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Joshua Rivera

@jmrivera.bsky.social

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writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · Nov 25

Oh I never did an intro post. So:

I’m a writer interested in pop culture and how we make meaning from it. I was entertainment writer at polygon, and before that had stints at EW, GQ, and freelanced everywhere. Stories saved my life and I want to help people understand them, and each other, better.

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 10h

back at my favorite place, @mahoningdit.bsky.social

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CJ Melendez @cjmelendez.bsky.social · 18h

So who here likes football and comedy horror?

We’re pitching interviews for Mutant Football League 2!

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 19h

Takin some chicken I roasted yesterday and making a lil Caesar salad

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 19h

Truly bizarre show, pushes the concept to its limits. Gotta be a fascinating rewatch

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 20h

It’s important to have hobbies

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 21h

Ok but what has Jace been up to

io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 21h

Shell Yeah, 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Is the Next 'Magic: The Gathering' Crossover

The heroes in a half shell are the latest to join the world of Universes Beyond, in a new set due out March 2026.

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 22h

this seems like the sort of thing the party would have a hard time justifying to its base, if anyone were interested in telling them about it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 22h

gotta be some kind of mgmt formula demonstrating the inverse relationship between how useless a task is with how quickly a boss wants it done

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22h

Here's the full memo.

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 22h

Throwing this one here too. Not as many pieces in this thread as I thought!

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 2d

excited to share this one. For the good people at @tesseractcinema.bsky.social , I wrote about The Exorcist, First Reformed, and forms of prayer

tesseractcinema.com/2025/10/08/e...

ENTER THE HYPERCUBE: FIRST REFORMED + THE EXORCIST - TESSERACT CINEMA

Joshua Rivera ties together the religious terror of The Exorcist and First Reformed.

tesseractcinema.com

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Christian D'Andrea @trainisland.bsky.social · 1d

the ESPN story asking Giants teammates to describe Cam Skattebo is exactly what you'd expect (complimentary)

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

lol jay

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t want to defend tron too much here but legacy was not a huge flop. tron is weird in that its always had passionate fans in the arts. there has always been a gaggle of nerds in Hollywood who would love to make a sequel

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Then in 2010 they made a sequel to TRON and that was a huge flop too, despite being helmed by a director who later became a mega-hitmaker. Why go back for more? It's weird!

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

lol. Lmao

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

entire team has the yips

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

bummed it had to be against the eagles but it is cool to see the giants fielding some young exciting guys, things are really coming together for them

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

The birds are not turning it around

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

I’m 0 for 2 on tv choices tonight, need the birds to turn it around

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

I would say this peacemaker finale didn’t fumble it in the red zone as much as it just stopped playing entirely and called it for the season

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

If you listen closely you can hear saying “I’m Cam Skattebo and this is Jackass” before every carry

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus that was like a brainstorming session for finding the worst possible way to lose

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 1d

It is very important to make as legible as possible as often as possible that various administration administration officials are either straight-up delusional or lying through their teeth, every single day

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

I cheered and kept waiting for the movie to do something like it again, alas. I’m coming around to the rest though!

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I think it’s good for the writer to have this level of understanding of their characters but quite detrimental to have them put it in such terms

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

Whether or not you dig Ends the prologue is undeniable, incredible black comedy beat

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 1d

I think I like Halloween Ends more with each passing year. Think I’m gonna do this double myself soon!

Matt Cohen @mattdcohen.bsky.social · 1d

spooky szn double feature tonight c/o @jmrivera.bsky.social: Halloween Ends and John Carpenter’s Christine. surprisingly good and thematically on point pairing!

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