Shelly Brisbin
@shelly.brisbin.net
Writing, radio, podcasting
Producer/reporter @texasstandard.bsky.social
Author of IOS Access for All iosaccessbook.com
Classic movie podcaster @liontowershield.theincomparable.com
Contributor @sixcolors.com
Signal: ShellyB.93
#a11y #TCMParty
Producer/reporter @texasstandard.bsky.social
Author of IOS Access for All iosaccessbook.com
Classic movie podcaster @liontowershield.theincomparable.com
Contributor @sixcolors.com
Signal: ShellyB.93
#a11y #TCMParty
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
Rewatching one of my two favorite Christmas movies. And hey, we did a podcast in 2022.
www.theincomparable.com/lts/66/
www.theincomparable.com/lts/66/
I'm Not Just Your Preston Sturges, I'm Your Indiana (Lions, Towers & Shields 66)
Barbara Stanwyck and Fred McMurray team up, not to kill for insurance money, but to share a sweet but unlikely holiday road trip. It’s the last movie Preston Sturges wrote before he turned fully to di...
www.theincomparable.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rewatching one of my two favorite Christmas movies. And hey, we did a podcast in 2022.
www.theincomparable.com/lts/66/
www.theincomparable.com/lts/66/
Merry Christmas to all whose giant brisket is done 7 hours early. Just me?
December 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Merry Christmas to all whose giant brisket is done 7 hours early. Just me?
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December 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Merry Christmas to everyone who's trying to appreciate what a declining loved one can still do rather than agonize over what they can't.
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone who's trying to appreciate what a declining loved one can still do rather than agonize over what they can't.
My Christmas brisket is now under tight security.
Is this a real trend? Where's the beef?
Texas plagued by multiple brisket thefts over holiday season
Is this a real trend? Where's the beef?
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My Christmas brisket is now under tight security.
Finally, an advent calendar I can embrace.
Christmas Movie Dress Advent Calendar Day 5: Katharine Hepburn's unfussy office Christmas party frock in DESK SET and why she couldn't stop fussing with it, inadvertently revealing her inner thoughts
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/12/chri...
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/12/chri...
Christmas Movie Dress Advent Calendar Day 5: Katharine Hepburn in DESK SET - Tom + Lorenzo
Yesterday, an untamed holiday wild woman! Today, a model of yuletide efficiency. In 1957's Desk Set, directed by Walter Lang, Katharine Hepburn played
tomandlorenzo.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Finally, an advent calendar I can embrace.
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Joe Ely has died at 78. A singer-songwriter at the forefront of alt-country, he earned the nickname Lord of the Highway thanks to tireless touring.
Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
Thanks to his eclectic style and tireless touring, he was among the most influential artists in the early days of Americana and alt-country music.
nyti.ms
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Joe Ely has died at 78. A singer-songwriter at the forefront of alt-country, he earned the nickname Lord of the Highway thanks to tireless touring.
I will be logging off Bluesky for awhile. The volume and acope of RIPs has been breathtaking.
December 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I will be logging off Bluesky for awhile. The volume and acope of RIPs has been breathtaking.
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What's the fate of TCM if/when Netflix acquires Warner Bros.?
DEADLINE reported Fri that TCM would be spun off w/ the other WBD cable networks in Q3 2026. (screen cap below)
Then they edited their story to state that Netflix would own TCM.
Are they right? In short, I don't think we know. #FilmSky
DEADLINE reported Fri that TCM would be spun off w/ the other WBD cable networks in Q3 2026. (screen cap below)
Then they edited their story to state that Netflix would own TCM.
Are they right? In short, I don't think we know. #FilmSky
![Screen cap from DEADLINE article originally posted Dec 5, 2025 10:10am and edited some time after that.
REVISED text reads:
Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery said earlier that the latter’s Global Networks Division will be separated into a new publicly-traded company, which is expected to be completed in Q3 of 2026.
It will include cable networks such as CNN, Discovery Channel, TNT, HGTV, Animal Planet, Food Network, Investigation Discovery, TLC, TruTV, and Cartoon Network as well as Warner Bros. International Television Production, which will ostensibly become the in-house production arm of this group.
[ ]
But it will not include Turner Classic Movies, which sits inside the bit of the business that Netflix is buying after Zaslav got some of his famous friends involved.
Full article:
https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-global-gunnar-wiedenfels-1236637621/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fcunj3ev555ynms64hskfuiw/bafkreih7rnqpoxlvomudvyprllnfo7ctk6mak2u3jn3tyfwtqhmq56cccq@jpeg)
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What's the fate of TCM if/when Netflix acquires Warner Bros.?
DEADLINE reported Fri that TCM would be spun off w/ the other WBD cable networks in Q3 2026. (screen cap below)
Then they edited their story to state that Netflix would own TCM.
Are they right? In short, I don't think we know. #FilmSky
DEADLINE reported Fri that TCM would be spun off w/ the other WBD cable networks in Q3 2026. (screen cap below)
Then they edited their story to state that Netflix would own TCM.
Are they right? In short, I don't think we know. #FilmSky
This brings me happiness.
The sixth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a photo of a star’s final act as it nears the end of its life.
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Day 6 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Shell of a Dying Star
The sixth day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features the final act of a star near the end of its life.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This brings me happiness.
