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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 9h

Set him loose on ChatGPT and the rest.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 10h

📌When Democrats win the WH in 2028, the arts are going to positively explode into a million colors at the Kennedy Center. You will see some of the greatest shows and artists in history. It will be an ongoing celebration of everything that is still good, decent, and beautiful in this world. ✊🏼

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 10h

So if we never "admit we were wrong," the Trumpers will keep their goons out of our cities? Love this approach.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 12h

No announcement, however, that any streamer has agreed to carry this. Any company actually carrying this is telling us everything about who they now are.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 13h

Genuinely looking forward to THE DEBUT and hoping I don't confuse it with THE DRAMA, THE MOMENT, and THE INVITE.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 13h

But if he wanted to follow the Eisenhower model and name it after his favorite person, Camp Vlad would also be an option.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 13h

Camp Home Alone 2 is what we should call the new Camp David that Trump wants to build at Mar-a-Lago. Like his appearance in that movie, the new facility will be gratuitous, unnecessary, and yet more of his desperately leveraging anything he can for self-aggrandizement.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 13h

I watched it twice to see what bashing you meant. It's indisputable that tourists rarely see the real DC, and oh, he happened to mention tourists from Midwest states. Maybe that was his lived experience or not, but as an Iowa native, I have a thick enough skin to handle this.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This subset goes way back. As a theatre literary manager in the 90s, e.g., I had a fierce debate about copyright with a professor of dramaturgy. He was paid for his own work by his university, but he felt entitled to sidestep copyright payments/restrictions because "information wants to be free."

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Could someone please ask pilots never to announce excitedly about how they're landing ahead of schedule? There is NEVER a gate ready when they're early.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Interesting premise that the truth only matters on occasion.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A possible way to dislodge it would be to watch IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE again, because Simon's look and voice are directly drawn from Lionel Barrymore playing Mr. Potter.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Maybe he means something different when he's been asking for a Roy Cohn

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Waiting for the latter film to be on a double bill with Bodies Bodies Bodies

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope you're right as I tried to suggest previously. But there are more MAHA out there than we want to think. This week Fox floated the name Chris Christie so they are desperate and anything feels possible. You have made your position clear so we can leave it here.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I hope that will be the reaction but we didn't think a lot of things that have happened would happen. He gets as much attention as the others while being even more shameless.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tbh as an actual writer who actually went on strike against actual monolithic corporations who said we were out of control, I ask you to kindly consider retiring this overworn metaphor about what "writers" do.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That is obviously Marco's wager, but it's hard to believe he has the stamina for the cage fight. I dread saying it but I would bet on either RFKJR or Tom Cotton.

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Exhibitor Relations Co. @ercboxoffice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Warner Bros--now is the time. It's been an awful 2026 and you won't even exist as an independent studio after next month... So, do the right thing, and release HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA: CHAPTER II. It's what the people want. It's what the people deserve.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Every headline about this sort of thing should name Sam Altman or whatever other CEO owns these "agents."

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Agree broadly and it doesn't say "Nazi," but here is one 2024 article exploring how mass deportation would alter fabric of the US, not a major outlet but quotes Biden re ripping away children to detention camps. Search "2024 what mass deportation would require." arkansasadvocate.com/2024/08/27/t...

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And there's how we hear someone has been "called back" which weirdly evokes a car being "recalled."

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

His staffers were compelled to believe their conspiracy theory because they could totally imagine themselves exposing a secret meeting through a post about a basketball game. It just felt so recognizable to them.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In some states such as Florida, there's been sufficient grift that for-profit schools do have to demonstrate a reasonable number of their students get work in their field. Trump University and/or the grifts of some of his donors would have been held to this standard and so this is his revenge.

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Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today

Dorothy Malone and Humphrey Bogart in the bookstore scene in 1946’s The Big Sleep

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nobody thinks what they "really believe" is a conspiracy theory. I've shot down a few conspiracy theories, but arguably they meet a higher standard than "really believing," because they are typically presented with shreds of curious evidence which beliefs do not necessarily require.

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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins

Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or biological pathogens. If a product is potentially dangerous, it should be regulated and corporations should be held accountable for wrongdoing. Why would AI be any different? www.commondreams.org/news/ai-securi…

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AI Giants Probe 'Tens of Thousands' of Security Incidents—Some Involving Government Sites | Common Dreams

Security researchers investigate tens of thousands of artificial intelligence security incidents, fueling fresh calls fo

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fwiw, I do listen to LA's 88.5 FM "SoCal Sound" public radio, which continually introduces me to new music. It's not chart-topping stuff, but when I watched the new SNL UK, I saw half the acts were groups I knew from 88.5. Diverse mix of old/new/genres with many female artists, highly recommend.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We watched THE FUGITIVE at a drive-in with train tracks next to it, and during the big train scene, an actual train roared past! It was like real life Sensurround.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Surprised people agree that Grifty would do this. Like driving, like finishing a book, eating Chinese just isn't something in his skill set. The chopsticks alone would have him ranting for a month.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Greg, if Dems win power as we hope, how's it going to play when Schumer takes credit for "leading the party to victory" that will be achieved very much DESPITE him? Would love your take on how we will weather a powerful mandate for change being co-opted by Mr. Normalcy.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Interacting with a flexible, accordion-like kinetic paper sculpture crafted by Chinese artist Li Hongbo using stacked paper sheets in a honeycomb structure. youtube.com/shorts/hLpe9...

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi friends! Today on The Joy of Baseball podcast @joeposnanski.com and I talk to actor, comedian, and Bluesky-er @andyrichter.co! Andy is very funny. We have a very wholesome conversation about how much we love baseball. Listen for free here: pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9h...

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Remember that Trump resisted naming a son after himself "because what if he's a loser?" So even if he doesn't run again (which SCOTUS might let him do as a special boy), he won't endorse any successor. He'll make a big show of "letting them earn it." The only successor he'd ever endorse is Ivanka.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Of course she knows they will be investigated again because she knows how many crimes they have committed, and how many were her husband's idea.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fwiw, I like how @thedailybeast.bsky.social regularly lists his age as part of any headline in which he's said something a little weird (and there are many).

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Annie Wu @anniewu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Batman Day isn't fun for everybody. Please check on your superstitious and cowardly loved ones today.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Love this movie, saw it two times when it came out, and then again on video. We still laugh about Derek Jacobi's request, "and if you see any objets d'art ..."

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So fragile that he cannot handle leading in the eighth and then losing in the ninth inning.

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Still laughing about @jaketapper.bsky.social showing off his pocket square on Colbert

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Brian Nelson @briannelsonnow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There must be someone whom Popeye called a yellow-bellied sea snake.

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