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Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State

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Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 7d

MY SISTER’S STUDENT FILM FROM LAST YEAR IS FINALLY AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING!!

Go watch it go watch it go watch it!

youtu.be/zwQKp6miBKE

"A Credit To My Race" | Short Documentary (2024)

YouTube video by The Hope of Eden

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Marcus SOBER 4 YEARS 🏳️‍🌈 @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 17h

Arrest Stephen Miller. Put him in a straight jacket.

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Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 4h

The first 15 minutes of that were absolutely insufferable.

Really enjoyed the rest of it though. There’s a lot of DNA shared between this movie and early internet sketch comedy.

Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 9h

Now watching (first time):

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

a man in a suit is riding a red bicycle with his feet up .

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Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 6h

Randomly find myself thinking about how great ‘What If…Peter Quill Attacked Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ is.

I don’t think it’s THE BEST episode of that show, but it’s easily the most rewatchable and the one I most want more of.

If they could get Douglass for it, I’d love a Zombies-style spin off.

a woman in a black suit is standing next to a man in a white suit

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Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 7h

You should ask someone. Multiple someones, even.

Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 7h

Is there no oft who could/would plausibly take you in?

Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 7h

Aw that’s a shame. I really dig this game personally.

Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 8h

Sorry to hear that, man.

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 12h

GOOD. Go full Nuremberg on these fascist fucks. "I was only following orders" wasn't a valid excuse then and it ain't a valid excuse now.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h

The State of Illinois is documenting the criminal misconduct of Trump secret police agents in order to bring charges against those who engaged in acts ranging from assault to reckless endangerment and negligent operation of motor vehicles in the near future, Newsweek reveals.

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 9h

Now watching (first time):

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

a man in a suit is riding a red bicycle with his feet up .

ALT: a man in a suit is riding a red bicycle with his feet up .

media.tenor.com

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 12h

A reminder, since rando bros are dropping in to announce their boycott, thinking we’re pro-AI like one of our producers.

C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 6d

There’s an interview going around about AI, so before there are any questions, let me state unequivocally that BLACK PHONE 2 is 100% organic. AI was not used at any stage of the filmmaking from idea generation, research, look books, writing, onscreen images - anything. We’re old school and love it.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 13h

I swear I did not have "I'm better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk" on my Donny Batshit Bingo card

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 16h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 17h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 1d

they don't make goons like this anymore

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 19h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h

Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats

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Nicholas Moore Lives In a Failed State @nicktheponderer.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to moi

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.

ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
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Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

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