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barrytryan
@barrytryan.bsky.social
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unsanctioned ramblings. makes films and tv,(from Dead Man’s Shoes to Everybody’s Talking About Jamie to The Pigeon Tunnel), plays RPGs like BiTD, WFRP. he/him
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assumptionprime.bsky.social
hey wanna see 39 seconds of perfect video editing?
segirly.aegis.cafe faye✨ @segirly.aegis.cafe · 6h
every xenoblade 1 cutscene
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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akelacooper.bsky.social
This is the quote he's referring to and damned if every one of us who's worked in traditional tv prior to the streaming era isn't silently screaming in frustration right now. TV worked perfectly well before everyone tried to become GoT
question and answer on a deadline interview with HBO chief Casey Bloys. Deadline: is the success of the pitt a lesson that you don't have to spend twenty million an episode to get a big commercially successful and acclaimed show? Bloys: I don't know if it's a lesson so much as it's the history of television, there is a reason why shows were designed this way. what we were hoping for and what the pitt delivered was more than six or eight weeks of episodes, 15 weeks of weekly engagement but also and probably most importantly in this environment setting up a show that is creatively capable of coming back within a year and with producers who are able to do that. that obviously used to be the norm ans as an industry we've gotten away from it as shows have gotten bigger and more complicated: special effects, shooting overseas and all of the things that make shows bigger and more cinematic but also more challenging to produce. the idea of getting back to the basics back to what television was the people who know how to do that, it's a skill and john and scott and noah know how to do that, john has made some of the best shows with the highest episode counts there are. so if you want to achieve those things you have to go to people who understand how to set it up and execute on that.
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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kitdewaal.com
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.

Details in link.

Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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drgonzo123.bsky.social
Starting on Friday Feb 6 for two weeks, #ArcDream will offer half-off everything and donate all proceeds (except S&H) to Stand With #Minnesota.

(Note: The #DeltaGreen Handlers' Guide/Agent's Handbook slipcase will be back in warehouse on Feb 9 and is included.)

Fuck ICE. Fuck Trump. Fuck fascism.
Help Families Pay The Rent — Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Donate to help immigrant families in Minnesota pay rent during ICE occupation. Emergency housing support rooted in dignity and community care.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 PM
barrytryan.bsky.social
Please listen to Todd. Todd speaks sense.
tvaziri.com Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 3d
Why Didn’t They “Just” Film on Location?
fxrant.blogspot.com/2026/01/why-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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mattleys.bsky.social
CANCEL SATURDAY PLANS
mgcroadster.bsky.social John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 8d
Next Saturday, January 31st, from 11.05am BBC2 is showing a brace of Powell & Pressburger masterpieces - first, the absolutely gorgeous restoration of I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING followed by the incredible A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH... #FilmSky
I Know Where I'm Going! This programme will be available shortly after broadcast A headstrong woman who intends to marry for money is marooned on the Isle of Mull en route to her wedding. But when she meets the Laird of Kiloran, she is no longer sure she wants to go ahead with her wedding plans. 1 hour, 31 minutes On TV BBC TWO Next Saturday 11:05
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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andydiggle.bsky.social
The Times doesn't bother actually linking to the "apocalyptic" AI report, but you can read it here:

"Brave New World? Justice for Creators in the Age of GenAI"

www.ism.org/brave-new-wo...
Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of Gen AI - ISM
This ground-breaking report calls for protection of our creative industries and workforce in a time of industrial-scale theft from generative AI.
www.ism.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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andydiggle.bsky.social
"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs."

archive.is/hvRv2
The Times, 30th January 2026: "All 2.4m of Britain’s creative workers are at risk — and we know why. A new report into the impact of AI on the creative sector makes for apocalyptic reading. The government must act now." Source: https://archive.is/hvRv2
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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couts.bsky.social
This is extra important. Don’t believe me? We were able to track the detailed movements of US military and intelligence personnel in Germany to suspected NSA facilities, their homes, brothels, etc using data collected by mobile ad data likely from dumb apps www.wired.com/story/phone-...
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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gavthorpe.bsky.social
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kolektiv.xyncro.com Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 5d
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 AM
barrytryan.bsky.social
This TV show is ace.
thenerve.news THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 5d
Andy West, the philosophy teacher who inspired hit BBC prison drama Waiting for the Out, speaks to Ursula Kenny about shame, survivor’s guilt and teaching Kafka in prisons

www.thenerve.news/p/andy-west-...
Andy West, the philosophy teacher who inspired the BBC’s hit prison drama, pictured in a red jumper in front of a bookshelf
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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missingmile.bsky.social
@quantick.bsky.social Hi David. Please have a look at this trailer. It's fantastic.

youtu.be/yrrm_KtajbE?...
Ebony & Ivory | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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jessdkant.bsky.social
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
news articles about trans people based on keyword, left is cnn, right is fox. fox has 10x as many
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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mattbelloni.bsky.social
New from Sundance: There was an old-fashioned all-night bidding war overnight for Olivia Wilde’s THE INVITE….and it’s not over. Distributors still jockeying, so this one will sell for a lot.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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theguardian.com
Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts
Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts
Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts. Class Ceiling, a report led by Nazir Afzal, the chancellor of the University of Manchester, and Avis Gilmore, the former deputy general secretary of the National Education Union, was announced on 26 September, with promises of providing a “blueprint for change” that would highlight solutions to the obstacles that have kept working-class representation in the arts low, with the hope that such changes could be put in place throughout the country. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Affectionately known as the ‘graffiti grannies of Lisbon', Lata65 is a Portuguese org that runs workshops in street art for the over-65s. The oldest participant is 90 years old #womensart
Four images of older Portuguese women either spray painting colourful graffiti art on walls or posing holding spray paints
January 24, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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wired.com
A research paper suggests AI agents are mathematically doomed to fail. The industry doesn’t agree. www.wired.com/story/ai-age...
The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up
A research paper suggests AI agents are mathematically doomed to fail. The industry doesn’t agree.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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tvaziri.com
movies movies movies movies movies movies MOVIES!
January 20, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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lulamaybelle.bsky.social
Out: Glambot
In: the 28 Years Later iPhone camera rig
January 20, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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stephenkb.bsky.social
Those leftist traders are at it again!
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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hotdogsladies.bsky.social
This is outstanding.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hn...
The Devil Went Down To Georgia White Trash Washing Machine Cover
YouTube video by Aaron Attaboy McAvoy
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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theonion.com
Giddy Trump Struts All Around White House With Nobel Peace Prize In Mouth https://theonion.com/giddy-trump-struts-all-around-white-house-with-nobel-peace-prize-in-mouth/
Giddy Trump Struts All Around White House With Nobel Peace Prize In Mouth
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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helleborezine.bsky.social
This bundle is only available until the end of the month, so act fast if you want one!

👉🏼 helleborezine.com
helleborezine.bsky.social Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · Nov 28
As a small press we don’t do #BlackFriday, but we have a selection of bundles.

New now: The Yuletide Bundle, perfect for anyone who yearns to sit in front of the fire reading spooky stories.

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January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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commandersterling.bsky.social
Holy shit, that’s just actual theft.
umaw.bsky.social UMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 18d
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.

The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.

Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 7:16 AM