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Steve Chipman

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Analog thoughts in a digital world.

created August 11, 2023

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Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

It was like an AI version of a Terence Blanchard score.

9/9/2025, 3:55:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That amount was very… specific.

9/9/2025, 3:27:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unlike most ombudsmen, apparently none of the complaints will be made public either.

8/9/2025, 7:06:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Typically shitty country club fare.

6/9/2025, 10:11:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Def closest to the novels.

1/9/2025, 8:42:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is bullshit as evidenced by the fact it claims to be a 7 episode order. NFW either party would agree to that.

30/8/2025, 9:43:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A 7 episode order should be the first clue this is total bullshit.

30/8/2025, 8:14:33 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In case anyone was wondering, no there’s no follow up at all. She moves on to asking about Bolton right after that clip ends.

29/8/2025, 4:42:54 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And literally no follow up. She just moves on to the next topic. Embarrassing.

28/8/2025, 10:02:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Arguably we already saw it happen with the pandemic, which halted a lot of Trump’s plans and exposed him as an incompetent leader. Unfortunately, he then used that in the last election to prove that it wasn’t really his fault.

28/8/2025, 7:28:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not to mention the fact he has no power to do so.

26/8/2025, 12:37:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because the WH controls the press pool now so they are scared of being kicked out of it and lose their precious access.

23/8/2025, 6:37:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Please oh please have him go out on patrol in that exact outfit.

21/8/2025, 8:04:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, Paul, Weiss isn’t that at all. Loretta Lynch works there and Jeh Johnson just retired from it too.

21/8/2025, 3:31:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tears in their eyes saying “sir, we just can’t abide by these slow pouring jerry cans.”

20/8/2025, 4:22:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There are many copies.

13/8/2025, 1:42:04 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In the AMC app, it now tells you the actual movie starts 25-30 mins after the listed showtime. I used to have down to a science but now just show up 27 mins after the time listed. Seems to be working for now at least.

7/8/2025, 2:18:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Home-grown terrorism not domestic violence.

6/8/2025, 5:30:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thrush AND Devlin on the byline too! No wonder it’s such a shoddy piece.

6/8/2025, 5:03:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They will, and then we’ll be at the back of the line to actually get the vaccines.

6/8/2025, 4:17:25 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Methinks I won’t get much out of this therapy.

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6/8/2025, 4:16:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

Basically

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4/8/2025, 11:07:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Although fitting that the last couple of pretty decent eps was mostly bc they knew it was ending.

1/8/2025, 6:47:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kinda defeats the whole “House” thing with a ballroom the size of an airplane hangar.

1/8/2025, 1:06:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nope. That’s what the Senate Judiciary Committee is supposed to do or then the full Senate. Once he’s approved, only impeachment can remove him regardless of what he does.

30/7/2025, 1:25:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s also been on streaming platforms before because I re-watched it that way.

28/7/2025, 4:24:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes but not reporting to Trump, which is how a lot of people misinterpreted this to be.

26/7/2025, 10:57:14 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes and yes - and yes.

26/7/2025, 1:31:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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President of CBS, not Trump. The article is misleading.

26/7/2025, 1:28:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Cavity Creeps wouldn’t stand a chance!

23/7/2025, 3:20:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Top Gun

23/7/2025, 2:02:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was going with Julie Newmar!

22/7/2025, 3:36:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Break out the tomato sauce!

21/7/2025, 7:59:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I mean isn’t it essentially rendition?

21/7/2025, 1:51:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Different Nate Hochman.

20/7/2025, 1:02:39 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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16/7/2025, 9:05:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s never been a more perfect name to match the director’s style than Dick Mass.

15/7/2025, 9:36:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s like a robocam gone insane.

15/7/2025, 2:10:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fly

14/7/2025, 3:12:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s smart to go with the charge easiest (and has the longest potential sentence) to prove.

