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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 2h

I could talk about the Summers/Grey family history alone for hours, so… yeah.

The Onion @theonion.com · 2h

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

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Chris Hayner @haynerland.com · 2h

This all starts with Google crashing site traffic across the web regularly.

The system is broken. Massive corporations siphon away the traffic that allows us to make money, while leaving us with little option but to write what is basically paid advertorial (without Amazon buying ad space).

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4h

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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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 5h

😤

It's the Anakin Padme meme. Anakin is now a smoke detector saying I don't have enough energy to tell u if there's a fire. Padme happily asks So u don't have enough energy to make a shill loud beep every minute for years? Then she looks worried, and asks again: U don't have the energy to make a shill loud beep every minute for years, right? To which Anakin the smoke detector replies BEEP

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 16h

You don’t need AI; AI is not “inevitable.” That’s a lie being fed to you by companies who are going to lose a fuckton of money if they don’t convince you that AI is something you can’t live without.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 12h

I believe Felicity was the only WB drama Pilot Presentation they liked so much as is they just had them shoot a few extra scenes to make it 44 minutes vs reshooting it all like they normally did

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 17h

These were just before my time but I did get an old Spider-Man one when I was little at a Good Will. One of his legs had broken off but was still there, flopping around beneath the knee inside his full body costume.

Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, the gang's all here!

If you were a kid in the mid-1970s, you knew what toy heaven was.

Mego's World's Greatest Super-Heroes lineup - 27 figures!!

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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 1d

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Matt the outlaw
@cursedgloryhole
Lady behind me at the thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? you watch and information is revealed"

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 17h

Cary Grant could conceivably have watched the first six Friday the 13th movies.

William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 18h

James Stewart probably watched The X-Files and heard at least a couple Spice Girls songs.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 20h

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

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 18h

This is the best image

Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 18h

This makes me very happy: Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers are going to play nationally at AMC Theaters as a one-night double feature on November 5th! Tickets aren’t on sale yet.

www.amctheatres.com/movies/prey-...

Prey | Predator: Badlands Double Feature

On Wednesday, November 5th fans have the chance to see both Prey & Predator Badlands on the big-screen by attending the Prey | Predator Badlands Double Feature. “Prey” is set in the Comanche Nation 30...

www.amctheatres.com

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 20h

And they also ruined Box Office Mojo. Those mofos.

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to writer-director-creature designer Steven Kostanski about his new remake of 1980s VHS perennial Deathstalker, the continued love for his awesome Psycho Goreman, and how In a Violent Nature 2 will outdo THAT death from the first movie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Mk...

Bow Before Deathstalker! The Director of Psycho Goreman on Remaking the 1980s Cult Fantasy Film

YouTube video by Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop

www.youtube.com

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

But does he grin???

Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 1d

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 1d

this is a very well-reported piece and if you didn't read it last year please read it this year

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

First they tried to "cure" gayness. Now they're fixated on "healing" trans people.

Inside the movement to resurrect conversion therapy.

www.motherjones.com

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

Aquaman's version of "WHAT THE FUCK!?"

Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 1d

Narration: “– – for, in the next astonishing instant….” a Jack Kirby panel: a giant angry T. Rex emerges from the smoke with a loud roar and in the lower right corner, a stunned Aquaman looks up and shouts, “NEPTUNES TRIDENT!“

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to writer-director-creature designer Steven Kostanski about his new remake of 1980s VHS perennial Deathstalker, the continued love for his awesome Psycho Goreman, and how In a Violent Nature 2 will outdo THAT death from the first movie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Mk...

Bow Before Deathstalker! The Director of Psycho Goreman on Remaking the 1980s Cult Fantasy Film

YouTube video by Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop

www.youtube.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

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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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

Had such a great time watching the freaky, atmospheric (love the snowy setting!) and emotional #BlackPhone2 at #BeyondFest! Q&A underway now with @crobertcargill.bsky.social

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

Answer the call!!!
#BlackPhone2 #BeyondFest

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

If you say someone’s full name first you can’t act like their name isn’t worth remembering.

It would be like if someone called me
“Eric Goldman Human or whatever.”

“Yeah man, you got it!”

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

From the mind of David Cronenberg…

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d

I need to note how happy it makes me that Matt named this episode "The Last Sharkfighter"

Matt Fowler @themattfowler.bsky.social · 2d

A big ass shark stalks the Brody bloodline in JAWS: THE REVENGE, the final flick in our Jaws run. Listen to me & @theericgoldman.bsky.social jaw about the final Jaws (& Michael Cains as Hoagie)!

Patreon (no ads / bonus eps!) www.patreon.com/posts/139962...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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Eric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d

Rodeo Screening Room has stopped locking their bathroom door. True game changer.

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