Gnarlygeek (aka Tom)
@gnarlygeek.bsky.social
DEI is a moral imperative. US, IT/Eng, Science, Atheist, Grandpa, Married, LGBTQ+ and Neuro advocate. If you don't like what I post, tell me, I'm here to share and to learn. #earworm #musicski #writingcommunity #writers #bookski #fantasy #scifi
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Dang are there (for me) some serious omissions on this list -- Clue? Friday? Galaxy Quest?? The Bill & Teds??
Hell -- Knives Out/Glass Onion, 40-Year-Old-Virgin, UHF, plus some newer movies like Friendship, Babes, Bottoms, Booksmart, the newest Fletch.
Hell -- Knives Out/Glass Onion, 40-Year-Old-Virgin, UHF, plus some newer movies like Friendship, Babes, Bottoms, Booksmart, the newest Fletch.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Dang are there (for me) some serious omissions on this list -- Clue? Friday? Galaxy Quest?? The Bill & Teds??
Hell -- Knives Out/Glass Onion, 40-Year-Old-Virgin, UHF, plus some newer movies like Friendship, Babes, Bottoms, Booksmart, the newest Fletch.
Hell -- Knives Out/Glass Onion, 40-Year-Old-Virgin, UHF, plus some newer movies like Friendship, Babes, Bottoms, Booksmart, the newest Fletch.
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Also congrats to @aptshadow.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social and @nnedi.bsky.social, among the others, whose work also made the finalist list in this category! It is lovely to be in your peer group.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Also congrats to @aptshadow.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social and @nnedi.bsky.social, among the others, whose work also made the finalist list in this category! It is lovely to be in your peer group.
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye is in the final round for the Goodreads Choice Award, in the category of science fiction! If EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU would go vote for it, I would appreciate that, although if there's another finalist you prefer, okay, vote for that one:
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When the Moon Hits Your Eye is in the final round for the Goodreads Choice Award, in the category of science fiction! If EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU would go vote for it, I would appreciate that, although if there's another finalist you prefer, okay, vote for that one:
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
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The good news: Bath & Body Works "black tea" scented lotion really does smell like black tea!
The bad news: Now that I'm wearing it, I'm worried I smell like an old lady 😅
The bad news: Now that I'm wearing it, I'm worried I smell like an old lady 😅
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The good news: Bath & Body Works "black tea" scented lotion really does smell like black tea!
The bad news: Now that I'm wearing it, I'm worried I smell like an old lady 😅
The bad news: Now that I'm wearing it, I'm worried I smell like an old lady 😅
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(Inspiration credit: @jon-snow-420.bsky.social)
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
(Inspiration credit: @jon-snow-420.bsky.social)
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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NOW it's accurate
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
NOW it's accurate
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Let me see how many of you want to send a signal to Trump, that says, "Hey...Donald, Stick it up your ASS!" for his threats to Mark Kelly...and others?
Give me a "Yep. #HOLDFAST"
Give me a "Yep. #HOLDFAST"
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Let me see how many of you want to send a signal to Trump, that says, "Hey...Donald, Stick it up your ASS!" for his threats to Mark Kelly...and others?
Give me a "Yep. #HOLDFAST"
Give me a "Yep. #HOLDFAST"
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White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby https://theonion.com/white-house-reclassifies-nursing-as-hobby/
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
White House Reclassifies Nursing As Hobby https://theonion.com/white-house-reclassifies-nursing-as-hobby/
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Happy thanksgiving. I hope yours offers respite and familial warmth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy thanksgiving. I hope yours offers respite and familial warmth.
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Just an infomercial for Big Floor
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just an infomercial for Big Floor
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It seems likely that DOGE committed more fraud than it found 😂
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It seems likely that DOGE committed more fraud than it found 😂
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Yes, I'm sure picking a fight with the combat veteran pilot astronaut U.S. senator is going to go swimmingly for Pete Hegseth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yes, I'm sure picking a fight with the combat veteran pilot astronaut U.S. senator is going to go swimmingly for Pete Hegseth.
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Hang on. So the Department of War/Defence can recall retired members of the armed forces to court martial them? Fun option for when JD Vance and Pete Hegseth get to the end of their unearned authority.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Hang on. So the Department of War/Defence can recall retired members of the armed forces to court martial them? Fun option for when JD Vance and Pete Hegseth get to the end of their unearned authority.
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Is he trying to make Kelly the next President?
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Is he trying to make Kelly the next President?
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Mark Kelly has responded:
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Mark Kelly has responded:
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I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
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So, will the DOJ now indict Judge Cameron Currie for dismissing the cases against Comey and James?
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So, will the DOJ now indict Judge Cameron Currie for dismissing the cases against Comey and James?
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Plan ahead for Thanksgiving.
Follow for more cartoons!
Follow for more cartoons!
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Plan ahead for Thanksgiving.
Follow for more cartoons!
Follow for more cartoons!
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Ah, I see someone has exhumed the desiccated revenant named Carville, and used a hand bellows to force air into its lungs, so as to allow it to wheeze out miasmic utterances before being lowered once more into its crypt
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ah, I see someone has exhumed the desiccated revenant named Carville, and used a hand bellows to force air into its lungs, so as to allow it to wheeze out miasmic utterances before being lowered once more into its crypt
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75 years ago today, the legendary "Guys & Dolls" premiered on Broadway, directed by George S. Kaufman, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, and book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling. It starred Robert Alda (father of Alan), Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, and Isabel Bigley.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
75 years ago today, the legendary "Guys & Dolls" premiered on Broadway, directed by George S. Kaufman, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, and book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling. It starred Robert Alda (father of Alan), Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, and Isabel Bigley.
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I just watched this video from Charles Cornell about Mancini's PINK PANTHER theme. I recommend it.
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
The Pink Panther Theme Was WAY More Intricate Than You Remember
YouTube video by Charles Cornell
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I just watched this video from Charles Cornell about Mancini's PINK PANTHER theme. I recommend it.
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
1) It's fun.
2) Find somebody who roots for you like Charles Cornell roots for Henry Mancini.
3) TIL the term "shout chorus."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPU...
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Lindsey Halligan commented: "But I was so photogenic when I presented the indictments."
US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James
Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Lindsey Halligan commented: "But I was so photogenic when I presented the indictments."