Chris Finik
@finmonster.bsky.social
He/Him, just a normal guy. Nothing fishy here.
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i've never seen this rendition of spyro.. neat
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
i've never seen this rendition of spyro.. neat
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On the SOM podcast feed tonight: The original Back to the Future was impossible for a sequel to beat. What we got was a brilliant, time-hopping adventure across 60 years of Hill Valley history, which includes ground-breakingly re-staging the original film!
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On the SOM podcast feed tonight: The original Back to the Future was impossible for a sequel to beat. What we got was a brilliant, time-hopping adventure across 60 years of Hill Valley history, which includes ground-breakingly re-staging the original film!
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
schoolofmovies.podbean.com/e/back-to-th...
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Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
National Guard aren’t ICE or Border Patrol. They didn’t sign up looking to harass and repress people. They’re volunteers, part time, in case of emergency. They didn’t ask for this.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
West Virginia National Guard shouldn’t have been deployed in Washington DC.
Victims of the shooter and the president.
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idea: kuleshov tarot. every card is a black-and-white picture of a man staring at you. each card has an unique back design, but there is no indication of *which* card it is beyond this
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
idea: kuleshov tarot. every card is a black-and-white picture of a man staring at you. each card has an unique back design, but there is no indication of *which* card it is beyond this
"Absolutely psychotic bully" is such a King trope you really wonder what happened to the guy.
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"Absolutely psychotic bully" is such a King trope you really wonder what happened to the guy.
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Hot Take: I'm tired of people complaining about "ripping off" in this particular context because it almost always gets thrown at media that's clearly taking inspiration but isn't actually copying shit.
Art is a never ending chain of inspiration and influence, get over it.
Art is a never ending chain of inspiration and influence, get over it.
Quentin Tarantino bashes ‘The Hunger Games’ for “ripping off” ‘Battle Royale’ on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast:
“I do not understand how the Japanese writer didn’t sue Suzanne Collins for every f***ing thing she owns.”
“I do not understand how the Japanese writer didn’t sue Suzanne Collins for every f***ing thing she owns.”
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hot Take: I'm tired of people complaining about "ripping off" in this particular context because it almost always gets thrown at media that's clearly taking inspiration but isn't actually copying shit.
Art is a never ending chain of inspiration and influence, get over it.
Art is a never ending chain of inspiration and influence, get over it.
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"Rich people make poor people kill each other for sport" isn't exactly a difficult or new idea to come up with, Quentin.
Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino has said The Hunger Games "ripped off" Battle Royale, and expressed surprise that the Japanese writer of the cult classic original didn’t sue The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins. https://bit.ly/44fDUkf
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Rich people make poor people kill each other for sport" isn't exactly a difficult or new idea to come up with, Quentin.
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Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
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There was a reference to the word "pwned" in the new Knives Out movie and it made me sad kids today don't say "you got pwned" anymore, they just say shit like "unc is washed" or "sixty seven" then steal your wallet.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
There was a reference to the word "pwned" in the new Knives Out movie and it made me sad kids today don't say "you got pwned" anymore, they just say shit like "unc is washed" or "sixty seven" then steal your wallet.
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HAPPY THINGSGIVING, Y’ALL!
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
HAPPY THINGSGIVING, Y’ALL!
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Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
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It's my birthday today 💫
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's my birthday today 💫
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Anaconda
Choral
Ella McCay
Anaconda
Choral
Ella McCay
Which four films on this list are you most anticipating in December? 👀
View the list of titles on Letterboxd ➡️ boxd.it/QeJ7y
View the list of titles on Letterboxd ➡️ boxd.it/QeJ7y
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Anaconda
Choral
Ella McCay
Anaconda
Choral
Ella McCay
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Must... not... fact check... joke...
Fuck it, I can't stop myself. They call him Baba Yaga in 4 of the 5 movies including one this year. I highly recommend these movies, they're all great.
Fuck it, I can't stop myself. They call him Baba Yaga in 4 of the 5 movies including one this year. I highly recommend these movies, they're all great.
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Must... not... fact check... joke...
Fuck it, I can't stop myself. They call him Baba Yaga in 4 of the 5 movies including one this year. I highly recommend these movies, they're all great.
Fuck it, I can't stop myself. They call him Baba Yaga in 4 of the 5 movies including one this year. I highly recommend these movies, they're all great.
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I have now been told, repeatedly, that Woodstock is not a cannibal here because a turkey is not the same as a little yellow bird, so time to bring back what I'm calling the Wampler Classic.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have now been told, repeatedly, that Woodstock is not a cannibal here because a turkey is not the same as a little yellow bird, so time to bring back what I'm calling the Wampler Classic.
Always feels weird when it becomes the morally right to not do something I was already not doing from lack of interest.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Always feels weird when it becomes the morally right to not do something I was already not doing from lack of interest.
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Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Some of my authors are on disability. Some struggle to pay monthly bills. Some are retired & on limited income. Some were laid off in the past couple years & have yet to find new work. Some would love to quit the day job & write full time, but don't earn enough from royalties to do that.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
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I love my kindle but man, there's just a bit more satisfaction in holding a physical book and seeing the amount of remaining pages get thinner.
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I love my kindle but man, there's just a bit more satisfaction in holding a physical book and seeing the amount of remaining pages get thinner.