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Four films noir by Otto Preminger #BOTD on YouTube:
LAURA (1944)
youtu.be/Njj2hDg92kI
FALLEN ANGEL (1945)
youtu.be/UHLdAGVxrZI
WHIRLPOOL (1950)
youtu.be/cXRDOKNfXTw
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
youtu.be/-QNzkL6EGPc #FilmSky #FilmNoir
LAURA (1944)
youtu.be/Njj2hDg92kI
FALLEN ANGEL (1945)
youtu.be/UHLdAGVxrZI
WHIRLPOOL (1950)
youtu.be/cXRDOKNfXTw
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
youtu.be/-QNzkL6EGPc #FilmSky #FilmNoir
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Four films noir by Otto Preminger #BOTD on YouTube:
LAURA (1944)
youtu.be/Njj2hDg92kI
FALLEN ANGEL (1945)
youtu.be/UHLdAGVxrZI
WHIRLPOOL (1950)
youtu.be/cXRDOKNfXTw
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
youtu.be/-QNzkL6EGPc #FilmSky #FilmNoir
LAURA (1944)
youtu.be/Njj2hDg92kI
FALLEN ANGEL (1945)
youtu.be/UHLdAGVxrZI
WHIRLPOOL (1950)
youtu.be/cXRDOKNfXTw
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
youtu.be/-QNzkL6EGPc #FilmSky #FilmNoir
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I watch one TV channel. It’s not ESPN, so not subsidized by everyone else’s subscriptions. And it doesn’t have ads, fascinating in a modern landscape. Only an intense group cares about it. And every six months someone tries to set it on fire to squeeze an extra two bits out of the ashes.
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I watch one TV channel. It’s not ESPN, so not subsidized by everyone else’s subscriptions. And it doesn’t have ads, fascinating in a modern landscape. Only an intense group cares about it. And every six months someone tries to set it on fire to squeeze an extra two bits out of the ashes.
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Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 132, Clothes, Cars & Acreage. With @shelly.brisbin.net your host, @nathanalderman.com @djl.bsky.social and @mickimaynard.bsky.social. theincomparable.com/lts/132.
We recap Adam's Rib. #TCMParty
We recap Adam's Rib. #TCMParty
Clothes, Cars and Acreage (Lions, Towers & Shields 132)
Tracy and Hepburn do “battle of the sexes” and help Judy Holiday launch her film career. There’s a random Cole Porter song, and T & H are adorable. George Cukor directs a great script.
theincomparable.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Posted: Lions, Towers & Shields 132, Clothes, Cars & Acreage. With @shelly.brisbin.net your host, @nathanalderman.com @djl.bsky.social and @mickimaynard.bsky.social. theincomparable.com/lts/132.
We recap Adam's Rib. #TCMParty
We recap Adam's Rib. #TCMParty
i do not "also like" random podcast episodes being dropped in feeds to which I subscribe. I get It’s a dynamic insertion thing, but it's no more welcone than those 4 minutes of pre-roll ads.
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
i do not "also like" random podcast episodes being dropped in feeds to which I subscribe. I get It’s a dynamic insertion thing, but it's no more welcone than those 4 minutes of pre-roll ads.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
The Plex movie randomizer wants me to doze in front of a middling title from the 40s (T-Men). A productive afternoon, I’d say.
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Plex movie randomizer wants me to doze in front of a middling title from the 40s (T-Men). A productive afternoon, I’d say.
The best story I heard at Thanksgiving dinner involves a leopard gecko and LinkedIn.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The best story I heard at Thanksgiving dinner involves a leopard gecko and LinkedIn.
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POPCORN DISABILITIES is out
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
The cost of being the "exceptional" disabled person
"Popcorn Disabilities" reexamines "Edward Scissorhands" as a deeply coded disability narrative.
www.salon.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
POPCORN DISABILITIES is out
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
tomorrow and the wonderful Kelly McClure at @salon.com published an excerpt you can read now.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/e...
Watching Possessed (the 1931 one) while #TCMParty enjoys Queen Bee. As long as there’s some Crawford on your screen, you’re on the right track.
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Watching Possessed (the 1931 one) while #TCMParty enjoys Queen Bee. As long as there’s some Crawford on your screen, you’re on the right track.
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KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to Indigenous communities in the area.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org:
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org:
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to Indigenous communities in the area.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org:
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org:
Joined the MacBreak Weekly dudes this week to talk about Apple succession speculation, legal cases, 3D-printed watch cases (those last two are DIFFERENT) and so much more.
twit.tv/mbw/999
Thanks for having me, @twit.tv
twit.tv/mbw/999
Thanks for having me, @twit.tv
Rough Depowdering | TWiT.TV
Speculation about Tim Cook's eventual successor is ramping up, as he may announce his retirement as early as next year. A federal jury in California rules that Apple must pay
twit.tv
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Joined the MacBreak Weekly dudes this week to talk about Apple succession speculation, legal cases, 3D-printed watch cases (those last two are DIFFERENT) and so much more.
twit.tv/mbw/999
Thanks for having me, @twit.tv
twit.tv/mbw/999
Thanks for having me, @twit.tv
Absolutely real! I used to do a tech podcast, butt I do still have a show for you..,
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male — and white.
Bros really are dominating podcasting
New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male — and white.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Absolutely real! I used to do a tech podcast, butt I do still have a show for you..,
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
I feel as though I ate all of Houston during our @texasstandard.bsky.social roadtrip. Yeah, we brought home a pie from House of Pies. What’s it to ya?
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I feel as though I ate all of Houston during our @texasstandard.bsky.social roadtrip. Yeah, we brought home a pie from House of Pies. What’s it to ya?