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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 3h

All my comics have happy endings!

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 18h

Someone just reminded me that Fergus was the subject of this tweet years ago that turned into a minorly viral meme. So if you do an image search for 'big strong man tiny potato boy' right now all the top results are Fergus. 🥹

Screenshot of a tweet by me dated 2022. There is a photo of my brown tuxedo. tabby Fergus and the text reads "Fraud alert: local woman makes conflicting statements about her cat, claiming he both a big strong man and a tiny potato boy"

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Xanthe Pajarillo 🔪 @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social · 16h

We’re filming at the end of the month! Please help teens make a ballet horror short in their own way 🔥 here’s our director Nia (age 16) and DOP Ace (18) doing a tech scout with Production Designer Xoni (12) video calling in. Link to support: gofund.me/af5acb1a6

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 1d

Nice

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 1d

Same for academics and it's so depressing

Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 1d

A lot of """"creatives"""" have seemingly accepted generative AI as part of art and filmmaking and I'm hear to say you're all big stinky phonies and I hate you

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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 2d

The Best Years of Our Lives is really a miracle of a movie for how beautifully it speaks to the moment in which it was made while keeping one eye open for how it can serve as a kind of historical record. It's so hard to tell stories directly about the immediate present, but it manages it.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 3d

I can't guarantee value-added delirium but ParaNorman rules.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 4d

I quote your chapter about Taylor Swift in my lecture on Twilight (a good movie imho)

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 4d

I went to look this up, hoping it would eventually come to the UK, but it turns out it already has and I missed it 💔
I will greedily eat up whatever surrealist oddity Julio Torres wants to serve me. This one sounds like it's in a similar vein to his special My Favorite Shapes, which I loved.

Robert King @robertking.bsky.social · 4d

COLOR THEORIES. Funniest play I’ve seen in a long time. Julio Torres is wonderful. His play is about the personality of colors and how they describe and influence us. That sounds pretentious, but the play is anything but. Every line gets a laugh. See it. Julio’s funniest work yet.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · Jun 19

“I asked chatgpt” well i asked your wife. She’s leaving you, Steve; for being such a massive loser

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 6d

Me welcoming our new students to university
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Diversity in Horror (they/them) @diversityhorror.bsky.social · 6d

Post a cartoon character you most relate to.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 7d

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 7d

My students found my Letterboxd and are now following me on there. I'm annoyed, but also this is the most Susie from Summer Camp Island (the cat in my avatar) response to have so I guess at least I'm being consistent with my brand.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 7d

The amount of coughing I just heard coming from a full lecture theatre I'm about to have to spend 90 minutes in 😷 glad I got re-jabbed yesterday...

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 8d

Just in case Elon's seal of un-approval isn't enough, believe me that Dead End is perfect Halloween viewing for kids and young people - especially (but not only) if they identify anywhere on the queer or neurodiverse spectrum

✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 10d

It's probably going to be a very odd day

Screenshot of Elon Musk tweeting "this is not ok" as a reply to Libs of TikTok posting "omg. Dead end paranormal park, a show on netflix, is pushing pro-teangeder on CHILDREN. This show is advertised for 7-year-olds. It's being promoted on netflix kids now. Parents - beware" with an attached photo of Barney from the show.

Elon's tweet has 3.6k comments, 8.7k retweets, 60k likes and 4.2million views

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 11d

hades II is very good! that's my review

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 9d

The link won't open for me so I can't see the price.
But.
You already have a 12 ft skeleton.
What's one animatronic 3.4 ft gremlin?

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 16d

Please donate to this cool fundraiser to help some horrifying youths (and 1 PhD student) make a film!

Xanthe Pajarillo 🔪 @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social · 21d

Our horror project still has a way to go, but your generosity pushed us to £1,155! I realise this is a tense time in the world, so donations are held with love and appreciation. Every little bit counts, £1 or £5. And if you can’t contribute, please share 🩰🩸 we thank you!!! gofund.me/8a713e1ff

Donate to Documentary On Teens Making a Ballet Horror Film, organized by Xanthe Pajarillo

What happens when a 16-year-old ballerina directs a horror film? Thi… Xanthe Pajarillo needs your support for Documentary On Teens Making a Ballet Horror Film

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 9d

Too tired even to play Hades II 😩

dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 9d

Man I forgot that lecturing can be fun but also how so exhausting it is.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 9d

I may have adlibbed the sentence 'ideology is when you're a daily mail writer and you see something woke that you don't like'

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 9d

Man I forgot that lecturing can be fun but also how so exhausting it is.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 11d

And 'Timothy Olyphant reacting to weird creatures' fans.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 11d

Just makes me want to scream and scream and never stop

Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 27d

The use of genAI violates the basic principles for sound research that we teach our students in intro methodology classes. That it’s been so widely accepted by so many researchers and university administrators is nothing less than a dereliction of basic duties to the profession.

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 12d

I could watch Kelly tap dance in roller skates all day:

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