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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 5h

Watching the final Mission Impossible film which gives us a Black woman president at least fictionally, and finding dark depressing humor when she has to agonizingly decide which US city should be sacrificed, I thought how the real current president would have no problem sacrificing a bunch.

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 15h

Wrote about one of my favorite Diane Keaton performances:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/m...

Diane Keaton in ‘Reds’: A Remarkable Performance but Also a Returning Point

www.nytimes.com

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 10h

Like I assume there’s no fact checking on TS since it’s a Trump site lol so it’s just a propaganda megaphone but wondering if anyone goes there to fight the good fight anyway

✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 10h

I will never look at that site ever but I know some journalists go to TruthSocial just to capture what the President is ranting about. (His Jan 6 lunacy where he can’t remember who was president, for instance.) But for anyone who looks, are there people on TS who push back on him in replies?

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 17h

That was a shocking replay reverse, seemed obvious. Then the NFL official guy on the broadcast basically tried to explain it?

Jeremy Peterman𓅪 @jeremypeterman.bsky.social · 17h

Woody absolutely paid the refs this weekend. Couldn't suffer an embarrassment in London. No idea how that fumble was overturned.

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 17h

Also you would think NFL officials wouldn’t also be so bad at something called NFL officiating but those in today’s London game sure are bad at their jobs. Were they found in a nearby pub? Some obvious miss calls.

✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 18h

You’d think something called NFL Network would be better at production on an NFL game, but yeesh their camerawork leaves much to be desired.

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I’m just feeling magnanimous now and that’ll change in a few days but if my team* doesn’t repeat as champs I’d feel happy for these other 3 teams getting it.
(*I still hope they do, repeating hasn’t been done in 20+ years.)

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

The reason why TRON bombed is because there are very very few people left on the planet who are invested in the story of Kevin Flynn, hotshot video game designer from a movie from 43 years ago

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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton had an amazing career, but this, to me, is her best scene, and also Beatty's best as a director.

And hey, now that we're talking about it, Reds is a movie screaming for a revival.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Mt...

Reds - train station scene

YouTube video by sniem

www.youtube.com

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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 1d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

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How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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Amanda Rykoff @amandarykoff.bsky.social · 2d

Googling longest postseason games and Google AI says that the Tigers have won this game!

This was the longest winner-take-all game in postseason history by innings, with the Tigers ultimately winning.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 2d

#postseason

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 2d

If dodgers win their series then, yes, this too ^

If they don’t, good night and good luck!

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 2d

Proposal: call this game a tie, combine both teams into one to play the Jays. Discuss?

But seriously, I said this about the dodgers Phillies series but especially here: it’s a shame someone will have to lose this epic game.

but also, someone win it!

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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 2d

Now batting for the Seattle Mariners: John Hodgman’s athletic brother

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 2d

USMNT tying a world class Ecuador side 1-1 in a friendly was one of their best performances to date for coach Pocchetino. They had a lot of chances vs one of the better defenses who hasn’t lost in a long while now.

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 2d

And taco trucks on every corner!
Sign me up!

a man is sitting in front of a microphone and says thank you for all the suggestions

ALT: a man is sitting in front of a microphone and says thank you for all the suggestions

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2d

Democrats need to go as hard branding protest as patriotism as Republicans are labeling it all insurrection.

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 2d

Referring to this if you HAVE to get his insight on it: variety.com/2025/film/ne...

‘One Battle After Another’ Is a Hit with Critics Because It ‘Aligns with a Leftist Sensibility,’ Says Bret Easton Ellis: ‘There’s a Liberal Mustiness to This Movie’

Bret Easton Ellis says critics love 'One Battle After Another' because it has 'leftist sensibilities.'

variety.com

✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 2d

Bret Easton Ellis not liking One Battle After Another, color me shocked. As someone (Ellis) who likes dark comedy in his own controversial work, it’s surprising Ellis doesn’t pick up on that side of the film at all. Or maybe it’s not surprising? Ellis: www.theguardian.com/books/2010/j...

Bret Easton Ellis: 'So you're a misogynist, a racist – so what? Does it make your art less interesting?'

The American author on how pain is the inspiration for all his books, getting off drugs and telling the truth

www.theguardian.com

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✍️ Craig Gary Phillips ✍️ @craigary.bsky.social · 3d

The Lost Bus is made by a great director and is scary to us because it’s a real story (escaping the horrific Paradise Fire in California) so yeah it’s not horror but scary all the same (looks really suspenseful and good tho)

Yes nothing beats the original Halloween! Or The Thing. Or The Exorcist.

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