Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
Dude cloud gaming is such a fuck game changer.
Why yes, internet, I’d be happy to overshare. He/Him
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Dude cloud gaming is such a fuck game changer.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
Friend: idk, I didn’t care for that event last year. Me: because of me or because of the event? Friend: lol what? Why would you even ask that? 😂 Me: I have an anxiety gremlin inside my head that makes me believe everyone actually hates me.
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I haven’t seen Last Christmas!
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
My favorite of this subgenre is Just Like Heaven.
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I need to rewatch DS9 because it’s been a decade since I did a full watch through but my fav eps(cliche though they may be) are Far Beyond the Stars, The Visitor, and Trial and Tribble-ations.
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In his defense: those are both amazing! Haha
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait I've never even heard of it! Is that Lea Thompson?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
currently playing a game of how much sorrow for the state of our world can I possibly drown in old Simpsons episode binge-watches.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
Hey, so Disney just did a fascism.
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Why does this sound like a folk album title by some white dude wearing 3 scarfs in like 2006. 😂😂😂
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
It shouldn't be radical to just exist with basic rights.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
That's rough. What I did last time was unflavored sparkling water with a few dashes of bitters. It's very good. That would be safe!
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
This is going to sound really weird, but trust me: get sparkling water that is specifically store brand. Walmart, Safeway, Fred Meyer. They are zero sugar, they have the mouthfeel of soda. But also, the store brand ones are actually very sweet and full of flavor. Usually sweetened with aspartame.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Same. When JKR wrote that article making this argument years ago my thought was "all you've done is make me ever so slightly sympathetic toward why you have such a shitty, stupid, uninformed opinion." The amazing mental gymnastics they'll do to avoid trans ppl existing.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Voyager at number one is diabolical work 😂 Why the SNW hate?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
First Contact is very good, but a lot of the stuff with Zephrame Cochran feels like too much and too tonally all over. And some other segments end up feeling a bit dry by comparison. Insurrection has issues, but I like it's focus on philosophy, I love the look, and its just so much fun.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
So um....Insurrection is my favorite Star Trek movie...
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Brilliant movie and performance. Redford was one of my favorite actors and filmmakers and someone I really admire. It's been a while since I've written anything for my website but I sat down and wrote a little article about him today.
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I've never seen this, that's awesome
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
I wrote an article for my website for the first time in a while. Rest in Peace Robert Redford.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
I'm trying to write an article for my website. Haven't done that in a while. But I have thoughts.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
I’m pretty damn bummed about Robert Redford.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
I miss Star Trek: Lower Decks so much y’all.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I REALLY need to finish Truly Devious. I was enjoying it a lot but then the world caught on fire and it was easier to watch old Simpsons and disassociate
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh Jessie. I’m so sorry. I hope you know how loved and cared for you are.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
One of them came charging at me, which was scary. He just stopped and said “hey man, you’re safe. We’re just sad someone got shot.” I’m glad they didn’t try to harm me but that shit was fucking terrifying. Idk where to walk at night now. 2/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
So I go on a late night walk every night. Last night in my walk I walked by a bunch of MAGA people having a Charlie Kirk celebration and playing clips of him on a projector. I was wearing a tie-die shirt that said “my god loves everyone” and they were staring at it. So I turned and walked away 🧵 1/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I love him so much. I grew up on Boy Meets World and loved him as Griff. So happy he’s been able to see so much success.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh I LOVE Emily Blunt. I’ll have to watch that! I love Liberty Valance, but the one I was referring to was Broken Arrow. Dead Man rules too. I need to watch some 70s westerns. I haven’t seen Butch Cassidy despite LOVING both stars. I love Tarantino’s westerns, but he’s very annoying.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Progressive for the time and I dig that. Even though there’s some offensive stuff by today’s standards. I also LOVE The Shootist, though I don’t care for The Duke generally. 2/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I haven’t seen that one. I grew watching westerns with my grandparents. I always hated them. Now I like a lot of them. And the genre is nostalgic. I loved the movie Hostiles. I’ve loved Taylor Sheridan’s movies tho he seems like a dick. There also an amazing Jimmy Stewart western that was 1/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
So i don’t like them generally so I’ve only seen a little of each. I just know Tim McGraw and Harrison Ford and most of the cast and writers are liberal. Sorry, wasn’t trying to be a dick or um, actually or anything. I just always see “westerns are for MAGA” stuff and I reacted emotionally. Sorry.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Yellowstone and it’s spin-offs aren’t Republican, just to be clear. I don’t care for them. But nearly everyone working on them is liberal. I hate defending it, I just hate the idea I always see that if something has cowboys it’s for republicans. lol
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
Hey @aduralde.bsky.social are you into holiday movies besides Christmas? I’m especially fond of cozy Halloween movies. Popped in my head because I saw Hallmark is making a Halloween spin-off of one the Christmas love movie series and it has Kimberly J Brown and Daniel Kountz from Halloweentown.
