there's no world in which this isn't a complete violation, but in this particular case too there's an extra layer of "why," like why force-feed people advertisements for a movie that's already made a billion dollars to people who are already driving the car you sell

Matt Thrower@mattthr.bsky.social · yesterday

BWM cars now showing owners and unskippable ad for the new Spider Man Film whenever they start the vehicle. This shit needs to become illegal, yesterday, else how long before you have to watch it *before* you can start the vehicle.

used to do work for a pay-to-play media company (the money was good) and you can see the guy who ran it descending, linkedin post by linkedin post, into AI psychosis

if you live in new york or visit frequently give negative space some of your money to start a microcinema!!!!

Negative Space - Microcinema for Horror & Genre Movies

We're building a bar and movie theatre for horror, sci-fi, and genre films in Brooklyn. Let's create community together.

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if you modified your car so that the noise of its general operation sets off car alarms you should be forced to watch it cubed and then stand a day in the stocks

studio execs don't understand that the spider-man movies always do pretty well because they're like pizza. some are fantastic and people wait in line for it, some are mid, and even the "worst" ones are still pizza, y'know?

IT'S ME

Tobias Carroll@tobiascarroll.bsky.social · 3d ago

Later this month, I'll be moderating a @bookcritics.bsky.social panel on literary podcasts, featuring people from Otherppl, @bythebywater.bsky.social, Limousine, One Bright Book, and Reading Writers! Register here... us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New episode is up! This time around we talk about one of the most well known creative works created by #Tolkien -- his invented writing systems, most famously the Tengwar and the Cirth. Art as always from @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social though this time he delved into his past...

89. Apologies To Any Saxons That May Be Listening. | By-The-Bywater

On Tolkien’s invented writing systems.

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my taxes also go towards educating kids even though i don’t have any of my own, it’s great and beneficial to society

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

there’s an extremely sweet stray orange cat at my mother-in-law’s and I have twice now succumbed to his seductions and petted him and dealt with the Consequences (bad bad allergies)

i'm currently in maine (not coastal maine, central inland maine, land of my in-laws) and what's darkly funny is that judging by the number of collins signs he doesn't need to do this

Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 5d ago

Via @pressherald.com (gift link) Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid Collins "had friendly meetings with Musk in the past while also saying last year she was “very concerned” about some of DOGE’s moves" www.pressherald.com?p=7697086&uu...

putting a lil scoop of vanilla into the iced coffee i don't give a damn

in 2017 i went to prineville, OR, where apple and FB were building data centers. homelessness had increased because temp construction workers were flooding the market and no one had any illusions of good full-time jobs coming to stay

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

just thinking about how nymag has to autoplay galloway's video podcast on every article to bump up the impressions because they vastly overpaid him and swisher while also having to lay off a bunch of talented writers

Scott Galloway: I Got ‘Doxed’ by Mamdani

Pivot co-hosts Galloway and Kara Swisher discuss the bumpy pied-à-terre tax rollout.

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so the merch shop for our documentary is live, and i'd like to draw your attention to this particular hoodie. for every one of these we sell, $10 goes to the Seattle Trans Underground Film Festival (comes in pink and white as well)

Big Popi Said Trans Rights

Yeah, you heard him. $10 from every sale of this hoodie goes to the Seattle Trans Underground Film Festival .

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I almost screamed

"Steve"@sssparkers.bsky.social · 6d ago

Shout out to the Zohran staffer who finally got me to open an email

i just can't get over the sheer volume of STUFF boomers have in their homes

in TV the "start in media res and then flash back" epidemic is almost universally an exec thing

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 7d ago

Death to beginning a story in medias res! aftermath.site/death-to-begin...

You Can’t Dou That On Television

have we just completely given up on pilot loglines

if you buy this i'll split the profits with jared i promise fixer-upper-films-shop.fourthwall.com/products/ars...

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TL too salty, should have gone to the beach today

"this writer has a different opinion than me, which makes it a ~controversy~"

didn't realize exactly how dogshit my spanish has gotten and failed real hard talking to the laundromat guy, it's time to end it all or at least haul the laundry to the place 5 blocks away

This hits me in my nerd humor spot.

of all the news stories to see during an ad break for nirvanna the band the show the movie

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.

Seattle Police are searching for two men who climbed over the glass wall of the Space Needle observation tower on Friday evening, flipped over a ledge and then parachuted from the 605-foot-tall structure.

do we gotta do a whole @bythebywater.bsky.social episode about this post from musk

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.

this is seriously so fucking cool

pilot@pilotv.bsky.social · 2w ago

absolutely bonkers that ppl are against open streets and car-free areas. today i walked one (1) block to watch a free wrestling show in the middle of the street alongside friends and strangers and sooo many excited kids! there was free bbq! they’re showing Clue (1985) on a giant screen! amazing!