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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 10h

I didn’t think Instagram could get worse and then they went and added a retweet button

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 11h

GHOST OF YOTEI is real pretty

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 16h

Guillermo Del Toro is 61.
Here he is on the Weinsteins:

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 20h

Doesn’t Charli XCX mathematically reduce to Charli C?

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 20h

This is a great idea. Already looking forward to this.

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

My next book will be a biography of Jack Nicholson, written as an epic story of the transformation of the movie industry and modern masculinity from the 1950s to the present, with Nicholson as the main character. The title: Leading Man.

New York Times bestselling author and film & TV critic at New York Magazine Matt Zoller Seitz's LEADING MAN, the definitive biography of Jack Nicholson, casting Nicholson as the complex main character in an era of American culture spanning six decades, while shining a light on the actor’s crucial role in shaping modern masculinity, both on and off the screen, based on new interviews and original reporting, to Amar Deol at Grand Central, in an exclusive submission, by Ethan Bassoff at WME.

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 21h

One of the reasons I refuse to delete my Facebook account is because I like seeing these archived reminders of my mom lovingly busting my chops. I miss that goof-ass lady every day.

I posted on FB in 2018 about being able to see my bald spot just by tilting my head forward while looking in the mirror, and my mom roasted me with "You know what's coming." I miss her every day.

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 22h

Guy who has only seen the tweet about the guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie, seeing his second tweet: Getting a lot of 'Getting a lot of Boss Baby' vibes from this…

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 22h

DLC 1: Tape collecting
DLC 2: Taking pictures and reflecting on mortality

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 22h

I'm a "glass is half-full" kinda guy, so let's look at the upside of the Riyadh Comedy Festival: We never, ever have to even pretend to take any of these "anti-woke" "free speech warriors" seriously, ever again.

New from me at @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

bit.ly/4h51JjF

Will Anti-Woke Comedy Recover From the Riyadh Festival?

Any event that includes comedy’s biggest names is going to attract attention — but the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 26 and continued through Thursday, is disproving the adage that...

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 22h

A thing I have greatly enjoyed is the Poetry Foundation's "Poem of the Day" email: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/poem-o...

Poem of the Day

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

www.poetryfoundation.org

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 22h

"My overriding sense was that some earlier, better version of the script exists, and all the political stuff was stapled on later to make it feel more 'relevant.'"

Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 23h

To AFTER THE HUNT I say: what on earth happened here

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‘After the Hunt’ Review: Uncomfortable, for the Wrong Reasons

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

I can tell I’m mellowing into a middle-aged honorary dad because this looks great and I will absolutely watch it youtu.be/xGTq0blCPVQ?...

Playdate - Official Trailer | Prime Video

YouTube video by Prime Video

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

"Never before has so much money been spent so rapidly on a technology that, for all its potential, remains largely unproven as an avenue for profit-making. ... At stake is virtually every corner of the economy, from debt and equity to real estate and energy."

OpenAI, Nvidia Fuel $1 Trillion AI Market With Web of Circular Deals

A wave of deals and partnerships are escalating concerns that the trillion-dollar AI boom is being propped up by interconnected business transactions.

www.bloomberg.com

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

Really interesting story about finding the balance between having enough ego to get a movie made but not having so much ego that no one wants to make it with you:

How Kevin Costner Lost Hollywood

On-set brawls. Courtroom battles. Epic bombs. Why the world's most bankable cowboy is suddenly shooting blanks.

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

"That a little device can hear words and render them in another language with even *some* accuracy feels borderline magical to me." Ditto. The most impressive tech of my youth was a CD player that prevented skips; it's insane we've already come this far.

Keith Phipps @kphipps3000.bsky.social · 2d

For @theringer.com.web.brid.gy I attempted to use Apple’s new AirPods and translation app to watch foreign language films. Could they make subtitles obsolete? Well…

Could the AirPods Pro 3 Mean the End of Subtitles?

Apple’s newest headphones boast an instantaneous translation app. Let’s put them to the test in a movie theater.

www.theringer.com

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

Really fun idea. My contenders:
- DIE HARD
- THE MATRIX
- TERMINATOR

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 2d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

If you strike me down, I shall become more dead than you can possibly imagine

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 1d

The world built by SEO. People search online for deals, and media outlets want those clicks and ad impressions because they've already cannibalized their own industry, so they become unpaid marketers for a company that made $637B last year alone. Society as human centipede.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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wormbuxx @wormbuxx.bsky.social · 3d

Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

That's a good-lookin buster

Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

"If you can issue a fake apology, you can issue a real one; if you can consciously pivot to right-wing audiences, as CK did in the wake of his cancellation, you can pivot away from them."

Louis CK, Moron

Also: Theo Von and Nimesh Patel, Morons.

www.humorism.xyz

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

Goddamn typo. It’s 2025 and we can’t get a shitposting microblogging platform with edit capabilities, come on

Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

OJ Simpsons is bucking tradition and legal precedent with his unique method of knife deployment in regions occupied by his ex-wife

NPR @npr.org · 3d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

"Mainstream media has become so terrified of appearing biased that they’ve abandoned their basic responsibility to clearly communicate truth to the public. They’d rather hide behind the false comfort of 'some say' and 'experts disagree' than plainly state obvious facts."

The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment

Earlier today we wrote about Trump’s extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there’s an even mor…

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