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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1d

I need to know what Bob Hoskins said to Princess Diana in front of Roger Rabbit at the London premiere of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988).

Bob Hoskins meets Princess Diana as a full size Roger Rabbit costumed character stands next to them.

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 1d

SXSW Sydney

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

We LOVED Diane Keaton. RIP.

I Am Diane Keaton’s Crisp White Shirt

I am perfect in shape and form. I am immaculate, woven by gods from fibers of cotton and Nancy Meyers’ discarded screenplays. Sent from above to si...

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ぬーどる @longandsoft.bsky.social · 1d

abandoned pa turnpike

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

this is a great piece and it absolutely sucks that the outlet went for the ambiguous headline rather.

The idea that you can remain on X and "influence opinion" is equally true for creating a new Stormfront account, or a 4Chan account, or a TruthSocial account.

Our job is to kills its influence.

Did the centre-left bit of UK politics Twitter make an error in decamping en masse to I Can’t Believe It’s Not Twitter? The old site, now remade as X, remains significantly larger than the new, and much of the political class have failed to make the jump. Did those of us who went let our desire for a comforting liberal bubble undermine our actual influence?

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

The story of social media in the last few years is not one of a self-righteous liberal flounce, but of fragmentation: network effects are a thing, and if most of the people you like to talk to switch platforms, there feels little point in remaining behind. If we have lost influence, that’s at least partly down to the government’s reluctance to use its convening power to reshape the information environment, and its odd commitment to a site owned by someone who wants Keir Starmer in prison.

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 2d

culture crave post that reads “Tron: Ares grossed $14.3M in the film’s domestic opening day. that’s less than Morbius”

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UNMURDERBOT 2.5 @imairhorns.bsky.social · 2d

I love movie news

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grace mahoney! @ the snooze dimension @gracemahoney.bsky.social · 3d

game of the show for me - great presentation, great variety of questions and great gameplay loop. this is going to absolutely demolish my productivity when it comes out 😍

Fluent Pixel @fluentpixel.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible first day at @paxaus.bsky.social ! Long line all day, thanks to everyone who stuck around to try the Trivia Deal Demo 🙏

#PAXAus #IndieGameDev

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UNMURDERBOT 2.5 @imairhorns.bsky.social · 2d

#PAXAUS2025 was pretty good.
I felt down for a tiny bit but @ifycomedy.com really lifted my spirits.

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 4d

From Pussy Hats to Protest Frogs: The Fall and Rise of America in Furries

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 4d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 4d

lol he tried to wash some of the blood off his hands and still got denied

Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 5d

A principled stance from HRW 🔥

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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UNMURDERBOT 2.5 @imairhorns.bsky.social · 4d

What is fuck those penguins?

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 5d

Kicking someone out of the parliament sports club for pointing out the parliament sports club is so involved with the gambling lobby they had to officially register as a lobbying group is the very sort of action that should be referred to a 'National Anti-Corruption Commission'.

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 5d

Well, well, well. Guess who just got booted from the Australian Parliament Sports Club, for—you guessed it—being white.

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Chris A Field, Otherverse Games @otherverseg.bsky.social · 5d

She's carrying all the groceries inside in one trip.

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 5d

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 5d

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UNMURDERBOT 2.5 @imairhorns.bsky.social · 5d

First panel of #paxaus25 is @krisstraub.com
An infinite inspiration machine.

UNMURDERBOT 2.5 @imairhorns.bsky.social · 5d

when some1 asks my ponytics

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UNMURDERBOT 2.5 @imairhorns.bsky.social · 5d

My plan worked.

mr. cannoli @boner.ink · 5d

just saw someone with a spooky name and pfp and got so scared i shit myself

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mr. cannoli @boner.ink · 5d

just saw someone with a spooky name and pfp and got so scared i shit myself

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UNMURDERBOT 2.5 @imairhorns.bsky.social · 5d

I heard the Sprout and the Bean when I was like 14 and I can't listen to it now without crying. Incredibly underrated artist. One of the best of the 21st Century.

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