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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 22h

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'.

Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 22h

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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thewomenslist.bsky.social @thewomenslist.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 1d

It brings me such joy that we (totally unintentionally) published this on Chris Carter's birthday.

Happy birthday, Chris Carter.

You know what you did.

Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 1d

Thrilled to share Consequence's ranking of the 30 best TV procedurals — across ALL genres, including cops, doctors, lawyers, and those on the other side of the law. (Including, depending on your personal theology, the literal Devil.)
consequence.net/list/best-pr...

The 30 Best TV Procedurals of All Time

A definitive ranking of the best TV procedurals, from cop shows to medical mysteries like House, Dexter, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and NCIS.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 2d

Remembering the day I went to Diane Keaton's house was what finally made me start a Substack.

My Day with Diane Keaton and Her Dogs

Think barking dogs in lieu of runaway lobsters

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thewomenslist.bsky.social @thewomenslist.bsky.social · 2d

www.instagram.com/reel/DM-pVAa...

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 3d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 7d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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thewomenslist.bsky.social @thewomenslist.bsky.social · 3d

Fish Crimes – ½ Hour – Molly Vogel

In a world where Fish evolved to walk on land, a hardboiled octopus detective paired with a human rookie must solve crimes, both by and against fish. These are their stories. Blub, blub. #TVsky #Scriptsky

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

AP: “The cause of the explosion was not immediately known… Aerial footage of the aftermath by WTVF-TV showed the explosion had apparently obliterated one of the facility’s hilltop buildings…” apnews.com/article/tenn...

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thewomenslist.bsky.social @thewomenslist.bsky.social · 4d

Across Enemy Lines – Julia Bergeron
Feature @juliabergeron.bsky.social
When a WWII army nurse and her team are shot down over Nazi-occupied Albania in winter, they escape over treacherous mountains and miles of enemy territory, relying on an Albanian opposition leader with his own agenda.

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Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 4d

Coralie Fargeat’s ‘THE SUBSTANCE’ is now on HBO Max.

Starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 4d

And today Hoppie you have achieved the MBE: the Music Bubble Experience.

ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 6d

At the Saint Louis Zoo, one-year-old rockhopper penguin Bumi had a blast with bubble enrichment! Keepers set up a bubble machine for the indoor habitat at Penguin & Puffin Coast for a fun bubble party!! 🫧🥳🫧 #WildlifeWednesday

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 5d

“Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records” 10/7/25 … 1/ apnews.com/article/abor...

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

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NPR @npr.org · 6d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 5d

The Watergate Hearings were wild. Not only did lawmakers hold Republicans accountable for lying and breaking laws. Republicans exhibited shame and remorse

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 9d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 5d

This happened to a US Citizen. So it can happen to any of us. And oh so perfect that his name was "Miranda." I hope it goes to the Supreme Corpse so we can see if they still believe in Miranda rights.

Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 6d

We've all seen that movie scene. It's usually written that way to indicate who the antagonists are.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine children in front of their school, waiting to be picked up. Then this happens to their mother before their eyes. Imagine their terror. What will happen to them? Who will make sure they're safe? Heartbreaking. I'm ashamed of my country.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?