Dirk Lester 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 ✌🏾
@dirk2112.bsky.social
The World’s 3RD deadliest Comic Book Geek, Cinephile, Political Wonk, Music Nerd, Digital Strategist, Human Rights Activist – He/Him, because it's all connected.
Real Live IL 9th Voter!
Real Live IL 9th Voter!
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(Long. Exhausted. Sigh. Here.) You know what? I'm too fcking angry and too fcking tired of this bullshit to make a joke or be polite so I'm just gonna say... I hope you shortsighted dipshits are happy now that you've helped 'disco sucks' work again, have an edible and maybe finish Copenhagen Test.✌🏾
"In practical terms, that makes Starfighter the most homogenous Star Wars project of the Disney era and one of the whitest major Star Wars productions since the Original Trilogy."
Bravo Adrian for @butwhytho.net 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Bravo Adrian for @butwhytho.net 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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With Star Wars: Starfighter, Disney Says Goodbye to its Bold Diverse Casting Choices
Starfighter is the whitest Star Wars story since the Original Trilogy, and the only one to arrive with no historical excuse.
butwhytho.net
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 AM
(Long. Exhausted. Sigh. Here.) You know what? I'm too fcking angry and too fcking tired of this bullshit to make a joke or be polite so I'm just gonna say... I hope you shortsighted dipshits are happy now that you've helped 'disco sucks' work again, have an edible and maybe finish Copenhagen Test.✌🏾
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Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Normally try to Gen-X or later these but seriously ... 🎧
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Normally try to Gen-X or later these but seriously ... 🎧
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it very much counts. I saw this one in the theater, and never looked back 😤
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo Official Trailer #1 - Harry Caesar Movie (1984) HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 11:16 PM
it very much counts. I saw this one in the theater, and never looked back 😤
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Christian Bale in "Velvet Goldmine" - BOTD
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Christian Bale in "Velvet Goldmine" - BOTD
Feel like I’m harping on this film’s success because the fact that it’s a “Eugenics Barbie” vehicle sadly makes it easier to talk about studios making films for US demographics as they exist not as they were 30-40 years ago without it being mistaken for a discussion of politics.
The Housemaid has crossed $300m worldwide and is nearing $200m just overseas. It’s one of the top-grossing erotic thrillers ever. When studios give neglected/underserved demographics a proverbial prime filet and treat it like a FOMO event, audiences can still show up in relatively sky-high numbers.
'The Housemaid' Tops $300 Million Worldwide To Cement Itself as One Of 2025's Most Aspirational Box Office Successes
When you give a neglected or underserved demographic a metaphorical prime filet and treat it like an event, moviegoers can and will still show up to theaters in sky-high numbers
scottmendelson.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Feel like I’m harping on this film’s success because the fact that it’s a “Eugenics Barbie” vehicle sadly makes it easier to talk about studios making films for US demographics as they exist not as they were 30-40 years ago without it being mistaken for a discussion of politics.
Yeah. Still kinda annoyed virtual screenings can sell out though.
I’m grateful #SundanceFilmFestival has continued their virtual platform to extend their festival to folks who physically & financially can’t make it there. To be exposed to fresh voices and new journeys selectively curated by the best feels heartening & inclusive.
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Yeah. Still kinda annoyed virtual screenings can sell out though.
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In canceling the Model S, Tesla is effectively walking away from a business it helped create—and toward a totally unproven concept, Patrick George writes:
Tesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Century
The Model S deserved better than this.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Sorry. What does this say?
ALERT: Per CBS News
Feds have arrested Don Lemon
Feds have arrested Don Lemon
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Sorry. What does this say?
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No Hell deep enough. No fires of hot enough.
The MAGA cult strikes again, harming children. Their own and others.
January 30, 2026 at 1:05 PM
No Hell deep enough. No fires of hot enough.
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Syrian government reaches deal with Kurdish forces
Syrian government reaches deal with Kurdish forces
The deal will see the gradual integration of Kurdish forces and administration into the Syrian state.
www.bbc.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Syrian government reaches deal with Kurdish forces
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The last ten years have amazed me with the revelation of just how amazingly STUPID the majority of American white men are.
The other party tried to save your stupid ofay asses, and you told them to fuck off.
