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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 6h

We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸

A poster for "Amphifa: amphibians against fascism" showing a black and green flag with a green frog

Three protestors dressed in inflatable frog costumes holding a sign that says "Portland frog brigade"

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 2h

I guarantee, if they put Gillian Anderson front and centre of the Tron marketing instead of Jared Leto, it would have done better.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 2h

Honestly, I (and a couple of people I know) loved the visuals in the trailer and would have gone to this if it weren't for Jared Leto. He's actively off-putting.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 4h

‘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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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 3h

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 8h

Ooh. This is really fun, and you can see @mandykathryn.bsky.social in an absolutely scene-stealing role.

Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 10h

The best film you’ve might have never seen - NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980) - finally hits the UK for the very first time on the big screen. Wed 12th Nov at 6:20pm will be the first showing of a stunning 4K restoration from @filmsradiance.bsky.social

🎟️ : tinyurl.com/jugglerpcc

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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · 10h

Whether it’s Trump being fluffed by some doctor with no credibility, or Bryan Johnson’s claims of “having a biological age of 21” being unquestioningly reported, the press seem utterly unable to do any research before writing. These are not validated metrics. They are not real. It is meaningless.

Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 9h

the books sit upon the shelves
lone
gathering dust
like whispered kisses
of skin
waiting to tell
secrets
about people
and places
and things
but
the biggest secret of all
is that today
is bookshop day
and you can get
10% off new books

#haringeybookshop #haringey #n8

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 1d

It occurs to me that the Doctor's polyethnic identity in recent times recontextualises Peter Davison's casting in quite an interesting way.
(For context, although you'd be unlikely to guess it by looking at him, Davison's paternal family is Guyanese. He has close relatives who are visibly Black.)

Peter Davison, a fair-skinned blond man, as the fifth Doctor, circa 1982.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 11h

I'd love to learn more about the Cartoon Centre as a physical place - while it led to the cartoon museum, I can't find much info about it. Their website archive goes back to the early 2000s, but it's more about what it was doing then and future plans.

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Patrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 1d

Brooker has one of the most unlikely careers going - the kind of trajectory that's just unthinkable these days.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 11h

It's a charity work, with 125 artists taking part to raise money for the London Cartoon Centre. It took place in the early 90s, but wasn't published until 1999. And while I'm a fan of a bunch of people in there, I really wasn't expecting to see @charliebrooker.bsky.social in the credits.

A picture of dozens of artists celebrating

The credits list for The Worm, featuring many artists and writers.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 13h

I generally like Omid Djalili but it's one thing to do the Riyadh gig, and another to whine about how you're actually doing something progressive and amazing and it's unfair everyone thinks you're an arsehole for it.

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 1d

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 20h

I'm fond of Psycho III, which he directed.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

It's a cracking whodunit, written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins. And while the whole cast is great, Dyan Cannon steals most of it, and James Mason is brilliant in it - honestly, one of my favourite performances I've seen from him.

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

Just watched The Last of Sheila, which @rianjohnson.bsky.social recommended during his #LondonFilmFestival talk (which @scientits.bsky.social kindly invited me to). Very enjoyable and smart too - funny and nasty, and you can see how it influenced Glass Onion.

Left to right, James Mason, Raquel Welch, Joan Hackett, Ian McShane, Dyan Cannon and Richard Benjamin, all under a sign that reads 'Sheila'

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Michael Carroll @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social · 1d

Protestors in the United States of America really need to start including the full-stops/periods in "U.S." on their signs: with signs saying stuff like "HANDS OFF US BENEFITS" it's not immediately obvious whether they're based in the U.S.A. or Weatherfield.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Caitlin Flanagan
@CaitlinPacific
I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.

⁦
@bariweiss
⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

Order Life with Baum!

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

I found a rarity the other day. A comic written by Alan Moore and drawn by @charliebrooker.bsky.social . With others, of course, but still - an unexpected name to see in something from the late 90s.

The cover to The Worm - "The Longest Comic Strip in the World", by 'Alan Moore and a galaxy of greats'.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person. Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 1d

It's World Mental Health day. Part of the reason we set up this place is because inclusive, welcoming third spaces like this are important, especially in busy cities. What's a positive space in your area?

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 1d

Honestly, it's been a bit of a quieter week or two than would be... ideal. If there's a book that's on your mind, we'd love it if you bought it from us! Email us, DM us, etc.

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Stephen Cox But Spookier @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 1d

The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder is a spooky sapphic Victorian Murder Mystery.

It puzzled the industry a bit but readers have no difficulty with that genre description.

Steady 4.5 ⭐on Amazon.

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ALT: A book cover - dark blue and gold - surrounded by the following aspects in matching Victorian lettering - spooky / Vicious Baronet / Spiritualist Scammers/ Hidden Crimes / older grumpy sapphics / snarky dock-lass/ twisty mystery / Lady in Danger/Queer Found Family

Cover

The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Murder by Stephen Cox
A striking book cover with the title and author name dominating.
A rich dark blue background, and a touch of mist. The text appears in gold in a gold rectangular frame, the font is old fashioned implying C19th century. The frame has three rondels or cameos each containing a picture. Top right is a golden bee brooch with the body and one wing streaked with red blood. Middle left is foxgloves, spires of small bell flowers in pink, white and purple. Bottom right is a dark brown medicine bottle, with a pale label. The word LAUDANUM is just visible.
There are pink highlights on some of the letters.
Taken together it is bold, mysterious, and Victorian

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine for a moment a world so dependent on data centers that every aspect of municipal infrastructure must be reshaped. Not around human need, but maintaining GPU farms that use exponentially more power and water with each build. Models are only growing, and our resources are only diminishing.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 2d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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