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· Sep 21
Mattie having us take random selfies of routine evenings helps me remember that an openly queer married couple simply spending the night on the couch streaming Arrested Development is a scenario we never even let ourselves dream about as kids.
Come listen to Christmas music and add more weird holiday stuff to the queue:
spotify.link/93lYS2MfMYb
spotify.link/93lYS2MfMYb
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December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Come listen to Christmas music and add more weird holiday stuff to the queue:
spotify.link/93lYS2MfMYb
spotify.link/93lYS2MfMYb
Improvised earmuffs.
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Improvised earmuffs.
Maybe, just this once, we give a platform to and try the ideas of literally anyone but a straight white guy—or at least one that doesn't already own a company that has a huge stranglehold on indie creators—building a "better algorithm."
One time? As a treat?
One time? As a treat?
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Maybe, just this once, we give a platform to and try the ideas of literally anyone but a straight white guy—or at least one that doesn't already own a company that has a huge stranglehold on indie creators—building a "better algorithm."
One time? As a treat?
One time? As a treat?
(Only) two hours in, and this might be my favorite Defunctland of all time.
None of you can ever prove I’m a Disney adult, but if I was, this would confirm and expanded upon many personal theories about the autonomous park interactions. If I ever had them.
youtu.be/NyIgV84fudM?...
None of you can ever prove I’m a Disney adult, but if I was, this would confirm and expanded upon many personal theories about the autonomous park interactions. If I ever had them.
youtu.be/NyIgV84fudM?...
Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise
YouTube video by Defunctland
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
(Only) two hours in, and this might be my favorite Defunctland of all time.
None of you can ever prove I’m a Disney adult, but if I was, this would confirm and expanded upon many personal theories about the autonomous park interactions. If I ever had them.
youtu.be/NyIgV84fudM?...
None of you can ever prove I’m a Disney adult, but if I was, this would confirm and expanded upon many personal theories about the autonomous park interactions. If I ever had them.
youtu.be/NyIgV84fudM?...
Inside you, there are two lions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Inside you, there are two lions.
Last night, a comedian died. dobyfriday.com/episodes/428
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Last night, a comedian died. dobyfriday.com/episodes/428
The iPad still has the promise of being the queerest mainstream computer.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The iPad still has the promise of being the queerest mainstream computer.
Related: his is one of the funniest things you’ll ever see. youtu.be/tNaXRADhvsM?...
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Related: his is one of the funniest things you’ll ever see. youtu.be/tNaXRADhvsM?...
Like how it’s the 25th Anniversary of Warning, Green Day’s best album (you know it YOU COWARDS) and @nikostratis.com wrote a piece about “The Unsung Queerness of Green Day Lyrics” awhile back that I still think about:
magazine.catapult.co/column/stori...
magazine.catapult.co/column/stori...
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Like how it’s the 25th Anniversary of Warning, Green Day’s best album (you know it YOU COWARDS) and @nikostratis.com wrote a piece about “The Unsung Queerness of Green Day Lyrics” awhile back that I still think about:
magazine.catapult.co/column/stori...
magazine.catapult.co/column/stori...
Because of the way the Netflix UI hates letting you take a breath after the end of a film, not enough people know that The Mountain Goats’ cover of Jonathan Larson’s song “It Only Takes a Few” plays during the credits of “tick, tick…BOOM!”
It’s really special.
youtu.be/YovwHceoNsE?...
It’s really special.
youtu.be/YovwHceoNsE?...
Only Takes a Few (bonus track)
YouTube video by The Mountain Goats - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Because of the way the Netflix UI hates letting you take a breath after the end of a film, not enough people know that The Mountain Goats’ cover of Jonathan Larson’s song “It Only Takes a Few” plays during the credits of “tick, tick…BOOM!”
It’s really special.
youtu.be/YovwHceoNsE?...
It’s really special.
youtu.be/YovwHceoNsE?...
