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Rob Humanick

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December 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM

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Mark Harris

@markharris.bsky.social

I will never understand why an actual movie director chooses to spend his time and energy behaving like a fifth-tier shitposter. (Also, this is a Hall of Fame bad take.)

The Playlist @theplaylist.bsky.social · 1d

Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’

Most filmmakers know better than to publicly torch another director’s film or an actor’s performance, but Quentin Tarantino has never really played by those rules. On a new episode of Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast, where the pair ran through their top 20 films of the century, Tarantino used his praise of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” as a springboard to lay into one of its key performers: Paul Dano. Continue reading Quentin Tarantino Blasts Paul Dano As The “Giant Flaw & Weak Sauce” Of ‘There Will Be Blood’ at The Playlist.

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December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM

Rob Humanick

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December 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM

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December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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Matinee Mode

@matineemode.bsky.social

John McClane’s sweater in DIE HARD 2 was the apex of holiday menswear.

Bruce Willis as John McClane in DIE HARD 2 (1990)

December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Rob Humanick

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December 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM

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gwen howerton

@kissphoria.bsky.social

OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:

The University of Oklahoma takes seriously concerns involving First Amendment rights, certainly including religious freedoms. Upon receiving notice from the student on the grading of an assignment, the University immediately began a full review of the situation and has acted swiftly to address the matter.
First, the college acted immediately to address the academic issue raised by the student. College leaders contacted her on the day her letter was received and have maintained regular communication throughout the process. As previously stated, a formal grade appeals process was conducted. The process resulted in steps to ensure no academic harm to the student from the graded assignments.
Second, the student reported filing a claim of illegal discrimination based on religious beliefs to the appropriate university office. OU has a clear process for reviewing such claims and it has been activated.
The graduate student instructor has been placed on administrative leave pending the finalization of this process. To ensure fairness in the process, a full-time professor is serving as the course instructor for the remainder of the semester.
OU remains firmly committed to fairness, respect and protecting every student's right to express sincerely held religious beliefs.
The UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA

November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM

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Ric Fouad

@ricfouad.bsky.social

1/2 MBS confronts us w a morally perverse cognitive dissonance: ppl (rightly) recoil at sight of him & condemn Trump for normalizing his execrable acts. But many of same ppl have no qualms abt normalizing vastly worse—Bush, Cheney, Netanyahu. In the end, our nat’l/biz/art leaders have brought us to

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14d

Mood.

I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.

I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Me on stage with Sam Barry at the glamour women of the year summit. Text says “Finally If you were face-to-face with the crown prince, what would you say, Karen?”

Photo of me with text : “I hope Jamal’s spirit stays with you for the rest of your life .. and haunts you”.

November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”

The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM

Rob Humanick

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November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM

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Fat Apollo, baby!

@fatapollo.bsky.social

HEY EVERYONE

I just backed this!

@rowsdower.com @mst3kofficial.bsky.social @rifftrax.com

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The Making of THE FINAL SACRIFICE

The Flying Dutchman Tells All: After years of wild rumors & speculation, the director of this MST3K classic comes clean!

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November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM

Rob Humanick

@rhumanick.bsky.social

I just learned that a theater once very important in my life – the AMC at the Franklin Mills mall – closed early this year. The corporation that ran it notwithstanding, I'm sad. Memories (both good and bad), friends, you name it. The last movie I saw there was KINYARWANDA.

The hallway of a mall leading to the lobby of an AMC movie theater

November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM

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A.R. Moxon

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

It’s really being used heavily these days as a call-and-response for shitty people; just a quick test to see if you’re dealing with someone who is equally fed up with the expectation that you treat human beings with basic courtesy.

Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 5d

I really think that even most people who think language policing was a huge problem over the past 5-10 years have no patience for the disgusting little freaks who have tried to bring back "retarded" as a slur. It's just so low-rent and such a tell that the person using it is not worth your time

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 5d

h/t @adamwren.bsky.social

Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."

November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM

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Jessica Ellis

@baddestmamajama.bsky.social

Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?

November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM