Jeff Harris

@nemalki.bsky.social

Storyteller. Artist. Media Historian/Analyst. Toonhead. INFJ. Aquarius. Fire-Snake. Zbornak. Black Xennial. Straight Dude. Unglitched but still in the Distortion. The world's on fire. F*ICE. Fight for truth, justice & a better tomorrow. Keep creating.

Man. Between the uncertainty of the Nexstar/TEGNA ownership. which will ultimately impact the futures of both WAVY/WVBT and WVEC, and today's Scripps layoffs, which will turn WTKR/WGNT's news into a 24/7 stream, local news in the 757 is looking bleak, and I feel for all my peeps at the stations.

E.W. Scripps To Cut 268 Jobs, Launch 24/7 Streaming Model

President and CEO Adam Symson announced sweeping changes to the company in a Tuesday memo, indicating that streaming has become a priority and a hub model will now handle digital news production.

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If Flintheart Glomgold and John Rockerduck didnt exist Scrooge McDuck would be a completely unlikable monster. Even Barks toned him down over time. Hell, he WAS a monster in Italy for years until that version of him was toned down to align with the modern revisions of his personality and backstory

Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · yesterday

Batman will always be popular because people love the fantasy of pretending a billionaire isn't depraved.

The Marx Bros' film debut THE COCOANUTS was released #OTD in 1929. It's public domain and widely available. I'm so happy to see films age out of copyright protection, but still stream in pristine transfers. It's such a paradigm shift from the days when P.D. often meant poor quality dupes. #FilmSky

Zeppo, Groucho, Chico and Harpo in the hotel lobby in THE COCOANUTS.

started watching the bakshi directed seasons of the 60s spiderman cartoon & every so often there will just be a killer shot someone managed to throw their whole pussy into despite all the production limitations

Peter Parker, doused in shadow, at the docks at night. he is leaning on his knee and looking out into the water. the docks and sky are rendered with cool tones of green, blue, and violet in watercolor

Bluesky's nuclear block supports a culture of consent. Each user can completely prevent another user from having any access to them on this site. Right wing harassers on X hate consent. They hate being told "no." They hate not being able to force their posts onto others and target others.

He cites users' ability to mute & block folks as a positive, which is good. It's also why right wing chuds thankfully can't get a foothold here - b/c they violate community norms & get nuclear blocked out of normal people's timelines. Bluesky isn't a *liberal* bubble - it's a *decency* bubble.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

People in public squares have the right to have private conversations with each other that don't include me. People in public squares will find out very quickly that they need permits in advance for particular activities. Go take photos of strangers in a public square and see how fast cops show up.

Sorry to harp on this, but these CEOs keep bringing up the idea of a "public square" and I don't think they've ever been to a public square. I don't have the right to talk to anyone in a real-life public square! People get to tell me to go away.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

This is still true and will be for at least another month (can’t get affordable daycare in the middle of summer). So if you’ve got some money sitting around maybe?

Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So hey, this seems a good as time as any to mention that me, @televisionaryzw.bsky.social the guy behind this has been unemployed for 9 months now and since this place doesn’t directly pay like the old one did… well, here’s my Kofi if you felt like helping out. ko-fi.com/sitcompeople

Wait. What? You mean to say the head of the FCC, who's using their political biases to justify needless hearings, threats of removing any critical voices from the airwaves, and trying to shut down broadcast networks, is corrupt and has been taking bribes to help ease approval processes?

Futurama Fry's Shocked Reaction

Alt: Philip J. Fry from Futurama is saying "I am shocked. SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked."

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Anthony Dean@diversetechgeek.bsky.social · 2d ago

FCC's Brendan Carr Hit With Ethics Complaints Over Paramount Gifts www.thewrap.com/industry-new...