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Jacob Mattingly
@technicolormuk.bsky.social
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Artist, Blogger who reviews animation and film, and general weirdo.
https://www.tumblr.com/popculturebuffet
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therealjims.bsky.social
This rules
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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galactabee.bsky.social
I think Milhouse would have one of the D-list Pokemon knockoffs @therealjims.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
Dead End season 1 is up www.tumblr.com/popculturebu... glad I finally watched this.
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💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 1 · Dead End: Paranormal Park: The Trans and Autistic Masterpiece I Wished I'd Watched Sooner AKA Suck It Elon: A Rope of Sand · I have a bad habit: While I watch a lot of shows and mo…
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November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
Watching dead wnd season 1 for a review and Norma might be the most relatable charcter my autistic ass has ever seen. I've seen autism rep but this is some of the best I've seen and some of the only I've seen in children's that's overt. There's plenty of AU coding but this is intentional rep
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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therealjims.bsky.social
Today I learned that Vincent Price's grandson is named Jody in real life, and I am completely baffled by that attention to detail in this ridiculous episode
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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al-ewing.bsky.social
Buy Metamorpho: The Element Man!
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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allisonpregler.bsky.social
Spread the Hider in the House joy!
mightychroma.me Mighty Chroma: A Home 🏠 for Physical Media @mightychroma.me · Oct 5
🎬 "Hider in the House" (1989) gets its very first Blu-ray from Vestron on Oct 14!

With a new digital remastering & DTS‑HD MA 2.0

Plus, commentary with Matthew Patrick & Michael Felsher, 3 featurettes, a still gallery & trailer. 💿

