Sean Redlitz
@theredlitz.bsky.social
Marketing & Comms exec, cowriter #TheSacrificeGame
Past: @Shudder, @CNN, @FoodNetwork
He/Him/His
~all views expressed are my own~
Past: @Shudder, @CNN, @FoodNetwork
He/Him/His
~all views expressed are my own~
Andrew “Only I Can Handle Trump” Cuomo must be so mad right now. 😂
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Andrew “Only I Can Handle Trump” Cuomo must be so mad right now. 😂
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The annual Ho-Ho-Holiday Sale is underway at MZS.Press arts bookstore. we've chosen items for maximum gift-ability. We *automatically* upgrade USPS shipping one level (yes, you read that right!). All orders packed with obsessive care. And we put little extras in there, too! mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The annual Ho-Ho-Holiday Sale is underway at MZS.Press arts bookstore. we've chosen items for maximum gift-ability. We *automatically* upgrade USPS shipping one level (yes, you read that right!). All orders packed with obsessive care. And we put little extras in there, too! mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
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Just a reminder that Trump had his attorney general preempt the Mueller Report with a self-serving “summary” and the media ran with it and it defined everything that came after.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Just a reminder that Trump had his attorney general preempt the Mueller Report with a self-serving “summary” and the media ran with it and it defined everything that came after.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. If…late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment.“
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. If…late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment.“
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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Classic NY Times: powerless underage victim is actually the scheming perp; much-older member of the US Congress is actually a passive victim
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Classic NY Times: powerless underage victim is actually the scheming perp; much-older member of the US Congress is actually a passive victim
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#ThrowbackThursday
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
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Spooky Doings: Jenn Wexler & Sean Redlitz
Podcast Episode · The Spooky Doings Podcast · 12/23/2023 · 46m
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November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#ThrowbackThursday
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Christiane F. (Bleak Week screening) and The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (on Criterion Channel) were each a revelation.
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Christiane F. (Bleak Week screening) and The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (on Criterion Channel) were each a revelation.
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
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All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
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People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.
Okay, who told every exec to start using "white space" as their new buzzword?
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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New Yorkers should be able to protest with safety and dignity.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New Yorkers should be able to protest with safety and dignity.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
I wonder how much of this chart is a measure of what each group believes vs. of how far a billionaire-backed, targeted hate campaign can distort an election? What would the breakdown be if not for their influence?
I'm assuming the Ackman-Bloomberg-Lauder spend wasn't targeted at "None" and "Other."
I'm assuming the Ackman-Bloomberg-Lauder spend wasn't targeted at "None" and "Other."
This is a stunning political realignment--Mamdani lost Jews, Catholics, and Protestants but won by sweeping "Other" and "None."
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I wonder how much of this chart is a measure of what each group believes vs. of how far a billionaire-backed, targeted hate campaign can distort an election? What would the breakdown be if not for their influence?
I'm assuming the Ackman-Bloomberg-Lauder spend wasn't targeted at "None" and "Other."
I'm assuming the Ackman-Bloomberg-Lauder spend wasn't targeted at "None" and "Other."
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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FAR more ironic - and tragic - than "Murphy Brown's daughter" (Chloe Malle) knifing @teenvogue.com in the back is that she's also the daughter of Louis Malle, director of Au Revoir Les Enfants, a great film about children being disappeared from classrooms by a fascist state. "Never forget", Chloe.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
FAR more ironic - and tragic - than "Murphy Brown's daughter" (Chloe Malle) knifing @teenvogue.com in the back is that she's also the daughter of Louis Malle, director of Au Revoir Les Enfants, a great film about children being disappeared from classrooms by a fascist state. "Never forget", Chloe.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
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Well, shit — a killer new horror bookstore in NYC got flooded and damaged by hurricane remnants. Help is needed if you can. Please share!
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Donate to Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts, organized by Lauren Komer
On Thursday, October 30th, the remnants of Hurricane Melissa hit NYC, … Lauren Komer needs your support for Support The Twisted Spine's Flood Recovery Efforts
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November 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Well, shit — a killer new horror bookstore in NYC got flooded and damaged by hurricane remnants. Help is needed if you can. Please share!
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I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.
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Dear people who don't live in the Chicago area,
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Dear people who don't live in the Chicago area,
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
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i don’t think you can maximin vote share with polls and spreadsheets, and i think it is a problem that the most prominent and influential political commentators right now are more devotees of data than experts in narrative
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
i don’t think you can maximin vote share with polls and spreadsheets, and i think it is a problem that the most prominent and influential political commentators right now are more devotees of data than experts in narrative