Ben Lawrence 🏳‍🌈

[VENUS ENVY @VenusEnvyDrag]

Every year I try to think of something insightful or empowering to post on the anniversary of the worst night of my life and so many others, but I don’t think anything I could say would send the message better than this photo I took last night at 2am, exactly ten years later.

[🐝🫖 (Batman Era) @GohanMeatRider]

“Men used to go to war”

Well now we play Lego Batman and we like boys

[Spencer Thomas @byspencerthomas]

alright when pride month starts next week it is imperative we blow the roof off of it and let it be known that the lgbtq+ community is here and here to stay. unfortunately we are looking at a repeat of last year and most brands and organizations will be radio silent again. it is the job of this community to amplify our message and let it be known that with or without the support of corporate america (even if it’s performative), our collective voice still moves culture and holds power.

[Spencer 🦇 @ghost_ghoul96]

TICKETS TO THE 2ND GHOST MOVIE‼️

[Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer]

9,000 schools across the country are being affected by a massive hack right now that is shutting down Canvas during finals week for millions of American students (including me).

It would be nice if we had an FBI Director focused on responding to things like this with the same verve he shows for abusing his power to investigate people who discuss his consumption of alcohol.

[Ben Lawrence 🏳‍🌈 @BenjaminLorenc]

@LEGOTtNewsI I saw that Black Mask was featured in a poster, and that Court of Owls and Mad Hatter have their own trophies in the batcave. Do you know if these characters will appear, or if they're just easter eggs?

[Stark @Stark91906017]

... FUTHER AMENDED STATEMENT OF CLAIM...

[Shlomo Schorr @OneJerseySchorr]

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that New Jersey’s public transit agency, NJ Transit, can be sued in other state courts, ruling the agency is not an “arm” of the state and therefore is not immune from lawsuits.

Today's ruling essentially allows victims who were injured by NJ Transit vehicles out of state to sue in those states where the incident occurred.

New Jersey Transit, which was created by the New Jersey Legislature more than four decades ago, is one of the largest public transit providers in the United States. Its network of train, bus, and light rail services crisscrosses New Jersey but also extends into New York and Pennsylvania

[MaggieMay 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇮🇪 @CailinasEirinn]

👏👏👏💯💯💯

[Cole @_nml831]

BUT THE OTHER SNOW JUST MELTED

[Buffalo Wild Wings @BWWings]

They’re called boneless wings and will forever be called boneless wings.

Celebrate the court’s decision today with BOGO FREE boneless wings.

[Spider-Man News @SpiderMan_Newz]

"So, it's valentine's day and there's a place I stop by once a year."

[Mikita 👨‍💻 @mikitaposts]

You don’t realize how warm 35°F is until you spend a month living at 2°F daily

[Josh Berman @NextNetworkJosh]

I will say this about Bad Bunny. He had the opportunity to turn that into a "Fuck Donald Trump and everyone who supports him" type of show, which in turn just would create more division. Instead he turned it into a celebration of his culture, lifting his people up, and ended it by calling for more love in the world. For that he has my upmost respect. I can't say it was my favorite halftime show of all time (far from my least favorite though either, I'd say middle of the pack) but him taking that approach gives me so much respect for him.

[Restricted Daily @RestrictedDaily]

I’m genuinely confused. We’re dumping Epstein files, parading names, laying out rape and pedophilia like it’s a damn spreadsheet, and then… nothing. No arrests. No perp walks. No accountability. So what’s the plan here exactly? Are we just supposed to stare at this filth, rage-scroll, and pretend exposure equals justice? Because right now it feels like the system is saying, here’s the proof, here’s the monsters, now go back to work and shut up. If this isn’t followed by real consequences, then all this “truth” isn’t a reckoning — it’s just another sick reminder that there are two sets of rules, and the worst people somehow never play by either

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.

[Yoko Higuchi @theYokoHiguchi]

In memory of the great Catherine O'Hara, I think it's tragically beautiful & poetic that her final scene in a live-action narrative film was her riding the Soul Train at the end of BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE. A perfect farewell. Rest in peace, Catherine. See you at the Great Beyond.

[dinosaur @dinosaurs1969]

its so cold even the target ball inside

[Alvaro Bedoya @BedoyaUSA]

The Netflix-Warner deal is a horror movie. And not like OG Scream or Sinners. This is like the Human Centipede part 23. On a long haul flight. In the middle seat.

1. The price of getting Netflix with no ads was $7.99 a decade ago. Now it is $17.99 (inflation would make it $10.92). This is not the behavior of a company that is scrambling to compete for your business. Because it's *the* juggernaut in streaming -- it has over 300 million subscribers, more than two times the subscribers as HBO Max and Disney+, which both have around 125M.

2. What is keeping the price of Netflix from getting even higher? You guessed it, HBO Max and Disney+. I don't know if they're stealing existing folks from Netflix, but when people have 17 bucks to spend on a subscription, their two clearest choices are Netflix.. and HBO Max. In other words, their clearest competitor is a Warner property... And don't take it from me, take it from the former CEO of Warner Media, Jason Kilar (below): “If I was tasked with doing so, I could not think of a more effective way to reduce competition in Hollywood than selling WBD to Netflix." So get ready for subscription prices to go up.

3. This also going to hurt your local movie theater, if you still have one. That's because Netflix does this thing where it will lock down an amazing movie, screen it in a few theaters to qualify for the Oscars and other awards, but release it simultaneously (or a few weeks after) on streaming. They did this with Roma. And no, even if you're *Scorsese* (the Irishman) or *Guillermo del Toro* (Frankenstein) even you will only get three to four weeks on the big screen before your knees are kicked out from under you. Who does this help? Netflix. Who does this hurt? The local movie theater where you had your first date, where you watched Jurassic Park (sorry, I'm old), where you take the kids over Christmas. And guess who specializes in making movies for the big screen? Yep, Warner Brothers: Dune, Barbie, the Minecraft Movie (iykyk), Superman. As @matthewstoller explained, "a theater needs a certain number of new releases to be profitable, and are very close to that line right now."

4. And it's not just going to screw over your local movie theater. This thing is going to hurt all of the independent writers, directors, and producers that make the most interesting stuff. Hollywood works at its best when there is a whole ecosystem of independent folks making new shows and movies and pitching them to the big guys for distribution. The film festival circuit? That's *why you go on that circuit* -- to get your cool new, out-there movie in front of execs who can buy it and distribute it. I was in Los Angeles a month ago, and that whole system is just long gone. Why? A huge part of the reason is Netflix. They cut sweetheart deals with huge names (Adam Sandler), and consistently spend their money on that and their own in-house folks. 'No one is buying' at the festivals; 'now they make you do all this stuff for free before you can even pitch them on something'. This is the kind of thing people are saying.

5. What's to be done here? Normally, the Department of Justice would intervene and block the merger. But I'm not staying up for that. I think this is the time for California Attorney General Rob Bonta to step in and move first. He's strong, the folks who work in these industries are *his* constituents -- and if you think this would be a nice thing for a bunch of wealthy people, go see how much the production crews and makeup artists and background actors earn in Hollywood. This is the time for him to define his legacy as someone who stands up for consumers.

[_spark_ @_summk1ddspark_]

My genuine reaction to absolute batman #14