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Smart-ass. Pop-culture nerd. News/history/science junkie. Sandwich addict. He/Him/His. Writer: Pajiba, UPROXX. Don't tell me to smile more. Just don't. 🎥📺📚📰🗽🌎🥪🏳️‍🌈⚛️🦂✍️🏿✊🏿 BrianLastNameRichards.contently.com

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · Nov 21

Reintroduction thread:

NAME: Brian
PRONOUNS: He/Him
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY
INTERESTS: Movies, TV shows, sandwiches, collecting books/comic books/Blu-rays, being a Chivalrous Pervert, cursing out fools on and off the Internet
VOCATION: 9-to-5 office drone; freelance features writer

Me, taking a bathroom selfie with my cell phone in hand, and wearing a black T-shirt with Ghostface from SCREAM on it, and black sweatpants. (Because I would look like Winnie the Pooh if I just wore a T-shirt in this photo, and that would just be silly.)

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 2h

These two films would make a really good double feature about how motherhood can be hell.

A poster for the film IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, which shows Rose Byrne looking upwards with a worrisome look on her face.

A poster for the film TULLY, which shows Charlize Theron with random children's stickers all over her face.

hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 2h

It takes a while to get used to the sight of Conan O'Brien as a therapist in IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, but as good as he is at being hilarious?

He's just as good at channeling the stoic indifference that Rose Byrne gets from him, and how he does very little to help her when she needs it most.

Conan O'Brien in IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 3h

Rose Byrne gives one of the best performances of her career in IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, which is unbearably tense and darkly funny in how it twists the knife from beginning to end, as we see motherhood, work, marriage, and her own mental health unleash hell on her with seemingly no end in sight.

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 7h

All right, IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU.

Let's see what you've got.

The poster for the film IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 12h

Stealing rainbows from children because you want to be a hateful weirdo to LGBT people certainly is a choice. One that doesn't have to be made.

‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 14h

I loathe how quickly everyone capitulates to these easily triggered assholes.

Metro to remove pride crosswalk after Greg Abbott threatens to withhold funding

He threatened to withhold road funding from cities and counties if they do not remove “political ideologies” from their streets.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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‘stina is a scary spectral one 👻 @stinapag.bsky.social · 11h

Also, btw, the crosswalk was originally paid for by Pride Houston and was in part a remembrance of a young man who was killed at this intersection crossing the street.

I am CERTAIN my neighborhood would be happy to front the cost of maintaining the crosswalk so no state/federal funds touch it.

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 7h

Stop bending the knee to bullies who love being bullies, and start telling them this instead:

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 17h

Chicago really one of our favorite siblings, it's like if Coney Island was its very own city. 💜

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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The Cooler @thegreencooler.bsky.social · 10h

Drake lost so badly that he got a federal judge to declare IN HER DECISION that "Not Like Us" performed a "killing blow."

How do you recover from this?

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Gravy Crockett @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 10h

An honest-to-god judge actually wrote "'Not Like Us' by Kendrick Lamar dealt the metaphorical killing blow" in a formal legal opinion.

No one has ever lost a beef this badly, and no one ever will.

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 8h

A message to Donald Trump from the people of Chicago, and everyone else who supports them (myself included):

The Chicago flag, with its four red stars replaced by four red hands extending their middle fingers

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12h

US President Donald Trump blames Democrats for government shutdown, says he will cut 'very popular Democrat programs'.

Trump again threatens to cut ‘Democrat programs’ if shutdown continues

US President Donald Trump blames Democrats for government shutdown, says he will cut 'very popular Democrat programs'.

bit.ly

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12h

A map of Gaza shows how Israeli forces will withdraw under the first phase of the ceasefire plan while remaining in control of nearly 60% of the besieged Strip aje.io/kekalb

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 8h

Fuck you, and fuck Christopher Columbus.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10h

Federal auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which its vehicles ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road. https://to.pbs.org/3IZkqZp

U.S. opens Tesla probe after more crashes involving its so-called full self-driving technology

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing dated Tuesday that it has 58 incident reports of Tesla vehicles violating traffic safety laws while operating in full self-driving m...

www.pbs.org

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young people and who sought their removal from youth shelves will be paid $700,000 after settling a lawsuit.

Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute reaches $700,000 settlement

"It's been a rough road, but I will never regret standing up for the First Amendment," Terri Lesley said.

nbcnews.to

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 19h

Ukrainian children have been taken to over 200 different facilities across Russia, according to a Yale report released in September 2025, including locations where they have been subjected to forced “re-education” and military training. The Kremlin has previously denied such allegations.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h

A New York City judge has dismissed a civil summons against Alex O'Keefe, a former writer for TV show "The Bear" who was removed from a commuter train in handcuffs last month following a seating dispute. O'Keefe, who is Black, has accused transit officers of targeting him over his race.

Judge tosses summons for former 'The Bear' writer who was handcuffed in NYC train seating dispute

Alex O'Keefe has accused transit officers of targeting him because he is Black. "Even though this absurd case was dismissed today, I will continue to defend the civil rights of every New Yorker," he said in a statement.

nbcnews.to

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h

Blasts were heard and seen in Gaza from southern Israel, hours after Israel and Hamas said they had agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of President Trump's plan to end a war in Gaza.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14h

NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Hostage Square in Tel Aviv where people are celebrating following news of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel to bring the war in Gaza to an end.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12h

What to know about the Israel-Hamas truce and hostage release plan:

What to know about the Israel-Hamas truce and hostage release plan

Key questions remain about what's next for the devastated Gaza Strip.

nbcnews.to

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h

BREAKING: Federal grand jury in Virginia charges Letitia James, the New York attorney general who investigated President Trump's business practices, with bank fraud, three sources familiar confirm to NBC News.

N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, indicted by grand jury on bank fraud charge

James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after bringing civil charges against him in New York.

nbcnews.to

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · 8h

Kendrick Lamar smiling at the camera while performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 15h

Subway riders are finding themselves face-to-face with thousands of cryptic white posters bearing the word “Friend.”

More: gothamist.visitlink.me/1MJj2i

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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 15h

The incident is the third homicide in New York City’s subways this year, compared to 10 during all of last year, according to NYPD reports.

Bronx man charged with murdering Brooklyn man, 64, at Jay Street subway station

The victim is being remembered as a “simple soul” who was active in Brooklyn’s Italian and Catholic communities.

gothamist.com

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