Alan Pringle
@alanpringle.bsky.social
Eater of pastries and chocolate. Watcher of movies. Hater of mushrooms and real housewives.
COO, https://scriptorium.com. Content strategy. Content operations.
Cary and Asheville, NC.
COO, https://scriptorium.com. Content strategy. Content operations.
Cary and Asheville, NC.
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Alan Pringle
@alanpringle.bsky.social
· Nov 15
A quick #introduction:
* Enjoys #chocolate, #movies (especially 70s and 80s #horror), #PopCulture, and #technology
* Avoids mushrooms, real housewives, and most superhero movies
* Works at scriptorium.com, where I help companies streamline #content processes with more efficient #ContentOps
* Enjoys #chocolate, #movies (especially 70s and 80s #horror), #PopCulture, and #technology
* Avoids mushrooms, real housewives, and most superhero movies
* Works at scriptorium.com, where I help companies streamline #content processes with more efficient #ContentOps
I heard #Christmas music in stores on November 1. HARD PASS.
My mother always started decorating for Christmas the day after #Thanksgiving.
NOT decorating for holidays AT ALL is also a perfect choice.
But Christmas decor before Thanksgiving = side eye.
www.the-independent.com/life-style/c...
My mother always started decorating for Christmas the day after #Thanksgiving.
NOT decorating for holidays AT ALL is also a perfect choice.
But Christmas decor before Thanksgiving = side eye.
www.the-independent.com/life-style/c...
Putting up your decorations this week? You’re already too late (but also too early)
Americans are split on when to start festooning their homes and offices with festive baubles, tinsel and knick-knacks. Mike Bedigan reports on the fiercest holiday debate of them all
www.the-independent.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I heard #Christmas music in stores on November 1. HARD PASS.
My mother always started decorating for Christmas the day after #Thanksgiving.
NOT decorating for holidays AT ALL is also a perfect choice.
But Christmas decor before Thanksgiving = side eye.
www.the-independent.com/life-style/c...
My mother always started decorating for Christmas the day after #Thanksgiving.
NOT decorating for holidays AT ALL is also a perfect choice.
But Christmas decor before Thanksgiving = side eye.
www.the-independent.com/life-style/c...
I just finished A Place to Call Home.
A great distraction, despite tackling harsh topics: the Holocaust, racism, homophobia, etc. The writers blend soap opera & social commentary in a way that is wildly entertaining. Features one of the best #TV villains ever.
buff.ly/pgxk8uA
A great distraction, despite tackling harsh topics: the Holocaust, racism, homophobia, etc. The writers blend soap opera & social commentary in a way that is wildly entertaining. Features one of the best #TV villains ever.
buff.ly/pgxk8uA
A Place to Call Home Trailer
It's 1953, and the horrors of WWII are still fresh in many memories. After 20 years abroad, nurse Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorf, Jack Irish) decides to return to Australia. Working her passage home…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I just finished A Place to Call Home.
A great distraction, despite tackling harsh topics: the Holocaust, racism, homophobia, etc. The writers blend soap opera & social commentary in a way that is wildly entertaining. Features one of the best #TV villains ever.
buff.ly/pgxk8uA
A great distraction, despite tackling harsh topics: the Holocaust, racism, homophobia, etc. The writers blend soap opera & social commentary in a way that is wildly entertaining. Features one of the best #TV villains ever.
buff.ly/pgxk8uA
This North Carolinian THANKS YOU.
My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This North Carolinian THANKS YOU.
My security camera picked up a visitor early AM yesterday. Seen lots of #deer on nearby greenway, so no surprise they wander through the neighborhood, too.
Video ALT: young deer walks across yard and sidewalk.
Video ALT: young deer walks across yard and sidewalk.
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My security camera picked up a visitor early AM yesterday. Seen lots of #deer on nearby greenway, so no surprise they wander through the neighborhood, too.
Video ALT: young deer walks across yard and sidewalk.
Video ALT: young deer walks across yard and sidewalk.
A defense of a much-hated #1980s song:
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is usually my go-to song of Starship’s (and, genuinely, one of the best power ballads ever, IMO), but “We Built This City” floors me for being so terribly of its time.
www.avclub.com/we-built-thi...
#music
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is usually my go-to song of Starship’s (and, genuinely, one of the best power ballads ever, IMO), but “We Built This City” floors me for being so terribly of its time.
www.avclub.com/we-built-thi...
