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Adam Murray

@admagnetic77.bsky.social

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Film programmer + write about film - Bristol Black Horror Club UK - All things Horror/Dystopian Fiction/Genre Cinema "A Cosmic Perspective"...

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Adam Murray @admagnetic77.bsky.social · Jul 2

A big thank you to @cineredis.bsky.social for the opportunity to write about a real gem 💎 My top pick out of an already stunning line-up at this year’s Festival. Excited to attend! 📽️

Very special thank you to Tarah Judah @maddyprobst.bsky.social @markcosgrove.bsky.social @hardiewrites.bsky.social 💜

Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Jul 2

Made at the height of the Civil Rights movement, the pioneering One Potato, Two Potato receives its UK Premiere at @wshed.bsky.social on Sat 26th July 18:10.

Read Film Critic and writer @admagnetic77.bsky.social reflections on this historic feature for our @letterboxd.social HQ - link in bio.

On a grainy light blue background, a black and white image of a man holding a baby. Black text ‘ Reflections on One Potato, Two Potato (1964) An article by Adam Murray.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 19h

Read the piece on P Thiel's views on the antichrist and the apocalypse and I find it so horrific that someone with so much power and influence via wealth has such barking views, rooted in such cruelty. I can imagine him arguing that many people should die to lower his taxes, and this is "Christian".

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 3h

Populism was never the issue

The issue was calling far-right politics "populism" which was not only inaccurate but euphemised and legitimised them as a so-called alternative to the status (while they aim to take the worst of it and push it further)

Yes, I'll keep banging on about this

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 6h

People gave a record amount of money to multiple organizations for the people of Gaza and all this money just sat there for the past 2 years because Israel blocked it. I hope this money gets distributed quickly now so that the people of Gaza don't have to beg anymore
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Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza

From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in ...

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 6h

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Police sexual misconduct complaints skyrocket – but half of claims go uninvestigated

Exclusive: Sexual misconduct claims hit record high last year, with complaints rising at a faster rate than all other allegations

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 18h

No mugshot. Lol

Thad Ochocinco, Active Listener @thadochocinco.bsky.social · 20h

From the people that repeatedly shoot at the Emmitt Till Memorial Marker comes Brent Jones, who was arrested for pissing in the reflecting pool and destroying the eternal flame at Martin Luther King's burial site 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.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 6h

"London reported the lowest number of homicides of under-25s for more than two decades. Overall, murders are at a five-year low, and the rate is much lower than in other international cities such as New York, Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Madrid" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 4d

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

YouTube video by Vanity Fair

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 3d

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 18h

Teaching CAT PEOPLE (1942) today in small class seminar.

a black and white photo of a woman in a fur coat

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman in a fur coat

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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 1d

Look, it may be the end of the world but we're still British
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The Nova Mob

I watched the new disc release of Object Z (1965), a story of a world gripped with fear at the appearance of a new extraterrestrial threat. It was broadcast in 6 instalments of 25 minutes, each wit…

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 1d

#WeekendSingles Just some of the acts featured on my new Golden Age of Hip Hop playlist at
▶️🔊 open.spotify.com/playlist/247...

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 1d

"Why aren't the Free Palestine people cheering about the ceasefire?"

If you saw a man beating a child into a coma, would you cheer after the beating stopped? No, your first reaction would be horror at what happened and your second would be fear that he'll attack the kid again.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 18h

Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 22h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1d

When I warn normies about this they look at me like I'm unhinged (to be fair, I am), but when the bank of england does it...well, I'm curious about what their reaction is. Will they finally wake the fuck up.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1d

I did just find these sunglasses…

A white woman in a red headwrap wearing geometric red sunglasses

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 19h

the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.

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D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw the phrase,”people who identify as marginalized” and y’all I do not have patience for whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean today.

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 1d

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 18h

Jared Kushner: "I couldn't be more proud of the State of Israel, instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional." (This is false, they did genocide.)

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 18h

Disgusting. Parents are British. Her older brother is British.

She’s fucking three years old and they’re denying her British citizenship, which is making her mum’s life a nightmare as a full-time carer of both of her kids.

Stop this shit. Just stop it.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 1d

For TIME I went long on the bumbling white men at the heart of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, EDDINGTON, and THE MASTERMIND.

How the White Savior Became This Year’s Cinematic Punchline

Several of this year's notable movies, including, One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind humorously critique the political role of white men.

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 1d

Loved writing this piece

FRBH Recordings @frbhrecs.bsky.social · 1d

Cheer up your Saturday with this article by @wrongtom.bsky.social on the formidable Shut Up & Dance - special mention for “18 Inch Speaker” as well

daily.bandcamp.com/features/shu...

How Shut Up & Dance Cross-Wired Reggae With Rave, Techno, Jungle, and More

In the late ’80s and early ’90s Hackney’s PJ and Smiley had UK dance music in their grip.

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