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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · Feb 27

It’s finally out!

Dark comedy, body horror, menopause, cult of wellness, medical gaslighting and so much more.

Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · Feb 27

youtu.be/skNO_IcRUXM
Starring @melaniescrofano.bsky.social (Wynonna Earp, Surreal Estate) @seanbaek.bsky.social (The Expanse, Killjoys) @stephbelding.bsky.social (Shadowhunter, Ghosts) Peter Keleghan (Workin Moms, one million other things), Rayisa Kondracki (Wynonna Earp), Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior)

MELANIE SCROFANO
PETER KELEGHAN
SEAN BAEK

The wait is over
COLD is now available
on YouTube

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 1d

Via @roodypatooti.bsky.social, with alt text

So stay with me here, but fun ballet fact: part of the reason you're supposed to start ballet young is so you stretch & hold your joint in certain ways regularly enough that your body grows different. You know how men who do ballet look only sort of muscular but then like lift a whole ass person? Their muscles are trained to lie flat like that for flexibility, they don't bulk up. Girl in your class who always stands in turnout? It's likely not just habit, her joints probably sit like that now.
I started ballet when I was six & stopped after three years. I then took a break for three years, & came back & did jazz ballet (which has most of the same body mods but without turnout) & tap for another couple of years. & every physio who works on my body looks at my feet, hips and calves & goes "oh you danced". I was never even flexible enough to do the splits, but you best believe I stand in turnout. I never went en pointe, but I'm 95% sure tap is the reason my feet have random spasms if I don't take to them with a tennis ball once a week.
When I said I wanted to be a dancer at six years old, adults took that to mean I'd want certain permanent alterations to my body. Unlike with young trans kids, no one was looking to make sure I fully understood what I was getting into. & unlike with young trans kids, these changes were not reversible when I changed my mind.
There wasn't even a way to delay things to buy time (like puberty blockers), it was all or nothing. If I wanted to be a professional dancer, my normal ass joints were a ticking timebomb. So like ~cis opinion~, but I really don't have a lot of time for people getting feral about trans kids socially transitioning or going on blockers or even (when they're old enough for it be relevant) hrt. Me "identifying" as a dancer at six years old was more physically impactful and less informed than if a six year old changed their name & grew their hair, but you don't see any of the adults in my life getting accused of child abuse.

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Leti Uchiha (she/they/meow) @letiuchiha.bsky.social · 1d

Hi! I'm not in FilmSky, but I think you're goint to like this: bsky.app/profile/alio... .

Alioth Fox (➡️ Carolina FurFare) @aliothfox.ursamajorartworks.com · Apr 3

So anyway, I created an updated version of that XdanielArt chart that contains all the Adobe alternatives since there are a lot more now than there were back when that list was originally made, and Adobe has continued to get shittier and shittier.

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 1d

For some pro editing jobs the ecosystem is dictated by the client/employer, alas

Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve heard great things about DaVinci, but don’t know about open source media editing options.

#filmsky hivemind whatcha got

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. But for the truly stuck folks, this is a thing.

Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 2d

There is also now a “basic” tier that doesn’t have (as much) genAI bullshit baked in.

Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 2d

Gentle reminder that if you’re stuck in the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem for whatever reason, you can start the cancellation process, select “too expensive” as your cancellation reason, and there should be a 50% off rate on the next screen.

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Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 2d

Like the end of Roger Ebert's review of Last Night:

Note: On a talk show in Toronto, I was asked to define the difference between American and Canadian films, and said I could not. Another guest was Wayne Clarkson, the former director of the Toronto Film Festival. He said he could, and cited this film. “Sandra Oh goes into a grocery story to find a bottle of wine for dinner,” he said.

“The store has been looted, but she finds two bottles still on the shelf. She takes them down, evaluates them, chooses one, and puts the other one politely back on the shelf. That’s how you know it’s a Canadian film.”

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 2d

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

there’s a major AWS outage going on right now that’s taken down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, Perplexity, Roblox, and lots more of the internet. US-EAST-1 is down and impacting a lot of services that rely on AWS www.theverge.com/news/802486/...

Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more

A chunk of the internet has been taken offline.

www.theverge.com

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 21d

Those are just standard slo-mo. I’m basic.

Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 21d

It’s called Slow Shutter and I love it

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 21d

Everyone say good morning to Orion

(Pretty pleased at the performance of this slow shutter app on my very vintage iPhone SE2)

A 30 second exposure of the early morning sky - pine trees are silhouetted against the pre-dawn lightening, and the constellation Orion is clearly visible

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 22d

Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · 21d

www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Donate to Support the Chemo-Infused Breast Implant Cover, organized by Breast Cancer Innovation Foundation

October 1st, 2025. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, pl… Breast Cancer Innovation Foundation needs your support for Donate to Support the Chemo-Infused Breast Implant Cover

www.gofundme.com

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Emily McGovern @emilyscartoons.bsky.social · Sep 21

The Nunnery is in Dyre Neede of Funds, Sister
Oh deare Sister

Nunneries may Resorte to varyous Fundraysing Methods when in Penurie:
1. Prayer
2. Taxaytion of the Local Populace
or 3. Enteringe & Unexpectedlie Winninge A Regional Singinge Competition
That one

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Sep 19

I feel like part of the problem is that in the modern era, especially in the United States, people think that in order to count, they have to post about their activism or what they're doing.

But here's the thing: you don't.

99% of what I do is stuff I never mention on social media.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · Sep 19

Please share

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · Sep 19

This is my surprised face
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities

Bias-reflecting LLMs lead to inferior medical advice for female, Black, and Asian patients.

arstechnica.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 19

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · Sep 19

Omg this crab is just what I needed

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Sep 19

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Alix Markman @markwoman.bsky.social · Sep 18

now would be a real great time for someone to bring @clareblackwood.bsky.social’s Canadian late night show to broadcast

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Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · Sep 18

apparently people cannot understand the difference between:

Signing up for a protest

and

Attending a protest

Liz Whitmere @lizwhitmere.bsky.social · Sep 18

I mean... yeah.

Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · Sep 18

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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