The Modern Leper

The Modern Leper

@themodlep.bsky.social

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💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥

firstshowing.netMust See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...

"...[T]he version of Norwood that spoke with Morgan and other news outlets in recent days is called “Talking Tilly,” an interview-only version that is separate from the actor version, powered by different tools." All this coverage, and they're not even interviewing the "real" thing.

Forbes@forbes.com

Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.

I think we're still boycotting Starbucks, but credit to them for actually licensing Le Tigre's "Deceptacon” instead of the many soundalikes that have been dominating commercials recently. Looking at you, T-Mobile.

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TFW your entire country's path into the future gets fucking bodied by a 10-year-old named Riley Grunch

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. NYT asked a bunch of ten year olds what life will be like in 2050.” (via @shashj.bsky.social)

A series based on Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon cycle of books (Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, etc.) recently appeared on Amazon Prime. In case you're morbidly curious, be aware that the series was produced by Daily Wire (Ben Shapiro) and originally aired on their streaming platform. 🤢

Perfect example where the trailer actually interested me, but every time the promotion team opened their mouths I lost interest more and more. Looks like nothing of value was missed

The A.V. Club@avclub.com

Paul Greengrass waggles his camera all over the place in his grim, muddy, simpleminded Middle Ages revolt. www.avclub.com/the-uprising...

I couldn't quite explain the uncanny, Adult Swim vibe I was getting, then realized it's from a horror movie. Speaks more to me being out of the pop culture loop than me being particularly intuitive.

Eric Goldman@theericgoldman.bsky.social

Some motivation music coming out of a long weekend.

"Oh I've been waiting for this day!" Local confronts a guy with perv glasses creeping on women on the beach. Watch for the pivot - man's was waiting for a reason to lay this guy out.

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I know what word I'm looking for -- that's why I put it in quotation marks!! 😡

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social

Sorry chatbot lovers but the waning of Boolean operators in most search functions on websites has made my life actively worse. You can't find anything, you can only have things suggested to you.

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Sorry chatbot lovers but the waning of Boolean operators in most search functions on websites has made my life actively worse. You can't find anything, you can only have things suggested to you.

Hardest lesson to undo from traditional high school English - it's nice to stretch, but no one's giving you extra credit in life for struggling through a book that's too hard/dense/uninteresting for you. That book is for somebody; there are plenty of others that might be for you.

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Telling the dispatcher it's important the plumber not shame me for anything I've tried to fix it myself, no matter what they see here

I remember reading about the exonoree who had his elected office removed underneath him, but that was just one piece in a more enraging story. Also a reminder to support ProPublica if you can. They tend to piss off everyone a little, but it's rooted in a good faith search for honest reporting

Tracy Jan@tracyjan.bsky.social

His conviction was thrown out after a prosecutor admitted he had failed to turn over key fingerprint evidence. Eligible for up to $480K in state compensation, he hasn't received a cent. The Louisiana attorney general has opposed 22 of 23 compensation claims by wrongfully convicted people.

Watching idiots completely dismantle the "good-natured horny" dynamic on Bluesky has been so demoralizing. Like, all you had to do was browse, enjoy, maybe (MAYBE!) send a like or compliment. If we can't even make that work...

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I did not anticipate God of War Season 2 as a "Ship of Theseus" thought experiment, but here we are.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

Atreus will reportedly be recast for Season 2 of the live-action ‘GOD OF WAR’ series. (Source: www.polygon.com/the-god-of-w...)

💯 this thread, but an interesting corollary I've tried to work through: fear of vulnerability can come from a fear of judgment. When you live through a lens of constantly passing unspoken (and non-existent ) tests, even "wins" and praise can create resentment

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