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Kyle Climans

@kclimans.bsky.social
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🇳🇱🇨🇦 Award-winning scriptwriter of “Depth of Pyaar”; also a writer of prose and the occasional article (including for @filmspeak.bsky.social ). He/him. Apparently, I’m an ENFP-T type. LinkTree: linktr.ee/kyleclimans

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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Finally getting to watching Veep and holy hell, Selina Meyer is an even bigger narcissist than Walter White. And even less likable than him too.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.screendaily.com/news/gaza-do...
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Gaza doc ‘NAZA’ set to play for free online after global theatrical run
Sales agent mK2 said the film has sold to over 50 theatrical territories.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
TIL that two Canadian fathers of confederation died from gunshot wounds.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here’s hoping everyone had a great Labour Day, or as great a day as can be hoped for. youtu.be/gceYKMRWNBw?...
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Leonard Cohen - Solidarity Forever (1970 cover)
YouTube video by Adrian Ocone
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
During the 1930s, a young Howlin’ Wolf was touring the South, establishing himself as a blues player, when he got caught up in a domestic dispute between a female friend and her boyfriend. Wolf and the boyfriend ended up fighting, and the fight allegedly led to Wolf killing the guy with a farm tool.
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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dear fellow screenwriters (and others!) - Here's why I don't go anywhere near AI, and why you shouldn't either. #scriptsky #screenwriting #trusttheprocess andreamann.com/blog/5-reaso...
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5 reasons* why I don’t use AI in my writing process (and you shouldn’t either) | Andrea Mann
*Aside from all the ethical/moral reasons.
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
BBC invited Palestinian writer, researcher and analyst Muhammad Shehada on to talk about Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab. Below is Muhammad’s account of what happened next. Full disclosure: I know him years and he’s a regular on the pod. So naturally I believe him 100%.
@muhammadshehad2
Disappointed the BBC cancelled my interview on
Israel's killing of Hind Rajab
2 producers eagerly reached out. They confirmed the time & one called to prepare a brief for the anchor
She asked me whether Israel's announcement is positive, I explained in detail it was a cover up.
The IDF is blaming the killing of Hind, her uncle, aunt & 4 cousins on the family itself for trying to flee by car & on the ambulance sent to rescue her for "failures in the co-ordination of the movement."
None of this is remotely true! The Red Cross immediately informed the IDF about 5-year-old Hind who was hiding in that motionless car, & they requested permission from Israel to allow an ambulance to rescue them.
After multiple long hours, Israel granted greenlight to the ambulance & provided them with a designated route on a GPS to drive on.soon as the ambulance reached Hind's car, the IDF ambushed & bombed them immediately with an American made anti-tank missile then opened fire on Hind's car. The car was hit with 355 bullets.
Israel then kept that area under lockdown for 12 days, & prevented anyone from approaching.
Hind's mom went daily to the Ahli baptist hospital hoping to find her daughter, until her lifeless body was brought in along with the charred remains of the ambulance men.
Israel then claimed after an "initial investigation" that its troops were NEVER in that area to begin with. They maintained that claim for 2 years despite ample recordings & satellite images debunking this lie.
The only reason Israel is now making this new announcement of a deeper investigation is to shield its soldiers & generals from the International Criminal Court by invoking the principle of "complementarity;" that the ICC cannot investigate a state that is already investigating itself in good faith.I told the BBC producer Israel today also quietly shut down the investigation into the triple tap killing of American, Canadian, British, Australian & Polish citizens in the WCK massacre. Israel blamed the massacre on the aid workers themselves for "deviating from the predesignated route" & for hiring an armed security guard "without informing the IDF" (both claims where debunked by WCK themselves, who had coordinates their every step with the IDF).
I told the producer the Israeli commander responsible for this massacre, Nochi Mendel, is a fanatical settler who had signed a petition calling for starving Gaza & that he was celebrated by settler leaders & supported by Israeli government leaders after what he did.
Mendel even received a box of chocolate from the settler council's leader & a letter of support for what he did.
Mendel was initially dismissed by the IDF & blamed for the massacre, but was quickly & quietly reinstated & promoted in the Defence Ministry as the head of the settlements and notionol infroctrunturo unitIt's abundantly clear Israel is NOT serious about prosecuting any of the atrocities committed in Gaza. Since the genocide began, only two soldiers were punished by the IDF; one for microwaving a living frog & another for cooking sausages in the army kitchen on Shabbat.
