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Sticking Place Books @stickingplacebk.bsky.social · 10h

Follow, like, and repost for a chance to win any Sticking Place Book of your choice — including these gems! Help spread the word about the world’s boldest film press and take home a masterpiece. 🎬

(If you already follow, just like and repost to enter!)

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 1d

Generally non-fiction books are sold to publishers as proposals before they're written, so you could start with a proposal and see if you want to keep going with it.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 1d

New people joining Bluesky? Time to #post #cat

My gray cat on the couch, staring with tender love at the camera (me), my hand gently stroking the side of his stupid face

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 2d

I saw this news and was like, "Who would possibly want to buy this?"

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Drew Struzan. Not just a movie poster artist but a man capable of putting lightning in a bottle, and of taking the form of cinema and encapsulating its spirit in still imagery. The best that will ever do it.

Here are 4 of my favorites:

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 3d

I am definitely going to smash my hand into something playing this.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 4d

I do it while brushing my teeth

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know, I don't really clock them. They don't make me look at them the way other games sometimes do. Right now the ads are Best Buy and whatever Epic Mountain Rewards is.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 4d

The people who make Framed also make Decipher, a game in which a quote has to be decoded. The quotes skew toward inspirational pablum, so they often come from self-help grifters. Today's is from noted fraud Napoleon Hill. (Not the first time it's quoted him!)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleo...

Napoleon Hill - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 5d

I watched THE BIG LEBOWSKI for the first time in many years. I had many thoughts, here's two: 1) All the characters are fighting for an amount of money that doesn't actually exist. But all we have is each other. 2) There is a lot of DRIVE AWAY DOLLS and HONEY DON'T to be found here.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 5d

A close up of a cat. Just a cat. A gray cat, with a green-eyed gaze burrowing into your soul. He's speaking to you somehow. You hear his words in your mind. "Danny? The man next door? He hates you. He's planning to kill you. I see this in the early mornings, when you are asleep and I am staring out the window. Danny, at the wheel of his SUV, just before he drives to work. He dreams about slamming it into you the next time you leave the house."

Yes, you agree. That makes sense. Danny has always seemed a little odd. But what do I do?

"Get him," says the gray cat. "Get him before he gets you."

Yes, thank you. That is exactly what I will do. You're so smart.

"I deserve a treat. And some catnip."

Yes. Yes, you do.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 6d

I had no idea this existed and now it's all I want.

Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 6d

It's upsetting that the Coen Bros' adaptation of Cuba Libre was never made

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 6d

Whenever I've watched REDS, there's a part of me that feels it's insane it even exists. Like it should be one of those unrealized projects people say, "Man, wouldn't it have been awesome if that had happened?"

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6d

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 7d

If Le Creuset is cheugy, then I don't want to be whatever the opposite of cheugy is.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 7d

This is not a joke by the way

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 7d

My new Le Creuset coffee mug just arrived! Now to take a biiiiiig sip from my brand new mug and check the news–

Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 7d

Le Creuset is Cheugy 👎

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 7d

"You let him go for some words on paper?"

"But it's a story by a famous guy, Tone. He wrote ON THE ROAD."

"I don't give a fuck where he wrote, I want my money."

Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 7d

'Very significant' unpublished Kerouac short story discovered in Paul Castellano's (!!) files. Unknown how he got it. Kerouac seems to have given it to someone in San Francisco. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the Road

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 8d

I will also destroy Norway if I am not given a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 9d

"I don't need to worry for *myself*, I need to worry for *others*"

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 9d

Sometimes I feel nervous and then I think, "Wait a second, I'm a middle aged straight white guy."

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 10d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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G. Whillikers, Esq. @samuelsaysitall.bsky.social · 11d

Anyone have a trustworthy list of organization to donate to support the fight against ICE raids?

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 13d

Happy birthday, dingus

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 13d

My wife and I send our deepest sympathies. We never met Sandwiches, but she brought us great joy.

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Justin Muschong @justinmuschong.bsky.social · 13d

Except the "dated genre fiction" parts makes it a little too *off* - its weird without quite embracing the weirdness. And the parts that are *on* are not strong enough to really engage. The supporting cast, meanwhile, is stacked, but the leads are duds. Recast them and it works much better.

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