Pre-Order here!
bit.ly/3Kyz2iZ

#PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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45thabsurdist.bsky.social
Dear Bluesky mods: point out a single inflammatory or incorrect statement in this post.
Gretchen Felker-Martin @scumbelievable.bsky The job market is grim, but there's a silver lining: Gavin Newsom needs a new co-host for his podcast. 1 comment 6 reskeets 69 likes
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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iamdavidbrothers.com
this is soft, dude. this is really, really soft.
a few years back, Frank Tieri threatened another critic and myself with violence, directly, at a comic-con over Batman opinions. That dude kept his job. He slid into my DMs with a fake apology.
C. Kirk called for extermination. A joke didn't kill him.
September 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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avsclub03.bsky.social
Season 1: fun trust exercises
Season 2: We're going to kill God
September 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
youtu.be/bWl_M9LNPPY?... excited for this Degrassi doc. Confused why they kept the Drake footage..
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Degrassi - The Official Channel
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August 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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letterboxd.social
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🎤
August 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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jessiegender.bsky.social
I’m so tired. Every time I try to critique—politics, Star Trek, whatever—I’m told to shut up, be a cheerleader, stop being “negative.” It’s depressing how fear of fascism has made ppl defend the status quo instead of thinking critically & get antagonist to anyone who asks them to push further.
August 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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jessiegender.bsky.social
I’m going to make this a video at some point but I’m saying this here and being done because it’s honestly just angering and scaring and frustrating me.
The reason I’ve been so critical of people praising the likes of Gavin Newsom and saying things like, “you may not like him but we need him in the fight,” or applauding his redistricting of California as a tit-for-tat move against GOP redistricting, is that fundamentally they are ignoring the core problem here: this is just justifying a further slide into an authoritarian state. I want to be clear, because people don’t seem to understand me when I say this—I think Gavin Newsom’s response to the GOP redistricting Texas to disenfranchise Democratic voters and give themselves more representatives, by doing the same in California to disenfranchise GOP voters and give Democrats more representatives, is the correct response within the system. Yes, if Democrats want to win, this is what they have to do. They shouldn’t be playing by rules the GOP clearly ignores. Again, this is the only response that makes sense within the rules of the game. But the problem with everyday Americans’ response—cheering on Newsom and saying we need to get behind him uncritically—shows how much people empathize with power over themselves. At the end of the day, this is the American system further entrenching and normalizing authoritarian power. Even if Democrats were to win using these tactics in 2028—which is preferable to a GOP win, yes—they will not willingly give up this newly normalized power dynamic. More voters will have been disenfranchised. Long term, we’re left with a system even less democratic, with few—if any—levers within it to push back. Worse still, so many are cheering on the idea of having strongman leaders like Newsom. People literally make Trump-like memes of him carrying an American flag. This “we need our own strongman to fight Trump and kick him in the balls” is the same cult of personality that entrenches the Trumpian mindset within establishment Democrats who think they’re being progressive, while actually backing further disenfranchisement of middle- and lower-class Americans—people already struggling under late-stage capitalism. And people like Newsom—or other Democratic leaders establishment liberals rally behind, like Pete Buttigieg—are perfectly willing to throw trans people or the homeless under the bus if it plays well to a mythical centrist base. So while people pat themselves on the back for voting for a gay man or supporting a Democrat like Newsom who “punches Trump where it hurts,” they’re ignoring not only their own further disenfranchisement, but also the additional attacks and harm directed toward even more marginalized groups like trans people and the homeless. I say all of this because one day people will have to reckon with this reality—that the American system will continue to justify making itself more authoritarian under the logic of, “that’s just how we have to fight the fascists.” That’s the only choice it offers us within its limits. But we do have other options. People are just too scared, or too enmeshed in the political system, to recognize them or admit what needs to be done. We need to fundamentally change how we do politics. I’m not saying you need to pick up a gun and start a revolution against the American state. But I am saying you need to stop focusing solely on electoral politics or trying to pass laws within this system to get what you need. Build up your communities. Find ways to provide food, educational resources, childcare, and other essentials locally. Organize for community defense. Join a union or a collective. These are tangible actions, better uses of your time than canvassing for a political campaign, asking people to vote, or arguing with Republicans online. The path we’re on—pouring our energy into stanning Newsom or treating electoral politics as the only way to “win”—is deeply dangerous. It limits our imagination and leads us further into authoritarianism. And eventually, we will have to face that fact—whether it’s in 2028, 2032, or 2036. No matter what, we will have to confront that fundamental problem. The reason I’m so adamant about recognizing it now is that the longer we wait, the more people will be hurt. As a trans person, I’m already on the chopping block—discarded by both sides of the same system of power. I see how people like me face a very real chance of being imprisoned, killed, or worse before society wakes up to this problem. And I’m not the only one. To paraphrase the poem: “They came for the trans people, and I did nothing, for I was not trans.” What scares me most is that when I try to explain all of this, I am the one vilified. Trans people like me are told—not just by Republicans who openly hate us, but by Democrats—that we need to shut up and get behind “our guy” with “our guy” always being politicians who are more willing to publicly sit down with the likes of Charlie Kirk than to platform or even talk to a trans person. That’s how the system fuels resentment and dehumanization of marginalized people like me—because I’m unwilling to comply. I become the problem, the issue, the person to ostracize, the one accused of helping the fascists. At the end of the day, I’m not here to say Gavin Newsom is wrong to redistrict in response to Trump and the GOP. That is how Democrats can and should win power, and within the system, it’s what they should be doing. That’s not my criticism. My point isn’t to Newsom—it’s to you. Because while redistricting may be a short-term solution, it doesn’t solve the deeper problem. It delays it. It accelerates it. And you will eventually have to face it. I would much rather we face it clear-eyed now. Because doing so not only gives me, as a trans person, a greater chance of survival, but it also means that if you recognize the problem now, I’m still here with you—still able to fight alongside you. Because as the poem warns, one day they will come for you. And by then, there may not be anyone left beside you to fight.
August 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
Pikes "show em what we got" gives me the same feeling as the 11th doctors "I'm the doctor basically run". That kinda moment you go from liking a charcter to loving them
August 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
Decided to try star trek again with strange new worlds. So far it's excellent. Did look up some discovery stuff for context but the series does a good job easing you in.
August 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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thehorrorguru.bsky.social
A horror movie being funny does not make it not a horror movie.

It's 2025. Horror comedy is a long established genre. Gets some fuckin' culture. 😂
August 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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markoraassina.bsky.social
Here's Fantastic Four version for those of you who wanted to see the girls switched up! (with new movie suits)
July 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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animalsrus.bsky.social
I need a house cow.. 🐮🥹
#bluesky #cow
August 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
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My thorough look at the new season of king of the hill is now live on Tumblr.
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · King of the Hill Season 14 Review: A Worthy Return I Tell Ya What · In Loving Memory of Jonathan Joss, Johnny Hardwick, Brittnay Murphy, Tom Petty and Chuck Manjione King of the…
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August 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
It took six episodes for Hank to threaten to kick someone's ass. I'm impressed.
August 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
So onto episode 3 of the King of the Hill Revival, Bobby Gets Grilled.. and this one's weak. It's not horrible, but the main plot of "Bobby is accused of cultural appropriation" is eh. I'm fine with King of the Hill tackling issues like this, it fits the tone of the show, but it kinda sidesteps it
August 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
King of the Hill continues. Glad I took a day off for this as the second episode was excellent. Beer Story is what I hoped for from previews: a good hank and bobby story that uses Bobby being a man now fantastically. Hank and Bobby compete in a brewing contest, the jokes flow smoothly.
August 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
technicolormuk.bsky.social
I genuinely forgot for a second Bless the Harts was in the same continuity. A decent if mid show. There was no crossover, the creators had simply worked on king of the hill and got permission to use mega lo mart.
August 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM