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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 20h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

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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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 22h

Today’s viewing: #TheBridefromHell (Hsu-Chiang Chou, 1971) the classic Shaw Brothers film that blends the wuxia with horror. #filmsky

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 1d

111th: Casino Royale Ian Fleming’s first Bond novel from 1953. Bond is not as charismatic in the book and indeed he is depicted as an indifferent killer and inveterate gambler but not the smarmy womanizer like in the films. #booksky

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 4d

"If you believe, as Ellison does, that Americans will be better off when they are subjected to 'supervision at all times,' then buying microvideo platforms, enterprise software, streaming services, cable networks, gaming developers, & internet publishers is just buying supervision capacity."

The Ellisons Are Beta-Testing Big Brother.

If your feeds, subs, streams, games, and sports don't ensure you are on your "best behavior," your school and its EdTech partners will.

theamericanvandal.substack.com

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight’s viewing: #TheWomaninCabin10 (Stone, 2025) a decent Enough UK thriller for Netflix that has potential that is never realized even with Keira Knightley as the lead. #filmsky

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 3d

variety.com/2025/film/ne... Really sad news as the world has lost another titan of 70s American cinema. She was an incredible talent whose wit and charm were a delight to behold.

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 7d

110th: Snow John Banville’s dark and impactful crime novel where Inspector Strafford a Protestant investigates a brutal murder of a Catholic priest in a country manor house in 1950s Ireland that leads to hidden secrets and disgust about covering up abuses of priests in name of religion and peace.

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 7d

Finished #HouseofGuiness which is entertaining and should be viewed as a loose historical drama emphasis on drama. Definitely in the style and spirit of Knight’s #PeakyBlinders but not as polished as that show.

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 7d

Today’s viewing: #AChineseGhostStoryIII (Ching, 1991) fun Halloween viewing that is essentially a retread of the first film with some minor changes. Tony Leung is great in this as are Joey Wang and Jacky Cheung. #filmsky

brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 10d

Tonight’s viewing: #TheStranglerofBlackmoorCastle (Reinl, 1963) the second of the Brauner West German krimi cycle features a story of stolen diamonds, family secrets and a large masked killer. Really solid film with great atmospheric effects. #filmsky

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 10d

Today’s viewing: #AChineseGhostStoryII (Ching, 1990) a direct sequel that picks up tax collector Choi San (Leslie Cheung) story as he once again faces the paranormal in search of peace and love. Joey Wang returns as a different character that reminds San of his ghostly love. #filmsky

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 12d

www.bbc.com/news/article... Sad news out of UK this morning. I enjoyed watching Dame Routledge playing in Keeping Up Appearances which I watched as a kid on PBS.

Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96 - BBC News

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 12d

Second viewing of day: #EvilCat (Yu, 1987) a bonkers Hong Kong horror film that mixes body possession and horror with fantasy in a story about a demonic cat spirit that can possess people and the heroic family who must defeat it. #filmsky

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 13d

Today’s viewing: #AchineseGhostStory (Ching Siu-Tung, 1987) the classic Hong Kong fantasy/horror film that blends comedy, romance, and action reminiscent of Shaw Brothers in the 1960s and into the 1970s. Very entertaining matched with excellent filmmaking.

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 13d

109th: King of Ashes @blacktopkid.bsky.social new novel that crackles from first page to last. It is a moving book that uses the trauma of a black family’s past secret to expose how that secret has damaged all of them. A story of love, violence, and choices that people will make to protect family.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14d

Donald Trump told America's top generals: If you disagree with me and leave the room, "there goes your rank, there goes your future." This isn't leadership. It's a threat. He doesn't want a military loyal to the Constitution, he wants one loyal only to him. Yet another red line for our democracy.

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 14d

Today’s viewing: #MessiahofEvil (Huyck and Katz, 1973) a low budget American independent film that offers an atmospheric nightmarish look at American culture, consumerism, and dangerous effects of religious extremism. It is a film that you feel and overwhelms you. #filmsky

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 16d

108th: The Audition Katie Kitamura’s disquieting exploration of art, love, selfhood, and the nature of performance akin to Erving Goffman’s reading that all human behavior is performed. A powerful novel. #booksky @thebookerprizes.com

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 16d

variety.com/2025/film/ne... We see now living in a world where the fiction is crazy. This is right out of that Pacino film Simone.

AI Actress Tilly Norwood Debuts at Zurich Summit as Industry Grapples With Emerging Tech: We Want Her ‘to Be the Next Scarlett Johansson’

AI actress Tilly Norwood has attracted the attention of multiple talent agents.

variety.com

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 18d

Today’s viewing: #OneBattleAfterAnother (Anderson, 2025)

a man is talking on a pay phone next to a phone booth .

ALT: a man is talking on a pay phone next to a phone booth .

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 19d

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/98706-judge-gives-preliminary-approval-to-anthropic-settlement.html

Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement

Following a September 25 hearing, U.S. District Judge William Alsup gave preliminarily approval to the $1.5 billion settlement in the class action lawsuit in which authors charged AI giant Anthropic w...

www.publishersweekly.com

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 19d

107th: The Heckler Ed McBain’s 12th 87th Precinct novel offers a thrilling cat and mouse story between the cops and the Deaf Man, McBain’s Moriarity like figure who uses a penchant for terrorism to mask his real criminal intent. #booksky

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brfaucette.bsky.social @brfaucette.bsky.social · 21d

106th: The Harvest Festival Murders the newest entry in the Crofter’s Green Sleuths is the perfect Fall cozy mystery. Once more the sleuths face multiple murders all possibly linked to the theft of microfilm that outlines UK food systems, a target of Nazi spies. #booksky