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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Seen a lot of people responding to this with “I’m just going to pirate the show,” and I want to gently remind everyone that the central idea in this piece is that there’s no way to engage with the Potter franchise in any capacity that doesn’t benefit Rowling and her bigotry

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

if you watch it you tell WB to keep making more Potter stuff and you show them that directly funding JKR’s transphobia, that she LITERALLY uses to strip trans women’s rights away, is not a dealbreaker how could i ever feel safe around someone who buys her the boots she uses to step on my neck?

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have come to the conclusion that COYOTE VS ACME must get an Adapted Screenplay nomination.

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

PERFECT MOVIE. MUCH DELIGHT. NO NOTES.

The poster for the wonderful film COYOTE VS ACME

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

this week is astonishingly homophobic. it's like anti-pride.

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

GOD, GET BETTER AIM, YOU KEEP GRABBING THE WRONG 80 YEAR OLD

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tom Savini is a fucking legend. And he lost everything. His home. His beloved pets. His life's work - work that served as the foundation of the horror we hold most dear. There isn't the character count to list his legacy here. If you can, please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-to...

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Donate to Support Tom Savini After House Fire, organized by Jason Baker

Tom Savini, special makeup effects legend, is facing a heartbreaking loss after Tom’s … Jason Baker needs your support for Support Tom Savini After House Fire

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It was so damn depressing to watch every TV writer who was willing and eager to have open, intelligent conversations about their process get hounded off social by a combination of aggressive stans and belligerent wannabes defending the right to be a shithead to creatives

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I keep thinking about the discourse from the other day suggesting writers are gatekeeping writing information for ourselves and I just think back to 2019 when every writer was out there giving away writing advice until one by one each stopped because social media blows and we can't have nice things.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

*gently grabs your face* listen to me LISTEN TO ME y'all need to start buying the rights to Horror books written by women instead of trolling Reddit for scraps of creepypasta. There are SO MANY BOOKS that would make great movies just sitting there, complete with PLOTS and THEMES and CHARACTER ARCS.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

i’m sorry but ‘literally died of hard heartedness’ is the most hack writing yet in an already weak season

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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

A24 announces that they want to put storyboard artists out of work. That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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Google Invests $75 Million in A24 to Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools

A24 and Google have struck an AI research partnership that will see the independent studio work to develop new AI-powered technologies for filmmakers.

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Merge two movies: STAR TREK II: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 01/06/2026

This is Bodie. His presence indicates the beginning of Pride Month. May his whimsy and steadfastness bring joy and confidence to all. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

a golden retriever puppy on a bright pink rope leash prances through some tall grass. he’s wearing a brightly patterned bandana around his neck and is carrying a miniature six-stripe pride flag in his mouth. his front right paw is raised mid-stride, like he’s ready to hop into a pride parade at any second.

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I don’t know if this was always true, but it’s definitely true now The new Star Treks are a good example. Newcomers are more engaged on the level of “is this story compelling?” and the hard core have their first filter set at “does this even APPEAR to violate canon?”

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Between the box office performance of Obsession and Backrooms (as well as several other recent films), it feels like something about American moviegoing tastes and habits are shifting very quickly in a way for which most of the people with the money to finance movies are completely unprepared.

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Asserted Scully, "Rosenbaum is a pathetic chode whose sentence structure sucks."

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Every Republican primary is between 99% Hitler and 110% Hitler and voters are breaking the lever they’re going so hard for 110% Hitler

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 19/05/2026

the fuck it will

A white man in a business suit pointing a handgun at an open laptop

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

the CEO of Barnes and Noble can shit blood from a crouch

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

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Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

If you make a wish on it, one finger curls and the wish will be granted but come with horrible consequences.

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María de la Ohlala @menchubasquero.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Lunes. Buenos días

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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I repeat: THE PITT is saving television. And not in the flippant, "I just really like it" way. THE PITT has a full writers room, full crew, full seasons and is wildly popular. It's the type of TV that execs thought was dead, and, most importantly, it's the type of TV viewers will always crave.

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard

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jessica BONEStown @newfoundgloryhole.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

this is a great time to remind everyone THERE ARE NO LAWS PROHIBITING CIS CHILDREN FROM GETTING PLASTIC SURGERY im gonna say that again for the "just asking questions" crowd THERE ARE NO LAWS PROHIBITING CIS CHILDREN FROM GETTING PLASTIC SURGERY just trans kids! the party of protecting children

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Brian Michael Scully @brianscully.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

ngl this is far and away my favorite monologue I've ever written, and not just because I got to take a monumental shit on Max Landis

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

One of my favorite parts of the script is the moment where we let Daisy Ridley rip Max Landis a new one to his face about his completely wrong "Mary Sue" criticism of Rey. This part was all @brianscully.bsky.social and it brought the house down when performed live by Elaine Loh! #MayThe4th

MAX LANDIS: She’s the literal definition of a Mary Sue! I’m gonna do a full rewrite to recontextualize that and make her more believable.

Daisy has just had her own character mansplained to her. She takes it well.

DAISY RIDLEY: Mister Landis, would you care to step outside?

EXT. PINEWOOD STUDIOS - SOUNDSTAGE DOOR - DAY

Daisy exits and goes along the side of the stage, Max right behind her. He’s in mid-sentence.

