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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 34m

Loving the ‘Master and Apprentice’ vibes of the cover!

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Adam Lance Garcia @adamlancegarcia.bsky.social · 1h

STAR WARS: LEGACY sounds like it's 100% my jam.

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 22h

The Dark World still not beating the allegations that it’s the worst MCU movie, imo at least.

a bald man in a suit and tie says " it 's bad "

ALT: a bald man in a suit and tie says " it 's bad "

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 22h

Continuing on with the MCU binge. In summation, The Avengers still rules, Iron Man 3 has some of the best villain dialogue, and I now realise why it took me 12 years to watch Thor: The Dark World in full for a second time… 😬 #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 22h

In short, yes.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Question Time engages in Billionaire backed consent, Reform are popular because we put them on ever single week, and on the BBC every single day.

The Left Wing are minor and unpopular because they are almost never on Question Time and the BBC almost never mentions them.

#bbcqt

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 1d

Can you imagine if another singer were to misinterpret this layered, personal work as some kind of attack and responded with a tone-deaf diss track in their latest album? That sure would be awkward huh… 😬

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 1d

I have now listened to “Sympathy is a Knife” and I think that this song may have converted me to being a Charli fan. Deeply personal and a great exploration of
how imposter syndrome warps your perception of how you think others/friends perceive you. 👏 😭

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Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 5d

Spooky Season Star Wars recommendations:

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 1d

Skipped over this for the most part last year, but now I might have to give this a proper listen thanks to recent *events*… 😅 #brat

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 2d

Link to the episode in question below if anyone’s curious. We start talking about the theory from 8:43 to 12:56. 😉👍

youtu.be/EVuwpbmwlTE?...

Star Wars Celebration Japan Bingo! - For The Republic #89

YouTube video by For The Republic Podcast

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 2d

I brought up this exact theory during our Celebration Bingo episode of @fortherepublicpod.bsky.social a few months ago. It’s absolutely wild, but would also be a great way of incorporating certain characters and actors into the story beyond just flashbacks, so I’m all for it. #StarWars #Ahsoka

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a crazy AHSOKA Season 2 theory going around that, if true, may be the wildest thing we’ve seen from Star Wars in years.

Details here: theholofiles.com/2025/10/07/t...

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 3d

One of my absolute favourite films. James Bond crossed with Looney Tunes! 😂👍

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🌟 Stoned Star Wars 🌟 @stonedstarwars.bsky.social · 4d

True Story. I'm old enough to understand that "happy endings" are temporary and fleeting.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4d

I remember when I used to go DAYS—WEEKS EVEN—without thinking about the President of the United States because I wasn’t worried about him starting a civil or world war, making a gestapo police force, or ripping our constitution to shreds.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 5d

Still woefully behind on my #HighRepublic reading, but I did finish ‘Escape From Valo’ yesterday and this passage really stayed with me. The authors behind this era are just so good at these moments of emotional profundity. 😊📖 #StarWars @djolder.bsky.social @crashwong.bsky.social

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 7d

Sabé has been my favourite element of the Greg Pak Darth Vader series, and more Keira Knightley in #StarWars is an automatic win anyway so this is music to my ears!

‘The Queen’s Shadow’ would also go unbelievably hard as a title! #DoIt

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 7d

Keira Knightley wants a Sabé spin-off

“Do you think I'm going to get a spinoff? We'll go pitch it to Disney. I should be getting the spin-off. I'm going to phone Ryan [Gosling] and be like, 'Dude, what happened to Sabé?”

(Source: screenrant)

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Andrew✨ @starlightandrew.bsky.social · 7d

This was a jam-packed episode this week! Next up, our 100th episode!!!!!

For The Republic Podcast @fortherepublicpod.bsky.social · 7d

NEW EPISODE! Episode 99, huh? Nice touch!
It’s a busy week for Star Wars, from the newest Lego special, to new trailers for Visions and The Mandalorian & Grogu, to Starfighter’s production, let’s talk about it all!

🎙️: open.spotify.com/episode/27jm...
🎥: youtu.be/LvJxnvet6nw?...

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For The Republic Podcast @fortherepublicpod.bsky.social · 7d

NEW EPISODE! Episode 99, huh? Nice touch!
It’s a busy week for Star Wars, from the newest Lego special, to new trailers for Visions and The Mandalorian & Grogu, to Starfighter’s production, let’s talk about it all!

🎙️: open.spotify.com/episode/27jm...
🎥: youtu.be/LvJxnvet6nw?...

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 9d

Jane Goodall made a huge positive mark on the world doing good work she genuinely loved for decades and decades. We need more people like her, and she will be deeply, permanently missed.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9d

Vance has no moral core. Just a weak, miserable, smarmy, hatemongering racist troll. Deeply shameful and wicked.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

JD Vance: "On the sombrero thing, Hakeem Jeffries said it was racist. And I don't even honestly know what that means. Like, is he a Mexican-American that is offended?"

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 10d

It's the wonderful @arezouamin.bsky.social's birthday!!! And for her birthday you should preorder her SUPERB debut romance novel The Aroosi Arrangement! Support West Asian and Iranian creators especially those like Arezou!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-aroosi...

The Aroosi Arrangement|Paperback

www.barnesandnoble.com

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 11d

The way JK Rowling is acting towards Emma Watson you'd think she'd have told her that everyone deserves equal rights or healthcare regardless of how they were born or something

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Donovan McComish @donovanmccomish.bsky.social · 11d

Reading that diatribe made me feel genuinely sick to my stomach. J.K. Rowling attempting to erase and rubbish Emma Watson’s experiences with misogyny, threats and sexual harassment in the media in order to legitimise her rampant bigotry is utterly contemptible.

Transphobia = misogyny

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12d

‘She is ignorant of how ignorant she is’: JK Rowling responds to Emma Watson rift

The author has rebuffed conciliatory remarks made by the Harry Potter actor, saying Watson has ‘enthusiastically participated’ in the ‘trashing of women’s rights’ Harry Potter author JK Rowling has responded to Emma Watson’s recent remarks about their rift over transgender rights, saying the actor is “ignorant of how ignorant she is”. Rowling’s post comes after a podcast interview with Watson, in which the latter said: “I really don’t believe that … holding the love and support and views that I have, mean[s] that I can’t and don’t treasure Jo and the person that I had personal experiences with.” Continue reading...

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