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Dak @dak.myatproto.social · 2d

🎶Whoa, Black Betty🎶

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 12h

He really seems like one of those rare ones it would not be disappointing to meet.

Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 17h

I absolutely loved having this long conversation with Tim Curry, whose memoir comes out Tuesday. He told terrific stories about, among others, Meat Loaf, Ivana Trump, John Huston, Truman Capote, and Miss Piggy. What a life! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Tim Curry Does the Time Warp

The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.

www.newyorker.com

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 12h

I love that we've replaced Sunday Scaries with Everyday Scaries.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces The White House is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act that would allow the deployment of military troops on US soil to quell domestic unrest amid legal challenges over the moves, JD Vance confirmed on Sunday. Vance was asked on NBC News’s Meet the Press whether Donald Trump was seriously considering invoking the emergency power to deploy national guard forces and even the US military in domestic settings. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 13h

And we have all the evidence that it's a solved problem. Plenty manage it!

Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 13h

Definitely the same people.

Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 13h

Firebombing every company that makes microwave food that wants me to peel back the film but doesn't make it peelable.

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 13h

Yeah, sure, if we ignore everything she's said and done.

Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 16h

Bloked on gaydar.

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 1d

This just made me have a nervous breakdown and I love it.

Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 1d

That really moving Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is now 400% more moving youtu.be/CbWgOpG1988

Casablanca - Marseillaise Scene (extended edition)

YouTube video by Jeremy Limb

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Scott Fright @scw.bsky.social · 1d

Franz Kafka writing Steam reviews

Steam review that reads “game is good but im some bugs”

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 1d

We use both terms. Dessert will usually mean it's the sweet course of a meal, whereas pudding can mean both a sweet dish but also has a specific meaning of a steamed pastry or cake, which doesn't have to be sweet at all.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 1d

The amount of stupid or pointless decisions made because stupid questions were asked is mind boggling.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Completely agree with this - there is a lot of terrible policymaking where you can see the direct echo of “this guy played a lot of Civ as a child and teen”.

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely think the concept of the tech tree has done a lot of damage.

Tech-Based Teaching @edutecheditor.bsky.social · 1d

“Since 1991, the video game Civilization, now in its seventh installment, has become one of the most successful game franchises ever. That means millions of kids have grown up with Civ as one of their formative ways of thinking about history.” (via @jstor.bsky.social) #AcademicSky

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 1d

One of my big philosophical conflicts is being firmly against the death penalty yet also totally fine with a prison nonce-bashing.

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lost Prophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison

Ian Watkins was serving a 35-year sentence imposed in 2013 after admitting 13 child sex offences.

www.bbc.com

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 1d

Also, you have to be the sort of person who doesn't give the clipboard person a wide berth.

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 1d

You know, I think we have a real problem with market research. I don't believe for a second that 42% didn't know this. I'm betting the question was fucking weird.

jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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Tippi Hedren Collider @linanneblack.bsky.social · 2d

Let's just say that I have lived my life in such a way that it would be impossible to notice if I began having a mid-life crisis.

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 1d

America thinks all pudding is mousse or blancmange. There's no hope.

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 1d

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 2d

*synth bass*

Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 2d

Zazou, comment allez-vous?

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Jonny Deane @jondeane.io · 2d

Ski Sunday.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 2d

The best TV theme tunes are Doctor Who, Grandstand and Match of the Day.

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