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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 4h

When I say ‘the crisis in TV isn’t a blip, it’s a paradigm shift’, this 👇👇👇 is why. The ground is shifting fast under our feet and ‘more of what worked before’ isn’t going to cut it. TV needs to see this as an opportunity for innovation, risk, experimentation and the new before it’s too late…

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 4h

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 13h

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 12h

the Catholic church to all the people I hate right now

Prince of Darkness screenshot of old computer screen (blue-white text on black screen) that reads "In fact, YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED!"

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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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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 17h

Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride arrives at ICE

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 16h

This is why the costumes are honestly brilliant. Ngo, who has never said a truthful thing in his entire life (remember the concrete milkshake?) now has to convince people inflatable Sesame Street and animal costumes are violent terrorists.

Sometimes you just need an image too silly to demonize.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 18h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 1d

ME: if frankenstein is the name of the doctor not the monster then how is the bride of frankenstein the bride of the monster not the doctor

CHATGTP: *implodes*

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 25d

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25d

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the Gawker comments section, way back in the day. But as progressive movements swept through social media, others were tossed off Twitter and Facebook for stepping over a variety of lines, from allegations of harassment to claims of election misinformation. Pandemic era public health rules and fevered enforcement cost others their accounts.

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 17h

this cadence I can only read as the "succulent chinese meal" guy (RIP)

The Spooky Dude @2house2fly.bsky.social · 19h

@suicidepets

Wtf am i gonna go to therapy for??? So I can pay money just for some bitch to tell me I'm gay? To find out im gay and in the closet? To help me discover that deep down im a gay ass homosexual man? Lmao pass. Miss me with that shit. Im straight. I am straight

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 4d

They all look like murderers.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 4d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 4d

Take a look at the linked article. The images reek of white entitlement, the men all look like psychopaths and all the women look like startled trad wives.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 4d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 4d

Has anyone checked under their beds for bodies?

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 4d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 3d

I'm out for a walk. A squirrel just unambiguously threw an acorn at me. Nature is against me today.

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a 50 year old filmmaker with a bad back but I'm going to end up dying in a street somewhere because I fucked up reloading my rifle or I accidently sat on a grenade in some stupid firefight with the fash. Fuck you, capitalism. It was supposed to be heart disease in my 90s. This is all so stupid.

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 1d

Get this man into a frog costume!

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 18h

Ok well it took five days. 100k members. This is not a moment, it’s a movement. It was always a movement.

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 5d

I predict the Green Party will be at 100k members by the end of the year.

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Chris Love @legallylove.bsky.social · 19h

I’m pro-heckling. Heckle the current administration. Heckle the last one. None of them deserved peace. I don’t really care if they’re supposedly “private citizens” now (they are not, but whatever). Heckle away! If all they have to deal with is some heckling, they should cope. It should be worse.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 22h

Support the resistance.

Boycott Israel.

Liberate Palestine.

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Ti Gyenbo Gréviste. Beltalowda. Insulaire. @belovedyemaya.blacksky.app · 19h

So this is their new technique to harass Palestinians on this ********* platform?

Post by @sakher23.bsky.social

I’m currently unable to send any direct messages on Bluesky.
My access to chats has been disabled by the platform moderators — without any clear reason or explanation.
I didn’t break any rules. All I’ve done is speak honestly about my life in Gaza and share what my family and I are going through.

A screenshot is added saying "your chats have been disabled"

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weinberg @weinberg.social · 20h

I can't be the only one tired of "alternate dimensions" in TV shows and movies. just feels like a lazy device at this point.

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 19h

Completely agree. No one can truly die because there will be an infinite amount of alternates waiting in the wings. So there's no real stakes anymore and nothing matters. I hate it. Instant narrative turn off.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23h

Sorry 1 day lmao

A tweet from Donald Trump that reads “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT”

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 1d

Get this man into a frog costume!

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 1d

is this a trick question?

american psycho
daughters of the dust
the virgin suicides
the piano
boys don’t cry
aftersun
portrait of a lady on fire
nomadland
orlando
wayne’s world🤘
party girl
monster
my brilliant career
paris is burning
desperately seeking susan
lost in translation….

X post: Name a great film directed by a woman…

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Martin O'Leary @strangetea.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for letting me know.

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