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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 8h

Shout out to grits. Always there for me.

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 8h

It'll always be Hollywood Freaks to me.

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The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · 10h

Props to Rockstar for building a huge media empire where the first few hours of your encounter with it are you trying to figure out controls while The Most Annoying Man Who Has Ever Lived ceaselessly berates you for not being an expert already

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC A-28 @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 18d

Worked up a poster for Sinners - that cross section of horror movies, period pieces, and roots music checks an awful lot of my boxes, and heavens but it was beautifully made.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 9h

Fuck 'em up.

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 20h

Wrong actually it’s Richard Kind.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, what if the final boss has a second phase?

Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

Environmental storytelling.

Cheru w/ a lil witch hat @cheru.bsky.social · 1d

Someone stole exactly one pair of panties from a box of 6. There’s lore here.

A multipack of Fruit of the Loom panties missing a pair

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

Tis!

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 1d

Honestly the most relatable news story ever, especially the going for a carvery in the middle.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

You should be allowed to! It's bullshit that you can't!

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

One of my sincerely held beliefs is that if you have enough friends from other countries, you should be able to celebrate their holidays, too.

In a just world, I would be getting Monday off for Canadian Thanksgiving.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

HOTEL TIME bsky.app/profile/kenl...

The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · Dec 24

Hotel showers

Circular shower handle. Three levels of heat:
Ice water
Warm but unsatisfying, "the devil's piss"
"The boys tell me you wanted to die"

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I have the DVD, but it doesn't look like it's streaming in the US.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

Ultimately Sinners has two real messages.

1. Music is good.
2. Cunnilingus is good.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 1d

No, you're completely correct in every way.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, I'm going to throw my hat out: would anybody like to have me on their podcast/newsletter to talk about Appalachian pulp, folklore, witchlore, and the benefits of weirding historical fiction? I think these stories are good, and I want to talk about them!

Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 5d

Fuck Prime Day. PDFs of GHOST DAYS and IN THE SNOW, THE JUNGLE are on sale for just 3$ today, which means you can grab this fully illustrated short story collection AND its followup novella for just $6.

Get your Appalachian historical folklore/horror fix here!

www.asherelbein.com/store

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Anthony Clark @nedroid.com · 1d

It will come as no surprise that M3GAN is back,

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 28d

no greater crowd-pleaser at the zoo than A Tiny Frog

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Ing aka Tophat Artooning @ingforart.bsky.social · 4d

Why do all these guys look like they are in Act 3 of their own personal Fargo?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 2d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 2d

Again, the actual fascism that it makes most sense to compare this to is the confederacy, which was similarly a bunch of dipshit, know-nothing failsons who couldn't govern their way out of a paper bag.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 2d

I could read 100 books about Alex Easton bumping up against the supernatural. And the way the supernatural all ends up walking that perfect line between alien but also still understandable? Goddamn.

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Ben, A.D. 1972 @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 2d

I remember when someone talked to the person who had actually coined the expression "emotional labor" and she was like "Wait, THAT'S what people are using it for now?"

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