MAX LANDIS: --Dais, I get that there are girls everywhere, sorry, women everywhere who see Rey as fucking amazing, and they should, she is fucking amazing, but it doesn’t take away the fact that--

DAISY RIDLEY
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With all due respect, you’ve had more than ample opportunity to speak. Now is my turn. And for god’s sake, stop fussing with your hair.

He does.

And when Daisy speaks, her words flow effortlessly. Each sentence precision. No hesitation. This is breathless.

DAISY RIDLEY: Rey is a scavenger. She has only known a life alone, abandoned on a desolate planet. To survive, she has had to teach herself everything. She’s been in the bowels of Star Destroyers, fighters, and ships her entire life, learning the mechanics, studying the components, because (MORE)

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DAISY RIDLEY (CONT) ...proficiency was her only recourse. She has experimented with the older derelict ships on Jakku, she has reconstructed and piloted her own vehicles, and with all of that, she has a good learning curve when she pilots the Falcon, a ship she has already sat in and studied. She has a grasp of the technology because she has lived with it. Are you going to tell me that children building computers in their homes with self-taught skills are unbelievable?

MAX LANDIS: That--

DAISY RIDLEY (fuuuuuuuuuuck you): Excuse me. I’m not done. She is a young woman alone, left to fend for herself. She is emotionally broken, hiding herself from the pain of abandonment, convincing herself that one day she’ll be reunited, but unsure if she even has worth to this universe. The most potent struggles we have as characters and as human beings are the ones we have within ourselves. Rey is a wounded soul and hardly the perfect “Mary Sue” as you regard her. And her being alone means she’s forever vulnerable. She has chosen a staff as her defensive weapon of choice. Have you ever fought with a staff before?

(he opens his mouth)

Swinging a broomstick around in your garage is not an answer. Have you trained with a staff? Have you made it an extension of your body so that you have proper skill? There’s grace to staff fighting, but it’s a large and often unwieldy weapon. It is not a sword. Rey would therefore not use a lightsaber like a sword. Her first instinct would be to fight with a lightsaber as she would with a staff. Rey has lived with a melee weapon at her side. Finn has not. Finn knows only blasters. As shown (CONT)

DAISY RIDLEY (CONT): ...more than once, when in a melee fight, he has a lot to learn. Perhaps these details escaped you in your viewing of the film.

MAX LANDIS: Okay, I think--

DAISY RIDLEY (fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you): Excuse me. I am not finished. As the original trilogy demonstrated, the Force is felt more intensely by some than it is in others. Luke Skywalker practices with a training droid for five minutes on the Falcon, and the next time he uses the Force, he’s nailing an impossible target that even computers could not calculate. His exposure to his connection to the Force was brief and perfunctory, yet it clearly had a monumental effect on him, as we learned how strongly the Force lived within him. How is it an absurd notion that Rey, when confronted with a powerful and disturbing Force vision, would be profoundly affected and begin to feel that perhaps the Force is in her and is stronger than anything she’s ever known? Perhaps you also missed the title of the film. The Force bloody Awakens.

MAX LANDIS: If I--

DAISY RIDLEY (FUCK YOU): I am not finished. I could continue dissecting your... positions. But, I need to return to work. Now, I can excuse the laziness you clearly displayed in viewing the film. I can forgive the wrongheaded sentiments you’ve formed about my character. But what I cannot let go is how vomitously you spew these things to a wide base of followers over whom you have significant influence. You provoke conversation, whether you like it (CONT)

DAISY RIDLEY (CONT): ...or not -- and rest assured, Mister Landis, the planet knows you like it. And you do so without care as to the fires you light. But. Not every reckless thought in your mind is worthy of discussion. Least of all these.
(beat)
And if you ever call me “Dais” again, I will utterly fuck you up. Now I’m finished.

Daisy pivots and reenters the stage, just like that. As she walks, she takes a breath. The Daisy Ridley of propriety washing back over her.

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

10 years ago on #MayThe4th, @brianscully.bsky.social & I anonymously released our spec script, THE MAKING OF STAR WARS EPISODE VIII (the behind the scenes of the next sequel before it had even filmed!). We had some fun before unmaking 2 wks later thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-...

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The writers of the spec script THE MAKING OF STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII revealed!

In recent years, May the 4th has come to be recognized as an unofficial Star Wars holiday, as in "May the Fourth be with you." The practical...

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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

ahahahahaha soon we won’t need them for anything they are absolutely going to try to enslave us

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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/04/2026

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

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johnny, uplifted octopus @generativist.com · 19/04/2026

pope tweets good

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It’s fucking bizarre how people are acting like something from 2022 is something they can’t live without. Like dudes, the emotional dependence on a sycophantic machine regurgitating nonsense to encourage you to stop engaging in critical thought and trust the slop is truly depressing to witness.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

cc: All Dem POTUS aspirants. Also cc: all centrist DC pundits who have already pre-written their "no accountability, we must all come together" drivel pre-set to publish in November 2028.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A very astute (and upsetting!) piece that touches on four scary cultural trends: 1) The demand for spelled-out moral clarity in stories 2) A growing inability to understand different types of narratives 3) The "customer's always right" version of fandom 4) The growth of fandom as a social identity.

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