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Ben Coleman

@ohcoleman.bsky.social

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Writer, culture correspondent, and a big fan of sitting at the end of the bar with an old paperback. EaterPDX, Reactor, The Portland Mercury, The Long Con. www.OhColeman.com he/him

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Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 6h

It is as though Daft Punk is saying this

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 9h

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 23h

For the latest on what's happening at Portland's ICE facility follow @kevinhfoster.bsky.social reporting for the Mercury tonight.

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 23h

It's called delegation

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 1d

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Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 2d

You can't blame the worm for the fish it catches

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 3d

Hell half the country can't even say "Oregon" right

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 4d

In retrospect we should have fled into the streets in terror like when they showed a train on film for the first time

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry to say we did that last week and look what happened

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 4d

He did his best ok

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 4d

Jack Black, best known as the guy standing slightly behind Denis Leary in Demolition Man

A scene from Demolition Man in which Jack Black is standing slightly behind Denis Leary

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly no, but it may have been lost on another bus

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 5d

Today in war-torn Portland the bus driver announced that someone lost a bus pass and everyone got up to look for it.

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 5d

The Men in Black sequels aren't the *worst* movies ever made, but there was a huge opportunity for a franchise that didn't depend on a single star. Leave TLJ alone, introduce a new agent every time, keep the ones that stick, and rotate Smith out if he's bored with the role.

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 5d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

screencrush.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 6d

so now that this special place -- where once, together, by the glow of the artificial fire, we beheld the ten thousand Alf hog posts that were all mass deleted while yet unindexed -- is changing for the worse according to most of the people who made it what it was, it seems worth asking:

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 6d

I genuinely think future historians will describe social media CEOs the way we describe Victorian hatters now

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Rhiannon Rasmussen @charibdys.bsky.social · 6d

oh sure when women use vocal fry it's so "annoying valley girl" but suddenly when men do it's all "professional jet pilot"

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Joe Boo-nenwald @joegrunenwald.bsky.social · 6d

You might be tempted to ask how Angela Bassett, whose character on 9-1-1 is an LAPD sergeant, came to be in space. To that I ask, who else has jurisdiction over crimes that take place in the space directly above Los Angeles?

Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 6d

Look, I appreciate this. TV needs more of this. Let’s have fun again. Seriously things are so bad in the industry and everywhere. Let’s all turn on stuff at night together and go “that was insane” and then surprise there are 20 more episodes and the characters don’t remember being in orbit.

9-1-1 poster with Angela Bassett in FUCKING SPACE!

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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 7d

a galactic mic drop from Jane

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly if they put em there they might not get them out again, what with the traffic

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 7d

A rollercoaster 24 hrs over here: apnews.com/article/nati...

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 7d

[Ken Burns voice]

totaldrivel.bsky.social @totaldrivel.bsky.social · 7d

Eating ginger carrot soup in occupied Portland Oregon

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 7d

One Battlebot After Another

Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah this feels like a good thing but the monkey's paw curls inward

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 8d

lot of problems with that piece but here's one: if anyone tries to blame "empty downtown" on anything other than

1) the pandemic
2) ted wheeler destroying the big food cart pod so his developer friends could build a hotel no one uses

they're either a moron or a developer