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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 9h

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 1h

Some great horror sequels:

Every Scream sequel
Every Evil Dead sequel/spinoff/reboot
Smile 2
Halloween (2018)
Halloween 3
Aliens & Alien 3

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 4h

🎃 What are your favorite horror sequels?

For this week’s Showdown, scare up a list of your ten favorite horror movie sequels.

Start listing now: boxd.it/chy

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 17h

It's Luke Skywalker! This really should have been the end of the Mando & Grogu story. It's a good Luke scene but I still hate the soulless deep fake face

Is it just me or does Giddeon's cruiser not seem to be at the same scale as other cruisers we've seen? It seems bigger

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 19h

Unsolicited pick pic

A green guitar pick laying flat on my desk

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 20h

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for a prolific career in uplifting comedies, has died at the age of 79. More:
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Diane Keaton, 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather' Actress, Dead at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for a prolific career in uplifting comedies, has died at the age of 79.

www.rollingstone.com

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 19h

Sorry for your loss

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 22h

Oh absolutely yes, let the hooting and hollering begin!

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to see that the Mariners are moving on to the ALCS. I'm still hoping for a Seattle - LA World Series

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 1d

This but add in Wendy from Alien Earth to it

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 1d

I will 100% lose based on this criteria, in fact I'd probably end up on some NYC watch list.
Plain, toasted, either butter or peanut butter

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 1d

A gentle reminder for whoever needs it: you don't have to make yourself small for anyone. You are perfect, exactly the way you are.

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 1d

once again, I want to have the dems they've invented

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure the Mando costumers know the difference but I wonder if there is a way to tell if it's Pedro, Lateef, or Brendan in the costume?

I can see discrepancies in Din's helmet in different scenes so I'm not sure if that's a key to telling them apart or not

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 1d

Boba Fett saying "they would recognize my face" is one of the funniest lines in all of Star Wars.

The episode is a good homage to Sorcerer/Wages of Fear and as much as Bill Burr is problematic in reality he really steals the episode and gives a great performance

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 6d

Hey look, Boba Fett is back...and he's kicking ass!

The Mandalorian series did one thing I never thought was possible it made me like Boba Fett.

Before this series I didn't care in the slightest about Boba, but what they did here (and continued in Book of) I really liked.

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 8d

I put it off and put it off but it's time for the Ahsoka episode. This is easily the worst episode of season 2, it's drab, slow, and boring.

I have no issues with Rosario Dawson as an actress but her as Ahsoka doesn't feel like the same character.

The final fight doesn't have any of Ahsoka's style

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

Superman 4 stars
Prey 4 stars
Honey Don't 3 stars
House on Eden 1 star

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

Our heat kicked on for the first time and I'm so happy.

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

I am a mix of creator and character. There are some characters I will follow regardless of who the creative team is.

There are also quite a few books I'll pick up only because of the creative team, regardless of character or genre

Nerd Man (FREE PALESTINE) @nerdman38.bsky.social · 2d

So back when I was more less getting more serious about comics I use to wonder why people put writer as a priority over character/ story and now I get it. Had me curious where are others at with this? Do u check out a title cause of its story/character or writer or another factor
#comicsky

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

Both of them are the same age as their characters would be in the OT/New Republic era.

Would be amazing to get the handmaidens back in live action

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 2d

In one week, we’ve had both Keira Knightley and Rose Byrne voice their interest in returning to Star Wars. Padmé’s handmaidens have featured heavily in the Darth Vader comic, but it would certainly be cool to see more from these characters. An espionage, resistance series maybe?

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

How hard would it be to convince him that ICE was a Democrat supported program?

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2d

politicized doesn't begin to describe... www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/t...
"President Donald Trump said his administration plans to use the government shutdown to permanently cut government programs popular with Democrats."

Trump threatens to use government shutdown to cut 'popular Democrat programs'

President Donald Trump said his administration plans to use the government shutdown to permanently cut government programs popular with Democrats.

www.cnbc.com

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

Post you from a different era

(Points to anyone who can figure out which one is me)

A group photo of 6 Stormtroopers, a Snow trooper, a phase 1 clone trooper, and a phase 1 captain Rex all in a row with Darth Vader in the middle

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 2d

I'm curious to see Rory McCann as Baylan and what other member berries Filoni is gonna pull in.

I want to be completely wrong about it and blown away but my expectations are pretty low

Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 3d

Ghostbusters.

I love them, but each sequel has been diminishing returns in an attempt to recapture the magic of the original

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 4d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

screencrush.com

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Paul @pauldepaola.bsky.social · 3d

These people are in dire need of a wedgie

Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · 3d

There’s so many more in the article…

archive.is/c0z8X

Four young men, all Gen Z Tories, posed against a plain backdrop.

Top left: Danny Mosley, 19, with curly hair, draped in a Union Jack flag and holding a can of Dr. Pepper, an ID badge hanging from a blue lanyard around his neck.

Top right: Rhydian Lloyd-Francis, 15, wearing a navy double-breasted suit and striped tie, stands formally with a serious expression.

Bottom left: Harry Cansdale, 21, in glasses and a dark suit with a patterned blue tie and small flag pin, with a blue lanyard around his neck.

Bottom right: Miller Casson, 17, with long hair, wearing a blue plaid suit, lavender shirt, and patterned tie, holding a booklet.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 3d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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