Shawn Talley
@shawntalley.bsky.social
film fan | filmmaker | writer | producer & partner @psp.bsky.social (linktr.ee/paperstreetpictures) | co-host @ 'The PAPER STREET Podcast' & 'LATE TO THE PARTY' (linktr.ee/paperstreetpodcast) | other ways to find me: (linktr.ee/shawntalley)
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Shawn Talley
@shawntalley.bsky.social
· Mar 3
Hey there. Thanks for the add and/or peeping the profile. Just an FYI if you do keep me around: about 90% of my skeetage is an uneven mix of @psp.bsky.social promotion, thoughts on film/music/pop culture, reactionary posts about politics, & the occasional pro wrestling take, so apologies in advance!
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
Great day to get TF off Twitter.
EL0N proving yet again that so much of the dissent, lies, & hatred that spreads here is fueled by bots, foreign agents, & the man himself via his disinfo machine.
Y’all will cancel services, companies, & people for much less, so why TF are you still on there?
EL0N proving yet again that so much of the dissent, lies, & hatred that spreads here is fueled by bots, foreign agents, & the man himself via his disinfo machine.
Y’all will cancel services, companies, & people for much less, so why TF are you still on there?
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Great day to get TF off Twitter.
EL0N proving yet again that so much of the dissent, lies, & hatred that spreads here is fueled by bots, foreign agents, & the man himself via his disinfo machine.
Y’all will cancel services, companies, & people for much less, so why TF are you still on there?
EL0N proving yet again that so much of the dissent, lies, & hatred that spreads here is fueled by bots, foreign agents, & the man himself via his disinfo machine.
Y’all will cancel services, companies, & people for much less, so why TF are you still on there?
"We're adding default A.I. scraping. You want it turned off? No problem, *but* it'll kill half of the features you've been using for years now."
Google enshittification'ing Gmail yet again. Cool.
Google enshittification'ing Gmail yet again. Cool.
Google removes a variety of longstanding GMail features if you try to withdraw your default consent (!) to having all your content read and used by Google Gemini via "Smart Features." That's an obvious attempt to coerce consent for privacy violations. Legislatures must act to make this illegal.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"We're adding default A.I. scraping. You want it turned off? No problem, *but* it'll kill half of the features you've been using for years now."
Google enshittification'ing Gmail yet again. Cool.
Google enshittification'ing Gmail yet again. Cool.
"The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what 'works', but art opens up what is possible ... When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges."
~ Leo
With shared experiences "becoming rarer and rarer, the cinema remains one of the last bastions of our common humanity."
~ Bilge
~ Leo
With shared experiences "becoming rarer and rarer, the cinema remains one of the last bastions of our common humanity."
~ Bilge
Felt compelled to write about Pope Leo and his remarkable recent speech about cinema: www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The Pope vs. the Algorithm
In his speech to filmmakers last weekend, Pope Leo XIV showed he’s been paying serious attention to the issues facing cinema as an art form.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what 'works', but art opens up what is possible ... When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges."
~ Leo
With shared experiences "becoming rarer and rarer, the cinema remains one of the last bastions of our common humanity."
~ Bilge
~ Leo
With shared experiences "becoming rarer and rarer, the cinema remains one of the last bastions of our common humanity."
~ Bilge
A fitting pick not only for the season, but for the #ScarePackage series' own final girl to de-blindspot a classic that features one of the O.G. final girls. Fun chat, even when we veer into talking the franchise's lesser entries, BLACK CHRISTMAS, and (*checks notes*) SPY KIDS and THE PARENT TRAP?
New pod alert: actor/our fav. final girl Zoe Graham was #LateToTheParty on #HALLOWEEN, but we're glad she made it! We talk John Carpenter's horror classic, its score, the franchise's timeline(s), JLC's proto-final girl "Laurie Strode" & more!" You can find the episode here: linktr.ee/paperstreetp...
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A fitting pick not only for the season, but for the #ScarePackage series' own final girl to de-blindspot a classic that features one of the O.G. final girls. Fun chat, even when we veer into talking the franchise's lesser entries, BLACK CHRISTMAS, and (*checks notes*) SPY KIDS and THE PARENT TRAP?