#music
"We Built This City" is a good song, actually
"We Built This City" is a good song, actually
www.avclub.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A defense of a much-hated #1980s song:
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is usually my go-to song of Starship’s (and, genuinely, one of the best power ballads ever, IMO), but “We Built This City” floors me for being so terribly of its time.
www.avclub.com/we-built-thi...
#music
“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” is usually my go-to song of Starship’s (and, genuinely, one of the best power ballads ever, IMO), but “We Built This City” floors me for being so terribly of its time.
www.avclub.com/we-built-thi...
#music
This scared me like few other #movies or #TV shows have. It just creates a sense of creeping dread that you cannot shake.
The 🇺🇸 American two-part vampire miniseries "SALEM'S LOT" based on the 1975 horror novel by Stephen King, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Reggie Nalder & Geoffrey Lewis premiered #OnThisDay in 1979 on the CBS Network
📺 Warner Bros.
📺 Warner Bros.
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
BWHAHAHAHAHAHA. Forgive me for enjoying this spectacular fail a bit too much.
#AI #robotics
buff.ly/soRkRiu
#AI #robotics
buff.ly/soRkRiu
Russia's first AI-powered robot walked on stage to triumphant music, took a few steps, and then immediately faceplanted | Fortune
AIdol has some work to do before it can catch up to its western competition.
fortune.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
BWHAHAHAHAHAHA. Forgive me for enjoying this spectacular fail a bit too much.
#AI #robotics
buff.ly/soRkRiu
#AI #robotics
buff.ly/soRkRiu
"The decoys created by our Cyclosa species are not just larger, but they are shaped to resemble a potential threat or an undesirable prey item, potentially providing a more effective deterrent against predators... "
#spiders #nature
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
#spiders #nature
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Spiders found weaving larger ‘scarecrow’ versions of themselves to fool predators
Spiders also spotted shaking their webs to create movement of their fake decoys
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"The decoys created by our Cyclosa species are not just larger, but they are shaped to resemble a potential threat or an undesirable prey item, potentially providing a more effective deterrent against predators... "
#spiders #nature
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
#spiders #nature
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Kurt Russell will return in ‘MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS’ Season 2.
“You ain’t getting rid of me that easy”
“You ain’t getting rid of me that easy”
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Kurt Russell will return in ‘MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS’ Season 2.
“You ain’t getting rid of me that easy”
“You ain’t getting rid of me that easy”
MOST IMPORTANT (AND GOOD) NEWS FOR THIS HIDEOUS TIMELINE.
Cocoa futures eased toward $5,600/tn, a level not seen since February 2024.
There's some good news ahead of the holidays!
A 55% chocolate plunge.
There's some good news ahead of the holidays!
A 55% chocolate plunge.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
MOST IMPORTANT (AND GOOD) NEWS FOR THIS HIDEOUS TIMELINE.
Reposted by Alan Pringle
The font would appear to be English 111 Adagio CE, available for the highly presidential sum of just $39.75 USD
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Note "The" is not kerned correctly
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November 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The font would appear to be English 111 Adagio CE, available for the highly presidential sum of just $39.75 USD
Note "The" is not kerned correctly
(see perspective-corrected still for reference)
Note "The" is not kerned correctly
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@npr.org , the positioning in this post AND in the headline soft-pedals an important detail in the story: "The administration has not publicly released further evidence that the boats were actually carrying drugs and who was on board."
THAT detail should be the focus in this report.
#journalism
THAT detail should be the focus in this report.
#journalism
Since September, the Trump administration has carried out more than a dozen strikes on boats it claims are run by drug traffickers, killing more than 70 people. n.pr/4oUjxkV
Here's how many strikes on alleged drug vessels the U.S. has announced
Since September, the Trump administration has carried out more than a dozen strikes on boats it claims are run by drug traffickers, killing more than 70 people.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@npr.org , the positioning in this post AND in the headline soft-pedals an important detail in the story: "The administration has not publicly released further evidence that the boats were actually carrying drugs and who was on board."
THAT detail should be the focus in this report.
#journalism
THAT detail should be the focus in this report.
#journalism
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Black Phone 2: surprisingly solid sequel.
Movie nails the early #1980s vibe. I tip my hat to whomever decided to show the old Universal logo at the start.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2964...
#movies
Movie nails the early #1980s vibe. I tip my hat to whomever decided to show the old Universal logo at the start.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2964...
#movies
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Black Phone 2: surprisingly solid sequel.
Movie nails the early #1980s vibe. I tip my hat to whomever decided to show the old Universal logo at the start.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2964...
#movies
Movie nails the early #1980s vibe. I tip my hat to whomever decided to show the old Universal logo at the start.
www.imdb.com/title/tt2964...
