Sean Armstrong
@manatee73.bsky.social
I hold a stick over people’s heads for a living
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They know the words but not the music. When they “talk like artists” they make a mockery of artistic statements and this is no accident because they resent that their movies make a lot of money and don’t get critical respect too. Scorsese’s pithy putdown of MCU movies really stung them
Nearest I can tell, and going by rumors, they're alluding to the plot centering around all these kids in the teasers being threatened. But still no clue why that would make these something "other" than trailers. The Russos continue to embarrass themselves by trying to sound like artists.
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
They know the words but not the music. When they “talk like artists” they make a mockery of artistic statements and this is no accident because they resent that their movies make a lot of money and don’t get critical respect too. Scorsese’s pithy putdown of MCU movies really stung them
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The best thing about nobody buying tickets to Melania is you can just make up stuff that happens in the movie and people will believe you. My favorite part is when she throws up in her purse after the hot dog eating contest
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The best thing about nobody buying tickets to Melania is you can just make up stuff that happens in the movie and people will believe you. My favorite part is when she throws up in her purse after the hot dog eating contest
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Jobs are easy. Just get a job at your dad's sticker factory, or use your family's connections to go into politics.
Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
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“You don’t like it, go get another job”
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February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Jobs are easy. Just get a job at your dad's sticker factory, or use your family's connections to go into politics.
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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One of Catherine O'Hara's greatest weirdo characters on SCTV was Sue Bopper-Simpson, the alleged daughter of The Big Bopper and co-star of Libby Wolfson's feminist theatre musical "I'm Taking My Own Head And Screwing It On Right And No Guy's Gonna Tell Me That It Ain't!", top-flight comedy imho
February 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
One of Catherine O'Hara's greatest weirdo characters on SCTV was Sue Bopper-Simpson, the alleged daughter of The Big Bopper and co-star of Libby Wolfson's feminist theatre musical "I'm Taking My Own Head And Screwing It On Right And No Guy's Gonna Tell Me That It Ain't!", top-flight comedy imho
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blood in the water, go for all their femoral arteries
Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Pretti Shooting www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Pretti Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
blood in the water, go for all their femoral arteries
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How I hope it ends for Kristi Noem
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
How I hope it ends for Kristi Noem
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From "Napoleon's Maxims of War."
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 AM
From "Napoleon's Maxims of War."
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The essential contradiction of modern conservatives: Armed to the teeth and determined to project authority ... but when people yell at them from the other side of a locked door they shit their pants in terror and start screaming for the local cops to come and save them.
Yes! Ha Ha Ha YESSS
I hope they pissed their pants. I hope the "local authorities" directed them to call for help just so they could have a good laugh when they did. I hope the restaurant staff spat in their food.
I hope they pissed their pants. I hope the "local authorities" directed them to call for help just so they could have a good laugh when they did. I hope the restaurant staff spat in their food.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The essential contradiction of modern conservatives: Armed to the teeth and determined to project authority ... but when people yell at them from the other side of a locked door they shit their pants in terror and start screaming for the local cops to come and save them.
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The wave of generative AI CEOs complaining people don't use their products is kind of disgusting. You pushed something the marketplace is rejecting and now you whine about it. What kind of capitalist are you? Oh, that's right, the deeply parasitical yet incompetent at convincing the host kind.
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The wave of generative AI CEOs complaining people don't use their products is kind of disgusting. You pushed something the marketplace is rejecting and now you whine about it. What kind of capitalist are you? Oh, that's right, the deeply parasitical yet incompetent at convincing the host kind.
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This is a huge crisis that we must do our part on by rejecting generative AI. The more it infiltrates our systems, the more fucked we are over time.
NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
January 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This is a huge crisis that we must do our part on by rejecting generative AI. The more it infiltrates our systems, the more fucked we are over time.
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to me, George Miller, Frankenheimer, and Friedkin are the holy trinity of car chase directors. and McQuarrie, their heir apparent.
