Jason Fry
@jasoncfry.bsky.social
Writer, Mets fan, Star Wars dork, genial malcontent.
I got to witness my wife running TV production meetings and was awestruck by what an incredible badass she was.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I got to witness my wife running TV production meetings and was awestruck by what an incredible badass she was.
Knives Out rocked. Everyone in it has so much fun, and it’s infectious.
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Knives Out rocked. Everyone in it has so much fun, and it’s infectious.
The Replacements
Sleater-Kinney
Dash Rip Rock
The Figgs
Judas Priest
Sleater-Kinney
Dash Rip Rock
The Figgs
Judas Priest
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Replacements
Sleater-Kinney
Dash Rip Rock
The Figgs
Judas Priest
Sleater-Kinney
Dash Rip Rock
The Figgs
Judas Priest
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Wishing @michaelastackpole.bsky.social a happy birthday today!
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wishing @michaelastackpole.bsky.social a happy birthday today!
Walking around during Thanksgiving and decided to get good at croquet. It’s spiteful and WASP-y, which is pretty on brand.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Walking around during Thanksgiving and decided to get good at croquet. It’s spiteful and WASP-y, which is pretty on brand.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Nothing warms the heart like Thanksgiving greetings from brands, so I hope your favorite corporations have brought you glad tidings today. Besides my family (of course) I am sure grateful for intern-penned howdys brought to my digital hearth by mailing lists.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nothing warms the heart like Thanksgiving greetings from brands, so I hope your favorite corporations have brought you glad tidings today. Besides my family (of course) I am sure grateful for intern-penned howdys brought to my digital hearth by mailing lists.
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen this closed captioning I’d have a nickel.
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen this closed captioning I’d have a nickel.
Now it’s a California trip.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Now it’s a California trip.
Oh no! This flight doesn’t feature “Edge of Tomorrow,” which I watch on a startlingly large percentage of flights. No idea how to entertain myself now.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Oh no! This flight doesn’t feature “Edge of Tomorrow,” which I watch on a startlingly large percentage of flights. No idea how to entertain myself now.
Re recent Star Wars conversations, feels like the "movie vs. TV show" thing trips us up more than it should. Budgets converging, no longer a clear distinction in talent pools, every week brings near-simultaneous theatrical/small screen releases, etc. etc. Feels like a vestige of something.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Re recent Star Wars conversations, feels like the "movie vs. TV show" thing trips us up more than it should. Budgets converging, no longer a clear distinction in talent pools, every week brings near-simultaneous theatrical/small screen releases, etc. etc. Feels like a vestige of something.
If you're still active on X ... for God's sake, why?
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If you're still active on X ... for God's sake, why?
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Operation Pableaux Dukakis
Bring out your (turkey) carcaseses
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
I am struggling to breathe
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I am struggling to breathe
An update on my adventures visiting U.S. counties, not that you asked. (Yes, I am aware this is an insane undertaking. You wouldn't be the first to inform me.)
2025 County Adventures: An Update
The best-laid plans...
jasonfry.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
An update on my adventures visiting U.S. counties, not that you asked. (Yes, I am aware this is an insane undertaking. You wouldn't be the first to inform me.)
Me: Oh this must be a bit.
[type type type into search]
Me: Oh God it's not a bit.
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Me: Oh God it's not a bit.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Me: Oh this must be a bit.
[type type type into search]
Me: Oh God it's not a bit.
[type type type into search]
Me: Oh God it's not a bit.
Surely there's a very long German word for "the queasy relief that perhaps should not even be relief which one feels after learning an unspeakable thing which never should have been considered at all is supposedly now no longer being considered."
The Coast Guard reversed its 'swastikas aren't all that bad' policy just hours after the Washpost broke the story.
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Surely there's a very long German word for "the queasy relief that perhaps should not even be relief which one feels after learning an unspeakable thing which never should have been considered at all is supposedly now no longer being considered."
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“I want their morale as low as possible, because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“I want their morale as low as possible, because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter, patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe, and makes federal agents uncomfortable.
Wandering around the house singing "🎼 Get through your shiiiit/motherfuckerrrr... 🎶" to myself for motivation.
I should be a highly paid self-help guru.
I should be a highly paid self-help guru.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wandering around the house singing "🎼 Get through your shiiiit/motherfuckerrrr... 🎶" to myself for motivation.
I should be a highly paid self-help guru.
I should be a highly paid self-help guru.
This is awesome. One of my very early paid gigs was to play through the Zork games and send transcripts to Activision.
Yes it was great!
Yes it was great!
Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
#Zork #Microsoft #Retro #OpenSource #RetroGaming
#Zork #Microsoft #Retro #OpenSource #RetroGaming
Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.
www.gamingonlinux.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is awesome. One of my very early paid gigs was to play through the Zork games and send transcripts to Activision.
Yes it was great!
Yes it was great!
This is so obviously fucking bonkers.
It’s easy to lose sight of it given that we’re all frogs in pots of water getting hotter and hotter … but this is so obviously fucking bonkers.
It’s easy to lose sight of it given that we’re all frogs in pots of water getting hotter and hotter … but this is so obviously fucking bonkers.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is so obviously fucking bonkers.
It’s easy to lose sight of it given that we’re all frogs in pots of water getting hotter and hotter … but this is so obviously fucking bonkers.
It’s easy to lose sight of it given that we’re all frogs in pots of water getting hotter and hotter … but this is so obviously fucking bonkers.
This story will make you happy. And maybe come as a bolt from the blue for one or two of you. You never know! (Gift article.)
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This story will make you happy. And maybe come as a bolt from the blue for one or two of you. You never know! (Gift article.)
One of my favorite interviewers talking with one of my favorite filmmakers. This will work!
I spoke to Rian Johnson about WAKE UP DEAD MAN. He tells the story about how Daniel Craig was almost not Benoit Blanc. How Craig will always play Benoit Blanc in future movies. And he makes a personal plea to an Oscar winning actor to be in Knives Out 4. www.indiewire.com/features/int...
Rian Johnson on Why Daniel Craig Almost Wasn’t Benoit Blanc, Why He Will Never Be Recast, and the Actor He Wants Next
INTERVIEW: The filmmaker tells IndieWire about "Wake Up Dead Man," his casting process, and why Craig is his Indiana Jones (not his James Bond).
www.indiewire.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
One of my favorite interviewers talking with one of my favorite filmmakers. This will work!
Well gosh you’re welcome. The Hondo story is one of my favorite things that I’ve written for the galaxy far, far away. It’s actually funny! (Or at least I think it is.)
Thank you Jason Fry @jasoncfry.bsky.social for writing "The Guns of Kelrodo-Ai", "Speaking Silently", "Hondo Ohnaka's Not-So-Big Score" and "Last Call at the Zero Angle"!
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Well gosh you’re welcome. The Hondo story is one of my favorite things that I’ve written for the galaxy far, far away. It’s actually funny! (Or at least I think it is.)