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I tried to make this point yesterday but I was very eloquent. Yeah, so many people I know who are Christian, even progressive ones, are I kg familiar with motivational speaker Kirk and have never seen any of the other stuff and genuinely think he was killed just for being Christian.
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I never even watch them anymore. I only watch the Oscars and Tony’s now. I kinda miss back in the day when we had rabbit ears with lime 6 channels and watched what was there. Genuinely about to buy rabbit ears just so I can watch Animation Donination on FOX again haha
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
This. 100%. Also: I’d rather someone do the right thing for performative reasons than the wrong thing for genuine reasons.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
If you want less political violence to occur(and I do too) then maybe we should stop platforming the absolute worst and more violent outliers possible on mainstream news and talkshows. Why is it that whenever I watch media news it's always the most insane people getting to speak?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
There are lefties and conservatives doing this who AREN'T actively encouraging violence and harassment of marginalized folks. He should not have been killed, but lying about how much harm he did helps the alt-right paint him as a martyr to foment a civil war.
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It's definitely not exclusively what I've seen. And is not what I've seen with random folks online. But for most people in my personal life that's the case. Of course I'm also a radical leftie queer person. So they kinds of "conservatives" or moderates who would chill with me might be different..
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
like,..well, 1, that's largely(if not entirely?) incorrect. 2....um, he also advocated violence against trans people and harassed trans people... and usually they're like "Oh gross. Fuck him." I don't fully understand how that's the case, but it is. 2/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Fair. I try very hard to not remove friends due to politics because I've known very loving people with very stupid politics. And also I want to be able to change people's politics. So a lot of the time it's like "he just said trans women have an advantage over cis women in contact sports" & I'm 1/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
There's this WILD short film on Muni(or at least it used to be) that I adore that just a lady being sexually aroused by carpets. It's super weird and quirky and funny and experimental. I like that shit. I also love the Lynch short that just animated people puking lol.
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who have zero idea what these people really believe because they've seen edited down version of their least controversial opinions. It's very annoying. Luckily a lot of the time when I show those people longer, unedited clips they no longer like them, but still. 2/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I think part of the problem is that CK and Shapiro and people like them know how to clip parts that SOUND way less extreme and circulate those so that people will see only those and get a generally favorable impression of them without ever seeing the horrific stuff. I've talked to SO many people 1/2
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I just looked this up and holy shit lol
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
I gave up on the year and put up my halloween decorations. From now until Jan 2 it's the holidays.
