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Alex McLevy

@alexm247.bsky.social
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critic at large. Ex-editor @ The A.V. Club. Send me your poor, your unsigned bands, your horror films, your screener links, your taffy-based candies. Chicago.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 4h
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
Adolf Hitler standing in front of a crowd

Panel 2:
Crowd is booing and shouting at Hitler (because he is a monster)

Panel 3:
Hitler in a hoodie and trackie-bees doing an absolutely sick trick on a skateboard

Panel 4: 
Crowd is cheering wildly for Hitler (because he is cool now)
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Today in “it can’t possibly be this dumb and obvious what we need to do, otherwise our government would be doing it, right?” Terrific piece by @rithikaram.bsky.social
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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Musk then prevented any community notes from appearing on Sortor’s post for many hours, ensuring that no one could debunk the bogus claim before it reached tens of millions of people, and suspended accounts that dug into its veracity” @lebassett.bsky.social www.laura-bassett.com/p/anatomy-of...
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Anatomy of a fake scandal
WSJ obtained video of Ken Paxton partying with literal fugitives in Dubai, so Republicans panicked and invented a story about Talarico checking into a psych hospital. It backfired.
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is a fucking fascist dictatorship until I get some evidence otherwise. Raiding the homes of elected officials who are political opponents for no reason other than threats and intimidation. And the corruption is so total, this barely made the news outside MN.
theguardian.com
Democrats rebuke federal raid of Ilhan Omar’s home: ‘rogue abuse of power’
Top House Democrats question the ‘corrupt weaponization’ of federal government against Trump’s adversaries
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Read the whole thread. "A Nazi trillionaire is trying to buy a seat" seems like it should be a pretty easy Democratic campaign line in just about every race in the country.
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nothing activates peoples’ “Main Character” energy quite like stepping into the role of steering a vehicle
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF
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Mulholland Mulhollanddrive
Alt: Mulholland Drive, at the exact moment that Patrick Fischler’s heart gives out behind Winkie’s
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Photography by Alfie Goodrich @alfie.photography · 24/09/2026
Excellent news. People need as few barriers as possible to seeing this film.
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fun little reminder of what people inside the Pentagon were saying on March 2, almost seven months ago
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westerner @lanelmorgan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"One of the most pathetic sounds in the world is the bleat of a millionaire wounded by the expenditure of public money in a way which does not yield him an immediate profit." Murray Morgan (my dad) Tacoma radio broadcast in 1958.
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm sure that just as soon as we're done throwing the transgender community under the bus the Right will cease its odious attacks on discrete and insular minorities
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You know who’s an underrated guitarist? Carrie Brownstein. Just coming up with endless cool shit. (This post brought to you by my seeing Sleater-Kinney again last night.)
Carrie Brownstein playing live, doubtless shredding something fierce
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You guys, I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, but I just finished the REACHER season 4 finale, and if you were really worried that Jack Reacher would be brutally murdered by those blade-wielding criminals, let’s just say I think you’ll be PLEASANTLY surprised!
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine how unstable and unqualified these people must be that even fucking ICE is like, “whoa, on second thought, you shouldn’t be anywhere near a position of law enforcement.”
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Meg @prayingmantis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This headline is sending me
theguardian.com
Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is exactly what I love about the Creep Tapes. Give smart, talented people enough money to pay everyone’s salaries, and they could give you 20 interesting weird seasons of a show for the same cost as one episode of House Of The Dragon
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Honestly had I known this was her I would’ve given her an Emmy on general principle
Widow’s Bay creator Katie Dippold is at a party where she’s dressed as the Babeadook and everyone else is a boring 
grownup drinking wine, seriously let’s give her any awards we can think of
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For the four millionth time: #AbolishICE - they are actively attacking US citizens who are TRYING TO JOIN THE FUCKING MILITARY
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I will die on the hill of getting everybody to watch the show MTV appallingly dismissed, SWEET/VICIOUS
The stars of SWEET/VICIOUS, a show you need to watch Now
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ahem
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Denzel Washington as Smiling Deke Deacon
Alt: Denzel Washington as Smiling Deke Deacon, babyyyyyy
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Jimmy Two Heads 💀🎃 @jimmytwohands.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
*extremely dramatic Guy Picciotto voice* Chiliiiiii’s baby back ribs Chili’s baby back ribs *guttural yet melodic Ian McKaye voice* BARBECUE SAUCE
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 09/09/2026
NEW: In one of the most horrifying stories I've ever reported, I found that Facebook is hosting huge quantities of AI-generated videos of violent child abuse -- kids being beaten, burned, and far more But the genuinely shocking thing was how little Meta seems to care futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism headline:

