Adam Bertocci
@adambertocci.bsky.social
Writer, filmmaker, dreamer http://www.adambertocci.com
Please. My canto… it's very American
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Please. My canto… it's very American
I love health. But I fuckin' hate wellness
December 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I love health. But I fuckin' hate wellness
I can't believe I have to say this, but please don't follow ChatGPT's instructions to kys. You should only do that if an Internet stranger asks you
December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I can't believe I have to say this, but please don't follow ChatGPT's instructions to kys. You should only do that if an Internet stranger asks you
The guy on my local news who covers the Luigi Mangione trial has the same eyebrows. I really want to ask the station if they gave him the assignment just for that
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The guy on my local news who covers the Luigi Mangione trial has the same eyebrows. I really want to ask the station if they gave him the assignment just for that
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and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
Shocking economic report: Up to 12% of Americans could not come up with a spare $30 million to buy a beautiful original Fabergé egg
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Shocking economic report: Up to 12% of Americans could not come up with a spare $30 million to buy a beautiful original Fabergé egg
This shouldn't have to be said, but, please don't rely on AI to raise your children or be their teachers. Check in on them every couple of months while your phone's charging
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This shouldn't have to be said, but, please don't rely on AI to raise your children or be their teachers. Check in on them every couple of months while your phone's charging
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A friend who's on the Academy board has been telling me for YEARS that they wanted the ABC deal to end, so they could go streaming.
All the awful changes that have been suggested over the years? That was ABC wanting the show to be shorter/higher rated/sell more ads. Streaming fixes all of that.
All the awful changes that have been suggested over the years? That was ABC wanting the show to be shorter/higher rated/sell more ads. Streaming fixes all of that.
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A friend who's on the Academy board has been telling me for YEARS that they wanted the ABC deal to end, so they could go streaming.
All the awful changes that have been suggested over the years? That was ABC wanting the show to be shorter/higher rated/sell more ads. Streaming fixes all of that.
All the awful changes that have been suggested over the years? That was ABC wanting the show to be shorter/higher rated/sell more ads. Streaming fixes all of that.
Pitching an Olivia Nuzzi / RFK Jr miniseries starring Millie Bobby Brown and Rob Riggle. The fifth episode will be an extended flashback prequel all about the bear
December 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pitching an Olivia Nuzzi / RFK Jr miniseries starring Millie Bobby Brown and Rob Riggle. The fifth episode will be an extended flashback prequel all about the bear
Doing my part to solve the data centers energy crisis by not using all my allotted characters for this post
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Doing my part to solve the data centers energy crisis by not using all my allotted characters for this post
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That was very Emotionally Intelligent of you homie
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
That was very Emotionally Intelligent of you homie
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abandoning my Elmo fandom because I’ve just been told that he’s for babies. Decided to instead signal my status as a savvy, sophisticated adult by switching my allegiance to Grover
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
abandoning my Elmo fandom because I’ve just been told that he’s for babies. Decided to instead signal my status as a savvy, sophisticated adult by switching my allegiance to Grover
I got a little closer on a goal today. Just as I did yesterday. It's a long process, it only happens a bit at a time. Like bricks in a castle, brushstrokes in a painting.
To tweak Zeno, you can't do a big thing. You can only do a lot of small things in between. But keep it up.
To tweak Zeno, you can't do a big thing. You can only do a lot of small things in between. But keep it up.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I got a little closer on a goal today. Just as I did yesterday. It's a long process, it only happens a bit at a time. Like bricks in a castle, brushstrokes in a painting.
To tweak Zeno, you can't do a big thing. You can only do a lot of small things in between. But keep it up.
To tweak Zeno, you can't do a big thing. You can only do a lot of small things in between. But keep it up.
I was thinking this morning, "Gee, it's been a little bit since someone tried to scam me" and then this morning an e-mail came in. Nature is healing
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I was thinking this morning, "Gee, it's been a little bit since someone tried to scam me" and then this morning an e-mail came in. Nature is healing
TIL that over the last ten years the S&P 500 has more than tripled. I couldn't believe that, I had to check.
I wonder how much time in those ten years I wasted doomscrolling over, oh, this is so horrible and the market's never gonna recover. Or how much time I'll waste in future.
