James Aponte
@jamesaponte.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Writer/Director of DREAM RUNNER (on @primevideo), VEJIGANTE, & lots of shorts. Just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe. 🇵🇷
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James Aponte
@jamesaponte.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Exciting news everyone: I finally have a website!
Take a break from doomscrolling and explore something that I put a lot of love and creativity into instead - and maybe watch a few of my movies while you’re there.
Explore and enjoy!
jamesaponte.com
Take a break from doomscrolling and explore something that I put a lot of love and creativity into instead - and maybe watch a few of my movies while you’re there.
Explore and enjoy!
jamesaponte.com
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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many of our problems stem from an unwillingness to admit that some people/ideas are just dumb. theyre not complex or have an ulterior motive or a long plan. theyre just dumb. its a dumb thing.
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
many of our problems stem from an unwillingness to admit that some people/ideas are just dumb. theyre not complex or have an ulterior motive or a long plan. theyre just dumb. its a dumb thing.
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Professional level talent at anything is always a combination of natural aptitude and years and years and years of hard work. Vanity training can’t create it, and neither can substitutes like AI. You get good at things through sweat and failure and years. It’s unfakeable.
December 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Professional level talent at anything is always a combination of natural aptitude and years and years and years of hard work. Vanity training can’t create it, and neither can substitutes like AI. You get good at things through sweat and failure and years. It’s unfakeable.
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Exactly this.
I am particularly unimpressed by @ox.ac.uk getting ChatGPT accounts for all students (&staff I believe) with the "reassurance" that our work won't be used to train the algorithms.
Plagiarism for me but not for thee.
Digital neocolonialism much?
www.ox.ac.uk/students/new...
I am particularly unimpressed by @ox.ac.uk getting ChatGPT accounts for all students (&staff I believe) with the "reassurance" that our work won't be used to train the algorithms.
Plagiarism for me but not for thee.
Digital neocolonialism much?
www.ox.ac.uk/students/new...
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Exactly this.
I am particularly unimpressed by @ox.ac.uk getting ChatGPT accounts for all students (&staff I believe) with the "reassurance" that our work won't be used to train the algorithms.
Plagiarism for me but not for thee.
Digital neocolonialism much?
www.ox.ac.uk/students/new...
I am particularly unimpressed by @ox.ac.uk getting ChatGPT accounts for all students (&staff I believe) with the "reassurance" that our work won't be used to train the algorithms.
Plagiarism for me but not for thee.
Digital neocolonialism much?
www.ox.ac.uk/students/new...
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There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
Trump Ignores Law and Sticks His Name on Kennedy Center
The name of the president was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
trib.al
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
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as a man raised by a single mother in the 80s and 90s who showed me via words and actions that women can in fact do it all, im so offended that in 2025-6 we're seriously even discussing "women, are they asking too much by asking for basic equality?"
shut the hell up. go shut up.
shut the hell up. go shut up.
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
as a man raised by a single mother in the 80s and 90s who showed me via words and actions that women can in fact do it all, im so offended that in 2025-6 we're seriously even discussing "women, are they asking too much by asking for basic equality?"
shut the hell up. go shut up.
shut the hell up. go shut up.
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I would pay $14.99 to not ever have to think or hear about Meta again
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I would pay $14.99 to not ever have to think or hear about Meta again
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one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
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and no, transgender rights are not a "distraction"
THEY ARE THE FIGHT
THEY ARE ALL THE FUCKING FIGHT
THEY ARE THE FIGHT
THEY ARE ALL THE FUCKING FIGHT
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
and no, transgender rights are not a "distraction"
THEY ARE THE FIGHT
THEY ARE ALL THE FUCKING FIGHT
THEY ARE THE FIGHT
THEY ARE ALL THE FUCKING FIGHT
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the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
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If Trump announces a new and illegal regime change war against Venezuela tonight pay attention to which elected Democrats stay silent and don’t vociferously oppose and condemn him for it - and then make sure those Dems are subjected to primary challenges next year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If Trump announces a new and illegal regime change war against Venezuela tonight pay attention to which elected Democrats stay silent and don’t vociferously oppose and condemn him for it - and then make sure those Dems are subjected to primary challenges next year.
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Rest in peace, Bob Burns. A legendary and influential collector/archivist whose impact cannot be overstated. Here is a brief story of how Burns “saved the day” for Alien Resurrection’s production- from the DVD commentary with Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Alec Gillis.
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Rest in peace, Bob Burns. A legendary and influential collector/archivist whose impact cannot be overstated. Here is a brief story of how Burns “saved the day” for Alien Resurrection’s production- from the DVD commentary with Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Alec Gillis.
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Amazing that Republicans and Democrats are in complete agreement about how much health insurance companies suck ahh yet nobody is willing to discuss some of the very obvious ways to get rid of them, ways that other countries have already tried successfully
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Amazing that Republicans and Democrats are in complete agreement about how much health insurance companies suck ahh yet nobody is willing to discuss some of the very obvious ways to get rid of them, ways that other countries have already tried successfully
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If Democrats want to say good things about a Republican president there’s a much better one than that piece of shit Reagan. How about the Republican president who beat the shit out of pro slavery terrorists?
December 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If Democrats want to say good things about a Republican president there’s a much better one than that piece of shit Reagan. How about the Republican president who beat the shit out of pro slavery terrorists?
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
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seriously though, there is very clearly pent up demand for rail options and every reason to build out as much new rail as possible.
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
seriously though, there is very clearly pent up demand for rail options and every reason to build out as much new rail as possible.
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
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some say "AI is here to stay and there's nothing you can do about it so you might as well get on board" and I hear "those bank robbers robbed the bank and right now they're sitting in their house surrounded by bags of money and there's nothing you can do about it so you might as well get on board"
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
some say "AI is here to stay and there's nothing you can do about it so you might as well get on board" and I hear "those bank robbers robbed the bank and right now they're sitting in their house surrounded by bags of money and there's nothing you can do about it so you might as well get on board"
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every time a corporation makes a bull-heaed decision I feel emboldened to keep writing my own stories
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
every time a corporation makes a bull-heaed decision I feel emboldened to keep writing my own stories
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TIME magazine is owned by Marc Benioff, owner of Salesforce, who literally ran an AI agents puff piece about his ow company in the magazine. I’m unsurprised he thinks a bunch of grifters are person of the year, he thinks they’re cool
Just wait until you see Time’s Person of the Year…😱😭
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TIME magazine is owned by Marc Benioff, owner of Salesforce, who literally ran an AI agents puff piece about his ow company in the magazine. I’m unsurprised he thinks a bunch of grifters are person of the year, he thinks they’re cool
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please support writers and artists and musicians and all the people who are doing the actual labor to create interesting, intentional work
December 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
please support writers and artists and musicians and all the people who are doing the actual labor to create interesting, intentional work