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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · Mar 24

In 2004, to promote “Napoleon Dynamite,” Fox Searchlight screened the movie for free hundreds of times, built a social network from scratch, and gave away thousands of Vote for Pedro T-shirts. 21 years later, I spoke to the people behind the campaign: www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...

How ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ rewrote the indie movie marketing playbook

In the summer of 2004, Fox Searchlight found an audience for the film by building a social network from scratch and screening the movie for free—hundreds of times.

www.marketingbrew.com

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 22h

light work www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

25 out of 25.
You Should Run For Mayor
Congratulations - you don't just know New York, you are New York. You've mastered the subway transfers, perfected the sidewalk shuffle, and probably have a favorite coffee cart guy who knows your order before you say a word. From uptown to downtown, you navigate the city with the ease of someone who's lived here a lifetime.
Honestly, if you threw your hat in the ring for mayor, you'd have the boroughs behind you.

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Emma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social · 8d

They're calling it the longest day in WNBA history

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 8d

congratulations, 32 Chunk. you are so beautiful, even with a broken jaw ❤️‍🩹

photos of Bear 32 Chunk, the winner of Fat Bear Week

$Many questions swirled about Chunk’s fate after he broke his jaw. Bears in Katmai National Park do not receive veterinary care, and the fracture hobbled his ability to maintain his dominance and catch newly arrived salmon. Despite that, Chunk proved immediately adaptable. He adjusted his behavior to avoid most direct confrontations with other large male bears. He quickly learned to eat salmon without the full use of his mandible. Additionally, his large body size still gave him easy access to many productive fishing spots. He remains one of the largest bears at Brooks River.$

becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 8d

grateful that the government shutdown didn’t happen before the conclusion of fat bear week

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 8d

sigh

Stefanos Chen @stefanoschen.bsky.social · 8d

It's official: NYC bus and subway fares are rising to $3 next year, along with a number of other increases to transit fares and tolls. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/n...

It Will Soon Cost More to Ride the Subway and Bus in New York

www.nytimes.com

becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 10d

category is: my most-used eric adams photos

screenshot from eric adams’s instagram, he is sitting in a dentist’s office with a dog in his lap with the caption “i am at an amazing dentist”

eric adams in sunglasses getting a laser hair removal treatment

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 10d

Perfect, 10/10

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 10d

an underrated eric adams moment imo: trying to make heart hands with the nypd robot

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jessie @exliontamer.bsky.social · 10d

nypost.com/2022/05/11/i...

Is Gracie Mansion haunted? Mayor Adams says ‘there’s ghosts in there’

If the mansion is haunted, that would be news to historians, ghost hunters and former employees who spoke to The Post.

nypost.com

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 10d

nypost.com/2022/06/09/m...

NYC rocks: Mayor Eric Adams says crystals give city ‘special energy’

Hizzoner believes the minerals in NYC’s bedrock is helping the city’s “vibe shift.”

nypost.com

becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 10d

nobody was doing it like him www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

Mayor says New York is world’s greatest city because any day could be a new 9/11

Eric Adams says city is a place where New Yorkers could ‘wake up’ to a terrorist attack in unusual interview comments

www.theguardian.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Aug 14

Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 11d

i always admired kaleb and was thrilled when i was asked to fact-check his feature about the chowchilla bus kidnapping. the fc took me to surprising places (like an out-of-print, self-published book from the ‘70s), and i still think about the story often. give it a read: archive.ph/RrjPI

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 12d

what a spectacularly shitty thing to do! sfstandard.com/2025/09/25/b...

Baggu made transit merch for a store opening. BART had no idea.

The transit agency was “surprised to see our logo” on gear from the SF-based fashion brand.

sfstandard.com

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · 13d

I was there through this whole thing, was WELL aware of the shitty dynamic women were subject to and that everyone in this starts out talking about, but some of these clips in the first 20 minutes were still absolutely fucking horrible to see, and all you fuckers should watch the #LilithFair doc.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 15d

Calling all freelance fact-checkers!

We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project.

Email Chris ([email protected]) for more details.

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james herbert @jamesherbert.bsky.social · 18d

sucks when the pun store has only one item in stock

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 21d

you’re telling me

a pop-up that reads “you’ve reached your article limit.”

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 22d

What every game at Climate Pledge makes me think of

Screenshot from 30 rock where liz lemon is holding up a lime green dress and saying "The Clinique Lady says I have witch undertones"

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 22d

I worked in Minneapolis when Marilyn Hagerty went viral for her review of the Olive Garden. Her life before and after was fascinating. Great obituary here for a great newswoman.
www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...

Marilyn Hagerty, Herald reporter and columnist for nearly 70 years, dies at age 99

She wrote for the Herald for more than 60 years and became nationally famous for her work as a food critic.

www.grandforksherald.com

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 22d

It’s unethical to use language generating software to write news, full stop.

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 26d

what a week, guys

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 26d

New from @tinanguyen.bsky.social and me: Charlie Kirk's shooter left behind bullet casings with a furry sex meme and a bunch of Helldivers video game references. Subreddits for Helldivers immediately picked up on it.

www.theverge.com/politics/777...

Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme

The suspected shooter left a hodgepodge of extremely online taunts.

www.theverge.com

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 26d

"Drag the pipes to captcha the water."

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becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 27d

i got another one where i had to move a tire onto a drawing of a tractor with a missing tire