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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 2h

Netflix has 12 pre-1980 films in October. They had as many as 21 in July.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) is now their oldest American film.

List in alt text. #FilmSky #Streaming

Netflix Pre-1980 Titles (Oct, 2025)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
WILLY WONKA (1971)
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973)
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
JAWS (1975)
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
THE SENTINEL (1977)
JAWS 2 (1978)
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
DRACULA (1979)
THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN (1979)
RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT (1979)

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 1d

We're hiring at USC Cinematic Arts!

Non-tt, teaching faculty. Focused on teaching our famed Intro to Cinema class. Phd Req

This is a cool role w/a lot of influence for the whole cinema program at USC. I'd be applying if I weren't in a gig

Be my colleague!

usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of the Practice of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

usccareers.usc.edu

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Josh Nicholas @joshnicholas.com · 6d

This is kinda sad

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 7d

Let’s go

a woman in a gold dress is singing on a stage with the words are you ready for it .

ALT: a woman in a gold dress is singing on a stage with the words are you ready for it .

media.tenor.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9d

Moving into your house. If you want me gone you must fax me this notarized form in triplicate on the last thursday of a leap year; bsky.app/profile/abeb...

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 10d

this is not gonna go down well

www.reuters.com/technology/o...

OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reports

OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material, unless right holders opt out of having their work appear, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

www.reuters.com

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 10d

Same

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 10d

I could have chosen many more “inappropriate” ones, my parents just brought me to everything 😬

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 10d

Age yourself with a film you saw in a theater as a kid

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 13d

City of Austin adding an additional incentive boost on top of the increased state film incentives. Exciting news!

www.kvue.com/article/news...

City of Austin boosting local film incentives to attract more productions

The Austin City Council is updating the local filming incentive by increasing grants and streamlining applications, aiming to bring more productions to the city.

www.kvue.com

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 13d

I love him so much

Emma Fraser @frazbelina.bsky.social · 13d

Another wonderfully chaotic interview with Timothy Olyphant interview on Seth Meyers www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-_...

Timothy Olyphant Writes His Own Late Night Introduction; Talks Alien: Earth

YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers

www.youtube.com

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 16d

Shocking!

404 Media @404media.co · 16d

A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.”

🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...

AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable

AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."

www.404media.co

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 18d

So. Again: There's no such thing as a "Generative AI" system that doesn't generate bullshit, because the processes whereby bullshit is generated are the exact same processes via which "Gen AI" do anything at all.

And this was obvious from even a broadly theoretical understanding of their operations

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 18d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 18d

Oh this is BAD.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

You grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness…

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24d

so glad we're spending trillions on this technology!

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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 27d

I have just done a quick analysis of what the US media landscape would look like should Paramount SD's bid to takeover Warner Bros. Discovery go ahead. Paramount SD's market share would sore from ~10% of the $223B market to 26%. 1/

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 27d

No seriously media outlets: Get gaming desks, your internet culture desks, & your extremism desks linked up YESTERDAY or you're going to find yourselves missing so much context it'll be fundamentally embarrassing.

Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 27d

internet culture desks aren't just for cute meme trend stories. ever since gamergate, understanding how and why info moves online is critical to seeing how we got *here*

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 27d

National political reporters: consult your gaming desk. You likely have a massively blind spot — this isn’t a dig at anyone, because I have this blind spot too b/c I’m not a gamer and am trying to adjust for it in real time — covering this very important moment if u don’t game & don’t know the memes

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · Sep 8

Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.

Toad is buried under the covers in bed.

From "Spring"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 29d

"universal health care means studios wouldn’t have to subsidize workers’ medical expenses" -- hmmm interesting

demotivational speaker. 💕 @heysita.bsky.social · Sep 9

Marvel is leaving Atlanta and heading to the UK, citing rising costs.

Labor costs are less expensive in the U.K., and universal health care means studios wouldn’t have to subsidize workers’ medical expenses.

This move alone could cost Atlanta up to 20,000 jobs.

san.com/cc/hollywood...

'Hollywood of the South' loses Marvel productions to UK

Marvel Studios is moving production from Georgia to the U.K., a shift that highlights rising costs in the U.S. film industry.

san.com

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Justin Joque @jjoque.bsky.social · Sep 10

I can’t believe we’re having the kind of day where congress releases a video of a UFO flying off after being hit by a hellfire missile and it’s not even one of the top three news stories of the day

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thread

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · Sep 5

Faculty and admins should play Freaky Friday at least once in their careers. It’s not easy either way

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