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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 21h

sorry hollyweird but there's only one "smashing machine" i'm interested in this fall

cider press next to a big ol basket of apples

darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 1d

those first two "to you"s in the happy birthday song really ratchet up the tension as to whether or not your loved ones know your name

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 7d

[lenny kravitz voice] ♬ I WANT TO PASS AWAY ♬

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 11d

last night was so cool

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 11d

refilling my roommate's peanut butter with water like vodka at my parents' house

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · Sep 11

companies programmed us to refer to art, music, video, and writing as "content" to make it seem like it comes from the website and not from a person who had to think of it and make it

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 14d

its the damnedest thing, the Ephemerol, you give it to a pregnant lady it makes the baby a scanner. they can't stop scanning. but the scanners get headaches, not so nice. Darryl Revok - tremendous guy, powerful guy, blew a guy's head up if you can believe it - he's, we're gonna be taking down ConSec

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 17d

happy 9/21 😎 youtu.be/uzuUe62PayI?...

chambaland - september break (ariana grande / earth, wind, & fire) - mashup

YouTube video by chambaland

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 20d

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 21d

I always maintained the NBC show THE SLAP should have been about a tough cop named Cal Slapowicz.

darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 21d

mark ruffalo's guy on hbo's TASK should be named "rick task"

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 21d

"oh shit, it's task!" - the bad guys on hbo's TASK when special agent rick task shows up

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · 21d

mark ruffalo's guy on hbo's TASK should be named "rick task"

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business

With Substack's latest launch, writers are actually ceding control of the billing relationship to Apple, which now owns and controls the subscription.
These transactions, subscriptions, and customers will no longer be accessible in their Stripe account.

Most importantly, that means that if writers choose to leave Substack, they won't be able to port their paid subscriptions over to another platform like they could previously. This predatory platform lock-in is incredibly dangerous for writers. It strips away data and control, while locking them into the platform.

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · Aug 4

in new york city ya best friend is a rat. ya clothes? dey's rats. all da taxis is drove by rats, ya pillow’s made a rats, and for dinner? there’s actually this great vegan mexican place off the east broadway stop

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · Jul 26

nascar is short for “nasty cars”

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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · Jul 23

I wrote about Colbert for the Guardian. It started out talking about the politics, but then it just became a sort of love letter for late night television.

The thing about jokes is that they require a shared base of knowledge. A shared reality. If I tell a joke about a commercial and you've never seen that commercial, the joke isn't going to go over very well. Losing late night shows is one more step toward losing a shared reality, and that to me is terrifying.

There's a moment every New Yorker knows. It happens when you're on the subway and someone does something particularly insane: an 83-year-old white lady raps, or a man in a three-piece suit publicly clips his toenails. And then you catch the eye of someone across the train - they raise their eyebrows and you raise your eyebrows back. And then you feel a little better because someone else saw what you saw and they can confirm that it's something.

Late night hosts like Stephen Colbert do that on a larger scale. They're our way of saying "Hey this is crazy right? RIGHT?" In this world of algorithmic bubbles and blatant lies and deepfakes, late night television is a place you can gather at night and say: "Yes, this happened and it's fucking weird"

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · Jul 18

calling ahead to the bar to make sure there aren’t any jerks there

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · Jul 18

The following is a statement from the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) on Paramount’s Decision to Cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

On July 2nd, Paramount agreed to settle a baseless lawsuit brought against 60 Minutes and CBS News by President Trump for $16 million. On July 15, during a regular show of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert went on-air and called the settlement a “big fat bribe” in exchange for a favorable decision on the proposed merger between Paramount and Skydance, a charge currently under investigation in California.

Less than 48 hours later, on July 17, Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a show currently performing first in its timeslot, giving vague references to the program’s “financial performance” as the only explanation. For ten years, the show has been one of the most successful, beloved and profitable programs on CBS, entertaining an audience of millions on late night television, on streaming services and across social media.

Given Paramount’s recent capitulation to
President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the
Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show’s cancelation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval.

Cancelations are part of the business, but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society. Paramount’s decision comes against a backdrop of relentless attacks on a free press by President Trump, through lawsuits against CBS and ABC, threatened litigation of media organizations with critical coverage and the unconscionable defunding of PBS and NPR.

The Writers Guild of America calls on New York State Attorney General Letitia James, no stranger to prosecuting Trump for illegal business practices, to join California and launch an investigation into potential wrongdoing at Paramount. We call on our elected leaders to hold those responsible to account, to demand answers about why this beloved program was canceled and to assure the public that Colbert and his writers were not censored due to their views or the whims of the President.

In the meantime, the Writers Guild of America will support our members at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and across the late-night industry as they speak truth to power and we will explore all potential legal and political avenues to fight for our members in the aftermath of this decision.

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · Jul 18

well this so-called "club" sandwich has very little ketamine in it

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · Jul 16

new three-track chambaland maxi on youtube! dm for mp3s 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pp...

chambaland - 4 U 2 (charli xcx / prince) - mashup

YouTube video by chambaland

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · Jul 18

I love late night shows and will always love late night shows. There’s a showbiz magic to hundreds of people throwing together an entire entertainment program for a live studio audience that will then be on television that same night. Regardless of business or if you like them, just kind of magical.

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · Jul 16

new three-track chambaland maxi on youtube! dm for mp3s 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pp...

chambaland - 4 U 2 (charli xcx / prince) - mashup

YouTube video by chambaland

www.youtube.com

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Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · Jul 15

The one real IMAX theater in the city flooded. Let this radicalize you.

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darn chaumbrelauwn @amfmpm.bsky.social · Jul 8

enjoying an italian gatorade (water bottle full of peperoncini juice)

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