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Crap, I forgot to set my alarm. Did somebody wake up Billie Joe Armstrong?

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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If folks in the Democratic party cannot find it within themselves to be absolute staunch supporters of trans people's rights because trans people are people who have inherent worth, then they should at least do it because if we give up on trans people, then we're literally giving up on democracy.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...

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Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition (Gift Article)

The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.

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alex gradet, smiling politely @atomicgiant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov You have just signed the death warrant of the industry that built our state. Utterly unconscionable cowardice and avarice on both your parts.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sure, giving in to corporate blackmail is *usually* a bad idea. But maybe this time it will work!!!!!!!!!! 🤮

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Oktobermoz @obermoz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Questiob: Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling are two people who have inflicted an enormous amount of cultural damage on the trans community. What are your thoughts on them?

Answer: I mean… these people are Nazis. They’re literal Nazis. There is a one-to-one connection between Elon Musk and the Nazi community. He did a full-blown Sieg Heil on a national stage.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

theverge.com

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I feel extremely lucky to have had the honor of not only seeing Tim Curry interviewed at a Rocky Horror screening at the Academy Museum last year, but to get to sit directly behind him and watch him enjoy the film. He was brilliant, he was funny, he was one of a kind.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“I was scheduled to have the rest of my career”

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"I'm calling for all parties to come to the table?" Respectfully, either you're for the merger or you're against it. Any version of this merger is bad for Hollywood and bad for your constituents, several thousand of whom will permanently lose their jobs.

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We reject the claim that beleaguered industry workers must choose the possibility of a job today, in exchange for the certainty of job losses tomorrow. #BlockTheMerger

WGA RESPONDS TO STATEMENT FROM LA MAYOR BASS ON PARAMOUNT-WARNER BROS. MERGER

We are disappointed that Mayor Bass has chosen to join Paramount's pressure campaign on public enforcers, to
push through a merger that is being rightfully challenged as illegal and will lead to job losses in the entertainment industry. Her statement comes on the heels of a county report estimating thousands of jobs will be lost if the merger proceeds.
Industry workers deserve a mayor who believes in upholding the law and protecting the working people of Los Angeles, not serving the interests of powerful corporations.

Paramount has created a false choice for entertainment industry workers: The company argues that enforcing antitrust law hurts us by creating uncertainty, which is of their own making as the company attempts to dominate the industry. We reject the claim that beleaguered industry workers must choose the possibility of a job today, in exchange for the certainty of job losses
tomorrow.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 10/08/2026

The reason Harry Potter Adults are so bad is because for a long time there were totally normal Harry Potter Adults who did things like use their fandom to raise money for charity but then Joanne went absolute horses and all the normal adults ditched the fandom so the only ones left are total ghouls.

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"No amount of spin can sugarcoat the utter disaster of layoffs, creative consolidation, and sheer mediocrity that awaits if Richie Rich runs roughshod over the industry he claims to love so much." Get 'im, @mcastimovies.bsky.social!

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Not only is David Ellison lying about his film plan, it's not even a good lie

Paramount Skydance CEO and heir apparent David Ellison is very upset that the media landscape can see right through him.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We used to have real ideas in Hollywood.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Newsom is terrible in multiple ways, but for people in my (vaguely hand waving) arts and entertainment industry - this particular shitty position will ensure that it's even more difficult to make a living in this world. And it will explicitly empower fascists. So into the trash with this one!

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That Guy James Ain't Verifyin Shit @jroberts.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is, quite frankly, Jessica as fuck of Gary K. Wolf.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A pox on every single transphobe, especially those with the political and social power to make people’s lives better or worse who decide: hm, let’s go with WORSE. This includes not only rabid rightwingers, but also ostensible allies who cannot wait to sell out our trans brothers and sisters. POX!!

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thrilled to have tied for 4th in this year’s Westwords Tournament! @westwords-xwt.bsky.social Congrats to @thatpuzzleguy.bsky.social on the win! It was a great time with great people, as always!

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The hotel I’m staying at for @westwords-xwt.bsky.social offers free bike rentals, and riding on a greenway to a local brewery to watch a World Cup match and back made me as giddy as I’ve been in ages. #2wheelsgood4wheelsbad

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Reminder that in August of last year Trump fired the person tasked with releasing jobs reports because the report was bad, and replaced her with a stooge. Now the stooge releases job reports that are "surprisingly great!" and they're just reported as fact with no context.

AP article from August 1 2025:

President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.

Trump, in a post on his social media platform, alleged that the figures were manipulated for political reasons and said that Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, should be fired. He provided no evidence for the charge.

“I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump said on Truth Social. “She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified.”

