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Tasha Robinson

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Polygon Entertainment Editor. Former editor at Verge, The Dissolve, The A.V. Club. Next Picture Show podcaster. My wheelhouse is full of weird stuff. She/her. Letterboxd.com/tasharobinson Goodreads.com/user/show/10244904-tasha-robinson Nextpictureshow.net

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · Sep 28

Today in "Wait, WHAT?" I learned that Gene Wolfe — recondite, abstruse SF/F author Gene Wolfe — invented the machine that makes Pringles potato chips. It's on the company's own FAQ, which also implies his signature mustache may have inspired their ad mascot. www.pringles.com/en-us/faq.html

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 4h

It's a real shock. I went over to Facebook to read tributes and it sounds like it was sudden and everyone's reeling.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 4h

Wait, what? When was this? I hadn't spoken to him in a while, but this is a shock.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 11h

John Cena has become such an effective performer when it comes to playing pain, loss, regret, and grief. It helps sell what Gunn is going for in constantly torturing his character, but the way every moment of happiness he earns comes with a devastating loss can be rough to take.

Peacemaker Soundtrack | Home Sweet Home (Official Music Video) - John Cena | WaterTower

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 11h

I'm feeling weirdly down about the end of PEACEMAKER. Yeah, I get it, Chris Smith is not a good guy, he's done terrible things for terrible reasons, and he earns a lot of his pain through bad choices. But James Gunn so consistently offers him a tiny spark of hope just to twist the knife on him.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 5d

You're going to look sharp together!

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 6d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 11d

I also wasn't expecting HAZBIN HOTEL dialogue karaoke — the audience knew a LOT of the script by heart and chanted it with the characters. Angel and Alastor were both obvious favorites for dialogue-alongs ("Ha-ha! Never going to happen!"), but the second "I got the LEGS!" was probably biggest.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 11d

Two biggest takeaways from the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along:
1) Really surprised at the level of Velvette fandom. Her entrance got a huge vocal response, only beat by Lucifer when it turned out "Finale" was part of the sing-along after all.
2) I'd never noticed the telling detail in this line before!

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 11d

Did your screening also totally freak out when it turned out "Finale" was part of the sing-along after all?

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 11d

Cosplay at the HAZBIN HOTEL sing-along was lit.

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 16d

This only happens to you once

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 16d

No! More! Abs!

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

Radu Jude's DRACULA was the absolute perfect cap for my #FantasticFest. Deeply weird, openly transgressive, sometimes extremely silly, a sly satire of modern AI tech and the people behind it. No description will touch what this movie actually is, or how it feels to experience it.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

My last day at #FantasticFest was a certified butt-numb-athon, ending with back-to-back screenings of PTA's tremendous ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Radu Jude's DRACULA, both in the three-hour range. But both are effortless, absorbing viewing, and I only felt the run time when I hit midnight.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

Doing it all in silence would have made the experience even eerier. I've got more video, I just need to not be in transit, so I can upload the rest.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

And a whoooole lot of people watching.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

Damn, kinks just keep getting more specific and elaborate all the time.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

That tracks, someone alert the animal liberation groups

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

I admit I was going to record the whole process and then I realized nothing interesting was happening and I was watching a vending machine.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

So... It's all about putting on an elaborate show for him, and she has no choice in the matter?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 19d

Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.

Stephen Miller's Wife Drops Cringe-Inducing Sexual Brag

Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

I have been thinking a LOT lately about the Game Changer episode where everyone's challenged to do terrible things for minimal money, and they eventually unionize.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

Technically, this doesn't seem very different from the coffee vending machines we've had for decades, plus a shiny futuristic interface and app integration. So I guess the only real selling point is "No horrible barista chat?"

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18d

Is the open goal here to have Austin entirely staffed by robots by 2030? Why is "You might have to say hi to another human being" an unbearable burden?

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 19d

Technical observations, more anxieties, plus I finally figured out I could turn on my phone's video light and get much better imagery of the car interior. (I don't normally shoot night video.)

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 19d

Recorded a bunch of the trip on my phone, which meant fumbling early on as I tried to get my seatbelt fastened one-handed while also shooting, with the car lecturing me about it. Had some thoughts both on the intellectual experience of being in a driverless car, and some of the algorithm's choices.

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