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Yelberton @terpinolene.bsky.social · 10h

You've always said, "the whole medium is about pushing things forward." Can't believe they're letting Billy Bulls do this

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 1d

"Republicans blocked paying the troops during the shutdown but found $20 billion to bail out Argentina's bad crypto investments" should be the sort of thing that leads every local newscast, but...

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i’ll just say that TRON: LEGACY is a thoroughly mediocre film and an incredible audio/visual experience for when you’re in the right…state of mind. (see also: JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE SNYDER CUT)

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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Yelberton @terpinolene.bsky.social · 1d

People on this website will say anything.

"The Tron: Legacy soundtrack was bad"

Shut the fuck up

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

Cam Skattebo had one of the greatest high school highlights of all time in the California state championship game (he had 393 yards and 3 TDs and they won)

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Yelberton @terpinolene.bsky.social · 2d

Lotta songs about how a fellas lady was/is/better not be cheatin', not nearly enough songs about the men what died on that ship

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · Feb 29

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 3d

It cannot be stressed enough that the majority of right wingers that engage in culture war nonsense are people who have PsyOp'd themselves into seeing "pattern recognition" everywhere in the same way that biblical numerologists have a heart attack every time they see the number 666 somewhere.