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Bart Brooks
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· Sep 25
I bet whoever discovered the Shroud of Turin, upon spotting it, said, Holy sheet!
You know what? Stranger Things stuck the landing. Do I have quibbles? Sure, of course I do. But did I enjoy it? Absolutely. It felt satisfying and I had a blast. It knew what kind of show it was, and leaned into it. I couldn't have asked for more (well, except for Will getting a boyfriend but hey)
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
You know what? Stranger Things stuck the landing. Do I have quibbles? Sure, of course I do. But did I enjoy it? Absolutely. It felt satisfying and I had a blast. It knew what kind of show it was, and leaned into it. I couldn't have asked for more (well, except for Will getting a boyfriend but hey)
Rosie O'Donnell crossed the street right in front of me. I thought of stopping her to tell her how much she meant to me, but saw she was heading to be with some kids (no clue if they were hers!) so I left her alone.
Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Rosie O'Donnell crossed the street right in front of me. I thought of stopping her to tell her how much she meant to me, but saw she was heading to be with some kids (no clue if they were hers!) so I left her alone.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He kicks the dude in the beans and then mocks him
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He kicks the dude in the beans and then mocks him
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The next time someone tells you Coca-Cola invented modern Santa, you can lay one helluva WELL ACTUALLY on them.
One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
![HARPERS WEEKLY.
JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION
Vor. VII.-No. 314.]
NEW
YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY
1863.
GELCOM
SANTA CLAUS
SANTA CLAUS IN CAMP.-[SEE PAGE 6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/bafkreiez4d5lsrpbn3mrwkwrnbrhb3ra7dmvagbxjaz7hg5be7njnsbary@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The next time someone tells you Coca-Cola invented modern Santa, you can lay one helluva WELL ACTUALLY on them.
I don't know if I should laugh at the prompt engineers here or cry because I have to live in this world now
Have you seen "prompt engineers" or "AI artists" jealously guard or hide their prompts or accuse others of stealing their 'work' (prompts)? Incredible shit
December 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I don't know if I should laugh at the prompt engineers here or cry because I have to live in this world now
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
The more I look at this; the worse it gets
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The more I look at this; the worse it gets
I genuinely think there's a great reality show in which we take a billionaire who believes they can thrive in any scenario, drop them into an average low-income household without any access to their resources and see how they do.
Bonus points if said household is employed by said billionaire.
Bonus points if said household is employed by said billionaire.
The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I genuinely think there's a great reality show in which we take a billionaire who believes they can thrive in any scenario, drop them into an average low-income household without any access to their resources and see how they do.
Bonus points if said household is employed by said billionaire.
Bonus points if said household is employed by said billionaire.
This city drives me nuts half the time, but the other half...boy, is it magical
December 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This city drives me nuts half the time, but the other half...boy, is it magical
This'll end well
Disney on Thursday announced it will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI and will allow users to make videos with its copyrighted characters — across Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars — on Sora.
Full details: cnb.cx/495Uk16
Full details: cnb.cx/495Uk16
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This'll end well
Looking at the best of lists for year's best albums/songs, it's apparent that I am so out of touch with today's music. It's especially bad when I can't tell which is the song name and which is the artist. Who even are these people? Why am I so old? What I am doing with my life?
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Looking at the best of lists for year's best albums/songs, it's apparent that I am so out of touch with today's music. It's especially bad when I can't tell which is the song name and which is the artist. Who even are these people? Why am I so old? What I am doing with my life?
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roses are red, violets are funky,
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
roses are red, violets are funky,
"Yeah no" = No
"No yeah" = Yes
"Yeah right" = No
"No yeah" = Yes
"Yeah right" = No
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Yeah no" = No
"No yeah" = Yes
"Yeah right" = No
"No yeah" = Yes
"Yeah right" = No
This is an outstanding read -- it resonated with me because my own college is about an hour's drive from Albright and I can see a lot of similarities between the two.