What's the single overall best car chase in cinema history? One that almost has everything you would want from a car chase?
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
It's not a bold or original answer, but I think I have to go with the French Connection
January 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
to me, George Miller, Frankenheimer, and Friedkin are the holy trinity of car chase directors. and McQuarrie, their heir apparent.
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Absolutely missing the point. Shut it.
Opinion: Heated Rivalry shows Canadian content doesn’t need the CRTC’s help
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Heated Rivalry shows Canadian content doesn’t need the CRTC’s help
Streaming platforms already give Canadians the tools to seek out the content they want, in the language they want, and the success stories speak for themselves.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Absolutely missing the point. Shut it.
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Or, Heated Rivalry only exists because of CanCon requirements. Otherwise CTV/Bell/Crave would have just imported another American show.
Just because it's successful doesn't mean that it isn't a product of the ecosystem it was created in.
Just because it's successful doesn't mean that it isn't a product of the ecosystem it was created in.
Opinion: Heated Rivalry shows Canadian content doesn’t need the CRTC’s help
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Heated Rivalry shows Canadian content doesn’t need the CRTC’s help
Streaming platforms already give Canadians the tools to seek out the content they want, in the language they want, and the success stories speak for themselves.
www.hilltimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Or, Heated Rivalry only exists because of CanCon requirements. Otherwise CTV/Bell/Crave would have just imported another American show.
Just because it's successful doesn't mean that it isn't a product of the ecosystem it was created in.
Just because it's successful doesn't mean that it isn't a product of the ecosystem it was created in.
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And by "aren't doing everything right," he means kidnapping children, spraying people with bear mace at point blank range, kneeling on unarmed civilians' necks, shooting women in the face, having a leisurely meal at a Mexican restaurant and then arresting the staff, ramming random cars off the road
JD Vance in Minneapolis: "The guys behind me are doing an incredible job, and frankly, a lot of the media is lying about the job they do every single day. That doesn't mean that there aren't occasionally stories and videos out there that suggest they aren't doing everything right."
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 PM
And by "aren't doing everything right," he means kidnapping children, spraying people with bear mace at point blank range, kneeling on unarmed civilians' necks, shooting women in the face, having a leisurely meal at a Mexican restaurant and then arresting the staff, ramming random cars off the road
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Feeling smart today because I did a @junkfilterpod.bsky.social about F1®: The Movie where my guest @manatee73.bsky.social and I took it seriously as a skilfully made entertainment that would appeal to Formula One obsessives (Sean) and know-nothings (me).
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January 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Feeling smart today because I did a @junkfilterpod.bsky.social about F1®: The Movie where my guest @manatee73.bsky.social and I took it seriously as a skilfully made entertainment that would appeal to Formula One obsessives (Sean) and know-nothings (me).
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This is exactly why the relationship between Canada & US is forever changed & ruined. Even if Trump goes, there's an entire establishment of Dems & Republicans who barely raised objection to so much of it. There's nothing left to trust.
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."
January 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is exactly why the relationship between Canada & US is forever changed & ruined. Even if Trump goes, there's an entire establishment of Dems & Republicans who barely raised objection to so much of it. There's nothing left to trust.
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I love how much they really love each other 🥲
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I love how much they really love each other 🥲
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Nazis have a bad track record fighting wars in the winter
January 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Nazis have a bad track record fighting wars in the winter
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When he was a kid, did a movie theater beat him up and take his lunch money
"You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to see a movie," says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
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January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
When he was a kid, did a movie theater beat him up and take his lunch money
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every day involves grappling with how embarrassing it is that the secret police are so embarrassing, just complete losers incapable of visiting the men’s room alone, who cannot comprehend why people are calling themselves bums to their faces
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
every day involves grappling with how embarrassing it is that the secret police are so embarrassing, just complete losers incapable of visiting the men’s room alone, who cannot comprehend why people are calling themselves bums to their faces