Loved chatting w/ the lovely Camille & Sarah about their backgrounds, careers, & of course, all about making 'SHELBY OAKS'. Plus, a round of 'Rapid Fire 15' w/ the guests, their own experiences w/ the paranormal, fall season traditions (& treats), and lots more! Out now wherever you get your pods!
'The PAPER STREET Podcast' returns with the lead actors from #ShelbyOaks! Sarah Durn & @camillesullivan.bsky.social talk (spoiler-free) about making the @neon-rated.bsky.social horror film from Chris Stuckmann, *in theaters now!* You can find & listen to the episode now via linktr.ee/paperstreetp...
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Loved chatting w/ the lovely Camille & Sarah about their backgrounds, careers, & of course, all about making 'SHELBY OAKS'. Plus, a round of 'Rapid Fire 15' w/ the guests, their own experiences w/ the paranormal, fall season traditions (& treats), and lots more! Out now wherever you get your pods!
Between Miller plagiarizing Goebbels, the Young Repubs' H!tler-praising leaked texts, & a GOP Rep. sporting a swast!ka in his DC office, the "Don't call us N@zis!" crowd are doing jack-all to beat the allegations.
Sorry, but if it looks, swims, & quacks like a fascist, I'm not calling it a duck.
Sorry, but if it looks, swims, & quacks like a fascist, I'm not calling it a duck.
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Between Miller plagiarizing Goebbels, the Young Repubs' H!tler-praising leaked texts, & a GOP Rep. sporting a swast!ka in his DC office, the "Don't call us N@zis!" crowd are doing jack-all to beat the allegations.
Sorry, but if it looks, swims, & quacks like a fascist, I'm not calling it a duck.
Sorry, but if it looks, swims, & quacks like a fascist, I'm not calling it a duck.
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RIP Drew Struzan
A master.
A master.
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
RIP Drew Struzan
A master.
A master.
The "Outrage Industrial Complex" is pushing culture war nonsense on them all day, every day anymore ('South Park', Cracker Barrel, 'SUPERMAN', Jimmy Kimmel, now Bad Bunny). I legit don't know how those in the rightwing bubble don't have severe PTSD from fighting a war that never ends.
October 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The "Outrage Industrial Complex" is pushing culture war nonsense on them all day, every day anymore ('South Park', Cracker Barrel, 'SUPERMAN', Jimmy Kimmel, now Bad Bunny). I legit don't know how those in the rightwing bubble don't have severe PTSD from fighting a war that never ends.
Cardinals fans have joked that their stadium got ‘cursed’ a few weeks ago (IYKYK). I laughed it off, thinking “yeah, but they play the Titans soon; that’ll break the streak.”
Aaand then that TD call got reversed, & the lousy Titans—down by 15 in the 4th—came back & beat ‘em.
Sorry, AZ fans, but…
Aaand then that TD call got reversed, & the lousy Titans—down by 15 in the 4th—came back & beat ‘em.
Sorry, AZ fans, but…
a man in a mask says " you 're cursed " in front of a crowd of people
Alt: A GIF of professional wrestler Danhausen at and AEW show yelling from the crowd, “you’re cursed!”
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October 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Cardinals fans have joked that their stadium got ‘cursed’ a few weeks ago (IYKYK). I laughed it off, thinking “yeah, but they play the Titans soon; that’ll break the streak.”
Aaand then that TD call got reversed, & the lousy Titans—down by 15 in the 4th—came back & beat ‘em.
Sorry, AZ fans, but…
Aaand then that TD call got reversed, & the lousy Titans—down by 15 in the 4th—came back & beat ‘em.
Sorry, AZ fans, but…
Opening my social media feeds lately got me like:
October 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Opening my social media feeds lately got me like:
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
Reasons I'm pretty stoked to return to #FantasticFest this year: 1) #ShelbyOaks' U.S. premiere; 2) to see me @psp.bsky.social crew (first time we'll ALL be in the same spot in a hot minute); & 3) to finally put names to faces on some of yous who I've only interacted with on socials & our podcasts.
September 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reasons I'm pretty stoked to return to #FantasticFest this year: 1) #ShelbyOaks' U.S. premiere; 2) to see me @psp.bsky.social crew (first time we'll ALL be in the same spot in a hot minute); & 3) to finally put names to faces on some of yous who I've only interacted with on socials & our podcasts.
