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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 15h

Even playing Mike Hammer would be above Wahlberg's ability.

pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 1d

Judd Omen (Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Howling 2: Your Sister I'd a Werewolf) has such an amazing stage name that I was astounded to learn his real name is even better: Fernando Casanova. (There was already an actor with that name, incredibly enough.)

pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 2d

Antony Ifa

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 3d

a man wearing a virtual reality headset stands in front of a computer with the number seven on the screen

Alt: Keanu Reeves hacking in a VR visor in Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

media.tenor.com

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 3d

Annual spooky season reminder that Dellamore Dellamorte is not based on Dylan Dog. It's based on a novel by the same writer as Dylan Dog, and stars the actor who Dylan Dog was drawn to look like.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 5d

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 5d

Sure the government ruined people's lives in the tens of thousands whole failing to fix the problem they claimed was urgent, and is now scapegoating and belittling those same people, but on the other hand... nope I've got nothing, not a single accomplishment.

Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 5d

It is completely unconscionable to require job losses for the economy to function (supposedly) and then to blame them for their own unemployment that they DID NOT CHOOSE.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 7d

Yikes. Hope you're OK.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 8d

Just wait until he finds out how far behind women are in committing homicide.

pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 8d

Luxon must really think people are stupid if he expects people to swallow his "unemployment is high because nobody is applying for jobs" nonsense.

D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 8d

Gaslighter in chief - Luxon - is back on his bullshit.

Job seekers are applying for 1 job that 900+ are also applying for. It’s not PlayStation that’s the problem, it’s the govt crashing the economy, forcing job cuts in the public sector and the knock on effect in the private sector. #nzpol

'Stop playing PlayStation': PM tells school leavers to 'get off the couch', 'go find a job'

Improving school attendance was 'job number one' for cutting future unemployment, he said.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 8d

"Women aren't commiting enough fraud! They need to up their game a full 50% to catch up with man-fraud!"
- Martin van Beynen, probably

Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 8d

Because 39% of fraud convictions were crimes perpetrated by women, women must be inherently deceitful.

Can anyone make this make sense?

Headline: Do women have a fraud problem?
Martin van Beynen | The Press

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 8d

Since I backed the kickstarter for Dracula: The Evidence in 2019, I've backed five more Dracula-related projects that have all been fulfilled and have just backed a sixth. The Evidence is now 4 years late and is apparently at least another year away. I understand the reasons why, it's just funny.

pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 9d

Kiwi drivers' approach to indicators is like, "none of your business which lane I'm about to be in"

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

I haven't seen this since the days of the old Raro dvd. I love Mimsy Farmer and will be grabbing this edition, thanks for posting a heads up.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

Great to finally hear someone else say they thought of Society when watching The Substance!

Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.social · 10d

Our podcast @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social is back with a bang! Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling (much like Bone Lake) with hosts @josholson.bsky.social & @thejoedante.bsky.social!

open.spotify.com/episode/69CJ...

BONE LAKE director Mercedes Bryce Morgan

open.spotify.com

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

If they could figure out how to get kickbacks from the sun and the air, they'd change their tune immediately.

Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social · 10d

I'm so sick of hearing - 'sometimes the sun doesn't shine and sometimes the wind doesn't blow'. Surely solar and wind-powered systems don't just *stop* when this happens? Lots of things interrupt coal and hydro-power generation don't they? Also, coal is killing our planet.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

Same! My copy has both cuts, I need to check out the shorter one just to hear Brando's actual voice.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

The Battle of Algiers is justly getting some attention because of being featured in Paul Thomas Anderson's latest, but writer/director Gillo Pontecorvo's next film Burn! is also well worth a look.

Movie poster for Burn! (1969), showing Marlon Brandon with a gun. Ad line: "The man who sells war. The bloodier the battle - the higher the price. He's going to make a fortune on this one."

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

Which current or prior Deputy Prime Minister is Aotearoa's King of Can Dish It Out But Can't Take It?

pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

But haven't you heard, he's an Expert in Leadership, he even has books he hands out on the subject. My favourite is The Five Disfunctions of a Team, he's made sure his team has all five.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

Yo, fuck this.

David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 10d

i see they just tripled down: www.rnz.co.nz/news/correct...

RNZ responds to Media Council ruling on coverage of teen’s death

The Media Council has upheld complaints against RNZ over its article "Teenager starves to death alone in emergency accommodation". RNZ Chief News Officer Mark Stevens responds.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 10d

"Adaptation is not transcription" is something that should be too obvious to need saying, but I guess that's not the world we're living in.

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pearce @pearced.bsky.social · 10d

So many great moments, eg the kids after the broadcaster is kidnapped, the "Van Halen" guy who we know is at every protest, every detail of what Benicio Del Toro is doing, the sterile cruelty of the villains etc. I'm deliberately being vague because there are a lot of surprises.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 10d

Payment surcharge ban will raise prices

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/payment-s...

Payment surcharge ban will raise prices, reduce competition between big and small businesses, officials warned

We warned you. Hiding the problem doesn’t fix the problem.

'Something to hide': Retail NZ hits out as advice shows surcharge ban will raise prices

Ministry advice showed the ban will weaken competition and increase prices for consumers.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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