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Sean Bell

@seancmbell.bsky.social
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Writer. Broke. Bylines: The Intercept, Heckle, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Herald, Source, Jacobin, openDemocracy. Scotland's leading expert on Elvis Presley-related sandwiches.

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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 11h
At the end of every movie, he turns to the camera and says "here we go again". Then 'Bad Day' by R.E.M plays over the credits.
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Al Ewing Died On That Road, 40 Years Ago This Very Night @al-ewing.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Add “for Tax Purposes” to a movie: Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key, for Tax Purposes
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Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 12h
Anyway, the Bloodless Quants on here who constantly screech about how there is no affordability crisis are people who think that a sudden $30,000 medical bill would not be a big deal. Remember that whenever they say anything about anything
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Every Jacobin article is either 'Coyote vs. Acme is Actually Very Leftist' or 'Women - are they Bourgeoise? (Yes)'
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Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Netflix has 16,000 employees. If they kept half of that profit and paid the rest out equally to everyone, they could give each worker a $426,000 bonus this year and still pocket $6,825,000,000. Instead they fired 1000 people.
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Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 18h
Friday mood
Gloria Swanson sits next to a phonograph in SADIE THOMPSON (1928).  She looks annoyed by the world.
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Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
gamine grindset
@princessasterion.bsky.social
DENIS VILLENEUVE: Dune is a work about the cost of power, about messiahs, about empire. Of course we cannot consult Frank Herbert today, but I believe he would have approved.

FRANK HERBERT (60 years ago): God I love cocaine. The only thing I love more is the boundless light of Islam
Jan 22, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Scuba fish walking on a piano, alerting the owner
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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
One day, if you’re very lucky, your nemeses will cease being people and instead be plants
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Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This will kill people
bbc.co.uk
Trans people should use hospital spaces according to biological sex, NHS England says
New guidance says trans patients should be cared for on single-sex hospital wards or bays that align with their biological sex.
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Tracy Lord of the Nazgûl @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
cmon, this is so obviously legally actionable. the left HAS to get better at lawfare, you could absolutely take him to the cleaners for this
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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
EAT SHIT AND DIE SKY BROADBAND. I AM ON DEADLINE AND DID NOT NEED TO BE WITHOUT INTERNET FOR TWO HOURS. YOU HAVE ONE FUCKING JOB
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Labour has so far done nothing to undo this embarrassment. Sally Rooney "says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Sally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action support
Irish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest
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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say because not enough people went to see it
Headline from the Spectator: "Why Tom Cruise's Digger flopped at the box office"
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
can’t believe OpenAI had someone on staff who thought it was appropriate to record everything that people around him said
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Liz Cook @lizcookkc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I thought I had at least passing familiarity with conspiracy theories until the man sitting next to me at the Lebanon, OH Skyline told me “space ain’t real.” “What do you think is between us and the moon?” an employee asked. The man seemed to think about this for a moment. “The moon…is with us.”
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
Comics panel of a man with a sword: "Enough of poverty and idleness! I shall return to the work I love -- BEHEADING!"
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“It’s INEVITABLE! And FOREVER! Things have indelibly CHANGED” lol uh huh
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 13/10/2026
Ah yes, perhaps the most beloved literary trope of all: the classic McMuffin
A screenshot that reads: Moore throws in a Hitchcock-style McMuffin in the shape of a secret tape recording which will reveal just who has been betraying the gangsters.
The problem is that no-one has a machine on which to play it.
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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
You eat gabagool SHIRTLESS WITH YOUR HANDS FROM THE FRIDGE
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Alex Jaffe, DC Comics Expert @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I meet so many people who are so quick to paint Alan Moore as an angry crank but his anger is always vindicated
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Auntie O'Grimacey @bubblenoma.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Insane how Jenny Slate (beautiful , hilarious) can get fired from SNL for saying fuck and Shane Gillis can call women whores in the opening monologue and be grand
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Southland Tales (Kelly, 2006)
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elizabeth says ‘Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor’ @thatelizabeth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Oh fuck off
thenational.scot
BBC announces JK Rowling documentary exploring her views on trans rights
The BBC has announced a new two-part documentary about JK Rowling which will explore her rise to global fame and the controversies surrounding her views on Scottish independence, feminism, free speech...
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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The October issue is out now! ⭐ @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social and @fringeofcolour.bsky.social react to our comeback 📽️ We interview filmmakers at @sqiff.bsky.social 💣 The Cineskinny on Coyote Vs. Acme and Resident Evil 🎤 @waltdisco.bsky.social tackle our Q&A! Pick up a copy for all this and more!
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The ɅɅeech @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online · 13/10/2026
there are other lament configurations besides a box
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But Dave Died 10 Years Ago This Very Night @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
when you don't know where you're going and will kill everyone when you get there
sign reading Christopher Columbus Highway
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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I, for one, think it's brilliant that our new media industry lives and dies on parasocial relationships — streamers, podcasters, influencers, celebrity creators and developers — and now our next step, bravely, wisely, is to axe them all and pivot to computer generated content made by nobody.
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Steve Lieber: Bedrock City Comic Con AA 112 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Frank Frazetta shirtless outside in an armchair, posing with his palette and the original art for the Fire & Ice poster. Behind him Eleanor Frazetta poses in a bikini on a Honda dirtbike.
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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Adam Driver in House of Gucci
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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 12/10/2026
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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"If more books were published by men with explicitly masculine themes, would there actually be a wider male readership?" This is very much in the Platnerian mode that presumes all men are only attracted to content by, for, and possibly about Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor. jacobin.com/2026/10/lone...
jacobin.com
The Strange Resurrection of Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry’s 1985 cowboy epic is finding a new generation of readers online. Its revival raises an awkward question for publishing: What happened to the big, bloody, male-coded literary novel and ...
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Two cool ladies and a small pal. Photo from my collection, ca. 1930s.
A black and white photo of two “tomboyish” looking women with their arms slung around each other, one of them holding a kitten. They're outside and wearing work clothes.
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juno Rylee Stump-Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 11/10/2026
Please help me Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail ko-fi.com/junostump
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Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 11/10/2026
The Monolith and the Apes from 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Please know, @al-ewing.bsky.social and I have tried the worst drink on the planet and, barely, survived
A Bodega 