Jobs are the main thing -- I know someone who majored in biochem and ended up being a waitress after graduating. Not sustainable.
Jobs are the main thing -- I know someone who majored in biochem and ended up being a waitress after graduating. Not sustainable.
For a couple of years now, I've been fascinated with what's happening at small liberal arts colleges, which are running out of money for reasons unrelated to Trump funding cuts. Businessweek let me go deep on the problems, and one college that's trying to blaze a new trail.
Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors
At Albright in Pennsylvania, the new president is cutting programs, selling art and real estate, and vowing not to hire anyone with tenure. Is this the way forward for liberal arts colleges?
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is an outstanding read -- it resonated with me because my own college is about an hour's drive from Albright and I can see a lot of similarities between the two.
Jobs are the main thing -- I know someone who majored in biochem and ended up being a waitress after graduating. Not sustainable.
Jobs are the main thing -- I know someone who majored in biochem and ended up being a waitress after graduating. Not sustainable.
Reminds me of the time a friend and I visited St Paul's Cathedral and we had some trouble finding the exit. When we asked a priest for directions, he grew solemn and said, "I'm sorry, there is no way out of here."
December 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reminds me of the time a friend and I visited St Paul's Cathedral and we had some trouble finding the exit. When we asked a priest for directions, he grew solemn and said, "I'm sorry, there is no way out of here."
Sadly I could do multiple skeets for this but the one that comes to mind brings me immense joy all the time
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Sadly I could do multiple skeets for this but the one that comes to mind brings me immense joy all the time
Threads like this is why I follow Kameron Hurley (and why I buy her books -- she's a great writer! You should read her books too! But maybe not for the faint of heart...)
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Threads like this is why I follow Kameron Hurley (and why I buy her books -- she's a great writer! You should read her books too! But maybe not for the faint of heart...)
Ironically, the very first thing you see in this article is a useless AI summary of the thing you're about to read
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ironically, the very first thing you see in this article is a useless AI summary of the thing you're about to read
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Wicked: For Good reveals that the character of Scarecrow had amorous feelings and that canonically, there is a physical attraction thing going on.
I can't be the only one thinking about the physical implications of all this. When he climaxes, does he shoot straw? Horrifying.
I can't be the only one thinking about the physical implications of all this. When he climaxes, does he shoot straw? Horrifying.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Wicked: For Good reveals that the character of Scarecrow had amorous feelings and that canonically, there is a physical attraction thing going on.
I can't be the only one thinking about the physical implications of all this. When he climaxes, does he shoot straw? Horrifying.
I can't be the only one thinking about the physical implications of all this. When he climaxes, does he shoot straw? Horrifying.
"But hey, is any of the AI stuff useful, at least? After trying out Microsoft’s “agentic OS” for a whole week, Antonio G. Di Benedetto at The Verge reported wearily that “It failed at everything I asked it to do.”"
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"But hey, is any of the AI stuff useful, at least? After trying out Microsoft’s “agentic OS” for a whole week, Antonio G. Di Benedetto at The Verge reported wearily that “It failed at everything I asked it to do.”"
Shower thought: Limes are the best of all citrus fruit. It's not even close and I'm tired of pretending otherwise
really wish that Fridays on Bluesky were "everyone post your weirdest finds / shower thoughts of the week"
I mean, we could just do it
I mean, we could just do it
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Shower thought: Limes are the best of all citrus fruit. It's not even close and I'm tired of pretending otherwise
Coming up with verbs for this could be a fun game:
"How Joan Didion seduced Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion murdered Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion escaped Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion seduced Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion murdered Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion escaped Thanksgiving"
The author Joan Didion embraced Thanksgiving. And she staged it the same way she conjured her essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs, with an almost military mustering of planning and ambition. nyti.ms/47PYF8i
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Coming up with verbs for this could be a fun game:
"How Joan Didion seduced Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion murdered Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion escaped Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion seduced Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion murdered Thanksgiving"
"How Joan Didion escaped Thanksgiving"