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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 9h

I have a 9-year-old. Can confirm.

William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 10d

A friend writes:

I saw someone's post somewhere that talked about how their
nine-year-old and all his friends have started using "That's AI"
instead of "I don't believe you."

Mom: "We're having dinosaur meat for dinner tonight."
Kid: "That's AI."

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, check out my pal Owen’s new comic on Kickstarter!

Owen "The Hammer" Hammer @thehammer.bsky.social · 3d

12 days left to go and we're 72% funded. Please take a look. Kiss kiss.

Rogues Gallery

A graphic novel about a team of super-villains who try to stop climate change.

www.kickstarter.com

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 12h

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 15h

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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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 14h

I've read FALLEN STAR and it's great! If you're a fan of Bosch or Ballard, I think you'll love Eve Ronin.

Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social · 15h

FALLEN STAR is coming in 1 week!
"Whether 'Fallen Star' is your 1st time reading Eve or your 6rth doesn’t matter. Goldberg has done it again with a compelling & complex mystery.” FirstCLUE
https://ow.ly/3iej50X8JYA

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James D.F. Hannah @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social · 1d

When the bell tolls, it tolls for thee at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to @curtisippolito.bsky.social about his climate change anthology, ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER.

open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 3d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 4d

AI at its peak.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 5d

This movie is so fucking fun. It knows EXACTLY what it is and sells it perfectly in its opening crawl. On the night of the last super moon, 1B people turned into werewolves. Tonight is the next Supermoon. 94 minutes of Frank Grillo vs Werewolves. A pure Drive In style good time monster movie.

Steven C Miller @stevencmiller.bsky.social · 5d

WEREWOLVES IS NOW ON HULU! cc @themaclennan.bsky.social

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Colby Day @colbyday.com · 5d

Someone DM'd me (my dms are always open ya weirdos) and asked a very good multi-part screenwriting question -- How many projects do you juggle at a current time? What stages are they at? And how do you keep track of them all? Let's dive in! hollyweird.colbyday.com/p/how-many-t...

How do you juggle all these projects?

Plus a free development slate template to keep track of them all

hollyweird.colbyday.com

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 5d

This episode was SO GOOD and I love Alan’s take on it.

Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 5d

My take on this week’s surprising Peacemaker: alansepinwall.ghost.io/peacemaker-r...

Peacemaker recap, Season 2, Episode 7: 'Like a Keith in the Night'

Can the 11th Street Kids make it home alive?

alansepinwall.ghost.io

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 5d

President Peacemaker.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at 6 P.M., D.C. time. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER."

Hamas has been a ruthless and violent threat, for many years, in the Middle East! They have killed (and made lives unbearably miserable), culminating with the October 7th MASSACRE, in Israel, babies, woman, children, old people, and many young men and women, boys and girls, getting ready to celebrate their future lives together. As retribution for the October 7th attack on civilization, more than 25,000 Hamas “soldiers” have already been killed. Most of the rest are surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, “GO,” for their lives to be quickly extinguished. As for the rest, we know where and who you are, and you will be hunted down, and killed. I am asking that all innocent Palestinians immediately leave this area of potentially great future death for safer parts of Gaza. Everyone will be well cared for by those that are waiting to help. Fortunately for Hamas, however, they will be given one last chance! Great, powerful, and very rich Nations of the Middle East, and the surrounding areas beyond, together with the United States of America, have agreed, with Israel signing on, to PEACE, after 3000 years, in the Middle East. THIS DEAL ALSO SPARES THE LIVES OF ALL REMAINING HAMAS FIGHTERS! The details of the document are known to the WORLD, and it is a great one for ALL! We will have PEACE in the Middle East one way or the other. The violence and bloodshed will stop. RELEASES THE HOSTAGES, ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE BODIES OF THOSE THAT ARE DEAD, NOW! An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 6d

When your wife’s been fasting all day and DoorDash completely screws up the dinner order.

a close up of a man in a superman costume flying through the air .

Alt: a close-up of superman angrily flying towards the camera.

media.tenor.com

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 6d

Netflix just added Michael Winner’s THE SENTINEL (1977) and John Badham’s DRACULA (1979) for Halloween.

It’s nice to see their licensing deal w/ Universal continue to bear fruit, especially w/ the deeper cuts from the '70s. #FilmSky #Halloween

Chris Sarandon and Cristina Raines in The Sentinel (1977)

Laurence Olivier and Frank Langella in Dracula (1979)

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Paul Chadwick @paulchadwick.bsky.social · 7d

One of Tom Adams' Raymond Chandler novel covers, maybe, collectively, his crowning achievement.

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Frank Pittarese 🏳️‍🌈 @frankpittarese.bsky.social · 7d

Have any other followers of @mrjoncryer.bsky.social received DMs from this guy—who claims to be Cryer’s social media assistant—asking about financial investments? He’s workin’ hard at selling me a line of bullshit, so heads up!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8d

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.

Yes: free.

If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Self-Generation Incentive Program

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...

www.ladwp.com

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Rick Ellis @allyourscreens.bsky.social · 9d

This is a really comprehensive look at the various live TV platforms

open.substack.com/pub/toomucht...

Too Much TV: How To Replace Hulu Live TV With Your Own Curated Cable Bundle

If you want to argue there are too many options available, I won't disagree.

open.substack.com

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Brendan Hay @bhay.bsky.social · 8d

Is warsplaining a thing? Because I think Hegseth is warsplaining to Generals.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 8d

It’s here, publication day! Now available in paperback and ebook, On Fire and Under Water is crime fiction that matters. Explore the existential crisis of climate change through the eyes of everyday people struggling to survive this sick world in these 15 stories.

Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 8d

TODAY: Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 9d

God, this crept up on me. We get a new Shane Black movie THIS WEEK!!

priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 9d

PSA: Shane Black's new Parker & Grofield movie Play Dirty drops on Amazon Prime this Wednesday, October 1st 🚨

priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 23d

saw another review of Play Dirty pop up immediately after I posted mine that mentioned an embargo, but no one said shit to me about that so here we go lmao

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 9d

It’s one of those things where I thought it was our own term, that we made up. Had no idea it was in wider use.

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 9d

Have you tried LAW & ORDER: TORONTO: CRIMINAL INTENT?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9d

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 9d

Ah, I’ve never seen American Pie so I didn’t know that popularized it. And sorry if I came off harsh — I wasn’t trying to “actually…” you. I just remember being a teenager working at a supermarket in the 90s and my other dorky friends would talk about “a MILF in the produce” aisle or whatever.

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · 9d

I know for a fact that term was around as early as the late 90s.

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