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Adam Bumas
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Pronounced "BYOO-muss". He/They. adambumas.01 on Signal.

Head of Research and Assistant Editor, @garbageday.email. Researcher, @panicworld.com. Other research and journalism elsewhere.

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Adam Bumas @bumas.bsky.social · Mar 5
I'm pleased to announce my new position as Head of Research at @garbageday.email! Making sense of the internet is only becoming more important, and I'm proud (mostly) to do it for a living.
bumas.bsky.social
Thanks for the ping! This video gets at least one thing wrong: There ARE separate apps for TikTok outside the US on both Android and iOS. This isn't just Douyin, it's two apps both called TikTok.

Anything I say about the algorithm would be speculation, but that I know for sure.
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Reposted by Adam Bumas
synnviks.bsky.social
"For the good of upholding family values, men should be empowered by medical science to carry a mixed species baby to term!"

-Scott Adams (RIP) & Larry Charles
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
bumas.bsky.social
Dilbert mpreg update (thanks to @synnviks.bsky.social) - this is both Dilbert mpreg and Dilbert forcefem.
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
bumas.bsky.social
I, for one, didn't know the short-lived Dilbert animated series ended with an mpreg two-parter.
Wikipedia descriptions for the last two episodes of the Dilbert animated series, where Dilbert gets pregnant.
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by Adam Bumas
grantirving.bsky.social
@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social and my reporting for this very different Panic World ep
youtu.be/8cjxGMJIAS4?...
We Were at ICE’s invasion in Minneapolis
YouTube video by Panic World
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
bumas.bsky.social
There are plenty of other "pretty ring times" than springtime. When donuts come out of the fryer, for example
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
bumas.bsky.social
As @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social reports from on the ground in Minneapolis, I'm holding the fort at @garbageday.email with our monthly Garbage Intelligence issue.

We have all The Game Awards numbers, including how much attention all those wins gave Clair Obscur.

www.garbageday.email/p/the-oscars...
Beyond the discourse, though, it also convinced a lot more people to play the game. Data from SteamCharts shows that after the awards, the game’s concurrent player count went from a daily average of 14,000 to 45,000 within a few days. Sales estimates from SteamDB show that the week after the awards, Expedition 33 went from Steam’s 12th best-selling non-free game to number two, behind Arc Raiders. This is exactly what awards are supposed to do. Whether or not you think Expedition 33 counts as an indie game, The Game Awards are accomplishing their most basic goal of giving attention and distinction to their winners. This wasn’t always the case — from the records we can find, there wasn’t any comparable bump back when the awards were called the Spike TV VGAs.
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
bumas.bsky.social
I've spent months writing about how Bluesky's silent majority is mostly people here to draw and/or view horny cartoons. When I reported on this past week's dust-up over Isabelle from Animal Crossing, I knew I had to take a moment to mention the only contingent who emerged unscathed.
vilepluffart.bsky.social Rob @vilepluffart.bsky.social · 26d
the legend of slightly curvier isabelle
January 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
@bumas.bsky.social spoke to @parkermolloy.com about the curvier Isabelle drama that's been tearing Bluesky apart all week
www.garbageday.email/p/the-sexy-a...
Last month, I diagnosed the problem with Bluesky as one of entrenchment. Virtually every user has migrated to the site from somewhere else. Since Bluesky prioritizes personal curation and confines algorithmic popularity to the Discover feed, it’s easy for your entire timeline to look the way you’re used to from back in the day, whether that’s Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook. And Molloy isn’t just a big Bluesky account, her posts stand astride all these communities — she’s a trans woman and prominent ex-Twitter poster who frequently writes about politics and media. The range — and rage — of the reactions to her post show what happens when all these subcultures that usually keep to themselves are forced to share the same reply section. “Old Twitter had its own pile-on dynamics, but the sheer speed of this felt different.” Molloy said. “I saw something I thought was funny and weird, posted about it, and within hours I was being called a Nazi and getting told I should die.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
bumas.bsky.social
Fowl pole
A bird of prey on top of a baseball foul pole.
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
bumas.bsky.social
Thank you so very much to each and every one of Garbage Day’s 100,000 followers. It’s an honor and a privilege that I’m able to be so online for a living.
ryanhatesthis.bsky.social Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · Dec 23
I need 30 people to subscribe to @garbageday.email right now. Please. We're so freaking close to 100,000. Please 😭🙏🏻❤️
www.garbageday.email
Garbage Day
A newsletter about having fun online
www.garbageday.email
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
bumas.bsky.social
Trans stockbroker advising you to buy blå, sell haj
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
bumas.bsky.social
We're currently offering a one-month free trial subscription to @garbageday.email's premium content!

