Liz Thurmond
@countmystars.bsky.social
TV/screen/audio writer, copyeditor, witch. Nerdy shit forever. She/her.
http://www.thurmondediting.com
http://www.thurmondediting.com
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Charles Foster Kane says what?
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Charles Foster Kane says what?
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And if you think American-made software doesn’t have government surveillance backdoors you don’t spend nearly enough time with paranoid Boomer/Gen X former software engineers who were involved in the early open source movement. Also you aren’t worried enough about CORPORATE surveillance.
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
And if you think American-made software doesn’t have government surveillance backdoors you don’t spend nearly enough time with paranoid Boomer/Gen X former software engineers who were involved in the early open source movement. Also you aren’t worried enough about CORPORATE surveillance.
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Tubi is a near perfect simulation of the feeling of watching the 3am movie on your area's fourth-rated local TV station.
For this alone it is the greatest streaming service that has ever been or will ever be.
For this alone it is the greatest streaming service that has ever been or will ever be.
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tubi is a near perfect simulation of the feeling of watching the 3am movie on your area's fourth-rated local TV station.
For this alone it is the greatest streaming service that has ever been or will ever be.
For this alone it is the greatest streaming service that has ever been or will ever be.
Tubi and Pluto get more use in my house than any paid streamer except Shudder
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Tubi and Pluto get more use in my house than any paid streamer except Shudder
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December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Holy shit
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Holy shit
Okay, I ABSOLUTELY have a sensitivity to cranberries but I’ve been wearing a lipstick with cranberry extract in it with no ill effects so… WTF, body?
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Okay, I ABSOLUTELY have a sensitivity to cranberries but I’ve been wearing a lipstick with cranberry extract in it with no ill effects so… WTF, body?
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
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people aren’t worried about how these TikToks are going to look to their future employers because they do not plan to HAVE future employers, and if they fail at content creation so badly they have to get jobs, they assume the ephemerality machine will sweep their old content away by then
December 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
people aren’t worried about how these TikToks are going to look to their future employers because they do not plan to HAVE future employers, and if they fail at content creation so badly they have to get jobs, they assume the ephemerality machine will sweep their old content away by then
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in China, the “endangering ourselves for the algorithm” content trend bubbled up because rural Chinese did not have other job opportunities & Bytedance was offering money
now look what’s happened to the U.S. job market
Shortform ragebaiting is more viable than getting a job in many places
now look what’s happened to the U.S. job market
Shortform ragebaiting is more viable than getting a job in many places
December 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
in China, the “endangering ourselves for the algorithm” content trend bubbled up because rural Chinese did not have other job opportunities & Bytedance was offering money
now look what’s happened to the U.S. job market
Shortform ragebaiting is more viable than getting a job in many places
now look what’s happened to the U.S. job market
Shortform ragebaiting is more viable than getting a job in many places
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engaging with TikTok content as if most of it is posted in good faith is a fundamental failure of media literacy in 2025. people openly brag about how much money they make ragebaiting the algorithm.
if TikTok content outrages you, assume it was made for that purpose and that’s how they make money
if TikTok content outrages you, assume it was made for that purpose and that’s how they make money
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
engaging with TikTok content as if most of it is posted in good faith is a fundamental failure of media literacy in 2025. people openly brag about how much money they make ragebaiting the algorithm.
if TikTok content outrages you, assume it was made for that purpose and that’s how they make money
if TikTok content outrages you, assume it was made for that purpose and that’s how they make money
Trying to function socially in Los Angeles when you’re in the industry or industry-adjacent is so hard.
If I want to get coffee with someone and just have a one-on-one conversation as humans, and I have to arrange it through their assistant… well, I just assume that person doesn’t trust me AT ALL+
If I want to get coffee with someone and just have a one-on-one conversation as humans, and I have to arrange it through their assistant… well, I just assume that person doesn’t trust me AT ALL+
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trying to function socially in Los Angeles when you’re in the industry or industry-adjacent is so hard.
If I want to get coffee with someone and just have a one-on-one conversation as humans, and I have to arrange it through their assistant… well, I just assume that person doesn’t trust me AT ALL+
If I want to get coffee with someone and just have a one-on-one conversation as humans, and I have to arrange it through their assistant… well, I just assume that person doesn’t trust me AT ALL+
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you’d ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you were elected to public office (never mind whether you’d ever actually run), what book would you swear in on?
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Garden & outdoorsy folk, please spread this news: The great people at Monarch Watch have a program where schools, nonprofits & large restoration projects can apply for FREE MILKWEED (only thing Monarch caterpillars eat, can't have too much of it IMO). Check it out! monarchwatch.org/bring-back-t...
