Not Steve Jortles
@galileo908.bsky.social
The Home of Beaming For Bunnies! Author of “The Crystal Gem Hero: Steven Universe!” On AO3.
I also like to live-tweet things, so be warned. he/him
I also like to live-tweet things, so be warned. he/him
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42. Ernest Saves Christmas- When these came out they were hated by critics & parents but (and it’s not just nostalgia) this holds up pretty well. I’d it sitcom-y & cartoony? Hell yes, but what’s wrong with that? (B)
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
42. Ernest Saves Christmas- When these came out they were hated by critics & parents but (and it’s not just nostalgia) this holds up pretty well. I’d it sitcom-y & cartoony? Hell yes, but what’s wrong with that? (B)
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The one thing I'll say that's good out of all this nonsense is how the film community has really grown out of enjoying this kind of inter-personality sniping to become a body of positively, that just loves movies and the people who make them. The pushback against negativity is so refreshing in 2025.
December 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The one thing I'll say that's good out of all this nonsense is how the film community has really grown out of enjoying this kind of inter-personality sniping to become a body of positively, that just loves movies and the people who make them. The pushback against negativity is so refreshing in 2025.
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I'm still shocked that there are people who oppose birthright citizenship and consider themselves Americans, let alone a member of any particular political ideology. To be against the idea that if you're born here, you're a citizen is one of the most anti-american ideas I can conceive of.
still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I'm still shocked that there are people who oppose birthright citizenship and consider themselves Americans, let alone a member of any particular political ideology. To be against the idea that if you're born here, you're a citizen is one of the most anti-american ideas I can conceive of.
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Utah lawmakers are planning to convene in an unexpected special session this Tuesday. Why? To move the filing deadline for congressional candidates, to give the GOP more time to appeal the ruling that created a Dem seat.
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Utah lawmakers are planning to convene in an unexpected special session this Tuesday. Why? To move the filing deadline for congressional candidates, to give the GOP more time to appeal the ruling that created a Dem seat.
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
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"The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?", AI closed captions on Crunchyroll. Also looks mildly unintelligible.
Closed captions for English dub of The 8th son? Are you kidding me? seem to be AI.
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?", AI closed captions on Crunchyroll. Also looks mildly unintelligible.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir
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Nobody told Mark that we already have The Sims 4 and he lost $77 billion--the least someone could do is tell him we already have Pokémon Go.
Meta Platforms is planning cuts to the metaverse—an arena Mark Zuckerberg once called the future of the company—and will shift spending to AI wearables.
Meta Plans to Shift Spending Away From the Metaverse
Zuckerberg’s bet on immersive online worlds has lost the company more than $77 billion since 2020.
on.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Nobody told Mark that we already have The Sims 4 and he lost $77 billion--the least someone could do is tell him we already have Pokémon Go.
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On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
www.mystateline.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
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So many of us on the academic and research side have been trying to warn of what is to come if and when this Supreme Court literally helps “repeal the 20th century” as the right has been stating is their goal for a decade.
If and when birthright goes the reenslavement can begin again.
If and when birthright goes the reenslavement can begin again.
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
So many of us on the academic and research side have been trying to warn of what is to come if and when this Supreme Court literally helps “repeal the 20th century” as the right has been stating is their goal for a decade.
If and when birthright goes the reenslavement can begin again.
If and when birthright goes the reenslavement can begin again.
It also means that a president can rewrite a constitutional amendment via executive order, which is its own can of worms.
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It also means that a president can rewrite a constitutional amendment via executive order, which is its own can of worms.
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The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.
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Please note that any "centrist" pundit who blithely discusses the "merits" of arguments for eliminating birthright citizenship is either a fascist enabling fascism or a clueless clown enabling fascism.
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Please note that any "centrist" pundit who blithely discusses the "merits" of arguments for eliminating birthright citizenship is either a fascist enabling fascism or a clueless clown enabling fascism.
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without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
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Fun Fact: punching governors in the face is culturally normal, actually
Especially when they use cops to criminalize being homeless and pose for photo ops about it
Especially when they use cops to criminalize being homeless and pose for photo ops about it
Culturally normal is a dog whistle.
Gavin Newsom Urges Democrats to Be ‘More Culturally Normal’
YouTube video by The New York Times
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Fun Fact: punching governors in the face is culturally normal, actually
Especially when they use cops to criminalize being homeless and pose for photo ops about it
Especially when they use cops to criminalize being homeless and pose for photo ops about it
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Heathcliff Core 2
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Heathcliff Core 2
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As someone who hates going to the movies and would choose to see every film from the couch if possible, that man is delusional if he thinks those movies would have been as big on Netflix.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
As someone who hates going to the movies and would choose to see every film from the couch if possible, that man is delusional if he thinks those movies would have been as big on Netflix.
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I think the "male loneliness epidemic" is really just the "loneliness epidemic," but societies don't care if women are lonely.
Some vile people have partners. Some amazing people remain in solitude forever. Life is so random. But some women will pick up on the fact that you hate them if you do.
Some vile people have partners. Some amazing people remain in solitude forever. Life is so random. But some women will pick up on the fact that you hate them if you do.
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I think the "male loneliness epidemic" is really just the "loneliness epidemic," but societies don't care if women are lonely.
Some vile people have partners. Some amazing people remain in solitude forever. Life is so random. But some women will pick up on the fact that you hate them if you do.
Some vile people have partners. Some amazing people remain in solitude forever. Life is so random. But some women will pick up on the fact that you hate them if you do.
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Well, well, well, looks like someone has finally beaten Hemingway at his own game.
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Well, well, well, looks like someone has finally beaten Hemingway at his own game.
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In every movie or tv show where there’s a high school reunion, the reunion happens AT the school. It’s elaborately decorated, they can walk all over the school.
I’ve never heard of a real reunion at a school. Mine were at hotels or just bars.
Did you ever have a reunion at your high school?
I’ve never heard of a real reunion at a school. Mine were at hotels or just bars.
Did you ever have a reunion at your high school?
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In every movie or tv show where there’s a high school reunion, the reunion happens AT the school. It’s elaborately decorated, they can walk all over the school.
I’ve never heard of a real reunion at a school. Mine were at hotels or just bars.
Did you ever have a reunion at your high school?
I’ve never heard of a real reunion at a school. Mine were at hotels or just bars.
Did you ever have a reunion at your high school?
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Matthew Lillard is beloved by so many people.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Matthew Lillard is beloved by so many people.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
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Matthew Lillard is a national god damned treasure, not only as an enjoyable as fuck actor, but as a D&D ambassador and co-owner with his friends of Beadle & Grimm's (makers of the best D&D accessories on the market.) The only person who looks worse for Quentin shitting on him is fucking Quentin.
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Matthew Lillard is a national god damned treasure, not only as an enjoyable as fuck actor, but as a D&D ambassador and co-owner with his friends of Beadle & Grimm's (makers of the best D&D accessories on the market.) The only person who looks worse for Quentin shitting on him is fucking Quentin.
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one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it