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Phil Berne

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Technology editor, reviewer and writer. Parent to large human, small cats and needy dog. Supercilious about lots of stuff

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Sentimental Value was good and interesting, in a 'this kind of movie doesn't get made enough' sort of way

I won't subject myself to Hamnet

05.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How I arrived on Bluesky

04.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was off by $50

04.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It would be very Apple to offer a $799 MacBook and then a $649 eBook in a bland color with reduced features

03.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are actors who would ride the success of Air Force One for an entire career, and for Harrison Ford it barely gets mentioned

If he’d only done Witness, Blade Runner, Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, he’d be an icon

He also did the most legendary series in movie history … as well as Star Wars

02.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the perfect acceptance speech, and it made me tear up seeing all the years my favorite actor has earned

02.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This made me LOL very late at night, thank you

27.02.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why is there a gender marker on Driver’s Licenses?

26.02.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can write this movie in 30 minutes, if Hollywood is asking

21.02.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think this started on 9/11. Just before that day, Giuliani was ranting about an African painting with elephant dung on it. Then suddenly there was only one thing he would talk about for 12 years…

18.02.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As an English teacher, I can tell you this is hands down the best way for students to tackle literature. Very cool to see, I’ve been hoping for this

18.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of spongebob holding a spatula and wearing a top hat Alt: a cartoon of spongebob holding a spatula and wearing a top hat blowing a Chef’s kiss

The [sic], as always, is

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I’ve never ever been. As a Mall enthusiast, is it a Must-See? It always seemed more amusement park than mall

14.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s hard than this to understand, because this doesn’t account for interest

If he earns just 3% annually (he’d invade a country if he earned so little), he could burn $20,000,000 every day for eternity. Never run out of money

04.02.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ask your doctor if Viltrox is right for you

(also Dr. Autocorrect hates Viltrox and refuses to see them)

01.02.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And it is used for all of those things now

29.01.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It was too normal for a certain generation. My aunt, who had brain damage, was always just called my β€œ_____ Aunt”

Today if I said it my kid would look at me like I said the N-Word, and that feels like progress

I’m interested to see what group finally gets treated right next

27.01.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga

The NYT can't be bothered to mention to readers that the new TikTok owners have a long history of not just repeated privacy violations, but overt support for anti-democratic right wing extremism. Just isn't of interest to the authors.

26.01.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

Now you need to find the exact location where it snows 3.42 inches and go see Alexa in person

23.01.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2026: the year the Motion Picture Academy admitted you need to be a great actor to effectively scare an audience

22.01.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa Amy Madigan nominated for Weapons!?!?

This opens the door for a future Oscar for the legendary Robert Englund

22.01.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take: He-Man is dumb and bad. No amount of nostalgia will salvage the concept

22.01.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a global far right power grab, so the sooner everybody realizes that and puts aside their deeply outdated notions around national identity, which got us here to begin with, the better. The only way out is through, but the only way through is all of us fighting these climate warlords together

21.01.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 3169 πŸ” 930 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 37

completely unironically, this is how we'll know

21.01.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 5703 πŸ” 1078 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3
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Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip

18.01.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2591 πŸ” 866 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 268

I got the lead singer from Anthrax to with my bud Happy Birthday once, it was awesome

I’m glad to see Cameo understands that AI is an existential threat

19.01.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll bet if you polled Americans, a shocking number would tell you the Underground Railroad was an actual railroad

(even before the Colson Whitehead novel)

16.01.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is a nonzero chance Trump invaded Venezuela and captured Maduro just to get a medal

Dems should promise him a "Best President Ever" medal if he starts showing compassion for humanity

16.01.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0