Free Milkweeds - Bring Back The Monarchs
Free milkweeds for large restoration projects Free milkweeds for schools and educational non-profits
monarchwatch.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Garden & outdoorsy folk, please spread this news: The great people at Monarch Watch have a program where schools, nonprofits & large restoration projects can apply for FREE MILKWEED (only thing Monarch caterpillars eat, can't have too much of it IMO). Check it out! monarchwatch.org/bring-back-t...
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A thing I found out when I went to pick up a hold at my local branch last weekend is they also have a compost dropoff station. Which reminds me I also need to look into what my town's doing about compost because I didn't know we have that.
LIBRARIES ARE GREAT.
LIBRARIES ARE GREAT.
*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif*
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A thing I found out when I went to pick up a hold at my local branch last weekend is they also have a compost dropoff station. Which reminds me I also need to look into what my town's doing about compost because I didn't know we have that.
LIBRARIES ARE GREAT.
LIBRARIES ARE GREAT.
The Kings making a Vatican drama is everything and I hope they have all the archetypes: high level dude gunning for the top job + toadying clerk, the quietly woke dude who helps people get away with technically bad shit (Brother Cadfael 21st century style) and, of course, bitchy guy with vape pen
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Kings making a Vatican drama is everything and I hope they have all the archetypes: high level dude gunning for the top job + toadying clerk, the quietly woke dude who helps people get away with technically bad shit (Brother Cadfael 21st century style) and, of course, bitchy guy with vape pen
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holy what??? Robert & Michelle King are creating a show about a female journalist at the Vatican, sounds like if Conclave was also a media version of The Good Wife? Was this show made in a lab for me @clairewillett.bsky.social & @emilynussbaum.bsky.social specifically?? deadline.com/2025/12/robe...
Robert & Michelle King Head To ‘Vatican City’ With Papal Drama In Works At Hulu, Reuniting With Scott Free
Robert and Michelle King are headed to 'Vatican City'. On the papal drama, in development at Hulu, the Kings are reuniting with Scott Free.
deadline.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
holy what??? Robert & Michelle King are creating a show about a female journalist at the Vatican, sounds like if Conclave was also a media version of The Good Wife? Was this show made in a lab for me @clairewillett.bsky.social & @emilynussbaum.bsky.social specifically?? deadline.com/2025/12/robe...
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What's wrong with Nick Fuentes is not that hasn't had sex with a woman. Having sex with women would not make Nick Fuentes less of a misogynistic Nazi. It would SURELY end badly for the women, though.
Same applies if he's gay. His soul & mind are broken, unrelated to what he does w/ his dick.
Same applies if he's gay. His soul & mind are broken, unrelated to what he does w/ his dick.
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What's wrong with Nick Fuentes is not that hasn't had sex with a woman. Having sex with women would not make Nick Fuentes less of a misogynistic Nazi. It would SURELY end badly for the women, though.
Same applies if he's gay. His soul & mind are broken, unrelated to what he does w/ his dick.
Same applies if he's gay. His soul & mind are broken, unrelated to what he does w/ his dick.
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"Women written by men," the Black List/Hollywood specialty
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Women written by men," the Black List/Hollywood specialty
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Kanopy & Libby are also both great reasons to see if your library has any reciprocal agreements. I have three times the Kanopy tickets and access to three different collections on Libby (plus triple the holds there, which is really the best part.)
Reminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Kanopy & Libby are also both great reasons to see if your library has any reciprocal agreements. I have three times the Kanopy tickets and access to three different collections on Libby (plus triple the holds there, which is really the best part.)
Pro tip, don’t drink anything with ginger in it after 7pm if you don’t want to be awake til 4am despite taking a sedative
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Pro tip, don’t drink anything with ginger in it after 7pm if you don’t want to be awake til 4am despite taking a sedative
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Thank God that the library system was created at a time when we believed in some version of a communal good because you’d never be able to build it today.
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thank God that the library system was created at a time when we believed in some version of a communal good because you’d never be able to build it today.
I know myself well enough and care enough about animals’ comfort and welfare to know I shouldn’t have a longhair cat but I keep thinking how cute it would be for Widget to have a longhaired orange sidekick named Calcifer
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I know myself well enough and care enough about animals’ comfort and welfare to know I shouldn’t have a longhair cat but I keep thinking how cute it would be for Widget to have a longhaired orange sidekick named Calcifer
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The breathtaking, audacious confidence of this passage…
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The breathtaking, audacious confidence of this passage…
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
You’re telling me you came up in political journalism of the 2010s and 20s and *never once* worried about job security? Really???
That’s… diagnosable.
In case it wasn’t abundantly clear
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
In case it wasn’t abundantly clear