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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 4d

When Nightcrawler said “There is no love without sin. For love is best measured in what we forgive.”

Man. 😭

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 4d

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

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Star Wars: In a Galaxy (both he/him) @inagalaxypod.bsky.social · 5d

Star Wars: In a Galaxy Episode 184 – Destinies Changed (with @thataldendiaz.bsky.social) is out now!

Find it on:
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Star Wars: In a Galaxy – Watching all the Star Wars we can get our hands on. • A podcast on Spotify for Creators

Two die-hard and passionate Star Wars fans, with different opinions on the movies, discuss the saga by in-universe chronology. Eli and Jacob take you on a journey through Star Wars' various twists…

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Anytime with Ken & Alden @anytimeonair.bsky.social · 5d

TODAY at 11:00 PST/2:00 EST: The government may be shut down, but we are not. 🎙️

Basically, it’s gonna be a Mike Johnson hate session. And we’ll probably be funny!

Join @kennapzok.bsky.social & @thataldendiaz.bsky.social LIVE: www.youtube.com/live/3vyFion...

Government Shut Down | Hegseth's Hatred | Blood Money Blues | Anytime with Ken & Alden

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 6d

Except instead of being cool it’s— [gunshot]

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 6d

From now on, it’s Judomaster for life.

James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 6d

Episode 7 of #Peacemaker is live now on HBO Max!

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible episode of #Peacemaker. Loved the compelling and unexpected nuances. It had to define a lot in a short amount of time, and it succeeded. Kick ass action. Some of my favorite jokes this season.

John Cena delivered the performance of his career thus far. Very powerful stuff. Heartbreaking.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 6d

It's not dying, it's fragmenting. I doubt we will see social media in the sense of a 'global town square' again in our lifetimes. We are returning to Web 1.0--forums, Discord, subreddits, invite-only FB groups etc. For marketing purposes, it's an entirely different landscape.

Harryhenry @harryhenry.bsky.social · 6d

But is social media really dying? It seems more like wishful thinking than anything (though I'd love to be proven wrong!)

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.

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Joe Quinones @joequinones.bsky.social · 6d

The fast track of bored rich person to shitty self-victimized right wing blowhard is a straight line.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 6d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks so much for listening, friend. Very proud of that one, and I’m glad it could provide even a tiny bit of light right now. I appreciate the support.

Don’t forget to give yourself breaks. 🖤

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 6d

I have no doubt that the superhero stuff is gonna be great, but I’m already hoping for Clark Kent & Peter Parker working on a news story together.

IGN @ign.com · 6d

With their Batman and Deadpool crossovers tearing up the sales charts, DC and Marvel will join forces again in 2026 for Superman/Spider-Man #1 and Spider-Man/Superman #1.

Superman and Spider-Man Headline the Next Marvel and DC Crossover

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HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · 7d

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know:

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HBO Max | Feedback

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

Once again:

FUCK ICE.

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

Hell yeah, James Gunn. #Peacemaker

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Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, from a March 2020 Paste Magazine interview: www.pastemagazine.com/article/jane...

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Do remember to tell people, when you write your article, that the most important message today is that every single day, each one of us lives, we make some impact on the planet, and we can choose what sort of impact we make; what we buy, what we wear, where does it come from? Did it harm the environment when it was made? Did it lead to cruelty to animals like terrible factory farms? Is it cheap because of child slave labor? If we start making ethical choices every day, millions and billions of us, we move towards a better world and a world of citizens who will push governments to make the ethical decisions themselves.

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

💔💔💔

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall lived the kind of life we should all aspire to. She chose to nurture and educate the world for so many years, and we’re all the better for it. A paragon of compassion and understanding. An immense loss.

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly, it’s fucking embarassing for the vast majority of Democrats. They’re being completely and totally lapped by someone ACTUALLY operating in the current moment.

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

1. He’s never once been “evasive” about condemning anything that needs condemning. Total bullshit.

2. He has spoken repeatedly about apartheid, and how he believes in equality over theocracy & ethnocracy. Very simple.

He knows his record, so he can ALWAYS deliver when responding to fear-mongering.

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

He’s sooooo good at this. He’s so good at maintaining his moral clarity while responding to nonsense attacks. So good, in fact, that without twisting or spinning a single thing, ever, he forces the other party to reveal their deranged, disconnected denialism. They show their asses every single time.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7d

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 7d

He will tell his tale…

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 7d

The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz.

In select theaters October 17, on Netflix November 7.

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Richard Newby @richardlnewby.bsky.social · 8d

My thoughts on One Battle After Another, how Paul Thomas Anderson grapples with the revolutionary impotence of his generation, the social and racial dynamics of change-makers, and bucking the trend of avoiding confrontation with the source of America’s inequalities.

Settle in.

With ‘One Battle After Another,’ Paul Thomas Anderson Captures the Shortcomings of His Generation

Though Leonardo DiCaprio's Bob, Anderson explores limits and frustrations of a revolutionary in an America where the disenfranchisement of Black and Latino populations has grown beyond his generation'...

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · 7d

Fantastic work, man. Loved this.

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