Paul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Goddamn reaper keeps taking the wrong 80-year-old. 010
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraMultiplex Overthruster @mpotpod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026CROM! that’s right thruster-ricans we are back to the days of high adventure and HAD A BLAST! one of our most fun episodes yet, it’s ahnuld! and grace jones! and… wilt chamberlain? IT’S CONAN THE DESTROYER! 031
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraMultiplex Overthruster @mpotpod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026hey now thruster-ricans! if you know us you know you will be seeing us in line at the multiplex… but what movie to see? this is how me, and the astounding @producerbrad.bsky.social and the powerful @robogeek.bsky.social - and all the analog generations - experienced cinema! WHAT WOULD YOU WATCH? 572
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...404media.coHackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedThe exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI. 27197655106
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/06/2026Imagine how angry Americans would be if the media had adequately explained to them that Obama had secured a deal that was preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and Trump blew it the fuck up. 653344959
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAlison C. Wroblewski @alisonwroby.bsky.social · 23/04/2026After hearing the @mpotpod.bsky.social episode about YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE, I just had to find it and watch it. Thanks @robogeek.bsky.social, @okbjgm.bsky.social, and @producerbrad.bsky.social for bringing this magic (and theme song) into my life. Can't wait for the new season! 272
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 19/04/2026@gruber.foo Jessica Chastain Says Apple TV Will Finally Release ‘The Savant’ After Postponement Following Charlie Kirk Assassination: ‘We’re Going to See It’ (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/tv/colu...variety.comJessica Chastain Says Apple TV Will Finally Release ‘The Savant’ After Postponement Following Charlie Kirk Assassination: ‘We’re Going to See It’ (EXCLUSIVE)Jessica Chastain says Apple TV will finally release ‘The Savant’ after streamer postponed it following Charlie Kirk's assassination in September. 011
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 11/04/2026There it is: A full year of days spent playing golf in just over five years as president. www.pbump.net/outofoffice 721859679
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraNPR @npr.org · 20/03/2026Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat. n.pr/4uG99Amn.prTrump is dismantling democracy at 'unprecedented' speed, global report findsThree major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat. 1151502740
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraMultiplex Overthruster @mpotpod.bsky.social · 14/03/2026WE’RE BACK! it’s round two in 1983’s battle of the aging superspies with sean connery reprising his role as #jamesbond! so dim the lights and chill the geritol because @robogeek.bsky.social, @okbjgm.bsky.social, and the ageless @producerbrad.bsky.social NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN! 2104
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises. 333109944506
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026His whole life, Trump has always had someone else around to bail him out of the messes he creates: his father, Allen Weisselberg, the "adults in the room" in his first term. Now all those protectors are gone and he is openly begging for someone to save him from his own folly. 35468492263
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAmy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comRuben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stopThe Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later. 064324013
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Real Reason ICE Agents Wear MasksFace-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things. 20481872042
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAdam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 28/01/2026Similar achievable demands (the only limit is character counts): - End courthouse arrests for people following the rules - Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc - End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids - Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement The list writes itself 22875164
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAdam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 28/01/2026“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are: - End qualified immunity - Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy” - Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo - Reinstate TPS - Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions He doesn’t even *ask* for it. 1402282540
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 28/01/2026Chuck Schumer wants to compromise with this. 428889
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraDean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The Episcopal Church has put together a very impressive toolkit for protesting, including tips for clergy in particular. Truly inspiring. This is how Christians ought to be engaging the moment. www.episcopalchurch.org/protesting-f... 19761296
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 28/01/2026NEW: A ton of additional details about Mobile Fortify, including the company behind the app, which is being used by ICE agents to scan the faces of countless people in the US. The app sends that data to CBP, which uses AI to match the info with existing records.wired.comHere's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition AppImmigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens. 3209149
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I wrote about this moment. You can skip to the end if you just want a list of ways to help. If you want, you can also read about the time I almost died, was in ICU, and a nurse was my light in the darkness www.moryan.com/the-crack-in... 💚moryan.comThe crack in the dam and intensive care (plus ways to help now)When I was 19, I got very sick. I had pneumonia that wouldn’t go away. I was kept in an isolation room in a Chicago area hospital for weeks. My mom, a former nurse who never took any shit, determined ... 910435
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Breaking Axios: Kristi Noem's language that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" federal agents was dictated to Noem and her department by the man most responsible for the controversial operation: Stephen Miller. That's according to four sources who spoke to Axios. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...axios.comScoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agentsThe episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser 28528981216
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraMultiplex Overthruster @mpotpod.bsky.social · 27/01/2026HEY THRUSTERICANS! WE'RE BACK WITH THE SUMMER OF 83 MULTI AWARD - AND WE NEED YOUR VOTES! best score! best vfx! best performance in a small role by someone who would go on to be a much bigger star! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO CAST A VOTE THAT WILL ACTUALLY COUNT! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comSummer of '83 Multi AwardsSelect one from each category. ** Academy Award Nominee DEADLINE - Wednesday, January 28, 1PM EST 094
