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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 2h

Still waiting for a 25th Hour release. Fucking Disney.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 3h

Bari Weiss launched her own path to stardom with the argument "it is oppression to dislike me for being bad" and now we will get to see what an entire media ecosystem built with that philosophy looks like

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 3h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 3h

My favorite interviews are inevitably with guys like Tighe who put in the work for decades outside the spotlight and make everything better. And with a loved one who has Parkinson's, this was extra affecting. Lovely.

Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 4h

If you’re like me, you sat up on your chair when S-tier character actor Kevin Tighe turned up in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. I had a wonderful conversation with him about it for The Reveal: thereveal.film/interview-ke...

Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen

The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 3h

This made my morning, thanks.

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 1d

They keep citing this shit as use cases. These are not movies or TV shows, even in the shit streaming era sense of those categories. These are fucking remixes on a spectrum of fan service through to jerkoff material. People been generating this crap online for decades without AI.

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly why I'm mostly convinced he's in this to do good. His term is going to be hell for him. He'll be everyone's punching bag and this isn't going to be any kind of opportunity for self-enrichment. His motivations couldn't possibly be 24/7 corruption.

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eggnog slut @deus01.bsky.social · 1d

postmodern finance theory

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 1d

An influential and incisive sociopolitical analyst known for being politically homeless and priding himself in his post-neo-pop riffs about the pleasures of non-conformity and the meaninglessness of trends but whose analyses are also a metatextual statement about the analyst himself, he

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 2d

Almost as big of a problem is that a chunk of that bottom 50 percent would tell you that's as it should be, that those 400 people worked hard for that money and are convinced they could be in that cohort through hard work.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out

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Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 2d

And if you're a reactionary narcissist she's pandering to by repackaging your own dribble back to you in slightly Ivy'd up language.

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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 3d

One of the signature actresses of her or any era, and a woman who paved a path most Hollywood actresses -haven't- followed: dressing to express joy and a sense of self. On Diane Keaton: time.com/7325208/dian...

The Astonishing Versatility of Diane Keaton

Keaton, who died at 79, is often remembered for her comedic performance in Annie Hall, but she did so much more throughout her career.

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 3d

Those who loved ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER pls watch THE LOWDOWN. They feel like they're in conversation with each other, taken with many of the same things, appalled by many of the same horrors, prescribing many of the same cures. Steeped in the same affection for a vision of community Nazis hate.

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 3d

every AI commercial: you know how you're too stupid to do anything? no? give it time. our economy is counting on it

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

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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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 4d

Well this is just terribly, terribly sad. And shocking, tbh.

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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 5d

I've encountered people who literally self-identify as culture vultures (though that seems to basically mean they live on social media) who have not heard of the movie at all!

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 5d

Those fucking cars have ads piped into them?!?!

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 5d

imagine getting an email from your boss, Bari Weiss, asking you to justify *your* job

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 5d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 5d

Nah, I’m going to look out for reports of a shambling seven foot creature with screws in its neck wandering around the Sunshine State looking for breaches of journalistic ethics.

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 5d

What are you building, Brandon?! We in for the greatest Florida Man story ever?

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 5d

Boy do I feel this. You just summed up my last four years.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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A. Das @rohandas.bsky.social · 7d

Electric. I even looked up the restaurant and it somehow still exists. Real bucket list item for me to go there, order the shrimp and fries and look wistful.