alexio
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📚/🎧CR: What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
📚/🎧CR: What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
some thoughts on Wicked For Good:
– pretty dour & joyless compared to Wicked
– stop trying to make “in a clock’s tick” happen
– the reveal of Elphaba’s father fell super flat
– trying to perfectly retrofit the Wicked story so fits into the 1939 classic was… a choice
– questionable messaging IMHO
– pretty dour & joyless compared to Wicked
– stop trying to make “in a clock’s tick” happen
– the reveal of Elphaba’s father fell super flat
– trying to perfectly retrofit the Wicked story so fits into the 1939 classic was… a choice
– questionable messaging IMHO
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
some thoughts on Wicked For Good:
– pretty dour & joyless compared to Wicked
– stop trying to make “in a clock’s tick” happen
– the reveal of Elphaba’s father fell super flat
– trying to perfectly retrofit the Wicked story so fits into the 1939 classic was… a choice
– questionable messaging IMHO
– pretty dour & joyless compared to Wicked
– stop trying to make “in a clock’s tick” happen
– the reveal of Elphaba’s father fell super flat
– trying to perfectly retrofit the Wicked story so fits into the 1939 classic was… a choice
– questionable messaging IMHO
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Brandon Nimmo is the first millionaire to flee Zohran Mamdani's Communist New York City
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Brandon Nimmo is the first millionaire to flee Zohran Mamdani's Communist New York City
I just beat The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the first time… 8 years & 8 ½ months after the game was released (and yes, I bought it at launch).
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I just beat The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the first time… 8 years & 8 ½ months after the game was released (and yes, I bought it at launch).
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The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04
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🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
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"War-ravaged" Portland today... #WarRavagedPortland
September 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"War-ravaged" Portland today... #WarRavagedPortland
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
just had a religious experience
[saw Real Estate perform all of ATLAS live]
[saw Real Estate perform all of ATLAS live]
September 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
just had a religious experience
[saw Real Estate perform all of ATLAS live]
[saw Real Estate perform all of ATLAS live]
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41-40 is scorigami, congrats everybody
September 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
41-40 is scorigami, congrats everybody
while waiting in line at Costco today, an older guy behind me commented on my t-shirt (that of an iconic local record store) and asked if they were still in business. I said, “yes, still doing well, fortunately.”
with zero shame, he then admitted to me he hasn’t paid for music “since Napster” 🤨😑😮💨
with zero shame, he then admitted to me he hasn’t paid for music “since Napster” 🤨😑😮💨
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
while waiting in line at Costco today, an older guy behind me commented on my t-shirt (that of an iconic local record store) and asked if they were still in business. I said, “yes, still doing well, fortunately.”
with zero shame, he then admitted to me he hasn’t paid for music “since Napster” 🤨😑😮💨
with zero shame, he then admitted to me he hasn’t paid for music “since Napster” 🤨😑😮💨
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LOBOS TOSSING OUT HEAT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
August 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
LOBOS TOSSING OUT HEAT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“Daniel Jones looks like a concussed milliner chasing after a flyaway peacock feather” — @harrisfootball.com in 2024 PPA
“It’s amazing to me […] how he’s the savior
of the Colts offense, when this is the idiot who almost ruined my podcasting career a couple years ago” — Cousin Josh in 2025 PPA
“It’s amazing to me […] how he’s the savior
of the Colts offense, when this is the idiot who almost ruined my podcasting career a couple years ago” — Cousin Josh in 2025 PPA
Pelissero: Daniel Jones named Colts starting QB Week 1.
August 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Daniel Jones looks like a concussed milliner chasing after a flyaway peacock feather” — @harrisfootball.com in 2024 PPA
“It’s amazing to me […] how he’s the savior
of the Colts offense, when this is the idiot who almost ruined my podcasting career a couple years ago” — Cousin Josh in 2025 PPA
“It’s amazing to me […] how he’s the savior
of the Colts offense, when this is the idiot who almost ruined my podcasting career a couple years ago” — Cousin Josh in 2025 PPA
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Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
not proud to admit it, but I may have scream-yelled at a jumpscare while seeing Weapons in theaters today 🫣
August 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
not proud to admit it, but I may have scream-yelled at a jumpscare while seeing Weapons in theaters today 🫣
TINY BOOKSHOP, the cutest, most cozy-looking game was announced on this morning’s IndieWorld Direct. Players run their own roadside bookshop and befriend locals by giving them book recommendations. It’s out today, too ($20 USD on Nintendo eShop)! #booksky
August 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
TINY BOOKSHOP, the cutest, most cozy-looking game was announced on this morning’s IndieWorld Direct. Players run their own roadside bookshop and befriend locals by giving them book recommendations. It’s out today, too ($20 USD on Nintendo eShop)! #booksky
can confirm last night’s Padres giveaway, a Sandless Beach Towel, is, indeed, sandless
July 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
can confirm last night’s Padres giveaway, a Sandless Beach Towel, is, indeed, sandless
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BREAKING: Concession workers at Fenway are on strike.
This is the first walkout in the 113 year history of the Boston Red Sox’s stadium.
These essential workers will be on strike as the World Series champion Dodgers come to town this weekend.
This is the first walkout in the 113 year history of the Boston Red Sox’s stadium.
These essential workers will be on strike as the World Series champion Dodgers come to town this weekend.
July 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
BREAKING: Concession workers at Fenway are on strike.
This is the first walkout in the 113 year history of the Boston Red Sox’s stadium.
These essential workers will be on strike as the World Series champion Dodgers come to town this weekend.
This is the first walkout in the 113 year history of the Boston Red Sox’s stadium.
These essential workers will be on strike as the World Series champion Dodgers come to town this weekend.
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Today’s the day: two books in one, live. Harper and Charlotte, both trying to fight through to daylight, one out on the open road, one locked in the house next door. Thanks for reading, y’all. Hope to see you, the next couple weeks.
July 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Today’s the day: two books in one, live. Harper and Charlotte, both trying to fight through to daylight, one out on the open road, one locked in the house next door. Thanks for reading, y’all. Hope to see you, the next couple weeks.
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They claim they want to be a paper for everyone across the political spectrum, but if they really believed that, they’d publish these didactic pieces telling parents not to snub gay children, too.
July 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
They claim they want to be a paper for everyone across the political spectrum, but if they really believed that, they’d publish these didactic pieces telling parents not to snub gay children, too.