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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 18h

…is that you, Shrek?

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 3d

This is where I lose everything.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 6d

And then Marvel and Lucasfilm pushed all those ideas to the side.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 6d

You’d walk out of a meeting with a Disney producer with a list of properties you’d batted around the room for two hours, trying to come up with something. If Disney owned it, there was at some point a script or three written based on it.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 6d

TRON: LEGACY came about because at the time, before they bought Fox and Marvel and Lucasfilm, Disney was scrambling for IP. The PIRATES movies proved they could turn moribund ideas into big hits, and then NATIONAL TREASURE, where the IP is literally the USA?, gave them more confidence.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 7d

Well the Molotov cocktail thrower in OBAA walks out of a police van so -

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 7d

Kind of feel like the next step is some random proud boys and the like cosplaying ANTIFA to try to get this party started.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 8d

Which is to say I am not surprised that low-budget low-effort low-goal content is extensively utilizing LLMs to drive down cost.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 8d

The article Javi is reacting to here claims to quote anonymous showrunners, and at first I was like who the eff is that reporter talking to and then I see he's not a reporter, he's a former Netflix exec who now owns a production company and I doubt he's ever made a show under a WGA contract.

javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 8d

a few years ago i sincerely believed it to be the duty of artists to take these tools and show the world how to use them humanely and respectfully. i don’t believe that any more. every time i have tried i have left the experience frustrated and angry…

pjrodriguez.bsky.social @pjrodriguez.bsky.social · 8d

@okbjgm.bsky.social uh wut theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 9d

how long before antifa is classified as a cartel

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 9d

CLASSIFIED JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OPINION AUTHORIZES STRIKES ON SECRET LIST OF CARTELS -CNN

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 9d

I am hearing if people are stuck because of plane shutdowns Duffy will drive people around in the road rules suv.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 10d

Probably will make people mad but: West Coast urbanism is too much driven by people who have never experienced it

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 10d

It lands with me.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 11d

A surprise to all.

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 11d

Goddamn I wish I could be there! A marquee movie for me.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 16d

We built that world, and then in two generations we tore it down.

MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 16d

In my life-time, I've watched the "American Dream" that my grandparents had, of a 2-parent family in a house they own in a robust community with decent schools and engaging civic life, with one good-paying job one spouse can retire from at 65, become an absolute castle-in-the-sky for most people.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 16d

The other, just as likely truth is that Trump is blatantly lying when confronted with facts that make him look like a shithead.

onion person @junlper.beer · 16d

starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 16d

Visiting Paris before the pedestrianization and after was a complete revelation for me. Paris is my kids’ favorite city because “it’s all just people walking.” We can make this happen.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 17d

Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.

Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »

La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 16d

Two stars, look like Noel and Liam

David M Rubin @six18sfoundry.bsky.social · 17d

Morning Glory w star emanating from deep inside

Morning glory in batch of weeds on side of the road. Purple w pink and white at center that is positively glowing

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 17d

EA bout to enter its Toys R Us era

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 17d

It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 17d

Do you have the JD and the Straight Shot Tiny Desk?

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 17d

That’s a broad brush you’re painting with, friend.

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 18d

Guys they say 2024 represents an historical mandate because that rhetorical confidence is what gives them power. Our refusal to take control of the message is the thing keeping us from power even when we hold office.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 18d

separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 19d

Many schools do here too!

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 20d

All these ICE guys look like they spent the pandemic popping roids and watching Voltage Pictures action movies and now they’re living out the fantasies they created in their heads as they scrolled r/JSOC.

Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 20d

Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!”

Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.

What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 20d

Hakeem Jeffies reading this, thinking to himself about how the price of ground beef keeps going up.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20d

It’s past time for Democrats to launch a serious perjury investigation into Emil Bove, who very clearly lied before Congress (unlike James Comey) to cover up his own egregious, unlawful misconduct (unlike Comey). His robes should not shield him from consequences for his brazen law-breaking.

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