Panettiere infused rye, egg white, maple syrup, parmigiano reggiano, lemon
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Jed MacKay @jedmackay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
making a version of the internet that's pretty much the same except there's a chance the toasty guy from mortal kombat shows up wherever
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ05...
youtube.com
The Myth
YouTube video by Giorgio Moroder - Topic
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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
turns out the real National Treasure was the Nicolas Cage we made along the way
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Leave the Greenland sharks alone www.salon.com/2026/10/09/l...
salon.com
Leave the Greenland sharks alone
A bounty on 1,000 fish hearts is as barbaric as it sounds
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 10/10/2026
LETTERMAN: In fact Digger is doing so poorly that Tom Cruise has been using the empty theaters to hide Shelly Miscavige. [big bass sting from the band, scattered laughs, some "ooohs"] Have you seen Shelly Miscavige lately, Paul? SHAFFER [smiling]: Not recently, Dave.
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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When you're a mysterious beauty who needs something to wear to the Italian embassy ball/lasagna cook-off:
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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why does it look like it's about to break into a rendition of 'Rubber Biscuit' youtu.be/ZrjiJp8zr5Y?...
youtu.be
The Blues Brothers Bring the ENERGY | Rubber Biscuit Live at Winterland
YouTube video by Wolfgang's Classic Rock
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Sean Bell @seancmbell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Listen, if there was a market for horror about people taking bloody revenge on their persecutors, I think we would have heard about it by now
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.” “Why?” asked Frog. “I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad.
Toad sits glumly on his bed while Frog looks on.

From "Tomorrow"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*
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Weed Detective @wolfmanzack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🎶 it's da mothafuckin weekend [weekend] // it's da mothafuckin weekend 🎶
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RevDJEsq @revdjesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MYST JOE BUCK: He's turning the gear yet again, and wondering why the ship hasn't been raised. TROY AIKMAN: At this point in his career, Joe, he has to realize the clank he's hearing could be for something on another part of the island!
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J0SIE Mostly @j0siemostly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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