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Dennis B. Hooper

@dennisbhooper.bsky.social

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tall gay nerd. he/him. advanced degrees in height, gayness, nerdness. reality show editor, work seen on a&e, bravo, quibi. maker of goofy photoshops and questionable victorian detective satire. writing, etc: https://linktr.ee/dennisbhooper

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi everyone, I’m a reality show editor who also writes things for fun. You can find examples of my work in this thread. The first is a quick and deeply silly piece of flash fiction in the style of a Hollywood memoir:

Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · Aug 20

ANNOUNCEMENT: So for the last few months i’ve been hard at work on a novel, and therefore don’t have anything new in the way of detective stories, or anything else.

But I wanted to put *something* out there, so this is a quick little 5 minute humor piece.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 5h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Kyle 🌱 @kyleplantemoji.bsky.social · May 7

If you're ever in a situation where someone is asking for advice and you don't know what to say, just give a piece of unrelated advice and hope they take it as a metaphor

"Man if your car starts sliding, just make sure the wheels are pointed in the direction you're going"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 14h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 23h

we need to abolish this shit

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

can you imagine just sitting down to plan this and not feeling any shame or hesitation. seeing jane goodall on the tv as you’re doing it and how her thing was gorillas and yours is getting ready to deport a guy who’s been wrongly imprisoned since reagan’s first term

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 1d

TIL Robert Wise not only directed The Sound of Music and West Side Story but also edited Citizen Kane

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 1d

That’s right

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

They like what Trump is doing, this really isn't hard. It's not both-sideism, it's running cover for the regime by choice in order to reach a desired outcome. Can we please stop cutting this institution slack it does not deserve?

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 1d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 2d

June, 1993. I exhale loudly and pat my brow. The desert is punishingly hot but we’ve had a magnificent expedition so far. Specimens we never could have imagined, and the best possible team. Yet nothing makes me happier than the chance to share my work with my son. He’s struggling a bit at school, being bullied over his weight and so forth, and trying out a new, more combative personality. It’s not totally working, if I’m being honest, but I’m glad he’s asserting himself. In any case, science requires confidence, and Dr. Grant, our team leader, will make a marvelous role model. But wait, what’s this? I look over and see Dr. Grant giving some personal attention to my son! And he appears to be showing him a dinosaur claw! Incredible! I can already tell that this is going to be one of the best weeks of my son’s life

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 1d

“…spell lede. Is it seriously lede and not lead? I feel like somebody’s playing a prank on me and I don’t like it, you guys…”

oliverdarcy (on Threads)
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to
staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you sp...

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CC Kirby @cckirby.bsky.social · 2d

Alex Trebek saying "the creature" on this episode of Jeopardy! from Halloween 1997

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“…spell lede. Is it seriously lede and not lead? I feel like somebody’s playing a prank on me and I don’t like it, you guys…”

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Part of the reason the right aggressively demonizes George Soros is to dissuade any other left-of-center wealthy guys from doing actual politics the way every right wing billionaire happily does.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 2d

rightist plutocrats are doing politics. liberal plutocrats are doing charity. it’s an entirely different mindset.

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Harley Ramsey @harleyramseywriter.bsky.social · 2d

Release the Steinbeck werewolf novel!

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 2d

Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...

John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel

Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’

www.theguardian.com

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss

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acabylon 👻 BOO! 👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 2d

it takes a lot to make a stew

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

Absolutely going to get fed into an LLM with a "tell me who to fire, I want to reduce headcount at least 50% so I can replace with people who I can rely on ideologically"

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the full memo.

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