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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · 1d

Look at these authors! Just look at them! Working through TheEnd of the World as we know it currently and loving it - this is right at the top of my want list.

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of the very best podcasts series out there. Tobo is a master storyteller, and every single episode is rich with life, love and the entertainment industry. A true gift.

David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 2d

I was recently made aware that the Tobolowsky Files (my storytelling podcast with Stephen Tobolowsky) was not available on Spotify. As of today, that has now been rectified. open.spotify.com/show/5Pd30EQ...

Spotify – Web Player

open.spotify.com

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · 2d

RIP to the greatest to ever do it.

weinberg @weinberg.social · 2d

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · 13d

Happy #VHS day to all who celebrate. It's a winning year for fans of the series - Halloween has a a grab bag of creepy, gory and downright nasty shorts on offer. Not a Bounty bar among them. Feast Friends!

The title card for Shudder Original VHS Halloween.

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Adam Wells @awellwellwells.bsky.social · 13d

3. THE SINK: A SLEEP AID (Natasha Hodgson, 2020)

Horror comedy that’s actually funny *and* scary in equal measure - also sad, heartwarming, inventive, and queer as hell, with sound design that feels like someone scratching my bare skull. I listen to it every Halloween and urge you to do the same.

The cover of The Sink, featuring a scarecrow made of eyes

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · 17d

This is my year made. Loved this magazine so much, and have had a saved search on ebay for over a decade looking for them. Thank you - thank you. Can't wait to dive into the video.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24d

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now."

ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · 29d

London in my bones. This is why.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29d

In London, hate will never win.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29d

I am more a Londoner than I am British and certainly than I feel English. I don’t want to sound weird but: it’s a way of being. To be a Londoner is to love difference enough that you always find ways to make room for other cultures not just your own. Not to tolerate difference;
to revel in it.

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · Sep 16

This was a hard one to write. A true legend.

www.heyuguys.com/robert-redfo...

A film still of Robert Redford from Barefoot in the Park, being - well... Barefoot in the Park.

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · Sep 15

Hang this in the Louvre.

Wilbur 📚🎥 (Bring Young Justice back, James Gunn) @thesmart1.bsky.social · Sep 15

Dude. DUDE. LOOK AT THIS ART, DUDE. 😭

Tom Taylor @tomtaylormade.bsky.social · Sep 14

Greg Smallwood joins us on Detective Comics!
Greg will be doing a full series of wraparound variant covers for our upcoming arc, “The Courage that Kills.”
LOOK 👀

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Sometimes They Come Mac @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · Sep 15

Stephen Graham’s Emmy speech 🥺❤️

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · Sep 3

I mean, this looks great, but sooner or later, I'm going to take the hint.

Every year.

Long live film mags at London Film Festival, with editors of Little White Lies, Sight & Sound and Empire. Three terrific editors, three terrific magazines.

Inevitably, I have a vested interest here, having gambled my entire career on launching two film magazines from scratch. I don't profess to know more than the three editors here, and I'm certainly not as good as them.

But yeah. The annual London Film Festival slug in the guts.

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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · Aug 23

This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · Aug 13

You know what was great? Weapons. That's what was great. Genuinely unsettling, proper scares and a heart that doesn't stop beating until it's ripped out. If you want good horror on the big screen go and see this one.

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Cai Ross @caiross.bsky.social · Aug 10

Aww, Ray Brooks has gone. At least he left his voice behind as a kind of aural sanctuary for us all. Brooks, Brian Cant and Oliver Postgate. That’s what I have instead of a ‘Whalesong & Gentle Surf’ noise app when life’s thumb presses down on me. Thank you Ray.

a cd with a picture of a man in a hat and a circle that says " the beatles " on it

ALT: a cd with a picture of a man in a hat and a circle that says " the beatles " on it

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · Aug 10

R.I.P. Ray Brooks.

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · Aug 9

Lovely to see the words of @simonbrew.bsky.social on the trailer for I Swear at the flicks tonight.

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · Aug 9

I always enjoy reading the TripAdvisor London Forum because I'm fascinated to see what foreign tourists expect, what they ask about and what surprises them. I thought this post from someone from Texas was a really lovely and cheering comment about riding the tube late at night

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Aug 7

Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.

www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...

Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.

www.engadget.com

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · Aug 7

Five years ago I tweeted (I know - it was all the rage back then...) to mark the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the best cover version of anything anywhere.

Now, 5 years to the day (15 years since the song was recorded) here it is once again.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLrC...

Africa (acoustic Toto cover) - Mike Masse and Jeff Hall

YouTube video by Mike Massé

www.youtube.com

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · Aug 4

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · Aug 4

He’s right.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Aug 4

dan balz upon retiring his column after 47 years at the washington post:

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · Aug 3

And because I'll never stop recommending it, 'Children of Men' is on BBC2 at 22.00, tonight. It really is a work of art.

Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · Mar 30

"As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices."

'Children of Men' is on BBC1, tonight, at 22.30. A perfect movie, and one I'll never stop recommending.

An image from 'Children of Men' (2006) showing Theo standing in a ruined school corridor. Through the broken windows behind him, we can see an overgrown playground. Kee, with her back to us, is half-standing, half-sitting, on one the swings.

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Jon Lyus @jonlyus.bsky.social · Aug 3

Oh mate. Money is an all timer. London Fields is incredible too. He becomes addictive, though it’s his non-fiction that I keep coming back too. The War on Cliché is a must read. Enjoy it all!

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