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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1h

Presenter in this session was talking about “nostalgia for the 1980s.”

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 21h

it me

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Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree

LA CROSSE, WI—Returning to his hometown to attend a cousin’s wedding Saturday, Josh Sundling, 29, reportedly demonstrated on numerous occasions a vast, far more intricate understanding of the fictiona...

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 22h

“We polled the room and decided we don’t need to use the microphone for this presentation.” 😡

USE THE MIC

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

This will be followed by a prestige drama series, "Acts of the Apostles," on HBO Max, and then Gibson will complete the trilogy of films with "Revelation of the Christ."

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

I should have paid better attention in CCD

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Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel to star new Jesus, cast

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

Would this be before or after the live action remake of Cars?

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

And the cliffhanger is so bad that it's never resolved or referred to again on the show!

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, I'm boring. 🙃

Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

Like, if you guys have suggestions, I'm listening! 👂

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve recorded 299 and 301, so I could just make 301 into 300, if needed, but doesn’t feel like the right fit at the moment.

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

At the Georgia Libraries Conference. I feel sorry for the presenters who have to say, “Uh, well, we USED to partner with Baker & Taylor on this, but we’re quickly looking for a new platform…”

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

This reads like a parallel universe of the movies that shaped “cool kids” of my generation, and the divergence from what shaped me accelerates as it moves forward in time.
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The Movies That Defined Gen X

A Break From MAGA Madness for a Moment

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 1d

Whooooo will be the guest for Episode 300 of the podcast? It’s a mystery!

If you solve that mystery, let me know because I still don’t know!! 🤷🏻‍♂️😬

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, part of the reason is that I'm always hot, so why would I keep a sweater around?

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 3d

oh I am definitely middle-aged

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 3d

(sshhhh don't tell anyone but I don't own a single cardigan)

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 3d

he's talking to me about sin, so much sin, and I tell him, you gotta stop looking at the sin and start looking at the democrat party, god, they're out of control, burning the cities, the cities that we built with rock and roll, ba ba dee dah dee doo, PLYMOUTH ROCK, the pilgrims, such good people

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 3d

Library workers, what do you like to see most in managers?

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 4d

Working at the branch today, off tomorrow, then three days at the Georgia Libraries Conference, back to work at the branch for the weekend, annual Staff Day on Monday, important meetings / programs the next three days....

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 6d

The CSLP Summer Reading theme for next summer is dinosaurs! WOOOOOO!!!!!!

Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 8d

Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 6d

I am a Gen Xer who never read Flowers in the Attic, but I WAS frightened by the amount of deadly quicksand in the world!

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Steve Thomas @circulatingideas.bsky.social · 6d

It helps that @raforall.bsky.social is a friend, but I do feel like this is one of the better episodes I've done.

Guy (aka glecharles) @loudpoet.com · 7d

Even if you don't love horror, you'll love @raforall.bsky.social's enthusiasm about it enough to understand why other people do.

Great episode of @circulatingideas.bsky.social!

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298: Why I Love Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford

Steve chats with Becky Siegel Spratford, editor of Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, about her deep involvement and interest in the horror genre, the inspiration and process behind he…

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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · 7d

Today on the blog it is ME on @circulatingideas.bsky.social ideas talking about, wait for it.....HORROR!

Steve asked great questions; ones no one else has asked.

This pod is for library workers, so I was back in my natural habitat.

Details are here: raforall.blogspot.com/2025/10/why-...