Nicholas Charles
@psmaclaren.bsky.social
Short Story Scribbler - Erratic Cartoonist - Shameless Punner
Teetering on Trenchant/Trivial Commentary (probably the latter)
Science Respecter … SF Bay Area resident
Teetering on Trenchant/Trivial Commentary (probably the latter)
Science Respecter … SF Bay Area resident
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February 13, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Quote this post with a gif of one of your fave movies
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
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I am overjoyed about this! Trace is not only an amazing performer, he’s brilliant at design. We’re lucky to have him for these shows.
In addition to lending us his talents on-screen, Trace Beaulieu will be art director for MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rif...
February 13, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I am overjoyed about this! Trace is not only an amazing performer, he’s brilliant at design. We’re lucky to have him for these shows.
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So many Quinn Martin "Tonight's Episode" titles apply to Trump/Epstein:
See Some Evil… Do Some Evil
Twenty Million Alibis
Friends Till Death
Conspiracy of Terror
Sins Of Thy Father
Band Of Evil
Fraternity of Thieves
Academy of Evil
Deadly Sanctuary
See Some Evil… Do Some Evil
Twenty Million Alibis
Friends Till Death
Conspiracy of Terror
Sins Of Thy Father
Band Of Evil
Fraternity of Thieves
Academy of Evil
Deadly Sanctuary
February 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
So many Quinn Martin "Tonight's Episode" titles apply to Trump/Epstein:
See Some Evil… Do Some Evil
Twenty Million Alibis
Friends Till Death
Conspiracy of Terror
Sins Of Thy Father
Band Of Evil
Fraternity of Thieves
Academy of Evil
Deadly Sanctuary
See Some Evil… Do Some Evil
Twenty Million Alibis
Friends Till Death
Conspiracy of Terror
Sins Of Thy Father
Band Of Evil
Fraternity of Thieves
Academy of Evil
Deadly Sanctuary
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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DAILY MEMO: ICE Is Still Active in Southern California
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
DAILY MEMO: ICE Is Still Active in Southern California
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
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palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
![Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this?
The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.
Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime.
What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.
[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]
2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2l6seozmjsqc4kfukjejat77/bafkreiga45xjdal6lfcqt2zmambaymeoelxafbrlt7fi2nmoahpbqj3cja@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
(1984)
(1984)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
(1984)
(1984)
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RIP to the great Bud Cort, costar of the brilliant “Harold and Maude,” directed by genius Hal Ashby. I remember seeing it for the first time and gasping when I saw the Auschwitz tattoo on Ruth Gordon’s arm, so similar to many of the tattoos I would see on my grandfather‘s friends arms. RIP. ❤️
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
RIP to the great Bud Cort, costar of the brilliant “Harold and Maude,” directed by genius Hal Ashby. I remember seeing it for the first time and gasping when I saw the Auschwitz tattoo on Ruth Gordon’s arm, so similar to many of the tattoos I would see on my grandfather‘s friends arms. RIP. ❤️
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Thank you for your lovely review! It was such a fun film to work on — and the director, Martin Campbell, went on to direct such films as GOLDENEYE, THE MASK OF ZORRO and CASINO ROYALE, among many others.
Everyone used magic - except Private Eye Harry Lovecraft. When a book of magic is stolen Harry is on the case.
Ok - some of the creature effects are dated but this is a great film. A fantasy, funny, detective noir film where everyone commits.
Find this gem if you can - really good.
10/10
#filmsky
Ok - some of the creature effects are dated but this is a great film. A fantasy, funny, detective noir film where everyone commits.
Find this gem if you can - really good.
10/10
#filmsky
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Thank you for your lovely review! It was such a fun film to work on — and the director, Martin Campbell, went on to direct such films as GOLDENEYE, THE MASK OF ZORRO and CASINO ROYALE, among many others.
2009: Saw “Inglorious Bastards” special preview with introduction and post Q&A by director Tarantino
1984: After years out of circulation, saw Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo in college weekend cinema series. Sandwiched between them: debut film “Blood Simple“ by then unknown Coen Brothers.
1984: After years out of circulation, saw Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo in college weekend cinema series. Sandwiched between them: debut film “Blood Simple“ by then unknown Coen Brothers.
First American run for a couple of these
Le Mans (1971)
Until The End Of The World (1991)
Slacker (1990)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Dune (1984)
Le Mans (1971)
Until The End Of The World (1991)
Slacker (1990)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Hard Boiled (1992)
Dune (1984)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 12, 2026 at 12:28 AM
2009: Saw “Inglorious Bastards” special preview with introduction and post Q&A by director Tarantino
1984: After years out of circulation, saw Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo in college weekend cinema series. Sandwiched between them: debut film “Blood Simple“ by then unknown Coen Brothers.
