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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h
damnatio memoriae is the right thing to do with trump for many reasons and at the top of the list is the fact that it will make him so, so angry
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A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social · 5h
Universal has a good opportunity to become the last standing dream factory. Lure away talent (like they did with Nolan), snatch up excised visionaries, become the alternative to the Skydance slop machine on the way.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Iceberg bids a fond farewell to the Titanic.
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Liz Walsh @litazia.bsky.social · 6h
AI, as designed, is the privatization of the sum of human knowledge. No more, no less.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 6h
But they're gonna have to lay off thousands of people who make a fraction of the executives' income in order to be "fiscally responsible"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11h
Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...
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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit
Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 6h
Elsa Lanchester was the daughter of a socialist firebrand and a posh woman who ran away with him to become a left-wing vegetarian who refused to marry on principle, and who also once worked as a secretary to Karl Marx’s daughter…
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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 15h
I thought it would tighten... but it didn't
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 15h
Dan beat me to it but it's actually a reaction to this moment... Luxon: [rules out Opportunity because 'no new taxes'] Hipkins: But you're happy to work with racists.
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Midnight Ramble blog by Tim @midnightramble.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our hosts are joined by @hibachijustice.bsky.social to discuss the franchise’s farewell to star Paul Walker. LINK: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/s... Available wherever you get your podcasts! #fastandfurious #vindiesel #paulwalker #furious7 #dwaynejohnson #jasonstatham #jameswan #kurtrussell
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23h
Congrats again to the New York Times on its long form journalism
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social · 21h
Labour allocated no money to reversing any of this Government's benefit changes, such as indexing benefits to inflation or removing jobseeker from many 18-19-year-olds. All Barbara Edmonds would tell me about their approach was her focus was on employment: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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‘Our focus is employment’: Edmonds coy on reversing benefit cuts
Barbara Edmonds has refused to say whether she will reverse any of the current Government’s benefit reforms, after her fiscal plan allocated no new money to social development.
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Ross @rossthesedays.bsky.social · 22h
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 21h
Biden: The MAGA wing, well gosh, listen, they’re, it’s, a bit of a flirt with fascism, no kidding around Media: Democratic rhetoric invites political violence Trump: The nuclear flames that burn every mongrel soul in San Diego will be a cleansing fire. Media: Trump makes his case in Nebraska
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 23h
I know you all hate Instagram but the Alaska Sealife Center has an orphan baby walrus 🥹
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22h
New York, it’s official. We’re extending our Open Play program to keep select fields lit at night for free pickup soccer this fall & next summer. Restarting tonight, you can play soccer from 10pm-2am at select parks in all 5 boroughs. Drop in or sign up online. Locations/details at nycopenplay.com
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Stu Fox @stufox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When you're voting this year remember that ACT hates you and every person who works for a living www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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ACT wants to freeze minimum wage and reduce youth training rate
The ACT Party would freeze the adult minimum wage for three years and reduce the training minimum wage for workers under 20 years old to 60 percent, if re-elected.
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 23h
Wow. This is an oral history: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose
‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’
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Midnight Ramble blog by Tim @midnightramble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And some rambling from back in the day: www.denofgeek.com/movies/rambo... #rambo #arnoldschwarzenegger #stallone #80s #actionmovies #action
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Rambo: First Blood Part 2 Vs Commando | Den of Geek
Two 80s action favourites, with one film directly influencing the other. We salute Schwarzenegger and Stallone in their action prime...
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Midnight Ramble blog by Tim @midnightramble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AND my thoughts on the unmade COMMANDO 2: midniteramble.blogspot.com/2026/04/unti... #commando #arnoldschwarzenegger #action #actionmovies #80s
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Until the next time: Commando II
After the murder of his friend General Kirby (James Olson), John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) joins forces with industrialist Andrew McCar...
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Midnight Ramble blog by Tim @midnightramble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Heard it’s COMMANDO’s 41st anniversary which is enough excuse to advertise my rants about it: midniteramble.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-de... #commando #arnoldschwarzenegger #action #actionmovies #80s
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Commando (Mark L. Lester, 1985)
Bad people kidnap John Matrix's (Ah-nuld) daughter (Alyssa Milano). They demand that he assassinate the president of Val Verde. Matrix escap...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026
It should be noted, though, that these dragnets are *incredibly* poor value for money, as the British Transport Police discovered after subjecting millions of travelers to facial recognition in train stations, without catching *a single suspect*: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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A Nightmare on Nat Street 🇵🇷🏳‍⚧ @peanutbutterwhisky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I hope he gets tomatoes thrown at him and gets booed everywhere he goes. Here lies David Zaslav: The man who killed the greatest film studio of all time.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
in a just world someone would stone cold stun these guys into concrete
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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The thing about JKR and telling folks not to buy Harry Potter shit is it isn't because we think it can take away her fortune and platform. She's so rich she would still be rich if she never sold another book It is because it is literally the smallest possible hurdle to clear to value trans lives
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Midnight Ramble blog by Tim @midnightramble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And some rambling from back in the day: www.denofgeek.com/movies/rambo... #rambo #arnoldschwarzenegger #stallone #80s #actionmovies #action
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Rambo: First Blood Part 2 Vs Commando | Den of Geek
Two 80s action favourites, with one film directly influencing the other. We salute Schwarzenegger and Stallone in their action prime...
