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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 4h

Congrats Joey!

Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 5h

Great turnout in Burbank today for #NoKings very proud of my community for showing up and standing up for America and ALL the people who live here.

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 11h

Civil War reenactors out there saying the protestors hate America.

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 16d

I'm helping to produce an original play about the Finnish/Russian Winter War. First up is the Live Reading, which they are running a small Kickstarter for. This is a true story that is vital for the times we are in, and a little support means a lot at this critical stage.

Roar of the Grain: Stage Reading

He defended his nation, now he must defend his name. A new play, inspired by true events. Written by Satu.

www.kickstarter.com

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 9d

It was one of the high points in my life, visiting there and seeing Titus at the RSC and just wandering through all the locales. I didn't want to leave.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 9d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 10d

Over in FilmStack, there's 100 days of filmic inspiration going. @hopeforfilm.bsky.social started it, and I did day 52 today...

THE BEAUTY AND INSPIRATION OF TANGENTS

DAY 52 - FILMSTACK DAILY INSPO

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Shane... Tori can always haul me out of "art retirement"

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 12d

For the better part of a year, my dear friend @toriamos.bsky.social has been talking about this new project. It's absolutely her most ambitious project to date, so I was very proud and honored to be asked to contribute the key art for the album and tour announcement!

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 12d

*nods*

Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 15d

Got my ballot for California Prop 50... Alrighty let's fucking do this.

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 16d

I'm helping to produce an original play about the Finnish/Russian Winter War. First up is the Live Reading, which they are running a small Kickstarter for. This is a true story that is vital for the times we are in, and a little support means a lot at this critical stage.

Roar of the Grain: Stage Reading

He defended his nation, now he must defend his name. A new play, inspired by true events. Written by Satu.

www.kickstarter.com

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 17d

I've been moving my daily online time away from FB and BlueSky, over to longer form writing and interactions on Substack, where a lively indie film community is developing. This includes my monthly media consumption survey.

MEDIAFEED - SEPTEMBER 2025

What Rantz has been putting in his veins over the last month.

open.substack.com

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 25d

I was just about to say that...

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 26d

Holy cats!

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 27d

There's 2/3rds of a great movie there. I'd recommend TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID or RAW over it.

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Ken Pisani @kpsmartypants.bsky.social · 27d

It does. Proven over and over. We choose to do this, to punish the sin of poverty. We pay extra for the cruelty.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28d

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

thebetter.news

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 29d

Like... READ THIS.

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 29d

Have I told you this book is great? I'm not even to chapter 10 and have gasped/sobbed aloud multiple times. Goddamn... It's really great. The last line of chapter 5? Perfection.

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · 29d

Or... Bear with me... Maybe the person is a double shitburger on a moldy conman roll?

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · Sep 19

Offered for no reason whatsoever...

Donald Duck | Der Fuehrer's Face - The Song | Disney Anti-Nazi Propaganda

YouTube video by Kjell Axel Östman inc.

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Rantz Hoseley @rantz.bsky.social · Sep 19

I had the same experience. Very light tenderness on the arm the second day. Other than that? Aces.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 18

If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 18

By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Sep 13

“The most valuable thing to me in terms of my mental health is to read a poem or see a painting or listen to music which speaks to me, which breaks me open for a moment, and where I feel an experience honestly & delicately portrayed. That’s another reason AI can never create anything artistically.”

‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache

As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to th...

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