12/7/2025, 2:38:13 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We already saw this tho in the first administration. They all hated each other too, and the attrition rate was record-breaking.

11/7/2025, 11:02:41 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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THAT outburst from her made me literally gasp and then ofc roll with laughter.

10/7/2025, 11:04:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’ll soon find out the reason why they are the “B” in BRICS.

9/7/2025, 11:38:27 PM | 78 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’ll soon find out the reason why they are the “B” in BRICS.

9/7/2025, 11:36:54 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

“You’re food” might soon be applicable too.

9/7/2025, 12:13:00 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There’s this gross misconception out there that criticism of policy = cheering for dead kids or blaming them for their deaths. No, that’s when you take the tragic death of Laken Reily to justify deporting innocent people to foreign gulags.

6/7/2025, 8:10:48 PM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Make America Spartan Again

4/7/2025, 4:31:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

The rural juror says yes.

3/7/2025, 5:42:33 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fitzpatrick did just that. He’s gone AWOL.

3/7/2025, 4:01:13 AM | 52 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

No, that was removed by the parliamentarian.

1/7/2025, 4:20:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Esp after Trump just dropped the similarly absurd Selzer suit bc they fought it and was going to discovery.

30/6/2025, 10:45:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The better Dickens’ title was right there. A Tale of Two Buttholes.

29/6/2025, 12:06:39 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep, bc of the reduced use of the gas tax for those vehicles. Gotta make up the revenue somewhere to pay for all of those billionaire tax cuts!

25/6/2025, 5:25:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Really great to have a president who just randomly posts shit with global consequences which you can’t trust at all.

23/6/2025, 10:50:21 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah and just realized the WSJ headline says “strike” but the article says “announcement.” As you know, different people wrote those, but yes the headline def is disinformation as you noted.

22/6/2025, 7:31:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Home wasn’t re-aired for almost 3 years (on Halloween, natch) because it was so controversial.

22/6/2025, 6:58:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Actually it’s just weaselly wording. The public announcement was hours after the actual attack so all this means is that they were alerted before that post, not before the bombings like Johnson and Thune were.

22/6/2025, 6:46:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

Also the little fact that the House impeaches, not the Senate. And ofc it’s going nowhere in the House with Repub control. So sure, introduce the articles but Murphy and the rest of the Dem senators have no role here until Jeffries gets the gavel.

22/6/2025, 5:25:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The House impeaches, not the Senate. They only vote for removal.

22/6/2025, 8:13:09 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bennie Thompson yesterday said they are consulting with their lawyers to see what is possible and that something could be announced next week when back in session.

21/6/2025, 8:07:48 PM | 282 12 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fun fact, even if you were eligible for subsidies all year and make a good chunk of change at the very end of the year, they will claw it all back from you. So yeah, they know.

19/6/2025, 12:04:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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More importantly, WTF is up with that shirt??

18/6/2025, 9:29:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

Actually it’s just a recap of LA, NYC and Chicago directive, not anything KS specific.

17/6/2025, 4:26:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I saw this exact print a few years ago at an Academy screening celebrating John Dykstra where they showed that and Rogue One in sequential order. Lucas allowed it to happen bc of that connection. It was flawless. I have no idea what they are talking about besides just trying to be contrarians.

16/6/2025, 10:41:13 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Agreed! We’re basically saying the same thing but yes lack of accountability bc of this Byzantine system is a real problem! I just wanted to point out it’s not as simple as trying to blame Bass or Newsom as some (not you) want to do. Keep up the great work exposing the truth.

15/6/2025, 7:57:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Police departments shall maintain incident command; however, the Sheriff’s Department shall maintain responsibility and control over the participation of the SRT (including, but not limited to, tactics, deployment and withdrawal);”

15/6/2025, 7:52:44 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So yeah they basically can deploy on their own. pars.lasd.org/Viewer/Manua....

