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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 6h

my favorite aspect of andor was how the imperials were felled not by the rebels, but their faith that their innate value to the empire would keep them safe. the rebels didn’t put a gun to lio partagaz’s head, or deedra mero in prison, but rather their belief in palpatine’s patronage. sound familiar?

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 6h

#RiversDemoFlood 1689: Her Name is Kaylee 6

2016-2017

From the Pacific Daydream Years

This is a nice piano-based partial song. It's got a sweet melody, but Rivers would repurpose it into The Space Between's J is for Joy. Part of me would rather have more of this.

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Shannon O’Mac @shannonomac.bsky.social · 9h

My takeaway is that social ostracism is a powerful weapon, and we should use it on Nazis instead of trans people.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 9h

Jason Alexander for McDonald's.

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

YouTube video by Beta MAX

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 11h

Be the sort of person where even the rumor of your demise sparks a global depressive spiral and not the Ewok celebration from Return of the Jedi

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13h

“There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay,” Dolly Parton said in a new two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.” https://to.pbs.org/4hc1DXB

'I'm not dying': Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health

Late last month Parton postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years, citing “health challenges.”

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 10h

Ron Dean, terrific Chicago actor, RIP. Dean was one of the many key components that make "The Fugitive" (1993) the masterpiece that it is.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 13h

I'm just riffing on your excellent idea!

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 13h

I credit Star Trek IV.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14h

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News 🦑🧪🌎

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

www.abc.net.au

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 13h

Fox News Anchor Voice: I’m receiving word we are seeing gruesome footage of the war zones of terror that exist inside our cities. Viewers beware, this is some scary radical left gore.

The footage:

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 21h

My kid's pet axolotl (Charlie) got a mention in the school newspaper.

The blurb also mentions that I spoil Charlie by feeding him too much.

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Ignore this World Series @mehblurgh.bsky.social · 1d

Count Dooku was there

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

France conducted its last guillotining the year Star Wars came out

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

simple and not as fun. It's an alright listen and a nod to what the song used to be.

We don't have any information on whether Weezer ever attempted Trippin'. And as far as we know, Rivers hasn't tried to rework the song again. Yet.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously (and thankfully), Losing My Mind didn't make Make Believe.

But a few years later, Rivers went back again and worked the song into Trippin'.

It's not quite My Brain quality, but it's better than Losing My Mind.

It's closer to My Brain, but he swaps out the chorus for something more...

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

But when Rivers was (again) struggling before Weezer's fifth album, he went back to My Brain, reworked it and turned it into the superior My Brain is Working Overtime.

Weezer tried during the Make Believe sessions, but someone took a wrong turn and the song ended up as Losing My Mind...

Losing My Mind

YouTube video by Weezer - Topic

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

black in an attempt to force himself to write perfect songs, My Brain was the first (out of nearly 100) that he felt confident about sharing with anyone else. Other people dug the song and it was the first new song Weezer played when they returned in June 2000.

My Brain didn't make Green...

Rivers Cuomo - My Brain Is Working Overtime

YouTube video by RiversCuomoVEVO

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 1d

#RiversDemoFlood 1688: Trippin'

2008

From the Red-Raditude-Hurley Years

You may have never heard it, but My Brain (or My Brain is Workin' Overtime) is an important song in Weezer history.

When Rivers was struggling after Pinkerton and locked himself in his apartment and painted the walls...

Weezer - My Brain (Live)

YouTube video by Elvis Viskovic - English

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Adam Lance Garcia @adamlancegarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Hey. I directed @tvaziri.com for the new @vanityfair.com series VFX!

Thank you to the incredible help of @ilmvfx.bsky.social for making this dream project become a reality.

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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

YouTube video by Vanity Fair

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T(im) Ocellus @attimowens.bsky.social · 2d

Turgle about to face down a line of Stormtroopers.

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Rik Villanueva @cadbanesbounty.bsky.social · 1d

One week until the new edition of #RevengeOfTheSith hits shelves!

Rik Villanueva @cadbanesbounty.bsky.social · 14d

You guys....

#RevengeOfTheSith

Huge thank you to Penguin Random House for the advance! I'll have more to say on @jammedtransmissions.com soon!

This stunning edition will be available Oct 14th

www.jammedtransmissions.com

Deluxe Edition of Revenge of the Sith novelization

Gilded pages of the Deluxe Edition of Revenge of the Sith novelization

This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker forever....

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

#RiversDemoFlood 1687: Venice Beat

2015

From the White Year

Sounds like Rivers is recording while listening to a prerecorded beat and counting off. It's just a few seconds.

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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 2d

This. Immigrants are awesome, and I wish we weren’t so afraid to say it.

Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 2d

As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 2d

If only people realized when social media started that 'it just isn't for me' was an option too...

javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

there are many filmmakers whom i clearly recognize as major artists while remaining completely untouched and, frankly, annoyed by their work. learning the difference between "i hate", "it's bad", and "it just isn't for me" has been a crucial feature of my maturation as an artist and human being.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 3d

more than 20 years ago. There are a few different edits of it in the bundle, but they're all pretty much the same (except for the 'slow' version).

It's got a decent melody. And he's pretty okay on the clarinet.

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 3d

#RiversDemoFlood 1687: Clarinet Waltz

April 1994

From the Blue-Pinkerton Years

Back in the day, Rivers had the time to learn different musical instruments. He composed and recorded this waltz on clarinet shortly before the Blue Album came out.

Rivers originally shared this demo with fans...

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Tom Chansky @tomchansky.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I didn't see this last month when it happened.

As a lifelong Yankees fan, they deserve to lose this week.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

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