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Aaron Vehling

@aaronvehling.com

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Journalist in multiple worlds. Currently: Legal news pub. Also, Publisher/EIC/Words: Vehlinggo.com. Past: Stuff in City Pages (RIP), Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, and several newspapers. Rosendale, NY, via NYC via Minneapolis.

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · Nov 9

I wrote liner notes for the vinyl reissue of Sally Shapiro's classic debut, Disco Romance. Check it out! It was an honor to be chosen by a band I love so much.
sallyshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/disco-...

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 4h

20 years ago this month is the last time I was in Barcelona. I’ve gotta change this. I love Catalunya.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 1d

Ah yes. The Wisco bar!

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Lake St?

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

I want to make it perfectly clear I've got nothing against TRON: ARES. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

But what I want most is for the younger generations to love going to the movies, which means we need more movies for them. Not every movie needs to be for 50 year old white guys.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

Damn.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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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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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 1d

We’re a year away from Chillsynth-brand Quaaludes, aren’t we?

Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 1d

Whyyyy

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1d

People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 1d

Whyyyy

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 1d

And the invention of the gif made many obscure titles household names

Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 2d

In general I think there’s been a major shift in the past 20ish years where people went from learning about films in books and review sites to Letterboxd/social media and podcasts, which has reshapes the canon in pretty dramatic ways.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1d

This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 1d

Guillermo del Toro, Netflix, and Gobelins have teamed to open a stop-motion studio in Paris. The endeavor shares a kindred spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and will honor stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson.
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Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix, Gobelins Team On Stop-Motion Studio

The new Paris studio shares a stop-motion spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and honors Mark Gustafson’s legacy.

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 2d

Now that is fucking awesome

Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 3d

Who cares, weirdo.

Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 3d

Rewatching UPGRADE for the hundredth time. I love this film.

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 3d

Back on my bullshit

Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 3d

Next week I'm seeing Larry Fessenden interview Brad Dourif. I'm so stoked. woodstockfilmfestival.org/2025-panels

2025 Panels — Woodstock Film Festival

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 3d

Available here: vehlinggopresents.bandcamp.com/album/vehlin...

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Vehlinggo @vehlinggo.com · 3d

🔥

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5urQ...

Diamond Field & Dana Jean Phoenix - Freedom Pass (12" Extended Mix) [Original Audio]

YouTube video by Vehlinggo

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 3d

An especially silly example, but I see "[much-celebrated legend] is underrated/overlooked" WAY too much these days. IDK if you're young, or hang with the wrong people, or are just desperate for an angle, but this is a very boring (as well as inaccurate) way to discuss someone.

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 3d

wtaf are you talking about

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 3d

lol

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The Midnight Wiki @themidnight.wiki · 4d

Strong agree :)

Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 4d

This is a fucking fantastic first major-label album for The Midnight. I hope everyone learns of and experiences their earnest and true talent. vehlinggo.com/2025/10/07/m...

The Midnight Step Into a Brave New World on 'Syndicate'

The Midnight’s new album, Syndicate, arrives at a noteworthy time for the band Atlanta, Georgia- and Greater Portland, Oregon-based group. They’re bigger than ever, with a talented and sizable live ba...

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 4d

Tron Ares' aesthetic is reminiscent of Anthony Scott Burns' fan film. That's cool.

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 4d

This is a fucking fantastic first major-label album for The Midnight. I hope everyone learns of and experiences their earnest and true talent. vehlinggo.com/2025/10/07/m...

The Midnight Step Into a Brave New World on 'Syndicate'

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Aaron Vehling @aaronvehling.com · 4d

Fucken A