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Tade Thompson

@tadethompson.bsky.social

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Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays. Arthur C. Clarke Award winner. Hugo nominated. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Etcetera Opinions mine. He/him

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · Sep 1

There is absolutely no need to follow me, but if you do, there are things you should know:

1. This account is for stream-of-consciousness, unplanned posts.
2. I'm not here to argue with you.
3. I block frequently. See above.
4. Don't be a dick.
5. Equality for *all*.
6. I'm openly Black.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2h

Yep.

And most of the time, you don't need to kill bacteria anyway. You just need to be clean.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2h

All that is in the play, yes. The allusions are there.

Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 3h

About thirty years ago, I could recite Lucky's monologue.

Now I only have fragments of it in my memory.

Sigh. I am a shadow of my former self, friends.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 3h

34 people found that review helpful.😁

I find it odd that a theatre-goer hasn't heard of Waiting for Godot. I had heard of it and read it before I even saw it.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 3h

I, for one, applaud the colour coordination of moustache and...is that a trilby?

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 3h

Not anymore.
I fully expect to be betrayed by every single one of these motherfuckers sooner or later.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 3h

I'm afraid it's much worse than just being into it.

‘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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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 4h

Ten short years later, he's shilling the technology that sucks up fresh water...

Hypocrisy takes a decade.

'Do not become addicted to water.'

Sure, George.

a waterfall is coming out of a rock formation

Alt: a waterfall is coming out of a rock formation

media.tenor.com

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 4h

George Miller, 2015:

"We shot the film 'old school.'
As much as possible those are real people, cast and stunties, in the speeding vehicles and catastrophic crashes. Every behaviour, every moment of fight and stunt choreography were the product of a shared vision."

'The Art of Mad Max Fury Road'

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 4h

Live long enough to see your heroes become villains.

Farewell, George. We hardly knew ye.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 21h

‘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 There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 11h

You spelled 'Britian' wrong.

Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 11h

That would be telling 😁

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 12h

"Much depends on what people dream in the secrecy of their hearts."

Frank Herbert / God Emperor of Dune

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 12h

Inky October day 9: wrestling.

From now on, it's going to be mostly wrestling because youngest son wants a book full of them.

I don't even like wrestling much.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 12h

a man is sitting in a chair with the words `` it 's my birthday '' written on the screen .

Alt: a man is sitting in a chair with the words `` it 's my birthday '' written on the screen .

media.tenor.com

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 12h

Notes from Project COW.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 13h

And amphetamines.

Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 13h

No.

Christmas shop now open- get ahead and spread the cost

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 15h

I'm going to say this again: nobody does paranoia like Steve Ditko. Not before him, and definitely not after.

Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 15h

I'm a canonical character!

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 15h

The first four are really good.
The next two are good.

Everything after that, I'd give a miss.

Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 15h

Right?
It's not hard.
If you can't do it, you're not ready to spar yet.

Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 16h

That's exactly it.

I think he took my holding back as me not knowing how to hit.

I bet he won't try that next time.

Same as bullies.

Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 16h

Good on the school for spreading the word.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 16h

Diary of a Middle Aged Karateka:

There's an etiquette to sparring.

You don't hit hard (unless by prior agreement). If you do hit hard, you're signalling to your partner that you want to be hit harder. Sparring is for technique, not power.

Dude hits me hard, so I hit back.

He whines about pain.🤷🏾‍♂️

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