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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 3h

Tagging @slcpgh.bsky.social and @caseystegman.com in case they haven't seen this info.

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 7h

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
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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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 3h

Fellow PA voter, here.

He was the lone dissenting Democratic vote today, standing up against the notion that...

(Chrcks notes)

... the administration stop blowing up boats and killing people.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 4h

This is absolutely correct. Bautista was working his ass off to make acting a viable career. He put in the time, made the low-rent movies, practiced the craft, and earned his current roles.

Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 5h

Goddamn, that man is exhausting.

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 5h

That would be part of the assumed debt, which is it's own (recognized) issue.

I want their "it's your problem now" price.

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Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 6h

Carlos Barria took just about every great photo of the first Trump administration. He’s in Portland right now documenting what’s actually going on.

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 1d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 5h

Can't argue with that.

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Cinefeast33 (but scarier) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.social · 6h

Also, on topic of new Bluesky users: I get asked a LOT about how to find followers.

Don't worry about "followers." Like, repost, and/or comment when you see things you like. If you're not willing to engage first, people probably won't discover you.

#filmsky 📽

Cinefeast33 (but scarier) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.social · 6h

When started with Bluesky year ago, Starter Packs were such a big thing. As I wasn't popular kid, just made me feel excluded.

Glad they don't seem to be emphasized as much these days.

That said, if new & posting great movie content...drop me a comment. Always want to follow new voices.

#filmsky 📽

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, those wre some LOTR (book) level travel scenes, though again, in the context of a serial, they make sense as chapter breaks -- leaving for the next stage ends one weekly adventure, the next recaps for people coming the next week.

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 6h

Remember, evolution teaches us that creatures with forward-facing eyes are predators.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Lee Casebolt @leecasebolt.bsky.social · 6h

If you're firing pepper balls at a guy in a giant frog costume do you even have the kind of self-awareness and capacity for introspection required to wonder what went wrong with your life?

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 6h

I definitely wouldn't have appreciated it as a younger man, that's for sure, so I can understand the frustration among some fans.

TBH, I didn't think about the subtext at all. I was just like, "Well, they got Doc in a tattered shirt, just like every recognizable cover!"

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 7h

I'd read that.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 7h

I know all of youse has already pre-ordered this brilliant anthology filled with brilliant writers.

But what about your families or your coworkers?

Shouldn't they have a chance to be happy?

Tell them to pre-order today. Or better yet, take their credit card and do it for them.

They'll thank you.

Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 8h

In an age lit by fire, only the most curious and driven souls turned a flame to the unknown. The least fortunate peered beyond the veil.

This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution releases October 20. Ebook preorder up now on Amazon & Kobo ⬇️

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 7h

Like I said, this was very clearly something the interviewer wanted off of her plate. Which, fine, I get it. It wasnt supposed to be her job.

But to hammer that point repeatedly, at the expense of all my other experience that matched the the bulk of the job, was definitely a choice.

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 7h

It's nice that you were able to step in. I've dealt with execs like that before, attacking one thing to sound informed, and it's just asinine.

I told this person, for the third time, no, that was an entirely different division at my former employer, "as I said previously."

That finally ended it.

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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 12h

Elected Dems should come together in a public place, for the press, to have an unprecedented all hands on deck press conference, to read a signed statement, declaring the Pres unfit and declaring a danger to democracy.

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 10h

any random moderately successful small restaurant creates 20 jobs

imagine how many little businesses that $38 million could spawn if we *correctly* allocated that capital to *actual job producers* (which are always small business)

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

"For instance, CNBC found that one Microsoft data center in Illinois received more than $38 million in data center sales tax exemptions but created just 20 permanent jobs."

www.cnbc.com/2025/06/20/t...

In race to attract data centers, states can forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to tech companies

Amazon, Meta and Google are among the beneficiaries of state tax exemptions for data centers that help power AI.

www.cnbc.com

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 9h

Ubisoft's problem, for years, has been listening to the loudest voices online.

Anyone who spends any amount of time online knows that the loudest voices never have an actual grievance, but Ubisoft always has a knee-jerk reaction and caves to people who look for a reason to be offended.

Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 9h

Ubisoft's problem, for years, has been listening to the loudest voices online.

Anyone who spends any amount of time online knows that the loudest voices never have an actual grievance, but Ubisoft always has a knee-jerk reaction and caves to people who look for a reason to be offended.

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 9h

Ubisoft's problem, for years, has been listening to the loudest voices online.

Anyone who spends any amount of time online knows that the loudest voices never have an actual grievance, but Ubisoft always has a knee-jerk reaction and caves to people who look for a reason to be offended.

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 10h

a cartoon of a man wearing sunglasses and a hat that says yup

Alt: a cartoon of a man wearing sunglasses and a hat that says yup

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 11h

Aw.

A screenshot of a gif that asks, "What is your horror movie role this Halloween?"

The shot froze the image on the description, "The One Nobody Likes."

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