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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 5h

I think so!

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Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 15d

Still can’t quite believe this is a real movie, but the fact that Spaceballs 2 decided to unveil its cast by spoofing the Force Awakens table read photo (*and* by putting a pizza on a chair in tribute to the late great Pizza the Hutt) is an encouraging sign. screencrush.com/spaceballs-2...

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 6h

"Trump’s contempt for Black women stretches across every level of power, from the White House podium and social media pages to the evening news desk, from Congress to the voting booth."

RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 11h

The more intelligent and self-assured they are, the more he seethes. And God forbid they have an Ivy League degree — his ego, already paper-thin, begins to crumble under the weight of their Black excellence...🔥💣

#Pinks

theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Why Donald Trump Hates Black Women

Donald Trump’s attacks on Black women reveal his deepest fear: their brilliance, courage, and power beyond his control.

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 11h

The more intelligent and self-assured they are, the more he seethes. And God forbid they have an Ivy League degree — his ego, already paper-thin, begins to crumble under the weight of their Black excellence...🔥💣

#Pinks

theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Why Donald Trump Hates Black Women

Donald Trump’s attacks on Black women reveal his deepest fear: their brilliance, courage, and power beyond his control.

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Charlenerd @cfhirsch.bsky.social · 6h

I’m sparking debate with my claim that if I leave a shoe box full of old rags outside for a few days the rags will spontaneously transform into mice, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sparking debate with my claim that Stephen Miller is the result of cross-breeding a stick figure and a bedbug, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 6h

Incredible film

Somehow it captures the feeling right after 9/11 even though it was made well before

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10h

One of the greatest movie posters of the 1990s. It hung on my wall for 20 years.

Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 10h

30. Naked Lunch (dir. Cronenberg, 1991).

Cronenberg somehow managed to adapt one of the most legendarily adaptation-resistant literary works of art in American culture... and it's still a lube-free mind fuck.

You buy the ticket, you take the ride.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10h

Pretty sure I read a book about this as a schoolboy

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 14h

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Colin Elves @colinelves.bsky.social · 10h

I heard it was a haunted puppet and a blobfish.

Opinions differ.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, I thought you said Gnome Kings Day

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10h

I'm so deeply appreciative of all the hilarious posts today!

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sparking debate with my claim that Stephen Miller is the result of cross-breeding a stick figure and a bedbug, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 13h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11h

Excellent work

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 15h

For TIME I went long on the bumbling white men at the heart of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, EDDINGTON, and THE MASTERMIND.

How the White Savior Became This Year’s Cinematic Punchline

Several of this year's notable movies, including, One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind humorously critique the political role of white men.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3d

Check out our Halloween BOOO-nanza sale, created by my partner @mzspress.bsky.social. Some of our best loved books are (briefly!) being offered at horrifyingly low prices (50% to 70% off). Order more than $100 and we'll throw in a free A24 cap! [THUNDERCLAP; LIGHTNING] mzs.press/BOOO-nanza-S...

BOOO-nanza Sale

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17h

Fairyland "recognizes that whatever situation you grew up in is the one that feels normal to you, even though it seems abnormal to others—and that there is no such thing as normal, only behavior that’s sanctioned by the dominant culture and behavior that isn’t." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fair...

Fairyland movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

An honest, real movie about people living big lives during tumultuous times.

www.rogerebert.com

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 14h

Cameraman: "You guys gonna share your names, too, or ya just gonna cover your face?"

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you!

It's an excellent film.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 16h

“This is an honest, real movie about people living big lives during tumultuous times, and coming through it damaged but wiser,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social about FAIRYLAND.

Fairyland movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

An honest, real movie about people living big lives during tumultuous times.

www.rogerebert.com

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17h

Fairyland "recognizes that whatever situation you grew up in is the one that feels normal to you, even though it seems abnormal to others—and that there is no such thing as normal, only behavior that’s sanctioned by the dominant culture and behavior that isn’t." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fair...

Fairyland movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

An honest, real movie about people living big lives during tumultuous times.

www.rogerebert.com

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17h

Video titled "Where ICE Has Taken the Most People"

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 1d

My first foray onto YouTube for @wired.com, doing a deep dive into the state of immigration enforcement and deportation under the Trump administration.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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Kris Wernowsky @kriswernowsky.com · 18h

I, too, have been out of my depth. Just never at this scale.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 19h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18h

I'll bet every cent I have that this is Bari Weiss' attempt to learn the basics of the big job she's been handed

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 19h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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