I wonder how much time in those ten years I wasted doomscrolling over, oh, this is so horrible and the market's never gonna recover. Or how much time I'll waste in future.
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TIL that over the last ten years the S&P 500 has more than tripled. I couldn't believe that, I had to check.
I wonder how much time in those ten years I wasted doomscrolling over, oh, this is so horrible and the market's never gonna recover. Or how much time I'll waste in future.
I wonder how much time in those ten years I wasted doomscrolling over, oh, this is so horrible and the market's never gonna recover. Or how much time I'll waste in future.
This lottery commercial fascinates me; I admire the notion that the lottery people really sat around and decided that this sort of situation comes up enough to make a spot about. I do like the actor’s innocent delivery of “but I bought it” though www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne2H...
New York Lottery | Holiday 2025 Tug of War :30 English
YouTube video by New York Lottery
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This lottery commercial fascinates me; I admire the notion that the lottery people really sat around and decided that this sort of situation comes up enough to make a spot about. I do like the actor’s innocent delivery of “but I bought it” though www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne2H...
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“starring golden globe nominee Timothée Chalamet” is factual and accurate but sounds rude when the voiceover says it
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“starring golden globe nominee Timothée Chalamet” is factual and accurate but sounds rude when the voiceover says it
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A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
One problem with inflation is that we forget how percentages work. When we were young we might remember things going up fifty cents, a dollar. Now twenty-thirty years later prices go up more than that, even if the *rate* of inflation is constant, and we get mad. Heck, I do too
December 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
One problem with inflation is that we forget how percentages work. When we were young we might remember things going up fifty cents, a dollar. Now twenty-thirty years later prices go up more than that, even if the *rate* of inflation is constant, and we get mad. Heck, I do too
Over the years I've become my building's "computer guy" to the older residents and the disappointment I feel in the air when I can't fix the computer is palpable. I never wanted to be the computer guy or claimed to know it all but it's like I've told them there's no Santa Claus. I'm just a guy 🤷
December 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Over the years I've become my building's "computer guy" to the older residents and the disappointment I feel in the air when I can't fix the computer is palpable. I never wanted to be the computer guy or claimed to know it all but it's like I've told them there's no Santa Claus. I'm just a guy 🤷
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Had some Spinal Tap music on earlier, for obvious reasons, and of course what does this start and end with (and otherwise interpolate) but ... Carol of the Bells.
Christmas With The Devil
YouTube video by Spinal Tap - Topic
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Had some Spinal Tap music on earlier, for obvious reasons, and of course what does this start and end with (and otherwise interpolate) but ... Carol of the Bells.
The secret of Carol of the Bells is that it sounds evil and scary. Yet of course I love it. Did those who brought it into the canon as a Christmas tune somehow foresee the need for dark malevolence for the season, or is it simply a "there can be no light without the darkness" situation? Discuss
This shouldn’t work, and yet… I love it…
Imperial March & Carol of the Bells | EPIC STAR WARS CHRISTMAS MIX
YouTube video by Samuel Kim Music
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The secret of Carol of the Bells is that it sounds evil and scary. Yet of course I love it. Did those who brought it into the canon as a Christmas tune somehow foresee the need for dark malevolence for the season, or is it simply a "there can be no light without the darkness" situation? Discuss
Ha, I didn't know he did this. Well done.
One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ha, I didn't know he did this. Well done.
I've never seen "North", but was reminded of the infamous Ebert review today after Rob Reiner's passing. If it is that bad, in a way, that's comforting. Anyone capable of helming a great movie can also make a bad one. No one bats 1.000 in art. You just gotta make something.
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've never seen "North", but was reminded of the infamous Ebert review today after Rob Reiner's passing. If it is that bad, in a way, that's comforting. Anyone capable of helming a great movie can also make a bad one. No one bats 1.000 in art. You just gotta make something.
Look, I joshed his TDS as much as anyone, but when Rob Reiner was at his best his movies stood the test of time. Maybe he believed in his party so much that deep down he believed "The American President" was real, or could be; to me, it's pure fantasy, but we're all entitled. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Look, I joshed his TDS as much as anyone, but when Rob Reiner was at his best his movies stood the test of time. Maybe he believed in his party so much that deep down he believed "The American President" was real, or could be; to me, it's pure fantasy, but we're all entitled. RIP.