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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

My job is to get people to read the news, but I think push notifications are deeply unhealthy and it’s fine to just seek out news on your own time instead of letting someone shove it in your face at all hours of the day.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

oh so now it’s a crime to support local journalism

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

The people of Earth-818 in FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

A screenshot from ITYSL of baby Harley Jarvis captioned “[audience booing]”

Another screenshot showing the audience with a man yelling “I hope you fucking die, Harley Jarvis!”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

He is now calling for Trump to nationalize SpaceX lmao

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Hilarious number of your former colleagues to have immediately running to Politico to trash your new book announcement

The attention-grabbing ploy lit up Democratic and Biden alumni texting groups and reignited frustrations that burned for years about Jean-Pierre, according to seven former Biden administration officials granted anonymity to describe private conversations.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I love when the New York Post does Eric Adams mad libs

Eric Adams’ son drops new ‘party’ music inspired by chasing his rap dreams in Albania: ‘Biggest chapter of my life’

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Almost opted against submitting expenses for a work trip to avoid having to tell a coworker that I went to Taco Bell three times in one week

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I never really considered that the Secret Service would do this but now I need to know if anyone has ever been picked up on an outstanding warrant because they visited the White House

St. Clair has been arrested multiple times in Texas, including for drug possession and driving while intoxicated, according to arrest records. One of the people told Semafor that administration officials made the decision in part due to the Secret Service warning that they’d have to arrest St. Clair if he showed up

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

There’s a great bit in THE FINAL RECKONING where Ethan Hunt, finally forced to confront the reality that he regularly hurts innocent people in service of his missions, apologizes to someone just for the guy to brush him off and say Ethan actually made his life way better by accident

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Really did not love the first hour or so of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, which falls to near FAST & FURIOUS levels of silly self-seriousness, but then Tramell Tillman almost single-handedly saves the movie by being the first person to remember this is supposed to be campy fun

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

NYC Tourist Tip: Disoriented coming out of the subway? Just stop at the top of the stairs and wait for a helpful New Yorker to give you directions

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Timothée Chalamet auditioning for the UNCUT GEMS prequel

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

So you’re telling me that in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION, the IMF is subject to Senate oversight and closed door hearings, but in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING we learn that the DNI doesn’t even know about the existence of the IMF?

Simpsons screenshot of a nerd saying “Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Any store could shell pistachios for added convenience, but the real Trader Joe’s magic is in coming up with just the perfect repulsive and humiliating name for it

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

My dog has been sitting next to me on the couch absolutely locked in for nearly the entire MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE marathon. He can’t get enough of Ethan Hunt and the IMF.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Rewatching MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT and it’s so funny how both big stunts Tom Cruise does between the HALO jump and the helicopter could have so easily been done by a stunt men? We can barely see your face, Tom!

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I don’t love the Knicks but the Pacers are a deeply evil team (have a QR code on their jersey)

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I worry about Timothée Chalamet at these Knicks games. A sickly little Victorian boy can only handle so much stress

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Just rewatched MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III for the first time in years and for as much as I love Philip Seymour Hoffman’s performance in this movie and think he’s the franchise’s best bad guy, I totally forgot how he ends. MADAME WEB ass villain kill!

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

“You can’t make an emotional Star Wars for grown ups unless it’s rated R” is an incredibly funny thing to say like a week after the Andor finale

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Actually really enjoyed revisiting this one despite the flaws. Still my least favorite but now I think the real problem isn’t how disconnected it feels from the rest, but that John Woo waited until the last 30 minutes to really start doing John Woo shit.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

They need to do George Lucas style special editions of the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE franchise in a few years where they just go back and add Kittridge to all the movies he’s not in.

Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge in the bar in Prague in the first movie

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

My wife who has never seen any of the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies and would not commit to the rewatch marathon is in the room while MI2 is on. Afraid this will make a bad first impression.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The one who will lead us to the top of the box office

Stilgar saying “Mahdi, what do you foresee for us?”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Incredible power move by George Lucas during negotiations over TEMPLE OF DOOM, as recounted by Barry Diller in his new memoir: “This deal, the most generous in history, isn’t worth it?” “No, not really.”

Diller says Lucas “responded with cold clarity” and confirmed he was holding out and the current terms were not “worth it.”

“This deal, the most generous in history, isn’t worth it?” Diller says he pressed, to which Lucas reportedly replied, “No, not really.”

Diller claims he told Lucas, “But you made a legal and moral commitment to honor these sequel terms. Here you are, someone who doesn’t live in Hollywood because you loudly decry the amoral atmosphere of the company town, and then you blithely renege on an agreement made in good faith.”

Again, according to Diller, Lucas replied, “Yeah, well, it’s just not worth it for me unless I get more money.”

A black and white photo of a young George Lucas looking cool as hell

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

MLB is going to experiment with bat-tracking for check swing challenges in the minors, and I think that’s great, but they’re going to define a swing as “when the head of the bat moves ahead of its knob by more than 45 degrees.” What???

A diagram shows a bat extending past the plate at a 45° angle. Below that is labeled “no swing” and past that is labeled “swing.”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Brian Eno? The Windows 95 chime composer?

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

“The chatter at the conference, unaddressed by Microsoft executives during their keynotes on stage, was the extent to which the exact features the company is selling to developers will replace those same developers in due time.”

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‘Marching off a cliff’: Developers at Microsoft Build question their future relevance

“Is there going to be a Build 2035, or will there not be any more developers?” a software engineering vice president attending the event told Semafor.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

“Cornell said the boycott “played a role in our first-quarter performance” but that he couldn’t estimate the size of its impact.”

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Target’s Sales Dented by DEI Boycott

The retailer’s comparable sales fell 3.8% in the latest quarter, a steeper drop than expected.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Thinking about finally watching Mad Men for the first time but have discovered it’s only available on the fakest streaming services you’ve ever seen. It’s on Tubu. It’s literally on Heebee.

A screenshot from Google shows:

“Available on Philo (Free), Pluto TV (Free), Sling TV (Free), PLEX (Free), AMC+ (Subscription).”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I really like the movie but imo the biggest crime isn’t even just that they did this, it’s that they did it on top of performances from actors who could’ve looked convincingly like the originals with a bit of makeup and prosthetics! Just completely unnecessary!

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Really funny thing going on where a certain corner of the right wing internet has decided to pretend “86” has always meant murder, but nobody on the other end of the spectrum likes James Comey enough to defend him.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

“You pick out an outfit for your big Wall Street Journal interview about the potentially deadly flaws in our air traffic control system?” “Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

You mean to tell me that HBO is a powerful brand that signifies quality in the eyes of audiences when it comes to television?

A screenshot of Trump saying “Wow, I didn’t know that. You’re telling me now for the first time.”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Waking up to those FINAL RECKONING reviews…

A screenshot of Tom Cruise in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING and a screenshot of the GOTTI promo reading “WHO WOULD YOU TRUST MORE? YOURSELF OR A TROLL BEHIND A KEYBOARD”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It’s too easy to say the NBA rigged the draft lottery as a kickback to the Mavericks for trading Luka to LA. I’m going one level deeper and saying they did it to stop Miriam Adelson from tanking the team to justify a move to Las Vegas.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Hate that they’re going the same route as the last Mission Impossible and showing how they did a big stunt as promo. Really ruined the big bike jump in the last one to have seen so much of how it was done before I ever saw the final product in the movie!

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The Valley is a fascinating show about a group of people who agree to go on a reality show with two of the most toxic cast members from Vanderpump Rules and are shocked when it almost immediately ruins their lives. Unfortunately, I love it.

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Completely blanked on Jason Schwartzman’s name while rewatching Righteous Gemstones but somehow managed to pull “Jason Zanderz” — the name of his character in Megalopolis — from the riches of my Emersonian mind instead

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Obsessed with the different reactions from the Pope’s brothers. The one in Chicago was stunned but the one Florida was like “Yeah, odds looked pretty good for our guy, huh?”

Leo XIV’s brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope

‘It’s Rob!’ Pope Leo XIV’s brother, a Florida resident, says he had ‘1 in 3 chance of becoming pope’

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

If SINNERS was set today the vampire would be the white guy who shows up at the party and tries to play “Wonderwall”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Naming your streaming service after your iconic media brand?

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Asking the Pope to forgive you for a movie and then announcing you will be reprising the role again immediately after they pick his successor is a good bit

A screenshot of a news article reads:

Mark Wahlberg Asks the Pope for Forgiveness on Behalf of Ted
“I’ve always hoped that the good Lord has a sense of humor, when it pertains to many of the movies that I’ve made.”

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Josh Billinson @jbillinson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Kind of a shame the American Pope went to Villanova and not Notre Dame because you’d have to imagine ESPN would just kill to get him on College Gameday

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