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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 1h

The mini-defections from MTG, Candace Owens, etc. tell me that these people all knife each other the moment Trump’s heart explodes.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 1h

Must be nice to have “intuition” and “feel emotions in your body.” You might as well ask me to invent a new color.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 2h

They hate us for our freedoms, man, I dunno what else to say

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 7h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 1d

It’s because light cycles are cool.

Like, that’s it.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 1d

Okay so like yall know I love practical sets and props but like. I think I know why this has not been done before in this franchise. It’s because they’re in a computer in the movie.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

Director Joachim Rønning had his team build practical, life-sized light cycles for ‘TRON: ARES’, which has never been done before in the franchise.

Find out more... discussingfilm.net/2025/10/09/t...

Director Joachim Rønning Talks Nine Inch Nails and the Industrial Edge of 'Tron: Ares' (EXCLUSIVE)

Director Joachim Rønning and star Jared Leto explain how Tron: Ares breaks the visual boundaries of the franchise and how Nine Inch Nails helped.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 1d

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

lol this is crazy i mean this guys the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

Why is this front-page news? The Washington Post doesn't say. It's a turning point in US history but our pathetic journalist class hides the relevance behind suggestion and implication, afraid to say things that everyone knows. Useless

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 1d

i need everyone to stop sending this to me

Liv Agar @livagar.bsky.social · 1d

They should invent a way for women to have gay sex with men

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 1d

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Screenshot of a video where the words on the screen when you hit pause describes your hypothetical role in a horror movie. This one says “The Girl With Big Titties”

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 1d

“She’s in culture” is suuuuuuch a funny way of putting *that*

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 1d

Inject this into my veins.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 2d

I was born too late to fulfill my life’s purpose (panelists on a VH1 clip show)

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 2d

There’s going to soon be a neverending avalanche of AI-generated ICE videos, for and against, and I can’t imagine that’ll will go well!

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 2d

Is there anything better than talking about film performances? Rhetorical question.

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 2d

Have these people been kicked in the fucking head or something?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Despite a raw vocabulary and some rude provocations,” Pete Hegseth “outlined a nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society,” writes Christopher Caldwell.

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech on D.E.I. in the Military Was Actually Pretty Good

Despite some rude provocations, he outlined a nuanced vision of the military.

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 2d

Is John Green now the less famous Green brother?

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 2d

Swing voters simply don’t want to have to think about any of it. They will vote for whoever they find less annoying.

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 2d

Do not tell me how old Liz Lemon is in season 1 of 30 Rock. There is no way the answer won’t horrify me.

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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 3d

ugh, I gotta hand it to them that staking the shutdown on healthcare was good politics. Republicans genuinely don’t care if their policies kill hundreds of thousands of people.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 3d

She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.

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