Tanis Fowler
@tanisfowler.bsky.social
"There's only one rule that I know of, babies. God damn it, you've got to be kind." Writer. Editor and journalist. Opinions are my own. she/her
You know what I miss about video rental stores besides everything? When you picked up a VHS box cover from a shelf, it didn’t start blaring a random part of the movie at you as you tried to think about if you wanted to watch it.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
You know what I miss about video rental stores besides everything? When you picked up a VHS box cover from a shelf, it didn’t start blaring a random part of the movie at you as you tried to think about if you wanted to watch it.
I was watching Criminal Minds tonight, like I do, and the quote at the end of the episode was Tom Stoppard. *X-Files theme music plays*
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I was watching Criminal Minds tonight, like I do, and the quote at the end of the episode was Tom Stoppard. *X-Files theme music plays*
Listening to a new Louis CK comedy special? No thanks. Frankly, I’d rather watch him masturbate. Perhaps that should have been his punishment. Just put him on a stage and be like “heard you like doing this in front of people. have at it.”
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Listening to a new Louis CK comedy special? No thanks. Frankly, I’d rather watch him masturbate. Perhaps that should have been his punishment. Just put him on a stage and be like “heard you like doing this in front of people. have at it.”
Whenever somebody who works on my shift calls out sick before I can call out sick, I’m like Ben Affleck at the end of Good Will Hunting. Like, just happy for you, bro. You got out of here. Not me tho.
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Whenever somebody who works on my shift calls out sick before I can call out sick, I’m like Ben Affleck at the end of Good Will Hunting. Like, just happy for you, bro. You got out of here. Not me tho.
Reef shark
Moose
Manta ray
Eagle
Fox
Moose
Manta ray
Eagle
Fox
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Fox
Wolf
Otter
Bison
Cougar
Fox
Wolf
Otter
Bison
Cougar
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Reef shark
Moose
Manta ray
Eagle
Fox
Moose
Manta ray
Eagle
Fox
You will be visited by three spirits
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love... 🎥🖤
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love... 🎥🖤
The first rule of Fight Club is release a statement about Fight Club to the press.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The first rule of Fight Club is release a statement about Fight Club to the press.
If you’re a person who’s done something to attract the attention of Isaac Chotiner, I might suggest shutting the hell up. This is the equivalent of people in the aughts agreeing to do on-camera interviews on The Daily Show in which they were then summarily destroyed.
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
If you’re a person who’s done something to attract the attention of Isaac Chotiner, I might suggest shutting the hell up. This is the equivalent of people in the aughts agreeing to do on-camera interviews on The Daily Show in which they were then summarily destroyed.
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
This is rage bait, but at least nobody will accuse it of recency bias. Also, I do love Princess Bride, and placing it on the list is only right, and if you think it deserves where it landed (37) then fine, but to place Superbad at 20 (or anywhere on this list, really!) is egregiously wrong.
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 3:36 AM
This is rage bait, but at least nobody will accuse it of recency bias. Also, I do love Princess Bride, and placing it on the list is only right, and if you think it deserves where it landed (37) then fine, but to place Superbad at 20 (or anywhere on this list, really!) is egregiously wrong.
I’d win this and ask the bar to turn it into Jell-O shots.
@murderxbryan.bsky.social I’m going to win this and become a Guy
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I’d win this and ask the bar to turn it into Jell-O shots.
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“Can you take me higher….”
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“Can you take me higher….”
Biopics never work, but they might work for us!
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Biopics never work, but they might work for us!
“Can you take me higher….”
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“Can you take me higher….”
This is the year. The year I give my best friend’s kid a bunch of Calvin and Hobbes books. RIP to her coffee table.
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is the year. The year I give my best friend’s kid a bunch of Calvin and Hobbes books. RIP to her coffee table.
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Ahead of tomorrow's @ttcriders.bsky.social streetcar summit, @flurfdesign.bsky.social put out this video explaining why Toronto's streetcars are the slowest on Earth and how they can be fixed. #TTC #TOpoli youtu.be/CPbXfHFbke0?...
The Slowest Trams on Earth: Toronto's Streetcars
YouTube video by flurfdesign
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's @ttcriders.bsky.social streetcar summit, @flurfdesign.bsky.social put out this video explaining why Toronto's streetcars are the slowest on Earth and how they can be fixed. #TTC #TOpoli youtu.be/CPbXfHFbke0?...
This is just to say….
I have read
part 2
that was in
the Substack
and which
you were probably
hoping
to avoid
Forgive me
it was hideous
so full
of poems about jizz
I have read
part 2
that was in
the Substack
and which
you were probably
hoping
to avoid
Forgive me
it was hideous
so full
of poems about jizz
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is just to say….
I have read
part 2
that was in
the Substack
and which
you were probably
hoping
to avoid
Forgive me
it was hideous
so full
of poems about jizz
I have read
part 2
that was in
the Substack
and which
you were probably
hoping
to avoid
Forgive me
it was hideous
so full
of poems about jizz
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honestly with how much these two deserve each other it's kind of beautiful they found each other if only for a little bit 😍
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
honestly with how much these two deserve each other it's kind of beautiful they found each other if only for a little bit 😍
Somewhere, Graydon Carter is chortling.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Somewhere, Graydon Carter is chortling.
You know what I miss about ye olde internet? That I used to visit sites. I cannot tell you the amount of hours I whiled away on forums and blogs over the years. Now, sites want me to invite them into my inbox, and then they never leave and they become intrusive in a way that I hate.
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You know what I miss about ye olde internet? That I used to visit sites. I cannot tell you the amount of hours I whiled away on forums and blogs over the years. Now, sites want me to invite them into my inbox, and then they never leave and they become intrusive in a way that I hate.
Thanks to Facebook birthday notifications, I’ve just now realized that my dad and every single one of his four sisters were born in the same month a few days apart and grandma and grandpa must have had a standing Valentine’s Day appointment.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thanks to Facebook birthday notifications, I’ve just now realized that my dad and every single one of his four sisters were born in the same month a few days apart and grandma and grandpa must have had a standing Valentine’s Day appointment.
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Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Been pondering the "write for yourself / no, write for an audience" convos I've seen going around. This obviously varies for everyone, but for me it's "write for myself, edit for an audience." I can't finish a project unless I retreat into a bubble and pretend nobody will ever read it--
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There's a raccoon who keeps getting into our neighbour's trash and making a huge mess and we started calling him Monsieur Poubelle. It's good to know Mr Poubelle has a short snout
A shorter snout is one of several physical traits linked to domestication. Using almost 20,000 raccoon photos from iNaturalist, researchers found that urban raccoons' snouts were 3.5% shorter than rural ones.
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
There's a raccoon who keeps getting into our neighbour's trash and making a huge mess and we started calling him Monsieur Poubelle. It's good to know Mr Poubelle has a short snout
Can somebody explain to me why the Als player has a helmet cozy?
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Can somebody explain to me why the Als player has a helmet cozy?