The producer asked me: What about the 150 cases the IDF said are pending review?
I answered: it's just a number designed to give the appearance of seriousness, but it's essentially meaningless.
If it took the IDF two whole years to admit the simplest of facts that the entire world had already known, which is that their troops were the ones who fired on Hind Rajab's car, how do you expect them to do with the remaining cases that are not as high profile?
Five minutes after the call, the producer wrote me that they decided to cancel the interview & will not even host anyone else to comment on the issue, & instead they'll play archival footage!
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 20/08/2026
"Settlers shoot, attack, and expel Palestinians from their land, and the state provides the weapons, the legal cover, and the budget to do it.​"
commondreams.org
Israeli Government 'Actively Enabling' Deadly Settler Rampages in West Bank: Report
"Settlers shoot, attack, and expel Palestinians from their land, and the state provides the weapons, the legal cover, and the budget to do it."
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only. “When a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick”
A still from the film adaptation of “Fiddler on the Roof” where Tevye quotes that fake passage to Perchik and the rabbi’s son.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you see this, post a haunting sentence from a book you love: "They played on for hours... and not one of them had the slightest idea that Tim's father had been the last one to see Jenny Altero alive, and he'd been too busy wiping down the counter to see or appreciate her last beautiful smile."
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 15/08/2026
Also. For anyone who needs to hear this this morning. Gender dysphoria is real. Protect the dolls. They made this social platform the unique community that it is and I want to thank them every. single. day.
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Julie - TrexPushups @trexpushups.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is more beautiful than any painting or sculpture
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I’ve never owned a dog, but I’ve thought for a long time that if I did, I’d want to name it “Weasel,” just for the looks on people’s faces when I call for my dog at the park.
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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Please stop paying for anything Harry Potter. This is where your money is going. At this point, you're not an ally, you're an abuser and we're your victim.
JK Rowling says the lawsuits will keep coming - to prevent trans women from using the right restroom.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I tried to make a joke about rent control but most people won’t get it anymore.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
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Andy Samberg & Cristin Milioti Dance in Palm Springs
Alt: Andy Samberg & Cristin Milioti dance together in a scene from the movie Palm Springs.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Rewatching Season 4 of Community. This could be edibles talking, but this season has some genuinely great moments. Yeah, there’s a dip in quality, but I don’t think it’s nearly as bad as some people claim. The cast is still doing their best, too, no matter how patchy the writing can sometimes get.
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Community Nbc-community
ALT: Community Nbc-community
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[LVL 36]Alsvid Wotansdottir🧿 @alsvid.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Please save Lilith from a dire fate.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
www.reddit.com/r/ontario/co... Take this, Doug Ford!!
reddit.com
From the ontario community on Reddit: The official statement from the Minister of Transportation on the federal government canceling the expansion of Billy Bishop Airport.
Explore this post and more from the ontario community
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Connie @captainconstance.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Doug Ford is a lying sack of shit.
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kel 🩸 @viewtoakel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
one of these robots costs more than they pay any teacher in rural schools....
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/07/2026
"You basement dwelling incels merely adopted outrage and backlash, I was born in it, molded by it." -Christopher Nolan
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 10/07/2026
Trans children and young people don’t need our sadness; they need our power and our solidarity www.wearequeeraf.com/trans-kids-a...
wearequeeraf.com
Trans kids are being hit by waves of hostile policymaking - they need our help
Trans children and young people don’t need our sadness; they need our power and our solidarity
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
British 'museum defended its decision to alter some displays, saying that “audience testing” showed the term “Palestine” to be “no longer meaningful”. However, a new disclosure by the museum... confirms that no such testing was carried out...' www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/ex...
middleeasteye.net
Exclusive: British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays
Internal emails reveal changes resulted directly from complaints by pro-Israel activists, with the museum and its director subsequently misleading prominent critics
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
On this day in 1816, the Métis flag debuts as Métis and North West Company forces defeat Hudson's Bay Company forces at the Battle of Seven Oaks, or the Victory of the Frog Plain, near Winnipeg.
en.wikipedia.org
Battle of Seven Oaks - Wikipedia
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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Happy #Juneteenth. Annoy the bigots! Share the greeting!
