Josh Martin
@joshmartin.bsky.social
He/him. Just an alias. Writer. Critic. Filmmaker. Have written for multiple sites including DarkSkyLady.com. Co-Host of the podcast A Conversation With Two Geeks since 2020. https://linktr.ee/m.gunter
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Episode 179 - Toy Story 5: Teaser Trailer Thoughts
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He's right ... and he should say so
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
He's right ... and he should say so
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By the way, that happened in Indiana. Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the country, and it’s really bad for Black women. In 2021, Black women in Indiana had a maternal mortality rate that was 73% higher than white women.
A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labour. This is after a video circulated of a Black woman who was dismissed from a hospital, only to give birth in her truck minutes later on the side of the road.
A woman gave birth 8 minutes after a hospital turned her away. A bill aims to stop that from happening again.
The legislation seeks to stop Black women from suffering during and after childbirth and hold hospitals accountable, according to bill language obtained exclusively by NBC News.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
By the way, that happened in Indiana. Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the country, and it’s really bad for Black women. In 2021, Black women in Indiana had a maternal mortality rate that was 73% higher than white women.
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I’d say an exploitation indicator above all. This ain’t the first job listing that has tons of responsibilities to little or no pay. Many companies or known for exploitation.
This job listing is a recession indicator. This is a bonkers responsibility list to end the description with it being an unpaid internship. It says internship at the top (screenshot cut off) but not UNPAID. And that application question? I can't. Be so fr rn.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I’d say an exploitation indicator above all. This ain’t the first job listing that has tons of responsibilities to little or no pay. Many companies or known for exploitation.
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Read the Variety article instead. Rebecca Rubin didn’t bury the lede here.
This is all Brett Ratner’s doing. Trying to repair his career after SA allegations in 2017.
Multiple distributors didn’t want to be attached to a fourth film because of Ratner’s involvement.
This is all Brett Ratner’s doing. Trying to repair his career after SA allegations in 2017.
Multiple distributors didn’t want to be attached to a fourth film because of Ratner’s involvement.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Read the Variety article instead. Rebecca Rubin didn’t bury the lede here.
This is all Brett Ratner’s doing. Trying to repair his career after SA allegations in 2017.
Multiple distributors didn’t want to be attached to a fourth film because of Ratner’s involvement.
This is all Brett Ratner’s doing. Trying to repair his career after SA allegations in 2017.
Multiple distributors didn’t want to be attached to a fourth film because of Ratner’s involvement.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Just sharing this again...I'm like 30 subscribers away from my goal for 2025 (free & paid). With losing my part-time job, I'd love to be able to focus on what I love while I figure out the rest. Any shares/subs would very much be appreciated. Thanks. 🖤
Anyway, in the wake of the job loss news, I just wanted to share my site because I’d love to get up to 365 subscribers for the year (free & paid) & if you dig what I do, maybe you’ll want to upgrade your subscription someday: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
Shares appreciated- thx!
Shares appreciated- thx!
From the Desk of The Horror Chick
Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just sharing this again...I'm like 30 subscribers away from my goal for 2025 (free & paid). With losing my part-time job, I'd love to be able to focus on what I love while I figure out the rest. Any shares/subs would very much be appreciated. Thanks. 🖤
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They want state schools to be job prep while elite schools get education. They'll never do to their kids what they want to do to yours. Their kids will read Chaucer and Dante but yours will read manuals.
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
They want state schools to be job prep while elite schools get education. They'll never do to their kids what they want to do to yours. Their kids will read Chaucer and Dante but yours will read manuals.
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Progressive groups are urging shoppers to vote with their wallets this holiday season and stop shopping at Amazon, Target and Home Depot.
Anti-Trump groups urge holiday boycott of Amazon, Home Depot, Target over DEI backtrack
Progressive groups are urging shoppers to vote with their wallets this holiday season and stop shopping at Amazon, Target and Home Depot.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Progressive groups are urging shoppers to vote with their wallets this holiday season and stop shopping at Amazon, Target and Home Depot.
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This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
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Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
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Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
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I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact they're all mandatory reporters.
And victims of her and her husband have come forward with shit that happened to them back in the 80s and 90s.
It couldn't possibly have anything to do with that though, surely.
And victims of her and her husband have come forward with shit that happened to them back in the 80s and 90s.
It couldn't possibly have anything to do with that though, surely.
The Department of Education, led by the wife of a former head of the WWE, has declared nursing to no longer be a professional degree.
It’s a war on so called women dominated professions
It’s also devastating for the disability community
We need nurses
They’re an invaluable part of the care team
It’s a war on so called women dominated professions
It’s also devastating for the disability community
We need nurses
They’re an invaluable part of the care team
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact they're all mandatory reporters.
And victims of her and her husband have come forward with shit that happened to them back in the 80s and 90s.
It couldn't possibly have anything to do with that though, surely.
And victims of her and her husband have come forward with shit that happened to them back in the 80s and 90s.
It couldn't possibly have anything to do with that though, surely.