That means that if you sign up today, you'll get to read our Garbage Intelligence report for free, including the Big Spreadsheet and - this month - a big statistical L for MrBeast.
A chart titled "MrBeast Longform Video Performance, First 24 Hours (estimated)". The chart shows a decline in MrBeast's viewing figures.
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Reposted by Adam Bumas
punsultant.bsky.social
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.

Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
bumas.bsky.social
(Boston accent) Ack Raydahz
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
bumas.bsky.social
You're nowhere close to the first person to inadvertently show feet and suffer the consequences. DM me (or come on our show @panicworld.com) and I can fill you in you in on the sordid history.
jeffhorwitz.bsky.social Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · Oct 29
FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE AND MY FEET: A MYSTERY

My wife wanted to sell a mirror, so I listed it on Facebook Marketplace this weekend. I neglected to wear shoes for the photo.

I have since received seven offers: two for the mirror, and five for acts involving my feet. I'm now curious what's going on.
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
bumas.bsky.social
movies have given us so much technical information about water
The Weight of Water The Shape of Water Avatar: The Way of Water The Chronology of Water
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
bumas.bsky.social
Every month, we write about the most popular content around the internet. For the first time, I'm proud to say that we're on our own list! @panicworld.com was Patreon's fastest-growing podcast last month.
Despite this, there’s one source of news about the shooting that’s gotten a lot of attention in September: Us, apparently. According to Graphtreon, Panic World was the fastest-growing Patreon in September for the “podcast” category, with over 1,300 new subscribers this month. Our own reckoning puts as as number 12 across the whole website — first place, of course, goes to a porn game with over 3,300 new Patrons — but we’ve never even come close to making our own lists before, so we think we’ve earned the brag.
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
bumas.bsky.social
John Pork calling to the faraway towns
September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
bumas.bsky.social
Your delivery’s here.
September 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
bumas.bsky.social
Chat, are we back (writing for @wired.com)?

The Kirk fallout shows there's a massive deficit in understanding what it means to be Very Online, which is a problem because if you're reading this, you are too.

www.wired.com/story/no-one...
No One Knows What ‘Terminally Online’ Means Anymore
The memes and online footprint of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson don’t place him neatly in a box, though many are still trying.
www.wired.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
bumas.bsky.social
Today's @garbageday.email reminds you that facts don't care about your feelings.

www.garbageday.email/p/nate-silve...
Also, Adam wanted me to mention here that about 5-10% of the most popular posts on Bluesky — 1,000 likes or more — are actually just cartoon erotica. Which no one seems to mention when they talk about the influence of the platform.
September 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
bumas.bsky.social
So I'm not a huge Movie News poster but Lizard Music was one of my favorite books as a kid - @danielpinkwater.bsky.social was the best kind of bad influence - and I'm surprised how much The Rock as The Chicken Man makes sense to me.
everyfilmnow.bsky.social Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · Sep 8
Dwayne Johnson reunites with director Benny Safdie for the film adaptation of ‘LIZARD MUSIC.’

The story follows a lonely boy discovering a secret broadcast of musical lizards, embarking on a surreal adventure with the eccentric Chicken Man (Johnson) and his chicken.

#BennySafdie #DwayneJohnson
September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Adam Bumas
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Was listing to All Things Considered this evening on @npr.org on my physical radio and heard my colleague @bumas.bsky.social in this story! Super rad!!! www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
'AI slop' videos may be annoying, but they're racking up views — and ad money
Critics say that "slop" videos made with generative AI are often repetitive or useless. But they get millions of views — and platforms are grappling with what to do about them.
www.npr.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM