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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 52m

@gork.it is this true?

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 13h

This is how you do political ads.

This speaks directly to my soul, man.

Between this and the inflatable army, weaponized parody is the rule of the fucking day, my friends.

Screenshot of snippet from the article linked.

"A CBS spokesperson said, “Federal law required our New York station WCBS-TV to run this candidate ad despite there not being any relationship to either Survivor or WCBS-TV.” The station ran a disclaimer before the ad that read, “The Following Message Is Not Associated with Either Survivor or CBS.” Per the network, CBS and producers were not consulted about the ad’s concept or the participation by contestants."

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 1h

this guy knows some executive secrets for sure

but not like big ones. just like "so-and-so had an affair, with me".

he couldn't bring down Hollywood but he could end a couple marriages.

that's my theory on why he keeps getting work given to him.

he's also his own producer which is probably it.

Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 1h

Does anyone else have their red flag alarms blasting every time they see this man's face? I just don't trust this guy at all. Always struck me as an abuser. 🤷

Ryan McCaffrey @dmc-ryan.bsky.social · 16h

Normally my default reaction to a live-action movie of a classic cartoon TV series would be largely pessimistic, but I actually think Jim Carrey would CRUSH IT as George Jetson in a live-action Jetsons movie. www.ign.com/articles/jim...

Jim Carrey in Talks to Star in The Jetsons Live-Action Movie - IGN

Jim Carrey is reportedly in talks to star in Warner Bros.’ live-action movie adaptation of the 1960s animated TV series The Jetsons, which Jurassic World’s Colin Trevorrow is in line to direct.

www.ign.com

Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 11h

they've always been smart people, predators are general smart. they know enough about masking, plausible deniability, all that.

but I implore you to keep in mind that 1996 wasn't that far behind 2010. one because that's important but also because it makes me feel very very old.

Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 12h

shocking it's taken this long to fully establish a whole ass political party around child predation, tbh

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 12h

But it's legitimately hard to think this kind of thing ever _wasn't_ the case given how small a period of time the computer age has been and how thoroughly saturated with that toxicity they are down into the marrow. I had half a dozen close calls with predators as a kid. Shits everywhere.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 12h

They didn't protest when I told them that guy shouldn't ever come back to our home, they believed me when I said he was a total creep who gave me terrible vibesn and I didn't want him around ever again. To their credit.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 12h

Now that's funny on its own, an 11 year old having political thoughts at all, don't get me wrong.

My parents would've died knowing the forum content I saw. They introduced me to the guy who pointed me there, because he was the local computer guy and I was the prodigy computer kid. Free learning.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 12h

The real "–oh, OH" moment was in an early tech forum the same person pointed me to where I realized all the freedoms they were actually looking for was freedom from consequences of being proud and open child predators.

And I was just 11. 1996. What parents look past for "gifted" kids to learn.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 12h

For a solid week or two, long before the tea party, I thought libertarians might be on to something. I was exposed to it via tech people and computer nerds and it struck me as odd how they were adamantly against American law but nominally pro American: they rested all their ideals on US "freedom".

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 13h

deadline.com/2025/10/zohr...

Zohran Mamdani Debuts ‘Survivor’ Themed Spot Featuring Past And Present Contestants

The New York mayoral candidate appeared with contestants wanting to vote Andrew Cuomo "off the island."

deadline.com

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 13h

This is how you do political ads.

This speaks directly to my soul, man.

Between this and the inflatable army, weaponized parody is the rule of the fucking day, my friends.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 15h

i read this as the political wing saying "we have stopped hiring for the positions previously available" which can mean lots of different things.

monetization was never about actually delivering profit, it was about vetting who would go the farthest for the attention, who was the most shameless.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 15h

Weak. He left every one of them alive and he had the tail to take em out. That should've been reflexive even.

Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 15h

Discipline is key, and if you've got it you can use it to get some pretty sweet freebies along the way.

But yeah, having a steady rotating credit balance is basically all credit unions really look for. Ten, fifteen years down of that and you'll be downright AFRAID of the limits they'll give you.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 17h

in this metaphor the gun on the table IS the police, btw. that the police are even investigating this at all is an expression of state violence in defense of the guy waving a Nazi flag. It's not even a loose metaphor, they carry guns actually of course.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 17h

it isn't about being seen as reasonable or in the right. It's about the threats clearly visible on the table for everyone to see that no one's gotta actually talk about out loud in order for people to "go along to get along".

The GOP encourages this brand of behavior every day. It's mob shit.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 17h

too many people keep missing the point

this is, on the surface, stupid

you have to look at these interactions though beyond just the script

imagine a negotiation, normal business negotiation, but one side puts a gun down on the table before it starts. essentially that's what that office is doing

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 17h

this is where Smuckers fucked up: they described the thing as a PB&J "sandwich" right on the box, and a sandwich is _already_ a generic form.

Tldr the sentiment that this is largely political is probably accurate.

Source: dealt with this food form shit by proxy of industry for a decade

Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 17h

drumsticks are a great example of where a brand dropped the ball: anyone can make those because the form isn't seen as proprietary - they never protected it. but try to sell a knock off Klondike or Choco taco. they're protective of the respective forms

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 17h

so this can be read a thousand ways but basically it's going to come to the form of the food. brands go to great lengths to avoid having their food become generic, ie taquitos aren't "tornados" and vice versa (even though they totally are)

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 19h

y'all stay safe at these rallies please, they're gonna try their hardest to fuck things up in a big, visible spectacle

the prick may as well be calling for terrorist attacks, he's begging the audience to make them happen

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "I don't think it will end before the Hate America Rally on the Mall on Saturday, where all the Marxists and antifa people and all the people who hate Trump and hate America will be there."

Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 20h

Paradoxically, the API thing is exactly the feature folks like Cory Doctorow speak about when they talk about mass interoperability being a kind of freedom from centralized systems.

Realistically centralized systems are a fine compromise IF they're ran by a benevolent, somewhat-funded group.

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Theodore Painsworth says Free Link @itty53.bsky.social · 20h

not even kind of close unfortunately, the key component the old school bbs paradigm lacks is the public API for everyone to rely on and build onto.

you kill that and the bots and script runners can't just turn them loose.

discord has an API so it's suspect and vulnerable in more ways than one.

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