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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 27m

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 2h

Aw, I'm glad you liked it!

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 3h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 2h

HEAVEN is a gem. Just a weird, casual inquiry into various ideas of the afterlife. And it's on Tubi right now!

Heaven (1987)

In Diane Keaton's directorial debut, she analyzes how Hollywood has portrayed the afterlife through a series of clips, interviews, and more.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 3h

RIP Diane Keaton
My favourite picture of her where everyone else is giving it their best Blue Steel & she looks like she’s just wandered in off the street looking super cool.
She was allowed to wear her own clothes & her wonderful personality shines out.
What a unique talent & human being.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 3h

When I interviewed her for my book Gillian Armstrong told me that the studio was interfering when they were maybe a day behind schedule filming MRS. SOFFEL and Diane Keaton called the studio and said “Leave Gil alone. She’s doing a great job.” And the studio left her alone the rest of the shoot.

Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 3h

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 4h

This feels like a pointless thing to cling to, but at least Keaton lived to see LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR rediscovered last year. Out of print (again) but still available!

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Disclaimer: The 'OOP' edition of this release is still in stock since there were leftovers following our 2025 Labor Day sale. Available for a limited time only. This listing is for the standard editio

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 4h

Awful news. God dammit.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

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.'

people.com

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 7h

"Have you heard the ghoul news?"

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 7h

Quiet, this is how we get marshmallow sprouts

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 7h

This has been going on for years, and not just from Deadline. And yes, it's unethical and unprofessional, and no one in a position to stop it will lift a finger.

Adam B. Vary @adambvary.bsky.social · 21h

I wish I was surprised that Deadline claims it asked questions that were actually asked by me and other journalists at this James Gunn press conference. No one from Deadline even *submitted questions* for it (and I know, because I moderated). This is just brazen and sad.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 9h

"I'd like an apology for makng my wife cry."

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 18h

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 20h

If he got the same shot I did yesterday, it's going to knock him on his ass so hard.

Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22h

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 20h

I may be the only person who's seen STARS AND BARS, but that is *objectively* a comedy and he was a goddamn goofball in it.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 20h

What is this nonsense, have they not seen the "congratulations" scene in MY LEFT FOOT

Aaron Hammond @aaronhammond88.bsky.social · 23h

Could not disagree more with the Big Picture folks on their assessment that Daniel Day-Lewis “can’t possibly do comedy.” He’s fucking hilarious in ROOM WITH A VIEW *and* THERE WILL BE BLOOD! I feel like I’m going insane.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

I eagerly await the AI videos of Trump crushing squats and, I dunno, medaling in Discus

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

CNN does a segment on Trump's health issues, including photos of his drooping face and discolored hand

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

Oof, I am not that clever today.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

That's right! What the hell!

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

... ONE FALSE MOVE, goddamn keyboard I tell you what

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

MAGNOLIA (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, and Todd Haynes' SAFE too. Columbia Pictures getting the home-video rights to your movie could be an express ticket to limbo sometimes.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

I'm gonna say Carl Franklin's ONE FALSE MOVE and DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS were acclaimed on release and then immediately forgotten, somehow; it took at least a decade for DEVIL to reclaim the respect it deserved, and even longer for ONE FALSE MOVIE.

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 1d

throwing this prompt from Twitter in here. what examples you got?

tweet by @Caol_MacCormaic that reads, uncs of film twitter: what are some movies that are canonical now but were basically unknown when we were coming up? like Come and See or Possession. inversely: what are some movies or filmmakers that seem to have fallen off? (Takashi Miike comes to mind)

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

We JUST recorded this! Jeez!

weinberg @weinberg.social · 1d

coming soon to Overhated: @themaclennan.bsky.social chose Fire Birds (1990) and @normwilner.bsky.social chose The Lonely Guy (1984)! both great chats.

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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I've had some really great burgers in my day. If that's what they want to do, I'm happy to make a reservation!

... I think this metaphor is getting away from me.

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