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Alonso Duralde

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Film critic (thefilmverdict.com) Podcaster (linoleumcast.bsky.social bfastallday.bsky.social maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social deckthehallmark.bsky.social) Member, LAFCA & NSFC. Coming soon: updated edition of HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE XMAS. he/him🌹🏳️‍🌈🎄📽

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Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.social · 27d

ON SALE NOW! The revised and updated edition of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, available wherever you buy books. #filmsky #booksky 📽 📚 preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co

Alonso Duralde in a Santa Claus T-shirt holding a copy of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas

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Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.social · 19m

Official Christmas movie announcement from OWN via People and they once again have 3 new movies this season.

In addition to FAKE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS and VERY MERRY MYSTERY, Amber Stevens West, Loretta Devine and Corbin Reid star in THE CHRISTMAS SHOWDOWN.

people.com/own-for-the-...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 44m

I just cringed so hard I think I pulled a muscle

Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 1h

CNN is covering prediction market odds from an online casino as if it’s actual polling data

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Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.social · 1h

And, if the ratings look less than bright for Hallmark, things are downright grim on Great American Family, where they kicked off their Christmas programming to literal crickets

A WISCONSIN CHRISTMAS PIE failed to register in the ratings, which measured programming with as few as 153k live viewers

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

This is the same Speaker who has repeatedly refused to put up the congressionally-mandated plaque honoring the Capitol Police members who were viciously assaulted by MAGA goons on January 6th.

We've seen your deeds, you oily liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

Someone should let her know that she is currently the chair of the (normally) powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and do a lot more than weakly protest this shit.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1h

Sen. Susan Collins says the White House should try to get their proposed spending cuts into appropriations bills.

“This end run is not helpful,” she says.

Collins adds that it “would be helpful” to reopening the govt if WH and OMB’s Russ Vought stop the rescissions.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Apparently, the official GOP response to the leaked Young Republican chats is “come on, it’s not a big deal that these guys are using racial slurs and praising Hitler, that’s totally normal” and, uh, that sorta raises more questions?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Topics Mike Johnson thinks are serious:

- Super Bowl halftime entertainer
- getting a Nobel Prize for Trump
- terrifying naked bike riders

Topics he thinks are not serious:

- Epstein Files
- domestic violence
- being able to keep the govt open
- the neutering of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

I bet you’ll see a bunch of normal folks with patriotic signs and American flags whose collective protest embodies the foundational truths of this republic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

'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 · 1d

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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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2h

Every single one of these absurd arrests on camera palpably weakens the regime.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Forcing them to watch the boss's speech and telling them they'll get in trouble for making fun of him.

That's just a sign of a respected and capable leader, folks.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

I'm sure there are plenty of faculty at colleges and universities across Pennsylvania who can share stories of the profound impact Kirk made on their lives thanks to the harassment campaigns fueled by his Professor Watchlist

Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · 4h

State Sen. Joe Picozzi (R., Philly) wants to make conservative commentator Charlie Kirk's birthday, Oct. 14, an official commonwealth holiday. "Although his life was cut short, Charlie’s profound impact has been undeniably felt by Pennsylvanians of all beliefs and backgrounds."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

They're the ones making our neighborhoods unsafe. They're the danger to our children. They're the threat to law and order.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

Agent lobs a gas canister into a residential neighborhood in Illinois for no discernible reason, gassing dozens of neighbors including a baby. The comfort with which they deploy weapons of war is unreal.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

By now, foreign governments must have put their least effective and competent spies on the job of spying on us. It's just too easy.

Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 20h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

First they came for the woodwind section, and I said nothing ...

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 4h

🔴 Brand new Tom the Dancing Bug comic now up on @boingboing.net ...
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You won't believe what backward and brutally violent country boy adventurer Billy Dare's latest adventure takes place in!
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boingboing.net/2025/10/15/t...

Tom the Dancing Bug: Boy Adventurer Billy Dare in a Strange Land

Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this world: JOIN THE INNER HIVE! Coming soon! Volumes 1 and…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

"You will only get paid if you kiss His Majesty's ring" is an interesting hill to die on, but I say go for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

He actually says "anthropomorgic" which makes it even weirder.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

What could be worse than screaming at a Capitol police officer?

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 3h

When you’re not worried at all about a weak and pathetic press corps calling bullshit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 13h

Every one of these "If only it were possible to..." plugs for AI is animated by an incredibly deep resentment of either talent or authorship.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12h

Vance, miserable liar that he is, referred to these bigoted, Nazi-flavored Young Republican posts as a "college group chat."

But most of the quoted in the Politico article are GROWN ADULTS with JOBS.

ADULT REPUBLICANS RUNNING A REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION.

Filth.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Why would the cartels want to stop ICE and CBP activities that have been diverting resources away from drug interdiction?

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 18h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

I had to listen to the audio to confirm it, but yes, as troops are being deployed to American cities, as masked goons are disappearing citizens from our streets, as ICE agents are shooting pepper balls at priests ... Mike Johnson thinks nude bicyclists are "the most threatening thing I've seen yet."

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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