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Darren Ridgley
@dridgley.bsky.social
Author. Editor. Here for a chill and good time.
Also saw a story on here that she’s trying to pass the bar with help from AI. Maybe she’s not cut out for lawyering, I dunno.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Rewatched this with my kids a few years ago and it’s kind of wild how cutting it is, for a family movie, in depicting the immigrant experience. Fievel’s dad gives the officers his extremely Slavic surname and they immediately rename the family like, Johnson or something.
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Happy Godzilla Day, everyone.
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Let's gooooooooooooo!
The #GodzillaMinusOne sequel is officially titled ‘Godzilla: Minus Zero’ 🎥
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Beat Ghost of Yotei. 👍
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Re-upping this because it’s tomorrow! Hope to see you there!
Reminder that you can catch me, @smbeiko.bsky.social, @chadwickginther.bsky.social, and @patrickjohanneson.com at Sookram’s here in Winnipeg on the 29th for a great reading series! Many thanks to our gracious host @badguybirnie.bsky.social!
October 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is the world me and all the other millennial anime heads forged when we spent our time watching Evangelion and Satoshi Kon movies in 120p on malware-ridden websites. We paved the road.
Nature is healing when one MCU movie after another can’t get any traction while every month or two some Japanese anime I have never heard of called “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle” makes a fortune. This is how it should be
October 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Just finished up my PG (Pumpkin Grade) 1:1 Haro!
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
John Hodgman doesn’t get enough credit for accurately identifying the nerd-jock convergence years ago, even if it was a gag.
This was posted by the official MLB social media account
October 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
October 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I don’t have a VCR anymore, I’m fine.
Are you “surviving” your birthday month?

I am, I’m not going camping 😂 #SpookySZN
October 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Obsessing over the physical condition of new, mass-market books to assemble some perfect little shelf is just idolatry and materialism. The important thing about a book is the story itself, and getting it into your brain. Who cares if it gets dog-eared or the spine gets broken in the process?
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
MONTECITO, CA—Signaling a new chapter in her career, pop star Katy Perry released a new single Monday about the superiority of Canadian manufacturing. “When I learned about the strength of Canadian au...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Reminder: Next Wednesday! Hope to see you there.
Hey everybody (especially the Winnipeg crew),

I'll be reading some uncanny fiction on Oct. 29th at Sookrams Brewing in Winnipeg, along with @dridgley.bsky.social, @smbeiko.bsky.social, and @chadwickginther.bsky.social. Our host will be @badguybirnie.bsky.social.

See you there!

#PrairieSFF
October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Fond memories of this one.
GODZILLA: MONSTER OF MONSTERS!
COMPILE 1989
NES
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And he was okay in Lord of War where his major moment was getting gunned down in Sierra Leone.
And he was good in American Psycho because he was a pretty dumbass whose major plot moment was getting chopped up by Christian Bale
Jared Leto was good in My So Called Life bc he played a pretty dumbass and he was good in Fight Club bc he was also a pretty dumbass whose major plot moment was getting beaten up real bad. This was his lane and he strayed to the detriment of all.
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reminder that you can catch me, @smbeiko.bsky.social, @chadwickginther.bsky.social, and @patrickjohanneson.com at Sookram’s here in Winnipeg on the 29th for a great reading series! Many thanks to our gracious host @badguybirnie.bsky.social!
October 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"The bee bit my bottom, and now my bottom's big," whenever something that's just a little bad happens.
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Credit to Square Enix, they could have taken this landmark Disney partnership to put out the equivalent of Super Mario RPG. Dumb down for their audience, double their dollars. Instead they roped Donald, Goofy etc. into the most impenetrable JRPG storytelling I’ve ever encountered.
What the fuck does this mean? Do I need a numerologist for this? What is a final chapter prologue? What is II*8 This is a game about Donald fuckin Duck
October 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM