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Cops (1922) - Directed by Buster Keaton - 8mm Blackhawk Films transfer

Here's the 8mm transfer of my personal copy of Buster Keaton's Cops from 1922: youtu.be/XgEmeGznYxk

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Though I DO prefer the special editions of Star Wars, I have no qualms with all of the original versions being preserved. And I'm glad folks do this work. This is part of why I'm digitizing all of these 8mm Blackhawk release silent films. I want to see it kept.

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Monkey Business (1950) - Walton Films 8mm "Chimp Comedy"

Of all the 8mm reels I've digitized, this one is by far the weirdest. youtu.be/cdA802UeoYM

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The Extra Girl (1923) Starring Mabel Normand - Converted from 8mm Print

Here's the 8mm transfer of Mabel Normand's The Extra Girl! All four reels of it. youtu.be/adLs5OGqZMo

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got an unusual ask here, if folks would be kind enough to help spread the word. If you're a bookseller/bookstore who would be interested, pls comment with your bookstore's name & location. US only, as internatl mail is insane. (But maybe my UK publisher can be talked into something similar?)

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Bryan Young — creating Short Stories

I need to double the amount of folks subscribed to my Patron to use some of their new features that will help deliver you new short stories and other stuff every month. It’s only $1 a month… www.patreon.com/swankmotron

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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026

AI companies would have you believe that the tools they are building are so powerful that they may set out to disempower and even destroy humanity of their own volition. But this obscures the truth: It is AI companies that are building those tools, making decisions to disempower other humans.

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AI Company Leaders Capitalize on Fear to Lobby for Regulations That Suit Them

We can’t let AI companies launder responsibility for tools they created.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026

Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke

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Cheekysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How soon until I can nick this for the next round of "what's your sign?" posts?

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A lot of it was improvised, but they did publish tons of sheet music for the public and for theaters. www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...

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ICYMI my cursed film novel not only came out in paperback and ebook earlier this month, but also in audiobook! Jeremy Carlisle Parker (A Game in Yellow) brings her incredible talent and fantastic sense of atmosphere to THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT 📽️ rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

screenshot from the Tantor Media site showing the audiobook cover of This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want, art by Julia Lloyd, read by Jeremy Carlisle Parker, with a Paul Tremblay blurb calling the book "fun, creepy, and thrilling"

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Holly Frey @hollyfrey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Next up is Mabel Normand in The Extra Girl! It’s a four reeler, so it’s going to take forever. Should I upload one reel at a time? Or cut it together as one video?

The lobby card for Mabel Normand in The Extra Girl

The title card for The Extra Girl on a digital transfer machine.

A close up of Mabel Normand on the digital transfer machine

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I love art and I love this place. ❤️

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just read a third or possibly fourth news article where the reality of an 'AI has discovered something marvellous!' story turns out to be GenAI somehow accessed material it had no permissions for, which was the outcome of an expert's years of work, and presented it without attribution. GenAI lies.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They’re just close friends

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musk has done so much harm

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Patrick King @patrickkingart.com · 27/09/2026

So basically all the best episodes of Rebels on top of being a co-creator

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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 27/09/2026

I have begun digitizing 8mm films. I decided to start with this official NASA footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

8 mm reels getting digitized of the original Apollo 11 moon landing in black and white

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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 27/09/2026

I did another signing and that means another video from my book tour... This time from FanX Salt Lake. You'll catch glimpses of a ton of folks in here, not just me!

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We live in an increasingly isolationist culture that encourages you to be emotionally stunted. Books and stories should be about experiencing minds different from yours. They should expand your empathy and emotional intelligence. But that doesn't happen if the reaction is constantly this:

Scroll of Truth meme, final panel where the adventurer throws the scroll in disgust because they did not like the truth

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It’s like Inktober, but BattleTech!

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I made a video about the theater and my time tonight...

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I’m going to see Buster Keaton’s The Playhouse and Sherlock, Jr. with live accompaniment of the incomparable Blaine Gale on this authentic Mighty Wurlitzer. It’s gonna be great.

Bryan, smiling in front of the most astounding purple Wurlitzer Organ in a silent film theater.

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