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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 3h

crazy that count dooku, palpatine AND darth maul are in sleepy hollow

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T. J. Dobbin @tjamesdobbin.bsky.social · 10h

In the mood for some weird horror-y cartoon viewings for Halloween? Check out my new post highlighting 20 animated shorts from Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Halloween Animation: Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks

Greetings, all. It’s that season again. It’s funny, as someone who regularly spends time watching horror movies, and reading horror books and comics year-round just as one of my default…

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 1d

why is this scored like it's a superhero movie

Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 1d

every adult actor in final destination bloodlines is giving an awful performance

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 1d

the lost pilot for a wayside school series from 1987 has RESURFACED & everyone needs to know about it. loose adaptation, but directed by *thomas schlamme*, with the set designers from pee wee's playhouse, and starring j. smith cameron youtu.be/2aAQdtHX9rM?...

The 1987 Sideways Stories from Wayside School Special/Pilot

YouTube video by PladTwo

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 1d

the best, the absolute best

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 1d

the lost pilot for a wayside school series from 1987 has RESURFACED & everyone needs to know about it. loose adaptation, but directed by *thomas schlamme*, with the set designers from pee wee's playhouse, and starring j. smith cameron youtu.be/2aAQdtHX9rM?...

The 1987 Sideways Stories from Wayside School Special/Pilot

YouTube video by PladTwo

youtu.be

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 6d

on day 48 in blue prince and still very far from completion amd getting dumber the longer i play it

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 6d

i am not above enjoying the hell out of the poor reception of this album

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

It'll never be lost on me that a particular subset of the liberal commentariat in both North America and Western Europe were deeply infatuated with this woman up until the very moment she decided to talk about that one issue you're still basically not allowed to talk about lol.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 6d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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