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Alex A. Pagliuca

@alexpagliuca.bsky.social

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Writer. Film lover. Horror evangelist. Anti-fascist. Night owl. Misfit toy. Pragmatic idealist, and skeptic at the same time. Autistic. AI is for suckers. If you’re interested in my pronouns, ask. Having a unisex name is useful in certain ways.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 5h

screenshot from The Insider - Russell Crowe's Jeffrey Wigand seen from behind in a white collared shirt and gray wig, standing slightly off-center (on the right side of the frame) in his dark hotel room. caption for Pacino's Lowell Bergman (in voiceover) reads, "I'm running out of heroes, man"

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 5h

"Dario Argento’s artful giallo pits a chauvinistic pianist against a psychotic killer, as both race to the primal scene of trauma": DEEP RED (1975) on MUBI UK & Ireland from today projectedfigures.com/2022/12/21/d...

Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) (1975) - Projected Figures

Dario Argento's artful giallo DEEP RED pits a chauvinistic pianist against a psychotic killer, as both race to the primal scene of trauma

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 5h

A force.

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Hayley Williams: True Believer | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 5h

Now that’s what I call Yikes™️

Łori J. Williams🧋 @ringtheory.bsky.social · 5h

Google to employees: give your health info to AI or you don't get health benefits.
Why do I get the feeling that the privacy and security audit wasn't of the same rigor as one for facial recognition for building access? 🤔

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Google told employees: If you want health benefits, sign up with a third-party AI tool

Google rolled out a third-party AI tool for health benefits, sparking concerns about data privacy and consent among Googlers.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 6h

everybody just stay cool

An upsetting number of antifa members have streamed forth from a small car, to be confronted with actual clowns. (Photo by Fabian Bimmer, via the AP.)

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 5h

The girlfriend of the antifa founder.

The image shows a close-up of Mia Goth’s face, as Sara in the 2018 Suspiria remake, centered in the frame. The individual has long, light brown hair and is looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. The background is dark, contrasting with the person's pale complexion. A blurred figure wearing red can be seen slightly in the foreground, out of focus.

Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 5h

Budget is a hindrance to this, but what is on screen gives the suggestion writer/director Graham Hughes is someone to watch. He knows what makes ideas interesting in film, has a good grasp on pacing and character. If I worked at an A24, Neon or Spectrevision, I’d be talking to him.

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 8h

Another girlfriend if the founders of antifa: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

'She believed you have to take sides': How Audrey Hepburn became a secret spy during World War Two

As a teenager growing up in the Netherlands, the Oscar-winning actress bravely carried messages for the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 7h

I wrote the entire front page of a newspaper one morning by kerosene lantern after Hurricane Ike knocked out the power at the newsroom and pretty much everyone else in town.

We put out a damn paper. Fuck AI.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 9h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 6h

Okay. I’m hooked. This gets off to a great start.

Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 6h

That may be the most appealing way it’s been described to me. Might have to slot it in in November

Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 6h

That makes sense. I get the feeling that there’s a rabid audience for it, whose vocal nature (myself included) made the viewership for it seem bigger than it was too.

Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 7h

I still haven’t watched that, and I should. It’s right at a nexus of different interests for me.

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 7h

That makes PERFECT sense to me. They clearly want to be in business with him, but I guess the numbers weren’t there for that show.

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 7h

Every once in a while, I see people saying Netflix cancelled Mindhunter. My impression was that David Fincher basically decided other projects were his priority and then too much time passed. Am I wrong here?

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 7h

“Private sector economist.”

Why am I not shocked?

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 11h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 7h

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 7h

I changed the interaction settings for my posts, and it helped a whole lot with the randos streaking into my mentions like they set themselves on fire and it was my job to put it out.

A lot of it is people who haven’t put in the time to grasp the subject matter, like the fool in your example.

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Nadia Bulkin @nadiabulkin.bsky.social · 12h

Hell yeah re: ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY: "This collection dabbles in the paranoia and abuses of power happening in our everyday lives. Bulkin takes the dial of these concepts and turns it up to the max." 🎚️

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6 Recent & Upcoming Knockout Horror Short Story Collections

Dabble in the abuses of power that happen everyday, read about Halloween pranks going horribly wrong, and more

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Stephanie Rabig @stephrabig.bsky.social · 7h

Day 8 of 31 Days of Spooky Books is up!

#horrorsky #newsletter

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31 Days of Spooky Books: Day 8

I recently read my daughter “Sally Under the Bed”, the first short story in this Nick Roberts collection.

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Yolanda Sfetsos @yolandasfetsos.bsky.social · 7h

The sky looks really ominous this afternoon. Hope I make it home before it rains/storms.

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 7h

Got a few recs for this one, so I’m rolling right into it in a minute. The trailer looks interesting.

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Hostile Dimensions (2023)

Two documentary filmmakers travel through alternate dimensions to uncover the truth about a graffiti artist who has vanished.

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 7h

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David Niall Wilson @davidniallwilson.com · 8h

The novel slowly slipped past 120k words... new territory for me for sure... I know I have things to trim, but I also have things to flesh out... We'll see how this ends up. Here is a cat so you will actually read this.

Pants, Our big chonky tuxedo cat. He's tucked in between my legs on my recliner, watching me. He had a white chest, big green eyes, a shite muzzle and nose... he's a handsome boy.

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