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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 1h

Diane Keaton? Come on! This one really hurts. Rest In Peace.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 5h

Sure, leaders of the Democratic party, don't support this guy. Continue to build on your vision for a better 1995.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 8h

Fuck, man. This is water in a desert.

Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. I’m rooting for you.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 19h

Rest In Peace, John Lodge. Iconic musician. Nice guy.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 22h

My understanding is that there won't be another season of Peacemaker. Instead, the story will continue in other DCU movies.

I'd prefer another season of Peacemaker.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 1d

Now Trump is hoping to at least get a Daytime Nobel Peace Prize.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 2d

People are really hurting right now and I'm not sure a new Tron movie is the answer.

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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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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 2d

Antifa, like Steely Dan, is not really a group.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

The Advantage program was a lifeline for New Yorkers like Kasha, a working mom struggling to get out of a shelter and into stable housing.

But when then-Gov. Cuomo slashed funding, homelessness surged.

These are political choices. We can choose differently.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

when i saw marsha fucking blackburn was being honored by journalists i thought i was having a neurological episode

Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 2d

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology."

October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award."

Just shameless.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

Legacy media is such a fucking joke.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 2d

I think some of the Lennon sisters are still alive.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Johnson only wants Lee Greenwood to perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl because Lawrence Welk is dead and therefore unavailable.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 2d

No one would be so cruel as to expect that from you.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 2d

Insufferable. An ordeal. Moments of pure unadulterated cringe. A little bit of mime and it's way the fuck too much mime. But the Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse songs are GREAT.

Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 4d

STOP THE WORLD--I WANT TO GET OFF (1966) — 3:00 pm ET — 1h 40m
(TCM Daytime: '60s Musicals)

Tony Tanner, Millicent Martin, Leila Croft; directed by Philip Saville

An ambitious circus performer rises to the top at everyone else's expense.

#TCM #TCMParty

Stop the World--I Want To Get Off (1966)

www.tcm.com

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 2d

When Trump speaks of Portland he is artisanal crazy, funny farm to table.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3d

One of the Trump Administration's most openly fascist moments and CNN edits it out.

Tells you everything you need to know about a news network that has a firm policy against telling you everything you need to know.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3d

The New Zoo Revue is coming right at you motherfuckers!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

The new season of The Peacemaker on HBO is so, so good!

The story, the action, the one-liners, the humor, the pathos. (Also it's anti-Nazi, which in this current American moment, is super approrpriate and necessary!)

Congrats to
@jamesgunn.bsky.social, John Cena, and the entire team.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3d

I guess you could make a strong argument that this is a terrible movie but I fucking loved it.

Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 4d

THE COOL ONES (1967) — 10:30 am ET — 1h 38m
(TCM Daytime: '60s Musicals)

Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson; directed by Gene Nelson

A rock promoter creates a popular singing duo and tries to run their lives.

#TCM #TCMParty

The Cool Ones (1967)

www.tcm.com

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3d

I really enjoyed it.

T. Rasmussen @tvcstudios.bsky.social · 3d

The Cool Ones, I caught that earlier on TCM. It was a surprisingly good movie for 1967.

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Chaos Torgo @chaostorgo.bsky.social · 3d

Stuff you wrote for is more popular than ever, Frank. And not just #MST3K. This #InvaderZim merchandise display was in my local #HotTopic this week. They fulfill a lot of my movie related and rock band T-shirt needs, so I visit often. 🎬😀

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3d

Now THIS is a movie I can get behind.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social, this couldn't be more urgent! We need breaking news stories about stuff that happened while Joe Biden was vice president now more than ever!

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 3d

While his father was vice president, Hunter Biden began developing relationships that led to an audacious proposal to sell the land around the US Embassy building in Romania to a group that included a Chinese company. @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Hunter Biden Pursued a Deal to Sell Land Around the U.S. Embassy in Romania

www.nytimes.com

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