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Goya's "Black Paintings" are disturbing oil paintings. All 14, ranked by how awful they'd be to dig into turkey with! This madness brought to you by @ethankaye.bsky.social
Which of Goya's "Black Paintings" Would Ruin Thanksgiving?
Goya's "Black Paintings" are 14 disturbing oils. They show people sharing meals. We rank the paintings by how much they'd ruin Thanksgiving!
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November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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It's a new @popheist.com HANNIBAL recap! This week, Hannibal gets wind of a rival serial killer on his turf, Will makes his move with Alana, and cellos get some very special strings!
'Hannibal' 1x08 Recap: A Poet and a Psychopath - Pop Heist
It's clear that Hannibal is running some great game. It's also clear that his fixation on Will Graham is different.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It's a new @popheist.com HANNIBAL recap! This week, Hannibal gets wind of a rival serial killer on his turf, Will makes his move with Alana, and cellos get some very special strings!
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For my November Queerly Nerdy column at @popheist.com, I gush about Angel Haze's Purge! EP, @team.trinketstudios.com's Battle Suit Aces, and the 20th anniversary of Shugo Chara popheist.com/queerly-nerd...
Queerly Nerdy: Angels, Aces, and Magical Girls - Pop Heist
Penn details a new album by Angel Haze, the 20th anniversary of Shugo Chara, and a mech game with dudes a-plenty!
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November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
For my November Queerly Nerdy column at @popheist.com, I gush about Angel Haze's Purge! EP, @team.trinketstudios.com's Battle Suit Aces, and the 20th anniversary of Shugo Chara popheist.com/queerly-nerd...
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this is going to be hilarious and fun, y'all! join in the fun and buckle up!!!
Pop Heist is getting into the live TV commentary business! Join @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social, @brettwhite.bsky.social, and anyone using the #Heistgiving tag on Thursday morning as they live-skeet the MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE! It's the most unhinged live event of the year!
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Let's Watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade! And Post About It Live! - Pop Heist
Starting a few minutes before 8:30 a.m. Eastern, head over to Bluesky and follow posts tagged #Heistgiving — add your own and join the fun!
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November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
this is going to be hilarious and fun, y'all! join in the fun and buckle up!!!
Goya's "Black Paintings" are disturbing oil paintings. All 14, ranked by how awful they'd be to dig into turkey with! This madness brought to you by @ethankaye.bsky.social
Which of Goya's "Black Paintings" Would Ruin Thanksgiving?
Goya's "Black Paintings" are 14 disturbing oils. They show people sharing meals. We rank the paintings by how much they'd ruin Thanksgiving!
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Goya's "Black Paintings" are disturbing oil paintings. All 14, ranked by how awful they'd be to dig into turkey with! This madness brought to you by @ethankaye.bsky.social
Penn details a new album by Angel Haze, the 20th anniversary of Shugo Chara, and a mech game with LGBTQ characters-a-plenty! @wordsfromapenn.com is back with November's QUEERLY NERDY
Queerly Nerdy: Angels, Aces, and Magical Girls - Pop Heist
Penn details a new album by Angel Haze, the 20th anniversary of Shugo Chara, and a mech game with dudes a-plenty!
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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Penn details a new album by Angel Haze, the 20th anniversary of Shugo Chara, and a mech game with LGBTQ characters-a-plenty! @wordsfromapenn.com is back with November's QUEERLY NERDY
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A new IT: WELCOME TO DERRY recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🤡
We enter the back half of 'Welcome to Derry' as The Losers pop some pills and hit the sewers as Pennywise stands revealed. 🕳️
Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
A new IT: WELCOME TO DERRY recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🤡
We enter the back half of 'Welcome to Derry' as The Losers pop some pills and hit the sewers as Pennywise stands revealed. 🕳️
Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
'It: Welcome to Derry' 1x05 Recap: Twisted Cistern - Pop Heist
We enter the back half of 'Welcome to Derry' as The Losers pop some pills and hit the sewers as Pennywise stands revealed.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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A new IT: WELCOME TO DERRY recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🤡
We enter the back half of 'Welcome to Derry' as The Losers pop some pills and hit the sewers as Pennywise stands revealed. 🕳️
Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
A new IT: WELCOME TO DERRY recap from @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social is live! 🤡
We enter the back half of 'Welcome to Derry' as The Losers pop some pills and hit the sewers as Pennywise stands revealed. 🕳️
Support Pop Heist by subscribing 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
Fairmont Crest is a community populated with nurses, lawyers, models, doctors, professional singers, professional schemers, and even an EGOT. Presenting ... the BEYOND THE GATES family tree!