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What Robert Redford contributed to American films via Sundance is genuinely immeasurable. He was also an extraordinarily talented director--Ordinary People and Quiz Show are two of the best American studio movies of their eras--and an actor who somehow wore his incredible charisma almost shyly. RIP.
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What Robert Redford contributed to American films via Sundance is genuinely immeasurable. He was also an extraordinarily talented director--Ordinary People and Quiz Show are two of the best American studio movies of their eras--and an actor who somehow wore his incredible charisma almost shyly. RIP.
“Why have 3 media companys when 2 plenty? Spider-Man finally back at Marvel, chat!”
~ a future “greet” on the GreenGrass app, which people will flee to after this place is ruined, in reference to AmazonDisney’s absorbing of Sony to match Warner ParaDance’s recent acquisition of Netflix.
~ a future “greet” on the GreenGrass app, which people will flee to after this place is ruined, in reference to AmazonDisney’s absorbing of Sony to match Warner ParaDance’s recent acquisition of Netflix.
"The bid will be for the entire company, including its cable networks and movie studio, the people said." www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
The bid will be for the entire company, including its cable networks and movie studio, according to people familiar with the situation.
www.wsj.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Why have 3 media companys when 2 plenty? Spider-Man finally back at Marvel, chat!”
~ a future “greet” on the GreenGrass app, which people will flee to after this place is ruined, in reference to AmazonDisney’s absorbing of Sony to match Warner ParaDance’s recent acquisition of Netflix.
~ a future “greet” on the GreenGrass app, which people will flee to after this place is ruined, in reference to AmazonDisney’s absorbing of Sony to match Warner ParaDance’s recent acquisition of Netflix.
:: Opens Facebook ::
:: Pulls an Abe Simpson for the 2nd day in a row ::
(you know the meme: youtu.be/vgqRis_czYg)
Yep, I think I'll just stay off socials through the weekend.
:: Pulls an Abe Simpson for the 2nd day in a row ::
(you know the meme: youtu.be/vgqRis_czYg)
Yep, I think I'll just stay off socials through the weekend.
a little girl in a white shirt is sitting on an orange slide
Alt: GIF of a little girl waving goodbye as she goes down an orange slide
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September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
:: Opens Facebook ::
:: Pulls an Abe Simpson for the 2nd day in a row ::
(you know the meme: youtu.be/vgqRis_czYg)
Yep, I think I'll just stay off socials through the weekend.
:: Pulls an Abe Simpson for the 2nd day in a row ::
(you know the meme: youtu.be/vgqRis_czYg)
Yep, I think I'll just stay off socials through the weekend.
Old enough to remember when the same lot who are clutching their pearls over libs’ nasty reactions to today’s murder were making a punchline out of the attack on Pelosi’s husband.
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Old enough to remember when the same lot who are clutching their pearls over libs’ nasty reactions to today’s murder were making a punchline out of the attack on Pelosi’s husband.
Liz & I also end w/ a nerdy questionnaire bit where you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about us both — from our vivid childhood nightmares & the unknown indie film 'RID OF ME' to my 'Max Headroom' collection & her chicken nugget-themed artwork! A fun episode, & a fun season of #Revival.
The final 'Reliving REVIVAL' is up, in which hosts talk their favorite stuff from the season & chat w/ 2 of the talented gents who helped bring #Revival to life in director Samir Rehem ('Chucky') & editor Curt Lobb ('BLACKBERRY') about the show & more! Ways to find #RelivingREVIVAL in the thread:
September 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Liz & I also end w/ a nerdy questionnaire bit where you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about us both — from our vivid childhood nightmares & the unknown indie film 'RID OF ME' to my 'Max Headroom' collection & her chicken nugget-themed artwork! A fun episode, & a fun season of #Revival.
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
Fun chat(s) re: the #Revival finale w/ the talented gents behind both the show & comic! And it took us all season, but we finally tangent into some personal tales, so check this'n out if you'd also like to know stuff like how your 4 hosts' Christian upbringings made 'em the infidels they are today!
