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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 4h

“At last, we have the technology to solve work-life balance by automating life, thereby allowing you to spend more time on work.”

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 8h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 5h

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 22h

Much later than usual, but the Friday 10 rolls along! I put my music player on shuffle and posted 10 lyrics, it’s up to you to guess the artists and the songs! #music #blog

My Warm and 10der Love – The Film Optimist

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Dark Shadows News @darkshadowsnews.bsky.social · 1d

Kino Cult are releasing a selection of Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis’ horror and literary adaptations on Blu-Ray, celebrating some of the classic stories reimagined for Dark Shadows.

Classic Monsters features Jack Palance in Dracula and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: amzn.to/3IEaNzt

Dan Curtis Blu-Ray collection from Kino Cult.

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 1d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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Rhett Derrick @lawzag.bsky.social · 2d

Yo dog, I heard you like hallucinated citations, so we put hallucinated citations in your response regarding hallucinated citations so you can show cause while you show cause.
iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 2d

Now ya went and made me use the *emphasis asterisks* more than *two times,* dammit.

The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 2d

For those of you keeping score, the 4th Amendment is the one that protects *citizens* from unreasonable search and seizure. It *allows* probable cause, but that's a justification and is subject to challenge in a court of law. It is far from *protected.*

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Max Sarin @maxsarin.bsky.social · 2d

Here is number 8 (Mukava manaaja/Nice exorcist) for the drawing challenge! #perjantaipaja #perjantaipajavinkkaa #sarjakuu #sarjakuu2025
@sarjakuvaseura.bsky.social

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 2d

Finally settled on the scary version of my display name.

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Amanda (OnionBug) @onionbug.bsky.social · 2d

Are you trans in the Magic the Gathering space? Are you creating, supporting, even just playing and having fun!?
Sound off. Celebrate yourself here. Find each other. We're stronger together.

Are you an ally? Boost us. Show support. Help us feel safer out here.

a cartoon drawing of a fox carrying a flag

Alt: Magic the Gathering character Miles Tails Prowler says trans right

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 2d

"Keep it down JK or I swear to god I'll get the hose."

a meme by salt_baer: I put a fried egg on my Croque Monsieur to make it a Croque Madame and now JK Rowling is outside my house shouting at me.

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 2d

There were times in grad school where I read a 50-page academic article, boiled it down into a page-long summary, and did it all right before I absolutely HAD to get on the road to make my 45 minute drive to campus and get to the classroom just as the door was closing. AI would have slowed me down.

victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 2d

i took caffeine pills and wrote 8 pages about the odyssey in 90 minutes before it was due. i had not read the odyssey. A-

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

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.

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 2d

Sylvester McCoy is my favorite of the classic Doctors and an all-around mensch and I will fight for this. #DoctorWho

The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, actual Seventh Doctor actor Sylvester McCoy is on the protest line against DJT and for migration ♥️

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 3d

“Appalachia.”

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 3d

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 4d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/why-8
#smbc

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The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 3d

"They're picking photos and videos to fit a narrative!" Yes, I feel like that's covered by "Does truth just not matter any more?" But if you want it to be an option on its own, sure -- Is everybody just ignoring the real pictures to pick the ones that fit the narrative they're selling?

The Film Optimist Wearing a White Bikini with Angel Wings @filmoptimist.blog · 3d

This week I've seen a rash of news stories with pictures of the wrong event or pictures of the wrong person. Is every newsroom using AI to search for relevant pics/video? Does truth just not matter any more? Or is everyone so overworked and stressed by deadlines that they don't check their own work?

kate conger @kateconger.com · 3d

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 3d

The obvious follow-up that no reporter ever seems to ask Johnson is: do you think the country can afford a Speaker of the House who is this fucking uninformed?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 3d

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