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Johanna Taylor 👻 Lightbox Expo 630 @johannamation.bsky.social · 1h

I’m convinced the main reason Miyazaki films have a reputation for being “cozy” in the West is because he actually writes and animates long moments of quiet into his stories, whereas Western animated films are usually a nonstop parade of loud music, sounds, noises and neon colors.

Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 14h

Miyazaki: in this movie two young girls (one is a toddler) are uprooted from everything they know to start new lives near the rural hospital their mother is in; she is possibly dying of TB. Their dad works several hours away and they are largely unsupervised.

AI Bros: so homey! So comfy!

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 14h

every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 59m

Would definitely bark at me.

I like to wear baseball caps! I'm bald as hell and I'm French with German ancestry, I burn easily.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 59m

I reckon Bill Burr ought to look up Situational Ethics.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situati...

Situational ethics - Wikipedia

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1h

How tall we talking, what's the threshold?

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1h

Man held onto principles for one hot minute... and abandoned them the moment he was offered what I could only assume was a proverbial dump truck's worth of money.

OTG-ing into October @busterbernstein.bsky.social · 1h

I think the most insulting thing is that he treats Saudi Arabia like an alien planet and he's an explorer.

"Omg they have running water and McDonald's and air conditioning,they're human just like us!".

Yeah dude they've had these things for a long ass time, longer than you've been alive.

Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 2h

And that's basically what he did. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1h

... Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck-

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1h

Ooooh, *fuck.*

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1h

… concerning Terry development:

I think Terry’s kinda racist. Or, at least, his previous owners were.

He barks at every black man he sees. Not black women, at least, but black men? Cue the howling.

This is becoming a troubling pattern.

What do I do, gang? How do I deprogram my dog?

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 1h

Frankly, we need more boring futurists, rather than the cultish loons of Silicon Valley.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 2h

... I'm in the mood for old-fashioned horror.

Gang, pitch me a horror movie from the 30's to the 50s, please.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 2h

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

You're like a sexy elephant.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

THOUST WOUND ME, MY LOVE

You know I already doth apologized!

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

Oh, 100%.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

... wait, just realized-

Is the rose emoji meant to signify you agree or...?

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

What about Willow Creak, mind? That's easily the creepiest Bigfoot flick.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 3h

Hi, do you like gay whalers? Gay bank robbers? Muscular lesbian artisans? With a side of magic and weirdness? All of this and more is in Call and Response, my collection of short stories out from Neon Hemlock next week! Available to pre-order from the publisher: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

Oh that would be some Terror season 1 shit.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

Ha, was actually thinking about that.

It was cool, 100%.

But I'd like to see what a Japanese filmmaker in particular could do with the premise.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

If this dream is evident of anything?

Having super speed with AuDHD?

Ooh, boy.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

It's wild there hasn't really been a movie about the Ningen yet.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

Holy shit, I had a wild dream.

I dreamt I took Dorian to Paris... but woke up one morning to find they weren't there, so, in a panic, I ran all over the city to find them.

Only to come back to our hotel room to find them walk out of the bathroom, toothbrush still in mouth, looking very confused.

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 3h

This morning’s tune…

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SVOu...

YES - Owner of a Lonely Heart (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by yesofficial

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Philby Bear @philbybear.bsky.social · 4h

It’s terrific.

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Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · 8h

Bro popped out of a Gintama episode

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 13h

FYP blessed me with this upon opening TikTok it was meant to be @erinbiba.bsky.social

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