Randy Braun
@randbot.bsky.social
Weird dad, Philly adjacent, trying to doomscroll less and mostly not succeeding
yeah, I haven't watched the movie in a while but I must have read that article at some point and Mandela'd myself!
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
yeah, I haven't watched the movie in a while but I must have read that article at some point and Mandela'd myself!
apparently this is a theory promoted by de Souza but these deleted scenes he talks about have never surfaced, so who knows?
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
apparently this is a theory promoted by de Souza but these deleted scenes he talks about have never surfaced, so who knows?
I don't know if this is still in the movie or deleted scene, but there's also the matching watches, which they set up by having them specifically synchronize them.
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I don't know if this is still in the movie or deleted scene, but there's also the matching watches, which they set up by having them specifically synchronize them.
I had to go check for myself and based on her feed it’s definitely satire, although perfectly designed to escape containment and run into Poe’s Law:
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I had to go check for myself and based on her feed it’s definitely satire, although perfectly designed to escape containment and run into Poe’s Law:
Not even with my preferred pronunciation of Landm’n?
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Not even with my preferred pronunciation of Landm’n?
“This could never go wrong or lay the groundwork for a symbolic turning point” thought Saddam as he erected a giant statue of himself…
December 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“This could never go wrong or lay the groundwork for a symbolic turning point” thought Saddam as he erected a giant statue of himself…
When I lived in Los Angeles in the early 90s I went to every TMBG concert that came through town and Weird Al was frequently also there, not like backstage but just in a seat in the audience (or standing in the inevitable 1990s pogo pit up front).
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When I lived in Los Angeles in the early 90s I went to every TMBG concert that came through town and Weird Al was frequently also there, not like backstage but just in a seat in the audience (or standing in the inevitable 1990s pogo pit up front).
everything I've seen of this book makes it look like an on-purpose parody of "serious literature"
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
everything I've seen of this book makes it look like an on-purpose parody of "serious literature"
because the "danger" on the right side of the graphic is massively overblown if not downright fictional. To "balance" the two is to increase actual, real-life harms as a consequence of preventing mostly-made-up harms.
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
because the "danger" on the right side of the graphic is massively overblown if not downright fictional. To "balance" the two is to increase actual, real-life harms as a consequence of preventing mostly-made-up harms.
I think it's important to note how incredibly overblown the myth was: Linda Taylor is estimated to have stolen a total of $40,000 over many years, and was actually charged with stealing $9,000.
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/o...
Opinion | The Myth Was $150,000 in Fraud. The Real Story Is More Interesting. (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I think it's important to note how incredibly overblown the myth was: Linda Taylor is estimated to have stolen a total of $40,000 over many years, and was actually charged with stealing $9,000.
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/o...
It does make me wonder how you would react to Elf starring Anna Kendrick, she does a pretty good job with a role that is definitely Buddy-adjacent.
(Although I like Elf so I don't know that my perceptions are particularly relevant)
(Although I like Elf so I don't know that my perceptions are particularly relevant)
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It does make me wonder how you would react to Elf starring Anna Kendrick, she does a pretty good job with a role that is definitely Buddy-adjacent.
(Although I like Elf so I don't know that my perceptions are particularly relevant)
(Although I like Elf so I don't know that my perceptions are particularly relevant)
We just watched Noelle this weekend, which I didn't realize was going to have general vibes that fell somewhere between "Elf" and "Hallmark movie"
(Didn't quite work for me as a movie, but enjoyed the cast!)
(Didn't quite work for me as a movie, but enjoyed the cast!)
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We just watched Noelle this weekend, which I didn't realize was going to have general vibes that fell somewhere between "Elf" and "Hallmark movie"
(Didn't quite work for me as a movie, but enjoyed the cast!)
(Didn't quite work for me as a movie, but enjoyed the cast!)
(my inspection sticker drifts 1-2 months later every year and no one has ever dinged me)
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
(my inspection sticker drifts 1-2 months later every year and no one has ever dinged me)
the brave future, where we don't even have to do our own bullying!
"no computer, meaner. and dirtier. get some slurs in there!"
"no computer, meaner. and dirtier. get some slurs in there!"
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the brave future, where we don't even have to do our own bullying!
"no computer, meaner. and dirtier. get some slurs in there!"
"no computer, meaner. and dirtier. get some slurs in there!"
this was my avatar of choice for many years
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
this was my avatar of choice for many years
Loved the Norway costume, and also recently discovered this gem from the Miss Grand International pageant, from Ecuador:
I don't know when the National Costume event merged fully into the Met Ball aesthetic but I'm absolutely here for it.
I don't know when the National Costume event merged fully into the Met Ball aesthetic but I'm absolutely here for it.
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Loved the Norway costume, and also recently discovered this gem from the Miss Grand International pageant, from Ecuador:
I don't know when the National Costume event merged fully into the Met Ball aesthetic but I'm absolutely here for it.
I don't know when the National Costume event merged fully into the Met Ball aesthetic but I'm absolutely here for it.
I could see rationalizing yourself into accepting one of the big parts that maybe you've always thought would be fun to play, but selling out to have ten lines as the doorway ghost? come on now.
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I could see rationalizing yourself into accepting one of the big parts that maybe you've always thought would be fun to play, but selling out to have ten lines as the doorway ghost? come on now.
it's not the 1990s, we don't have to act like veganism is some weird gross thing anymore. (especially not in Los Angeles!)
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
it's not the 1990s, we don't have to act like veganism is some weird gross thing anymore. (especially not in Los Angeles!)