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Charles PM
@charlespulliam.bsky.social
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Now: Film & TV writer @ The Verge. As previously seen in: io9 + Gizmodo + NPR. GLAAD Award-winning comics wonk. Adjunct Pokémon Professor. Quite gay. Friend to all cats. [email protected]
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charlespulliam.bsky.social
Buncha non-Black weebs about to get some CULTURE in their diets
Opening Theme Song: Snooze by SZA | Special Trailer for “GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe”
YouTube video by GUNDAM CHANNEL INTL
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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markpopham.bsky.social
hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
U.S. citizen detained by ICE:

“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 3d
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
charlespulliam.bsky.social
lol
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · 9h
Amazon files an objection to Saks Global's bankruptcy financing plan, and says its $475M investment in the department store is now effectively "worthless" (CNBC)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
charlespulliam.bsky.social
Knew A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was something special when the GoT theme started playing during a dramatic monologue only for the scene to smash cut to a dude taking a dump behind a tree. My review:
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
charlespulliam.bsky.social
Never played God of War, but happy and / or sorry for those who participate
January 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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charlespulliam.bsky.social
First review of the new year is for 28 Years: The Bone Temple, which surprised the hell out of me with its dark humor and the way it turns the larger franchise on its head. Nia DaCosta *gets* it
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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mikeelk.bsky.social
Washington Post’s federal workforce reporters home raided by FBI & laptops seized www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Watching a very low budget film and my first note is "the sound design is incredible" I can't vouch for the rest of it, cause I'm only a few minutes in, and paused, but I needed to say to any filmmakers reading this: if your sound is impeccable, the visuals will get a LOT of leeway.
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 AM
charlespulliam.bsky.social
First review of the new year is for 28 Years: The Bone Temple, which surprised the hell out of me with its dark humor and the way it turns the larger franchise on its head. Nia DaCosta *gets* it
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
i know this isn't exactly mindblowing but i'm fucking mad that it's easier to become an ice agent than to get a us visa slate.com/news-and-pol...
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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theverge.com
And for our last free daily article, in light of Paramount suing Warner Bros., @charlespulliam.bsky.social is once again tapping the sign:
There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale
The bidding war for Warner Bros. isn’t over just yet.
www.theverge.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
charlespulliam.bsky.social
This kind of posturing wrt staying in toxic online spaces as a form of "resistance" makes more sense when you remember that a lot of people don't really stand for of believe in anything. Zero heartfelt convictions that shape their perceptions of reality
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5d
I mean it’s gonna be really hard to top this one
Despite everything, I'm resisting the urge to log off X. Not because I endorse anything Musk has done, but because I refuse to let the predators win. If every woman deletes her account, what are we left with? A degenerate echo chamber where perverts and paedophiles are welcome, provided they pay an entry fee? That helps no one. In fact, I suspect that the more of us leave, the more this kind of behaviour will escalate.
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
If Black people quit Target because of their anti-DEI turn, the racists win -- so I'm staying
January 10, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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cheryllynneaton.bsky.social
Look, I'm not going to tell people what to post, but the amount of BlueSky folks dragging Matt Walsh takes from X here is starting to feel very calculated. That man is no one. Charlie Kirk does not need an heir.
January 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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siddhantadlakha.bsky.social
i love da pitt joysauce.com/season-one-o...
Season one of ‘The Pitt’ is a TV masterclass
Filmed largely in Los Angeles, the realistic Pittsburgh hospital drama has an excellent (and very Asian) ensemble cast.
joysauce.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
charlespulliam.bsky.social
So good to be back in The Pitt's warm embrace
January 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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gwillow.me
Literally the first news outlet I've seen directly quoting her wife. Even the NPR piece on Renee Good that aired this morning made no mention of Becca Good whatsoever.
January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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zombiewretch.bsky.social
You may have seen reports swimming around claiming that X finally restricted the Grok deepfake/undressing features behind a paid subscription.

That simply isn't true. Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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socialistdogmom.bsky.social
portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
By "confidently claiming that one blurry clip shows evidence of domestic terrorism, the Trump administration is asking the public to disbelieve their own eyes... Who needs AI manipulations when your preferred angle will do the job well enough?" — @miasato.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/tech/858710/...
MAGA wants you to believe there’s only one angle
The clip of the shooting MAGA wants you to see
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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zeets.bsky.social
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
lawrencehurley.bsky.social Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 7d
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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makenakelly.bsky.social
“For the Trump administration, these creators don’t just amplify the White House’s messaging, they manufacture the evidence to justify it.”
January 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
charlespulliam.bsky.social
Think Conformitygate really highlights how, for a lot of people, fandom has become more about wanting to participate in Cultural Moments™ as opposed to engaging with art that creates said moments
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.

Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.

This is not new but it is expanding.
eladn.bsky.social Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 8d
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.

From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM