Justin Nickels
@justinnickels.bsky.social
Love my wife, my dog, and movies. Herzog’s Rogue Film School '16 alum. On 3 starship plaques, danced around a Borg Queen, and served fish and chips to Picard. Former politico, PR specialist, & film fest programmer. www.JustinNickels.net
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It’s becoming more and more clear that many of you did not play the bbs door game Trade Wars and it’s really showing.
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s becoming more and more clear that many of you did not play the bbs door game Trade Wars and it’s really showing.
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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If you’re in town next weekend this would be a good screenign to attend at @vidiots.bsky.social . They’re doing the @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social shortlist and it will be followed with a Q&A with my friends Craig Renaud and Amman Abbasi and others. vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
2026 Cinema Eye Honors Shorts List – Program 1
Join Vidiots and Cinema Eye Honors as we explore this year's best non-fiction filmmaking with all-day screenings of the best documentary shorts of the year. Filmmakers at every screening!
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November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
If you’re in town next weekend this would be a good screenign to attend at @vidiots.bsky.social . They’re doing the @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social shortlist and it will be followed with a Q&A with my friends Craig Renaud and Amman Abbasi and others. vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
If you’re in town next weekend this would be a good screenign to attend at @vidiots.bsky.social . They’re doing the @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social shortlist and it will be followed with a Q&A with my friends Craig Renaud and Amman Abbasi and others. vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
2026 Cinema Eye Honors Shorts List – Program 1
Join Vidiots and Cinema Eye Honors as we explore this year's best non-fiction filmmaking with all-day screenings of the best documentary shorts of the year. Filmmakers at every screening!
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November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
If you’re in town next weekend this would be a good screenign to attend at @vidiots.bsky.social . They’re doing the @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social shortlist and it will be followed with a Q&A with my friends Craig Renaud and Amman Abbasi and others. vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
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Covering this episode was a hoot - it aired *just* before I joined @trekculture.bsky.social!
The show may have had its ups and downs, but this episode was a banger!
#StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #BlackFriday
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The show may have had its ups and downs, but this episode was a banger!
#StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #BlackFriday
youtu.be/tMWSrqMbNOk?...
Ups & Downs From Star Trek: Picard 1.1 - Remembrance
YouTube video by TrekCulture
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November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Covering this episode was a hoot - it aired *just* before I joined @trekculture.bsky.social!
The show may have had its ups and downs, but this episode was a banger!
#StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #BlackFriday
youtu.be/tMWSrqMbNOk?...
The show may have had its ups and downs, but this episode was a banger!
#StarTrek #StarTrekPicard #BlackFriday
youtu.be/tMWSrqMbNOk?...
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Join us in Washington D.C. 🎬 CPJ is proud to support "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” with a screening and panel discussion featuring CPJ’s U.S. Advocacy Representative @zerdeh.bsky.social, at the Georgetown University Film Festival.
🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET
🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us in Washington D.C. 🎬 CPJ is proud to support "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” with a screening and panel discussion featuring CPJ’s U.S. Advocacy Representative @zerdeh.bsky.social, at the Georgetown University Film Festival.
🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET
🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET
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🎬 London: CPJ is proud to support the documentary "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud." Join us for a screening and Q&A with the filmmakers.
🗓️ 13 Norfolk Place | Dec. 8 | 7-8:30 PM GMT
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🗓️ 13 Norfolk Place | Dec. 8 | 7-8:30 PM GMT
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Screening + Q&A: Armed Only With A Camera
The life and death of Brent Renaud
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🎬 London: CPJ is proud to support the documentary "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud." Join us for a screening and Q&A with the filmmakers.
🗓️ 13 Norfolk Place | Dec. 8 | 7-8:30 PM GMT
Register👇
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🗓️ 13 Norfolk Place | Dec. 8 | 7-8:30 PM GMT
Register👇
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As we are always reminded on this day, the eternal question of our time, the one we still seek the answer to. Who left Snoopy in the vestibule?
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As we are always reminded on this day, the eternal question of our time, the one we still seek the answer to. Who left Snoopy in the vestibule?
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
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I saw that Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa set a record at auction. That made me want to share this short doc I made in 2016 about my friend Sarah who recreated it on a storm drain in Little Rock, Arkansas as part of a project related to waterways. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfvFxm...
