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Farts "sʇɹɐℲ" Johnson @fartsjohnson.bsky.social · 26m

Jesus fucking Christ

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 26m

Oh my god this fig person has like ten mutuals with me lmao

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 8h

man what. lmao

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social
Holy cow. This screenshot is like saying
"because I have an idea it must be possible."
The plumber analogy is instructive but wrong. It's more like if she had a plumber over and asked her to make her laundry do itself. It's not something a plumber can do.
It's not something anyone can do.

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 31m

I get so many spam calls that I thought I was getting a relentless spammer calling over and over and I answered it super-aggressively and it turned out to be my daughter calling from her work phone telling me I didn't need to pick her up because her friend was there. LMAO

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

this is your fucking job that you're being paid to do. Imagine asking your plumber to stop your dishwasher from flooding your apartment and he's like "well what exactly do you want me to do?" The specifics are your part dog idk!

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know, just start trying shit! lock him in the dungeon! the answer can't be "nothing, and also you're not allowed to criticize them"

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 37m

Overall, like THE KILLER, this is a film I wish I liked more than I do, but you gotta be honest with your feelings, and this is a solid 7 for me.

SORRY EVERYBODY

Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 37m

I especially liked the camerawork in the hospital climax here, and the sequence where they're trying to get babies out of windows while under fire was the only time I cared about any, like, people here.

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 37m

Luckily, most of the movie still IS exciting gun battles so it's still fairly entertaining, even if it's not quite the phantasmagoric trauma of BULLET IN THE HEAD's action setpieces.

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 37m

Compared to BULLET, the characters here are quite thin and it doesn't really establish any sort of meaningful emotional throughline, but it still TRIES, so at 2:08 it becomes sort of a slow, tough hang for basically any segment where there isn't exciting gun battles.

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 38m

HARD BOILED (1992, 7/10) - a cool little cop thriller; pales in comparison to the overwhelming masterpiece that is BULLET IN THE HEAD but still has a lot of similar trademark lively camerawork and gun battles that make it a fairly entertaining watch.

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, I never got around to the rest of his action work because I didn't love THE KILLER either time i saw it, but I was overwhelmed by BULLET IN THE HEAD yesterday so I wanted to keep it rolling and finally check it off

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 2h

Recording had to be rescheduled so instead let's keep this WOO WEEKEND rolling with a first-time viewing of John Woo's 1992 classic...

HARD BOILED

#NowPlaying

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 3h

I don’t think it’s good that we have an entire class of media elites who believe that people getting mad at them means they’re doing a good job, but identifying that makes me wonder if it’s actually better to not get mad at them and deprive them of what they want.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 3h

Saw The Conjuring for the first time and it was pretty good but it was very funny to me that a Puritan witch killed her husband and then hanged herself and another Puritan took care to note that her time of death was 3:07am

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 3h

trying to imagine running into Bebe Neuwirth at a public laundry

Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 3h

To the people who don’t clean out the lint after using a dryer in a public laundromat - WTeverlovingF is wrong with you.

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine being told you’re significantly less charming than Megan McCain.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

bit.ly

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 4h

Just about everyone vulnerable has been told to stay inside. There are literally hundreds of trained emergency response people on the streets of the 1.8 sq mile neighborhood. ICE is driving through alleys looking for anyone who’s brown

This is Fugitive Slave Act stuff + foreign occupation

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 21h

Rogers Park

Northernmost lakefront n’hood in Chicago

Home of Loyola U (RIP Sister Jean)

One of few n’hoods w no racial majority. One of the most densely populated places in America, & one of the most racially/ethnicly/religiously/linguistically diverse

An amazing community

And under attack

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4h

There was a guy called in the 60s called John Cura who took 250k 'tele-snaps', up to 80s shots per programme, which he sold to actors/directors. In some cases, his shots are all that remain of lost TV episodes, including Doctor Who.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4h

Some broadcasts attracted particular attention, such as the moon landing...

1969 moon landing. Nixon calling the moon...

TV screen 1969 moon landing. Control room

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 4h

🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens (in the days before video) because they wanted to capture a historical moment, or at least something that meant something to them.

1950s/60s? shot of a TV screen. Female presenter

1950s/60s shot of a TV screen. Unknown guitarists

Blurry pink shot of a TV screen. Women in evening dress

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 4h

thank god the red zone channel started running commercials. when it was commercial-free i'd get to 7:30 p.m., look at how i'd spent my day, and realize i'd burned through an entire sunday without growing or developing at all as a consumer. and if i'm not a consumer i'm nothing at all

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Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.social · 4h

"In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand"

For literally specifically what I've been dealing with this month:

"New online banking platform".

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 7h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 6h

I wish I was getting satans money from Hollywood

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