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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 8h

Spotted a member of Antifa out in public. If you see something, say something

A cardboard cut out of a jack Kirby, drawing of the character, Captain America. The cut out is on the side of a comic book store.

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 12h

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Joseph Scrimshaw

A man stands outside a house decorated for Halloween. He is looking behind himself. Behind him is a very large, scary, pumpkin spider guy with lights in their eyes.

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 1d

Doing final review of our horror film DEAD MEDIA. Pictured here is @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social’s character in a moment of growing alarm. If you’re in Minneapolis on Oct 20th you can find out what’s alarming him at our premiere event!

Tix & full info here: deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

A screenshot of a horror film. The actor James Urbaniak looks in alarm at something off camera

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

I get that everyone thinks it's a funny little joke when Trump says nonsense about "trangender for everybody" (because really, wtf does that even mean?), but I gotta say that as a trans person, I find it absolutely fucking insane that he's constantly obsessing over trans people existing. It sucks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 2d

I keep mispronouncing livestream as livescream and at some point I’m just going to embrace it. 2 hours of bellowing, like and subscribe, hit the notification bell

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 2d

I keep mispronouncing livestream as livescream and at some point I’m just going to embrace it. 2 hours of bellowing, like and subscribe, hit the notification bell

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 2d

Look for the helpers

In the front yard of a Los Angeles home, two skeletons hug the base of a palm tree as though in love

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

The most cogent walk-through of the Ellison takeover of Paramount I've read.

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a good blog: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

defector.com

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, if you’d like to join us at the premiere in Minneapolis, info is here: deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

Dead Media: Film Premiere

The premiere of DEAD MEDIA. A creepy horror film written & directed by Joseph Scrimshaw and filmed on location in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 3d

I haven’t post in two days because I’ve been working to wrap post production for our horror film DEAD MEDIA. but I find it’s easier to get up and go to work if you have a weird bear glass to stare at you.

An old glass from A&W restaurant. Rooty The Bear wears an orange sweater, tam o shanter, and no pants. He appears to be hugging the glass for unknown reasons while turning to stare at the drinker with a knowing look in his bear eyes

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 5d

Update on the premiere of our film DEAD MEDIA in Minneapolis on Oct 20th! The event will feature some pre-film entertainment from myself & the great @billcorbett.bsky.social. (Bill also has a cameo in the film. Look at all the emotional trauma!)

Tix here: deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

A screen capture of a frame of film with a timecode. A man's face in moody lighting suffering existential dread

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 7d

Every October 1st, my wife kindly leaves out a little pumpkin and a festive yet eerie note to celebrate the season. And every October I’m very busy on the 1st and forget its little pumpkin day. As autocorrect once made me say, “It’s a nice jump care.”

A small orange pumpkin, and a note with a spider and a web on it. The note reads happy October.

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 8d

Are we not all this Superman action figure? Are we not all packaged with our own kryptonite draining, draining, draining away?

A retro style Superman action figure from 1978’s Superman The Movie. He is packaged with a large kryptonite necklace

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 9d

Quote-posting my own promotional post because I’m too busy finishing the film to promote the film premiere

JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 22d

Our horror film DEAD MEDIA premieres in Minneapolis October 20th. The story of a troubled young woman, her aging hipster uncle, and a haunted DVD. The event will feature pre-film entertainment, a Q&A, photo op, and more.

Tix & info:
deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

A promotional teaser image for the new horror film DEAD MEDIA. A young woman peers over an old horror movie DVD. Mysterious blue energy glows out from the DVD. The text reads. You may be done with the DVD, but it's not done with you. Dead Media. A new horror film written and directed by Joseph Scrimshaw. Premiere event in Minneapolis. October 20, 2025. The Parkway Theater. Tickets available now.

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 10d

Trump:
We have to invade New York, the liberals have weapons and they're stealing all the pizzas!

Sir, you're watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 11d

Today's self care:
I took a shower and bought a Dracula action figure but not at the same time

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 12d

Doing some last minute shots for our horror movie DEAD MEDIA and making sure my old typewriter gets a cameo

If you’re in the Minneapolis area on October 20th you can see the typewriter in action at our premiere.
Tix & info here:
deadmediamoviempls102025.eventbrite.com

A picture of a camera viewscreen. In the camera’s screen is a 1940 LC smith typewriter glowing green

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 12d

As a student of history and frozen pizzas: Yes

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 12d

"Well, at least with fascists the trains run on time--"

Train derails and explodes, giving the entire nation measles

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 13d

Exercise Update: I sent 23 emails today

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 13d

I love this intersection because you get a LOT of accidental conversations between the posters like this!

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 13d

I enjoyed seeing your name begin to appear in this fantastic collage of billboards in Hollywood

Two large billboards in Hollywood. A small one for the movie Good Fortune with Keanu Reeves arms outstretched. Above him, a large billboard for the movie HIM being plastered over by an ad for the horror film Black Phone 2

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JosephScrimshaw @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · 13d

A great thread from my friend @windelina.bsky.social about the power of sharing stories

Spooooky Wind @windelina.bsky.social · 13d

5 years ago, during the height of lockdown, I started watching STARGATE SG-1 with a long distance friend over Zoom as something to do to fill an evening, maybe finish watching a show I’d enjoyed but had wandered away from, and get a social connection.

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