Bob Calhoun
@bobcalhoun.bsky.social
Author of The Murders That Made Us, a true crime history of San Francisco. Co-host of Old Movies for Young Stoners, the podcast that pairs cannabis with classic cinema. Former SFWeekly, Incredibly Strange Wrestling. He/him www.murdersthatmadeus.com
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Lost in such a spectacular career, Rob Reiner was in "The No-Cut Contract," one of the best episodes of THE ROCKFORD FILES, which is like saying one of the best hours of television ever. It's S2.E15 & is streaming on Prime and Roku.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0688...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0688...
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Hey, quick show of hands, how about if we don’t do tomorrow.
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Hey, quick show of hands, how about if we don’t do tomorrow.
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Hello, can you hear me????
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Hello, can you hear me????
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Not every show needs to make 20+ episodes a year, but SO many current shows would be better off doing at least 10-13.
at the end of the broadcast era, we were pumping out 23 eps of Lost a year and now we can't get the second season of Heated Rivals, which has like 10 cast members, six locations, and no effects, until 2027. we must do better.
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Not every show needs to make 20+ episodes a year, but SO many current shows would be better off doing at least 10-13.
Chester!!!!
Watching a celebrity edition of Super Password, and during the bonus round, Dennis Weaver-- who famously played a cop on TV!-- cannot think of a good clue for "kill." All he can come up with is "eliminate."
He and Harvey Korman miss out on the $5000 for charity by just that one word.
He and Harvey Korman miss out on the $5000 for charity by just that one word.
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Chester!!!!
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
There’s something to be said for small standing armies.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 AM
There’s something to be said for small standing armies.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
Watching Wild Kingdom on MeTV makes me really want a set of World Book encyclopedias.
January 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Watching Wild Kingdom on MeTV makes me really want a set of World Book encyclopedias.
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It does not seem incidental that LLMs are being so heavily touted as all-purpose solutions by incredibly wealthy men accustomed to being surrounded by people who yes-and even their worst ideas, many of whom have descended into their own personal psychosis
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
January 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It does not seem incidental that LLMs are being so heavily touted as all-purpose solutions by incredibly wealthy men accustomed to being surrounded by people who yes-and even their worst ideas, many of whom have descended into their own personal psychosis
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the new york times knew about the illegal invasion of venezuela and chose not to break the story.
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 PM
the new york times knew about the illegal invasion of venezuela and chose not to break the story.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
War for oil to power AI to take your jobs and destroy the planet.
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
War for oil to power AI to take your jobs and destroy the planet.
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our country is on fire and waging an illegal war, with our international reputation even further ruined, but I also got the new Mary Roach book at a library book sale for $2, so it's impossible to say if it's a good or bad day
January 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
our country is on fire and waging an illegal war, with our international reputation even further ruined, but I also got the new Mary Roach book at a library book sale for $2, so it's impossible to say if it's a good or bad day
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Philip K Dick ass future we’ve got here
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Philip K Dick ass future we’ve got here
We really need to find a way to stop giving the worst people in this country app the money.
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
We really need to find a way to stop giving the worst people in this country app the money.
Through the dot com boom and bust, and all the other booms and busts that tried to kill the SF music scene, The Bottom of the Hill was always the pillar, the rock of rock. It survived but this time next year, it’ll be gone.
Breaking some news for @coyotemedia.org here.
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Through the dot com boom and bust, and all the other booms and busts that tried to kill the SF music scene, The Bottom of the Hill was always the pillar, the rock of rock. It survived but this time next year, it’ll be gone.
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This is like getting an apology from Ronald McDonald.
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This is like getting an apology from Ronald McDonald.
The TCM Cruise meds to retrace the cruise from Now Voyager. #TCMParty @tcmtv.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The TCM Cruise meds to retrace the cruise from Now Voyager. #TCMParty @tcmtv.bsky.social
Yorgos Lanthimos thinks he's so clever.
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Yorgos Lanthimos thinks he's so clever.
Black bear living underneath California house shows no sign of budging as homeowner mulls legal action
Black bear living underneath Altadena house shows no sign of budging as homeowner mulls legal action
The 550-pound black bear has taken up residence in the crawlspace underneath Ken Johnson's home in California for a month.
www.cbsnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:39 AM
It’s 2 pm on New Year’s Day.
Time to go back to bed.
Time to go back to bed.
January 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
It’s 2 pm on New Year’s Day.
Time to go back to bed.
Time to go back to bed.
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Sliwa is there. He says his people should give Mamdani a chance. “He has a mandate… the Masters of the Universe did everything to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Sliwa is there. He says his people should give Mamdani a chance. “He has a mandate… the Masters of the Universe did everything to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
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Actually, Lupin, I think you’d hurt the lizards’ feelings if you called them Demogorgons. And stop calling me Mind Flayer’
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Actually, Lupin, I think you’d hurt the lizards’ feelings if you called them Demogorgons. And stop calling me Mind Flayer’
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BUCK ROGERS: CURRENT STATUS
January 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM
BUCK ROGERS: CURRENT STATUS