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Gale Anne Hurd @galeannehurd.bsky.social · 4h

Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/m... We both served as members of the AMPAS Nicholl Screenwriting Committee - I benefitted greatly from her insights into screenwriting . My deepest condolences to her Laurette and her entire family.

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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102

A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.”

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 8h

calendars, how do they work

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did Julia Roberts Really Almost Play Harriet Tubman in a Movie? - VICE apple.news/Ayuqf8OeQQbG... Not “almost” but I heard this story from someone who was in the room. Before we pile on, the studio chief left the entertainment business sometime later after a personal tragedy.

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Did Julia Roberts Really Almost Play Harriet Tubman in a Movie? — VICE

Kasi Lemmons’s 2019 Harriet Tubman biopic, Harriet, took 25 years to get made. During that time, a number of actresses were suggested for the lead role. Viola Davis, for example, was attached at one p...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

🚨 NEWS: A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected lab accident in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation and hospitals have been quarantined amid concerns over possible pneumonic plague.

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Russian Lab Worker Dies After Suspected Plague Accident as Quarantines Expand

A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected laboratory accident in Siberia, with nearly 200 people under observation and conflicting accounts emerging from R...

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“The team used the AI programme ChatGPT to generate the designs…”

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Make antitrust great again

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You really can’t make this shit up.

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am enjoying Ted Lasso but I am concerned about how quickly the various conflicts this season are getting resolved. Concerned because I suspect that means there won’t be another season. I’m pretty sure they aren’t planning for one.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/09/2026

The human genome is part virus. And here's a virus that's part human, having picked up a human gene about 100,000 years ago. My story here: nyti.ms/4hRKNPC

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This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It (Gift Article)

Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026

yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Last night’s #SNL was my first time seeing #Katseye. As a singing group, they’re just ok, but I see why they are fashion influencers. And they’re excellent on TV. Serious question: 100 years ago, would they have been burlesque stars? Risqué, good dancers, great style, good-enough singers.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Denmark is trolling Trump.

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I would comment on the “Digger” ads but I am recusing myself because I am still seething for having had to sit through “Biutiful.”

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

By now every TV & streaming viewer in #Ohio has seen the anti-Sherrod Brown spots. The war is unpopular. Gas, diesel, heating oil and electricity prices are soaring. Voters are enraged about AI, data centers and ICE. And they're running on ANTI-TRANS? That's their best attack?

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The sad thing is that it is now necessary to say this as part of a political campaign. And that somehow millions of voters might reflexively push back.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

everyone who's ever joined in an online pile on should read this.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

they really think we are all idiots

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tonight’s #TNF result is yet another reminder to never bet on football.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Republicans hold nearly a two-to-one cash advantage over Democrats going into the midterms. But you know something? American voters are catching on. The big money isn’t working. We need senators like Sherrod Brown, who’s not for sale — to crypto or anyone else.

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How to know whether a candidate is on your side

Follow the money

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 24/09/2026

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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OK, you've got my attention. Can't wait for this drop.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The vast majority of creatives are struggling. Writers are leaving LA in droves. Directors are driving Uber when they aren't lucky enough to get gigs directing dubs or subs for foreign films. Recognizable actors are finding jobs they won't be recognized in. The whole industry is shitty right now.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lucille Ball is the Godmother of #StarTrek. As head of Desilu Studios, she overrode her own board of directors to finance the show & convinced network executives to greenlight a second pilot after the first one failed. That second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," first aired #OTD in 1966. 🖖

A digital portrait of Lucille Désirée Ball (1911–1989), the legendary Emmy-winning actress, studio mogul, and "Godmother of Star Trek" whose decisive studio leadership famously saved the franchise from cancellation. This artwork is an AI-adjusted version of an original piece by artist Jamie Fay—which initially depicted her in Captain Janeway’s uniform—now modified to show her in an Original Series Starfleet uniform. Ball sits confidently in a prominent command chair on a starship bridge, legs elegantly crossed at the knee and hands resting on the armrests. She wears a form-fitting, gold command-division tunic featuring a classic black collar, rank braids on the cuffs, and the iconic Starfleet delta insignia pinned to her chest, paired with sharp black trousers and low-heeled black boots. Her signature red hair is styled into an elegant upward coiffure, framing a poised, contemplative expression as she gazes slightly away from the viewer. The background features a sweeping, cinematic view of a colorful interstellar nebula glowing with purple, green, and blue cosmic stardust. The overall composition blends mid-century Hollywood glamour with classic sci-fi iconography, evoking an empowering, authoritative mood that celebrates her immense historical impact on television history.

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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Paul Verhoeven would be all “no, that’s too unbelievable.”

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

By the time this merger ruins HBO, destroys WB, gets 5,000 people fired, moves production overseas, and guts the quality of the movies the new studio makes, most people will have forgotten how fast the AGs caved and how little they got in this deal. Writers will not.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“When the president does anything today, there will be no TV camera with the president that is broadcasting and sharing this footage” with the wider press corps and networks around the world." Stelter: "Last I checked, this president likes to be on camera." www.cnn.com/newsletters/...

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people

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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 19/09/2026

eliminate EV subsidies, ban cheap overseas EVs, ban EV component import, deport people bringing battery technology to the US, pay billions to kill clean energy projects, end fuel economy standards, and then do THIS is such an elaborate prank on the American people you almost have to respect it

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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hallucinating AI "almost started a war" by FALSELY claiming China was smuggling nuclear materials. "The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel... Military planes were in the air"

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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And just like that, Republicans in competitive races all over the country are suddenly disagreeing with Trump for the first time. The election must be getting close.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 18/09/2026

"I can always spot 'CGI'" - - - - - - - - - toupee fallacy

The crowd thing is a true epidemic. I have not seen one example of a CGI crowd that works. GET IT OUT OF YOUR MOVIE! If it's in your treatment, write another scene

TOUPEE FALLACY A form of selection bias in which a thing whose quality is measured in terms of being difficult to detect is wrongly judged to be of poor quality in general, caused by the fact that most people only notice poor-quality instances of A form of selection bias in which a thing whose quality is measured in terms of being difficult to detect is wrongly judged to be of poor quality in general, caused by the fact that most people only notice poor-quality instances of

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

IIRC males only bite plants. And this is a tried-and-true pest control strategy.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

hahahaha

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17/09/2026

Email from my grandfather, who likes to say he's lived for a third of the time that America has existed: "America was nice while it lasted, although it's really hard to believe a criminal narcissist TV show host that paints himself orange was all it took to take us down."

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David S. Cohen @theotherdavidcohen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My take on today's #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds... I like La'an as a character and I like Christina Chong, so I am dreading La'an's inevitable end — in such a fashion that she will never be mentioned again (in TOS) by anyone she'd served with, even when her ancestor Khan shows up.

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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

He nailed it, as usual.

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William Gibson @GreatDismal - 1/25/17
Surprise at the sheer velocity of the onset of fascism is the result of regarding it as a political rather than a criminal entity: it's theft

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"

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