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Van Dennis

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He/his, early 30s, media writer, as seen on @unwinnable.com Talks about movies, videogames, TV, and the Seattle mariners (and also anime, cars & lefty politics)

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 3d

watching Materialists earlier this year got me thinking about some retroactively relevant romcom movies, which I wrote about in this month's issue of Exploits!
Check out my thoughts on the surprising "2013 romances featuring Scarlett Johanson" double-feature: Her, and Don Jon.

Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 8d

If you're cold, they're cold. Let your witch in this October with the newest Exploits, featuring writing on El Vampiro, alt metal, Timeguessr and more.

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Read John Goodrich's essay on El Vampiro: buff.ly/3qqIhSX

The cover for the October 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring vintage art of a witch looking into a house where children are apple bobbing. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers The Mystery of Mammoth Mansion, Interview with the Vampire, El Vampiro, love, alt metal, and Timeguessr.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10h

This is really useful if you want to understand how trumped up the charges against Tish James are

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 11h

for real though, how the hell does a vanquish lose $140k, HALF ITS VALUE (at least!), in 11 years???

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 11h

won't lie, feeling a bit of schadenfreude looking at an exotic car dealer's site and seeing the final gen dodge viper hold its value better than aston martins from the same time period

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 23h

tfw you knew you dodged a bullet, and you keep finding out "damn, I dodged a full clip huh?"

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

"But Weiss didn’t test well with audiences, who didn’t understand her centrist-right contrarian politics. In fact, her focus group scores were so low that she wasn’t invited back to guest host, according to insiders."

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

“She plays to an audience of 200 people,” one Hollywood executive with ties to Weiss told Variety. “It just happens to be that audience is made up of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman." www.rawstory.com/bari-weiss-2...

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," acco...

www.rawstory.com

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CB⚾️ Baseball Highlights @badgerbaseball.bsky.social · 1d

David Ortiz: "DAAAAA Yankees lose! See you in Cancun"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

The nominative determinism of this specific atrocity is off the charts here.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

More, from Willamette Week www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Milwaukie Man Says ICE Abducted and Held Him for Hours Despite His Proving Citizenship

The case may be the first incidence of a documented Oregonian and U.S. citizen being swept up by ICE in an immigration raid.

www.wweek.com

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

That Katie Porter footage being leaked right as bari Weiss takes over CBS... hmm...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

This broadcast has been waiting all series to play Without Me haven't they?

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

These commentators cannot seriously be annoyed at the mariners for relaying signs when they were making googly eyes at AJ Hinch yesterday.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

Please be back Big Tex.

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Selina @selinaaa1212.bsky.social · 1d

For the record, I'm willing to day drink on a Wednesday if thats what my team needs me to do #goms

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

hate hate hate knowing this, so much.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

one of the absolute worst things about the media cycle for Showgirl is that it's how I found out Swift once dated RFK Jr's son.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 2d

I had no idea this was Link's day job. Imagine being a space lawyer and a legendary shitposter

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

Whichever way this game goes, at least I finally made it to a Portland lookout landing watch party 😁

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

"it's the filthy casual's world.
We just live in it"

Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 7d

Hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players are really keeping things going, especially in the non f2p gaming space.

According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

(lol, but) they have a roof too though!

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

Detroit doesn't have one, Cleveland doesn't have one, neither Chicago team has one...
Why are the brewers the sole great lakes team that possess a roof?

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

California is the 4th largest economy in the world. It’s time it and other blue states used their economic clout to fight Trump’s agenda.

The latest from @clarajeffery:

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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