#movies
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#PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood
The Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina
#EastCoastKIn #ClassicMono #BiltmoreHouse #Architecture #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBluesky #SensoryArt #Patterns
The Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina
#EastCoastKIn #ClassicMono #BiltmoreHouse #Architecture #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBluesky #SensoryArt #Patterns
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood
The Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina
#EastCoastKIn #ClassicMono #BiltmoreHouse #Architecture #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBluesky #SensoryArt #Patterns
The Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina
#EastCoastKIn #ClassicMono #BiltmoreHouse #Architecture #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBluesky #SensoryArt #Patterns
"...all the good actors had to make their performances operatically large as a deliberate counterpoint to Kim Kardashian’s central performance, which is so relentlessly listless and monotone that it just sort of sits there like a fart cloud..."
#tv #reviews
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#tv #reviews
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Is Kim Kardashian’s legal drama All’s Fair really the worst TV show of all time?
Ryan Murphy’s glossy, star-packed new show has received some of the most shocking reviews we’ve seen for a long time, including many zero star takes
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"...all the good actors had to make their performances operatically large as a deliberate counterpoint to Kim Kardashian’s central performance, which is so relentlessly listless and monotone that it just sort of sits there like a fart cloud..."
#tv #reviews
buff.ly/L4JSISO
#tv #reviews
buff.ly/L4JSISO
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News outlets that cover the election mainly through the prism of which party / politician gained politically are missing the message from voters — and a market opportunity to be relevant to people's real-life struggles, worries and hopes.
Democratic wins in Tuesday’s elections give the party a sorely needed burst of momentum ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Takeaways from the 2025 elections: Trump looms over every race, while Democrats win on the economy
Democratic victories in Tuesday’s highest profile, and under-the-radar, elections give the party a shot in the arm as they look to regroup and storm into next year’s key midterm elections.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
News outlets that cover the election mainly through the prism of which party / politician gained politically are missing the message from voters — and a market opportunity to be relevant to people's real-life struggles, worries and hopes.
@npr.org , do better: this framing focuses on political parties and not the people who voted. How do the election results affect THE VOTERS?
#journalism
#journalism
The 2025 elections were good to Democrats with wins in several major races, including governor's races in two states. And, the ongoing government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. n.pr/4hGRIcK
5 takeaways from the 2025 elections. And, the shutdown now the longest in U.S. history
The 2025 elections were good to Democrats with wins in several major races, including governor's races in two states. And, the ongoing government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@npr.org , do better: this framing focuses on political parties and not the people who voted. How do the election results affect THE VOTERS?
#journalism
#journalism
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#RIP, #DianeLadd, who was so very great in Wild at Heart. Her use of "EVAH" in this clip is perfection.
#movies #DavidLynch
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#movies #DavidLynch
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Wild At Heart (1990) - Clip: Parenting 101
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November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#RIP, #DianeLadd, who was so very great in Wild at Heart. Her use of "EVAH" in this clip is perfection.
#movies #DavidLynch
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#movies #DavidLynch
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I think there is nothing which encapsulates the brain rot hobbling America than news that a celebrity as wealthy, successful and powerful as Kim Kardashian somehow didn't get the memo that humans actually have landed on the moon several times. Sigh. https://loom.ly/Z26XD1o
Kim Kardashian Says Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 Moon Landing Was Fake
Kim Kardashian says she doesn’t believe that U.S. astronauts landed on the moon in 1969.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I think there is nothing which encapsulates the brain rot hobbling America than news that a celebrity as wealthy, successful and powerful as Kim Kardashian somehow didn't get the memo that humans actually have landed on the moon several times. Sigh. https://loom.ly/Z26XD1o
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Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
People who talk during trailers, much less the #movies themselves, deserve a special place in hell.
Nobody paid to hear you talk, SO SHUT IT.
PS: And don't get me started on whispered color commentary during symphony performances.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nobody paid to hear you talk, SO SHUT IT.
PS: And don't get me started on whispered color commentary during symphony performances.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson
Some might argue that streaming movies at home has given us all etiquette amnesia. But when it comes to disrupting a screening, I think the rules have some nuance, writes Polly Hudson
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
People who talk during trailers, much less the #movies themselves, deserve a special place in hell.
Nobody paid to hear you talk, SO SHUT IT.
PS: And don't get me started on whispered color commentary during symphony performances.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nobody paid to hear you talk, SO SHUT IT.
PS: And don't get me started on whispered color commentary during symphony performances.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
These photos will brighten your day.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
These photos will brighten your day.