Joe Berkowitz
@joeberkowitz.bsky.social
Writer. Not too annoying. Books: American Cheese, Away With Words, You Blew it. Bylines: Many of the good places.
Between 1983 and 1993, there were at least four hit songs about jumping. In 2026, we’re bringing it back (/up).
December 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Between 1983 and 1993, there were at least four hit songs about jumping. In 2026, we’re bringing it back (/up).
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guy once wrote me a love poem where he said my ass was a beautiful bounteous pumpkin whose innards he wanted to scoop out in front of his family
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
December 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
guy once wrote me a love poem where he said my ass was a beautiful bounteous pumpkin whose innards he wanted to scoop out in front of his family
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the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
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"for much of society today, words are not expressions with referents, but rather, performative speech acts with specific functions — in his case, owning the libs...Where there are words at all, they are but a way to express a meme, a vibe, an aesthetic.
Killing in the name of… nothing
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"for much of society today, words are not expressions with referents, but rather, performative speech acts with specific functions — in his case, owning the libs...Where there are words at all, they are but a way to express a meme, a vibe, an aesthetic.
Adorable but also it’s hilarious that Meatball think he’s the big spoon.
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Adorable but also it’s hilarious that Meatball think he’s the big spoon.
When we meet the titular roofman in the movie Roofman, he’s on the roof. Likely place for him to be.
December 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
When we meet the titular roofman in the movie Roofman, he’s on the roof. Likely place for him to be.
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This looks like Sinbad died and got reincarnated as a chair.
December 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This looks like Sinbad died and got reincarnated as a chair.
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2026 has a lot to live up to. Can it continue the ten-year streak of every year being the worst year ever?
December 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2026 has a lot to live up to. Can it continue the ten-year streak of every year being the worst year ever?
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This morning I heard “Shock the Monkey.” When the DJ came back, he said, “The only way I would ever shock a monkey is by giving it two bananas when it only expected one,” and I said HELL yeah
June 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This morning I heard “Shock the Monkey.” When the DJ came back, he said, “The only way I would ever shock a monkey is by giving it two bananas when it only expected one,” and I said HELL yeah
Sometimes I wish Imagine Dragons was still popular so I could bring back my joke about being in an Imagine Dragons cover band called Imagine Imagine Dragons.
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sometimes I wish Imagine Dragons was still popular so I could bring back my joke about being in an Imagine Dragons cover band called Imagine Imagine Dragons.
About 8 years ago, I saw this unhinged shirt online and laughed for five minutes straight and then my wife bought it for me. Anyway, RIP to a legend.
December 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
About 8 years ago, I saw this unhinged shirt online and laughed for five minutes straight and then my wife bought it for me. Anyway, RIP to a legend.
Not doing a whole thread but here's something I wrote this year that was really fun and fascinating to dig into.
I talked with the filmmakers behind 1995’s The Net and Hackers, 30 years later, to explore what the earliest movies about the internet got right and wrong about life in our glorious online future.
30 years ago, ‘Hackers’ and ‘The Net’ predicted the possibilities—and horrors—of internet life
In the mid-’90s, the earliest films about internet culture arrived. The creators look back at the films and their predictions for life online.
www.fastcompany.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not doing a whole thread but here's something I wrote this year that was really fun and fascinating to dig into.
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modesty laws prevented showing even one lousy frame of John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) in the trailer, so the only footage in it is of people reacting to a screening they just came out of. every single type of extant queer person is contained in the specific sequences I have selected here
December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
modesty laws prevented showing even one lousy frame of John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) in the trailer, so the only footage in it is of people reacting to a screening they just came out of. every single type of extant queer person is contained in the specific sequences I have selected here
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yes i would die third in a horror film. but i would make it legendary
December 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
yes i would die third in a horror film. but i would make it legendary
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beavers always tell you they "need to" bite trees cause it keeps their teeth "under control" and it's like, bro listen to yourself. that's the teeth talking
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
beavers always tell you they "need to" bite trees cause it keeps their teeth "under control" and it's like, bro listen to yourself. that's the teeth talking
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
Throwing on my coziest record for snowy Sunday morning reading time.
December 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Throwing on my coziest record for snowy Sunday morning reading time.
Shrimply having a wonderful catmastime
December 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Shrimply having a wonderful catmastime
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Against somewhat overwhelming odds, I finished writing and editing my third book, and I'd love for you to sign up to be alerted when it's available for preorder:
beckbook.com
beckbook.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Against somewhat overwhelming odds, I finished writing and editing my third book, and I'd love for you to sign up to be alerted when it's available for preorder:
beckbook.com
beckbook.com
Every mid-sentence hard cut in Meyerowitz Stories is absolutely perfect
December 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every mid-sentence hard cut in Meyerowitz Stories is absolutely perfect
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jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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you shouldn’t be allowed to put this kind of thing on the timeline without a content warning for anyone who broke up between 2005-2008
I always associate this song with the days after Christmas. Anyway, it’s also beautiful.
Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
YouTube video by StarsVEVO
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December 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
you shouldn’t be allowed to put this kind of thing on the timeline without a content warning for anyone who broke up between 2005-2008
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I bet you even normies are done with this shit. I haven't seen one declarative hed in forever. This wishy washy nonsense is dogshit and everyone knows it.
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I bet you even normies are done with this shit. I haven't seen one declarative hed in forever. This wishy washy nonsense is dogshit and everyone knows it.
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
'Maybe something happened guys but only maybe'
Going home as my family debates what new movie will work for everyone and sadly resign themselves to Anaconda.
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Going home as my family debates what new movie will work for everyone and sadly resign themselves to Anaconda.