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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 11h

The barrier to this happening is not the technology, nor the copyright, but the fact that nobody wants it, beyond a brief novelty phase of "Ooh, look: it's The Godfather starring Adam Sandler", or "Hey, let's take Kevin Spacey out of Se7en and replace him with Pee Wee Herman."

Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 12h

To be honest, I didn't actually click on or read the article (because paywall, because NYT). I just got the story from the BBC. I'm assuming it's the same.

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 12h

Saved you a click: the thieves are part of a small number of gangs who then pack the stolen phones off to China.

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 12h

Jean Hagen in Singin’ in the Rain: “I make more money than Calvin Coolidge put together!”

Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain, 1951.

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 19h

"People sing about victory, about liberation. They’re wrong. Who won and who lost is not a question. In war, no one wins or loses. There is only destruction. Only those who have never fought like to argue about who won and who lost."

Bao Ninh.

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, and you could plug in a microphone and re-dub recorded shows. Which is the funniest thing ever if you're 9.

Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 3d

Top-loading Ferguson Videostar. My dad borrowed it from work and, come to think of it, maybe never returned it. Maybe "borrowed it from work" was a cover story that I don't want to interrogate...

It had a remote control, too. But it was on a cable.

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 3d

You can see a recording of the original broadcast and ads on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=te4T...

But I'm sorry, it did have the Episode IV: A New Hope opening crawl. They must have already added it the previous year, even for TV versions.

Star Wars: 1982 UK TV Premiere - ITV London: Continuity and Adverts

YouTube video by Young But Retro 2

www.youtube.com

Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 3d

Or something taped in the early years of Channel 4, late at night, that either had a red triangle to indicate spicy content or, because they couldn't always sell enough advertising space, three minutes of the channel logo in place of an ad break.

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 15d

In which recent conflicts does Hegseth think the USA was held back by their strict observance of rules of engagement?

And how smashed was he during those conflicts when everyone else was watching what really happened?

Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 15d

What an extraordinary cast of goons and grotesques Trump has surrounded himself with. If it was a movie you'd ask the screenwriter to tone it down a bit.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 15d

elon musk has been making so many false assertions about history & politics. this one in particular made me guffaw.

post on x / twitter by
@elonmusk
“Funny to think that Bill Clinton's policies when he was President were essentially MAGA” sept. 28, 2025 34.7 million views

screenshot from
clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov

“Childhood Immunizations
The President launched a major childhood immunization effort to increase the number of children who were being immunized. Since 1993, childhood immunization rates have reached all-time highs, with 90 percent or more of America's toddlers receiving critical vaccines for children by age 2.
Vaccination levels are nearly the same for preschool children of all racial and ethnic groups, narrowing a gap estimated to be as wide as 26 percentage points a generation ago.
May 20
August 10
Motor Voter Registration Signed
The Clinton Administration made it easier for millions of Americans to register to vote by allowing registration at the same time they get a driver's license. The Motor Voter law led to the registration of more than 28 million new voters, more registered voters than the passage of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 years. (PL 103-
31, signed 5/20/93).
Clinton-Gore Deficit Reduction Plan Enacted Passed without a single Republican vote, the Clinton-Gore Administration's economic plan established fiscal discipline by slashing the deficit in half — the largest deficit reduction plan in history while making important investments in our economic future, including education, health care, and science and technology research. This legislation also extended the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by three years. Fiscal discipline established by the Clinton-Gore Administration has turned the largest deficits in our country's history into the largest surplus. (PL
103-66, signed 8/10/93)…”

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 27d

Fuck 'em. They don't get to buy back credibility by pretending this isn't exactly what they wanted until it seemed like the politically expedient moment to hedge their bets. Fuck 'em.

Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 29d

Person: [Asks any pertinent question]

Kirk: [Regardless of what the question was about]
"Well, answer me this: what is a woman?"
"Do you think murder should be legal?"
"What does fetus mean in Latin?"

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 29d

Even without squinting, all I could see was the regal Terry Nutkins on his head.

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Dan North @dannorth.bsky.social · 29d

Hang on. This was not fumbling awkwardly over a long word or the nuances of a complex topic. This was having eugenic murder as the first top-of-the-head suggestion that came to mind.

"I know that not all homeless people are psychopaths" is not an apology.