Justin Nickels on Instagram: "In 2016 I made this short doc about @higginsstudios and her participation in the Drain Smart program. https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2016/05/04/an-artist-paints-to-keep-...
Higgins Studios combines art and conservation to bring attention to the impact of pollution on Little Rock's water supply. Her project, 'The Great Wave,' is a public art installation that raises aware...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I saw that Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa set a record at auction. That made me want to share this short doc I made in 2016 about my friend Sarah who recreated it on a storm drain in Little Rock, Arkansas as part of a project related to waterways. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfvFxm...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
I saw that Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa set a record at auction. That made me want to share this short doc I made in 2016 about my friend Sarah who recreated it on a storm drain in Little Rock, Arkansas as part of a project related to waterways. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfvFxm...
Justin Nickels on Instagram: "In 2016 I made this short doc about @higginsstudios and her participation in the Drain Smart program. https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2016/05/04/an-artist-paints-to-keep-...
Higgins Studios combines art and conservation to bring attention to the impact of pollution on Little Rock's water supply. Her project, 'The Great Wave,' is a public art installation that raises aware...
www.instagram.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I saw that Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa set a record at auction. That made me want to share this short doc I made in 2016 about my friend Sarah who recreated it on a storm drain in Little Rock, Arkansas as part of a project related to waterways. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfvFxm...
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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If you’ve seen Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud you should log it on @letterboxd.social
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Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)
On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers, the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Oh, you think darkness is your ally, Charlie Brown. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, Charlie Brown, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Oh, you think darkness is your ally, Charlie Brown. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, Charlie Brown, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding, Charlie Brown.
Oh, you think darkness is your ally, Charlie Brown. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, Charlie Brown, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Oh, you think darkness is your ally, Charlie Brown. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, Charlie Brown, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding, Charlie Brown.
Watching Godzilla vs. Hedorah for the first time and it feels like David Lynch making a vibey James Bond movie with Kaiju.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Watching Godzilla vs. Hedorah for the first time and it feels like David Lynch making a vibey James Bond movie with Kaiju.
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You can see Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud at @vidiots.bsky.social on 12/6 at 4pm. I highly recommend it. #documentary #ukraine vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
2026 Cinema Eye Honors Shorts List – Program 1
Join Vidiots and Cinema Eye Honors as we explore this year's best non-fiction filmmaking with all-day screenings of the best documentary shorts of the year. Filmmakers at every screening!
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November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
You can see Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud at @vidiots.bsky.social on 12/6 at 4pm. I highly recommend it. #documentary #ukraine vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
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Maturing is letting the Star Trek Enterprise theme song play through without skipping.
November 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Maturing is letting the Star Trek Enterprise theme song play through without skipping.
You can see Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud at @vidiots.bsky.social on 12/6 at 4pm. I highly recommend it. #documentary #ukraine vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
2026 Cinema Eye Honors Shorts List – Program 1
Join Vidiots and Cinema Eye Honors as we explore this year's best non-fiction filmmaking with all-day screenings of the best documentary shorts of the year. Filmmakers at every screening!
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November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
You can see Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud at @vidiots.bsky.social on 12/6 at 4pm. I highly recommend it. #documentary #ukraine vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/2026-...
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On TV shows, we love to arc a villian — force the bad guy to team up with the good guys and follow that character on a path to redemption. It’s fun, but it’s fiction.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
On TV shows, we love to arc a villian — force the bad guy to team up with the good guys and follow that character on a path to redemption. It’s fun, but it’s fiction.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
In real life, villains rarely arc. Racists stay racist. Monsters stay monsters. If someone says they’ve changed, be real suspicious.
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The miniature spaceship FX in Close Encounters aged well because they built a "smoke room" to photograph the models in, to increase the density of the atmosphere around them. I.e., a 1/25 scale model would have smoke room atmosphere 25 times denser than it would be in the real world.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The miniature spaceship FX in Close Encounters aged well because they built a "smoke room" to photograph the models in, to increase the density of the atmosphere around them. I.e., a 1/25 scale model would have smoke room atmosphere 25 times denser than it would be in the real world.
If you’ve seen Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud you should log it on @letterboxd.social
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Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (2025)
On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers, the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine. His younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud...
boxd.it
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you’ve seen Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud you should log it on @letterboxd.social
boxd.it/SDcs
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