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Jeff Cannata

@jeffcannata.bsky.social

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Movies: thefilmcast.com Video Games: dlcpod.com Science: wehaveconcerns.com Books: youtube.com/cannatajeff I love loving things.

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · Jan 21

They will do anything to steal your attention. Do not let them. Ignore the fuckers. Sing, dance, and create, every day. Make things. Give love. Be generous. Be kind. Focus on what brings you joy. Fuck them and their needy, insecure, hateful bullshit. You are in control of your attention. Always.

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 2d

Surprising no one. Depressing everyone.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 2d

This is actually a decent argument.

innes @innes.bsky.social · 2d

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 5d

Only wants to be president for half the country. Hates the other half.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 6d

If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, l'm a very patient guy, but l've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ..."

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "People have got to stop framing simple policy disagreements in terms of existential threats to our democracy. You can't call the other side fascists and enemies of the state and not understand that there are some deranged people in our society who will take that as cues to act."

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 6d

The most depressing thing in a sea of depressing things. We are lost.

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 7d

Not "a little."
Not "sometimes."
Not "occasionally."
Not even "when mandated."

50% NEVER read.

Which means the 50% that does is also probably an extremely small amount

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 7d

Much like Kentucky Route Zero, your dialogue choices in Mario Galaxy 2 don't affect the path of the story but they change your understanding of the character

Dialogue choice in Mario Galaxy with two options: "that's right" and "yes"

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Daanish Syed @daanishsyed.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t think it could be broken down any simpler. Excellent speech. youtu.be/4VeiCWyHfik?...

JUST IN: Chris Murphy Breaks Down Each Step Of Trump's 'Authoritarian Takeover'

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

youtu.be

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

Is this a red flag?

…with a particular symbol on it?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

This sounds like it could have been incredibly awesome.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

Insane. Completely detached from reality. This is literally a do not believe your eyes and ears, only believe the great leader moment. Bat shit. Who will tell the emperor he has no clothes?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

There is no hate like Christian love.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

@cardy.bsky.social Hi Simon! I would love to have you as a guest on my gaming podcast, DLC (dlcpod.com) Possible? Let me know!

DLC

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 8d

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

Not sure exactly what you’re asking, but yes each episode of the read along is labeled by chapters. Very clear which parts of each book we are discussing.

Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

The answer is the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. IMHO the best fantasy series ever written. And you’re in luck! My YouTube channel has a full readalong for it :) YouTube.com/cannatajeff

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 8d

The answer is the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. IMHO the best fantasy series ever written. And you’re in luck! My YouTube channel has a full readalong for it :) YouTube.com/cannatajeff

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 10d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Daniel Bloodworth @dbloodworth2.bsky.social · 10d

Fun surprise this week. I am on the latest DLC podcast, chatting about Carimara, my time at TGS, and of course more Game Pass nonsense. Had a great time, so check it out.

DLC Pod @dlchypetrain.bsky.social · 10d

Daniel Bloodworth (@dbloodworth2.bsky.social) joins us this week to talk EA going private, Hades II, Carimara, LEGO Party, Kpop Demon Hunters x Fortnite & more!

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 10d

It’s fucking insane that armed men wearing masks in unmarked cars are pulling people off the streets and disappearing them without due process, and military are being sent into states against the will of their governors, are we are all just going about our days taking our kids to school and shit.

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 11d

The dehumanization of human beings.

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 11d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11d

Trump’s efforts to militarize ICE & send federalized Nat'l Guard troops onto American streets, firing government employees during the shutdown, it's all part of Project 2025, which he disavowed all knowledge of during the campaign because it was so unpopular.

joycevance.substack.com/p/project-20...

Project 2025: Taking on the Constitution

Another Saturday night in America.

joycevance.substack.com

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 12d

I believe every sports team should be forced to conform to the Philadelphia Phillies naming convention.

The Boston Bosties
The Cincinnati Cincies
The Minnesota Minis
The Chicago Chicagies

Etc.

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 12d

If we lived in anything remotely close to a functioning democracy no one would stand for this insanity.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

“.. leadership asked for ‘large, beefy’ agents to conduct an arrest of Comey ‘in full kit,’ including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.”

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-arr...

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