> Facebook Is Hosting Huge Numbers of Horrifying AI-Generated Videos of Violent Child Abuse, and Meta Is Barely Even Pretending to Care About Taking Them Down

> Facebook is filled with AI-generated videos of children being beaten, burned, and bludgeoned with heavy objects. Meta doesn't seem to care.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I have queSStions.
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
We are not yet ready to have the conversation about the insane overlaps between MEGALOPOLIS and SOUTHLAND TALES
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Boxer Santaros Nervy
Alt: The Rock in SOUTHLAND TALES doing his bonkers finger-tenting move
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yet another reason to #ABOLISHICE as soon as humanly possible
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pretty disheartening to realize that if they wanted, Democrats could end Bari Weiss’ career and put a huge stopgap in the GOP propaganda machine; instead, they’ve been doing their supposed opponents works for them.
jezebel.com
Bari Weiss’ CBS Hits a New Low
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Elon Musk is a world historical mass murderer whose actions will lead to the preventable death of millions and the implications of that are horrifying so Very Serious People make a huge performance of scoffing at the suggestion but it is the dry spreadsheet reality of what he did.
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A newly arrived L.A. resident gives another woman a place to stay while she tries to figure herself out
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Well damn, now I have to revisit Yrself Is Steam. Threw on Boces the other day and it was sounding good
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 27/08/2026
ICE's goal is 2k daily arrests, looks like about 1.5k atm. So at ~60k a month, that's: * one Dodgers Stadium * 2x UCLA undergrad enrollment * 1 in 10 of a Portland, OR EVERY MONTH
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manuele.bsky.social @manuele.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
serious question, why has the Postmaster General not been suspended for his crime of issuing a USPS rule that he has no authority to and is clearly against the constitution?
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.
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Spiteful Matt @realmfresh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Person who has seen 100 movies: The best movie ever made is Citizen Kane Person who has seen 1000 movies: The best movie ever made is 8 1/2 Person who has seen 10,000 movies: The best movie ever made is Crank 2: High Voltage
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The number of weird, bargain-bin sci-fi and fantasy paperbacks from the ‘60s and ‘70s I read as a kid with unwieldy titles that were shit like “The Cantilever Of Ipswich” or “Sodden Moons On Eternity’s Vale” never ceases to astound me
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I wrote an entire encomium to our beautiful big beefy boy, including easily the most ridiculous header photo caption I’ve ever written:
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In praise of Alan Ritchson, the big beefcake boy who makes Reacher work
In praise of Alan Ritchson, the big beefcake boy who makes Reacher work
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ʟᴇɢꜱ ʙᴇɴᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ✨ @maybecam.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026
By definition these are concentration camps so call them that.
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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children.
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I think I know exactly who this is, because they lost their petulant mind on us, as well, for an equally ridiculous reason 🤷‍♂️
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Today in “Hollywood’s memory is only as long as it’s most recent film”: Apparently the Hollywood Reporter can’t remember its own assessment that Sony had well and truly screwed up the Spider-Man franchise after The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
An excerpt from an interview with Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman in which everyone is pretending that their track record on the Spider-Man franchise has always been flawless, instead of more or less in the gutter after AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 at which point it had to be rescued by Marvel coming on as coproducer and Tom Holland taking over the role
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hard disagree but I love the defense reasons and this is why Rush fans rule regardless of our three albums run (But seriously of their 21st century output Clockwork Angels is the one ring to rule them all)
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is already an unhinged take because Hemispheres and Permanent Waves are RIGHT THERE before Moving Pictures, but: Electric Version/Twin Cinema/Challengers 3 Feet High & Rising/De La Soul Is Dead/Buhloone Mindstate So Jealous/The Con/Sainthood
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Cunningham was a superstar in high school and cannot deal with the fact that she’s an incredibly middling role player who comes off the bench in the WNBA and simply isn’t a relevant player. The only way she can get any attention is by vocally hating trans people.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
futurism.com
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Okay I’m ready for my Zendaya/Anya Taylor-Joy buddy comedy everyone
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#AbolishICE
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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
that odyssey review was pretty funny but also kind of like if wes anderson did the iliad and someone went long on how everything looks like a diorama and the characters have a flat affect and there's a general named "Gen. Greek Tragedy" and like yes i understand that is a wes anderson movie correct
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Alex McLevy @alexm247.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Consider this my yearly reminder that if you haven’t watched PENNY DREADFUL, you really should - or as I call it, EVA GREEN PRESENTS THE EVA GREEN SHOW STARRING EVA GREEN AND FRIENDS
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Eva Green's Expressive Gestures
Alt: Eva Green doing wacky delightful gestures, honestly she’s just the best
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