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
youtu.be/8v2JbTGGyHw?... I’ve never heard such a cheerful song about one sister jealously killing the other while she pleads for her life.
youtu.be
Two Sisters
YouTube video by Clannad - Topic
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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 14/06/2026
Hey Ontario and GTA friends. She doesn't deserve to remain Jane Doe.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Counting to a million, if you count one number per second nonstop, would take you just under 12 days. Counting to a billion would take you about 31 years. Counting to a trillion would take you 31,709 years. You would have had to have started counting DURING THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC ERA.
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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 10/06/2026
On Tuesday, the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, slammed Scorsese’s “betrayal of the collaborative nature of cinema” after he promoted the company’s new generative AI tool Flux for storyboarding. #FuckAI
deadline.com
Art Directors Guild Calls Martin Scorsese's AI Endorsement "A Betrayal"
Amid Martin Scorsese's new role as advisor for AI firm Black Forest Labs, the industry has recently condemned the collaboration.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026
The morning after pogroms in northern Ireland, the UK just sent letters to hundreds of trans youth saying their NHS partner provider, WellBN, has been banned from providing GAC and they must forcefully detransition within the next month. Fascism has arrived to the UK.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
How the hell wasn’t Harry Jannerone a main character on The Office? I’ve loved Chris Bauer since The Wire, and revisiting his episode in The Office really hits home just what a talented man he is. If only the show had made him a recurring character, preferably from the start of the show.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 04/06/2026
Might want to rethink how you phrase that one, guys.
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In Leaked Document, Microsoft Plots How to Get People "Addicted" to Its AI
Microsoft explicitly says it wants to "make people addicted" to its new AI personal assistant agent in internal documents.
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Ghost of Hope 🏳️‍⚧️ @grayfaceghost.northsky.social · 26/05/2026
Do you want the fucking red flag warnings from genocide experts posting, cunt? We. Are. Fleeing. Trans people are being demonised the way the Nazis did in the 1930s and old bastards like you are gaslighting away saying hey I don't know what you mean
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 29/05/2026
*Sigh* we're threatening to invade Oman now www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ another Middle Eastern country, but this one’s a U.S. ally
“Oman will behave just like everyone else, or we’ll have to blow them up,” the president warned, seemingly indifferent to the fact that Oman is an ally.
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Erin Wraithburn👻 @erinraeburn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Far more Canadians should have serious concerns about Bill C-22 and how it will destroy our right to privacy, whether you support this government in other decisions or not. Please consider signing.
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Welp, it's happened. After nearly two months of rewrites, touch-ups, and meetings with an accountant, my co-writer and I have submitted our screenplay to a production company, along with a proposed budget. Fingers tightly crossed!!!!
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Cara (haunting you) 💀🐦‍⬛ @geekpie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS 🏳️‍⚧️
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live: Huey Lewis & the News Sharon, Lois, & Bram The Dropkick Murphy’s Matthew Good Terra Lightfoot Ilvekyo Great Big Sea Peter Frampton Dave Matthews Band Colin James
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Helen Laird @helenlaird.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Can anyone help put me in touch with the wonderful author and poet Vanessa Kisuule or her agent? We are organising a writers festival in Bristol and would like to invite her to appear. #poetry #spokenword #authors
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
You’re trapped in the last tv show you watched, where are you? 🖤 I can get used to being trapped! Especially if my gaoler is Sam Reich!
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Sam Reich on Game Changer Dropout Tv
Alt: Sam Reich on Game Changer Dropout Tv
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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"This law consolidates more clearly than ever before the extent of Israel's apartheid judicial system, whereby Palestinians can be sentenced to death and Israelis convicted of the same crime cannot. It is an entrenchment of Israel's genocidal policies ... across the occupied Palestinian territory."
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Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
variety.com/2026/film/fe...
variety.com
Javier Bardem Says Tide Is Turning on Hollywood Speaking Up for Palestine: Those Making Blacklists ‘Will Be the Ones Suffering the Consequences’
Javier Bardem says the tide is turning in terms of speaking up for Palestine in Hollywood: "Everyone is beginning to realize this is unacceptable."
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