Chad Perman
@chadperman.bsky.social
writer | editor | therapist* | musician | dad | founder & eic @bwdr.bsky.social | curious about everything | 🏀 forever
*posts ≠ professional advice
*posts ≠ professional advice
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Fascinating by the idea of someone who had never consumed anything made by Tim Robinson randomly deciding to watch THE CHAIR COMPANY thinking it’s like, a normal HBO crime show
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Fascinating by the idea of someone who had never consumed anything made by Tim Robinson randomly deciding to watch THE CHAIR COMPANY thinking it’s like, a normal HBO crime show
it feels very lonely to have adhd sometimes
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
it feels very lonely to have adhd sometimes
still such an incredibly good song
Iron & Wine - The Trapeze Swinger - Live @ ACL
YouTube video by Simone Stefanini
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
still such an incredibly good song
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
If more leaders knew how to play Bach music this would be a better country, i am absolutely convinced of it (also this is wonderful)
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
If more leaders knew how to play Bach music this would be a better country, i am absolutely convinced of it (also this is wonderful)
Simultaneously working on BWDR essays for The Long Day Closes and the recent Naked Gun movie & just had a thought that I should try to combine them into one essay and it’s such a terrible idea that now i’m absolutely obsessed by it
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Simultaneously working on BWDR essays for The Long Day Closes and the recent Naked Gun movie & just had a thought that I should try to combine them into one essay and it’s such a terrible idea that now i’m absolutely obsessed by it
my kingdom for an app or chrome extension that automatically detects and disables all AI on any site I go to
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
my kingdom for an app or chrome extension that automatically detects and disables all AI on any site I go to
Maybe my best skill as a middle schooler & teenager was making mix tapes for people and the best one I ever made was the one I gave a girl across the hall from me in the dorm my freshman year who was also in my psych 101 class. In a few months, we’ll be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Maybe my best skill as a middle schooler & teenager was making mix tapes for people and the best one I ever made was the one I gave a girl across the hall from me in the dorm my freshman year who was also in my psych 101 class. In a few months, we’ll be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary
UW women’s soccer moving onto the Sweet 16 with this amazing overtime goal 🔥
Washington's Alex Buck goes over half the length of the field and 1v2 against the Arkansas defense to net the golden goal winner.
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
UW women’s soccer moving onto the Sweet 16 with this amazing overtime goal 🔥
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
Easily one of my favorite interviews of all time, including everything that happens before the interview even starts (and how much she hates the rug) and how it casually slides into a deep & fascinating conversation that lets you experience so many layers of Hepburn in such a real way
Or convincing Katharine Hepburn to give her very first TV interview—which she decided to do on the spot, with no audience, while visiting the set “to check things out to see how it looked and felt…and then she surprised me by suddenly saying, ‘Why don’t we just go ahead and do it now?’ And we did.”
Katharine Hepburn Interview 1/3 - Dick Cavett Show (1973)
YouTube video by ika11e
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Easily one of my favorite interviews of all time, including everything that happens before the interview even starts (and how much she hates the rug) and how it casually slides into a deep & fascinating conversation that lets you experience so many layers of Hepburn in such a real way
This is wonderful, and I think quite often how very different my life would be if I hadn’t obsessively watched this show each sunday as a kid. I wasn’t allowed to see any of the movies (thank you, religion!) but I could watch this show, and it felt like a welcome way in, thirty minutes at a time
Along with many other writers, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social I shared my memory of watching Siskel & Ebert.
Their Show Cracked Open the World: Siskel & Ebert Memories | Roger Ebert | Roger Ebert
Our contributors weigh in on the impact of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on the 50th anniversary of their hit TV show, "At the Movies."
www.rogerebert.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is wonderful, and I think quite often how very different my life would be if I hadn’t obsessively watched this show each sunday as a kid. I wasn’t allowed to see any of the movies (thank you, religion!) but I could watch this show, and it felt like a welcome way in, thirty minutes at a time
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my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
Providence Swedish to eliminate nearly 300 positions
The cuts will affect jobs at Providence Swedish’s First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Issaquah hospitals and nearby clinics.
www.seattletimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
holy shit, beethoven was savage
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
holy shit, beethoven was savage
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
i've lived with it all my life obviously, but it's still really hard to explain why you can give me 3 hours to do something that is easy & takes 5 minutes and i will feel restless and unsettled while avoiding it and then when there's 10 minutes left it's like a magic "ok, proceed" button appears
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
i've lived with it all my life obviously, but it's still really hard to explain why you can give me 3 hours to do something that is easy & takes 5 minutes and i will feel restless and unsettled while avoiding it and then when there's 10 minutes left it's like a magic "ok, proceed" button appears
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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There are so few outlets that actually publish reviews at this point, and more keep being shuttered. This is such a massive cultural problem that keeps getting worse. I don't have a solution or really anything positive to say at this point. It's just really, really bad.
Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
There are so few outlets that actually publish reviews at this point, and more keep being shuttered. This is such a massive cultural problem that keeps getting worse. I don't have a solution or really anything positive to say at this point. It's just really, really bad.
heckuva game, defense showed up, but just imagine if even one of those 4 seahawks field goals was a touchdown
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
heckuva game, defense showed up, but just imagine if even one of those 4 seahawks field goals was a touchdown
i’ve been trying to figure out how to describe this all week, and THIS is it!
Pluribus is so good?? It’s like if the X-Files and The Good Place had an extremely upsetting but darkly funny baby
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
i’ve been trying to figure out how to describe this all week, and THIS is it!
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It is a rare thing to really love movies these days—not as products, or meme factories, or greasy nuggets of pop culture that pass through our collective memory faster than shit through a gander, but as the real true powerful thing—and @bwdr.bsky.social really loves movies. Worth your support.
Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It is a rare thing to really love movies these days—not as products, or meme factories, or greasy nuggets of pop culture that pass through our collective memory faster than shit through a gander, but as the real true powerful thing—and @bwdr.bsky.social really loves movies. Worth your support.
Mental health professional here, depends on many things, but “the pandemic and how we never addressed what that was like in any real way” is near the top of my list
Question for mental health professionals and not astrologers: why is everyone being fucking insane right now
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Mental health professional here, depends on many things, but “the pandemic and how we never addressed what that was like in any real way” is near the top of my list
I feel this 1000%. It’s job number one
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I feel this 1000%. It’s job number one
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Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
me reading any news from this week
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
me reading any news from this week