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November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fairmont Crest is a community populated with nurses, lawyers, models, doctors, professional singers, professional schemers, and even an EGOT. Presenting ... the BEYOND THE GATES family tree!
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Pop Heist is getting into the live TV commentary business! Join @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social, @brettwhite.bsky.social, and anyone using the #Heistgiving tag on Thursday morning as they live-skeet the MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE! It's the most unhinged live event of the year!
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Let's Watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade! And Post About It Live! - Pop Heist
Starting a few minutes before 8:30 a.m. Eastern, head over to Bluesky and follow posts tagged #Heistgiving — add your own and join the fun!
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November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pop Heist is getting into the live TV commentary business! Join @fuzzytypewriter.bsky.social, @brettwhite.bsky.social, and anyone using the #Heistgiving tag on Thursday morning as they live-skeet the MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE! It's the most unhinged live event of the year!
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@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
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@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/j3fdIZz
'Twin Peaks' 1x03 Recap: "Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer"
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🪵 ALERT 🪵
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/j3fdIZz
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
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Ahead of the new Knives Out movie launching on Netflix on Wednesday, I wanted to reshare my review of it from TIFF. Sorry to be a bummer, but I didn't really love it all that much!
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TIFF '25: 'Wake Up Dead Man' Review
Josh O'Connor turns out a breakout performance as a young priest, but a change in format leaves Daniel Craig with too little.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ahead of the new Knives Out movie launching on Netflix on Wednesday, I wanted to reshare my review of it from TIFF. Sorry to be a bummer, but I didn't really love it all that much!
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Why yes, I *did* make a huge 5000x5000 px family tree mapping 40 cast members and their relationships in #BeyondTheGates, THE best TV show of 2025 (as far as I'm concerned)
'Beyond the Gates' is beyond a soap opera. It's an instant classic — and some of the best TV of 2025. @brettwhite.bsky.social has a review-so-far (and a really intense infographic) to get you up to speed — check it out! #btg #beyondthegates
'Beyond the Gates' Family Tree: Who's Who in Fairmont Crest
Fairmont Crest is a community populated with nurses, lawyers, models, doctors, professional singers, professional schemers, and even an EGOT.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Why yes, I *did* make a huge 5000x5000 px family tree mapping 40 cast members and their relationships in #BeyondTheGates, THE best TV show of 2025 (as far as I'm concerned)
'Beyond the Gates' is beyond a soap opera. It's an instant classic — and some of the best TV of 2025. @brettwhite.bsky.social has a review-so-far (and a really intense infographic) to get you up to speed — check it out! #btg #beyondthegates
'Beyond the Gates' Family Tree: Who's Who in Fairmont Crest
Fairmont Crest is a community populated with nurses, lawyers, models, doctors, professional singers, professional schemers, and even an EGOT.
popheist.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
'Beyond the Gates' is beyond a soap opera. It's an instant classic — and some of the best TV of 2025. @brettwhite.bsky.social has a review-so-far (and a really intense infographic) to get you up to speed — check it out! #btg #beyondthegates
Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario star as Bills superfans in this year's 'Holiday Touchdown.' And for real, let's talk football stadiums.
'Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story' Review
Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario star as Bills superfans in this year's 'Holiday Touchdown.' And for real, let's talk football stadiums.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario star as Bills superfans in this year's 'Holiday Touchdown.' And for real, let's talk football stadiums.
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Happy Thanksgiving Week, I ranked every BOB'S BURGERS Thanksgiving episode for @popheist.com!
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'Bob's Burgers' Thanksgiving Episodes, Ranked
Thanksgiving is a special time of year for the Belcher family, so let's rank all of the Bob's Burgers Turkey Day episodes!
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November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Week, I ranked every BOB'S BURGERS Thanksgiving episode for @popheist.com!
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🪵 ALERT 🪵
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/j3fdIZz
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/j3fdIZz
'Twin Peaks' 1x03 Recap: "Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer"
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace.
popheist.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🪵 ALERT 🪵
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/j3fdIZz
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of TWIN PEAKS. 🍩
This is where 'Twin Peaks' goes from weird to Weird, in all its non sequitur, nonlinear surrealist menace. 🔥
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️
buff.ly/j3fdIZz
Thanksgiving is a special time of year for the Belcher family, so @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's
ranking all of the Bob's Burgers Turkey Day episodes! #Heistgiving
ranking all of the Bob's Burgers Turkey Day episodes! #Heistgiving
'Bob's Burgers' Thanksgiving Episodes, Ranked
Thanksgiving is a special time of year for the Belcher family, so let's rank all of the Bob's Burgers Turkey Day episodes!
