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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 9m

holy hell

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 4d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 22m

in the white house?!?!?

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 23m

Reminds me of that guy I saw on Twitter long ago that literally told Stephen King "you are a singing dancing monkey for our amusement, you are not allowed opinions of any kind"

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 26m

I hate these. so much paperwork

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 27m

DJ Puddingtime

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 2d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Certified Forgotten @certifiedforgot.bsky.social · 4h

"I like Rothe as a performer. I want her to make more movies. And when your target audience is already predisposed to cheering for one-third of a three-hander, that gives your horror movie a pretty safe floor." Here's @monagle.bsky.social on the new Jessica Rothe vehicle AFFECTION.

'Affection' Review: Jessica Rothe Remains a Scream Queen

BT Meza's 'Affection' offers another blend of horror and sci-fi for star Jessica Rothe, who remains one of the great Millennial scream queens.

certifiedforgotten.com

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Johanna Taylor 👻 Lightbox Expo 630 @johannamation.bsky.social · 28d

Reviewer: The worst part is, they made the monster hot!

Me, kicking my feet: Oh no omg they made the monster hot?? Wow ahaha I can’t believe they did that, so uh how hot did they make the monster 👀

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Sep 8

Has ANYONE read the fucking book?

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 4h

I NEED SOME UNGUENT PLEASE
OH HOLY JEEZ

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James Greene, Jr. @jamesgreenejr.bsky.social · Oct 30

This is your annual reminder that in 2005 I saw Bobby "Boris" Pickett live when he was a surprise guest at a Rocket From The Crypt show. He sang one song ("Monster Mash") and prefaced it by saying, "Elvis said this song was the stupidest thing he ever heard, but he died on the toilet, so fuck him!"

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 13h

"Sweet Enola Gay, son! I'm gonna come in here and corpse you up!"

Oh and I also love
"Way to guard the parking lot, Top Gun!"
"I have four medals for this!"

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 16h

almost certainly THE best visual gag in the history of the show, for my money

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah it's close! I think what gives Gleaming the edge is it's got some of my favorite lines ever ("buzzcut Alabamians flying their whiz jets to the sounds of Rock Me Like a Hurricane," "That fool McGuggett just sprayed runway foam all over Chuck Yaeger's Acura")

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 16h

When I think about my favorite Simpsons episode, it's either this or "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming," with "Gleaming" getting an ever so slight edge. But I love Cape Fear, so of course I love this.

On This Day in Simpsons History @dailysimpsons.bsky.social · 17h

32 years ago today, Homer showed his new chainsaw and hockey mask to Bart. "Cape Feare," first aired October 7, 1993.

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 16h

great fucking choices

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 18h

dude it's so good

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 18h

it's a blast as long as you accept that it's a fever dream that has nothing to do with real world hacking

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 18h

For the night crowd, I wrote a spoiler free review about why Bring Her Back is one of the best horror films this year. Free to all, as usual. 🎥👻

www.patreon.com/posts/140676...

Bring Her Back (Danny and Michael Philippou, 2025) | Alex Pagliuca

Get more from Alex Pagliuca on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 18h

me but it's Horror Hospital aka Doctor Bloodbath

Kane the Ghoul Wrangler @demikane.bsky.social · 18h

"10 horror movies to get to know me by"

Just watch Don’t Go in the Woods ten times in a row to get to know me

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 20h

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 19h

sons of bitches

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 19h

Fat shaming is wrong but those National Guard guys are making it really hard to resist

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 19h

Traveling back in time by queuing up the "Hackers" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring such hits as The Prodigy -- Voodoo People

A Scanner BOO!ly @ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 19h

Traveling back in time by queueing up the "Spawn" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring such hits as Crystal Method & Filter - (Can't You) Trip Like I Do

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 19h

dodged a bullet!

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 19h

I read on Wikipedia that there were not one but two VAMPIRES sequels, and no. I refuse to believe it. Do not show me the dvd covers or screenshots or IMdB entries, even if I saw the movies themselves I would refuse to admit they exist

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