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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 14h

I've had the Pete & Pete theme song on my mind lately and it still slaps quite vigorously anyway here's the whole series on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tube...

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Adventures of Pete and Pete, The S1E01 Valentine's Day Massacre

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Arc @arcbreak.bsky.social · 17h

This scene did something to my generation

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dylan @pinkponysub.bsky.social · 20h

she speaks about a time we as a society have foolishly allowed to slip away

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Backrooms is a pretty solid metaphor for AI, but it's also a good metaphor for AI companies

The interview, like so much of what Altman says, is devoid of substance, hyping up how AI will cure diseases and improve people’s lives without ever really getting into how. In Altman’s very first statement to Guiducci, he marvels that “we have been seeing this exponential progress and we have been confused about why more of the world has not seen progress the way that we’ve seen it.”

Large swathes of the world have not welcomed AI because they’re the direct recipients of its downsides: data centers, slop content, useless tools being forced into their work and lives despite Altman’s claim that AI isn’t something that “happened” to people, and what jobs remain in the current economy going to people who can spew the latest AI buzzwords rather than the people who do the work AI steals from. If the backrooms are an AI metaphor, Async is the Sam Altmans, Elon Musks, and Dario Amodeis of the world, who can’t see why the people who keep randomly falling into its monster-filled hallways don’t think it’s the best thing to ever happen to them. In Phil’s conversation with Mary, he can only focus on the backrooms’ mystery and promise, even as he sits in front of someone traumatized by her experience there, and even as the Backrooms YouTube shorts show how Async researchers themselves have experienced its horrors. Phil doesn’t seem to understand–or cannot allow for–the idea that Mary might not want to be conscripted into Async’s vision of the future.

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Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 21h

Skydance now owns Nick, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and MTV, effectively ending US TV animation as we know it. Countless jobs will be lost, and fewer new shows will be created. An apocalyptic scenario for cartoons, yet it's maybe the 5th-worst thing about the Paramount-WB merger!

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 22h

every single failed acting career takes us one step closer towards full societal collapse remember THAT every time you pass me up, local theatre casting directors

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Matt Makes Mermaid Movies @mattbr.bsky.social · 22h

Sorry, this is the only Skydance I recognize

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 22h

before I give my answer: everyone who turned their back on Westworld with season 3 is directly responsible for the techno feudalist dystopian hellscape we are all currently living in and your ignorance will be remembered when we're all scavenging for scraps having gotten that off my chest: Glee!

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If I want one thing from my intermittent fame, it is to be as fondly remembered as Peter Lorre was; a staunchly pro-union actor who animators kept putting in cartoons as way of middle finger to their bosses. I can think of no greater honour.

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Brady! @like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

this will be funny to like 3 people but I’m one of them and that’s all that matters

The poster for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, but it’s been edited to include And Knuckles at the end of the title, and Knuckles has been edited into the photo of the cast

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

as a lifelong DC fan I cannot stand the show Lanterns like wdym a live action DC Comics show could be this well written, acted, directed, etc!? so all this time we had to sit through the dceu slop and the CW factory when we could've been doing THIS!? all the awards!

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Waxed poetic about that Lanterns show and how its lowest-rated episode had the most to say about a bullshit aspirational platitude.

Black excellence is a term coined, lamentably, during the Barack Obama presidency. It’s meant to celebrate the Herculean efforts Black people make to succeed despite systemic and social barriers like racism, bigotry, and all manner of invisible tripwires that make success harder. Become a billionaire like Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Black excellence. Become president? Black excellence. Become a Lantern? Honey, you just might be a Black Hal Jordan in the making. But every time I hear the phrase, my teeth itch. To me, “Black excellence” lives in the same area code as white people calling a Black man “King” as a compliment—well-intentioned, maybe, but pandering as hell.

My issue isn’t the term itself but the mindset behind it. The idea that Black people must be excellent to be worthy of celebration, status, or privilege. That mediocrity is unacceptable. That you must be exceptional on whatever sliding scale the moment demands, doing twice the work for half the validation. Black excellence is almost never self‑defined—it’s projected onto you, shaped by other people’s expectations rather than your own. It's a prison where your only solace is toxic gratitude for platitudes over self-affirmation. Having John reject that fool’s errand plight as the main hero of a primetime DC Studios series means more to me than any roadmap superhero timeline.

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

they’re really widening the margins and enlarging the font on this season of AHS lmaooooo

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

losing my mind at how ruthless this sentence is

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ROKU-TACHI WAAAAAAAAA

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

me when I meet a straight couple: so which one of you is the άνθρωπος ίσχυρός and and which one is the άνθρωπος παρθένος

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spCrossing🦦 @spcrossing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

TMS's animation work is always a delight to see in this show

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

January and February finally being exposed as the FRAUDS they are iktr

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bootsriley.bsky.social @bootsriley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I hope Keke Palmer gets a Golden Globe nomination for Best Comedy Actress for I Love Boosters. She not only gave us an unexpected, nuanced, touching performance- she brought back physical comedy & set the bar HIGH. One of the funniest ppl ever. Raucous laughter throughout.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's vibes: Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road).

A black and white manga illustration of Madoka leaning casually against a sports car, one knee raised coyly as she leans back. She's wearing a bomber jacket, miniskirt and blouse, and knee high boots and stockings.

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fran zaya @salfranzaya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

anybody who knows anything has known what a POS this guy has been for a very long time, including the people glomming onto him as part of his attempt to build a political career but were willing to look the other way bc he had old gay $$$ pry the civic joy fund away from him while we're at it

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