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Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, ex-Secret Movie Clubber. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
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"Really? People still go to movies?"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
Two Oscar-nominated screenwriters, @aiannucci.bsky.social and @kumail.bsky.social, are on the next season of TASKMASTER. That's wild.

Also, NEW CAST ANNOUNCED
Taskmaster confirms Gavin & Stacey icon in season 21 line-up
Who could it be?
www.digitalspy.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Reposted by Norm Wilner
Pierre Poilievre’s Personal Assistant Explains Why He Supports Trump Invading Venezuela

youtu.be/NBrSxfzpSpI
Pierre Poilievre’s Personal Assistant Explains Why He Supports Trump Invading Venezuela
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
What are the odds the wi-fi is even password protected
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
As usual, the worst people are the only ones happy today.
Ontario’s former Minister of Education and current Minister of Energy and Jazz Hands has some thoughts on the situation in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I know things are horrible today, but this is a nice thing to look forward to.
The Gambler
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vinegarsyndrome.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Strong leadership, totally conscious leadership, maybe a week before falling offstage at a Mission Accomplished event
Trump is really fighting to keep his eyes open while Caine goes on and on
January 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Jesus fucking Christ, take this man to a hospital and let him spend the rest of his days watching the Teletubbies
"The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal... They now call it the Donroe Doctrine."
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Philosophers now have a new paradox: Does this prove that God exists and has a wicked sense of humor, or that God died sometime during Reagan's second term
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Chauncey Gardener, if he watched nothing but wrestling and the Playboy Channel.
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
It's Eric, isn't it
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.

polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by Norm Wilner
In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”

zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Attacking a sovereign nation because people keep asking about your decaying health, sure, why the fuck not
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I think he's subconsciously competing with RFK Jr now.
My man looks like Robert Redford was battered and deep-fried
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Idiots.
Netflix is reportedly interested in giving a 17-day theatrical window for Warner Bros films once they acquire the studio.

(Source: Deadline)
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
January 2, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Your move, Toronto
January 2, 2026 at 11:16 PM
This is the Tank Girl origin story
My 10-year-old daughter asked for roller skates for Christmas and so far she has:
- cut her hand open
- ripped a shelf off the wall
- broken her glasses (she had an extra pair, all good), and
- given herself a cut across the eyebrow for which I was close to taking her to the hospital for stitches
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Reposted by Norm Wilner
I'm disturbed by the sheer number of media folks who don't realize they're doing a "Trump on Fallon" with Kevin O'Leary.
January 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
It's Friday, so subscribers to the paid tier of SHINY THINGS just got my exclusive reviews of THE PLAGUE, WE BURY THE DEAD and THE COPENHAGEN TEST. And for five bucks a month you can get them too ...
What's Worth Watching - January 2, 2026
Your weekly recommendations for stuff that's not on disc. Yet.
shiny-things.ghost.io
January 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Watched THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER again tonight, hoping to set the year on a better course than the last one. Just a splendid experience from stem to stern, McTiernan charging through the story with all the confidence of a guy who just made DIE HARD.

And there's Jan de Bont's imagery, of course.
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Thread. This is what action looks like, folks.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.

He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Reposted by Norm Wilner
Where the banshees live, and they do live well
January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM