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Abe Goldfarb

@abegoldfarb.bsky.social

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Dirtbag artist and humorless leftist scold. Pronouns: he/him/your lusciousness. Watch my movie, FIRST TIME CALLER!! https://www.amazon.com/First-Time-Caller-Abe-Goldfarb/dp/B0CJ5P5QKR

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 4d

Holy shit you guys it’s the spookiest month. You should watch my eerie little science fiction movie that the New York Times and Mike Flanagan thought was good as hell.

FIRST TIME CALLER is on Tubi and Prime Video!

A poster for FIRST TIME CALLER featuring me looking through a moonlit window and a quote from the New York Times:

"A neat concept neatly executed. Brynn and Goldfarb have done an exemplary job making a dynamic film."

A poster for FIRST TIME CALLER featuring me in headphones at a mic, smirking, and a quote from Mike Flanagan:

"Very Impressive, Amazingly Kinetic, Genre-Bending, An Excellent Indie Thriller."

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1h

I am watching the Jake Gyllenhaal Road House with the volume turned down, cranking NIN’s TRON:Ares soundtrack. It’s called cinema.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1h

DESTRUCTION OF OPIUM AT HUMEN: Kung fu avengers bust up the opium trade for the common good. It’s heavy-handed, kind of silly and unbelievably entertaining. And the fighting is just fucking showstopping. Xie Miao stays winning after EYE FOR AN EYE and HUNT THE WICKED.

The poster! Two men in a swordfight on a flaming boat. One against orange backdrop, the other against green.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3h

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 3h

“You misunderstand: when I said piracy was bad and a crime, I only meant that for poor people”

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 12h

I think I always appreciated making them aliens because the whole damn thing is so goofy, why not? If you’re determined to carry on with this after the most conclusive ending imaginable, may as well go for broke.

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 13h

“space aliens was really pushing it wasn’t it Russell, let’s say they were put in Time Jail”

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 13h

getting high and starting a change dot org petition to restore the theatrical highlander 2 where it turns out they’re all aliens for some reason

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 21h

we keep being told society will collapse if we try to help the poor and maybe not treat rich people like untouchable god babies, and if i can be honest that makes capitalism sound kind of bad!

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Much good stuff in here but this is the heart of it

This is the grain of sand at the center of the pearl of my ire, because "we are going to have to live here with each other" is the
exact premise that Republicans do not agree with any of us about, and while Klein in his remarks pays lip service to some of the recent proofs of this clear fact, his analysis of what to do about it he excises this reality entirely. In his mind, he and Kirk were just two guys, both trying to change the country for what they thought was good. It's a bond. Never mind that what Kirk thought was good was the American military in the streets of Chicago, and mass kidnapping in service of a white ethnostate, and the end of bodily autonomy for women and queer people, and so forth. In the Klein world, moral clarity about abuse is polarizing, and polarization, not abuse, is the problem to solve.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

huh?

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

one of my favorite things about criterion channel is that periodically they’ll be like “fuck it here’s every john carpenter movie, you freaks love this”

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Aaron Sorkin has so much to answer for

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

I am so pleased this is now part of your life

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

It’s on the Roku Channel with ads!!

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Full report please

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

Behold:

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Exit to Eden (1994)

Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation on an S&M island, he is followed by Omar, Omar's pa...

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

do you ever think about how the creator of happy days made a movie about lifestyle bdsm

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown

the doj was like "idk"

the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 2d

I keep forgetting the government is shut down bc Trump admin is so focused on sending troops to US cities

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

there are many very foolish individuals who believe that somehow we’ve reached the singularity and thus is is racist to be reactionary against a synthetic intelligence

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

if you think AI is sentient, then you’re basically a slave trader, enjoy this new thought experiment you dumdums

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

you can’t call people “racist against AI” and be taken seriously

like i’m sorry i don’t make the rules you are an absolute chooch my guy

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

It’s so stupid that our main problem as a country is that a statistically significant portion of the population refuses to agree on what constitutes reality. Not even a difference of philosophies, just a complete refusal to engage with Things That Are Actually Happening.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 2d

It! Is! Freaky!!

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 2d

“Why Albania?”

“Why not?”

“What have they done to us?”

“What have they done *for* us? What do you know about them?”

“Nothing.”

“See? They keep to themselves. Shifty. Untrustable.”

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 2d

no no you don’t understand when i said “states rights” i meant my state should have the right to invade your state with guns

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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