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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · Mar 24
In 2004, to promote “Napoleon Dynamite,” Fox Searchlight screened the movie for free hundreds of times, built a social network from scratch, and gave away thousands of Vote for Pedro T-shirts. 21 years later, I spoke to the people behind the campaign: www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...
How ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ rewrote the indie movie marketing playbook
In the summer of 2004, Fox Searchlight found an audience for the film by building a social network from scratch and screening the movie for free—hundreds of times.
www.marketingbrew.com
imbeccable.bsky.social
can somebody tell me when the minions figure skater is scheduled to perform
February 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
imbeccable.bsky.social
the dog show just did a tribute to catherine o’hara
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
if you’re watching “industry” and not reading katie’s recaps, are you even watching “industry”???
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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congragulations
From: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.co Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 12:02 PM To: Elon Musk Subject: congragulations
January 31, 2026 at 3:13 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
i can confirm that the east river is frozen
photo of the frozen east river looking toward lower manhattan
January 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
imbeccable.bsky.social
looked at my weather app and saw that monday has a high of 32 and thought, “wow, that will be nice!” 😭
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
imbeccable.bsky.social
the debut of our stun cam
popcrave.com Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 13d
Pop Crave will be covering Spotify’s 2026 Best New Artist party tonight in LA.

Stay tuned for red carpet coverage and the debut of our Stun Cam.
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
thrilling to think that i could’ve walked the halls of the providence place mall alongside one of the secret mall apartment people, what a rush (but there’s not enough cheesecske factory in the doc; the providence cheesecake factory is stunning and an important part of the mall…)
January 29, 2026 at 2:54 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
idk what everyone’s talking about, my trader joe’s is a well-stocked ghost town
the court street trader joe’s, empty and well-stocked
January 25, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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jamesherbert.bsky.social
Michael Porter Jr. is having a ball in Brooklyn, but this is a different kind of star turn www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mic...
How Michael Porter Jr. took a different kind of star turn with the Nets
Porter has played his way back into trade rumors by becoming a potential All-Star in Brooklyn
www.cbssports.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
imbeccable.bsky.social
hyphens are important ❤️
an ad for “owning manhattan” that reads, “we have a square foot fetish”
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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wrote about (eyes go black) SIX SSSEEEEVVVEEEENNNNNNNN www.theringer.com/2025/12/16/p...
The Year “6 7” Ate Parents’ Minds
The most obnoxiously catchy phrase of the year means … nothing, which is probably why it took over everything in 2025
www.theringer.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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miasato.bsky.social
New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.

I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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miasato.bsky.social
Oh it somehow got even more boring than the beige from last year www.theverge.com/24316196/pan...
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
imbeccable.bsky.social
i’ve been trying to remember the name of this gingerbread-flavored ice cream sandwich brand for like 30 years and it just… came to me. i can still taste them, they were so good…
a box of gingerbread-flavored ice cream sandwiches called chilly bears
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
where is the plane www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume over 11 years after plane went missing
The country’s transport ministry said the search would resume on 30 December and confirmed that US robotic company Ocean Infinity would take part
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
i can’t believe he was shamed out of continuing the bamboo metaphor
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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knguyen.bsky.social
If reading about college students using AI to cheat made you feel crazy, wait till you hear about where they get their news
Why college students prefer News Daddy over The New York Times
Zoomers get all their news from TikTok — and refuse to go elsewhere
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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ernie.tedium.co
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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elongreen.bsky.social
Hmm @katiebakes.bsky.social wrote the best piece I’ve read all year www.theringer.com/2025/11/18/p...
May I Explain the “May I Meet You?” Meme?
Bill Ackman thinks the cure to male loneliness is asking women these four magic words. Allow me to explain.
www.theringer.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
the post should’ve been titled “bamboozled” but other than that, no notes ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
imbeccable.bsky.social
“longshot presidential candidate” is a hell of a type
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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minakimes.bsky.social
Credit where credits due: ol boy really delivered here lmao
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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yaronweitzman.bsky.social
I LOVE reading @jamesherbert.bsky.social when he writes about a young player that excites him.

This, on VJ Edgecombe, is great:

www.cbssports.com/nba/news/vj-...
Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe has been 'better than we could have hoped'
The 20-year-old guard, picked No. 3 in the draft, is already doing it all in Philly
www.cbssports.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM