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Adam Mallinger

@bitterscriptreader.bsky.social
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Writer: SUPERMAN & LOIS, CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS. Author of MICHAEL F-ING BAY: amazon.com/dp/B00P1SQC9O My old site: thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com My Post-Crisis Superman site: superfanxl.com

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JK Woodward @jkwoodward.bsky.social · 2h
Coming October 16th on Kickstarter. My new and first creator-owned horror mini series! more here: www.theartofjkwoodward.com/notepad/behe... let me know what you think and toss any questions my way and I'll answer them. We'd love to have everyone on board when we launch!
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 5h
Kill the filibuster and make Trump veto everything people want Try telling a voter you had the majority, that you control the rules, and let a rule beat you anyway. See how that goes.
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Kill the filibuster and make Trump veto everything people want
Try telling a voter you had the majority, that you control the rules, and let a rule beat you anyway. See how that goes.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 3h
Rule of three! He’s been mentioned twice already
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 5h
There should be an animated series for kids called MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE BABIES and the gas station is a playpen but the Green Goblin truck stays the same.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 15h
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So it is your sworn testimony you have never seen any of Minka Kelly’s work? [JACK SMITH]: Not to my recoll— [SCHMITT]: Then maybe you’d like to explain this picture of you binge-watching GOSSIP GIRL! [SMITH]: Senator, if I may… that is Leighton Meester.
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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 17h
This headline from @deadline.com is gross. Disney wasn't hit with anything. The studio just fucked hundreds of its employees.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 16h
Exactly. So they’ll dig in, which keeps the story alive and makes them look WORSE. Dems think about it in terms of, “he never will so why bother?” when the real game is keeping this story alive long enough to define him for the rest of his career. Make it his “potatoe!”
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 18h
The core appeal of reactionary politics is hatred of competent and smart people who follow evidence rather than use it to support conclusions. A million incidents like this happen daily in academia and legal settings, and they're behind almost all right-wing "liberal bias" accusations.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 18h
Everyone demanding Senator Schmidtt apologize to Jack Smith are again setting the bar too low. They should be demanding his resignation from the Judiciary Committe. He's unfit to serve Pound the table. Make some noise. Turn this into a multi-day story
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 18h
Ask him about the guy with the crazy smile in the opening scene of CLIFFHANGER as the girl falls to her death!
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Dave Thomer @davethomer.bsky.social · 19h
Given the number of things that can go wrong, it's really a miracle that anything ever gets done. (True about storytelling and most anything people do, come to think of it.)
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 19h
At one point, someone proposes a conclusion that resolves all their plot problems and gets them to the result they all want. One problem: it doesn’t feel AT ALL like a Spider-Man story. It’s too cosmic. And there’s a lot of debate and flip-flopping over if they should do that
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 19h
One thing I loathe about angry comic book fans is that they act like everything they don’t like in a story was done with malice, or to specifically spite them. The Clone Saga oral history shows that everyone has good intentions and they just disagree on the right approach to end it
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 19h
You can tell this is an alternate timeline because someone actually stood up to Janeway and called it murder
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 21h
It's eye-opening to see how many factors ended up influencing the story, and that's not even getting into all the writers and artists who walked off the Saga in frustration, leading to even bigger changes. "Turmoil" is an accurate guess.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 22h
This oral history was one way I came to understand that sometimes the people that take public heat for a story aren't always the people responsible for why that story came out that way. At a certain point, the Clone Saga becomes a runaway train everyone is trying their best to stop gracefully
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 22h
I read this at least five times before I ever read the comics. It's an incredible and candid look behind the scenes of one of the biggest comics debacles of the 90s. If you want to REALLY see all the pressures that affect creative works, read this. You'll come away with new respect for the process
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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sleepynaut @grovewalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mike Scollins @mikescollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Mr Smith is true you recently attended a football game with Buffalo Bill?! FROM SILENCE OF THE LAMBS?!" "No, the name of the team is the Buffalo Bills." "WHERE ARE THE GIRLS MR SMITH?!??!"
That fucking idiot Eric Schmitt questioning Jack Smith
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love oral histories. I love the CW. This was a great overview of the network that was.
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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Frame #71600 from S05 -E12 - Battle Turkey-629270
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Entertainment Weekly @ew.com · 29/09/2026
Christopher Reeve’s son and ‘Good Morning America’ personality Will Reeve announced his testicular cancer diagnosis. ‘I was raised to share one’s struggles if, in doing so, that might help others.’
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Late ‘Superman’ actor’s son Will Reeve reveals cancer diagnosis: ‘Raised to share one’s struggles’
Christopher Reeve’s son and ‘Good Morning America’ personality Will Reeve announced his testicular cancer diagnosis. ‘I was raised to share one’s struggles if, in doing so, that might help others.’
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.]
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There were two people I texted the news to and “Dimples” was in the immediate reply from each of them. I was only at Dimples once. And sure enough, he was there
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I clicked on ONE link related to this actress about six weeks ago and since then Facebook has shown me her posts more often than any of my relatives. The algorithm loves her, apparently
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Matthew Federman @matthewfederman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Literally every Meta product. When Dracula is the CEO the product will always be vampires.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I liked Marty when he first showed up, and I liked that they had him remove himself from the situation when he realized he had feelings for Rory and wasn’t interested in being her friend. And I HATED how Rory guilted him for doing the thing most girls say they wish a friend with a crush would do
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Sitcom People @sitcompeople.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dennis Haskins 1950-2026 RIP
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RIGHT?! Like how do you write that line and not realize “This is a Mr. Burns line. It’s a classic line if the guy saying it is a complete asshole who LOVES being an asshole.”
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And they could still be awful if we were supposed to be disgusted by them or have some character in the show represent the “I HATE these guys!” POV. And I agree about their final appearance
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I can’t believe it took me almost 40 years to spot this
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Like, in a version of the show where we’re supposed to see Rory embrace of privilege as a bad thing, the Life and Death Brigade would be Al Pacino in THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE, not “quirky” rich bros who face no consequences for their impulsive romps
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From a certain point of view, the last couple of seasons can be read as Rory selling herself out to the privilege her mother always rejected. It would be an AWESOME villain arc if you got the sense the show saw it that way… and it doesn’t feel like it does
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ll always defend conflict between Lorelei and Rory but reserve the right to complain that Rory stealing a boat because someone gave her one bad review was an INSANE choice. If anything, Lorelei under-reacted
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I answer a reader’s question about how much Clark Kent there should be in a Superman story. superfanxl.com/2026/09/28/m...
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Mailbag – How much Clark Kent is needed?
On last week’s post about ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #424, Dave Thomer asked: “You said you think this issue takes too long to get Superman in the cape. So in your opinion: what’s the prope…
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...
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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns
Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah y’all can fuck right off with this
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dennis Haskins, Dimples regular and Mr. Belding on SAVED BY THE BELL, dead at 75. newschannel9.com/news/local/c...
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Chattanooga native Dennis Haskins, 'Saved by the Bell' principal, dies at 75
Chattanooga native and actor Dennis Haskins, best known as Principal Richard Belding on “Saved by the Bell,” has died at age 75, according to his friend and car
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today on SUPER FAN XL, I answer a reader question that probably differs depending on the medium... what's the proper mix of Superman action and Clark Kent development? superfanxl.com/2026/09/28/m...
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Mailbag – How much Clark Kent is needed?
On last week’s post about ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #424, Dave Thomer asked: “You said you think this issue takes too long to get Superman in the cape. So in your opinion: what’s the prope…
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Which Witch R U 🏳️‍🌈 @which-witch-ru.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We just officially lost LGBTQ discrimination protections for education (and already lost them for employment, housing and healthcare). These are ALL OUR RIGHTS except marriage & adoption. Fuck every LGBTQ person telling people not to vote Dem. You spit in the face of ALL who got us our rights.
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brutal! The Cornell rapists had to write those essays in longhand while still recovering from a slap on the wrist.
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep talking. You're doing great.
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Carlos Cisco @carloscisco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As a PA who hated taking Sweetgreen orders and also as human who hated eating them… this is extremely vindicating.
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STEMthebleeding @stemthebleeding.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Something something both parties, something something I'm not voting to teach Democrats a lesson. Just hope you understand that this is NOT something that can be undone. The harm these kids will face will be lifelong. Kids who you decided their rights weren't worth your filling in a fucking circle.
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