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Reuben Willmott @reubs.bsky.social · 2d

Dave Gibbons contribution to the 1988 anthology AARGH!

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 2d

wtf you two know each other?!

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 6d

For the second time in my career, I've interviewed Justin Lin. Excited to premiere the trailer for Last Days, his first independent movie in almost 20 years, at Esquire. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

Exclusive: Why Justin Lin Returned to His Roots in 'Last Days'

The celebrated 'Fast and Furious' director is drifting back to his origins—and you can watch the trailer here.

www.esquire.com

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 7d

I tracked down an entomologist and, ahem, bugged them with questions about Alien: Earth. I've done a lot of cool interviews in the past but this is easily the most fun I've had in a long time. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

We Asked an Entomologist to Fact-Check the Science of 'Alien: Earth'

Apparently, the most unrealistic part of the FX series isn't the aliens or how they hunt.

www.esquire.com

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 8d

Who’s your favorite Jedi?
(wrong answers only)

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 15d

This would kill as an Act 1 needledrop

Cover art for "#Selfie" by The Chainsmokers

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 16d

I don't think a lot of younger folks realize what a bfd #MeToo was, and the deep resentment and anger felt by a certain segment of powerful men at the very idea that they shouldn't have the privilege of abusing and taking advantage of women that they'd always felt entitled to.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16d

RFK Jr.'s little dig at "Believe All Women" when talking about autism, vaccines and Tylenol (all while blaming moms who take Tylenol for autism) reminded me of @lebassett.bsky.social's piece last year saying Trump's re-election was revenge for #MeToo.
www.thecut.com/article/trum...

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are Revenge for Me Too

Republicans are sending the message that women’s bodies now belong to them.

www.thecut.com

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 16d

Disney throwing a half-baked Mando trailer to make us forget about Jimmy Kimmel

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 16d

That was the most Disney+ ass trailer, you can't tell me that's for a theatrical movie

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

Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country —

Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live!

RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally

Demand ABC Bring Back Jimmy Kimmel Live!

RALLY TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
12pm - 1pm

310 HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN
(7 Hudson Sqaure between Spring
and Vandam, outside ABC Network)

RSVP: WGAEA.ST/KIMMEL-RALLY

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 21d

Cowards.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 22d

I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

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Lacy Baugher Milas @lacymb.bsky.social · 22d

Everytime it feels like this industry must surely have hit bottom, oh no here’s a lower place.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22d

Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

Business Insider and the Bots

The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.

www.status.news

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 22d

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 22d

Speaking of, YouTube Premium happens to have a LOT of Robert Redford movies streaming right now, including the aforementioned Barefoot as well as The Candidate, Spy Game, All is Lost, Sneakers, A Walk in the Woods, and The Great Gatsby. Probably more!

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 22d

My colleagues say All the President's Men and The Candidate, my bros say Captain America: The Winter Soldier, my mom says The Way We Were. But for me, my all-time favorite Robert Redford movie is Barefoot in the Park. Silly, sexy, lovely. Him and Jane Fonda together, nuclear grade chemistry.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 22d

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Don't stop believing

Some news, as they say

alansepinwall.ghost.io

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 24d

It just feels kinda cruel how that counter pops up while people are trying to find the words to thank people

Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 24d

This Boys and Girls Club/acceptance speech bit is not just awkward but kind of a weird vibe killer, which might be a problem because AWARDS SHOWS ARE A THREE-PLUS-HOUR VIBES EXPERIENCE. #EmmyAwards

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24d

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 24d

When I grow up I want to be like Tramell Tillman

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 25d

Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him

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Eric Francisco @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social · 25d

Pluto definitely. I have a few favorite channels on there and I turn it on for background noise as I do work around the house. Their action movie channels are an endless run of Mission: Impossible, Super 8, and Cloverfield.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 25d

This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.

But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 26d

Here’s I wrote about gamergate 11 years ago. Almost nobody major in the media got what this was or why it mattered. “Eh, it’s just nerdy Online Drama.” The difference now? The cluelessness remains, fewer publications & reporters—& gamergate took over the country. www.huffpost.com/entry/anita-...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27d

When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 27d

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

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