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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 2h

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 2h

This is a test of the non-emergency broadcast system.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 2h

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h

The only man with reverse impostor syndrome. He had no idea how to make a game when Nintendo hired him but he said I can do it and he made the original Metal Gear

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

I do admire how Hideo Kojima is having more fun than any of us at all times

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 3h

Kirby Smart out here ordering that special fourth timeout off the secret menu.

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 3h

Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy try to make sense of Kirby Smart getting off the hook for calling a timeout here.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 3h

The Serpent and the Rainbow

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 12h

Today on Tracing The Shape, my 31-day HALLOWEEN essay series, we examine the carefully timed death of Annie Brackett, what it says about Michael, and John Carpenter's moment to play Hitchcock.

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Tracing The Shape 11: Annie Brackett's Last Ride

What does Michael Myers want? I told you it was a question we'd ask again and again, because I remain deeply fascinated by the choices this man makes. To call him a killing machine stripped of all of...

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 9h

Diane Keaton was so good on THE YOUNG POPE that I still regularly think of her standing in the bamboo grove beside Silvio Orlando, or her sudden terror in running from him when he professes his love. Rest in peace to one of the greats.

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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 11h

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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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 11h

One of those actors who truly seemed like she could play anything, even while always being undeniably herself. She brought weight to even the thinnest of films.

Goodnight to an icon.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 11h

Kid's new thing is building what looks like a lil prison rec yard for his figures.

I keep telling him I'm not wild about the optics but here we are.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 12h

I think about Kendall Roy saying "My boy Squiggle cooked up this beat for me" literally once a week, what are y'all talking about.

Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 12h

I’m currently at a pop culture convention with 120k+ attendees where there’s Game of Thrones stuff literally everywhere, and the Marvel TV panel was so overpacked they had to shut down the floor. But I will agree people do not talk about Succession quite as often as when it was airing every week.

Nobody really talks about Succession anymore. Or Game of Thrones. Sort of confirms my thesis that, with rare exceptions, television does not really matter.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 12h

Today on Tracing The Shape, my 31-day HALLOWEEN essay series, we examine the carefully timed death of Annie Brackett, what it says about Michael, and John Carpenter's moment to play Hitchcock.

matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...

Tracing The Shape 11: Annie Brackett's Last Ride

What does Michael Myers want? I told you it was a question we'd ask again and again, because I remain deeply fascinated by the choices this man makes. To call him a killing machine stripped of all of...

matthewjacksonwrites.com

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

The Odyssey but it's just Monagle trying to navigate late night Philly drunk on both booze and the power of an ALCS.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Also you know this means you gotta go to the same bar, maybe even the same seat, if you want that pennant.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

I remember staying up super late with my grandfather to finish the almost six hour Game 3 of the '05 World Series. Been there, glad it worked out for you!

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

The game ended that way because @monagle.bsky.social stayed in the bar and toughed it out with his Mariners tonight. Mariners fans, remember to thank Monagle!

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Alex sat on Greg's lap on TASKMASTER this week.

Fanfic writers:

a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening ..

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says oh my god okay it 's happening ..

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter's The Birdcage

Austin Wilden (FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE)🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter’s Jurassic Park

Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 1d

John Carpenter’s Bee Movie

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Night owls, read what I wrote about HALLOWEEN today!

🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

In my HALLOWEEN essays so far, I've written a lot about how Michael is basically casting a spell on Haddonfield with his darkness. But there's another kind of magic in the film too, the magic of home and carefree comfort. In this essay, the magic of home wins, however briefly.

Tracing The Shape 10: The Final Calm

The incorporation of children in the Halloween narrative, not just as props but as characters with their own fears and joys, is a crucial element of the movie's success. The film's original title was,...

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

OK so plans fell through and I don't get a movie tonight but now there are Cheddar Bay Biscuits so it's fine.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Gabino!

I'm now 10 days into my effort to write a new essay on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN every day in October. Everyone can check it out over on my newsletter!

matthewjacksonwrites.com/tag/tracing-...

Tracing The Shape - Matthew Jackson and The Scares That Shaped Us

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Bob's vampire novel THE SMALL HOURS is a blast (out now from @ghoulish.bsky.social), and we had a great time talking about vampires and LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH. Look for it next week!

The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.social · 1d

NEXT WEEK:

@bobpastorella.com of @thisishorror.bsky.social joins the show to talk about his new novel THE SMALL HOURS, and we dive into an indie vampire classic with LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH!

Episode drops 10/15 at Noon Central!

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

In my HALLOWEEN essays so far, I've written a lot about how Michael is basically casting a spell on Haddonfield with his darkness. But there's another kind of magic in the film too, the magic of home and carefree comfort. In this essay, the magic of home wins, however briefly.

Tracing The Shape 10: The Final Calm

The incorporation of children in the Halloween narrative, not just as props but as characters with their own fears and joys, is a crucial element of the movie's success. The film's original title was,...

matthewjacksonwrites.com

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Ryan laughing so hard he can't talk while watching Trevor Lawrence fall down twice and still score just cured my depression.

Shutdown Fullcast @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social · 3d

We talked a lot about Bill Belichick, but we also talked about competent football winners (the Jacksonville Jaguars)

Champions Fall Twice

Podcast Episode · Shutdown Fullcast · 10/08/2025 · 1h 49m

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