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Tom Crowley @atomcrowley.bsky.social · 3h

Got a new drama coming out, have you? Police officers, is it? Troubled, are they?

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 4h

me putting out the fire on the hindenburg:

Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 4h

[citation needed]

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 8h

finally AI comes for my job, a guy who writes erotica containing heavy use of the phrase “as a result”

The Verge @theverge.com · 19h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 7h

#scriptsky #screenwriting

SO much AI-fanboy bullshit here, but this much is true:

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 17h

“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 1d

STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 18h

Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018), cause of death: racism, apparently

Greedy POS Whitney Cummings defends performing at Riyadh Comedy Festival, says backlash "is just racism"

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 21h

yes

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sad news everyone, I’m officially pulling the plug on Brightsiders, my super fan podcast for the 2017 movie Bright. I still feel like there were many interesting topics left to discuss but after 7 years of weekly episodes I’ve learned that no one has ever listened to the show.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

"Hello, music industry? It's comics. We need to talk."

TresTiffany 🎃 @trestiffany.bsky.social · 1d

This is inherently unserious and completely shameless

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 1d

"...for the right price, top producers are willing to whitewash—sorry, do major deals with—a journalist-dismembering regime regularly accused of crimes against humanity." 🔥🔥🔥

Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 1d

News: A new $1B Hollywood studio is launching with executives from Disney and Lionsgate and backing from....the Saudis. Yep. Details ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/the-saudi-mo...

The Saudi Money Has Arrived in Hollywood

A new $1 billion studio backed by entities tied to Mohammed bin Salman and run by producer Erik Feig likely marks the largest investment in a traditional entertainment company by the controversial kin...

puck.news

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 1d

Huh! Another weird massive outage of some critical national infrastructure! I guess this must be completely unrelated to the previous incidents.

Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 1d

Vodafone seems to have had a catastrophic outage. My fibre broadband is down, but worse Vodafone's website is inaccessible and calling its phone number gets a "this phone is switched off" message...

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 1d

(genuinely, as I may have missed it) has there any decent reporting on who might actually be behind all these totally unconnected cyber-attacks?

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 1d

and let me guess, to attend the event people must buy an Actual Ticket with their Actual Money?

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

Some personal news: I am now a Marxist.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 2d

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 2d

Lotta great lines in this piece, but my favourite has to be "America insists that you bear witness to it tripping on its dick and slamming its face into an uncountable row of scalding hot pies."

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna start a thread of articles I re-read every time I have an excuse, because after this thread I am thinking a lot about @cormacmccafe.bsky.social‬'s "No Yanks on the Thread" piece.

Feel free to add your own.

I Should Be Able to Mute America

The rest of the world should not have to know the name Bari Weiss

www.gawkerarchives.com

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 2d

Always seems to be the same 2-3 people as well

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 2d

Obligatory note that Eastenders is produced in Hertfordshire (Borehamwood).

(great thread btw)

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 3d

Perfect posting from Tim Heidecker, 24 hours apart.

What an incredible experience, getting to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty's generosity. I'll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

upon further reflection, there is a small part of me that feels I sent the wrong message, regarding the Riyahd Comedy Festival last night. While, I do think it's important for comedy to have the opportunity to thrive in all parts of the globe, there are some aspects of The Royal Highness, King Salmon and his leadership in the region that i don't agree with entirely, but it's a different culture when it comes to freedom and rights and I gotta respect that we are all different and have different values. My manager is now investigating the possibility of donating some of my fee to a charity for Vetrans of War.

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Tippi Hedren Collider @linanneblack.bsky.social · 4d

Let's just say that I have lived my life in such a way that it would be impossible to notice if I began having a mid-life crisis.

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 4d

"not enough racism"

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 4d

This episode of a popular Australian children's cartoon about a family of dogs features Rose Bryne in a guest role and it's actually about infertility and now your parents are crying

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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 5d

19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PROVERB: may you live in interesting times
ME, IN 2025: first of all, fuck you

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Gavin Whenman @gavinwhenman.bsky.social · 4d

🤞 I'd love to see other filmmakers given the same freedom he's been allowed, even if that means sometimes they'll swing and miss

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