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John Maddening?
@johnmaddening.bsky.social
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Voice of F1rst Wrestling and various other detritus. Movies, traveling, board games, bicycling, Star Wars & 007. Owns more Lego than most children.

🌎: Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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Movie theaters forever
Jon Hamm as Don Draper watching a movie in a theater as he smokes. God, I can’t imagine how terrible it would have been to watch movies in a theater where a good percentage of attendees were having a cigarette. The haze? Your eyes stinging? The smell on your clothes afterward? I only flew on one airplane when smoking was still allowed. It was awful. Bars used to be terrible too when we were all packed in with folks ripping heater after heater. I had a house once that had a mud room entrance in back that had the washer and dryer in it, and I would take my clothes off and throw them in the washer as soon as I got home. Didn’t work as well when I went home from the bar with a woman I met there — they would be all like, what are you doing, can’t we talk a little while first? And when I would explain, then it’s all “no, this has to be washed on delicate!” or “you mix whites and colors?”. So I’d end up getting up in the middle of the throes of passion (i.e. flailing around attempting not to disappoint her the first time we were together) to go downstairs and swap out the loads so her clothes weren’t destroyed. It totally ruined the mood, or at least that’s what I told myself when she didn’t call back even when the ironing was done properly. Anyway, where was I going with this? Oh yeah, so the last time I remember anyone smoking in a movie was a screening of CASINO in 1995 at the Skyway Theater in downtown Minneapolis. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a three hour crime epic. My roommate at the time went with me and he smoked. Normally he would just duck out the emergency exit to the stairwell (this was a three story six auditorium multiplex), but when he saw (and smelled) a couple guys smoking weed about ten rows up, he said “fuck it” and lit a smoke. Years later at the Rosedale AMC, some dickweed was vaping and blowing huge clouds straight up. He got thrown out, which is the last time any usher at any AMC location has actually removed a disruptive patron.
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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theloaraxe.bsky.social
Give me a nation run by boring assholes who care about Getting Things Done Properly.
May 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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help i got in an argument about the borders of uptown on the alt-right minneapolis subreddit what has happened in my life
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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MAN FINDS TAPE delivers some solidly weird spooky religious scares. What happens when the person who finds the footage is also the subject of it?

Congrats to @paulgandersman.bsky.social & @gholson.bsky.social & @crobertcargill.bsky.social & everyone involved in making this fun indie horror film.
AppleTV screen for MAN FINDS TAPE, with the lead actress’s head melting/morphing off to one side as she looks at the camera.
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
johnmaddening.bsky.social
MAN FINDS TAPE delivers some solidly weird spooky religious scares. What happens when the person who finds the footage is also the subject of it?

Congrats to @paulgandersman.bsky.social & @gholson.bsky.social & @crobertcargill.bsky.social & everyone involved in making this fun indie horror film.
AppleTV screen for MAN FINDS TAPE, with the lead actress’s head melting/morphing off to one side as she looks at the camera.
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°

Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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We were honored to present the Medal of Yavin to President Trump at yesterday's inaugural Main Character Awards.
President Trump, donning the Baratheon crown, stands with his many awards including the Golden Ticket, a very fine lamp, the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal trophy, the Triforce, the Medal of Yavin, and the AVN award for Best scene in the Epstein files.
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
johnmaddening.bsky.social
It’d be great if there was a little documentary about the restoration attached to the end, like Peter Jackson’s THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD.
kelly-knox.com Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 2d
"Part of Lucasfilm’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration, a newly restored version of the classic Star Wars (1977) theatrical release — later renamed Star Wars: A New Hope — will play in theaters for a limited time." www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...

I AM SAT
Stars Wars 50th Anniversary logo
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
johnmaddening.bsky.social
I know I was far less interested when this was announced, so you’re welcome.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
Stock price chart showing the 64% decline over the last six months for duolingo
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Get ready for the Ghoul Log!
fantasyflightgames.bsky.social Fantasy Flight Games @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social · 2d
You'll never be cold again if you invite this Ancient One into your home. Enjoy this festive ghoul log and stay warm all winter and let the fire of Elekoss into your heart.