Spoilers: I was not the one who got a break from myself. I watched Totoro and read Robert Lowell poems, though!
dobyfriday.com/episodes/427
dobyfriday.com/episodes/427
A Break from Myself | Do By Friday
This week's challenge: try a new drug.
dobyfriday.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Spoilers: I was not the one who got a break from myself. I watched Totoro and read Robert Lowell poems, though!
dobyfriday.com/episodes/427
dobyfriday.com/episodes/427
Every year I update a Chicago playlist but keep the 2013 cover of an image taken on an iPhone 5 with one of the original Instagram filters.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Uo...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Uo...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Lake Effects
open.spotify.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every year I update a Chicago playlist but keep the 2013 cover of an image taken on an iPhone 5 with one of the original Instagram filters.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Uo...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Uo...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Dr. Drang did it. He finally did it. He did CHICAGO SNOW MATH. leancrew.com/all-this/2025/11...
Snow and memory
leancrew.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Dr. Drang did it. He finally did it. He did CHICAGO SNOW MATH. leancrew.com/all-this/2025/11...
I'm still in love with the "blend" feature, but it's been serving up embarrassing songs that makes no sense. I have plenty of embarrassing songs that I ACTUALLY listen to on repeat! (I'm shocked that one, no not that one, THAT one cover of Teenage Dream hasn't shown up.) open.spotify.com/playlist/37
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'm still in love with the "blend" feature, but it's been serving up embarrassing songs that makes no sense. I have plenty of embarrassing songs that I ACTUALLY listen to on repeat! (I'm shocked that one, no not that one, THAT one cover of Teenage Dream hasn't shown up.) open.spotify.com/playlist/37
we shall continue to threaten america with a good time
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
we shall continue to threaten america with a good time
I’ve been accused of compulsively asking questions on podcasts when I don’t really want to know the answer, which is patently untrue.
I don’t think Roderick has ever heard my voice or been influenced by my weirdness in any way, and yet lately, he too is Just Asking the Questions.
I don’t think Roderick has ever heard my voice or been influenced by my weirdness in any way, and yet lately, he too is Just Asking the Questions.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’ve been accused of compulsively asking questions on podcasts when I don’t really want to know the answer, which is patently untrue.
I don’t think Roderick has ever heard my voice or been influenced by my weirdness in any way, and yet lately, he too is Just Asking the Questions.
I don’t think Roderick has ever heard my voice or been influenced by my weirdness in any way, and yet lately, he too is Just Asking the Questions.
When ICE footage goes viral on Bluesky, the one spark of joy in the aftermath is finding other Chicago accounts instead of the same five popular journalists posting about our city like it’s already fallen to fascism instead of when and how neighbors are protecting one another.
omg hit skeet you should follow me i make art about and talk about chicago!! (and sometimes new york)
bsky.app/profile/nort...
bsky.app/profile/nort...
16mm footage of chicago i shot on a bolex camera from the 1930s
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
When ICE footage goes viral on Bluesky, the one spark of joy in the aftermath is finding other Chicago accounts instead of the same five popular journalists posting about our city like it’s already fallen to fascism instead of when and how neighbors are protecting one another.
Reposted by Alex Cox 🤖
david byrne shitting on ice agents was the clear best part of the show tonight but this was a close second
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
david byrne shitting on ice agents was the clear best part of the show tonight but this was a close second
Reposted by Alex Cox 🤖
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
I continue to be SO weird.
Optimism continues to be weird.
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I continue to be SO weird.
Please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Do By Friday team, Mr. Crumbletops! dobyfriday.com/episodes/425
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Do By Friday team, Mr. Crumbletops! dobyfriday.com/episodes/425
the new wave of grifters including that one lawyer have absolutely zero juice. this is the lore a grift deserves.
also: single downside of transition is i didn’t work on my voice in a way that allowed me to keep enough control to get back down to sing frank ocean. I CAN’T SING ALONG WITH FRANK OCEAN ANYMORE (mark this down as transition regret and let me grift off it for a while; i will use the money for good).
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
the new wave of grifters including that one lawyer have absolutely zero juice. this is the lore a grift deserves.
I have wanted a social network feature like this for over a decade. I forgive Spotify for accidentally recommending “Two Headed Girl” next to “The Matt Walsh Show.” You can scrape that private RSS feed all night long.
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I have wanted a social network feature like this for over a decade. I forgive Spotify for accidentally recommending “Two Headed Girl” next to “The Matt Walsh Show.” You can scrape that private RSS feed all night long.
David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin, and Rooney Mara all personally came to the theater where I was seeing The Social Network for the first time, walked up to me, and ripped my heart out of my chest.
October 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin, and Rooney Mara all personally came to the theater where I was seeing The Social Network for the first time, walked up to me, and ripped my heart out of my chest.