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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 2d

As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.

Justice for All - Truthdig

To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

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abernasty @abernasty.bsky.social · 44m

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 4h

there was just something magical about her, it’s impossible to explain but easy to see.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10h

Here's Diane Keaton at Warren Beatty's AFI tribute, talking about a perfect (no exaggeration) scene in Reds--taking the mystique out of filmmaking and then putting it right back in, in just two minutes. She was exquisite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RS...

Diane Keaton on making REDS with Warren Beatty

YouTube video by American Film Institute

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 10h

I just started watching it for the first time

Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 10h

this is just season 3 of The Umbrella Academy

Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 10h

Everyone is talking about butt plug shirt guy, but don’t sleep on the super jacked dude behind him

A goomba from the Super Mario Brothers movie

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 10h

at long last they are a 5org

Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 11h

my timeline sounds like a bunch of parents who are extremely proud that their toddler finally started shitting in the toilet

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 17h

If people online shriek “the umpires are worse than ever” on the 28th anniversary of the Liván Hernández/Eric Gregg game it will be extremely hilarious

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 18h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 18h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

I'm today's main character

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 19h

“the pharmacy refuses to call the pharmacist helpline number we gave them so they can help you” sounds like one of the first lines of a John Q reboot

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 20h

none of this would have happened if there hadn’t been an over reliance on technology which led to the script winding up in this bizarre limbo where it was approved but can’t be filled

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 20h

I have been on this call for 37 minutes and counting trying to get a prescription correctly processed. This isn’t on the customer service rep - she is heroically working all the angles to push this through - but it is demoralizing how difficult this is to fix

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 20h

hiding behind “you’re criticizing this person because you hate women” is pretty fucking disgraceful when the person in question is literally doing so much harm to so many marginalized groups

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mike @sonuvafitch.bsky.social · 21h

‘Piracy Is Not A Victimless Crime’ warnings on blu-rays hit a little different in the era of AI

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

sorry I’m a Mets fan every one of my sports posts is about a world atrocity

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, lots of appreciation to the sports posting people who have made this place an acceptable location for both baseball and college football as opposed to posting about sports and being asked why you didn’t bring up every single one of the worlds atrocities in your post instead

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

to be fair David and the Israelites did have home field advantage against Goliath and the Philistines

Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited for the David v Goliath narratives incoming when David won 4 more games than Goliath and has home field advantage

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie says i just want to tell you all good luck

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says i just want to tell you all good luck

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

I was really worried it was going to stink based on my lofty memories of the novella but it delivered

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

when there’s a zombie apocalypse and the zombies also have a baseball team

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

there’s a … National League?

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

was this an independent decision or were you following others’ social cues

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

but it was foretold he would return

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 1d

Jim Caviezel will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson‘s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash hit The Passion of the Christ, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Jim Caviezel Won’t Return as Jesus for Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’

Jim Caviezel will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson‘s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash hit The Passion of the Christ, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

I agree on the personal choice part of this (I generally fall on the “won’t watch side”) but with Allen I have a particularly hard time because once he shifted away from comedy he presented himself as this grand master of understanding humanity and relationships which uhhhhhh

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

I don't argue with anyone who won't watch a Woody Allen movie; it's a personal choice, different for everyone. But Diane Keaton is a big reason I almost never say "[Movie X] is dead to me." My argument isn't "Separate the artist from the art"; it's that movies are never just one person's legacy.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

Woody going on and on about his friend’s morality and what is morality even is a pretty large steaming turd that dominates the entire movie

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

Manhattan is a horror film

Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 1d

She was also great in her first role, in Play It Again, Sam. It's one of the few Woody Allen films I can still watch. She was in Manhattan, too, and was excellent, but that film is brrrrrrrrrrr.

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