#Revival episode 10 is now on Syfy & Peacock, and our recap show is up, too! We talk all about the season finale with both the show creators @aaronbkoontz.bsky.social & @lukeslens.bsky.social and comic creators @hackintimseeley.bsky.social & #MikeNorton! Ways to find #RelivingREVIVAL in the thread:
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Fun chat(s) re: the #Revival finale w/ the talented gents behind both the show & comic! And it took us all season, but we finally tangent into some personal tales, so check this'n out if you'd also like to know stuff like how your 4 hosts' Christian upbringings made 'em the infidels they are today!
Did I—in a sleepy stupor—buy a couple posters off eBay last night that hung in my childhood bedroom? I DID.
Do I have anywhere to hang 'em in my adulthood home (which also has lots of nerd sh!t on the wall)? I DON'T.
Eh, garage still has some wall space…
———
my wife, meanwhile, overhearing this:
Do I have anywhere to hang 'em in my adulthood home (which also has lots of nerd sh!t on the wall)? I DON'T.
Eh, garage still has some wall space…
———
my wife, meanwhile, overhearing this:
a person is standing in a dark room with a light shining through the ceiling .
Alt: GIF of a woman in a church taking off her shoe and throwing it at her family
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August 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Did I—in a sleepy stupor—buy a couple posters off eBay last night that hung in my childhood bedroom? I DID.
Do I have anywhere to hang 'em in my adulthood home (which also has lots of nerd sh!t on the wall)? I DON'T.
Eh, garage still has some wall space…
———
my wife, meanwhile, overhearing this:
Do I have anywhere to hang 'em in my adulthood home (which also has lots of nerd sh!t on the wall)? I DON'T.
Eh, garage still has some wall space…
———
my wife, meanwhile, overhearing this:
After looking at a show on Ticketmaster, you get followup emails from them, like "Tix are almost yours; still wanna go?" & "Don't miss out; grab 'em now!" & "C'mon, fatso, we know you want these."
Yeah, motherfukkers, I'd *love* to go... to several shows, in fact. But not for $200+ a pop. #FTM4ever
Yeah, motherfukkers, I'd *love* to go... to several shows, in fact. But not for $200+ a pop. #FTM4ever
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
After looking at a show on Ticketmaster, you get followup emails from them, like "Tix are almost yours; still wanna go?" & "Don't miss out; grab 'em now!" & "C'mon, fatso, we know you want these."
Yeah, motherfukkers, I'd *love* to go... to several shows, in fact. But not for $200+ a pop. #FTM4ever
Yeah, motherfukkers, I'd *love* to go... to several shows, in fact. But not for $200+ a pop. #FTM4ever
I’ve seen “revivers” used a bit on social media.
Hmm. “Revivalists”? “Revivaulters”? “Revibers”? “Wausawyers”?
Look, if nothing else, for #Earpers who are fans of both #WynonnaEarp AND #Revival, I think “Revivearps” is there for the taking!
Hmm. “Revivalists”? “Revivaulters”? “Revibers”? “Wausawyers”?
Look, if nothing else, for #Earpers who are fans of both #WynonnaEarp AND #Revival, I think “Revivearps” is there for the taking!
Ugh, welcome to another Monday, but fear not my #Earper and Revival (gotta come up with a fan name, lol) fans, all is not lost, yes it's a Monday but as always it's a #MelCrushMonday! #WynonnaEarp #Revival
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I’ve seen “revivers” used a bit on social media.
Hmm. “Revivalists”? “Revivaulters”? “Revibers”? “Wausawyers”?
Look, if nothing else, for #Earpers who are fans of both #WynonnaEarp AND #Revival, I think “Revivearps” is there for the taking!
Hmm. “Revivalists”? “Revivaulters”? “Revibers”? “Wausawyers”?
Look, if nothing else, for #Earpers who are fans of both #WynonnaEarp AND #Revival, I think “Revivearps” is there for the taking!
I’d love a crack at a ‘Max Headroom’ reboot series. About a singular media company controlling all info, it was super prescient, predicting stuff like deepfakes & A.I. reliance. I have a spin that’d keep the cyberpunk aesthetic & would totally play today… or (*ahem*) “20 minutes into the future.”
August 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I’d love a crack at a ‘Max Headroom’ reboot series. About a singular media company controlling all info, it was super prescient, predicting stuff like deepfakes & A.I. reliance. I have a spin that’d keep the cyberpunk aesthetic & would totally play today… or (*ahem*) “20 minutes into the future.”