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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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Joey Groah @joeyg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Concrete came back, now Hitman. I do, in fact, love the '90s.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’ve already recommended this, but it’s an incredible example of singular voice and vision applied consistently over time. It’s also a great scifi story, of course.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Phil Tippett, who headed the dinosaur SFX team, is closing his Berkeley studio and auctioning everything off! It's a sad day for stop motion fans--but what a day to be a collector! filmstories.co.uk/features/phi...

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Phil Tippett | Legendary animator shutting his studio, selling off decades of art and memorabilia

"I'm retired from the racket," says Star Wars and RoboCop animator Phil Tippett, as he closes his studio and auctions off swathes of work.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I recommend to you this podcast series about Dolly Parton by Jad Abumrad (creator of Radio Lab). You may ask: how did a MacArthur Award winning pub radio guy meet Dolly? Because she personally funded his father's vaccine research, that's how. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...

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Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts

The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 25/08/2026

My kids and their friends know Dolly Parton because she’s the person who sends books out to everyone in the post and that’s just really nice isn’t it.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Travis Koshko @traviskoshko.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Perseids! Tonight! Woot! Skies should be clear after midnight for those who wish to venture out for the show. Plus, there's a new (no) moon tonight as well. Look to the northeast; best time will be before dawn Thursday morning. Good luck!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A moment of petrifying clarity. Being a working creative isn't about exorcising your demons. It's making your demons pay rent.

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 07/08/2026

I still think there should be a Tubi Basement to directly compete with the Criterion Closet. It's just cardboard boxes full of tapes. There's some water damage and rat poop. Some of the tapes are just dubs of rentals or recordings from HBO in SLP mode.

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Joey Groah @joeyg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My wife tells me there's a new movie out that I oughta see. I tried I tried, but it was all Greek to me.

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Rodney Dangerfield: Tough Crowd

ALT: Rodney Dangerfield: Tough Crowd

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

120 MINUTES was an absolute oasis in pre-internet pop culture. So many bands that you could ONLY find there (TV-wise) became ubiquitous online later (and relatively recently). A pioneer. consequence.net/2026/07/dave...

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Dave Kendall, Creator and Host of MTV's 120 Minutes, Has Died

Dave Kendall, creator and former host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has died.

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Andy Orban @andyorban.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A small private college has been a great fit for my oldest child who's going back this fall for his second year at Roanoke College. Significant in our choice of college was their financial health, which lead us to rule out several options. So many small schools are struggling, it's a sad situation.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

i believe that the the entire "binge watch" model of releasing television series is based on a faulty premise, and that faulty premise has significantly devaluated television as an art form. stick with me on this one...

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Joey Groah @joeyg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I am up later than planned and now would like to eat both fish and chips and tacos.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I just cancelled a free trial before the automatic payments kicked in and the adrenaline flowing through me right now feels like I narrowly escaped a shark attack.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...

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Meredith Borders @mereborders.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Almost can't believe I'm saying it but STARLOG IS BACK, BABY. Beyond honored to serve as senior editor under the badass, brilliant @annaleen.bsky.social, with @jhoffman.bsky.social & @da7e.com on the podcast mic. Trust that you'll want to sign up for Jordan's weekly inbox dispatch, too: starlog.com

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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

3 weeks from today, I'll be launching the Kickstarter campaign for OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE: BROKEN BLADE, the first graphic novel in my Appalachian-inspired swashbuckling fantasy series. I'm putting the series out in my favorite format: mass market paperback size! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sch...

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 04/06/2026

Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released 44 years ago today. With one of the best space battles around.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

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Joey Groah @joeyg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@mtgillikin.bsky.social do you know of any kid biking classes/camps locally this summer? My daughter, 11, has been avidly biking the last two weeks around the neighborhood.

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 28/05/2026

i had a job interview this week and the hiring manager said to me "we have a corporate ban on generative AI. is that ok?" and i could have wept. yes i think that would be ok

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 04/05/2026

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

Crescent Earth and some delicious lens flare

The Moon eclipsing the Sun, with the corona and zodiacal light forming a diffuse glow behind the satellite

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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Astronautposting through it

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This is my Fantastic Four now.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

WSJ has a piece on the merchant sailors stuck aboard ships inside Hormuz. There are 20,000 of them (many from less privileged nationalities), effectively held hostage and running out of food. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

There are roughly 2,000 ships stuck in the Persian Gulf with more than 20,000 seafarers on them, according to the International Maritime Organization. Most have been stuck on board more than a month, because fewer than 200 ships have managed to slip through the Strait of Hormuz. In normal times, 20% of the world’s oil flows through the narrow waterway to global markets, along with critical supplies of natural gas, fertilizer and other cargo shipments. It’s unclear when the vital shipping lane will get back to normal.

Fresh vegetables and freshwater are running out on many ships, so the sailors are using social media and very-high-frequency marine radios to share survival tips and tactics. Some Chinese crew members have filmed themselves collecting condensate from air-conditioning units to shower and wash laundry. Others have taken to fishing over the side of their tankers, catching tuna, squid and largehead hairtail to cook.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

anyway here's Akira Kurosawa gazing lovingly at Toshiro Mifune on the set of Seven Samurai

b&w photo of Akira Kurosawa (far right of the frame) standing, seen from the knees up, smiling at Mifune who is on the far left of the frame, seen from the waist up in side view with katana over his left shoulder, Seven Samurai village in background

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 20/03/2026

[Thread] Project Hail Mary: The interviews As usual, I've gathered a bunch of interviews and behind-the-scenes material from this new sci-fi movie in this thread. Warning: some articles contain spoilers. Read them after you've seen this excellent film.

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Phil Hester @philhester.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Sam Kieth did not bend for comics. Comics bent to him. I won't call his manner of drawing merely a style because that implies some level of artifice. Maybe not since Kirby had mainstream comics seen an artist with less filter between his imagination and the printed page.

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Chris O’Halloran @chrisohalloran.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

When you're alone and life is making you lonely Ye Can Always Go - Ach!

Dune poster titled DUNE TOON with the Simpsons' Groundskeeper Willy hastily photoshopped in.

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The Free Book Bus @thefreebookbus.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Books, bikes, and sharpening pencils were the activities today at our first spring stop at Townwood with Sin Barreras and Community Bikes ✨🚌✨

A kid wheels away their new bike from the community bikes tent

A young reader sits on the floor of the Book Bus with her new books

An elementary school bus guest tries out the manual pencil sharpener

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Astonishing that this never caught on though

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Travis Koshko @traviskoshko.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

GREAT question. 1) NOAA weather radio set to 162.450 MHz; 2) CBS19 Weather Authority mobile app: www.cbs19news.com/about-us/mob... Alerts on our mobile app are customizable by location and you can also choose which you want to receive.

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Mobile Apps

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Sean Sublette @subletteweather.com · 15/03/2026

2 things to remember in a Tornado Warning: 1. Lowest floor of whatever building you are in. 2. As many walls between you and outside as possible — away from windows. A basement is best, but in many cases, an interior bathroom or closet is a good second option.

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VHS Vault @vhsvault.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Mark VII Limited "Hammer" Logo (1954-A) : 2s

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We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

'Joe Versus the Volcano' was released on this day 36 years ago! (March 9, 1990) 🌋 Directed by John Patrick Shanley. Starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, Barry McGovern, and Ossie Davis. #OTD #OnThisDay #JoeVersusTheVolcano

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

/in a The Cryptkeeper voice

A loading door in Long Island City, Queens that has "fright elebator" written on it

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 24/02/2026

Gen Z is reviving DVDs and Blu-rays, with local video rental shops reporting record months and membership numbers as young people embrace physical media. Read more: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Dark Horse announces CONCRETE: STARS OVER SAND #1 By Paul Chadwick ...the first new Concrete in 20 years.

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