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It's Trans Day of Remembrance. I don't know a single trans person who hasn't lost another trans person in their circle. Please hold them in your hearts today, even if their names are new to you.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It's Trans Day of Remembrance. I don't know a single trans person who hasn't lost another trans person in their circle. Please hold them in your hearts today, even if their names are new to you.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.
WOO! Check out the newest episode of A Conversation With Two Geeks, where Jaymie Marie and I talk about everything from the teaser trailer for Toy Story 5 to thoughts on The Running Man and much more! open.spotify.com/episode/6v1S...
Episode 179 - Toy Story 5: Teaser Trailer Thoughts
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November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
WOO! Check out the newest episode of A Conversation With Two Geeks, where Jaymie Marie and I talk about everything from the teaser trailer for Toy Story 5 to thoughts on The Running Man and much more! open.spotify.com/episode/6v1S...
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I used to be a love and light pagan. Now... I am mostly love and light, unless you are a Nazi or sympathizer. Then.... not so much.
Given todays climate I feel the need to be clear.
Given todays climate I feel the need to be clear.
a man with a beard and mustache is holding a cup of coffee .
ALT: a man with a beard and mustache is holding a cup of coffee .
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November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I used to be a love and light pagan. Now... I am mostly love and light, unless you are a Nazi or sympathizer. Then.... not so much.
Given todays climate I feel the need to be clear.
Given todays climate I feel the need to be clear.
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We are traumatizing an entire generation of children, whether they're ever in an active shooter situation or not
It's the guns
It's the guns
It's. The. Guns.
It's the guns
It's the guns
It's. The. Guns.
Checking out THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS and I want to protect all of these children so much
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We are traumatizing an entire generation of children, whether they're ever in an active shooter situation or not
It's the guns
It's the guns
It's. The. Guns.
It's the guns
It's the guns
It's. The. Guns.
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I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but every now and then I just have to stop and imagine how Republicans would react if Obama did this
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but every now and then I just have to stop and imagine how Republicans would react if Obama did this
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I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
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This is also an inspiring read. I don't know when the AI bubble will burst but I will welcome that day with open arms.
www.thedart.co/2025/11/19/w...
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What could happen when the AI bubble bursts - The Dart
Crisis creates opportunity, and when the AI bubble bursts, there will be a chance for a reckoning for tech-driven capitalism.
www.thedart.co
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is also an inspiring read. I don't know when the AI bubble will burst but I will welcome that day with open arms.
www.thedart.co/2025/11/19/w...
www.thedart.co/2025/11/19/w...
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I applaud and second this wholeheartedly and I'm coming out as an unabashed AI hater. In the immortal words of Guillermo del Toro: Fuck AI.
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I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I applaud and second this wholeheartedly and I'm coming out as an unabashed AI hater. In the immortal words of Guillermo del Toro: Fuck AI.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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One movie that I feel did not get the love it deserved was Freaky Tales, which to me was a comic book mixtape filled with action, laughs, and drama. Also, a beautiful love letter to 1980s Oakland.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
One movie that I feel did not get the love it deserved was Freaky Tales, which to me was a comic book mixtape filled with action, laughs, and drama. Also, a beautiful love letter to 1980s Oakland.
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You olds don't need to hear this, but to you youngbloods out there, I come to you from the future: when the news begins talking about ways to save money for the holidays, rather than getting you hyped to drown in debt buying shit, that means shit is WAY FUCKING WORSE than they are letting on.
a man in a suit is holding a lemon and says this is bad i mean bad bad
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a lemon and says this is bad i mean bad bad
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
You olds don't need to hear this, but to you youngbloods out there, I come to you from the future: when the news begins talking about ways to save money for the holidays, rather than getting you hyped to drown in debt buying shit, that means shit is WAY FUCKING WORSE than they are letting on.
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So I'm against AI, as most of you know, if you've been paying attention. Recently, a few weeks ago, I think, 15yo got into trouble in school because a paper she submitted got flagged because the AI detector her teacher uses determined that it was AI generated. It was not.
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So I'm against AI, as most of you know, if you've been paying attention. Recently, a few weeks ago, I think, 15yo got into trouble in school because a paper she submitted got flagged because the AI detector her teacher uses determined that it was AI generated. It was not.
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"[...] Paramount and its subsidiaries have spent 2025 blacklisting and silencing the opposition from within and without, pissing all over free speech, attempting to shape the news to their favor, and paying off the government—all in service of gaining more control over more of the media landscape."
Now that people have seen The Running Man, we can talk about how it's pretty goddamn ironic that it's being put out by Paramount www.avclub.com/the-running-...
It's pretty damn ironic that Paramount is behind The Running Man
The anti-monopoly message of The Running Man, aimed at a blacklist-happy Network, makes it hard not to see its own studio as its villain.
www.avclub.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"[...] Paramount and its subsidiaries have spent 2025 blacklisting and silencing the opposition from within and without, pissing all over free speech, attempting to shape the news to their favor, and paying off the government—all in service of gaining more control over more of the media landscape."