Matthew Blanchette
@mattpb.bsky.social
He/him. Physically disabled. Canadian-American; fond of rye toast, when he can get it. Dreams a little.
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Matthew Blanchette
@mattpb.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Slowly going crazy because I've got no idea how to access the OneDrive account that automatically backed up files from my Desktop on my now-dead old laptop because I
1.) don't remember which Microsoft account it connects to
2.) can't get the one-time code to route to the e-mail I use
Help?!? :-(
1.) don't remember which Microsoft account it connects to
2.) can't get the one-time code to route to the e-mail I use
Help?!? :-(
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some people seem literally unable to distinguish Gavin Newsom and JD Vance's positions on trans issues, which is bizarre
but I don't think Hasan is one of them, I think he just likes attacking democrats and making people yell, we're all talking about him now
but I don't think Hasan is one of them, I think he just likes attacking democrats and making people yell, we're all talking about him now
February 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
some people seem literally unable to distinguish Gavin Newsom and JD Vance's positions on trans issues, which is bizarre
but I don't think Hasan is one of them, I think he just likes attacking democrats and making people yell, we're all talking about him now
but I don't think Hasan is one of them, I think he just likes attacking democrats and making people yell, we're all talking about him now
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Nina Turner telling people how to win elections is lol
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Nina Turner telling people how to win elections is lol
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I just don’t know that there’s that much percentage in appealing to people who loudly and repeatedly insist that they don’t vote for Democrats and never will
February 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I just don’t know that there’s that much percentage in appealing to people who loudly and repeatedly insist that they don’t vote for Democrats and never will
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I'm still postemptively depressed
February 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I'm still postemptively depressed
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wonder how that Husted guy ended up. surely Nina losing this election didn't have negative consequences for the present day- oh wait
February 16, 2026 at 3:36 AM
wonder how that Husted guy ended up. surely Nina losing this election didn't have negative consequences for the present day- oh wait
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when you know how to win elections
February 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
when you know how to win elections
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Nina runs a campaign from a van that looks like the stereotypical 'hey kid want some candy' butt of a joke and then screams the Jews stole her election from her. In every way the ideal Bluesky Leftist and proof that these people will never vote Dem all the way to the gas chamber.
I think that we should unite behind a popular front to defeat fascism rather than treating a coalition as a hostage negotiation
(also the reality is that most swing voters are incoherent weirdos who are persuaded by random, often heterodox policies and vibes)
(also the reality is that most swing voters are incoherent weirdos who are persuaded by random, often heterodox policies and vibes)
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Nina runs a campaign from a van that looks like the stereotypical 'hey kid want some candy' butt of a joke and then screams the Jews stole her election from her. In every way the ideal Bluesky Leftist and proof that these people will never vote Dem all the way to the gas chamber.
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And there really is something of optimism, even with an illusory basis to a lot of it, that such very different societies as the British Empire, FDR's America, and Stalin's USSR sincerely did work together to try to build a better world.
i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.
February 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM
And there really is something of optimism, even with an illusory basis to a lot of it, that such very different societies as the British Empire, FDR's America, and Stalin's USSR sincerely did work together to try to build a better world.
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Maybe the anti fascists should try actually fighting the fascists.
Hey maybe the dems should learn a lesson and not run "moderate" Dems who are actually just republicans
The reason people are concerned about lefties saying “I won’t vote for a moderate Dem” isn’t because they want Newsom. It’s because lefties keep not voting for moderate Dems!
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
February 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Maybe the anti fascists should try actually fighting the fascists.
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There's a reason the conspiracy theory that The DNC™️ alone chooses who wins primaries is so critical to the narrative. Otherwise you'd have to convince people.
February 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
There's a reason the conspiracy theory that The DNC™️ alone chooses who wins primaries is so critical to the narrative. Otherwise you'd have to convince people.
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People who take this kind of attitude are, fundamentally, disrespecting the right of the other members of the coalition to have a say in who the candidate is
February 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
People who take this kind of attitude are, fundamentally, disrespecting the right of the other members of the coalition to have a say in who the candidate is
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Also like, fuck, the presidential primary is not a negotiation???
We have this thing called "democracy," where the way we figure out what to do is by asking everybody what they want and then doing what the most people say. And we've decided to use that for choosing presidential candidates!
We have this thing called "democracy," where the way we figure out what to do is by asking everybody what they want and then doing what the most people say. And we've decided to use that for choosing presidential candidates!
February 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Also like, fuck, the presidential primary is not a negotiation???
We have this thing called "democracy," where the way we figure out what to do is by asking everybody what they want and then doing what the most people say. And we've decided to use that for choosing presidential candidates!
We have this thing called "democracy," where the way we figure out what to do is by asking everybody what they want and then doing what the most people say. And we've decided to use that for choosing presidential candidates!
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I think there's also a lot of "I'll go stick my neck out for you when there's a big fight" leverage.
But also like - we're not even really talking about an organized faction that offers anything, it's scattered posters. Many of whom are not American voters.
But also like - we're not even really talking about an organized faction that offers anything, it's scattered posters. Many of whom are not American voters.
February 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I think there's also a lot of "I'll go stick my neck out for you when there's a big fight" leverage.
But also like - we're not even really talking about an organized faction that offers anything, it's scattered posters. Many of whom are not American voters.
But also like - we're not even really talking about an organized faction that offers anything, it's scattered posters. Many of whom are not American voters.
