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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 8h

Guy looked at the numbers for old seasons of The Office and really thought he could replicate that while skipping the steps for making a successful TV show. Patient zero for 'Content creation'

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

Holy fuck. SCOTUS overturned the circuit court ruling, sending Christa Pike to her death, and then the state of Tennessee botched the execution and she’s still alive. There are no fucking words.

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After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution

SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An entire industry run by bad guys written by Paul Verhoeven

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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 25/09/2026

So Google destroys a 25 year old economic ecosystem because it’s bored and its next trick is… to pretend it’s going to space?

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Steven Santana @number8axel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week @benverschoor.bsky.social and I talk about Resident Evil! We also go back to Paul W.S. Anderson's RE: Afterlife, and we both ended up watching separate Japanese films in which a film crew are subjected to supernatural horrors as our accompaniment. miseenscreen.libsyn.com/episode-61-r...

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Mise en Screen: Episode 61: Resident Evil (2026)

Resident Evil is the latest reboot and entry in the Resident Evil film franchise. Directed by Zach Cregger and co-written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, this film follows Austin Abrams as Bryan, a medica...

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hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · 20/09/2026

The way he looks at her is exactly the way the camera looks at Alice in the later few Resident Evil movies

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Steven Santana @number8axel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Time to talk about the wildest ride of a movie of the year with @benverschoor.bsky.social, but first a film best watched on mute at a dive bar, a capital C Classic action film, and a horny and wet Stuart Gordon picture miseenscreen.libsyn.com

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Mise en Screen

Each episode Ben Verschoor and Steven Santana will talk about a contemporary release and then two related repertory screenings. The relation can be as thin as possible or explicitly obvious.

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Going deep on the arcane (stupid) lore of the Resident Evil series has me wondering if there is a correlation between the decline in popularity and production in the daytime soap opera and the rise of serialized movies, TV shows, and video games

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Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

An incredible piece of Simpsons history uploaded to YouTube today: The Tracy Ullman short “Family Therapy” was repurposed as a theatrical short before 1989’s The War of the Roses—released 9 days before the Xmas special. This 35mm film scan has an original opening I’ve not seen before!

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The Simpsons Family Therapy (1989} -35mm - Flat - Mono - UHD

YouTube video by The Scan Man Gallery

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We were less than a decade away from social media and broadband reshaping how information and culture are reproduced and the media stopped giving rising stars in the real, theater world a national platform. At the same time, theater production became more expensive abd therefore risk-averse.

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The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Kushner was often asked to comment about how he could’ve seen all this coming and his response always makes me laugh which is that it was so fucking obvious *even a playwright* could see it. im just saying there’s a reason his friends say his drag name should be Eera Lee Prescient.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.

An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A large group of medieval knights ride in formation on horseback through an open field. The leader of the pack warns the group of a log in their path as his horse jumps over the obstacle. “Log,” he yells. This starts a chain of “logs” as each rider yells “log” so everyone is aware of the log. Their strong communication and teamwork likely results in all of the riders avoiding the log safely. Artist’s note: simple yet sloppy line work and elite composition make this piece a core work in pants art history.

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not even a month after we published this, the Authority this week briefed localities on a new buyer in closed sessions and hastily scheduled a meeting for tomorrow to vote on it. You could not ask for a clearer illustration of why people hate these things.

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This didn't go well for Zell Miller. "Zell who?" Exactly.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 09/09/2026

(in the family group chat): that wont matter. without radical change all of this is meaningless in fifteen years. we have no idea how dire things are (in the communist group chat): they should make a turn based final fantasy again with the two minute summon animations

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/09/2026

Isaac Newton famously wrote “if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Academic progress is always iterative and builds on the work of others, and a key component of academic culture is proper citation & attribution. It would be a travesty to let LLMs destroy that.

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robertus @robertus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Elizabeth Holmes is gonna crawl out of your computer monitor in seven days unless you show this to someone else

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Med tech fraudster meets reality TV mindfucker, we are so blessed

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

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cee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Beth ran an incredibly hardworking campaign without big money or institutions behind them. And they're a real comrade. As they said: join.dsausa.org

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Big ups to Beth for helping make this happen.

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Steven Santana @number8axel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Double feature this week with @benverschoor.bsky.social. We've got Travolta's star vehicle and mafia propaganda film Gotti before moving on to the expectedly divisive Camp Miasma and the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony starring the ever-hot Antonio Banderas. miseenscreen.libsyn.com/episode-57-t...

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Mise en Screen: Episode 57: Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma and Tony

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a 2026 horror metatext written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun. Hannah Einbinder plays Kris, a trans horror director developing a legacy sequel for the mothball...

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This seems like an argument for ditching labels that aren't popular while still keeping the policies, which are. "I don't know why you keep asking me about socialism, Jake Tapper, I'm just fighting to make sure my neighbors are safe and have good jobs and healthcare." (Dolly Parton voice optional)

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The company's name is a joke - "Palantir, the Seeing Stone" - totally misunderstands the fantasy device Peter Thiel named it after

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

*bolts up awake in bed* Julianne Moore's character in SAFE would be MAHA

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 26/08/2026

Turning on my CRT TV and Clue (1985) is playing on every channel like it's Swan Lake and the Soviet Union is collapsing

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If you grew up in the 90s and owned a TV, it's pretty much impossible that you didn't encounter Tim Curry every Saturday morning.

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Voice Showcase - "Tim Curry"

YouTube video by GenerationWest

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Parton and Curry in different ways tapped into the link between performance and authenticity that's been obscured over the decades by things like Method acting and punk, that artifice can be used to put on a show while still communicating an essential aspect of the performer.

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Lindsay Ellis looked at how Dolly walked this tight-rope act in a video she released on Nebula last week but is now making public for an Imagination Library fundraiser.

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Yes, Dolly was Actually That Great

YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

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Burton’s Sleepy Hollow is a great rated R horror movie for kids @jdvdub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is why people in the US hate them too. It’s not part of the Discourse but people I’ve talked to say how come the county road and the state road don’t actually meet because they can’t be bothered to pour a strip of asphalt but they can permit this overnight?

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Turns out "lethality" also means no more edible food for soldiers at sea.

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

The largest and oldest Black studies departments in the country have been closed, but a bunch of people decided the eugenics guy was the crucible for academic freedom.

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The internet has a role in this, as does the Great Sort. But also, as agriculture and resource extraction have declined, economic development authorities have wooed big companies to invest, leading to gluts of chain businesses and, now, data centers, which may well be a tipping point.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Local media has been dying all over America, which means there’s essentially no way to hold local governments accountable— they can do whatever they want,” he told the white nationalists meeting. “You should be fantasizing about this. This is a good thing.” www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...

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As Local News Dies, White Nationalists See an Opening

At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, far-right leaders mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes.

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I need you all to sit with the fact that today I was served a YouTube ad for an AI-generated *fanfiction* app

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The scene with the witches includes the line "Bitches, begone!" Incredible.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This sign is a great example for helping to explain why chatbots present such a potent illusion. A probably not short thread 🧵>>

Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!

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Ben "tax big tech" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The coolest photo I've ever taken, a panoramic shot during totality, which messed with the light sensor, creating random bands of visual noise.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This network has been running for many years now and has big American money behind it. Cofnas is just one of their guys and they are all over the world.

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Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss

Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal

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