People who don't believe Robert Pattinson can act have never seen "Good Time".

Could I ask you to include my friend Mardi in your prayers @padresj.bsky.social? She's in St Luke's hospital in Kansas City Missouri.

My favorite line about that was "What machine did you think they were raging against? The dishwasher?"

If you get a chance, read Roger Corman's autobiography "How I Made 100 Films in Hollywood (and never lost a dime)" He convinced Hamill to do this film, in exchange for his first directing gig. "Do this film for me, and you'll never have to work for me again!" @markhamillofficial.bsky.social

I managed to see all four of my AMC A*List films this week. My subscription costs me $21.98 per month. If I see four films every week, each film costs me $1.83. Yeah, I'm seeing brand new films on a giant screen for less than the cost of most streaming services. And then includes 3D, IMAX & Dolby.

Just saw my dentist for my yearly check up. I'm 65, and I'm doing surprisingly well with my tooth and gum health. I take a daily streptococcus salivarius K12 supplement, mainly to reduce the possibility of Covid infections, but it's apparently done wonders for my overall oral health.

The funny part is, nobody has actually flipped a burger at McDonald's in 30 years. They have a top grill that comes down on top of the bottom grill, cooking both sides at once. youtube.com/shorts/D72JG...

How I remain covid safe while seeing movies. I'm retired, so I can see them on less popular days, like Mondays. I wear a @flomask.bsky.social in public areas of the theater. And the air quality at AMC is excellent:

I can't get over Running Up That Hill becoming a pop hit in the US. My late wife and I met in 1982 because we were both huge Kate Bush fans, and thought nobody in the Midwest had ever heard of her. I'm getting teary-eyed eating breakfast in the McDonald's hearing it on the background music.

10,001 Maniacs.

I know you said besides World War II, and I apologize, but if you don't know about Operation Fortitude and GARBO…the greatest liar the world has ever known. Created 27 fictitious agents Helped crack Enigma Vital part of D-Day Winning top honors from BOTH sides! It sounds insane but it's all true!

I'm getting caught up on @twit.tv Intelligent Machines. Guest Ian Bogost discussed the idea of intellectual property. I was reminded of what Thomas Jefferson said about the idea:

As predicted by @dansavage.bsky.social - who has been urging his readers and listeners to stock up, even if they are not people who have PiV sex, for their friends, family, and loved ones.

I'm going to take a day of #groundsource #heatpump training tomorrow with my brother. I don't have any business reason to do so, I just would like to know more about the subject. Hopefully I will be knowledgeable enough to answer questions.

To quote Peter Cook's Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling: "I've lived a long time. I've been distorted, I've been misrepresented and I've been quoted accurately, which is perhaps the most appalling."

George Lucas only did three films. A dystopian science fiction expansion of his student film. A deeply heartfelt film about his teenage years. A serial in tribute to the serials he'd loved as a child. The last took over his life and ruined any chance of directing anything else. Heartbreaking.

Thank you for bringing up this important point. The most thin-skinned person ever occupy the office hasn't attended this event in 5 years. Did this happen before the comedian got on stage?

I read "Modernist Cuisine" about a decade ago, and there were numerous sidebars. One of the most interesting, was how canned and frozen fruits and vegetables were actually fresher than "fresh" that had spent days or weeks degrading in a truck.

Getting caught up with @twit.tv "Macbreak Weekly". Why didn't Apple have Todd Rundgren as a musical guest? He's been an Apple developer right from the very start, having written the first paint system for the Apple ][, as well as the incredibly popular Flofazer screensaver? @ihnatko.bsky.social

In the venue to see the Ukrainian band Yagódy at Johnson County Community College.

The video game & movie industry has totally lied to you about brothers who plumb. I was helping my brother this morning, replacing a piece of 100-year-old pipe that had clogged down to the size of a nickel. No princesses, damn few gold coins #superMariogalaxy

I have sobbed uncontrollably to this song from the soundtrack to the film Grace of My Heart, thinking about the loss of my wife.

I'm Covid careful, and see movies in the theater. I'm lucky enough to be retired, which means I can see films weekdays and early in the day. Here's the carbon dioxide meter reading for the theater I'm in right now. AMC air quality kicks ass!

Don't forget this news report from 2019, when the FBI opened Epstein's safe, and left all the hard drives sitting on top while they went off to get a warrant, and came back to find them all in a suitcase belonging to one of the lawyers. www.yahoo.com/gma/fbi-agen...

Seeing The Wellermen tonight at Knucklehead's Garage!

There's a 50% off flash sale going on with my favorite respirator! You can get the adult mask for only $44.99! No code necessary, but move quickly if you've been thinking about getting one. (I'd buy one except that I already have three.) @flomask.bsky.social www.flomask.com/collections/...

One of my favorite podcasts is "The Director's Cut" by the Director's Guild. Features one director talking to another, and doesn't have any ads. At all. pca.st/episode/7847...

I got my ticket for Monday's Early Access screening of #ProjectHailMary! I had to create a Fandango account, and I thought I would have to be paying full price right up into the very end, but I was able to use my AMC A*List. Not at my favorite theater, but I can walk home from this one.

I can hardly wait for #projecthailMary. I love what this critic said: "The awe of Kubrick, the wonder and whimsy of Spielberg, the focus and intensity of Interstellar meets the technical prowess of Gravity to blend all of our modern sci-fi, and to add humanity to it."

Best pair of posts:

Why does this remind me of this Onion classic? theonion.com/4-copy-edito...

I am curious whether any young people who discovered Kate Bush via "Stranger Things" have explored the rest of her catalog, and if so, what they think? I've been a Kate fan since 1979, and met my wife of 41 years via Kate's music. #KateBush #StrangerThings #RunningUpThatHill

I need to make sure @jeffjarvis.bsky.social sees this.

This is who runs this account. (It really is impossible to overstate just how weird my childhood was.)

Seeing The Henhouse Prowlers tonight at Knucklehead's Garage in Kansas City. #bluegrass

Just watched this interview by New Yorker editor David Remnick of Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown about the Epstein files. Highly recommended! @jkbjournalist.bsky.social youtu.be/ySTt2AeeWQw?...

Hey @paris.nyc, I shared your Consumer Reports "Lead in Protein Powder" article with a bodybuilding friend, who had just been told he has stage 2 liver disease. It turns out his favorite snack has a California Prop 65, and that might be the thing damaging his liver. Thanks so much for your work!

At Kansas City's Knucklehead's Garage seeing The Last Revel, an Indie-Folk band from Minneapolis.

Hot damn! I want to make sure this is covered on @twit.tv "This Week in Tech" and "Intelligent Machines" @jeffjarvis.bsky.social @paris.nyc

I don't have a lot of followers, but I wish all of them would read what @padresj.bsky.social has to say.

Hey paris.nyc, I just finished @twit.tv "Intelligent Machines" and loved your positive take on the later Matrix films. My late wife was a huge fan, and met Lana Wachowski when she was at Chicago's Music Box theater to present Sense8. She started talking to Lana's mom, who introduced them.

Listening to @twit.tv "Intelligent Machines". @scottmanley.bsky.social did the math about data centers in space, and from what I understand, unless there's been a breakthrough in the physics of heat transfer, it just doesn't make sense. @jeffjarvis.bsky.social @paris.nyc youtu.be/DCto6UkBJoI?...

What if Epstein files scandal reaches eventually every world leader at some point? Royalty is shaky and democrazies tremble. What kind of system would be transparent enough to prevent Epstein files never again? What kind of system prevents all the victims? I wonder.

Thank you for bringing up the Transit app on @twit.tv "Macbreak Weekly" @shelly.brisbin.net I used it today, and was curious if it was accessible for those with low or no vision. I wish they were more active here on BlueSky. I can confirm that they have responded to my corrections about Chicago.

Best approach I've ever encountered for a band or musician to protect themselves from avaricious forces of the music business. From Dave Stewart's autobiography "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life In Music" 2 managers auditing each other to get that last 5%. #music #business #managers #agents

Listening to @twit.tv "Macbreak Weekly" even though I own no Apple products other than a couple of broken laptops. No, I'm there for Andy's @ihnatko.bsky.social cultural deep cuts, like VHS tape rewinders shaped like sports cars!

In April 2025, Trump threatened 5 law firms w/the threat of executive orders. The firms agreed to provide a total of $600 million in free legal services to Trump. ... He's literally using the Office of the President to blackmail & threaten us into compliance. apnews.com/article/trum...

It LOOKS like the raving of a lunatic, but this is Trump's REASONED way of forcing everyone to stop reporting on his poor leadership. He can't win in court, but he can make it costly to hurt his feelings. ... And he used the office of the President to do it. www.alternet.org/smartnews/tr...

This gentleman has made a point that I'd like to see shared more widely.

In the movie Casualties of War a group of Vietman soldiers kidnap and rape a Vietnamese teenager. The leader MAKES his subordinates do it so they can't tell on him. It's the same thing.