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 91147808501
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/01/2026The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once. 35387722040
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraJosh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Photo by Joseph O. Holmes 9625167
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraChase Woodruff @chasewoodruff.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Really too perfect that Dokoupil's smug lecture at the end of this broadcast about trusting audiences to hear the news and decide for themselves was delivered *in the very act* of choosing to cover up a newsworthy legal threat made by the president about the interview the audience had just watched. 21570168
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraJon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 10/01/2026After the 2020 election, Larry Ellison joined a call to strategize on overturning the vote for Trump and donated to election deniers. Now he controls CBS and wants CNN’s parent, raising new questions this week as his influence grows. My latest in @status.news www.status.news/p/larry-elli...status.newsEllison and the LieAs Larry Ellison’s media empire expands, unanswered questions about his views on the 2020 election now carry real stakes as Jan. 6 is reframed and the next presidential race approaches. 571174541
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Psst! Any Stranger Things fans in Austin want two tickets to see the finale at the AMC Barton Creek 4pm Thu.? (Tomorrow, New Year’s Day.) DM me ASAP! :)media.tenor.coma young boy wearing a hat and a jacket is asking do you wanna watch stranger things .ALT: a young boy wearing a hat and a jacket is asking do you wanna watch stranger things . 010
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America? 9693988311613
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraKeith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Trump plans to cut housing grants, in a move that could put 170,000 formerly homeless people at risk of returning to the streets starting in January.nytimes.comTrump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants 23022
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-Dykstrajavier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 13/11/2025so proud of this podcast - miss the blockbusters of yore? want to know why your mom and dad are the way they are? tired of manufactured 80's nostalgia and ready for the real thing? join me, @robogeek.bsky.social, and the inevitable @producerbrad.bsky.social as we revisit the movies that made us! 0142
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-Dykstraescapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 07/11/2025"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk 124137826927
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career. 3138861269
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 29/10/2025He did it. Chasing a dream is a perilous enterprise. To see @realgdt.bsky.social’s so gloriously made manifest at such long last is extraordinary. A staggering achievement exquisitely crafted & ingeniously constructed w. spellbinding virtuosity. Magnificent. See it on the big screen while you can. 020
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 24/10/2025This is one of my favorite interviews with @realgdt.bsky.social ever — a must-listen! 010
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org 10462102168
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraGina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025I’m running for governor. For over a decade, Greg Abbott has made it easier for billionaires to profit while hardworking Texans struggle to afford groceries, housing, and healthcare. But together, we can make Texas work for Texans again. Join us: ginafortexas.com 1001429618
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraPaul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 10/10/2025SEE. THIS. PLAY. APPREHENSION is a spellbinding new psychological thriller perfect for spooky season with surreal twists, destabilizing paranoia, twisted laughs, and great performances. You do not want to miss it! 8pm Thu.-Sat. until Nov. 1 at Hyde Park Theatre Tickets: apprehensionplay.comapprehensionplay.comApprehension: A Play by L.B. DeyoA psychological thriller set in a world where reality shifts and truth is shrouded in deceit. Playing at Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, Oct 9-Nov 1, 2024. 011
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 10/10/2025SEE. THIS. PLAY. APPREHENSION is a spellbinding new psychological thriller perfect for spooky season with surreal twists, destabilizing paranoia, twisted laughs, and great performances. You do not want to miss it! 8pm Thu.-Sat. until Nov. 1 at Hyde Park Theatre Tickets: apprehensionplay.comapprehensionplay.comApprehension: A Play by L.B. DeyoA psychological thriller set in a world where reality shifts and truth is shrouded in deceit. Playing at Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, Oct 9-Nov 1, 2024. 011
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Remake of Children of Men but it’s about a non-white family from another country trying to get home safely from a vacation to Florida’s Disney World 18716101
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h... 19153563121
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 09/09/2025"school shooting industry" 20858392108
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I don’t know who needs to hear this but the National Guard of one state can’t invade another state. They are separate sovereigns 1051604482
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra @robogeek.bsky.social · 01/09/2025@gruber.foo @andru.bsky.social As much as I want them to call it the iPhold (right???), I think they’ll go iPhonePad (says what it is, and fun to say) with an ad campaign about the iPhone & iPad hooking up and this is their offspring. - Sent from my iPhone 13 mini (still clinging to 65% battery!) 000
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 01/09/2025We’re only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jr’s eugenicist ideology. 4438531136
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraJeff Yang @originalsp.in · 31/08/2025If everyone simply acknowledged that the emperor has no clothes, we could all just point and laugh instead of pretending his unconstitutional executive orders have actual power 0284
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAlt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/09/2025Essential Labor Day reading ⬇️ 312053
Reposted by Paul Alvarado-DykstraAlison C. Wroblewski @alisonwroby.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Book Recommendation: Want to time travel back to the summer of '82? This book covers the journeys of 8 genre movies to the screen. Highly, highly recommend! And if that's not enough, check out the "Multiplex Overthruster" podcast with @okbjgm.bsky.social & @robogeek.bsky.social for tons more! 💛 🎬 352