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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 27m

*President Lincoln quietly watching 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre*

"Mary, is that stagehand placing a wagon full of hay beneath our box?"

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3h

I'm building a "recommended reading" list for the students running my old college website (covering pop culture, music, games, etc), so if you have any favorite "how to do journalism/criticism good" articles, I'm all ears. Could be introspective, could be utilitarian, all takes welcome.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

Same energy.

the cover of the manga "Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense" featuring a cute girl wielding a massive tower shield

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

"Imagine the first footage of shanking a klansman."

Don't threaten me with a good time!

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

When my grandma was on her literal deathbed, slipping in and out consciousness, my father played her favorite Irish polka records and said she perked up just for a few moments.

Anyway, someone is probably drip-feeding President Peepaw AI videos of Portland, and that's the optimistic outlook.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a house, it's a home.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

Hey speaking of great stories featuring the slaughter of slavers.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

You will soon stalk, hunt, and take down Prey in theaters:

reactormag.com/prey-predato...

Prey Is Finally Getting the Theatrical Release Director Dan Trachtenberg Says It Was Made For - Reactor

The 2022 film is showing as part of a Predator double feature.

reactormag.com

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, I just don't think taking business feedback from the people who think Rise of Skywalker was a necessary course correction is wise. Call me crazy.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

Extra funny when you think about how Sinners, which features Michael B. Jordan gunning down Klansmen in broad daylight in slow-mo, is the 10th highest-grossing R-rated film of all time - higher than The Hangover, 300, Logan, John Wick 4, etc....

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 1d

*shreds on a guitar while doing a 720 kickflip*
OH YEAH THESE ARE THE BEST ANTI-AMAZON PRIME DAY DEALS! STICK IT TO BIG AMAZON BY SHOPPING ON THIS OTHER SITE!

*the other site is Wal-Mart

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Foo Midori -碧風羽 @foomidori.bsky.social · 1d

サイレントヒルfのファンアートを描きました

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 2d

Mateusz Urbanowicz. Former background artist on "Your Name." Currently an illustrator of incredible books, sometimes blogs and posts videos. Great "tools I use" section. mateuszurbanowicz.com

Mateusz Urbanowicz

Home website of Mateusz Urbanowicz; artist, creator working in Japan.

mateuszurbanowicz.com

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 2d

Battle Suit Aces dropped today (more of a card-based RPG but it's got major VN elements) and it's from the folks who did Battle Chef Brigade.

Also...Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog because it wouldn't be a post from me without two mecha mentions. store.steampowered.com/app/2118420/...

Save 10% on Battle Suit Aces on Steam

From the creators of Battle Chef Brigade comes Battle Suit Aces, a charming card-battling RPG. You'll recruit, befriend, and upgrade mech pilots on a heartfelt hunt for alien superweapons: the Relic S...

store.steampowered.com

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 2d

The year is 2008. Bring Me the Horizon is still technically deathcore. I straighten my hair down to my cheek. 720p is king.

Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 2d

Hell Is Us has the best* level set in an embassy being invaded since Modern Warfare 2019.

*Most likely to elicit a huge "yikes, sucks for that guy"

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 2d

(and getting ahead of a tweet, I know Weiss' wife is yet another anti-woke writer and not actually involved in anything meaningfully contributive to society like Business)

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 2d

"And here's the blog where I tell everyone that transgender ideology is more dangerous than giving cops Javelin launchers."

the Taika Waititi meme where he's showing Cate Blanchett something on an ipad

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss choosing to spend her life writing cute little "I'm a liberal BUT" columns makes a lot more sense when you realize she's married to the descendant of major cattle and logistics barons. More succinctly, it's like being a video game YouTuber while your wife runs a hospital network.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3d

New footage has emerged from increasingly tense confrontations between ICE and wizard frog.

a screenshot from frogger showing Frogger about to cross a road full of pixelated cars

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3d

Unrelated, that orange-ish shirt is slick.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3d

Just chatted with the students who now run my old college news site. Was pretty eye-opening. So much of what I take for granted is "new" to even the most passionate among them. Or when I affirm a belief we share, it's noticeably comforting to them because they've spent 4ish years ingesting uni speak

Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3d

Couple notes:
1) the callback to visual/audio cues of TV journalism is indicative of a Certain Kind of "Journo" I loathe.
2) Can't be overstated that centrist + conservative writers love to mask their bad takes in comically redundant lists. Why make 1 good point when you can make 8 obfuscatory ones?

Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 3d

This list could easily be condensed to five items

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3d

TFP ran a single piece on the assassination of two Dem politicians in Minnesota by a right-winger. A few months later, they'd update their site's frontpage to include an entire vertical dedicated to Charlie Kirk.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3d

Saw the 4K version in theaters and that final tail shot was jaw dropping.

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing motivates you to learn a new software quite like a zonked out kitten in your lap.

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