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"My vote got you into office, do what I say or you'll lose it" is an *infinitely* stronger position than "I didn't vote for you last time and I won't again unless you change"
February 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"My vote got you into office, do what I say or you'll lose it" is an *infinitely* stronger position than "I didn't vote for you last time and I won't again unless you change"
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yeah I remember Marcia being mentioned pretty frequently
![Lucas financially survived through his wife Marcia. Being a professional editor herself, the years it took Lucas to make THX 1138 and American Graffiti were ones in which Marcia was the sole supporter for the two of them, even as they sank deeper in debt—in fact, they were dead broke at the time American Graffiti was made. Marcia was involved in all of George’s projects, and even in those of his friends—she was assistant editor on Rain People and Haskell Wexler’s directorial debut that same year, Medium Cool, and her first editing credit was on Lucas’ documentary, Filmmaker. After THX 1138 she would go on to edit American Graffiti and all three Star Wars films, winning an Oscar for the first one, as well as being picture cutter on Martin Scorsese’s peak period of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver and New York, New York. She was as much a part of the American New Wave as supporting players John Milius and Walter Murch, perhaps more so, and her influence not only on Star Wars but on cinema in general is often forgotten. In Mythmaker John Milius raved:
She was a stunning editor…Maybe the best editor I’ve ever known, in many ways. She’d come in and look at the films we’d made—like The Wind and the Lion, for instance—and she’d say, “Take this scene and move it over here,” and it worked. And it did what I wanted the film to do, and I would have never thought of it. And she did that to everybody’s films: to George’s, to Steven [Spielberg]‘s, to mine, and Scorsese in particular.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2ybm2ar2jotl7yetlunucgpr/bafkreif7hbutozj5ie2hcqmmxizdil5q5vgsdggsay4wppa43zjwzq5mcu@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
yeah I remember Marcia being mentioned pretty frequently
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"The Secret History of Star Wars" book lays out all those many retcons and how they came about from Lucas, it's a cool read
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
"The Secret History of Star Wars" book lays out all those many retcons and how they came about from Lucas, it's a cool read
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Get this straight: Lucas claimed he had 9 films ready to go. Then it was 3. Then it was three. Then it was 6 again. Then he spelled out where he would take the story after RotJ. Then, after the Disney sale, his summary of "his versions" of VII-IX were completely different than what he said before.
February 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Get this straight: Lucas claimed he had 9 films ready to go. Then it was 3. Then it was three. Then it was 6 again. Then he spelled out where he would take the story after RotJ. Then, after the Disney sale, his summary of "his versions" of VII-IX were completely different than what he said before.
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This has also always drove me a bit nuts too.
But I also suspect that he made Padme a Queen because Leia was a Princess, and he forgot she wasn't going to be the one to raise her.
But I also suspect that he made Padme a Queen because Leia was a Princess, and he forgot she wasn't going to be the one to raise her.
February 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This has also always drove me a bit nuts too.
But I also suspect that he made Padme a Queen because Leia was a Princess, and he forgot she wasn't going to be the one to raise her.
But I also suspect that he made Padme a Queen because Leia was a Princess, and he forgot she wasn't going to be the one to raise her.
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Iirc, the original plan was that the Jedi would dress somewhere between Luke in RotJ and Madmartigan in Willow, but they ended up shifting to the robes partially bc of the influence of Buddhist monks and samurai films
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Iirc, the original plan was that the Jedi would dress somewhere between Luke in RotJ and Madmartigan in Willow, but they ended up shifting to the robes partially bc of the influence of Buddhist monks and samurai films
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...what I always found funny was all the 1970s Marvel comics that kept Luke in his farmboy togs, despite him getting a whole new outfit at the end of the first movie (remember that cool gold jacket?). It wasn't until Marvel got the license back that they suddenly realized he'd changed clothes! 2/
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
...what I always found funny was all the 1970s Marvel comics that kept Luke in his farmboy togs, despite him getting a whole new outfit at the end of the first movie (remember that cool gold jacket?). It wasn't until Marvel got the license back that they suddenly realized he'd changed clothes! 2/
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There were costume sketches for Ep. 1 that show Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan wearing stuff similar to Luke's black outfit. I don't recall if there was a stated reason why they chucked that in favor of "Tatooine chic". On a related note... 1/
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
There were costume sketches for Ep. 1 that show Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan wearing stuff similar to Luke's black outfit. I don't recall if there was a stated reason why they chucked that in favor of "Tatooine chic". On a related note... 1/
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I remember Luke's twinky Luis Viutton turtleneck from Return of the Jedi. Cowards refused to bring them back.
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I remember Luke's twinky Luis Viutton turtleneck from Return of the Jedi. Cowards refused to bring them back.
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you probably have to be delusional to think he always had this planned out from the beginning, or whatever
Obi-Wan wears Tatoiine robes, because he lived for many years on Tatoiine in hiding
Why do prequel Jedi in the highly advanced Republic centers wear those robes? Marketing and image appeal
Obi-Wan wears Tatoiine robes, because he lived for many years on Tatoiine in hiding
Why do prequel Jedi in the highly advanced Republic centers wear those robes? Marketing and image appeal
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
you probably have to be delusional to think he always had this planned out from the beginning, or whatever
Obi-Wan wears Tatoiine robes, because he lived for many years on Tatoiine in hiding
Why do prequel Jedi in the highly advanced Republic centers wear those robes? Marketing and image appeal
Obi-Wan wears Tatoiine robes, because he lived for many years on Tatoiine in hiding
Why do prequel Jedi in the highly advanced Republic centers wear those robes? Marketing and image appeal
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I heard that Luke's black outfit in Ep6 was supposed to be closer to what the Jedi originally wore, playing into the "return of the" part.
February 15, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I heard that Luke's black outfit in Ep6 was supposed to be closer to what the Jedi originally wore, playing into the "return of the" part.
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Haha, yes. Very good point! Did not think of that before.
February 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Haha, yes. Very good point! Did not think of that before.