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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 6d

My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...

The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia

It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.

www.thenation.com

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 4h

31 Nights of Horror, continuing to rewatch Anthony Hickox movies while the wife's out of town. No poster for this one--it aired on HBO, not theaters--so here's some DVD box art instead. Seek it out if you haven't seen it, it's a ton of fun. Think POINT BREAK but with werewolves instead of surfers.

Box art for FULL ECLIPSE, featuring Mario Van Peebles holing a big-ass gun, and, underneath him, half-werewolf Van Peebles with another gun.

Back of the DVD box, with a bunch of werewolf cops and this text: In Los Angeles, the criminals are one step away from taking over the city. Drugs and guns are all over the streets. It'll take a special kind of cop to put an end to it all. Max Dire (Mario Van Peebles) is a special kind of cop, which is why he's invited to join an elite squad - a secret police unit - authorized to do whatever it takes to put an end to crime. Their leader, Adam Garou (Bruce Payne) has a secret method for dealing with crooks, a serum which when injected into his gang of rogue cops, gives them an extraordinary strength and speed. A drug that gives them the power of wolves, and a detely appetite for crime. Max is suspicious of Garou's renegade police force, but is soon seduced into joining them by their most beautiful member, Casey Spencer (Patsy Kensit). As Max soon discovers, there's a dark side to Garou's detective work and he must decide if he's going to run with the pack or stand against them.
Either way, by the full eclipse, the streets will run with blood.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 9h

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 12h

Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

You know that's way too "ethnic" for her, Parker.

Not to mention her aversion to nice blonde butter that's been "browned."

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 1d

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

31 Nights of Horror is a two-fer tonight, trying to get caught up for the couple missed nights so far. And doing it with one of Wes Craven’s most unfairly maligned films. Figure since I can’t make NYCC this week, this will have to do.

Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

yep!

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 2d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

31 Nights of Horror. Watched #1 last night, kinda had to watch the sequel. I believe this will send me down an Anthony Hickox rabbit hole. Both WAXWORKS, SUNDOWN, and MARIO VAN PEEBLES: WEREWOLF COP.

Poster for WARLOCK: THE ARMAGEDDON. The sequel to WARLOCK. No Richard E. Grant in this one.

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

Man, @pranadms.bsky.social put a great team together on this. comicsthemagazine.com

COMICS! The Magazine - The Website | Sometimes you need to do something just because it's cool.

comicsthemagazine.com

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

New @whoisrico.bsky.social project just dropped. And some other talented people, too, but I'm there for the design. comicsthemagazine.com

COMICS! The Magazine - The Website | Sometimes you need to do something just because it's cool.

comicsthemagazine.com

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 1d

It's surreal that we're watching the Attorney General, the head of the FBI, and the Speaker of the House running a cover-up in plain view but at this point I don't know how else you interpret things like this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

And that’s the way it is.

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Señor Cinco（他妈/他妈的） @tenletters.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m not officially 100 until December. 2 months. 2 months. It’d be funny if I didn’t make it… I brag sometimes about how I made it to 100, & the truth is, if I had known I was going to live this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself… It is frustrating, because I don’t know what I did right.”

Dick Van Dyke Jokes ‘It’d Be Funny if I Didn’t Make It’ to 100 Years Old: ‘If I Had Known I Was Going to Live This Long, I Would’ve Taken Better Care of Myself’

Dick Van Dyke will celebrate his 100th birthday on Dec. 13.

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

Best coach in NFL history? Maybe if you don’t include guys who coached in San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Green Bay, Oakland, Miami, Philadelphia, Kansas City, D.C., New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. And probably some cities I’m forgetting.

Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate Bill giving us so many clear answers to the whole “who deserves more credit for the Pats’ dynasty: Brady or Belichick?” question since he shipped Tom out. www.wral.com/sports/belic...

Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems

Multiple sources with knowledge of the inner workings of Bill Belichick's program say that UNC football's losses are a product of a divided locker room, a disorganized coaching staff and a failure to ...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 2d

31 Nights of Horror continues with a film I don’t necessarily think of as horror, but its tagline was “Satan also has *one* son.” And it’s always fun to watch Richard E. Grant and Julian Sands have a Nathan’s Famous-styled scenery chewing contest.

A poster for 1989’s first WARLOCK movie. Rest In Peace, TriMark.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2d

When Trump is about to do something awful, he signals ahead so that people can get acclimated to the idea. It reduces the likelihood of a blow up from people due to the shock.

Brace yourselves America. You put him in power. Get ready for the road to fascism to accelerate at a fast pace.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 2d

CALIFORNIANS!

you can help make our state better and safer for trans people RIGHT NOW by telling Newsom he needs to sign these bills!

We need you!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

Wife: The news feed is confusing today I was scrolling fast and saw someone I thought was Theo Von but it was Greta Thunberg

Me: How could you confuse them?

Wife: Umm

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Ford Gilmore @fordgilmore.bsky.social · 2d

"Man, it's going to be weird not seeing the Cowboys in the Super Bowl this season," says area man who recently came out of coma he went into during 1996.

Picture of US Attny General Pam Bondi and musician Bad Bunny with caption that reads "Pam Bondi petitions NFL to remove Bad Bunny from Super Bowl 2026; Jerry Jones warns of possible player strike."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The GOP has done nothing on healthcare in the 21st century other than stop Dems from improving it. Literally nothing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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