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Fair. Usually if I like something with super dark humor it's a horror or horror comedy because it feels not real at all. I think becuz a lot of the dark stuff in CG leans mildly in the horror/thriller-ish way it takes the edge off. Plus I'm never not aware I'm watching two of my favorite actors.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I love that! At first I thought it was painted on a small rock and I was so confused how you got that much detail on it. haha
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Holy shit, a dark comedy that's too much for you and just right for me? This will be the only time this ever happens hahaha.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
No love for Cable Guy?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I loved it so much! I felt like it was I love You Man and Cable Guy. I like cable guy Slightly more and ILYM WAY less.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I love that he made this salient point in such a way that no one can even logically argue he was being mean or inflammatory. Russ is such a well-spoken and brilliant person ln top of being an amazing human.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I really do think this season suffered from the strike but also the muppet thing is really jumping the shark for me. :/ Especially it being literally Jim Henson company muppets. I hate being so negative on the show because it had been my fav Star Trek. But this season killed me. lol
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I genuinely love Orteges so much and I was living for the “I’m Erika Orteges and I fly the ship stuff” even tho I know a lot of ppl found it cheesy. But I feel like they don’t know what to do with her. I also wish they’d lean in and make her canonically enby/gay.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
“I’m Erika Orteges and I fly the ship! …unless it’s literally the most important time ever, and then I let the men handle it.” The scene itself was really done and it’s a delight to see Kirk and Spock doing the mind meld and bonding. But the implications bothered me.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Out entire democracy is going to be taken down with with a fuck bulge joke.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
D&D cures all wounds
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I....this skeet reads as like 90% gibberish to me. Literally. Which I find so so funny. hahahaha.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I think I’m partly just over anything that I see every film bro lose their mind over haha
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I do really want to get around to Nosferatu soon. The original is one of my favorite films. With Ari: I didn’t care for Hereditary but thought it was well made, Midsommar is one of my favorite films, and then I stopped watching his stuff haha. I’m sure I’d enjoy Beau and Eddington, but eh.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
See all of their work no matter what are Yorgos Lanthimos, Greta Gerwig, Spike Lee, Boots Riley(whenever he makes a second film I’ll be there opening day), Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson, Soderbergh, Ava Duvernay, Linklater, Sophia Coppola, Jordan Peele and Guillermo Del Toro.
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The only Eggers film I’ve seen is The VVitch. Idk why, I liked that one a lot. He kinda falls into the Ari Aster place of “I liked that one movie a whole lot and none of his other stuff has made me curious enough to go out of my way to watch it.” The only modern directors where I intentionally 1/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah lol. That makes me more interested. Haha. I really like Robert Pattinson and Willem Defoe
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I love trippy films and I also love Style Over Substance weird ass films. I do start to lose interest if there is NO substance however. Haha. I've heard Lighthouse is good. I just mostly only know that R Pats was annoying on set and actually pissed himself lol
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
mother! is my absolute favorite of Aronofsky's work(I know, I know, HERESY) lol
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I love horror! And I love dark, weird shit. I LOVE David Lynch and Darren Aronofsky(recent AI nonsense aside) and a lot of trippy as fuck indie shorts. Friendship is on HBO Max now. Just watched it last night, it's very good and it seems very much your vibe.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Dark humor works for me usually. Did you see Friendship earlier this year?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I love The Nice Guys! I need to see Death to Smoochy and The Lighthouse still.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep hearing The Paper on Peacock is really good. But I haven't gotten to it yet. I've mostly been sitting in silence since about 2 pm. But I find watching something joyful usually helps a lot. What do you watch to feel pure joy?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Bad. Seen the video about 10 times against my will. And the one of the Ukrainian woman. And everyone has awful takes about everything. But I’m listening to a podcast about the Simpsons. So that’s helping. How are you?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I love him so much. He also also a fantastic Lex Luthor!