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Midnight Ramble blog by Tim @midnightramble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AND my thoughts on the unmade COMMANDO 2: midniteramble.blogspot.com/2026/04/unti... #commando #arnoldschwarzenegger #action #actionmovies #80s
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Until the next time: Commando II
After the murder of his friend General Kirby (James Olson), John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) joins forces with industrialist Andrew McCar...
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Midnight Ramble blog by Tim @midnightramble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Heard it’s COMMANDO’s 41st anniversary which is enough excuse to advertise my rants about it: midniteramble.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-de... #commando #arnoldschwarzenegger #action #actionmovies #80s
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Commando (Mark L. Lester, 1985)
Bad people kidnap John Matrix's (Ah-nuld) daughter (Alyssa Milano). They demand that he assassinate the president of Val Verde. Matrix escap...
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Regret to inform that multiple correspondents on RNZ's Facebook page suspect that the Green Party staged the whole thing. (By, I guess, hiring an anonymous stunt driver to drive around the barriers in front of an oncoming train, just as they announced the policy.) We live in the stupidest of times.
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
While the commentariat talk up the nascent recovery (just one more year everyone!), the next slump is already upon us. Total new lending is a decent leading indicator - clear signs of stalling. [🧵1/n]
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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 05/10/2026
But the ferries had to be cancelled.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The point of such a declaration is to start a formal process to force parliament to fix the law. And to put parliament on notice that it can't just go around shittign on the BORA whenever it wants to rig an election or fuck someone over to grub votes.
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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Regime concedes its election rigging breaches the BORA, but claims that that admission means there is no need for a formal court declaration www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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High Court urged to acknowledge Bill of Rights breach in recent electoral changes
Courts do not need to declare recent electoral changes breach the Bill of Rights Act (BORA), because any future government would already know, according to the Crown.
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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tomorrow is Global James Bond Day. Let me tell you what you’re not going to get: The name of the new Bond actor The name of the new Bond movie Any info at all about the new Bond movie What you will get: Merch drops for things you didn’t know existed, at prices you didn’t think possible.
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Connor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Made this graph the other day to get an idea of how ungodly expensive the current crop of RoNS are based on Infrastructure Commission research. Compare the cost per lane km, with some 50th percentile benchmarks. Red is post 2023 roads in NZ, yellow pre 2022, and green OECD. #nzpol
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026
ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien...
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Alex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I feel like more people should be talking about this part
Screenshot from the article that reads, The Stud, San Francisco's oldest gay bar, was only able to have its Meta pages restored because of the bars popularity among gay tech executives with connections to Meta
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All the men writing about this might be a little less chinstroke-y if they came to the shocking realisation that OUR MONEY WAS STOLEN
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Action For Everyone @a4epodcast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NEW SPOOKTOBER EPISODE! @edtravis.bsky.social returns to talk Fantastic Fest! @vycevictus.bsky.social gives his thoughts on YOUR MOTHER x3, & @hibachijustice.bsky.social gives Producer @odstspartan.bsky.social a history lesson on Joko Anwar's new GHOST IN A CELL! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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Hot Christian Girl Autumn, Dad-podding, and FANTASTIC FEST by Action for Everyone
NEW SPOOKTOBER EPISODE! The Boys welcome back Ed Travis to talk all things Fantastic Fest! Vyce gives his thoughts on YOUR MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, while Mike gives Producer Max a history les...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
fun fact: The Treaty of Tripoli, 1796, Signed by Prez John Adams, includes: "As the government of the United States of America is *not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion*, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of [Muslims].." Just saying.
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Why is a woman still not safe @treemuseums.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Anyone still supporting Aus Labor should watch & listen to Sarah Kendzior & other's discussions of the complicit role of the Democrats in setting up the authoritarian apparatus the Trump regime uses to oppress & terrorise 👇 As Albanese, Minns etc keep turning the ratchet to the right #auspol
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Green Party put CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKER on a t-shirt challenge: Entirely Possible
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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ipsos urges National to withdraw inaccurate claim about its polling on tax
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Ipsos urges National to withdraw inaccurate claim about its polling on tax
‘We take the accurate reporting of our research and survey data seriously.’
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Paul Taylor @pablowapsi.com · 29/09/2026
Sorry for all the reposting. We still have a bit more to get this bill covered and it's hit a standstill. Please help out if you are able, and please repost. Thanks much! I just wish universal health care existed in this country.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you’ve read about TN this week, please take a moment with this piece if you didn’t read it when we published it: It’s an investigation into the execution team Alabama has put together. It’s officers with a history of violence who choose each other. Eye-opening to what happens in executions.
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In Alabama, Prison Guards Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions - Bolts
As Alabama keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.
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Scott Mendelson @scottmendelson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Listen Now | ‘Avengers: Endgame’ tops a robust late-September weekend as ‘Heart of the Beast’ and ‘Forgotten Island’ can’t outgross a leggy ‘Resident Evil’
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Is Marvel Ready To Return to ‘Primetime’?
Listen now (85 mins) | ‘Avengers: Endgame’ tops a robust late-September weekend with 'Heart of the Beast,' 'Primetime' and 'Forgotten Island' opening below 'Resident Evil's second weekend
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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The team that brought in SINNERS and WEAPONS. Genius move. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Out at Warner Bros.
The news comes as Paramount Skydance is readying to finalize its deal for the legacy studio.
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