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Chris Edwards

@onechrisedwards.bsky.social

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Science-fiction author; maker of dinners. You might know me from the other place. Let's see: Robots, Vintage Toys, History, Sumo, Pro Wrestling, Art, Paleontology, Silent Film, Video Games. Yes, that'll do for now. https://chrisedwardsauthor.ca/

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Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · Aug 14

I don’t reply to anonymous accounts anymore. Own what you say and I’m happy to talk. Just like in real life. If you see an exception, assume I have a good reason.

Bluesky is the only site where I’ve had to post something like this. Go figure.

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 1d

Who is this “we”?

IDF has been trying to dismantle and disarm Hamas for 2 years. Still hasn’t succeeded (although did cause immense damage both to Hamas and to civilians).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We have told Hamas we want disarm. And they will disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. And it will happen quickly and perhaps violently. But they will disarm. Do you understand me?"

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d

Not a sign of insecurity! You‘re the one who’s insecure!

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21h

The person who said this to me has a new book coming out and their publisher is pushing so hard to get them on the podcast. Love the combo of "I don't respect YOU, but I do respect your capacity to promote ME."

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Aug 5

Fun morning being told to my face I’m a fine “public intellectual” but not a “real researcher.”

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Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if he’ll try to slim down. Candidate usually do.

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Well, he probably wouldn’t get hurt there, anyway. Takeshita has to be one of the top prospects for WWE once his AEW contract is up. I think they’d only want MJF and Toni Storm more. And Moxley, I suppose, for shorter-term storylines.

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the third company?

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 1d

@erikmissio.bsky.social Did you watch the Takeshita-ZSJ match? Takeshita is pretty good from what I’ve seen.

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nmerhar.bsky.social @nmerhar.bsky.social · 2d

Protest organizers are also recommending that you don't lean into antifa.

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Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder if there’ll a version of this, on a municipal level, once Mamdani’s elected.

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 3d

The MAGA right had to fracture, but did anyone think it would happen this soon?

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 5d

Ben Shapiro Warns the ‘Conspiratorial Right’ Is Taking Over Social Media

Ben Shapiro is warning that the Jewish people are being regarded as a "conspiratorial force" by a certain faction of right-wing conservatives. The post Ben Shapiro Warns the ‘Conspiratorial Right’ Is Taking Over Social Media first appeared on Mediaite.

dlvr.it

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 3d

The man had multitudes.

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 3d

Well done.

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 3d

It’s really something. Closest I’ve ever seen.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

One of the blissful things about being in Canada was the lack of pharmaceutical ads. It’s amazing how many other products exist in the world- chocolate! Laundry detergent! - that you can hear about if you’re not being told about medullary thyroid cancer

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Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 3d

@erikmissio.bsky.social @edkanerva.bsky.social @petersaunders.bsky.social @alcreed.bsky.social Wow.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 4d

Automne en Gaspésie
Claude Picher
1994

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 4d

BUSTER KEATON

priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 4d

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · 6d

Just criminal. 😠😡🤬

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 6d

Netflix has 12 pre-1980 films in October. They had as many as 21 in July.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) is now their oldest American film.

List in alt text. #FilmSky #Streaming

Netflix Pre-1980 Titles (Oct, 2025)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
WILLY WONKA (1971)
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973)
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
JAWS (1975)
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
THE SENTINEL (1977)
JAWS 2 (1978)
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
DRACULA (1979)
THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN (1979)
RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT (1979)

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 6d

It’s never been great, but likewise it’s unforgettable. I showed my kids the original, completely forgetting how boring it is.

Chris Edwards @onechrisedwards.bsky.social · 6d

Oh I wouldn’t talk about that outside of DMs.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 6d

You're Welcome Back Anytime
Lee Munn
2022

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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