Emmy Potter
@emmylanepotter.bsky.social
pop culture writer and playwright, actor, scorpio, amy elliott dunne defender, too online for my own good | she/her
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This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s I wrapped up our Michael Bay 90s miniseries by talking Armageddon with @emmylanepotter.bsky.social & @carriesnotscary.bsky.social! We discuss the stacked cast, Aerosmith and animal crackers.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s I wrapped up our Michael Bay 90s miniseries by talking Armageddon with @emmylanepotter.bsky.social & @carriesnotscary.bsky.social! We discuss the stacked cast, Aerosmith and animal crackers.
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August 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Been off the grid at my MFA residency in Nebraska where it was hot bc of corn sweat (?) but pretty all the same
July 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Been off the grid at my MFA residency in Nebraska where it was hot bc of corn sweat (?) but pretty all the same
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Certain episodes of Columbo were released theatrically in Italy, a collection of posters.
July 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Certain episodes of Columbo were released theatrically in Italy, a collection of posters.
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Join patreon.com/rangedtouch to hear us talk about 2011's BAG OF BONES, a truly terrible (and yet extremely weird) adaptation of the Stephen King novel. It has one of the funniest things I have ever seen in a tv movie - Pierce Brosnan getting electrocuted with tree powers so hard he pukes. Sound up
May 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Join patreon.com/rangedtouch to hear us talk about 2011's BAG OF BONES, a truly terrible (and yet extremely weird) adaptation of the Stephen King novel. It has one of the funniest things I have ever seen in a tv movie - Pierce Brosnan getting electrocuted with tree powers so hard he pukes. Sound up
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On Nicholson’s birthday, one of my favorite clips — in which his interview is interrupted by a call from “Toots” (Angelica Huston), asking when he’ll arrive for dinner.
As intimate as you’re likely to see any celebrity of his caliber. Ever.
As intimate as you’re likely to see any celebrity of his caliber. Ever.
April 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
On Nicholson’s birthday, one of my favorite clips — in which his interview is interrupted by a call from “Toots” (Angelica Huston), asking when he’ll arrive for dinner.
As intimate as you’re likely to see any celebrity of his caliber. Ever.
As intimate as you’re likely to see any celebrity of his caliber. Ever.
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Van Hollen to the Trump administration: "Put up in court or shut up"
April 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Van Hollen to the Trump administration: "Put up in court or shut up"
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the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
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SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
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Half of America has a chronic illness. I am one of those people.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
Trump: "We're gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals ... we're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals."
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Half of America has a chronic illness. I am one of those people.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
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I don’t mind sounding naive or overly optimistic by saying that I actually fucking believe in this stuff: I think that the people should be able to govern ourselves, and a free society is the only kind worth living in.
These slobbering serfs are desperate to bow down to a king. It’s pathetic.
These slobbering serfs are desperate to bow down to a king. It’s pathetic.
April 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I don’t mind sounding naive or overly optimistic by saying that I actually fucking believe in this stuff: I think that the people should be able to govern ourselves, and a free society is the only kind worth living in.
These slobbering serfs are desperate to bow down to a king. It’s pathetic.
These slobbering serfs are desperate to bow down to a king. It’s pathetic.
Another beautiful Mayhem morning
March 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Another beautiful Mayhem morning
Official review of Mayhem:
March 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Official review of Mayhem:
Pretending not to care about Mayhem so the next 20 min pass faster
March 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Pretending not to care about Mayhem so the next 20 min pass faster
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I saw Emmy's play and it was excellent! Plus, it's fun to support local theater.
In some personal news, a short play I wrote has advanced to the semi-finals of the Queens Short Play Festival tomorrow night! If you’re in NYC, please come out and support local indie theatre and help us advance to the finals. 🎟️ tix: www.tickettailor.com/events/these...?
Buy tickets – Queens Short Play Festival - Semi Final A – The Secret Theatre
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March 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I saw Emmy's play and it was excellent! Plus, it's fun to support local theater.
In some personal news, a short play I wrote has advanced to the semi-finals of the Queens Short Play Festival tomorrow night! If you’re in NYC, please come out and support local indie theatre and help us advance to the finals. 🎟️ tix: www.tickettailor.com/events/these...?
Buy tickets – Queens Short Play Festival - Semi Final A – The Secret Theatre
www.tickettailor.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In some personal news, a short play I wrote has advanced to the semi-finals of the Queens Short Play Festival tomorrow night! If you’re in NYC, please come out and support local indie theatre and help us advance to the finals. 🎟️ tix: www.tickettailor.com/events/these...?
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Politeness, decorum, adherence to norms, and plucky little signs are not going to get us anywhere right now. Via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
Democrats Should've Caused a Scene at Trump's Congressional Circle Jerk
If they really felt they had to attend, they could have at least tried something more impactful than wearing pink or holding up little signs.
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March 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Politeness, decorum, adherence to norms, and plucky little signs are not going to get us anywhere right now. Via @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
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I know this is not legally exact, but...this is a breach of the full faith & credit of the United States of America.
It's a betrayal of the most basic contract between the people and the nation: you give the nation the gift of a lifetime of toil, and the nation will support you in your later years
It's a betrayal of the most basic contract between the people and the nation: you give the nation the gift of a lifetime of toil, and the nation will support you in your later years
The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I know this is not legally exact, but...this is a breach of the full faith & credit of the United States of America.
It's a betrayal of the most basic contract between the people and the nation: you give the nation the gift of a lifetime of toil, and the nation will support you in your later years
It's a betrayal of the most basic contract between the people and the nation: you give the nation the gift of a lifetime of toil, and the nation will support you in your later years
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Every day should be like this for all of them. ALL OF THEM. ALL THE TIME. EVERYWHERE THEY GO. They shouldn't be able to go out to eat, to relax, to vacation, to shop, without someone making a noise.
Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Every day should be like this for all of them. ALL OF THEM. ALL THE TIME. EVERYWHERE THEY GO. They shouldn't be able to go out to eat, to relax, to vacation, to shop, without someone making a noise.
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it obviously pisses me off that people don't care if politicians are sex criminals in general, but even if you think "well why should i care about their personal life if i agree with them on the issues", a person who sexually harasses people is definitionally a person who will abuse their power
March 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
it obviously pisses me off that people don't care if politicians are sex criminals in general, but even if you think "well why should i care about their personal life if i agree with them on the issues", a person who sexually harasses people is definitionally a person who will abuse their power
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that