Paul Sebert
@paulsebert.bsky.social
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@variety.com just announced @filmbot.bsky.social's “Lost Films of COVID” a run of 2020-21 movies that missed their shot at the big screen. I've harbored a pipe dream of creating the PandemiFest, a touring fest of horror films lost to COVID. Which films would I put on the cyclorama? Here's my top 20!
PandemiFest
Twenty great horror movies lost to COVID
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
@variety.com just announced @filmbot.bsky.social's “Lost Films of COVID” a run of 2020-21 movies that missed their shot at the big screen. I've harbored a pipe dream of creating the PandemiFest, a touring fest of horror films lost to COVID. Which films would I put on the cyclorama? Here's my top 20!
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I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.
Honestly the combination of the alleged source betrayals and secret recordings and the way this has rolled out has just fundamentally fucked us all in a way that’s bigger than the Stephen Glass scandal by a significant margin, and I think everyone is grappling with that in real time
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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As always, next time you see a big celebrity at the Crunchyroll anime awards, remind yourself how they can afford to dress the dubbing industry up like it’s the Met Gala when underneath all that it’s actors struggling to make ends meet and translation done by shitty robots they don’t have to pay.
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As always, next time you see a big celebrity at the Crunchyroll anime awards, remind yourself how they can afford to dress the dubbing industry up like it’s the Met Gala when underneath all that it’s actors struggling to make ends meet and translation done by shitty robots they don’t have to pay.
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“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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He did Baseball & Jazz which he claimed were American inventions, the third should be comics.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
He did Baseball & Jazz which he claimed were American inventions, the third should be comics.
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All I want for Christmas is the GenAI bubble to pop so we can move onto the next tech bro scam.
Maybe some socks too
Maybe some socks too
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
All I want for Christmas is the GenAI bubble to pop so we can move onto the next tech bro scam.
Maybe some socks too
Maybe some socks too
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X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coordinated inauthentic behavior—particularly foreign influence operations. They've insisted that any attempt to study and limit such operations is actually just "censorship" with various forms of cover, whether academic or operational.
www.techdirt.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams…
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DOGE is disbanding after an estimated 600,000+ people died in other countries because of USAID cuts to lifesaving food and medication.
Elon Musk will go down as one of history's' most prolific mass murderers of children.
Anyone driving a Tesla is supporting a nazi.
Elon Musk will go down as one of history's' most prolific mass murderers of children.
Anyone driving a Tesla is supporting a nazi.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
DOGE is disbanding after an estimated 600,000+ people died in other countries because of USAID cuts to lifesaving food and medication.
Elon Musk will go down as one of history's' most prolific mass murderers of children.
Anyone driving a Tesla is supporting a nazi.
Elon Musk will go down as one of history's' most prolific mass murderers of children.
Anyone driving a Tesla is supporting a nazi.
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Sad but true.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Sad but true.
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The entire right wing online ecosystem is basically one big scam at this point.
Twitter had to turn off its location feature within hours because thousands of prominent and "verified" MAGA accounts turned out to be foreign and I think it's hilarious that Elon was the one who exposed them all
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The entire right wing online ecosystem is basically one big scam at this point.
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trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
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Someone with terminal Fox News brain fuming about imaginary communists and then doing a 180 the second they meet someone in real life is honestly the perfect encapsulation of the last ten years of American politics
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Someone with terminal Fox News brain fuming about imaginary communists and then doing a 180 the second they meet someone in real life is honestly the perfect encapsulation of the last ten years of American politics
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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has always been a surreal journey through its own twisted reality.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has always been a surreal journey through its own twisted reality.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
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He's the kind of old fart who will rant about "the god damn Mexicans ruining the country" and then when the family goes out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant he'll effusively praise the servers and leave a huge tip.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
He's the kind of old fart who will rant about "the god damn Mexicans ruining the country" and then when the family goes out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant he'll effusively praise the servers and leave a huge tip.