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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 8h

it's troll time, all the time, everywhere in the U.S.A.

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 8h

heard this faux-funk Chipmunks Exorcist cash-in single on a spooky music compilation years ago, and never knew who the artist was until today! Yes, it's a funk band, doing Chipmunk voices, meeting the Exorcist youtu.be/YddMVIBdiNQ?...

THE CHUBUKOS - A Boogie The Devil In ( Bump The Devil Out ) - MAINSTREAM - 1974.wmv

YouTube video by ujima wanduta

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 13h

I've said this before, but it bears repeating: More people should really talk with elders in the fandom while they're still alive. None of us are getting younger, and we all have interesting stories to tell.

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 14h

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

Alt: a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 14h

the most powerful nation on Earth, with the largest army, the largest navy, and the two largest air forces ever in the history of anything ever, is worried that some people somewhere might get some health care

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 15h

Every time a GOP Senator blames the shutdown on Democrats, a reporter should ask why they don’t just eliminate the filibuster for budget bills, like they just did for block confirmations.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 17h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 20h

years later the show was fansubbed and I got to enjoy it as it was intended, it's a really entertaining series that deserves its place in Japanese pop culture

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 20h

speaking of Attack No. 1, the first time I saw the show was a video store rental of an off-air copy of a TV broadcast of an extremely widescreen theatrical release, giving new meaning to the term "squash and stretch"

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Ryan Gavigan @gavv.bsky.social · 1d

I've uploaded a new anime convention videos, this time the Anime Expo 1992 costume contest. This version was a produced video by the con and aired on their in-room cctv channels where I recorded it. That was a very neat feature of the old Red Lion Inn.. #otakuarchive youtu.be/QRpKKPwjZ04?...

Anime Expo 1992 costume contest masquerade

YouTube video by gavvhell

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 1d

terrific piece about my favorite spy fiction writer, Len Deighton: engelsbergideas.com/essays/len-d...

Len Deighton's spycraft

Len Deighton produced novels that were packed with excitement and suspense but also infused with moral complexity and psychological insight.

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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 1d

CNN complicit in Trump & Miller's disinformation

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 1d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 2d

Tensai Bakabon (Meet the Boneheads)
1971-1972, 1975-1977 (40+103 eps)

TMS only made the first two TV anime adaptations of (one of) Fuji Akatsuka's iconic gag manga where the titular main character got upstaged by his dad in terms of popularity & iconicity.

Also also never getting licensed.

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 2d

Attack No. 1
1969-1971 (104 eps)

The TV anime based on the first shojo manga to surpass 10 volumes, this volleyball classic helped get girls in Japan to start watching TV, and in some ways is almost as iconic as Star of the Giants is, if on a slightly smaller scale.

Also never getting licensed.

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Working days this week so I'm exhausted, still managed to get out a little on the bike and enjoy the last of the warm weather

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 2d

Ye gods, what an angry young man/fan I was in 1991.
Some thoughts:
Glad I switched to upper-case lettering.
Glad I learned to draw since then.
Glad some things have gotten better since then.
Wish more things got better.
Wish the Journal was a regular print magazine again (where this first ran).

BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Comic Industry Trading Cards!!

Collect Them All!

DORK #1, Aug 1992 by Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social

(split into three images for easier reading)

#3 - The Comic Shop Owner

#47 - Comic Zines and Industry Periodicals

#53 - Comic/Movie Tie-Ins

#30 - The Distributors

#?? - The Comic Convention Dealer

#18 - The "Erotic" Comic Book

#?? - Autobiographical Comics

#?? - The Industry

#21 - Comics Are Not For Kids Anymore (DC Ad Campaign)

#13 - The Fan Favorite

#4 - The Angry Young Sellout

#6 - The Fanboy

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 2d

I always liked his art, but I don't think it was really a good fit for Robotech, or the other licensed anime titles he did covers for.

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 2d

This will go down as the most heartbreaking thing of my career. An absolute Mount Rushmore of manga scholars I was honored to be included with. Everyone included, such as myself and @okazu.yuricon.com did some of the best work of our lives. A brilliant book.

Now dead. Because of image rights.

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 2d

you may have seen me run 31 Minutos clips during Anime Hell, just before running the fan-made animated 31 Minutos version of "Akira"

NPR @npr.org · 2d

Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.

31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert

Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.

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vi @v-i.dev · 2d

Today, on another round of “anime mysteries that likely have answers”: who’s responsible for the (US) English dub of Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie?
The 1995 film poster says Streamline, but all home video releases say it was Urban Vision. While they did the VHS, they didn’t even exist until 1996!

Space Adventure Cobra: A Streamline Pictures Release poster

VHS credits which say “English Language Production by Urban Vision Entertainment”

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I don't need your virtual reality, I have ROBOTECH 3-D!!

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Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 3d

Par for the course:

Trump’s performance was “one of the most bizarre, unsettling events I’ve ever encountered”.

“The president sounded incoherent, exhausted, rabidly partisan, at times stupid, meandering, couldn’t hold a thought together.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

www.theguardian.com

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I wish I hadn't seen Highlander

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