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Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 15h

But where was Rick Moranis?

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Belinda Carlisle @belindacarlisle.bsky.social · 20h

The very talented Diane Keaton directed the music video for the first single off of the Heaven on Earth album.
#dianekeaton

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by BelindaCarlisleVEVO

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Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 17h

On the irreplaceable Diane Keaton, for @deciderdotcom.bsky.social : decider.com/2025/10/11/d...

It Had To Be Her: The Irreplaceable Diane Keaton

With her death today, we’ve lost not just one of the great comedic actresses, but one of the great actresses, period.

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Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com · 23h

Talking with young Prince Slumber about Ghost Rider comics and the Nic Cage movies (haven't seen them) and of course I had to play this for him. Not like I ever really forget how incredible this record, but it's always nice to be reminded how peak it is.
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Suicide - Ghost Rider (Official Audio)

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 17h

One time I looked out the window of the thrift store I worked at and saw a beautiful woman hopping down the street on one leg. A second later she burst in the front door and it was Diane Keaton with a broken high heel in her hand. You’ve never seen someone get served by half the staff faster

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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 17h

Diane was an icon and an inspiration for women of my generation! So multi-faceted, and known to be one the nicest ladies in our biz. A huge loss! #RIPDianeKeaton 💔💔💔💔💔💔

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 17h

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton has died at age 79. No cause of death has yet been made available.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18h

It’s remarkable to realize Diane Keaton created a signature look and sensibility back in the 1970s and for about half a century continued to be a creative inspiration for how to be yourself in a world that tries so hard to put you in a box. Well done, Diane Keaton. RIP.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 19h

Dear God, no. That ending is just too much.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 21h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

What an emblem of the billionaire class—descending on a peaceful city in a private jet on the horn to NYT asking for the place to be invaded by federal authorities because the rent-a-cops you employ for a week to harass a few junkies outside the convention center cost too much.

Mr. Benioff spoke as his annual Dreamforce conference is set to begin Tuesday in downtown San Francisco, bringing 50,000 visitors to the city. He is scheduled to deliver a keynote address about the benefits of "agentic enterprise," a business model in which humans and artificial intelligence bots work together.
Speaking by telephone from his private plane en route to San Francisco, he lamented that he has to pay for nundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers to help patrol the convention area and said that San Francisco needed to "re-fund" the police.
The city never actually "defunded" its police force, and San Francisco's violent crime rates are below those in many other U.S. cities.
But San Francisco has struggled to recruit and keep officers, and it still has problems with lower-level crimes and open-air drug use, especially in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin near City Hall. It has about 1,500 police officers, and Mr. Benioff says it ne → another thousand.

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Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 1d

On the late Kirsty MacColl's birthday, sharing D.C. punk royalty in @dotdashdc.bsky.social with Peter Cortner (Dag Nasty) covering one of her gems.
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Dot Dash and Peter Cortner (Dag Nasty) 'they don't know" 10/09/15

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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 2d

Thelonious Sphere Monk was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on this day in 1917

📸 Guy Breemat/INA/Getty Images, Paris, March 10, 1963

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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam @repsuhas.bsky.social · 2d

Shutdown day 10.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

We live in a country where the government honors insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol, and defines peaceful protest, even before it occurs, to be terrorism.
They know their position is weak, they know they are unpopular, which is why they are seeking to stamp out dissent.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 2d

Loved them! Saw them live in college.

Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 2d

#CDFriday with two *superb* @slumberlandrecords.com recent releases!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

Mother Jones has substantially more paid subscribers than Bari Weiss’ Free Press, so perhaps someone should put us in charge of a TV network.

Nice little TV network you got there

How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.

www.motherjones.com

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 2d

China Daily senior editor to helm publicity efforts at Hong Kong liaison office – SCMP: ‘A second source also confirmed Sun’s appointment, saying his arrival would help the office engage better with the English-speaking world.’

China Daily senior editor to helm publicity efforts at Hong Kong liaison office

As office’s deputy director, Sun Shangwu will help Beijing engage better with English-speaking world and improve mainland, Hong Kong narratives.

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Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 2d

Name your favorite TV show theme song/tune.
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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 2d

Gene Crouch of the El Paso Herald Post not a "Pink Flag" fan, fears it's a sign of British decay; will stick with his Eagles records (31 March '78)

"The lead singer, Colin, screams about the unhealthy climate, rats and flies, food shortages, crime and cancer. There are 20 short songs on the album, all pretty much alike--loud. Britain must really be decaying fast for its youth to get off on musical junk like Pink Flag. If the punk rock sound is the music of the future, I'd just as soon keep playing my old Eagles albums."

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Glenn Griffith @kenixfan.bsky.social · 2d

I have a real soft spot for that film. It bounces between high concept and nonsense scene to scene. At least it's a film of ideas, with not only Hurt but the excellent Blair Brown spouting off scientific dialogue with ease.