You voted in droves for this, you stupid fuckers, and now we all have to suffer for it.
The other party tried to save your stupid ofay asses, and you told them to fuck off.
You voted in droves for this, you stupid fuckers, and now we all have to suffer for it.
January 30, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The last ten years have amazed me with the revelation of just how amazingly STUPID the majority of American white men are.
The other party tried to save your stupid ofay asses, and you told them to fuck off.
You voted in droves for this, you stupid fuckers, and now we all have to suffer for it.
The other party tried to save your stupid ofay asses, and you told them to fuck off.
You voted in droves for this, you stupid fuckers, and now we all have to suffer for it.
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Sam Raimi is back, and we mean BACK.
SEND HELP Review: Sam Raimi Skewers Corporate Entitlement with Disgust and Delight
Sam Raimi is back, and we mean BACK.
dlvr.it
January 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Sam Raimi is back, and we mean BACK.
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This isn't complicated — Trump and his MAGA allies in Congress are trying to silence free speech and crack down on peaceful protest across the country. We've seen it with ICE and now we're seeing it with these political inquiries.
I stand by my decisions and I won't back down.
I stand by my decisions and I won't back down.
Biss: Congressional inquiry a 'frivolous political attack' - Evanston Now
Mayor says he will "very happily comply with any subpoena" if asked to speak before Congress.
evanstonnow.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This isn't complicated — Trump and his MAGA allies in Congress are trying to silence free speech and crack down on peaceful protest across the country. We've seen it with ICE and now we're seeing it with these political inquiries.
I stand by my decisions and I won't back down.
I stand by my decisions and I won't back down.
Yeah. I’d be mad too but I’m just relieved they didn’t do that play boomer music as signifier of age even when the characters are Xers thing. Guess I’m just more upset by being crowded out/misidentified generationally than being called old 🤷🏾♂️
just saw a movie where they played concrete blonde as an example of old people dad rock and I was like, "Hey!"
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Yeah. I’d be mad too but I’m just relieved they didn’t do that play boomer music as signifier of age even when the characters are Xers thing. Guess I’m just more upset by being crowded out/misidentified generationally than being called old 🤷🏾♂️
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Pedro Pascal reluctantly becomes a surrogate father figure to a wide-eyed orphan waif with mysterious powers
Name your fav film trope
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Pedro Pascal reluctantly becomes a surrogate father figure to a wide-eyed orphan waif with mysterious powers
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Cool of Rep. Crockett to help out re NV too.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Cool of Rep. Crockett to help out re NV too.
“He killed 12 people, wounded 23 more, stole 6 cars, most of em Ferraris. Robbed 8 banks, 6 supermarkets, 4 jewelry stores and a candy shop. 6 of the ones he killed he carved up with a butcher knife. 2 of them were kids. He did that in 2 weeks. If anyone deserves to go that way, it sure was him.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“He killed 12 people, wounded 23 more, stole 6 cars, most of em Ferraris. Robbed 8 banks, 6 supermarkets, 4 jewelry stores and a candy shop. 6 of the ones he killed he carved up with a butcher knife. 2 of them were kids. He did that in 2 weeks. If anyone deserves to go that way, it sure was him.”
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People who read Rolling Stone in 1972, ZigZag in 1975, the NME in 1985, Q in 1990, or Pitchfork in 2005, are all basically living in totally different realities and unaware that anyone else is different (apart from whichever group their one was pushing against as the wrong old guard).
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
People who read Rolling Stone in 1972, ZigZag in 1975, the NME in 1985, Q in 1990, or Pitchfork in 2005, are all basically living in totally different realities and unaware that anyone else is different (apart from whichever group their one was pushing against as the wrong old guard).
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10,000 PHDs 🤦🏾♂️
Here's a "holy shit" sentence for you:
"In the past year, the federal workforce lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s, according to an analysis in Science."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
"In the past year, the federal workforce lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s, according to an analysis in Science."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
Trump Is Making America Stupider
How MAGA is purging scientists and other skilled workers from both the private and public sectors.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 AM
10,000 PHDs 🤦🏾♂️
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A dirty, rotten villain encounters an evil he finds so personally disgusting, he throws in with the good guys.
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 AM
A dirty, rotten villain encounters an evil he finds so personally disgusting, he throws in with the good guys.