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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 10h

Will & Grace is such an interesting show, because the supporting characters of Jack and Karen are SO much more entertaining than the titular pair. Like, the show is really uneven because of that difference.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

1. Mushrooms
2. The Minecraft Movie
3. Love Shack

I am an imaginarybeing (he/they) @imaginarybeing.bsky.social · 21h

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

Chitlins/Chitterlings
CATS
Here's Your One Fancy & Sweet Caroline

Samzilla Slutton @samfloyd1987.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

Corndogs
Anora
Everybody Wants to Rule the World

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 14h

This is one of the few Funko Pops I own! It sits on my desk at work, and I love it.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 14h

This is always my first thought with stuff like this.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 15h

poor, sweet Audrey

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely no one:

My brain: SUDDENLY SEYMOUR IS STANDING BESIDE ME

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 16h

I can't hear that term without thinking about C-3PO

a close up of a robot with the words thank the maker on the bottom

Alt: C-3PO says "Thank the maker" as he descends into an oil bath in Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope

media.tenor.com

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 19h

My favorite Struzen poster is probably the one he did for the 1997 re-release of the original Star Wars film.

I love the color palette he used, and the way some of the ships are popping out of the inner "frame." The whole thing conveys the optimism and imagination of Lucas's film so well.

1997 theatrical poster for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope by Drew Struzan

The poster features the likenesses of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Obi-Wan Kenobi against a nebula-like background with multiple starships flying out of it. The color palette uses lots of dusky oranges and bright golds, and is reminiscent of a sunset.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 19h

R.I.P. to a modern legend.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 19h

Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78

He created many iconic movie posters

The Thing poster and Back to the Future poster

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 19h

My conservative cousin's Instagram status this morning said "Make McCarthyism Great Again" and I hate this so much.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 20h

IDK, imagine thinking that you could "save" God

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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madam, i'm adam @ajvsell.bsky.social · 21h

Just a quick reminder to the people sharing their Duolingo progress screens: the company explicitly said they’ll be using AI to replace contractors, hire full-time staff, and conduct performance reviews.

Source: www.linkedin.com/posts/duolin... (their own LinkedIn post)

👇🏽 Below is an all-hands email from our CEO, Luis von Ahn – we are going to be AI-first. Just like how betting on mobile in 2012 made all the difference, we’re making a similar call now. This… | Duo...

👇🏽 Below is an all-hands email from our CEO, Luis von Ahn – we are going to be AI-first. Just like how betting on mobile in 2012 made all the difference, we’re making a similar call now. This time t...

www.linkedin.com

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

1. Mushrooms
2. The Minecraft Movie
3. Love Shack

I am an imaginarybeing (he/they) @imaginarybeing.bsky.social · 21h

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

Chitlins/Chitterlings
CATS
Here's Your One Fancy & Sweet Caroline

Samzilla Slutton @samfloyd1987.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand.

Corndogs
Anora
Everybody Wants to Rule the World

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely no one:

My brain: SUDDENLY SEYMOUR IS STANDING BESIDE ME

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 22h

Taking a swipe at the white gamer bros who support the Republican party is an interesting choice.

But, while we're here, Medicaid is intened for people who CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE. What you do, or don't do, SHOULDN'T MATTER when it comes to getting health care.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Mike Johnson says Medicaid is "intended for vulnerable populations, the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women, and not young able-bodied men without dependents who are playing video games."

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 22h

LinkedIn terrifies me. It's where hopes and dreams go to die.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

Someone needs to ask Charlie Brown.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

haha Right???

I like those films, but you don't go see them for the human characters.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

I thought she was really good in the first season of Stranger Things, but the more time has passed, the more I wonder if that was just a fluke.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

I think this problem has affected Disney more than any of the other studios, because their streaming service is tied so explicitly to their brand.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

Also: this is just a theory, but I think Disney has undermined themselves with DisneyPlus. I think that a lot of people just don't feel the urgency to see something like this in theaters when they know it will be streaming for no additional fee in a few months.

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

1. Disney really didn't market this a ton.
2. A lot of fans wanted an actual continuation of Tron: Legacy and lost interest when they realized this wasn't one.
3. Jared Leto.

IGN @ign.com · 2d

Tron: Ares disappoints with opening weekend box office below even Jared Leto's Spider-Man universe flop Morbius. https://bit.ly/43d7wxV

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

This is a nothing burger of an article (and yes--I read it) that fails to reckon with the intrinsic violence in Fuentes's groyper movement.

You should be ashamed of publishing what is essentially a puff piece for a fascist.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23d

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23d

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

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JJ 🏳️‍🌈 @jjr222.bsky.social · 1d

It could be? I don't know enough about the industry and how that might impact her career choices.

I assumed it was loyalty to the company that gave her her big break, along with possibly some fear of branching out and taking creative risks. 🤷‍♂️

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