1984: After years out of circulation, saw Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo in college weekend cinema series. Sandwiched between them: debut film “Blood Simple“ by then unknown Coen Brothers.
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And yet another awesome one leaves this world. LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension. Co-founder of a band of great singers with impeccable taste in songwriters. Those hit records they made are timeless. Rest In Peace. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/a...
LaMonte McLemore, Founding Singer With the 5th Dimension, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
And yet another awesome one leaves this world. LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension. Co-founder of a band of great singers with impeccable taste in songwriters. Those hit records they made are timeless. Rest In Peace. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/a...
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I'm so sad to hear that Bud Cort died despite my once delighting in his series of staged suicides. RIP.
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I'm so sad to hear that Bud Cort died despite my once delighting in his series of staged suicides. RIP.
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Harold and Maude is a movie that speaks specifically to its time, but which I mean any time between 1971 and forever. Rest In Peace, Bud Cort.
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Harold and Maude is a movie that speaks specifically to its time, but which I mean any time between 1971 and forever. Rest In Peace, Bud Cort.
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Was unfamiliar with James Van Der Beek, having never watched Dawson's Creek (I never watched Gilmore Girls in its initial run either, my bad). But damn he was hilarious on Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23. That show was underrated, so was he. Rest In Peace.
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Was unfamiliar with James Van Der Beek, having never watched Dawson's Creek (I never watched Gilmore Girls in its initial run either, my bad). But damn he was hilarious on Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23. That show was underrated, so was he. Rest In Peace.
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RIP Robert Tinney, your BYTE Magazine covers are legendary.
Got these framed prints as birthday present from @amyhoy.bsky.social ❤️
Got these framed prints as birthday present from @amyhoy.bsky.social ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
RIP Robert Tinney, your BYTE Magazine covers are legendary.
Got these framed prints as birthday present from @amyhoy.bsky.social ❤️
Got these framed prints as birthday present from @amyhoy.bsky.social ❤️
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RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
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"In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."
time.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
"In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
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I can confirm this is true and I can also say that the lack of an eviction moratorium is fueling this trend.
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I can confirm this is true and I can also say that the lack of an eviction moratorium is fueling this trend.
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There's plenty to criticize Democrats for, and I do it here all the time. But criticizing them for telling people they have to vote is so counterproductive it borders on malevolent. If in 2026, you don't get how important it is, you are as much a part of the problem as anyone you're angry at.
okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
There's plenty to criticize Democrats for, and I do it here all the time. But criticizing them for telling people they have to vote is so counterproductive it borders on malevolent. If in 2026, you don't get how important it is, you are as much a part of the problem as anyone you're angry at.
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A gripping, strikingly de-glamorized portrait of North Jersey gangster life. The wise guys we see here are working stiffs who put themselves at grave risk w/o seeing much profit. Hell, unlike in GOODFELLAS, which owes an obvious debt to FAMILY ENFORCER, they don't even get to enjoy good food or blow
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
A gripping, strikingly de-glamorized portrait of North Jersey gangster life. The wise guys we see here are working stiffs who put themselves at grave risk w/o seeing much profit. Hell, unlike in GOODFELLAS, which owes an obvious debt to FAMILY ENFORCER, they don't even get to enjoy good food or blow
Post a banger that isn’t in English
… but sounded like English to the Italians.
youtu.be/RObuKTeHoxo?...
… but sounded like English to the Italians.
youtu.be/RObuKTeHoxo?...
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Post a banger that isn’t in English
… but sounded like English to the Italians.
youtu.be/RObuKTeHoxo?...
… but sounded like English to the Italians.
youtu.be/RObuKTeHoxo?...
Post a banger that isn’t in English
youtu.be/YWI29hIqIxY?...
youtu.be/YWI29hIqIxY?...
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Post a banger that isn’t in English
youtu.be/YWI29hIqIxY?...
youtu.be/YWI29hIqIxY?...
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They're acting like it's going to be the Ferris Bueller movie when it's actually going to be WarGames
I keep thinking about that Matthew Broderick ad for AI that presented it as something that could do your work for you and let you take a day off.
Yeah, man, be sure to tell your boss that AI can do all your work for you, that'll probably lead to lots and lots of time off.
Yeah, man, be sure to tell your boss that AI can do all your work for you, that'll probably lead to lots and lots of time off.
February 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
They're acting like it's going to be the Ferris Bueller movie when it's actually going to be WarGames
