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James Miles @Fresh_Professor

The Richard Pryor of Pedagogy Master Teaching Artist. Professor. Creator. Speaker. IG: @fresh_professor freshprofessor.com Joined March 2014
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🎬 Backrooms (2026) One of the internet's greatest success stories. In May 2019, an anonymous user on 4chan posted a grainy photo of an empty room. Sickly yellow walls, harsh fluorescent lighting, damp carpet, and an overwhelming sense that something was deeply wrong. Someone added a caption claiming that if you're not careful, you can "noclip out of reality" and end up trapped in an endless maze of identical rooms known as the Backrooms. Nobody knew where the photo was taken. For five years, the image spread across forums, Reddit, YouTube, and social media, evolving from a creepy image into one of the internet's most fascinating pieces of modern folklore. Then, in May 2024, four users on Discord finally traced the image using the Wayback Machine. The photograph originated from a 2002 renovation photo taken inside a former furniture store at 807 Oregon Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. But by then, the truth hardly mattered. The myth had already become bigger than its origin. The Backrooms entered a completely new phase in January 2022 when a 16-year-old filmmaker named Kane Parsons uploaded a nine-minute short film called The Backrooms (Found Footage). Having taught himself Blender and VFX techniques, Parsons transformed a niche internet creepypasta into something cinematic and terrifyingly believable. The video exploded in popularity and quickly became one of the defining horror projects of YouTube's generation. Hollywood took notice. Just a few years later, A24 greenlit a feature film adaptation and handed the project to Parsons himself. Operating under the codename Effigy, the production built a massive 30,000-square-foot Backrooms maze in Vancouver. The crew reportedly tested dozens of shades of yellow to recreate the unsettling atmosphere that made the original image so iconic, while the scale of the set became a story in itself. Born in 2005, the same year YouTube launched Kane Parsons became A24's youngest director ever. At only 20 years old, he achieved something almost unimaginable: turning an internet urban legend into a major theatrical event. The story of Backrooms is remarkable not because of where it started, but because of what it became. An anonymous image posted on a forum evolved into a collaborative online myth, inspired millions of viewers, launched the career of a young filmmaker, and eventually became a global horror phenomenon. Few pieces of internet culture have made the journey from obscure message board post to mainstream cinema. The Backrooms did. All because of a single photograph and a simple idea that tapped into a universal fear, the feeling of being lost in a place that looks familiar, yet somehow feels completely wrong.

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a year ago

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2 years ago

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2 years ago

Come help us turn out the vote!

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2 years ago

Election-day sign waving with Nick Brown in the 37th LD! What: Sign Waving with Nick Brown for Attorney General! When: Tuesday, August 6th from 8:00-9:30 AM, Where: Meet at Red Apple Parking Lot, 2701 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

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An immigrant taking a Black job

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“America has never been in a better position.” Most Americans right now:

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Black women realizing that we have another election to carry on our backs

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I love black History 365: ♥️ 🖤 💚

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2 years ago

"The M5 Creative Building is designed to house a mix of businesses including feature film and episodic series productions, commercial filming productions, and audio and tech companies and organizations." @SeattleEconomy @seattlecenter Apply & read more: bottomline.seattle.gov/2024/06/04/sea…

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Merith Basey MSc @MerithBasey

2 years ago

If you’re at #AHIP2024 come join our discussion st 2pm!

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Patients For Affordable Drugs NOW @P4ADNOW

2 years ago

P4ADNOW Executive Director Merith Basey is at #AHIP2024 speaking on Making Prescription Drugs Affordable and Accessible for Everyone. Will we see you there?! To register, visit: hubs.li/Q02ldnCs0

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2 years ago

I❤️NY

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"I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity." Remembering Malcolm X, who was born on this day in 1925.

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2 years ago

OED Seeks Firm to Research Equity in Seattle’s Cannabis Industry - Bottom Line bottomline.seattle.gov/2024/05/13/oed…

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union moderate that support Dems, not socialists. @reesetheone1

2 years ago

What Dj Vlad will NEVER understand.

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2 years ago

Kendrick Lamar has officially removed all copyrights from content creators reaction videos 🎥 This allows them to make money from their content 💰

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chromatic. @juhmeer

2 years ago

and he knows a thing or two about dropping bombs

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2 years ago

"If Drake and Kendrick Lamar got in a rap battle who do you think would win?" Obama (2016): "I gotta go with Kendrick."

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*Kendrick and Drake psychologically trying to drive the other to a mental breakdown* J. Cole:

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2 years ago

Ronald Reagan made America much poor. and made the rich much richer,

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2 years ago

MCs need to LEARN today!!! 🎤💥💥💥 Ma man the legendary @bigdaddykane has just dropped this absolute GEM 💎 of a verse ✊✊💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪 #bigdaddykane #kingasiatic #kane #legend

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