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I haven't watched it yet, but I've read some articles. Jon Cryer has a funny interview in it where he says of working with Charlie Sheen "I had hair when we started." hahaha. Also Charlie confirms he has had sex with multiple men...which isn't surprising, but it fun. lol
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
Okay but we just found out Charlie Sheen is queer and no one seems to be talking about it.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you seen or read much about the Charlie Sheen doc? This one is fun, not sad news.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, the only thing is so many of these people have PLENTY of money and also are highly in demand. So like, they’d make that same money elsewhere presumably.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Me too. ❤️ I’m sorry, wasn’t trying to trauma dump or anything. Just very spirally. Idk how to cheer myself up. What can I do to cheer you up? I’ll even subject myself to It’s Always Sunny 😂
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I genuinely don’t get it. So many of these people are very loudly pro-trans. It seems like somehow everyone in Hollywood is just totally unaware of what’s happening with JKR. Like I get THEM being uninformed, but surely their team knows and tells them…right? Wtf.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I need to. But I can’t. I keep waiting for it to show me something now terrifying and awful.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Like yeah, I agree shooting people is bad. Although Charlie didn’t seem to. I’m defending vigilante gun violence. It’s wrong. I’m just also not going to pretend he wasn’t who he was. I’m so sick rn. And then the Harry Potter casting spiraled me more. And I’m just generally done existing. 3/3
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Texting about this and cheering Charlie on. And the thing is: the actually disagree with almost everything he says. They just don’t know that because they’re ill informed and they refuse to be informed. I sent stuff showing how crazy alt-right he is and they were like “he still shouldn’t be shot”2/3
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m in a group chat with old friends and we don’t talk politics because two of them spiraled down the right wing pipeline. It’s a group where we’re all like brothers, and they have historically been very progressive. So the IDEA was that they’d pull out of the pipeline again. But they started 1/3
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
The cast of the new Harry Potter show is baffling. To be clear: I am not going to watch it and support JKR. But I’m beginning to think celebs literally are just shielded from all entertainment news. Multiple cast member are loudly pro-trans. Wtf?
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah….this day is awful. I’m not okay. Fuck everything. Burn it all down. Start again.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
I’m taking surveys for money rn and one of them asked what I want to see the Trump Administration do. I said “immediately ceasefire in Gaza, protect trans kids, codify women’s right to choose” and it told me I wasn’t a match for that survey 😂😂
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
I’ve never consciously listened to The Grateful Dead. Which is fun, because now it feels like some folk-legend band of yesteryear whenever someone talks about it. Very whimsical.
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Publicly revealed his accuser’s name by filing a defamation suit naming her when she had chosen not to be named in her suit. Which, again, if he actually is innocent is fair game I suppose. But it also feels really gross. And I generally believe survivors. 2/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, I don’t normally say this, but it IS possible that he’s innocent in this case. And the way he’s fighting it lends some credence to that. But also, if someone is actively in the middle of lawsuits surrounding a rape allegation they maybe shouldn’t be headlining festivals? He also 1/2
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s a bummer that he *allegedly* is awful. :( It’s weird how he’s headlining massive festivals and showing up on Kelly Clarkson like nothing is happening.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
Luckiest Man in America is really fun!
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
This article is great! The practical Gorn head made me really fall in love with the most recent episode of SNW. Also I just have the fattest celeb crush on Melissa Navia
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Terror Firmer is great! I(maybe problematically) generally give Troma a pass for offensive things because I’ve interacted with Kaufman enough to know he’s pretty progressive and is like the sweetest dude. He genuinely just thinks it’s funny to be shocking.
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I….wtf. Like setting aside there actually IS a way for you to see who sends these if so inclined… holy shit. I’m sorry that’s happened. I don’t understand how people even have the audacity! I have a meltdown over if I am making someone uncomfy by calling them pretty lol
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
Yay it’s football season! And I feel pretty confident in my fantasy league. Do I still get to keep my LGBTQIA+ membership card?
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Yikes! Well at least these ones aren’t awful I guess.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait, I have a fun idea. An onlyfans that’s just you fully clothed in campy Drag(I think that’s the right word) costumes as famous old timey artists/actors/filmmakers. Like you as Vincent Price or David Niven.
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus Christ what’s in the water today? These questions 😂
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social) reply parent
Totally understandable! Still going to listen in order and still going to sub the patreon!
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
@talksimpsonspod.bsky.social is every episode available ad free on patreon or just new ones? I just started listening, going in order, and I’d love to pay to not have ads 😂
Josh Halstead (@joshhalstead.bsky.social)
In a vacuum the new SNW ep is great. Unfortunately it also feels like too little too late after the preceding 8 episodes.