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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 14h

who is letting mario free solo the Olympic sport climbing wall, get the IOC out here

mario climbing with a harness but no ropes at all, if he falls he will lose one of many lives

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 16d

Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 15h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 17h

you're telling me all these guys moved to Texas after Ditka's closed?

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Jesse Hassenger @rockmarooned.bsky.social · 23h

I cannot emphasize enough that TRON: ARES is a pleasure to watch and to listen to, so much so that it almost (ALMOST) doesn't matter that it stars Jared Leto, who is not capable of the Keanu thing he's aiming for here. Reviewed: www.avclub.com/tron-ares-re...

Tron: Ares is a blockbuster from another decade, and that's not entirely bad

Tron: Ares has cutting-edge visual effects and snazzy digital cinematography, but some of its sensibility is oddly turn-of-the-century.

www.avclub.com

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 23h

A decent amount of @rockmarooned.bsky.social's Tron: Ares review is spent wondering why the film world keeps trying to make Jared Leto happen www.avclub.com/tron-ares-re...

Tron: Ares is a blockbuster from another decade, and that's not entirely bad

Tron: Ares has cutting-edge visual effects and snazzy digital cinematography, but some of its sensibility is oddly turn-of-the-century.

www.avclub.com

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 1d

having a dumb cat wearing a cone bumping around the house has totally ruined me for any future ghosts that may want to haunt me

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 1d

this pretty much sums it up

“I think there’s a danger to the community, but I don’t think it’s Ms. Martinez,” he said.

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2d

you don't need to see The Rock covered in prosthetics because we've already got The Smashing Machine at home (box office) www.avclub.com/the-smashing...

There's only one movie you need to understand The Smashing Machine's Mark Kerr

The Smashing Machine: The Life And Times Of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr is a more exciting, insightful look at MMA than Benny Safdie's biopic.

www.avclub.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

The first hearing in this case is set for 2 p.m. today, the same time that Pritzker and Johnson are set to address the news media. @wttw.bsky.social

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked a federal judge Monday morning to block President Donald Trump from deploying 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. @wttw.bsky.social

Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson Ask Judge to Block Trump From Deploying 400 Texas National Guard Troops to Chicago

The lawsuit filed by Illinois and Chicago officials calls the looming deployment of both Texas and Illinois National Guard troops a politically motivated and unconstitutional federal overreach.

news.wttw.com

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 1d

My brain has jettisoned everything it once knew about Uglies out of self-defense. All I remember now is how fun this review was to write

ToplessTopics.org @toplesstopics.bsky.social · 2d

This review does a good job of laying out the major flaws with Uglies, namely the cringey nonsensical premise and terrible pacing problems, with all these emotional outbursts from characters who never actually develop personalities when they're not crying or yelling. www.avclub.com/uglies-review

Uglies puts the “why?” back into “YA”

Joey King cannot escape the Netflix machine, as she leads the uninspired, dull, and confused YA adaptation Uglies.

www.avclub.com

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OG_McDuck @ogmcduck.bsky.social · 2d

A solid little piece of the kind the AV Club used to pump out in its sleep. Not as much these days.

There's only one movie you need to understand The Smashing Machine's Mark Kerr

The Smashing Machine: The Life And Times Of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr is a more exciting, insightful look at MMA than Benny Safdie's biopic.

www.avclub.com

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Mork @rumpledchords.bsky.social · 2d

feel like @jacoboller.bsky.social gets it www.avclub.com/the-smashing...

There's only one movie you need to understand The Smashing Machine's Mark Kerr

The Smashing Machine: The Life And Times Of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr is a more exciting, insightful look at MMA than Benny Safdie's biopic.

www.avclub.com

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2d

I just like saying Smashing Machine

skeleton doing a deep squat. Text: My body is a smashing machine that turns the theatrical release of The Smashing Machine into a piece about the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2d

Do I connect John Hyams' MMA doc to his grim DTV Universal Soldier sequels? You better believe it!

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2d

you don't need to see The Rock covered in prosthetics because we've already got The Smashing Machine at home (box office) www.avclub.com/the-smashing...

There's only one movie you need to understand The Smashing Machine's Mark Kerr

The Smashing Machine: The Life And Times Of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr is a more exciting, insightful look at MMA than Benny Safdie's biopic.

www.avclub.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2d

But I thought Texas and California were on the same side in the coming war

A map of the us split along divisions from the film Civil War

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 2d

no no you don’t understand when i said “states rights” i meant my state should have the right to invade your state with guns

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2d

the words every girl wants to hear

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 2d

Rainer Werner Fassbinder:

merritt @merrittk.com · 2d

no i just saw a penies and it inspired me to create Art

Joezer the Joezerian @joeblivion.bsky.social · 2d

is this about the new Taylor Swift album

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 4d

Orwell: 2+2=5 is fantastic, a savvy modern reckoning from one of our best documentarians. In keeping with doublespeak, it will make you feel crazy and understood at the same time www.avclub.com/orwell-2-2-5...

Orwell: 2+2=5 adds up everything keeping you awake at night

With Orwell: 2+2=5, documentarian Raoul Peck cuts into our modern hell, using George Orwell as his scalpel.

www.avclub.com

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 3d

When the genie keeps giving me wishes just to see if I keep going

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 3d

goggles are also very good for keeping that crap off your eyes (I have some extremely dorky 3M safety goggles but even swim goggles work)

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 3d

a reminder for Chicago folks that picking up or throwing back a tear gas canister will badly burn you unless you're wearing welding gloves which can be purchased for very reasonable prices at Menards

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