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November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thanksgiving is a special time of year for the Belcher family, so @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social's
ranking all of the Bob's Burgers Turkey Day episodes! #Heistgiving
ranking all of the Bob's Burgers Turkey Day episodes! #Heistgiving
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Funny article by me!
This article was written before Pop Heist launched last year but since we didn’t know if we were kicking the site off before of after Thanksgiving, we held it back from going to press. It’s been growing in potency for an entire year!
#goya #blackpaintings #heistgiving
This article was written before Pop Heist launched last year but since we didn’t know if we were kicking the site off before of after Thanksgiving, we held it back from going to press. It’s been growing in potency for an entire year!
#goya #blackpaintings #heistgiving
Let's get #HEISTGIVING started with an important piece of service journalism* from the one and only @ethankaye.bsky.social
*service journalism for those of you who have to invite a lineup of paintings from a deceased artist over to dinner
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*service journalism for those of you who have to invite a lineup of paintings from a deceased artist over to dinner
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Which Goya "Black Paintings" Would Ruin Thanksgiving?
Goya's "Black Paintings" are 14 disturbing oils. They show people sharing meals. We rank the paintings by how much they'd ruin Thanksgiving!
popheist.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Funny article by me!
This article was written before Pop Heist launched last year but since we didn’t know if we were kicking the site off before of after Thanksgiving, we held it back from going to press. It’s been growing in potency for an entire year!
#goya #blackpaintings #heistgiving
This article was written before Pop Heist launched last year but since we didn’t know if we were kicking the site off before of after Thanksgiving, we held it back from going to press. It’s been growing in potency for an entire year!
#goya #blackpaintings #heistgiving
Let's get #HEISTGIVING started with an important piece of service journalism* from the one and only @ethankaye.bsky.social
*service journalism for those of you who have to invite a lineup of paintings from a deceased artist over to dinner
buff.ly/1uCoefm
*service journalism for those of you who have to invite a lineup of paintings from a deceased artist over to dinner
buff.ly/1uCoefm
Which Goya "Black Paintings" Would Ruin Thanksgiving?
Goya's "Black Paintings" are 14 disturbing oils. They show people sharing meals. We rank the paintings by how much they'd ruin Thanksgiving!
popheist.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Let's get #HEISTGIVING started with an important piece of service journalism* from the one and only @ethankaye.bsky.social
*service journalism for those of you who have to invite a lineup of paintings from a deceased artist over to dinner
buff.ly/1uCoefm
*service journalism for those of you who have to invite a lineup of paintings from a deceased artist over to dinner
buff.ly/1uCoefm
"It's like I'm having the most beautiful dream and the most terrible nightmare all at once." Our journey through TWIN PEAKS continues, for subscribers only
'Twin Peaks' 1x02 Recap: Dreams and Nightmares - Pop Heist
'Twin Peaks' is a show about people experiencing pain over Laura Palmer's murder, not just trying to solve it.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"It's like I'm having the most beautiful dream and the most terrible nightmare all at once." Our journey through TWIN PEAKS continues, for subscribers only
Finally, the mythology surrounding It becomes clear ... just as the terrifying being's scare tactics reach eye-opening extremes.
'It: Welcome to Derry' 1x04 Recap
Finally, the mythology surrounding It becomes clear ... just as the terrifying being's scare tactics reach eye-opening extremes.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Finally, the mythology surrounding It becomes clear ... just as the terrifying being's scare tactics reach eye-opening extremes.
Hannibal, as with virtually every incarnation of the character, deplores rudeness.
'Hannibal' 1x07 Recap: "Sorbet"
With this show, it is easy to believe multiple motivations for every character. That's the level of complexity laid out in this series.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hannibal, as with virtually every incarnation of the character, deplores rudeness.
A modern day Ichabod Crane enlists Jessica to pose as his mother in order to win over his girlfriend’s haughty father. Decapitation ensues.
'Murder, She Wrote' Recap: "Night of the Headless Horseman" - Pop Heist
A modern day Ichabod Crane enlists Jessica to pose as his mother in order to win over his girlfriend’s haughty father. Decapitation ensues.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A modern day Ichabod Crane enlists Jessica to pose as his mother in order to win over his girlfriend’s haughty father. Decapitation ensues.
Brandon Routh, Jonathan Bennett, and Eden Sher play siblings in this quirky, comical, and sentimental holiday travel movie.
Hallmark Hit or Miss: 'A Keller Christmas Vacation' Charts New Holiday Movie Territory - Pop Heist
Brandon Routh, Jonathan Bennett, and Eden Sher play siblings in this quirky, comical, and sentimental holiday travel movie.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Brandon Routh, Jonathan Bennett, and Eden Sher play siblings in this quirky, comical, and sentimental holiday travel movie.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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