They ✨ Sisqó is a living legend. 🍒 #FlyEaglesFly 🦅✨ https://linktr.ee/girlthatsscary

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Kat. @dannithekidd.blacksky.app · 14d

It’s my favorite time of the year and although I celebrate all things scary all 366, I’m kicking off a new (RIP Twitter) thread for my watchlist🎃✨

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · 5h

Hey narrative folks my team is looking for a narrative designer to come work with me in Iceland! If you have solid storytelling fundamentals, some technical experience, and live ops or adjacent experience, we are looking for someone like you!

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Narrative Designer

Job Opening: Narrative Designer at CCP Games in Reykjavík.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5h

"In unison."

Amen.

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Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

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Kat. @dannithekidd.blacksky.app · 5h

Woo
@girlthatsscary.blacksky.app is 6 today 🥹☺️❤️👻🕺🏾

Baby, what is time?!?

Also,
We’re in the 1st grade✨

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Kat. @dannithekidd.blacksky.app · 8d

Check out our latest episode ✨

Gated. @gatedpod.bsky.social · 11d

✨New Episode🎙️✨

Episode 15:
Diner Dash

This week on the Gated. Podcast, we’re recapping episodes 124 - 133 (September 8 - September 19) of #BeyondTheGates & more!

Tap the link 🔗 below to hear our thoughts✨

linktr.ee/gatedpodcast

#SoapOpera #BTG

A photo of three character at the show diner

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Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 11h

Whether you like his movies or not I don’t think you don’t need to go out of your way to mispronounce or misspell M. Night Shyamalan’s name

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CNN @cnn.com · 9h

A federal judge in San Francisco signaled Wednesday that she’s ready to halt the Trump administration’s efforts to lay off roughly 4,000 federal workers during the government shutdown, saying the move is unlawful. https://cnn.it/3J6bxxo

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Brandon Perras-Sanchez @brandonperras.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you @dreadcentral.bsky.social and @mbmcandrews.bsky.social!!!!!!

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'Saint Drogo': Monster Makeup's Queer Folk Horror Is Available Now on Blu-ray

The queer folk horror film 'Saint Drogo' is finally available on Blu-ray! Learn more about the new release on Dread Central.

www.dreadcentral.com

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HorrorMovieBlog.com @horrormovieblog.bsky.social · 13h

Our @glitterburrito.bsky.social is back and unpacking her thoughts on Him in this month’s column.

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Welcome to Systemic Sacrifice - Horror Movie Blog

Jamie Howard is back with another column and this time she sets her sights on the themes that spoke to her when she watched 'Him'.

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Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 17h

A few seats might be available for the screening of Frankenstein at 7:45pm tonight 10/15 at the Alamo DC on Bryant street

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Poster for the new Frankenstein movie. A headless body walks in the snow. A ship is n the background

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Pumpkin Spice Monarch 🎃 @adrianraee.bsky.social · 1d

The Lizzie McGuire Halloween episode is top tier and I will not hear otherwise!

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 1d

A biopic about the life of DRACULA star Bela Lugosi is in the works from Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and the writers of ED WOOD.

Young Bela Lugosi Biopic In The Works From ED WOOD Writers

A biopic about the life of DRACULA star Bela Lugosi is in the works from Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and the writers of ED WOOD.

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HORROR PRESS @horrorpress.com · 1d

Clue's 40th anniversary is close at hand, and with it we'll be getting a special Steelbook! So of course we had to have @sharai.bsky.social discuss how this movie is the reason she is a "theatrical little bitch" #horrorsky

‘Clue’ is the Only Film Based on a Board Game That Works

The Clue 4K Blu-ray SteelBook is dropping on October 21st to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the movie I love. So, I took this as a sign to write a love letter to the film that is a huge part of w...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents.

North Carolina effort wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Heartbreaking: Neo-soul legends Angie Stone and D’Angelo both passed away in 2025, just 7 months apart. Stone died in March at 63. D’Angelo died today at 51. They shared a son together. An entire generation’s soundtrack, gone. Rest in power to both 🕊️💔

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

Very sad news…

The incredible D’Angelo has died.

A pioneer of the neo-soul movement, he was 51.

His musical legacy continues to have a massive impact today.

This means that his son, Michael, has lost both his mother, Angie Stone, and his father within just a matter of months.

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

As of 2027, thousands of people who legally immigrated to the region and have spent years paying into Medicare will no longer be able to enroll in the health program when they turn 65.

Thousands of immigrants who paid into Medicare will lose coverage in 2027

New eligibility rules under Trump's "big beautiful bill" will cause victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, and other immigrants who are already enrolled in Medicare to lose coverage.

www.inquirer.com

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DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 1d

🎻 Enjoy an afternoon of chamber music with the Mount Vernon Virtuosi String Quartet!

📅 Sat, Oct 18 | 2 PM
📍 Cleveland Park Library
Free & open to all.

Presented by the Friends of the Cleveland Park Library and the DC Public Library Foundation.

Four musicians perform a classical string quartet on the steps of a historic monument, with an intricate cathedral visible in the background.

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Kat. @dannithekidd.blacksky.app · 1d

East City Bookshop is directly across from the game store✨

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔

On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
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A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

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Observable Radio @observableradio.com · 5d

Before. The heat makes them sluggish. These days are proof. There is work to be done.

Supplemental Frequency 10: "Before" is live on all channels...

APPLE:
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Supplemental Frequency 10: “Before” — Observable Radio

Before. The heat makes them sluggish. These days are proof. There is work to be done. The Tenth Supplemental Frequency from Observable Radio, a found footage podcast from Cameron Suey, Phil van Hes...

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