Mike Janssen
@mjanssen.bsky.social
telephone call for Mr. Horrible
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"We're just men, we're just innocent men"
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"We're just men, we're just innocent men"
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Jack White + Eminem halftime show
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Jack White + Eminem halftime show
Drinking a Midmorning Fizz in front of the TV and not cooking for a change because we’re visiting my wife’s fam in Denver. I’ll take it
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Drinking a Midmorning Fizz in front of the TV and not cooking for a change because we’re visiting my wife’s fam in Denver. I’ll take it
That is, the Washington Post editorial board
Muriel Bowser announces she’s retiring to suburban Maryland to spend more time with her constituents.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
That is, the Washington Post editorial board
At a coffee shop and unfortunately I am already being subjected to “Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time.” Send help
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
At a coffee shop and unfortunately I am already being subjected to “Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time.” Send help
Metal (musical genre)
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Metal (musical genre)
Impossible to pick just one, but today let’s say “She’s an Angel”
Name your fav They Might Be Giants song.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Impossible to pick just one, but today let’s say “She’s an Angel”
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It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident
YouTube video by andrew867
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November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
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We really need a Link Wray historical marker at the old Fredericksburg VA armory where he performed Rumble for the first time. I always think about his line in Shine A Light about stopping at a country store on Route 301.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We really need a Link Wray historical marker at the old Fredericksburg VA armory where he performed Rumble for the first time. I always think about his line in Shine A Light about stopping at a country store on Route 301.
this fast version of Strawberry Fields on Anthology 4 is weird. I'm glad the album version is not this fast, it's stressing me out
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
this fast version of Strawberry Fields on Anthology 4 is weird. I'm glad the album version is not this fast, it's stressing me out
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which reminds me of one of my most embarrassing errors ever, when a radio host told me his first studio was "an immense room" and I thought he said "in a men's room" (which actually made total sense in the context of the story as well)
Which reminds me of one of my favorite New Yorker corrections
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
which reminds me of one of my most embarrassing errors ever, when a radio host told me his first studio was "an immense room" and I thought he said "in a men's room" (which actually made total sense in the context of the story as well)
The only king I acknowledge
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The only king I acknowledge
The Facebook of Love
Have the internet ruin a song:
“Tuesday’s Goon”
“Tuesday’s Goon”
Have the internet ruin a song:
“Sing me a song, you're the piano cat”
“Sing me a song, you're the piano cat”
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The Facebook of Love
There needs to be a filter to remove any skeet with more than one hashtag. Even one is being lenient
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There needs to be a filter to remove any skeet with more than one hashtag. Even one is being lenient
Hard to imagine this didn't make it with this extremely appealing name
Choglit (2002-circa 2003): A chocolate-flavored "dairy-based" beverage, created in a collaboration between Coca-Cola and Nestle to directly compete with Yoo-Hoo. It contained 16% low-fat milk, and was the first dairy product ever made by Coca-Cola. Sold in both cans and glass bottles
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hard to imagine this didn't make it with this extremely appealing name
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Today is an excellent day to restore Link’s account, as other people who did the exact same thing were only given short suspensions.
He was one of the most positive voices here and he deserves to be reinstated.
He was one of the most positive voices here and he deserves to be reinstated.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today is an excellent day to restore Link’s account, as other people who did the exact same thing were only given short suspensions.
He was one of the most positive voices here and he deserves to be reinstated.
He was one of the most positive voices here and he deserves to be reinstated.
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Huge thanks to everyone who has donated wood to our woodchuck enclosure. We have reached an undetermined percentage of our goal.
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who has donated wood to our woodchuck enclosure. We have reached an undetermined percentage of our goal.
There's a new story out from @thelocal.to about yet another seemingly AI-fueled freelance-writer scammer that I also had a brush with, this one named "Victoria Goldiee." thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There's a new story out from @thelocal.to about yet another seemingly AI-fueled freelance-writer scammer that I also had a brush with, this one named "Victoria Goldiee." thelocal.to/investigatin...
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wishing a very get narsty to all who observe
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
wishing a very get narsty to all who observe
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Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Link's perma ban is wrong and should be reversed.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
And what illustrates it being EVEN MORE WRONG, are recent suspensions with restoration with much much more egregious offenses in the same line of what Bluesky claims Link was banned over.
FREE LINK.
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
this reminds me of when I had to get a dragonfly out of a bedroom in a Florida condo
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
this reminds me of when I had to get a dragonfly out of a bedroom in a Florida condo