Congratulations @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Outspent 11 to 1, Abdul proved that people-powered campaigns can still beat big money. Michiganders chose hope over fear, and a future rooted in dignity, justice, and opportunity.
Todd Vaziri
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I work on movies and talk about movies. http://www.tvaziri.com
Finished the entirety of “Peep Show” (BritBox). A complete masterpiece.
All three of these progressive candidates have now won their primaries in Michigan
Currently… •Will Lawrence won MI-7 •Donavan McKinney leads in MI-13 •Abdul El Sayed leads for US Senate We have the chance to make history happen tonight. Let’s go!
i heard that "do not print lies in the newspaper" was a fairly significant rule for newspapers
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (2017) looks like it cost $70,000,000,000 to make
several watergates-per-day for this administration and they’re just telling everyone daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...
Truth Social Launches Paid Early Access to Trump Posts
Link to: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-5912219/trump-truth-social-access-insider-trading
daringfireball.net
Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll.
🕛 MOVIES ARE DEAD! 🕐 MOVIES ARE BACK! 🕑 MOVIES ARE DEAD! 🕒 MOVIES ARE BACK! 🕓 MOVIES ARE DEAD! 🕔 MOVIES ARE BACK!
The audience only wants films ▪️with superheroes ▪️without superheroes ▪️with incredible VFX ▪️with no "CGI" ▪️that help them escape from reality ▪️that are realistic and grounded ▪️that are good distractions ▪️that are thought-provoking Pick one for your post that will be invalidated in two weeks.
the American Cinematheque just announced they're doing a big Sam Neill retrospective, which includes (among others) Dead Calm, in the Mouth of Madness, Until the End of the World (!), The Hunt for Red October, Event Horizon, and The Piano (!!)
THE PIANO - American Cinematheque
americancinematheque.com
👇 "The vast majority of people who work in film and television are not studio executives, nor are they famous actors. They are, overwhelmingly, blue-collar workers, freelancers, and small businesses. And they are in free fall." Yes.
People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...
"A group of on-set VFX professionals on titles including the recently released film The Mandalorian and Grogu, the upcoming season of the series Ahsoka and the film Starfighter will join IATSE after they demonstrated what the union called “overwhelming” support for joining the labor organization." 💪
‘Star Wars’ On-Set Visual Effects Workers Unionize
Staffers on ‘Ahsoka’ and ‘Starfighter’ are joining IATSE after demonstrating "overwhelming” support for the union.
hollywoodreporter.com
Meta is a piece of shit company run by pieces of shit www.tiktok.com/@jeremyfinds...
In case you can't tell what just happened, JK Rowling instructed her followers to take photos of anyone in a women's restroom who doesn't match their idea of Western feminine beauty standards. Short hair? Thick cheekbones/jaw? Too tall or broad-shouldered? You're now "a man" and will be harassed.
If you're still buying wizard book shit, you are no friend to the trans community. Here's the wizard book bigot inciting harassment against innocent people to her 14 million followers on the nazi app. And no, they can't Always Tell.
"The action is too much and it's getting too smeary — let's reduce the shutter angle." I say consider adjusting the action. In a live-action project with standard motion blur, intermittent lower shutter angle shots feel very out of place to audiences.
Once more: Mamdani understands that you can't just do things in politics and expect voters will notice on their own and thank you for it. You've got to work just as hard selling yourself to voters once you're in office as you did selling yourself to them to get into office. This is the way.
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