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bharg.bsky.social @bharg.bsky.social · 6d

malbec OUT NOW - Listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music - Linktree

View malbec.fmt’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 14d

The blast radius of how much this is going to suck is going to be huge. Best practice for creatives in Hollywood, for crude self interested reasons alone, is to stay as far away from whatever the fuck is going on at Paramount as possible

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 14d

David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:

“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17d

Nearly one million of Gaza’s 1.1 million olive trees have been destroyed—bulldozed by Israeli forces, left to die from thirst, or trapped behind military lines. In his new report for Drop Site, Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports from Al-Mawasi and Khan Younis, where farmers are enduring...

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JJ @jjdotbiz.bsky.social · 18d

VAN GUNDY: I don't get it. Why does he sing like that? And why is he seemingly always on a boat? Seriously, who let him sound like that?

JACKSON: Personally I find Cameron Winter's warbling vocals to be a refreshingly novel spin on the showmanship of the classic rock frontman.

BREEN: SGA ... BANG!

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bharg.bsky.social @bharg.bsky.social · 22d

You can listen to D'Angelo's entire studio album discography in the better part of an afternoon, with the notable caveat that you will then be constantly listening to these songs for the rest of your life

bharg.bsky.social @bharg.bsky.social · 22d

An excellent writeup (as you can always expect from alx) about one of the inarguable great titans of music

alx @greedlejuice.bsky.social · 23d

alexlovendahl.com/2025/10/14/r...

R.I.P. D’Angelo

D’Angelo’s voice and instrumentation are so precise, so delectable, ethereal.

alexlovendahl.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Sep 30

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 29

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 18

Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them | Nesrine Malik

Recent killings have dazed the world and provoked condemnation. But little is said about the calibre of Palestinian journalism, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social · Jul 17

the people need a SUMMER OF SAM blu-ray

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Mike Finnerty @mikecjf.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sat down with Brendan Gleeson last week to talk fundraising, the craft, the Coens, and so much more. Biggest interview I've ever done and maybe the most philosophical. #Speirgorm
dublinpeople.com/news/arts-cu...

The radical empathy of Brendan Gleeson

An Oscar-nominated movie star, an Irish cultural ambassador, so what really makes Brendan Gleeson tick? We sat down with the Dublin acting icon to find out

dublinpeople.com

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · Mar 27

Stop sharing the Ghibli AI slop, what is wrong with you:

aftermath.site/studio-ghibli-...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Mar 24

Israeli forces arrested Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' in the occupied West Bank after settlers beat and injured him, according to his colleague

‘No Other Land’ co-director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested

The film is an Oscar-winning documentary collaboration by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 24

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.

As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · Mar 14

In this week's Directed By Women Viewing Guide I am recommending a pair of new restorations from a trailblazing Lebanese filmmaker, one of my fave films from last year that is now on streaming, three more streaming gems, an Oscar-winning short film & the films of a husband-and-wife documentary team.

I'm not going to change.

Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide

oldfilmsflicker.substack.com

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · Feb 27

“A Different World” (1987 NBC) is now on Netflix, and the HD upscale is... not good.

The show was shot and mastered on video in 4:3. The version on Netflix is cropped to 16:9, and has significant ML sharpening and odd softening. The show looks both over-crisp and gauzy/dreamy.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Mar 2

Israel says it is stopping the entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza

Israel says it is stopping the entry of all aid and supplies into the Gaza Strip

The prime minister's office did not elaborate on the decision but warned of “additional consequences” if Hamas does not accept what Israel says is a U.S. proposal for an extension of the ceasefire.

apnews.com

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alx @greedlejuice.bsky.social · Feb 26

It's here - the best films of 2024. A long read!
alexlovendahl.com/2025/02/26/t...

The Top 24 Films of 2024

Let’s talk about Megalon.

alexlovendahl.com

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bharg.bsky.social @bharg.bsky.social · Feb 21

not really the mediocre part but the Denzel Tony Scott movies rip because they're more insane than most other studio movies but Denzel is such a charismatic presence that you just buy whatever he's saying

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Feb 21

I have so much admiration for actors who make a thoroughly mediocre script sound almost like something people would say

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Feb 19

Congress is pushing bills to silence criticism of Israel, punish activism, and criminalize boycotts. Here’s what you need to know: mondoweiss.net/2025/02/what...

What anti-Palestinian legislation to look out for in the new Congress

Mondoweiss spoke with Lara Friedman about Trump’s pro-Israel Executive Orders and the anti-Palestinian legislation people should be watching in the new Congress.

mondoweiss.net

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · Feb 8

Update: three months later and this number has only gotten lower with just 20 films on Netflix US from before 1980, with the exceeding majority being classic Indian films and only a random few being Hollywood productions (The Wiz and The Sting the biggest titles).

Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · Nov 16

There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · Feb 7

the only people who benefit from this are child predators and i'd like dem officials to say so into a microphone

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Feb 7

New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · Feb 3

“The job of all art in my view, film performance included, is to hold a mirror to the external and internal stories of the human condition through the very human thoughtful and emotional process of recreation. A robot can’t do that”

Nicolas Cage Slams AI: We Can’t Let ‘Robots Dream for Us’ and They ‘Cannot Reflect the Human Condition’

Nicolas Cage spoke out against letting AI infiltrate acting after winning best actor for "Dream Scenario" at the Saturn Awards on Sunday.

variety.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · Jan 31

they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever

Allison Chapman (she/her) @alli.gay · Jan 31

‼️ The State Department has REMOVED TQIA+ on their page of recommendations for queer travelers. This page yesterday said "LGBTQIA+" and now just says "LGB".

The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.

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