Reuben Baron

Reuben Baron

@rubigb.bsky.social

He/They. Writer. Treasurer of @dorianawards.bsky.social. Formerly "AndalusianDoge" before the world's cringest billionaire ruined the meme. Posts don't express views of employers. #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter

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Early on in Wildwood, Prue bikes past a market stall with a sign reading "Enjoy Handmade Art, Before It's Gone for Good!" and I wish that shit wasn't quite so literal

Hana Michels (Personal Account)@hanamichels.bsky.social

Netflix has told several people going forward with new pitches that they plan for all animated shows from now on to be AI. I've heard this more than once now.

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I love how animation completely saved the entire entertainment industry during COVID, and its reward was being taken around the shed out back and given the Ol Yeller.

Hana Michels (Personal Account)@hanamichels.bsky.social

Netflix has told several people going forward with new pitches that they plan for all animated shows from now on to be AI. I've heard this more than once now.

I'll watch the rest of Blue Eye Samurai and Long Story Short (which has an explicit "no AI" disclaimer in the credits!) but any new Netflix cartoon not announced at least a year ago is getting the side-eye. My parents pay but I might ask them to stop if the slop gets overwhelming.

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It's amazing how quickly and effectively one man destroyed the reputation of the ADL.

Sam@samd.bsky.social

the ADL is more mad about Zohran calling a neighborhood Eastern European than Elon giving a Nazi salute Zohran derangement syndrome is real

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i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

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i think. like ok if i ever fucked up so bad my eighth grade teacher posted up on a street corner to literally picket my behavior. i mean i would simply kill myself like that’s all there is to it

𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️@arepublic86.bsky.social

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

Beyond RFK being wrong on everything… it’s striking how his anti-Arab talking points are basically the same as his anti-autistic ones. Not sure what to take away from that, except he must really hate this guy:

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Here we go with the "missing email" defense. This is a lame attempt by Bard College to discredit the Jamie Raskin investigation and his referral of Bard to the FBI over ties with Jeffrey Epstein and suspected sex trafficking from Russia. www.wamc.org/news/2026-10...

wamc.orgBard College releases analysis of email at center of Botstein investigationThe Board of Trustees announced Thursday a forensic analysis of the email conducted by FTI Consulting, a cybersecurity firm, concluded "there is a strong substantive basis for questioning the authenti...

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Reminder that advertising and editorial are completely siloed from each other at ANN. I'm as disappointed as anyone else to see this on the feed.

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I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

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Not only an incredible talent, but a rare talent who also thought it was funny to just voice random memes every once in a while

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social

Unbelievable loss. An amazing talent, and just a really, really good person. www.instagram.com/p/De8RFy4pyov/

This is shocking. 46 is way too young. Whatever Eric Bauza was dealing with, I’m glad he lived to see Coyote vs Acme released.

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social

Unbelievable loss. An amazing talent, and just a really, really good person. www.instagram.com/p/De8RFy4pyov/

Is that Daffy Season short before Cat in the Hat Eric Bauza’s final performance? Hope they can work some sort of dedication in before the theatrical release.

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American conservatives are constantly bemoaning the decline of aesthetic standards and calling for a return to tailored suits and classical Roman architecture, but are now forced to defend the Cheesecake Factory. A constant tension between the Brooks Brothers patrician and the Kid Rock populist.

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it is my deepest and most fervent wish that the tech oligarchs suffer consequences for openly allying with fascism the world over maybe we can extradite zuck in 2029

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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Stunning Lula victory in Brazil is another sign of how easily we all let ourselves get psy-op-ed by the right's expressions of confidence into, you know, believing them. We really have to get over that habit!

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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Replying to @rafiews.com

Also, because I am a film journalist after all: this new generation coming up has not lived under Brazil’s harrowing dictatorship or felt its terrible after effects in the 80s and 90s, so recent films like I’M STILL HERE and THE SECRET AGENT have been key in helping educate this new crop of voters.

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Replying to @headfallsoff.com

all my thoughts tonight with the people of brazil. you fuckin did it lads. enjoy your victory

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waking up from a nap to check my phone and see unambiguously good news for the world… honestly a little beautiful. fuck bolsanaro fuck zuckerberg and musk and everyone who controls the internet and thinks they can just take the whole world away from us for free

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Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

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Democrats are up nine points on trans issues. NINE Red States have less draconian anti-trans state laws. Even *Third Way* agrees that this kind of rhetoric & moronic, their own research suggests vacuous “safety & fairness statements” poll 10 points better than bigotry. Turek is choosing to be evil

Rusty Antel@rustyantel.bsky.social

Turek is running for Senate in Iowa, a conservative leaning Republican state. And it is a very close race. You have every right to criticize his position on this issue and in a perfect world I’d join you. But let’s put that aside and help him win this race. Turek is still better than his opponent

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Replying to @donmoyn.bsky.social

Thread - if Bolsonaro wins, very legitimate reason to ask if the widespread voter suppression happening now played a role. bsky.app/profile/rafi...

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

There have now been major voter suppression occurrences registered in 12 out of 27 states in Brazil. Major liberal Brazilian news channel ICL reports São Paulo mayor Ricardo Nunes, who supports Flávio Bolsonaro, said earlier he couldn’t “justify the costs” of running a full fleet in the city today.

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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

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Replying to @burgerkingier.bsky.social

I love seeing PG 13 ish films in theaters because your trailer selection pre show at a major movie chain will be the trailer for fuckin Cocomelon followed by one for Tangles, a rated R animated arthouse film about dementia

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imagine if a democratic candidate anywhere said something like this about a jewish candidate, would be a ten-alarm fire in every media outlet for days. but the literal president promoting this sort of insane bigotry against a muslim won't even merit a story

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Trump: “Abdul El-Sayed is a jihadist. He should not be allowed to serve in our Senate.”