Trump later posted: “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”

WaPo headline: U.S. employers added 172,000 jobs in May, an unexpectedly strong showing

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If you get the chance to see Carol Burnett introduce Strangers on a Train on the big screen, you should do that.

Alicia Malone in a black dress smiling while Carol Burnett, wearing a red jacket, tells a story in front of a black curtain

A sign for Classic, Essential, Palace & Media passes for the TCM Film Festival. The next movie is Strangers on a train, and the song features art from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Blonde Venus, and All the President’s Men

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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/04/2026

Rita Ora’s Agent Scores Singer Another Prime Crossword Puzzle Placement theonion.com/rita-oras-agent-scores…

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

If you get traumatized while voluntarily attending a leisure event run by Nazis a possible downside is a lack of sympathy.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I blogged (and spoiler: LOVED) this puzzle for Rex Parker tomorrow. Should post overnight. Solve then read!

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Is some kind of algorithm telling me to get into teaching? I’m not sure I have the energy to setup a room like that… @rexparker.bsky.social @rifftrax.com

A screenshot of a BkueSky feed showing the RiffTrax short Setting Up a Room (featuring two kindergarten teachers setting up a classroom for a year… interminably) and Rex Parker’s examples of his classroom black boards

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Last night was my 5th time Springsteen show and was honestly surprised at how emotional I got. After all of yesterday, being in an arena full of people channeling anger and frustration into joy was magical. Also, @brucespringsteen.net rocked as hard as I’ve ever seen him & Tom Morello just shreds!

A shot from verrrrry high up and stage left in the Forum in Los Angeles of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band playing a concert. A video screen behind the stage show Bruce playing guitar.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I think people who are not cyclists do not quite understand how often those of us who bike are told that we deserve to die because we have chosen a mode of transit that isn't a car

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This was, in fact, an amazing evening. My @sparksofficial.bsky.social records have been getting worn out since we got back. Always great to see @edgarwright.bsky.social , as well!

Fred Armisen sitting in a director’s chair interviewing Ron and Russell Mael from the band Sparks along with director Edgar Wright on a stage in front of a black curtain.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Does this have anything to do with the fact that there are 5 levels of hot sauce available for the Artemis astronauts? And if not, why not?

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

With the new Harry Potter trailer dropping today, now is a better time than ever to remind everyone that J. K. Rowling's name appears in the Epstein files where she calls Epstein "a very dear friend".

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

if Anita Bryant was still alive and promoting Florida orange juice, you couldn't pay me enough to drink it. how is Harry Potter any different? here is a timeline of JK Rowling's transphobia: web.archive.org/web/20241225... & here is where her HP money is going: www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...

advocate.com

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

First up in my Oscar’s themed eating and drinking tonight (fair warning, some of these will be VERY stupid): a Ginger Menace cocktail from Conan’s podcast, featuring an Orange pompadour garnish.

A cocktail in a Casablanca themed rock glass, with an orange wheel twisted to look like Conan O’Brien’s hair skewered to a pewter skull pick.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

@rianjohnson.bsky.social and I are both crossword bloggers now. I think that makes us best friends?

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Huckleberry is getting himself prepared for a career in film noir.

A large golden dog with a white chest sits on a green couch. There is light shining on him through a window, casting horizontal shadows across his body from the shutters. He looks like the dame who just walked in could be trouble.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

WeRateDogs continues to be the absolute best.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I think it’s good that Super Bowl commercials are terrible now because advertising is a cancer in this country and more people need to realize it.

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 19/07/2025

USian trans people aren't telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom to cause you distress and despair. USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries. They are giving you actionable information.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Between the Bears and Bregman, Chicago sports are surprising the hell out of me tonight, in the best possible way!

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

When you go to a 35mm screening of The Thin Man at the Vista, there’s no choice but to dress up and make martinis (shaken in waltz time, per Nick Charles)

An attractive couple, the woman in a blue polka dot dress with a white cardigan and the man in a grey suit with a blue tie, clink martinis in Nick and Nora glasses in front of a Christmas tree

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I’m excited as Dick to watch this! (Cc: @rifftrax.com

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I love cheap Christmas cash-in songs and couldn’t believe Kenny Rogers never did a Christmas version of The Gambler. So I fixed that. For the record, this is exactly the kind of idiot I am. youtu.be/91UzUg-DOQw?...

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The Christmas Gambler - Eli Selzer (featuring the Dead Ringers)

YouTube video by Eli Selzer

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Eli Selzer @eliselzer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Anyone wearing a cowboy hat who isn’t physically riding a horse is just in Western drag.

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logan, hater club CEO @logan.hater.club · 06/12/2025

Gavin Newsom is a Republican and supporting him for president means you are, too

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