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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 10h

15 years of every C suite going “we need to fire the skilled workers and do more internet” and this is how every business works now.

Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 10h

Wife did a gravel order from Lowe’s for me to pick up. I drive to the pick up dock. Guy with a radio comes out. I show him the order receipt. He radios inside. They tell him to tell me to tell my wife to download the app so that she can check in on it to let them know I’m here to pick up the order.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 9h

I am going to re-up this a third time:

Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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@ Deep Cuts @deepcutsthegame.bsky.social · 8h

This week on Deep Cuts: The Game, Canadian comedy legend Don Lake! From sketch comedy beginnings to film and animation favourites, we talk career highlights, laughter, and a few deep cuts along the way. 🎭🎙️ #DeepCutsTheGame #DonLake

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/d...

Season 2 Episode 36: How Bizarre, with Don Lake

Podcast Episode · Deep Cuts: The Game · 2025-10-12 · 1h 14m

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 7h

This movie is so damn great. Every part of it. Especially the cinematography and matte paintings.

😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 7h

see also:

roger ebert four star review of dick tracy

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Laura Shapiro @psychopompink.bsky.social · 16h

It was part of a larger cultural movement: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_UX

les UX - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 9h

Cloten is the funniest clown in Shakespeare.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve never worked in any capacity on Midsummer, but I’ve been in three productions of Cymbeline.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve never worked in any capacity on Midsummer, but I’ve been in three productions of Cymbeline.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 11h

Yet?

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 11h

Working on the stage version of Misery right now. Annie is literally a cocaine metaphor. Know your central metaphor.

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 20h

Most writing guides can be summarised as:

“Be brilliant. When you can’t be brilliant, try going for a walk.”

Stephen King’s is the same but instead of the walk, it’s cocaine.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 13h

KC-Detroit is always fun. Those are my towns. Miss them both.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 17h

Studies keep showing the same number with regard to the ability to give humane treatment to employees.

Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 18h

www.wsj.com/science/soci...

Our Brains Evolved to Socialize—but Max Out at About 150 Friends

The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media.

www.wsj.com

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 1d

Here's to 43 years of 188 Cuchifritos—hoping for *at least* 43 more!

A Love Letter To 188 Cuchifritos

The lively Bronx lunch counter has been serving Puerto Rican and Dominican classics since 1982.

hellgatenyc.com

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

This was a fun one, Joe the Beaver on Grimm woulda run away from absolutely anything showing the barest aggression. I stand by the impulse.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

The business doesn’t allow for Diane Keatons. Didn’t then either but she found a way anyway. Incredible.

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Works out to roughly $19,656 USD per enrolled musician at a cost of about $7.43 per Irish citizen. In contrast, the US Govt spends only about 59 cents per citizen on the entire national endowment for the arts (across all artistic disciplines).

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 2d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

djmag.com/news/ireland...

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

djmag.com

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

The stupid and hilarious Cash discussions of the last couple days has me listening to The Man Comes Around on repeat. Threatening and celebrating by turns. Perfect.

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 1d

New - “Dozens of sitting federal judges have shared their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.”

Gift Article - www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 1d

If I wrote it today I would have much more about all the internal Goldwater campaign discussions about what to do with all the terrifying fascists and lunatics flocking to him. I feel like I only photocopied like every 5th anguished memo on it, back in the day.

www.amazon.com/Before-Storm...

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus [Perlstein, Rick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 1d

Doing literal knock-down drag out fight scenes with a neck disc problem is just the best thing one can do for oneself.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 2d

Reposting this for no reason. boxd.it/4GOuOZ

A ★★★★½ review of To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

I am deeply amused imagining the confusion many must have had watching this film with “L.A.” in the title that makes the iconic City of Angels look like a post-industrial wasteland. Friedkin uses Los ...

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 2d

There is always a scene from Sir Humphrey.

Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 2d

Playing Paul Sheldon means not shaving for a few weeks. I’m always partial to the beard.

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Bonnie B @bjbert.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Deaths Are Reported in Explosion at Tennessee Munitions Plant

www.nytimes.com

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 2d

Rehearsing Misery onstage in Washington State while reading “It Was Her House First” by @cheriepriest.com is a whole NW Horror Vibe. Recommended for October, if you can manage it.

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Erik Gratton @erikfallsdown.bsky.social · 2d

Tech rehearsals start today. They trend slow, they suck souls, but they’re also magic and mark the beginning of the last push to opening night. Can’t really find character til you get the full environment. That’s fun.