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Mari Podmore
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NICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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rip jeffrey epstein, you would have loved grok
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Like the hatching of cicadas, the discovery that women are human with independent thoughts, emotions, and sexual desire, cycles around and everyone is surprised by it. Then everyone will forget and revert to unsatisfying slop until a new show emerges that we go berserk for, and it will start anew.
Why Would Women Like Naked Gorgeous Men Talking About Their Emotions. Why Would Women Like Beautiful Sexy Men Yearning Sexily. Why Would Women Like Sculpted Butts And True Love. The Female Mind Is An Enigma.
January 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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The Pitt is incredible as proof you can be very middlebrow and very engaging at the same time. So much prestige TV relies on like novelistic subtext or tons of mythology and lore but The Pitt is just like No. You will watch this hot doctor competency porn and you will love it so much
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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This is a good thread, and articulates something I noticed early on about how my books spread: I have a niche, but the people who live there with me talk to each other a lot. I love it. Well done to people who can write to market, but at the end of the day, I write the stuff that makes me happy.
I was watching a video about an author who uses AI, and one of the things that stood out to me was how she talked about writing to market and how, as an author, writing what you want takes a backseat to the market when you get "serious" about it, and I vehemently disagree. 🧵
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January 6, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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My first blog of the year was going to be a furiously scathing review of a bad graphic novel, but now it's a furiously scathing open letter to @wordpress.org about the LLM they think can improve my writing!

Stay tuned for more fury and more scathing!

frankpodmore.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/o...
Open letter to WordPress regarding ‘Jetpack AI Assistant’
If Jetpack AI Assistant were alive, I would kill it.
frankpodmore.wordpress.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Always the same answer to this one:

I blew up a tin of beans in my face
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.

😅
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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My only hobby is using a box cutter to break down cardboard so it fits in our recycling bin. It's rewarding in ways I cannot explain.
January 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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“Upon waking the next morning about daylight, I found Queequeg’s arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife.”

Love the appearance of the only-one-bed romance trope 😂

📖🐋
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Little has made me as angry this year as the whole "asylum seekers won't be allowed to take cabs to medical appointments" cruelty
Forgot to post this one
January 3, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Oh yes
2025: exit via the gift shop
January 1, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I don't think this was meant as a post about how incredible baseball player names are, and yet...
Happy 2026! 🎉

Check out some of the memorable players to wear No. 26 throughout baseball history ⚾️
January 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Happy New Year, everyone!

This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.
January 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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thinking about only being friends with Eldest Children in 2026
December 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Hi there. Isn't it interesting how the most popular TV shows and movies this year (Sinners, Kpop Demon Hunters, and Heated Rivalry) were all hyper specific stories, proving that "universal appeal" (i.e. appealing to white straight folks) is not actually that appealing?
December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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December 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Stranger Things Part 2 dropped Christmas night. Today we’re all talking about Heated Rivalry’s pitch perfect finale.

It’s not even close to making up for 2025. But it’s sure as fuck not nothing.
December 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm dad and I'm having the best time
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
HOMG
BREAKING. Enormous news in the hockey romance world...
I am thrilled to announce that CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE, a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. #omgcp 🏒🥧💕
December 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I cackled
I can guarantee you very very few fellow attendees would need to ask a man if he’s Black
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I can guarantee you very very few fellow attendees would need to ask a man if he’s Black
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Social media hits different when you actually like the thing that everyone else is talking about. Thanks, hockey smut/cry show.
December 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM