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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 2h

I didn't expect to love the new TRON movie — and I didn't — but I loved the first two so I had to write something about it:

A ★★ review of TRON: Ares (2025)

A morally compromised endeavor to be sure, but how could it not be? The long con of Big Tech's supposed benevolence is over* and treating AI personhood as an inevitability is a profoundly alienating c...

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1h

It's the best part of the movie kind of by default. Definitely lacks the scope and grandeur of the Daft Punk score but it generally fits the smaller, less ambitious tone of the film

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 1h

I used to be able to keep these DAILY MEMOs to under 3 minutes, the last couple videos have been impossible to. ICE is escalating in Los Angeles, just look at the article version with every incident highlighted. This is only what we could confirm, only what we know of. @lataco.bsky.social

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1h

It was the first time I ever considered pulling out my phone and posting during a movie lmao

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Ehren Ohkneel @ehrenohkneel.bsky.social · 3h

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 2h

I didn't expect to love the new TRON movie — and I didn't — but I loved the first two so I had to write something about it:

A ★★ review of TRON: Ares (2025)

boxd.it

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 7h

Once again the great people of Vulture have made a piece of content specifically for me

Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 17h

I had an absolute blast speaking to michael sheen about TRON: LEGACY. garrett hedlund's costume burning him! daft punk being french as hell! sheen describing castor as being a little "fash-y" with all those cabaret-inspired high kicks! a good time. at @vulture.com:

www.vulture.com/article/mich...

sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 8h

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 8h

There was a sliding doors moment in college where I got to know some people who encouraged me to become a (volunteer! unpaid!) content monitor for LiveJournal lmaoooo

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 10h

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened with CRJ's career if she had released anything other than "Good Time" as a follow-up

sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 11h

I never thought I'd yearn for the iHeartRadio app

sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 13h

It used to be that you could easily flag a spam/phishing message by its obviously poor grammar and stilted phrasing. Now everything is like this?

An app notification from Ticketmaster that says:

Your Tickets For Rilo Kiley Is Coming Up! Add Tickets to Your "Wallet" Now.

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

no I just liked the mental image! From a practical standpoint I'm concerned but I always love to hear whatever they've cooked up

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

(statler and/or waldorf voice) how about they try performing in complete silence!!

ryo @sneek.bsky.social · 1d

i knew they perform in complete darkness but still i wonder how the autechre show’s gonna be this week

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

it's a strategy! (This is the only game ASU lost so far this season)

Mississippi State cowbell tradition invades ASU practice

Arizona State has a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell. The "annoying" sounds were pumped into practice on Tuesday.

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molly ✨ @brat.fm · 1d

we need to know less about eachother we need to care more about eachother

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

Sometimes I think about this song and can't believe how perfect it is

Cardi B - WAP feat. Megan Thee Stallion [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Cardi B

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

a person is swimming in a body of water

Alt: corgiflop.gif

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Mike Barthel @mikebarthelauthor.com · 1d

Sending wishes for a speedy recovery to Dolly Parton. If she dies during this administration and does not lay in state in the US Capitol, as any American saint should, may the giants slumbering beneath the Appalachians rise up with force and level the Washington monument with a blow.

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

Just cracked mine open a few days ago and it's been a great daily driver!

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Whether you’re in need of a restock or looking to spice things up, this taco sauce has the L.A. TACO seal of approval! 🌶️💥

Grab your bottle at shop.lataco.com

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Beth @mothwing.bsky.social · 1d

I hate millennial play-by-play guys. I don’t want to hear them describe anything as “sick” or talk about “vibes”

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

I feel like 2007 was the rudest time for people at shows. Like the live music bubble was inflating but nobody knew how to act yet. I guess I would expect Decemberists fans to be... hyperverbal

sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

A House of Ham, Divided

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Al @alcartoonist.bsky.social · 1d

O.J. Simpson could have listened to Future and Metro Boomin's "We Don't Trust You" but he never got to hear "We Still Don't Trust You"

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 1d

You ever beheld something too large to exist on the same plane as humanity? I once stood behind the scoreboard at Autzen Stadium and briefly felt like I was going to die

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 1d

my "roki sasaki is now the primary option to pitch in the 9th inning" shirt is prompting a lot of questions etc etc

Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 1d

Did...did something happen?

Roki Sasaki is now the primary option to pitch in the 9th inning, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says.

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