Brainwise
@brainwise.bsky.social
Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Joined Bluesky July 2023 | MDiv, Interfaith minister, & theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. More at https://linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | See also @yourmythiclife.bsky.social
New shirt. Wore it today. Received two compliments and at least one dirty look.
Image: Hunter green shirt on white bedspread. Shirt has white text that reads, "All I want for Christmas is democracy back"
Image: Hunter green shirt on white bedspread. Shirt has white text that reads, "All I want for Christmas is democracy back"
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New shirt. Wore it today. Received two compliments and at least one dirty look.
Image: Hunter green shirt on white bedspread. Shirt has white text that reads, "All I want for Christmas is democracy back"
Image: Hunter green shirt on white bedspread. Shirt has white text that reads, "All I want for Christmas is democracy back"
Does this count for #whamageddon? ("Last Solstice" lyrics in THE CAROLS OF CTHULHU by Mike Slater)
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Does this count for #whamageddon? ("Last Solstice" lyrics in THE CAROLS OF CTHULHU by Mike Slater)
The Friday #80s Flashback looks back 40 years to the release of SPLEEN AND IDEAL by Dead Can Dance. #music
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bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Friday #80s Flashback looks back 40 years to the release of SPLEEN AND IDEAL by Dead Can Dance. #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
“On Earth today, it’s Thanksgiving. If the crew has to eat synthetic meatloaf, I want it to at least look like turkey.” –Captain Kirk, Star Trek: The Original Series, “Charlie X”
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“On Earth today, it’s Thanksgiving. If the crew has to eat synthetic meatloaf, I want it to at least look like turkey.” –Captain Kirk, Star Trek: The Original Series, “Charlie X”
Aw, man, I loved Spidey's appearances on "The Electric Company."
RIP to Danny Seagren, a dancer, writer, producer, puppeteer, and puppet maker. Oh, and he was the first person to portray Spider-Man on TV (for "The Electric Company").
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
RIP to Danny Seagren, a dancer, writer, producer, puppeteer, and puppet maker. Oh, and he was the first person to portray Spider-Man on TV (for "The Electric Company").
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Aw, man, I loved Spidey's appearances on "The Electric Company."
RIP to Danny Seagren, a dancer, writer, producer, puppeteer, and puppet maker. Oh, and he was the first person to portray Spider-Man on TV (for "The Electric Company").
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
RIP to Danny Seagren, a dancer, writer, producer, puppeteer, and puppet maker. Oh, and he was the first person to portray Spider-Man on TV (for "The Electric Company").
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Radicalize the Kid's Table with these offerings from Seven Stories Press. #Thanksgiving #Books #Activism sevenstories.com/collections/...
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Radicalize the Kid's Table with these offerings from Seven Stories Press. #Thanksgiving #Books #Activism sevenstories.com/collections/...
Picard and Dathon at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati - When the turkeys fell.
#StarTrek #Darmok #WKRP #TurkeyDrop
Cincinnati - When the turkeys fell.
#StarTrek #Darmok #WKRP #TurkeyDrop
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Picard and Dathon at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati - When the turkeys fell.
#StarTrek #Darmok #WKRP #TurkeyDrop
Cincinnati - When the turkeys fell.
#StarTrek #Darmok #WKRP #TurkeyDrop
They're taking this a little to much to heart.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
They're taking this a little to much to heart.
Reminder: Every single day of the Trump regime has been a royal clusterf***. (h/t @softtail65.bsky.social for the image)
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reminder: Every single day of the Trump regime has been a royal clusterf***. (h/t @softtail65.bsky.social for the image)
"Don't You Forget the Turkey" (November 2022)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJT...
(A Thanksgiving song in which The Holderness Family parodies the immortal 1980s hit, "Don't You Forget About Me").
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJT...
(A Thanksgiving song in which The Holderness Family parodies the immortal 1980s hit, "Don't You Forget About Me").
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Don't You Forget the Turkey" (November 2022)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJT...
(A Thanksgiving song in which The Holderness Family parodies the immortal 1980s hit, "Don't You Forget About Me").
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJT...
(A Thanksgiving song in which The Holderness Family parodies the immortal 1980s hit, "Don't You Forget About Me").
It's the Friday #80s Flashback for November 21, 2025, with The Jesus and Mary Chain's PSYCHOCANDY (post-punk/shoegaze), LL Cool J's RADIO (hip-hop), ASTRA by Asia (prog-rock), and FRANK ZAPPA MEETS THE MOTHERS OF PREVENTION (experimental). #40YearsAgo
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's the Friday #80s Flashback for November 21, 2025, with The Jesus and Mary Chain's PSYCHOCANDY (post-punk/shoegaze), LL Cool J's RADIO (hip-hop), ASTRA by Asia (prog-rock), and FRANK ZAPPA MEETS THE MOTHERS OF PREVENTION (experimental). #40YearsAgo
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/11/frid...
