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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 2h

Jack Kirby's erasure from popular culture is one of the great artistic crimes of our era.

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 2h

Thanks!

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 2h

Thank you! Now I just have to get it published...

Martyn @martynpedler.com · 3h

Jesus, is the end credits of FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS the first big Jack Kirby praise in the MCU? Shows how effectively Stan Lee overtook the entire brand, huh?

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 4h

Also – after the disappointment of the SUPERMAN score – Michael Giacchino does great superhero themes here.

Martyn @martynpedler.com · 4h

FANTASTIC FOUR isn't bad! It has some personality, which is more than most IP-driven blockbusters. The ending isn't as poetic as an Ultimate Nullifier, but still pretty satisfying.

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 4h

Has anyone crunched the numbers on, according to media coverage, what one Israeli life is worth compared to one Palestinian life? 1:100? 1:1000?

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 5h

I'm watching FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS and I just can't quite get over it giving the Silver Surfer hair.

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 5h

And lo! Failing some last minute screw-up, I just submitted all my PhD revisions. I feel like I've been on a Reality TV show and I need to talk about my "journey".

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 7h

Prebunking: "If you’re about to air an interview with someone who lies constantly, tell your audience that up front. Remind them this person has lied before. Warn them what manipulation tactics to expect."

We Already Know How to Cover Trump's Lies. So Why Aren't Newsrooms Doing It?

A new playbook from the Reuters Institute lays out concrete techniques for covering authoritarian politicians. The problem isn't figuring out what to do — it's getting anyone to actually do it.

www.readtpa.com

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 8h

Let's take a moment to remember how funny the phrase "the intellectual dark web" really is.

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 12h

We're in a Reverse Flowers for Algernon, people, and we haven't even reached the middle.

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rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 20h

the thing i hate about freddy krueger is how much of a bastard he is - but would the movie even work if he was nice?

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 16h

Pitching a reboot of PORTLANDIA but it's set in the Portland of Trump's imagination.

Martyn @martynpedler.com · 16h

The definition of terrorist seems to be like the definition of obscenity: "I know it when I see it."

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 16h

I remember laughing at this in THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE! "Oh no, it's... Grimace-toned."

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 17h

Earth, Wind & Fire were very successful for 3/5 of a Captain Planet cover band.

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 18h

I dreamt I had a gun and killed a spree killer before he could open fire. Why am I having someone else's fantasies?

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 19h

You can volunteer your own work to be scraped and repurposed, George, but you can't volunteer anyone else's.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 20h

*sighs so loudly it registers on the Richter scale*

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

www.theguardian.com

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 1d

Whereas the sales pitch of conservative politicians is "look, I'll throw this minority under the bus" period.

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 1d

It was the best of TRONs: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron...

It was the worst of TRONs: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

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Martyn @martynpedler.com · 1d

Gazans, in their own words.

We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them.

We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?

www.nytimes.com

Martyn @martynpedler.com · 1d

"But advocates are growing increasingly concerned that funding decisions are reducing that independence, describing them as 'counterintuitive' and 'nonsensical'."

'I was so cross': NDIS participants blast 'nonsensical' spending rules

A year after a controversial NDIS change, advocates are growing increasingly concerned that "counterintuitive" and "nonsensical" funding decisions are reducing participant independence.

www.abc.net.au