Kevin McLenithan
@mclengthyname.bsky.social
Editor by day. Film critic by night. Internet Puddleglum 24/7.
Wholesome and inspiring. This is the energy I'm hoping to take into 2026.
When I consider everything I have ever made, ever posted to the internet, the one thing that I feel has created the biggest ripple, the one which I am arguably the most proud of, is serving as a source of creative inspiration for @jacobgeller.com to start a YouTube channel.
January 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Wholesome and inspiring. This is the energy I'm hoping to take into 2026.
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When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
fingers crossed so hard the knucklebones are poking through the epidermal layer youtu.be/Sesz8fYn3Es?...
The Rescues - Everything's Gonna Be Better Next Year
YouTube video by The Rescues
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 1:32 AM
fingers crossed so hard the knucklebones are poking through the epidermal layer youtu.be/Sesz8fYn3Es?...
"Up on the housetop, Santa Claus
Falls on Mary, boo dee bobby"
- the preschooler rings in the new year
Falls on Mary, boo dee bobby"
- the preschooler rings in the new year
January 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
"Up on the housetop, Santa Claus
Falls on Mary, boo dee bobby"
- the preschooler rings in the new year
Falls on Mary, boo dee bobby"
- the preschooler rings in the new year
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The ending of HEAT.
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
What would be the funniest movie scene for Smashmouth's All-Star to be swapped in for the real soundtrack
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The ending of HEAT.
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
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MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: i got easily tricked by a moron and it took me years to realize it
THE MEDIA: wow! may we hear your insights??
THE MEDIA: wow! may we hear your insights??
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: i got easily tricked by a moron and it took me years to realize it
THE MEDIA: wow! may we hear your insights??
THE MEDIA: wow! may we hear your insights??
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On Marty Supreme:
Marty Supreme
A character study of American exceptionalism.
seeingandbelieving.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On Marty Supreme:
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
at Aldi I was looking down at the shopping list on my phone and I wasn't watching where I was going and I crashed my cart into a "wet floor" folding sign and it collapsed with a loud smack and everyone in the store stared at me
December 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
at Aldi I was looking down at the shopping list on my phone and I wasn't watching where I was going and I crashed my cart into a "wet floor" folding sign and it collapsed with a loud smack and everyone in the store stared at me
the anonymous woman quoted in David Foster Wallace's essay on John Updike, who called Updike "a penis with a thesaurus"
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
the anonymous woman quoted in David Foster Wallace's essay on John Updike, who called Updike "a penis with a thesaurus"
It's almost 8 pm, which means it's time for my favorite Christmas tradition: retreating to a dark corner with as many chocolate oranges as I can carry and devouring them all like an insane raccoon
December 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's almost 8 pm, which means it's time for my favorite Christmas tradition: retreating to a dark corner with as many chocolate oranges as I can carry and devouring them all like an insane raccoon
what's the German word for "luxuriating in a 10-minute shower, knowing all the while that one's children are desperately entreating one's spouse to let them start opening Christmas presents"
December 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
what's the German word for "luxuriating in a 10-minute shower, knowing all the while that one's children are desperately entreating one's spouse to let them start opening Christmas presents"
Noticed tonight that my kid's nightclothes depict Mickey Mouse wearing pajamas that are covered with pictures of hot dogs. The Situation w/ the Berenstain Bears is making me doubt my memory: is it canon that Mickey loves hot dogs? If so, has it always been? If not, why is he wearing hot dog jammies
December 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Noticed tonight that my kid's nightclothes depict Mickey Mouse wearing pajamas that are covered with pictures of hot dogs. The Situation w/ the Berenstain Bears is making me doubt my memory: is it canon that Mickey loves hot dogs? If so, has it always been? If not, why is he wearing hot dog jammies
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I'm a regular guy, I put my trousers on the same way as everyone else: falling into them through a hole in the ceiling via a contraction operated by my long suffering dog
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm a regular guy, I put my trousers on the same way as everyone else: falling into them through a hole in the ceiling via a contraction operated by my long suffering dog
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My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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cowboy who stubbed his toe:
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
cowboy who stubbed his toe:
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The irony is, there actually IS one person I can think of who talks eloquently, and often, about how his faith informs him as a person and a citizen, and who does it in a way that even atheists listen to and respect. But CBS canceled his late-night show and it’s going off the air in May.
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The irony is, there actually IS one person I can think of who talks eloquently, and often, about how his faith informs him as a person and a citizen, and who does it in a way that even atheists listen to and respect. But CBS canceled his late-night show and it’s going off the air in May.
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Each year, I tell my wife I'm going to get into the spirit of things this time around, and then, no matter what I try, I fail to do it. I don't think I can accept Glück's famous lines—"We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory."—but I tell you what, sometimes I sure do feel them
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Each year, I tell my wife I'm going to get into the spirit of things this time around, and then, no matter what I try, I fail to do it. I don't think I can accept Glück's famous lines—"We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory."—but I tell you what, sometimes I sure do feel them
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Space news is the best. Like, what do you mean there's a runaway supermassive black hole 10 million times bigger than the sun moving through space at 2 million miles per hour www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through 'Cosmic Owl' galaxies at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'
"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous."
www.space.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Space news is the best. Like, what do you mean there's a runaway supermassive black hole 10 million times bigger than the sun moving through space at 2 million miles per hour www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
I am morally and intellectually opposed to cyberbullying, but I am making an exception for this producer. Git 'im.
this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I am morally and intellectually opposed to cyberbullying, but I am making an exception for this producer. Git 'im.
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After raiding shopping plazas in Cicero and Bedford Park this morning, a caravan of Border Patrol agents swung north toward Edgewater.
Several Chicago police vehicles can be seen here intervening to protect their exit from DSLSD onto city streets and escort the caravan.
Several Chicago police vehicles can be seen here intervening to protect their exit from DSLSD onto city streets and escort the caravan.
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
After raiding shopping plazas in Cicero and Bedford Park this morning, a caravan of Border Patrol agents swung north toward Edgewater.
Several Chicago police vehicles can be seen here intervening to protect their exit from DSLSD onto city streets and escort the caravan.
Several Chicago police vehicles can be seen here intervening to protect their exit from DSLSD onto city streets and escort the caravan.
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A large CBP presence is back in Chicago this morning, with sightings and arrests reported across the southwest side and Cicero. Bovino is also here.
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A large CBP presence is back in Chicago this morning, with sightings and arrests reported across the southwest side and Cicero. Bovino is also here.
The ending of HEAT.
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
What would be the funniest movie scene for Smashmouth's All-Star to be swapped in for the real soundtrack
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The ending of HEAT.
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
"Told you I was never going back."
*hands clasp*
*needle drop*
thinking about getting big-time into plastics. like, hmm, this discarded tray from a Hungry Man microwave dinner has really interesting citrus undertones and a mouthfeel strongly reminiscent of forgotten birthdays
December 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
thinking about getting big-time into plastics. like, hmm, this discarded tray from a Hungry Man microwave dinner has really interesting citrus undertones and a mouthfeel strongly reminiscent of forgotten birthdays