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Sean
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🧵What if the internet had never been privatized?

No Facebook. No YouTube. Not even ChatGPT. Just static pages, government gatekeeping, and lost voices.

I explore that alternate digital history here:
📖 afterthescene.substack.com/p/the-intern...
#internetHistory #queerTech #speculativeFuture
The Internet That Wasn't
A speculative piece on what could have been
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What if In a Lonely Place wasn’t just noir but a map of McCarthy-era fear?

Wrote about how Dixon Steele mirrors artists haunted by suspicion.

📽️ paranoia, politics, and broken trust in Hollywood
🧵 afterthescene.substack.com/p/mccarthys-...

#filmnoir #mccarthyism #substack #cinema #hollywoodhistory
McCarthy's Shadow on Hollywood Noir
What In a Lonely Place Reveals About Fear in 1950s Hollywood
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Ever fallen down a TikTok rabbit hole from a short clip? 🎬 I wrote about how these snippets shape what we watch—sometimes more than trailers! Check it out: afterthescene.substack.com/p/tiktokclips

What have you watched because of TikTok?

#TikTok #MediaDiscovery #MovieClips #Streaming
TikTok Clips and the New Age of Media Discovery
How do those random short videos trick us into watching stuff we never planned on?
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Still thinking about that quiet scene in the Andor S2 finale—maybe the most powerful moment in the whole show. Wrote a short piece on it.
(Spoilers ahead!)
👉 afterthescene.substack.com/p/tending-th...
#Andor #StarWars #TVAnalysis #MediaCriticism
Tending the Rebellion
How Andor Turns a Simple Act into a Powerful Metaphor for Transformation
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Nico keeps getting on me to watch it
You've got this!
So glad I deleted my accounts
It feels weird to not have FB today. I'm not seeing the posts from acquaintances and friends about things going on, but it's also really peaceful.
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Don't let Donald Trump extending the TikTok ban distract you from the fact that his Administration is about to conduct mass deportations across America in a matter of days.
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I hate that feeling when you really want to play a video game but then you think about it for just a little too long and now it feels more like a chore than fun.
Its gonna take a little getting used to, but I'm glad to have done it.
And with that, Facebook is gone. #goodbyezuck
The glass is "girly" 🙄🙄
I'm watching the Knuckles series on Paramount+ and I love how much the Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise leans into the ridiculousness of itself. #film #sonicthehedgehog #knuckles #tails
Gonna start writing again and sharing my work on Substack. Check out my first post: tinyurl.com/25eeazvv #writer #fanfiction #fiction
Its gonna feel weird not to have FB anymore, but its gonna be a good change. #goodbyemeta #fuckzuckerberg #savetiktok