Wishing a happy 101st Birthday to Ed Wood. Ghosts, transvestites, Bela Lugosi as God, what a strange, fascinating picture he gave us. Other than David Lynch, no other Hollywood-adjacent director had a better grasp on the surreal spaces underneath movies--even if Ed maybe only found them by accident.

Your ai social media graphics look bad and you should feel bad

That (NPR!) journalists think AI is a creative engine that can finesse iconic productions is not just context for the crap quality of writing in media but alarmingly the inability among a class of supposedly professional scrutinizers to distinguish between art and slop, good and bad, truth and lie

Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

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It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Also your fun reminder that Prince was such a Joni Mitchell fan he wrote a song for the Time called "Ice Cream Castles," which also became the name of one of their albums, and is also probably my favorite Time song
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Evidence:

Insane to say this when Joni Mitchell, Smokey Robinson, Dolly Parton, and Tom Waits are all still alive.

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

Like, no one was greedier than Berry Gordy, but his success depending on having writers craft memorable songs to be sung by talented artists. That desire pushed Motown very hard, but it also produced "Dancing in the Streets" so you know, fair enough

And for someone like Swift, who has literally zero limitations in her life and art, it is telling what kind of album she chooses to release and how she chooses to promote it.

But the general thesis here; that Swift's art has become another way for her to market herself and dominate social media, I think is correct. The music is no longer the point; it's a means to an end.

I will slightly disagree to say that some of the greatest pop music ever made was created by artists under pressure to strike while the iron is hot (see: The Beatles, much of Motown's output in the 1960s, a lot of Disco, etc). Great art is often made and shaped by limitations, including time.

Last year we raised $465; this year between the magazines and the 10% my goal is to double that number! Stop by the Studio any Friday or Saturday from 12-5pm!

For the month of October, we’ll be donating 10% of all our sales to Pittsburgh Against Against Rape. This ties in with a donation that started last year during our VHS Pop-Up; a friend donated a bunch of old movie magazines to the studio and we decided to sell them and donate the proceeds to PAAR /

I have 100% been this person out in public and feel no shame about it at all

Hey yinzers and horror folks, check out @thebookubus.bsky.social 's pop.up at @alternatehistories.bsky.social today.

Today's the day for the Grand Opening! Come join us in Greenfield!

If you were disappointed by the recent release from an unnamed billionaire, might I suggest Say She She's CUT & REWIND, which also released yesterday and is a stunning, danceable mix of disco, soul, and breathtaking vocals?
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This article is written by well-respected documentary filmmaker Tony Buba, a long time resident of Braddock and someone with decades of experience and knowledge of the area.

This is who he always ways. This account is from well-respected documentary filmmaker Tony Buba, a long time resident of Braddock and someone with decades of experience and knowledge of the area.
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I am literally begging people to read this account of Fetterman's behavior as Mayor of Braddock BEFORE the stroke, senator, Lt. Gov, all of it. This is who he is, at his core: a wealthy opportunist cosplaying as a working class tough guy
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