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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15m

Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 1m

This thread illustrates the whole notion of a person making their own problem into everyone else's problem. And I think we're seeing that a lot these days.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 5h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4h

Still waiting for a more efficient explanation of everything than "Everyone got brain damage from Covid": the airline executives charging a $155 predatory premium for legroom, the guy deciding to customize his own flight experience, the chain of command aborting the whole flight—busted mind-traffic!

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 5h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 14m

The Roundtable on Antifa

The evil mask-wearing old people dressed in cloaks standing around an ancient table in HOT FUZZ.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 21m

"I wanted people to suffer, but I just didn't want to see videos on the internet showing me how my vote caused that suffering."

Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 35m

A new survey from The New York Times and Siena University shows that registered voters largely support the idea of removing immigrants who have arrived in the country illegally, but a majority of voters now say they feel his methods have gone too far.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Cross-Tabs: September 2025 Times/Siena National Poll of Registered Voters

Results of a nationwide New York Times/Siena poll of 1,313 registered voters conducted from Sept. 22 to 27, 2025.

www.nytimes.com

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1h

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25m

JPM DESK: “.. the US budget deficit has not shrunk despite the tariff revenue.

“.. if tariffs are not being used to pay down debt or in some cases as a bailout (e.g., soybean farmers ..) at what point does the bond market react negatively?”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 29m

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 32m

I hope we all understand a little more how fascism and AI are linked.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 57m

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 40m

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1h

Dolly Parton has been a good person all her life. She does so many kind things for people. Compare that to someone like JK Rowling who wakes up every day and decides to be an absolute asshole.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 53m

Yup. Been saying whomever can break this story that his crew is sitting him in front of a TV while he gets his IV treatments before he has to go on TV or sign EOs is gonna save the fucking country

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 57m

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 51m

A pregnant Teyana Taylor shooting a machine gun in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 1h

At least, two people who actually like and care about movies are going to continue to run things over at Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Renews Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Contracts After ‘Sinners’ and ‘Minecraft’ Spark Epic Box Office Turnaround

Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy had their contracts renewed on the strength of hits like 'Sinners' and 'A Minecraft Movie.'

variety.com

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 2h

Lance Alspaugh, longtime owner of the Los Feliz 3 (currently one of the theaters for the American Cinematheque) and former owner of the Vista Theater before it was sold to Quentin Tarantino, has passed away. Others on the management theater will keep the theater running.

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We are saddened to report the death of Lance Alspaugh, longtime owner of the Los Feliz 3. He also owned the Village Theatres in Coronado and the Vista Theatre, until its 2021 sale to Quentin Tarantino. The Los Feliz will stay open with others in the management team stepping up. Lance is survived by a sister.

Thanks to longtime employee Edwin Gomez for sharing the news.
Lance had operated the Los Feliz since about 1990. Our page about the theatre: https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/.../los-feliz...

He purchased the Vista in 1997, operating it until the March 2020 Covid shutdown. He assisted during Quentin's 2022-2023 renovations and his team initially managed the house for when it reopened in November 2023. More about the Vista: https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/.../vista-theatre...

The photo of Lance at the Los Feliz is by Keith Kurlander.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 3h

I have sat through entire films that didn't have as many interesting and unique shots as this trailer.

NO OTHER CHOICE and THE SECRET AGENT are my most anticipated films for the rest of this year.

NO OTHER CHOICE - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters Christmas

YouTube video by NEON

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Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 3h

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

comicbookclublive.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 8h

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10h

archive.ph/2025.10.08-1...

A woman saying “OpenAl, Nvidia Fuel $1
Trillion Al Market With Web of Circular Deals” and a man opening a calendar to Ed Zitron the smiling man

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 4h

They closed the Starbucks in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that replaced the movie theater I went to as a kid that closed all the way back in the 1980s.

They briefly mention some people in the neighborhood actually want the theater to be brought back.

‘Who Died?’ ‘It’s the Starbucks.’

As locations close across the city, an outpouring of grief from tweens, crossword types, and other Frappuccino diehards.

www.curbed.com

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 4h

The reason AI hype has stuck around is due to these companies shifting money around to stave off their inevitable collapses. It's only proven to create internet slop and I don't think those whose tastes and attention spans have fallen into the sewer are paying to watch this crap on a big screen.

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 5h

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 4h

There's a lot of teeth sucking and dirt kicking that they have to report facts instead of being stenographers for Republicans.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7h

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 6h

migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-appl...

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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