Jason Fry
@jasoncfry.bsky.social
Writer, Mets fan, Star Wars dork, genial malcontent.
Working my way through the last third of the Iliad and let out a little whoop whenever* my guess at a pronunciation is correct.
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Working my way through the last third of the Iliad and let out a little whoop whenever* my guess at a pronunciation is correct.
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
* at the present time i will not be providing metrics for how often these guesses are correct
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
He won’t even have to pretend to fall asleep on the downtown 6 to get there!
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
He won’t even have to pretend to fall asleep on the downtown 6 to get there!
Hey Siri, please show me a NYT article perfectly designed to enrage me. Ideally it should feature equal parts elitist huffiness and parochial dipshittery.
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hey Siri, please show me a NYT article perfectly designed to enrage me. Ideally it should feature equal parts elitist huffiness and parochial dipshittery.
Whole new wardrobe for Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Whole new wardrobe for Christmas!
Stop-motion snow monsters are terrifying and if the world burns down that's OK because then at least one of them won't tear my little body limb from limb.
What was your takeaway from Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, when you watched it at a kid?
a stuffed reindeer with a red nose and a white tail
Alt: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Stop-motion snow monsters are terrifying and if the world burns down that's OK because then at least one of them won't tear my little body limb from limb.
Properly attired for the annual viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life!
December 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Properly attired for the annual viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life!
Heeee
So everyone's watching the 60 Minutes that was supposed to be banned and everyone who knows how PDFs work can unredact the Epstein files, it's like the Christmas spirit has irony poisoning this year
December 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Heeee
Working on a geeky Star Wars thing that’s really difficult to do, won’t be publicized, and will go unnoticed by 95% of its target audience. Given the above, it’s a little comical how happy it’s making me. 😀😀😀
December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Working on a geeky Star Wars thing that’s really difficult to do, won’t be publicized, and will go unnoticed by 95% of its target audience. Given the above, it’s a little comical how happy it’s making me. 😀😀😀
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
A New Year's resolution for Ancestry.com would be to rethink this communications strategy. These emails sound like invitations to get into a fist fight at recess.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A New Year's resolution for Ancestry.com would be to rethink this communications strategy. These emails sound like invitations to get into a fist fight at recess.
Love these so much!
I wrote a continuity breakdown for the Star Wars stories released in 2025!
Star Wars in 2025 Continuity Breakdown
While technically a lot of Skeleton Crew aired in December 2024, there's enough overlap I'll cover it some since I never gave it a full breakdown. As confirmed by the creators, the show's frequent mentions of At Attin's role in the Republic's "Great Work" is intended to call to mind the High Republic and the…
numidianprime.wordpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Love these so much!
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kind of charmed by the fact that quirks of modern tech mean folks are walking around with cell phone numbers with area codes from cities they haven't lived in for decades
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
kind of charmed by the fact that quirks of modern tech mean folks are walking around with cell phone numbers with area codes from cities they haven't lived in for decades
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
you learn a little something about someone the second you get their number. that's... nice!
My lasting TFA memory will always be watching Harrison Ford growl about how they should have checked the Western Reaches, a galactic cultural region I invented for the Essential Atlas.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
The Force Awakens is ten years old!
So let's look back at the movie and talk about how it holds up, as well as how it has impacted the last decade of the Star Wars franchise: youtu.be/giKxFBuwGUo
So let's look back at the movie and talk about how it holds up, as well as how it has impacted the last decade of the Star Wars franchise: youtu.be/giKxFBuwGUo
The Force Awakens Ten Years Later
YouTube video by Star Wars Explained
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My lasting TFA memory will always be watching Harrison Ford growl about how they should have checked the Western Reaches, a galactic cultural region I invented for the Essential Atlas.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
“Well, there’s my epitaph,” I thought and smiled, a little ruefully but mostly proudly.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Really not sure WTF CNN is doing here. Through the looking glass shit.
Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Really not sure WTF CNN is doing here. Through the looking glass shit.
Sheehan, as usual, nails it.
Because it‘s anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
More than *anything* else, MLB owners hate competition. Hate it. Everything they have done since the Seitz decision has been to roll back competition.
Baseball will now centralize all in-game data & tech at minor league level as they have with Statcast at the major league level. This will bring the bottom up, but critics say it's anti-spending, anti-innovation, and punitive to the teams that have invested in the future of the game. t.co/0UuQei8EtW
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sheehan, as usual, nails it.
Snow is an atrocity.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Snow is an atrocity.
God this is such bullshit -- a tech salary cap for the minors.
Reminder that there aren't rich teams and poor teams, no matter what that grimy Pinkerton Rob Manfred and his minions say -- rather, there are rich owners who spend money and rich owners who'd rather not.
Reminder that there aren't rich teams and poor teams, no matter what that grimy Pinkerton Rob Manfred and his minions say -- rather, there are rich owners who spend money and rich owners who'd rather not.
Aiming to level playing field, MLB to regulate use of data and tech in minors
“We won’t know what sort of innovation we’ll miss because of this," an analyst said. "But we’ll probably miss out on something.”
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
God this is such bullshit -- a tech salary cap for the minors.
Reminder that there aren't rich teams and poor teams, no matter what that grimy Pinkerton Rob Manfred and his minions say -- rather, there are rich owners who spend money and rich owners who'd rather not.
Reminder that there aren't rich teams and poor teams, no matter what that grimy Pinkerton Rob Manfred and his minions say -- rather, there are rich owners who spend money and rich owners who'd rather not.
Squeezed in another counties trip. Some South Carolina scenery!
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Squeezed in another counties trip. Some South Carolina scenery!
I had that! And maybe still do. Great cover!
December 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I had that! And maybe still do. Great cover!
Offseason’s greetings. Looks desolate and thinly inhabited, not unlike our current roster.
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Offseason’s greetings. Looks desolate and thinly inhabited, not unlike our current roster.
I saw Independence Day on Independence Day in NYC with a very diverse outer-borough audience. They went apeshit at the big patriotic get hyped speech and, well, it may have gotten dusty in there.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I saw Independence Day on Independence Day in NYC with a very diverse outer-borough audience. They went apeshit at the big patriotic get hyped speech and, well, it may have gotten dusty in there.
Suddenly nobody wants to be a Met. Sigh.
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Suddenly nobody wants to be a Met. Sigh.