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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 1h

One of those films that's absolutely perfect. Never fails to delight me. I think I'm due for a rewatch.

🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 9d

Walter Matthau, Audrey Hepburn “CHARADE” (1963) dir. Stanley Donen

🎬 Universal Pictures

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 6h

I just really love Richard Osman, so I was an early adopter 😆

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 6h

This new one is number five. And they are GREAT. Loved them all.

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 7h

I'm reading the new Thursday Murder Club book and I'm hearing all the characters in the voices of the actors from the movie. Which ain't half bad considering how great the cast was.

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 9h

Aren't they? I'm seething with envy 😆

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 10h

a man in a green shirt is eating a sandwich with the words life on mars on the bottom right

Alt: a man in a green shirt is eating a sandwich with the words life on mars on the bottom right

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 10h

These are just amazing. I continually aspire to someday take a shot as gorgeous as these.

40 Winning Photos From the Pure Street Photography Awards 2025

Embracing authentic street photography.

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 13h

Broadview Station. September, 2025
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On the outdoor platform, the curving buttresses hold up the roof, the perspective receding from left to right. At the far left of the frame, a streetcar waits in the brightly lit background. Framed by the structures around him, a bearded TTC employee in a hi vis stands, one leg extended as if kicking a ball. He is surrounded by the flow of riders going in various directions.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 16h

Today's newsletter is about the patterns in fake book club and other scam emails sent to authors.

How to spot an author scam email

I’ve grumbled enough on social media about the rise in AI-generated scam emails that now, more than one of my author friends has sent an email to me, asking...

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 1d

I don't. I have thought about it often, though

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 1d

If I was ever granted three wishes, one of them would definitely be for ICE agents to shit themselves uncontrollably any time they tried to arrest someone.

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 1d

Church and Wellesley. September, 2025
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The left third of the is the wall of a building where we see queer iconography in a painted mural. It is the side of a barber shop where we see an Asian man talking on the phone. Further right, on the street leading to the intersection in the far right background is a young, black woman walking toward the camera. Further right, another man walks in the same direction, his head down. At the far right edge of the frame, another person waits at the sunlit intersection for the light to change

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 1d

Loved this series!

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 1d

Loved this series! And this is a great deal. You should buy it!

Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, I know that everything is terrible right now, but I also have to make money, so I'm going to tell you that A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is on SUPER SALE this month! Just $1.99!

Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Ship-Edge-Un...

Bookshop (Buy indie!):
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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers Book 1)

A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot racer, and a deadly secret society. They're all on a race against time to hunt down the greatest warship ever built. Some think the ship is lost forever, some t...

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Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, I know that everything is terrible right now, but I also have to make money, so I'm going to tell you that A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is on SUPER SALE this month! Just $1.99!

Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Ship-Edge-Un...

Bookshop (Buy indie!):
bookshop.org/p/books/a-bi...

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers Book 1)

A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot racer, and a deadly secret society. They're all on a race against time to hunt down the greatest warship ever built. Some think the ship is lost forever, some t...

www.amazon.com

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 2d

Broadview Station. September, 2025
#BlackAndWhitePhotography
#StreetPhotography
#Photography
#Street
#UrbanPhotography
#CityPhotography
#TorontoPhoto
#Monochrome
#BnW
#PhotographersOfBluesky

On the outdoor platform, we see the side of a bus that's waiting to depart. shaded passengers can be seen through the windows. The rear doors are open and we see a woman sitting. She is framed by the doorway and a shaft of bright sunlight illuminating only her.

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 3d

An excellent thread about the state of Toronto.

Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 3d

I've been quite angry on Twitter for the last week and have been trying to parse it...some thoughts:

Toronto's problems largely stem from the cost-of-living crisis. A crisis, in part, caused by the simple fact that people *want* to live here. Opportunity, culture, and fulfilment abound

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 3d

Danforth Avenue. Augusst, 2025
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Just left of centre, a neighbourhood poster board fills the frame, covered in printed posters offering language lessons and art classes. Beyond it, an older man sits on a bench, looking at the camera. Further in the distance, toward the right of the frame, are several bicycles parked in a neat row.

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 4d

Joshua Idehen - It Always Was (Later... with Jools Holland)

YouTube video by BBC Music

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 4d

Later.... With Jools Holland is back with a new series! Building up my music library

Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other

YouTube video by OliviaDeanVEVO

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 8d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 4d

Lake Shore Boulevard. September, 2025
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Travelling west with the structure of the Gardner Expressway overheard. We can see the heavy support pylons with their textured, aging concrete. Ahead, the road curves to the left. Along the right sides of the road, we see light pouring in from outside, shaped by the spaces between the support pillars

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 5d

It's kind of delightful. So many good choices in terms of character and casting.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 5d

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

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Stephen Graham King @stephengrahamking.com · 7d

I'm on my third Agatha Christie/Poirot book in a row. It must be what I was needing for some reason.

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