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writer: Nightscript, @DimShores.bsky.social @ThinkingHorror, @weirdfictionrev, film crit. @ patreon.com/ascannerburkely | mulchsack left. most likely to be mad online, class of 2000. he/him.

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · Nov 14

For those who just joined or don't remember who i am, I write a lot (film & lit. crit, fiction, poetry, music thoughts).

The essay below is for subscribers but I've lots of public posts too on my patreon. I hope you'll have a browse & consider signing up for cheap!
www.patreon.com/ascannerburk...

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 10h

Netflix: my dms are open

A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 10h

Corn in a Clownfield, now that would be pretty unsettling. A field of clowns growing for acre upon acre. Suddenly someone discovers a solitary stalk of corn among them. I would not fuck with that corn no sir.

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Crab Man @crabman.bsky.social · 10h

I just checked out the hearts of men and I did not like what I saw.

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 10h

Excitedly showing my unimpressed cat a series of AI videos of what her littermates might be doing today, telling us about their life philosophy, their favorite bands, things of that nature

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 19h

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 11h

New Extremity Collection Volume 2 (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003) Blu-ray Collector's Edition is out today from @umbrellaent.bsky.social, and includes my video essay "'I'm too dry, my love': arid relationships and desert politics in Bruno Dumont's TWENTYNINE PALMS" shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/new...

New Extremity Collection Volume 2 (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003) Blu-ray Col

Volume 2 continues to showcase landmark films that redefined the boundaries of cinema at the turn of the millennium. This provocative selection of four films dives deep into the flesh, psyche, and tab...

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 14h

Compassion fatigue is a real thing, but in the context of people who work hospice and healthcare and people who do support services for basically anything deeply depressing where you get to know about the worst aspects of death/disability.

It is not about people seeing homeless people lol.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Reading about Democrats who agree with Trump's plan to forcibly commit homeless people

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 11h

thank u dr oz for your contributions to society: fucked up grocery shopping and giving the viewers of Oprah eating disorders

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Billy Domineau 🇵🇸 @billydomineau.bsky.social · 11h

Weird that my son isn’t enjoying these AI videos of his deceased twin

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 11h

In which we're tsidetracked by a tsunami, chroming our chrskull, and clowning around with reactionary clods

Today for patrons I've some archival writing on the films Vinyan, Laid to Rest, and Terrifier

www.patreon.com/posts/140716...

Vinyan: A woman stands on a path in the jungle

Laid to Rest: A tall shadowy figure carries a body between two cars on a green-lit and foggy night.

Terrifier: An obnoxious blonde tempts fate by sitting on a stoic Art the Clown's lap for a selfie in melodramatic pose inside a restaurant.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 14h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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CTRL+ZEN @ctrlzen.bsky.social · 3d

#HADES
#HADES2

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👻 attack of the giant rissa🎃 @therissa.bsky.social · 12h

rube goldberg machine that, upon its completion, has kicked you out of the apartment and changed the locks so you can’t get your stuff back either

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 12h

It builds character, a necessary part of machine cohabitation

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 12h

Just as "Psycho" stopped me from being willing to take a shower the rest of my life, ever since seeing the 1987 horror film Hellraiser and moderately superior sequel from the following year, I have had a strong aversion to the idea of experiencing hell and would never go there.

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Richard Whittaker @rmwhittaker.bsky.social · 12h

Or when people say "but you should go see this film because it's about something." Every film is about something, it's just that some have the good grace to actually be worth watching too.

Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 12h

One thing that drives me bonkers is all the people who attempt film analysis of "you all say you want original films and here's an original film you all didn't go see."

That's not enough. It also has to be an original film that inspires people to leave their homes and open their wallets.

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 12h

birth marriage death motherfucker

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 12h

Hellraiser is a Christmas movie (families in the process of being torn apart, people wishing for things and getting the shitty version of what they meant)

A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 12h

Given the choice, I would not have shot Bambi's mother, no.

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · May 25

Someone should take the "Jesus wept" moment at the end of Hellraiser and dub in the "time fliiiiies" moment from the end of "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears.

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · Nov 24

They don't call me "Pinhead" for nothing. In fact, they don't call me that at all. You might be thinking of the primary antagonist from the Hellraiser series of films & print media. Interestingly, the character was not originally called that nor was he intended as a mainstay or "leader"of cenobites.

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 12h

Kinda don't mind the sound of this

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly.

It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.

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Kaitlyn @kiixlyn.bsky.social · 14d

i took tylenol while i was autistic and now my son is pregnant

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A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 12h

And I love the Suspiria remake, so it has a place here too