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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 9h

It is tacky for really famous people to be in TV commercials for products. Their gambling debts/boat repairs are not my problem, those roles should belong to actors like the Time To Make The Donuts guy and the actress who said "who are you calling a cootie queen you lint licker" in that Orbit ad.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 11h

Daria voice cast got paid about $300 per episode no residuals ever.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 16h

I very much hope the rumors that James Gunn is leaving DC are false nonsense. However, if they are true, I'm going to need him to pick up the pace on getting me a Dave Bautista Wildcat.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 16h

Flew to Russia in Jan 1993 without any music or book. Plane had one rock radio channel with three songs on repeat: Unplugged Layla, Walking on Broken Glass, Thorn in My Pride. Nine hours. Can and do listen to the second and third now but couldn’t for a long time. Layla can still rot.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 16h

Love this. My Pop was my intro. The last book he sent me, while he was fading with cancer, was Elevation, which I know gave him tremendous comfort. I keep going back to his 80s stuff to decompress.

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Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls ⏬️ AnimeUSA! @ghaspey.bsky.social · 20h

I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 19h

You can be in character and still listen for and react with every sound and absence of sound from the audience, who are also a character in every play.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 22h

I hope you’re happy, Jello Biafra

bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 23h

like most people my age, i've been with mtv since the first day. the channel was formative for me, the videos always leading me to more and more music. it was all i watched for a long time. this is really sad but expected news
cordcuttersnews.com/mtv-is-shutt...

MTV is Shutting Down Its Last Music Channels, Marking the End of an Era | Cord Cutters News

Paramount Global has delivered a devastating blow to music fans worldwide, announcing the permanent shutdown of five iconic MTV music channels by December 31, 2025 according to the BBC. For 44 years, ...

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Beyond The Mac Rainbow @macrogers.bsky.social · 23h

The fixation on “paid protestors” as a right-wing talking point is fascinating to me. No one I know of, from resistance lib to full communist, pretends there aren’t a large number of Americans with sincere right-wing views, but the MAGA line seems to depend on casting doubt on the opposite.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 22h

It seems to come from the same root as the need for us to be virtue signaling. To want things for each other, to advocate for ourselves in person, to be around people we don’t know…these are things one surely must be paid for.

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 1d

15 years of every C suite going “we need to fire the skilled workers and do more internet” and this is how every business works now.

Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 1d

Wife did a gravel order from Lowe’s for me to pick up. I drive to the pick up dock. Guy with a radio comes out. I show him the order receipt. He radios inside. They tell him to tell me to tell my wife to download the app so that she can check in on it to let them know I’m here to pick up the order.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

I am going to re-up this a third time:

Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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@ Deep Cuts @deepcutsthegame.bsky.social · 1d

This week on Deep Cuts: The Game, Canadian comedy legend Don Lake! From sketch comedy beginnings to film and animation favourites, we talk career highlights, laughter, and a few deep cuts along the way. 🎭🎙️ #DeepCutsTheGame #DonLake

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/d...

Season 2 Episode 36: How Bizarre, with Don Lake

Podcast Episode · Deep Cuts: The Game · 2025-10-12 · 1h 14m

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 1d

This movie is so damn great. Every part of it. Especially the cinematography and matte paintings.

😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 1d

see also:

roger ebert four star review of dick tracy

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Laura Shapiro @psychopompink.bsky.social · 1d

It was part of a larger cultural movement: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_UX

les UX - Wikipedia

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

Cloten is the funniest clown in Shakespeare.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never worked in any capacity on Midsummer, but I’ve been in three productions of Cymbeline.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never worked in any capacity on Midsummer, but I’ve been in three productions of Cymbeline.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

Yet?

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

Working on the stage version of Misery right now. Annie is literally a cocaine metaphor. Know your central metaphor.

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 2d

Most writing guides can be summarised as:

“Be brilliant. When you can’t be brilliant, try going for a walk.”

Stephen King’s is the same but instead of the walk, it’s cocaine.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

KC-Detroit is always fun. Those are my towns. Miss them both.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

Studies keep showing the same number with regard to the ability to give humane treatment to employees.

Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 1d

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Our Brains Evolved to Socialize—but Max Out at About 150 Friends

The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 2d

Here's to 43 years of 188 Cuchifritos—hoping for *at least* 43 more!

A Love Letter To 188 Cuchifritos

The lively Bronx lunch counter has been serving Puerto Rican and Dominican classics since 1982.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 2d

This was a fun one, Joe the Beaver on Grimm woulda run away from absolutely anything showing the barest aggression. I stand by the impulse.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 2d

The business doesn’t allow for Diane Keatons. Didn’t then either but she found a way anyway. Incredible.

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 2d

Works out to roughly $19,656 USD per enrolled musician at a cost of about $7.43 per Irish citizen. In contrast, the US Govt spends only about 59 cents per citizen on the entire national endowment for the arts (across all artistic disciplines).

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 3d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

djmag.com/news/ireland...

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

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