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Daryl

@maconfleetwood.bsky.social

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Author of a few books, with another on the way Cohost and producer of X-Factor Files Podcast Bunny dad Programming Director for @theuncannyexp

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · Jul 1

🇨🇦 It’s publication day! Use the link below to order your copy of TRUE NORTH and join me in revisiting the glorious first volume of #AlphaFlight! 🇨🇦

I’m incredibly proud of this book and can’t wait for you to read it!

#HappyCanadaDay

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 13h

And I think they paid attention to the survey results from a few months back. Obviously they didn’t develop Hercules and Pocahontas in that amount of time- they were ready to go- but it probably greatly helped them decide what to roll out next.

Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 14h

They dropped so much fun stuff in the livestream today- I'm looking forward to everything from the goose, skunk, and bee companions, to Sven coming in the deluxe bundle, and everything in between. I was really not excited about the horses until the live showed what they can do.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 15h

#DisneyDreamlightValley bringing both Pocahontas and Hercules to the game next year is exactly what this Millennial needed to hear today.

Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 15h

Somewhere, the library staff is like, "There's this Daryl on his Myrna Loy bullshit again."

Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 16h

Anyway, this is your regular reminder that libraries rock, are absolutely essential, and you should use them often!

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 16h

I’m chipping away at research for two projects- fiction and non-fiction- and my local library is continuing to put up with my dozens of requests for books and articles as I request books about boy bands and 1935 articles from the Hollywood Reporter.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 17h

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 17h

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 17h

still really proud of this piece - I wrote it before the theft software we've been falsely calling "A.I." became ubiquitous, but I think it still outlines all the ways these ghoulish processes are an affront to the dignity of the living and the dead.

fivetonsflax.bsky.social @fivetonsflax.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

Anthony Oliveira wrote about this six years ago in a way that I really appreciated.

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A Trick of the Light: On the Ethics of Holograms

When are our faces not our own?

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 17h

The annual autumnal urge to lay on the couch all day and have a Sabrina marathon.

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Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 1d

Reposting because I forgot to attach the link, this rad shop in Philly now carries my zines! You can buy my zines obviously, but there's a ton of other zines, t-shirts, stickers, buttons, etc. Incredibly cool place to visit.
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South Street Art Mart Philly artists handmade shop retail lgbtq

The South Street Art Mart is a queer woman owned handmade retail shop located in the heart of Philly's #SouthStreet shopping district. With DIY roots and punk sensibility, the Art Mart is home to prod...

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Ranch Devereaux @thejacko.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry I’m so weird - I ate a lot of these when my brain was supposed to be forming

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 1d

Realizing that, as an adult, at least 20% of your day is spent figuring out what to eat, preparing it to eat, and actually eating.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 1d

A SUPER toilet.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 1d

Question about this- it seems like the Marvel line is leaning more into these rather than HasLabs. Do you know if there will ever be another Marvel HasLab?

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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 1d

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

Me: Wow, I haven’t heard back from the National Archives about my research request in weeks!

Then I remembered Republicans would rather keep the government shut down than prevent soaring healthcare costs and releasing the Epstein files.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

The first Fallon could have carried the show, especially after they deepened her character. However, I totally respect Pamela Sue Martin just wanting to live a normal life and leaving the show. Amanda was always a throwaway character to me. They didn't know what to do with Steven. Adam was a POS.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

I agree!

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

Listen, I LOVE Dynasty. I rewatch it regularly (@pluto.tv makes it easy!). But Blake Carrington, ostensibly positioned as the protagonist of the show, comes off as such a consistent villain to me. Like...what a shitbag of a person.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

Also, cast your net wide. You know there were a million variety shows. I would go after the big ones and see what materials there were. Did the Smothers Brothers donate their papers to a library or archive? What about Carol Burnett?

Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

That would be a good place to start. If individual studios have a historian on staff- you could also tap them. But I feel corporations have started to get rid of positions such as that, so start with a museum. If you can find out who a designer was- see if they wrote a book.

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!

I’ve knocked the price down for True North for this week so folks can explore the entire first volume of #AlphaFlight!

Grab it for 15% off while you can!

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Daryl @maconfleetwood.bsky.social · 2d

I hate Mondays.

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