15/6/2025, 7:51:43 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

Right. I’ll defer to your sources but makes sense. I’m thinking specifically of the Sheriff Response Team, which I believe acts without that request although they can also be asked.

15/6/2025, 7:49:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steve Chipman (@elreyalto.bsky.social) reply parent

Not excusing the excessive force tho. I just don’t see anything really changing until (hopefully) Newsom gets back control of NG bc that’s who the LAPD and LASD are having to defend.

15/6/2025, 7:39:22 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I believe that a core function of LASD is crowd control so they can provide that wo input from LAPD - that’s how they ended up accidentally shooting at the each other. The problem tho if they left then it’s just NG and Marines which would make things even worse. No good options until Feds leave.

15/6/2025, 7:37:51 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Governor has no power with neither LAPD nor LASD. That’s why we have cities and counties.

15/6/2025, 7:15:12 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Zero. Nor does the governor for that matter. It’s the LAC Board of Supervisors who technically do but basically useless in that regard.

15/6/2025, 7:13:01 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One of my fav lines from a review ever from Entertainment Weekly - “It’s like George Lucas directed an Earth, Wind and Fire album cover.”’

15/6/2025, 5:46:45 AM | 29 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Learned helplessness is a real problem right now. That’s how fascism wins.

13/6/2025, 5:00:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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4/6/2025, 5:49:32 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I still think this ends up with Trump seizing Space X for national security interests. Nixing Elon’s handpicked buddy to run NASA was the warning shot.

4/6/2025, 1:13:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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3/6/2025, 7:36:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s CBS Sunday Morning, which isn’t exactly known for hard hitting journalism. That ofc is why Musk went on there vs more adversarial programs.

1/6/2025, 9:12:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yep

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30/5/2025, 6:26:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Quick correction. You have “I don’t, for starters, buy that Trump is really leaving government service at all,” when obv you meant Musk.

30/5/2025, 5:26:35 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Come to LA on Sunday, July 13th, 7PM @ the Lodge Room!

30/5/2025, 12:38:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/5/2025, 12:31:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Aka the original “pivot to video” team.

27/5/2025, 10:33:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What do people think would have happened with any legislation if Biden pre-announced he was a lame duck? Not to mention the total shitshow an open primary would have been.

27/5/2025, 1:21:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They had this in San Antonio in the mid 90s when I was in college there. They took 70mm prints and blew them up. It was awesome. I saw Aliens, Die Hard, Star Wars Trilogy and many more. It was the first IMAX not in a museum so they were allowed to screen regular movies.

27/5/2025, 1:17:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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26/5/2025, 3:42:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Prep it by starting to call everyone “matey.”

25/5/2025, 9:02:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I knew it was Baker, aka the hotdog car driver meme incarnate, before even clicking on the link.

25/5/2025, 4:24:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You do remember who was still in charge then, right?

24/5/2025, 11:47:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So many great potential band names.

24/5/2025, 7:48:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Robert Richardson is a more contemporary example. I can always recognize him as the DP regardless of the director - for good and bad.

22/5/2025, 7:45:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Everything about “Philly Justice” was pure gold.

21/5/2025, 1:43:07 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The only “concerned Democrat” quoted is, shocker, Dean Philips. Yeah, no conflict of interest there.

19/5/2025, 8:10:34 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Passenger

19/5/2025, 3:55:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There is no “stage 5” either for that matter.

19/5/2025, 12:15:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s why you hire Cranston. Nice to see him finally deployed correctly.

18/5/2025, 3:52:01 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We have always been at war with Walmart.

17/5/2025, 8:46:40 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Even more poignant given what happened to Plaza in real life shortly after that came out.

17/5/2025, 7:31:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I skipped ahead to Andor’s introduction and it’s literally exactly where the show left off with him. Will also now watch the full movie tonight.

16/5/2025, 7:49:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m sure that the fully uncropped image had “behind the bag” spelled out too.

16/5/2025, 6:57:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view