Something not fully appreciated in the Riyadh comedy festival discourse is that in many ways Saudi Arabia is getting *more* repressive www.thenation.com/article/worl...

On Episode 139 of The #Film89Podcast, @skyemovies.bsky.social, @leightwinst.bsky.social & @leannekubicz.bsky.social discuss the insane making of Mad Max: Fury Road for its 10th anniversary. www.film89.co.uk/the-film-89-... Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podomatic, Amazon Music & more.

What do you get when AI congeals into a big tech golem with inviting eyes? It's Tilly Norwood! On @noahandbillshow.bsky.social, @noahtarnow.bsky.social and @billscurry.bsky.social discuss the first "artificial actor" and what nightmares its existence foretells... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

soundcloud.com/user-1214754... This week on @noahandbillshow.bsky.social, me and @noahandbillshow.bsky.social look at the fictional acting prospects of a fictional AI thing and wonder why so many people are endowing a moving image with humanity.

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

1 year ago today, I logged THE BEAST for the 4th time not knowing I would see it 5 more times in the next year!

I like that Doja Cat is in her Susan Tyrrell phase.

If you’re wondering what the state of debate in the Netherlands is like right now: A newspaper had to pull an interview with a Syrian Christian family in Katwijk because it attracted so many hateful comments that the family feared for their safety

Just checked out the first episode of #DirectorsTakePodcast. So pumped for @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social and her new show, where she + her cohost chat with filmmakers about the movies they love.

I guess we should be grateful if the far-right condemns antisemitic violence. But it’s somewhat galling to see, a week after these same people insisted that fascist rioters in the Hague doing Hitler salutes and flying Nazi flags were definitely not farright thugs, just ordinary grandpas on a day out

Wilders in particular makes a great deal of his support for Jews, in a way which is somewhat unusual for a far right leader. But unfortunately his condemnation is selective: Muslims who loathe Jews are despicable, PVV voters who do so are misunderstood

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qvh... I was flattered to be asked to edit this video for Atomic Abe, a dive into what made "Clarissa Explains It All" so great and ahead of its time in the early 1990s.

On this @noahandbillshow.bsky.social, intrepid Memelords @noahtarnow.bsky.social and @billscurry.bsky.social endeavor to decipher the latest incomprehensible memespeak, "6-7," and where in falls in the history of youthful balderdash! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

My friends @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social and Jon Laubinger are hosting a podcast which loops in buzzy directors in a conversation about classic films which influence their work -- this is the first episode of DIRECTOR'S TAKE, featuring Zach Cregger ("Weapons," "Barbarian") talking about "Adaptation."

We urge you to listen to the first episode of Sony Pictures’ brilliant #DirectorsTakePodcast with our great friend and previous co-host @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social. We’re sure you’ll love it and trust us, the upcoming guest directors and films being discussed are 🔥.

When did illiberal cancel culture destroy America? We asked three free speech warriors performing standup comedy in Saudi Arabia.

It’s launch day for the #DirectorsTakePodcast!! 🎬 Join me as I talk to your favorite directors about their favorite #SonyPictures films… starting with writer/director Zach Cregger celebrating #Adaptation. Listen to the first episode now – available wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧 🎙️

The best part of this season is stuffing my face with Count Chocula! 🥣

“Trust me, folks! ALWAYS LOVED ONE GREAT SCENE FROM #ClearAndPresentDanger! YOU KNOW, TELL ALL THE BAD GUYS ‘WHERE TO GO’! BLOW THE EPSTEIN, ERR, EVIL CARTEL STRAIGHT TO HELL! Am I right? IT’D BE A DAMN CRIME IF I DON’T SHOW UP TO HEGSETH’S MEETING ON TIME! You like that?” - #KrasnovJFilthyFingers.

soundcloud.com/user-1214754... This week on @noahandbillshow.bsky.social, me and @noahtarnow.bsky.social look at the inscrutable meme and try to make sense of what it means, and who Skrilla is, a among other tasks.

“Shatters norms”

Pete Hegseth is planning a military coup in the right way by Ezra Klein

Make it work, people

Jesse Plemons in BUGONIA is the Will Poulter of Caleb Landry Joneses.

The next X years are going to be so tedious and dumb and painful.

Uber is doing a great job making the subway seem absolutely flawless.

I know correlation does not imply causation BUT things started getting terrible at the same time the ziplocs in food packaging stopped sealing consistently.

My mom took Tylenol during pregnancy in 1975 and the worst I was blighted with was a thick, veiny, girthy cock that I must make excuses for with my lovers. #tylenol #dickofkings

fixed it for ya

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I don’t know what about Tylenol but Doan’s Back Pills gave me cancer of the prick.

"Trust me, folks! WHENEVER I SEE MY REFLECTION, I SCREAM BLOODY MURDER FOR SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION! THEN I REALIZE THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO TO KEEP FROM BEING HAUNTED BY YOU KNOW WHO! THE FIERY TRIALS OF #TheEpsteinFiles! Am I right? You like that?" - #KrasnovJFilthyFingers.

I join Matt on the Time Enough Podcast to discuss the 1962 film REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT, where it stands in Rod Serling's writing oeuvre, and if there is any fate for a veteran boxer that is not poverty and physical degradation... timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/req...