Check out our video on YouTube: youtube.com/live/V3NAHtR...
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Trying to get in under the wire for #ThingThursday: a 1967 Canadian pressing of a 1958 French audio drama of Tintin comic EXPLORERS ON THE MOON.

Coincidentally, come to @blackhartstp.com next Wednesday 12/10 for @nerdnitetc.bsky.social & watch my presentation on Tintin: Belgium’s Greatest Export!
A Tintin story record album of “ON A MARCHÉ SUR LA LUNE”
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
johnmaddening.bsky.social
Trying to get in under the wire for #ThingThursday: a 1967 Canadian pressing of a 1958 French audio drama of Tintin comic EXPLORERS ON THE MOON.

Coincidentally, come to @blackhartstp.com next Wednesday 12/10 for @nerdnitetc.bsky.social & watch my presentation on Tintin: Belgium’s Greatest Export!
A Tintin story record album of “ON A MARCHÉ SUR LA LUNE”
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Thinking about this piece I wrote a while back. For no particular reason. eleven-thirtyeight.com/2021/01/why-...
Why We Need to Talk About War Crimes in Star Wars
I want to say up front what this piece is and what it isn’t. I think it’s about time we had a conversation about how war crimes are depicted in Star Wars, and why it’s worth talking about. I don’t …
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December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I ordered an item for a Xmas gift from a new-to-me retailer on November 23.

Green numbers are emails regarding my order (received, shipped, out for delivery, delivered), & red numbers are marketing/advertising. NINETEEN emails over 11 days. What a great way to get me to never order from you again.
Photo of a calendar showing number of emails relating to my order (green, total of four) and advertising emails (red, total of fifteen) between the date I placed the order on November 23 and the date I received the order on December 3
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Are your non-white US citizen loved ones carrying their passport as an every day routine? That's the country we live in now.
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Are we in a game of chicken to see how far a handful of freaks can push things until we bring back consequences and / or guillotines? How have we hyper-normalized them saying this shit out loud in public?
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Our 🚨TWO NIGHT STAND🚨 at First Avenue is just a month away! Friday January 2 and Saturday January 3, come see:

🤼 PRO WRESTLING
🎸 LIVE MUSIC
👙 BURLESQUE

TODAY AND TOMORROW, get BOGO tickets to WREMIX!! Offer ends Friday.
🎟️🔗: firstavenue.me/3XuqhK9
Black Friday 2025 BOGO - First Avenue
DATE SHOW TICKETS DEC 4 afters, d’Lakes, Pity Party, and Stock Market Cinema at  Turf Club Buy BOGO DEC 6 A Prairie Home Companion Christmas at  Fitzgerald Theater Buy BOGO...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Very cool to see a super complicated (complimentary) hobby board game made by the company I used to work for show up on The Tonight Show. It’s pretty obvious that Josh here knows Twilight Imperium inside and out!
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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All I Want For Christmas...Is To Get Out Of This *$#!% Mall is a game about working retail during the Christmas season.

Rather than dice, it uses a constantly looping playlist of holiday classics, but beware, if Mariah Carey plays, bad things happen!

starshinescribbles.itch.io/christmasmall
All I Want For Christmas...Is To Get Out Of This *$#!% Mall by StarshineScribbles
Avoid Mariah Carey, Escape The Mall
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December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Real Minnesotans get frozen margaritas when going to PowerPoint presentations at your local bar on a 6 degree day.
A frozen margarita in the foreground, a man doing a presentation on a large projection screen in the background Weather screen showing a 6 degree Fahrenheit outdoor temperature that feels like -2
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Jeff Epstein’s best friend thinks I live in a hellhole and that my neighbors are garbage, which I just assume is part of him grieving over the loss of his best friend, Jeff Epstein.
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM