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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 44m

Halloween II with the kiddo tonight. He thought the first one was more funny than scary when we watched it last year, but he enjoys the lore and technical aspects. I’m a Halloween II defender and I love the twist it added to the franchise. #horrorsky #filmsky #horror

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I can’t believe I didn’t catch this as a kid. I immediately recognized him as “Fedora” from the Last Crusade. In the original script, he was meant to be Abner Ravenwood, Marion’s father and Indy’s mentor. #moviesky #filmsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I rewatched 1-4 of the Friday the 13th movie last year, I will rewatch the rest this year. Part V tonight!

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Look at these two legends on the screen together: a young Jonathan Pryce and the amazing Jason Robards. I’m really impressed that Disney made such a dark and creepy movie like this back in 1983. #filmsky #horrorsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The time I spent $90 on skunk odor products bc my dog took a direct spray to the face at midnight, got into our home, ruined about $1k worth of stuff, & it took a month (& 15 baths) to get the odor out of the house. But that’s ok. I now go out with her for her night trips & skunks are still cute.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Re-Animator deserves its classic status. The Faculty was as great as I remembered too. Next: I’m a big fan of Ray Bradbury’s classic book, but have never watched Disney’s film adaptation, which I’ve heard very good things about over the years. #filmsky #halloween #horror

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Watching The Faculty with the older kiddo tonight. I was a year younger than him when this came out and watched it probably twenty times on VHS. I haven’t seen it since I was a kid either, so really enjoying this walk down memory lane. #filmsky #horror

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I liked The Purge way more than I expected. I’ve always been advised to avoid the sequels. Onto Re-Animator tonight. I’m very familiar with it, but again, it’s a classic I’ve never watched in full. #horrorsky #filmsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What Lies Beneath was great with both Pfieffer and Ford at the top of their game. Pretty underrated movie, I’d say. Now onto The Purge (2013). I love Ethan Hawke, but never got around to watching any movies in this series. #filmsky #horrorsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Up next: What Lies Beneath (2000). I saw this in theaters around age 14 and rented it again after it came out. I haven’t seen it since then, although I weirdly remember quite a bit. #filmsky #horrormovies

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Shaun of the Dead tonight. Not new to me. I watched this one probably a dozen times (or more) when it originally came out in theaters and on DVD… but giving it a watch with my son tonight. It REALLY holds up. #horror #filmsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m shocked at how good Phantasm was. I was culturally aware of The Tall Man, of course, but having never watched it, I had no idea that it was a surreal story of trauma & grief — in particular for men and boys. Pretty ahead of its time for 1979. Up next? John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980). #filmsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

C.H.U.D. was such a great ‘80s creature feature. I would have definitely loved that one as a kid. Now, I’m onto another #horror movie that I always saw at the movie store, but for whatever reason, never rented: Phantasm. #filmsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Huh. Had no idea that Home Alone was actually a C.H.U.D. reunion for John Heard and Daniel Stern. #moviesky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Really enjoyed Longlegs. For #3, onto a cult classic that I often saw in the movie store as a kid, but never pulled the trigger on renting it: 1984’s C.H.U.D. #horror #filmsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lord of Illusions was enjoyable but, yeah, also pretty bad. I’d still love to see Bakula reprise the role… maybe in the next Hellraiser movie. Onto a newer one tonight: Longlegs. Other than Nic Cage giving a batshit performance, I know almost nothing about it. #horror #filmsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ebert was a fan. Observations: Scott Bakula is like a paranormal investigating John McLane. It seems like they wanted his Harry D’Amour to be a franchise character possibly (like the stories). Fun fact: Barker intended for this to be the same fictional universe as Hellraiser. #filmsky #moviesky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Doesn’t seem that long ago I was in Halloween horror movie mode. It’s time again. This year, I’m also working on a story about #horrormovies and why we like them. I’m also going to specifically watch those horror #movies I somehow missed over the years. First up: Clive Barker’s Lord of Illusions.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As somebody who lives in Erie and can see Lake Erie out of my window, let me say: we are truly living in the dumbest of times.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Google was incorporated on this day in 1998. Here’s how Google described themselves in those early months. (And now nearly 30 years later, I’ve been on a mission to de-Google my digital life)

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Some Battle of Lake Erie love in Widow’s Bay.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

These post-recession years were rough for public schools in PA. And then… they just never brought any of it back.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Roger Ebert liked Jennifer’s Body. He gave this (often misunderstood) movie 3 out of 4 stars. I love going back and reading his reviews — even when I disagreed. There was and is no film critic like him. #HATM

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’m cheating and providing a right answer.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Me getting ready for work the next couple of months versus me getting ready for work by January. #edusky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Mushrooms are so cool, because, like, this mushroom in my yard could be delicious. Or it could cause organ failure and kill me. And I can’t tell the difference.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Since I first saw it, I think about the stop-motion horror movie Mad God like… once a month. An unbelievable, bizarre passion project that took THIRTY YEARS to make. It makes me sad that I know very few people who’ve watched it. #filmsky #moviesky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I love coming across gems like this. From the Library of Congress digital archives: “Boy in tire swing holds a cow by its halter.” Mid-1920s. #history #skystorians

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Our college radio stations are the only radio stations I’ll listen to anymore. iHeartRadio, which owns the others popular stations now, just fired our last two longtime hosts. (25+ years each) #HATM

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

That Media Play was AMAZING. As a kid, my dad would drop me off there and then come pick me up hours later. But no, I want to say Media Play closed down around 2006ish? This place was a smaller local joint right near there though (circled). The Media Play was by Lowe’s. #HATM

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Another #poem from Riley. This was published in 1955. It’s called “The Soldier Dead.” #history #poetry

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Here’s more of Riley’s #paintings of family members mentioned in the story: Sarah Newsome Riley, Anna Mariah Violet Burch Riley, Gerrit Riley, and Phyllis Riley Holland. These are all in the Heinz History Center collection in #Piitsburgh. #artsky #art #history

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here’s one he wrote called “A Nation’s Greatness.” #history #poems #poetry

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When I was a teenager, I saw *a lot* of really bad movies in the dollar theater. This is the only movie I’ve ever walked out in the middle of though. Considering the insane talent involved, I sometimes wonder if it’s as bad as I remember.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here is Riley’s 1939 #poem on muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell, who also grew up in Titusville, #Pennsylvania:

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here’s Riley’s self-portrait (in the Heinz History Center collection). Painting was a skill many didn’t know he had. After a painting of Edwin Drake was displayed publicly, the Erie Daily Times wrote, “This is unusually interesting since the artist made no pretension of being an artist.” #artsky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here is Riley in his home office with his typewriter, surrounded by his books and his fifteen clocks which all rang in unison every hour. His called his Titusville homestead Sunnynook. #biography #writingcommunity #history

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My latest is about Edwin Garnet Riley. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called him the “poet-historian” of Pennsylvania’s Oil Region. “I have seen men rise to affluence and office and then be reduced to abject poverty over night,” he said. #history #skystorians #writing www.eriereader.com/article/edwi...

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

*that it’s 🤦‍♂️ Here’s a crooked photo of a Picasso to make up for the typo.

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I’m deeply, madly in love with the #Cleveland Museum of Art (and that’s its FREE admission). 🥺 #history #ohio #skystorians

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

On this day in 1863, Waterford and Erie’s Col. Strong Vincent was shot during the defense of Little Round Top during the #CivilWar. The 26-year-old Vincent, who before the war practiced law in #EriePA, had told his men, “Don’t give an inch!” #history #skystorians

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Snapped these of the floating community on Horseshoe Pond at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. Houseboats here date back to the 1890s. These 24 are grandfathered in. I’ve always been fascinated by them (and it’s actually the setting of a novel that I’ve outlined). #writing #writingcommunity

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My boys and I visited Lawnfield, President James A. Garfield’s homestead, today. If you’re ever in or near #Cleveland, Ohio, it’s well worth the trip. #history #skystorians

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This was my second round. Never pass up a @jbf1755.bsky.social book that you can gift!

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Got this haul for my classroom for $16 today at Erie’s biggest summer book sale (a fundraiser for the library). All pristine. This event is my favorite holiday. #history #skystorians

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of the GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL-TIME: Raiders of the Lost Ark. #IndianaJones #moviesky

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

“America is Safe.” As seen in the Erie Daily Times. January 1940. #WWII #history #skystorians

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I think about this song and its completely unhinged lyrics at least once a month. And yes, I knew it all by heart. 😂

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

41 years ago was the worst tornado outbreak in Pennsylvania history. Here’s my story from last year: www.eriereader.com/article/the-... #history #skystorians #1980s #weather #tornadoes #nwpa #pennsylvania

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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I had an aunt (my great-grandfather’s sister) who lived to 109. She was born in 1892 and died in 2002. Up until her final weeks, she remained pretty with it and aware. The older that I get, the more it blows my mind. I just think about everything she lived through and saw. #skystorians #history

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