Live on KEXP: black midi performing live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2018. Recorded November 9, 2018.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn1...
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Live on KEXP: black midi performing live at Kex Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves 2018. Recorded November 9, 2018.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn1...
"It's the same hope I have for everyone... The hope that we can learn from our mistakes and overcome our demons, no matter how much they torture us. So that one day, together, we might become our best selves." –Reed Richards
[Fantastic Four Vol. 8 #3] #comic #FF #FantasticFour
[Fantastic Four Vol. 8 #3] #comic #FF #FantasticFour
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"It's the same hope I have for everyone... The hope that we can learn from our mistakes and overcome our demons, no matter how much they torture us. So that one day, together, we might become our best selves." –Reed Richards
[Fantastic Four Vol. 8 #3] #comic #FF #FantasticFour
[Fantastic Four Vol. 8 #3] #comic #FF #FantasticFour
Snagged this photo the mural at Sellersville Theater 1894 the other night. This was installed by muralist Domenic Falcone in 2023.
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Snagged this photo the mural at Sellersville Theater 1894 the other night. This was installed by muralist Domenic Falcone in 2023.
In today's Pluralistic, Cory Doctorow talks about Roger Rabbit, George Clinton, *The Babysitters' Club*, and what Termination of Transfer has to do with them (in ye ol' copyright system).
Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025)
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Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025)
pluralistic.net/2025/11/18/i...
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In today's Pluralistic, Cory Doctorow talks about Roger Rabbit, George Clinton, *The Babysitters' Club*, and what Termination of Transfer has to do with them (in ye ol' copyright system).
Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025)
pluralistic.net/2025/11/18/i...
Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025)
pluralistic.net/2025/11/18/i...
How I want to treat my intrusive thoughts. (I want to fire them like Lex Luthor is doing to a bunch of his lackeys in these panels from Superman: Strength #3.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
How I want to treat my intrusive thoughts. (I want to fire them like Lex Luthor is doing to a bunch of his lackeys in these panels from Superman: Strength #3.
Music for Many Holidays
By George Grella · November 17, 2025
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/holida...
Illustration by Amy Moss
By George Grella · November 17, 2025
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/holida...
Illustration by Amy Moss
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Music for Many Holidays
By George Grella · November 17, 2025
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/holida...
Illustration by Amy Moss
By George Grella · November 17, 2025
daily.bandcamp.com/lists/holida...
Illustration by Amy Moss
Montgomery Theater's final production of 2025, OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, opened last night, November 15, and runs through December 7.
www.montgomerytheater.org/shows/over-r...
Image: My photo of the set in pre-show lighting as viewed from audience left.
www.montgomerytheater.org/shows/over-r...
Image: My photo of the set in pre-show lighting as viewed from audience left.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Montgomery Theater's final production of 2025, OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, opened last night, November 15, and runs through December 7.
www.montgomerytheater.org/shows/over-r...
Image: My photo of the set in pre-show lighting as viewed from audience left.
www.montgomerytheater.org/shows/over-r...
Image: My photo of the set in pre-show lighting as viewed from audience left.
Always bet on Supes.
(Screenshot of J.M. DeMatteis replying to the question of Superman vs. all the evil in fiction. As seeon on the former bird app - dated Sept 21 2024).
(Screenshot of J.M. DeMatteis replying to the question of Superman vs. all the evil in fiction. As seeon on the former bird app - dated Sept 21 2024).
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Always bet on Supes.
(Screenshot of J.M. DeMatteis replying to the question of Superman vs. all the evil in fiction. As seeon on the former bird app - dated Sept 21 2024).
(Screenshot of J.M. DeMatteis replying to the question of Superman vs. all the evil in fiction. As seeon on the former bird app - dated Sept 21 2024).
Magic. Potatoes. Displayed in a museum. (Atlas Obscura | November 7, 2018)
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pot...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pot...
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Magic. Potatoes. Displayed in a museum. (Atlas Obscura | November 7, 2018)
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pot...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pot...
Still haven't raked. But winds have been strong enough to move a goodly amount of the fallen leaves off the lawn and against the fence opposite our sweetgum tree (and onto our back porch, too).
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Still haven't raked. But winds have been strong enough to move a goodly amount of the fallen leaves off the lawn and against the fence opposite our sweetgum tree (and onto our back porch, too).