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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 4h

Aw, such a bummer

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

variety.com

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday!
(turn on the captions)

Making an Infinite LEGO Domino Ring

YouTube video by JK Brickworks

www.youtube.com

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 1d

My mum used to call such priests Father Whatawaste.

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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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

next.frame.io

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Good news. I mostly know Krasznahorkai through his work with Béla Tarr, but Hungarian lit tends to be drastically overlooked, so it's nice to see it get this recognition.

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The Hungarian novelist whose books ‘reaffirm the power of art’ was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Whole thread is worth a read!

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

Generative AI, in both form and content, and whether looked on favourably or critically, seems to embody a collective hopelessness about the prospect of human learning and creativity, if not human knowledge altogether. It’s as if climate change had fans.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

Generative AI, in both form and content, and whether looked on favourably or critically, seems to embody a collective hopelessness about the prospect of human learning and creativity, if not human knowledge altogether. It’s as if climate change had fans.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 2d

(The 'winner' gets, like, some sort of private island with advanced, AI and VR tech so they can run an imaginary techno-fascist dictatorship in their mind, serviced by sexbots or whatever they need, just as long as they're far away and isolated. Weed 'em out.)

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 2d

The Hunger Games, but for billionaires.

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Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 4d

Please repost far and wide

Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine is calling for a workplace Stand Out for Gaza:

📅 Thursday 16th October 2025
🕐 during lunch (or other break)
📍 outside your workplace

Wherever you work, any sector any job, talk to your colleagues about a Stand Out for Gaza.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 7d

Cool performance - this was the first CD I ever bought, and these guys can still tear it up!

Living Colour – Cult of Personality

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

www.youtube.com

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[LVL 35]Alsvid Wotansdottir🔵 @alsvid.bsky.social · 8d

I know not a lot of people are going to get this if they're not as Terminally Online as I am, but the fact that Jay Bluesky is now posting Accelerationist dogwhistles on main is the scariest thing to me and an omen of true misfortune for this site. This is the absolute worst thing to see.

Jay Bluesky posting DEC/ACC, which is ostensibly short for Decentralization Acceleration, but also identical to the */acc abbreviation Accelerationist ideologues use to identify their strain of accelerationist thought.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 9d

Richard Berry’s decades’ struggle to get paid for ‘Louie Louie.’
But also (at the risk of whitening this) Tom Petty totally fucking with and outfoxing MCA back in 79/80 to get control of his contract and publishing rights.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 9d

The cinematography is so damned good. Rafelson said something like ‘László Kovács shoots air better than anyone else.” This film’s a fantastic example of that.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 10d

I really liked it, too. I don’t think it nailed everything it tried to do, but I loved watching it try! Cinematography, editing and performances all amazing!

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 14d

I loved One Battle after Another even more than I thought I would.

Anybody have a link to a "making of" for the car chase scenes? Those road shots?

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 14d

I walked past Mary Robinson on campus last night and it was way more exciting than most celebrity sightings! Awesome.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 14d

Yup

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15d

You know, when you really think about it, does all that driving and car dependency really make sense? @adamconover.net weighed in.

Adam Conover - Driving cars is insane

YouTube video by Interstellar1977

youtube.com

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 15d

Excited for a night of experimental fun with aemi in Dublin

Dissolutions’25
an experimental film festival

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 15d

Really good article, I was shocked when I read this show had been renewed.

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · Feb 12

Even if you don’t watch the show English Teacher, hope you'll read this. This is about more than 1 show, 1 guy.

FX just renewed a show from a man facing allegations of assault. I have a LOT of questions about the implications not just for FX but for the whole industry www.salon.com/2025/02/12/f...

FX’s renewal of "English Teacher" sends a dangerous message

FX's decision to look past allegations against Brian Jordan Alvarez signals a troubling disregard for survivors.

www.salon.com

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 15d

For TS Eliot, on his b-day (from "Fragment of an Agon")

But if you understand or if you don’t
That’s nothing to me and nothing to you
We all gotta do what we gotta do
We’re gonna sit here and drink this booze
We’re gonna sit here and have a tune
We’re gonna stay and we’re gonna go
And somebody’s gotta pay rent

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 17d

TV people!

In the era of live TV dramas (Armchair, Kraft, etc.), how did they include large crowd shots outside? For example, the Piccadilly New Years eve scenes in 'The Criminals'?

Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 18d

Also, for some reason (bad time in college?), Hollywood loves writing the bitchy, mean college prof with too big an office who belittles students in class and only cares about career advancement - I've met, like, two of those people. But it def feeds into the 'overpaid, elitist schmuck' narrative.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 18d

It doesn't get talked about as much as his 'big' films, but I love his work on The Heartbreak Kid.

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Aaron Hunter @aaronhunter.bsky.social · 19d

I can't believe the Rapture's gonna happen before I get invited into the Criterion Closet.

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