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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 7h

31 Nights of Horror. The wife enjoyed WEAPONS so much we’re watching Cregger’s first horror movie, which I love.

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 8h

Stay hydrated, man.

a logo for gatorade with a lightning bolt in the middle

ALT: a logo for gatorade with a lightning bolt in the middle

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 8h

I’d argue that you still have to be pretty good to make the Finals. Even the Mavs, who got were on the losing end of a gentleman’s sweep by the Celts, were a pretty good team.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 13h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 8h

I mean, they are in the Finals.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 16h

I really think the way PTA juxtaposes Sensei to Bob/Pat is the key to ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

I went a bit long on that component in this piece.

Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 17h

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Gregg McBride @greggmcbride.bsky.social · 20h

I keep hearing “America First,” but it sure doesn’t look that way. Even during a government shutdown, a $20 billion bailout is being sent to Argentina — a deal that just happens to benefit the Treasury Secretary’s own investments and his wealthy friends.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20h

Fun facts: Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, has won an Emmy, two Grammys, and his production company won an Oscar.

Trump has won 34 felony convictions as well as civil adjudications for rape and financial fraud. He is currently protecting rich and powerful pedophiles in the GOP.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

No money flowing to USAID and hardly any to PEPFAR despite their duly enacted funding; well north of twenty billion dollars being deployed for other weird hair autocrats. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, treasury secretary confirms

The U.S. Treasury has finalized a financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country’s central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 1d

The leather upholstery in a meth dealer’s Kia Sport has big thoughts about public health

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james lucas @jameslucasjones.bsky.social · 1d

never forget that they made jimmy carter sell his peanut farm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

World's going to hell. Find some solace in the male duck taking another big fat L.

I'm hoping he picks a fight with Bad Bunny next so I can enjoy the Super Bowl no matter who's representing the NFC.

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 1d

That (NPR!) journalists think AI is a creative engine that can finesse iconic productions is not just context for the crap quality of writing in media but alarmingly the inability among a class of supposedly professional scrutinizers to distinguish between art and slop, good and bad, truth and lie

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

Some really good people on this list. As in good human beings, not just good at what they do. Those I know personally are legit fans of the medium and the genre, and treat collaborators like peers, not underlings. Lift 'em up!

I don't know many of them, though, so maybe those folks are assclowns.

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 1d

Honored to be named alongside these amazing folks on Variety’s Horror Impact Report 🖤 variety.com/lists/horror...

Horror Impact Report: From Ryan Coogler to Lisa Dreyer to Osgood Perkins, Variety Stakes Out the Top in Genre Films and TV

Horror Impact Report: From Ryan Coogler to Lisa Dreyer to Zach Creeger, Variety Stakes Out the Top in Genre Films and TV.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

It's too perfect that the MAGA hero in the NFL is a placekicker. The least football position on the planet. Punter has to kick by himself and has to make tackles. Has to play football. This guy doesn't.

ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · 1d

Andy Reid: Harrison Butker will keep swinging, I'm not really worried about him.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Andy Reid: Harrison Butker will keep swinging, I'm not really worried about him

Throughout the Chiefs' dynastic run, kicker Harrison Butker has been a key, reliable piece of the team.

www.nbcsports.com

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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 8d

My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...

The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia

It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.

www.thenation.com

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 2d

31 Nights of Horror, continuing to rewatch Anthony Hickox movies while the wife's out of town. No poster for this one--it aired on HBO, not theaters--so here's some DVD box art instead. Seek it out if you haven't seen it, it's a ton of fun. Think POINT BREAK but with werewolves instead of surfers.

Box art for FULL ECLIPSE, featuring Mario Van Peebles holing a big-ass gun, and, underneath him, half-werewolf Van Peebles with another gun.

Back of the DVD box, with a bunch of werewolf cops and this text: In Los Angeles, the criminals are one step away from taking over the city. Drugs and guns are all over the streets. It'll take a special kind of cop to put an end to it all. Max Dire (Mario Van Peebles) is a special kind of cop, which is why he's invited to join an elite squad - a secret police unit - authorized to do whatever it takes to put an end to crime. Their leader, Adam Garou (Bruce Payne) has a secret method for dealing with crooks, a serum which when injected into his gang of rogue cops, gives them an extraordinary strength and speed. A drug that gives them the power of wolves, and a detely appetite for crime. Max is suspicious of Garou's renegade police force, but is soon seduced into joining them by their most beautiful member, Casey Spencer (Patsy Kensit). As Max soon discovers, there's a dark side to Garou's detective work and he must decide if he's going to run with the pack or stand against them.
Either way, by the full eclipse, the streets will run with blood.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 2d

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 2d

Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 3d

You know that's way too "ethnic" for her, Parker.

Not to mention her aversion to nice blonde butter that's been "browned."

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3d

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 3d

31 Nights of Horror is a two-fer tonight, trying to get caught up for the couple missed nights so far. And doing it with one of Wes Craven’s most unfairly maligned films. Figure since I can’t make NYCC this week, this will have to do.