🦃Brendan Agnew🏳️🌈
@blcagnew.bsky.social
Writer of Things, local n'er-do-well at cinapse.co, co-host of "Make Me Watch It," and Keeper of the Very Bad Dad Jokes. He/Him
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Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
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across all the variations: the Baum novel, the original film, the Wiz, Wicked (the book), Wicked (the musical), the Great and Terrible, Wicked (the film), Tin Man, the common theme that unites them all is “Americans are especially susceptible to propaganda from conmen and shysters”
One of the things about the Wizard of Oz, and the Oz series in general, is that it's arguably the first big fantasy series heavily steeped in Americana.
one of the core myths of American stories and art. i really enjoyed the documentary “Lynch/Oz” which came out a few years ago, about the ways WoO shows ups in Lynch’s works
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
across all the variations: the Baum novel, the original film, the Wiz, Wicked (the book), Wicked (the musical), the Great and Terrible, Wicked (the film), Tin Man, the common theme that unites them all is “Americans are especially susceptible to propaganda from conmen and shysters”
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Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
The "I got Phil GLASS to compose the hourly Dong for the Glass Onion" in the film GLSSS ONION is such a great pun, and I'm related news, we're more watching the Benoit Blanc mystery I've seen the most.
It's GLASS ONION, we're watching GLASS ONION.
It's GLASS ONION, we're watching GLASS ONION.
a man in a blue shirt says inbreathiate in yellow letters
Alt: Benoit Blanc says "inbreathiate" in Rian Johnson's GLASS ONION.
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The "I got Phil GLASS to compose the hourly Dong for the Glass Onion" in the film GLSSS ONION is such a great pun, and I'm related news, we're more watching the Benoit Blanc mystery I've seen the most.
It's GLASS ONION, we're watching GLASS ONION.
It's GLASS ONION, we're watching GLASS ONION.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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Holy shit, @rianjohnson.bsky.social pulled off the impossible crime thrice in a row.
Ok, time to WAKE UP this here DEAD MAN.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Holy shit, @rianjohnson.bsky.social pulled off the impossible crime thrice in a row.
Ok, time to WAKE UP this here DEAD MAN.
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ok, time to WAKE UP this here DEAD MAN.
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“Enter… Benoit Blanc”
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“Enter… Benoit Blanc”
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REPOST MY HOT CONTENT YOU COWARDS😡
YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
REPOST MY HOT CONTENT YOU COWARDS😡
YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
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I could make content of me in this position… with a toy
Repost 🔂 this if you think I should
Repost 🔂 this if you think I should
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I could make content of me in this position… with a toy
Repost 🔂 this if you think I should
Repost 🔂 this if you think I should
Peak.
Third watch of SINNERS confirms it’s still the best film of 2025. Coogler, man. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Peak.
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
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Den Haag doesn't have the death penalty, we do. And while I'm generally opposed to capital punishment, I can make an exception for crimes against humanity.
Handing Hegseth over to The Hague is the moderate position.
Also recognize that this unambiguous use of the military to commit murder of helpless noncombatants as they fought for life is a direct reflection of the virulent white supremacy that has seized our government, where every Latino man is a gangbanger in a de facto state of war against White America
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Den Haag doesn't have the death penalty, we do. And while I'm generally opposed to capital punishment, I can make an exception for crimes against humanity.
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Eleven years ago, I had the nicest, intimate conversation with Udo. When an infamously pushy event-crasher tried to nudge his way into our chat by sitting down and awkwardly snickering at a joke Udo had just told me, he turned and went, "Why are you laughing?! That wasn't for you! Fuck off!" LEGEND.
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Eleven years ago, I had the nicest, intimate conversation with Udo. When an infamously pushy event-crasher tried to nudge his way into our chat by sitting down and awkwardly snickering at a joke Udo had just told me, he turned and went, "Why are you laughing?! That wasn't for you! Fuck off!" LEGEND.
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"What if I told you there was a simple, safe, & effective treatment to vastly reduce the risk of suicidal ideation among one of the most vulnerable group of children & teens? You'd be pretty stoked, I would think."
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"What if I told you there was a simple, safe, & effective treatment to vastly reduce the risk of suicidal ideation among one of the most vulnerable group of children & teens? You'd be pretty stoked, I would think."
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I know it's tempting to say, "Yeah, but what does it matter, they don't care." Because they don't. Policies aren't self-executing, and you need popular support to function, even if you're a competent autocrat. If you're these incompetent douchecanoes, well...you're fucked.
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I know it's tempting to say, "Yeah, but what does it matter, they don't care." Because they don't. Policies aren't self-executing, and you need popular support to function, even if you're a competent autocrat. If you're these incompetent douchecanoes, well...you're fucked.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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I remember when NFTs hit and once we understood how they worked (a receipt for a purchase without an establishment of ownership of anything at all) we immediately got it: you were selling star-naming as a tech scam.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I remember when NFTs hit and once we understood how they worked (a receipt for a purchase without an establishment of ownership of anything at all) we immediately got it: you were selling star-naming as a tech scam.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
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In short we don't like "AI" because we can see a fucking used car salesman coming a mile away and yet you keep insisting there are five lights.
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In short we don't like "AI" because we can see a fucking used car salesman coming a mile away and yet you keep insisting there are five lights.
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
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It's a black box and you won't disclose how it generates answers even though that process can be manipulated.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's a black box and you won't disclose how it generates answers even though that process can be manipulated.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.