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Al Kennedy

@alkennedy.bsky.social

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50% of the world's ninth longest running comic book podcast, House to Astonish. 100% of interview/book group podcast Desert Island Discworld. New Warriorologist. He/him.

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · Jul 8

So yes! I'm not spending my time on Twitter any more! You are all I really have left! So here is my creative output!

House to Astonish! It's the ninth longest running comics podcast in the world, a fact I find motivational and somehow also very funny! housetoastonish.com

Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · Jul 8

This is true. I quit Twitter this afternoon and basically nobody gives a shit, and that's the healthy way for people to be, quite frankly

dan @danabra.mov · Jul 7

the weird thing about being on the internet is nobody really notices when you disappear cause there’s always enough stuff to fill the timeline. i’m overstating it but it’s partially true. there’s nonzero count of people you forgot about because they stopped posting or deactivated

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

The Tron: Ares greenlight meeting in one image

Still from the video "Rejected Theme Song from READY PLAYER ONE" by Demi Adejuyigbe.

Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMBylNJQEbg

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

Extremely understandable reaction tbh

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 14h

I'm perplexed at watching pundits in the trades struggling to explain Tron Ares' disappointing opening.

Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.

The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 11h

a woman in a black sweater sits on a couch and says " there is nothing wrong "

Alt: a woman in a black sweater sits on a couch and says " there is nothing wrong with asking for what you deserve"

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 11h

I'm obviously on the wrong continent but ten years! That's a helluva thing, I hope you get to throw a big bash

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 11h

"The Narrator lied", awright Gone Girl

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14h

If Jared Leto cannot sell Tron and Marvel to white people, someone please explain to me why he keeps getting hired.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 19h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14h

Everything Jared Leto has been cast in could have been neatly divided up between Keanu Reeves, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Tinder Chandelier.

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 14h

Having to watch the Ozzy documentary in ten minute sprints because I keep getting too sad

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 15h

They actually put Charlotte Church's downblouse shot in the Previously On montage #CelebrityTraitors

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Scott Snyder (NYCC Booth #H-44) @ssnyder1835.bsky.social · 18h

We're taking DC to the NEXT LEVEL starting this March!