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rory
@masseffect.bsky.social
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one of those they/themmies

as seen on twitter @[lychees + burakhovsky]
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masseffect.bsky.social
i got the regal unlimited subscription and im about to make it an annoying part of my personality did you see two movies a month it pays for itself
September 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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jacobgeller.com
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio had a budget of $35 million and every single character was moved one frame at a time by a human being. What the fuck are we even doing!!!!!!!
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8
OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)
September 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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blankcheck.bsky.social
Ummm, Time just named us one of “The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time” alongside such pioneers as Serial, WTF, and something called “Fighting in the War Room”…

We’re honored!
July 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
masseffect.bsky.social
i got my eyebrow pierced on sunday and ive got an incredible shiner which is very common after an eyebrow piercing but i do think im scaring everyone who interacts with me just a bit
July 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
masseffect.bsky.social
puts out birdseed for my friends who consistently use this website
July 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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pileofgarbage.net
"BOZO. EAT DUST. THIS BAG TWO-THIRDS AIR."
July 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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garfieldscreens.bsky.social
episode 018
June 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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pizzasuplex.bsky.social
"unemployed" is more of a real job than "landlord"
June 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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garfieldscreens.bsky.social
episode 084
June 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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jacobgeller.com
Okay there are a lot of cameos in Death Stranding 2 but there's only one so far that truly made me lose it
June 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
i would like it a lot of zohran did whatever it takes to keep lander involved with the campaign. ride a tandem bike with him in your ads man this is great stuff
As he wrapped up his speech, Brad Lander again congratulated Mamdani, whom he cross-endorsed. And Lander, who is Jewish, declared, “We are not going to let anyone divide Muslim New Yorkers and Jewish New Yorkers.”
June 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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garfieldscreens.bsky.social
episode 003
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
masseffect.bsky.social
got hit with a seven year old asking me "are you a girl?" and a man telling me "by the way...happy pride" before he strutted off. my stocks are going up
June 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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alexkirshner.com
@erinchack viral tweet: america is wrong about everything except fahrenheit. farenheit is the correct way to measure temperature. fahrenheit is like "man, it's so hot out. it's gotta be like.......100 hots."
June 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
masseffect.bsky.social
this movie scared me so bad as a child because i think it was my first introduction to death at (checks year i was born) three years old
letterboxd.social Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · Jun 23
Chicken Run was released in theaters 25 years ago today🐔
June 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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garfieldscreens.bsky.social
episode 023
June 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
masseffect.bsky.social
not a soul at my job rn
June 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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riibrego.bsky.social
June of 1983 #art
A fan illustration of When They Cry / Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
June 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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pecopicopeko.bsky.social
"mom"
#evangelion #shinji
April 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
masseffect.bsky.social
this is still my favorite picture i took at the los camp concert
June 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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letterboxd.social
Upon Saving Face’s twentieth anniversary, writer-director Alice Wu chats with Adesola about her history-making rom-com’s lesbian legacy, finding inspiration in Tootsie and why her film is ultimately a love letter to her mother. boxd.it/2ys
May 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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rosenkranz.bsky.social
#sinners studies in #heavypaint
a digital painting of Pearline, a young black woman, singing while standing on the stage on all fours. behind her there are musicians. portrait of Mary, a light skinned young woman with dark curly hair and white glowing eyes. she's smiling, showing her sharp teeth. she's covered in blood a landscape at dusk, with silhouettes of a small lone house, and two men riding horses silhouettes of twins, Smoke and Stack, looking at the setting sun
May 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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doomquasar.bsky.social
now with alt text, apologies for the oversight:
Hi Jim, I’m writing to let you know how incredibly disappointed I am about the decision to sell Polygon to Valnet. Even though I’m one of the fortunate few to still be employed, I’m still furious and heartbroken. I was in Europe when the sale went public. A few days later, a reader recognized me at a cafe in Paris. He couldn't believe what had happened, and asked me how it was possible, in the United States, that a workforce like ours could just be disposed of. He also added, completely unprompted, that American workers should "choose violence." I just thought I'd mention that! It was cool to be recognized halfway around the world for my work. The readers have always appreciated it, even if you don't. But I’m going to tell you about it anyway. At Polygon, we wrote stories and made videos that were unique in entertainment media — they were weird and well-researched and funny. We also got awards for our reporting (including myself and my now-laid-off colleague Clayton Ashley — we were nominated for an ASME and we won a New York Videogame Critics Circle award). We attracted brand sponsorships, some of which my team was in the middle of working on when my colleagues were laid off. My understanding is that Vox will be doing make-good sponsorships for the businesses that had contracted with Polygon. I wonder if they will seek out Vox Media again, once that process is finished. My colleagues who were laid off spent years building connections and trust with sources in our industry. On the video team, subjects gave us hours of their time and resources for interviews. People trusted us to tell their stories. You can’t do good journalism without that trust, and that’s been at minimum bruised by this sale and the dismantling of the team. Our readers and viewers are wonderful. I applied to work at Polygon because I read a comment chain on the site that I expected to be full of sexism and vitriol. Instead I found thoughtful people having a civil and intelligent discussion. What a rarity on the internet! Did you know that Polygon’s YouTube comments have always been overwhelmingly positive? My games journalist colleagues at other sites marveled at the fact that at Polygon, I never got hate mail. Was never harassed. That I could scroll freely through the comments of any video that I or my colleagues made and see people appreciating our work. That is so, so rare. I worked at Vox Media for 9 years. The week before the sale, as I was preparing to go on vacation, I stayed up till 5 AM so that I could finish my next video. No one asked me to do that! That was frankly stupid, considering how little you and the company valued our work. This doesn't make me look very good or very smart, but I’m including it anyway. The truth is I like working and the feeling of productivity, and I liked what I was making. I felt like that made it worth it. It didn't! I suppose what I am saying is that Polygon's employees did everything possible to make the site a success. We built a profitable, respected publication. You, and Vox Media's leadership, didn't know what to do with it. You failed to make a good thing work for you. That's quite sad, and quite an indictment on Vox Media as a whole. I used to have a lot of faith in the company’s longevity. I don't anymore, because of your poor decision-making, and your failure to listen to the people who were telling you what Polygon needed. I had always said that Vox Media is an amazing employer. That out of all the media companies, it was the best. I encouraged people who are bright and hard-working and talented to apply for work there. I felt so lucky to have my job. I don’t think you know yet how many bridges you’ve burned with people like me who would’ve jumped at the chance to work for you, and let themselves be exploited along the way. A couple years ago, a former employee told me that digital media would never love me back, and that I should leave Vox. They said I wouldn’t understand how much the company takes from its employees until I tried working somewhere else. Well, now I work for Valnet! Thank you for the push out the door! Meanwhile, if you couldn’t make a profitable website like Polygon work, then what hope is there for my colleagues at other Vox outlets? How many unprofitable ventures will be propped up with profits from the Polygon sale, and for how long? Before you and the folks with a head for business (or so I’m told!) have to hit the ledgers again and find something to sell, or someone to let go. Or will the company just enjoy a tax write-off for 2025 and then... what? Polygon was special, and it was valuable, and it was profitable, and you sold it, at a time when the economy was at a low point — and when Polygon, against all odds, was still making money. This does not make sense to me. Please feel free to respond and convince me. Sincerely, Simone de Rochefort
May 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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woodaba.bsky.social
I know most of you who follow me are aware of BDS, but I also know a few of you who have bought Doom or are on Game Pass etc and I’d really like you to consider stopping giving MS your money as much as possible. BDS is provoking a response. It matters.
May 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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alariko.bsky.social
Laundromat
May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM