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Tedd Williamson
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I love movies. I love nature. Free Palestine. I like to edit videos and often work a silly desk job to pay bills.
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Hey everyone. Things have been tough around here and they are about to get worse. I’ll probably need to make a bigger ask soon, but right now I’m asking for some help covering essentials. Next post has what I’m trying to cover.

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September 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Susan Sontag's 9/16/01 piece in The New Yorker got her crucified but it's one of the few things from that era that aged well. "'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be."
The disconnect between last Tuesday’s monstrous dose of reality and the self-righteous drivel and outright deceptions being peddled by public figures and TV commentators is startling, depressing. The voices licensed to follow the event seem to have joined together in a campaign to infantilize the public. Where is the acknowledgment that this was not a “cowardly” attack on “civilization” or “liberty” or “humanity” or “the free world” but an attack on the world’s self-proclaimed superpower, undertaken as a consequence of specific American alliances and actions? How many citizens are aware of the ongoing American bombing of Iraq? And if the word “cowardly” is to be used, it might be more aptly applied to those who kill from beyond the range of retaliation, high in the sky, than to those willing to die themselves in order to kill others. In the matter of courage (a morally neutral virtue): whatever may be said of the perpetrators of Tuesday’s slaughter, they were not cowards. Our leaders are bent on convincing us that everything is O.K. America is not afraid. Our spirit is unbroken, although this was a day that will live in infamy and America is now at war. But everything is not O.K. And this was not Pearl Harbor. We have a robotic President who assures us that America still stands tall. A wide spectrum of public figures, in and out of office, who are strongly opposed to the policies being pursued abroad by this Administration apparently feel free to say nothing more than that they stand united behind President Bush. A lot of thinking needs to be done, and perhaps is being done in Washington and elsewhere, about the ineptitude of American intelligence and counter-intelligence, about options available to American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, and about what constitutes a smart program of military defense. But the public is not being asked to bear much of the burden of reality. The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy. Those in public office have let us know that they consider their task to be a manipulative one: confidence-building and grief management. Politics, the politics of a democracy—which entails disagreement, which promotes candor—has been replaced by psychotherapy. Let’s by all means grieve together. But let’s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen. “Our country is strong,” we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be.
September 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Today is a great day to read poetry written by Iraqis, Iranians, Afghans, Palestinians, and so many others who have felt the effects of this day so deeply. Listen to the art of those who have lived lives so differently but have a thousand joys in common with you.
A photo of the poem, "Flinn on the bus" by Naomi Shihab Nye from the book, "19 Varieties of Gazelle"
September 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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This is a great quote but it's also wild just how many dudes are like "hey, auteur, I recreated your style to try to mimic you, isn't that exciting?"

Like they think stealing someone's visual/authorial/directing style and doing a worse version of it is going to be exciting to that auteur? How!?
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werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films. A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it. I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period. It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam. When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.
September 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films. A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it. I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period. It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam. When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.
September 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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King Ghidorah is a bum
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King Ghidorah
July 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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The eagle is also smoking a cigarette.
Text image with a checkered background. The text reads, "We ran out of AI prompt credits, but imagine this is a picture of a bald eagle holding a golden sign that says 'Low Prices & Prosperity'." At the bottom, there is an "INFOWARS" logo.
September 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Biscuit is a good cat www.gofundme.com/f/help-biscu...
Donate to Help Biscuit recover from heart failure and keep being alive, organized by Nathan Grayson
Hi, I'm Nathan Grayson. At least some of you probably know me… Nathan Grayson needs your support for Help Biscuit recover from heart failure and keep being alive
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September 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Wow it’s been almost a year since I said this still extremely correct thing thing
hels.bsky.social Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · Sep 3
Rowling is a shitbag but also! HP is NOT GOOD. This isn’t one of those mildly nuanced “oh but Polanski is a genius” situations — HP is derivative, mediocre, critically insubstantial, even with a generous poptimism handicap. Its single outstanding quality as a cultural artifact is its ubiquity.
September 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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We did it lads. We won.
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August 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life.

The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists!

Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com
A frog uses its comically long tongue to catch a fleeing fly and the words say “send this to a teacher” pointing right. Then under the tongue it says “Skype a scientist matches classrooms with scientists for free Q&As” and there’s a little pond scene with lily pads and spatterdock flowers and a rock with a snail on it and a salamander with the words get a match at Skype scientist.com
August 29, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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All the biggest announcements from Gamescom Opening Night Live

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August 25, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Pencil sketch of Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
August 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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I fear the levels of film bro I will become with my XGIMI Horizon 20 projector
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XGIMI Horizon 20 projector
August 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
August 25, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Emergency from Gaza🚨
Abood is a 15-year-old boy suffering from epilepsy & sudden seizures. He is fighting for his life everyday & his family cannot afford his expensive treatment
They are begging you to save him
Please donate as soon as possible to help buy his medicin
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Picture of Abood with a text : I'm Abood from Gaza, Save my life Another picture of Abood with another text : Support me
August 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Please share and donate today.
carabinacitron.eurosky.social Cåråbine à Citron 🍋 @carabinacitron.eurosky.social · 28d
Hammam is a volunteer nurse in Gaza stripped of basic needs and shelter, yet his deepest pain is watching his brother Abood suffer daily from severe epileptic seizures. Hammam helps everyone, but now he needs us. Please donate & share to help them survive. Give Hope 💔👇
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4 pictures 1 - Hammam in ICU 2 - Hammam in ICU 3 - Hammam and his brother Abood 4 - Hammam and his brother Abood
August 21, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Please share. Ahmed and his family need your help urgently. Don’t skip.
micheeel.bsky.social Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 29d
Urgent update: My child Ahmed is in unbearable pain. His small body is weakened by constant fever, worsening wounds, and severe pain. He cannot endure anymore. don’t leave him alone. Help him get treatment before it’s too late. Even sharing or $5 could save his life. 💔
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August 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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i love jourdain, a wonderful friend and essential film critic. please help her out if you're able.
August 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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August 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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What I love most about THE FURIOUS is how it's not just an evolution or fighting but a summary of legendary fight sequences. It's the SINGIN IN THE RAIN of Asian action with a multinational team assembled to kick all ass.
August 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Saber Interactive's CEO Matt Karch can get in the bin:

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August 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM