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That Guy James
@jroberts.bsky.social
Reader, recovering professional film critic, burgeoning literature academic/PhD student, neurospicy, has 5 invite codes available, he/they, biggest fan of smoothunicorn.bsky.social
Nerds have descended upon my home to give PowerPoint presentations.
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
All in on the Queeshmael ship. 🐋
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I ask you whomst amongst us has never shared a blanket with a strange harpooner??? 🐋
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
How I made it all the way to getting a phd in English without having read Moby Dick I will never understand but thankfully bluesky is here to fill the gaps in my education. 🐋
January 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Whale tattoo sold me let's fuckin goooooooo.
THE MONTH OF DICK 2026 IS COMING IN JANUARY

Get ready!
1. Follow the feed: bsky.app/profile/jaco... and ask me to add you
2. Download the planned reading sequence (source doc here bit.ly/4p4oYwA)
3. Get yourself an edition (book, free e-book, whatever)
4. Notify your bosom friends
5. Whale tattoo?
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Fuck it we ball.
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Big year for reading. Of course, it's basically all I did between January and August.
January 1, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Going into 2026 like
January 1, 2026 at 6:29 AM
You know what? That's the energy I'm gonna bring.
we have no alternative but to say “fuck it, we ball”
andy cohen's "am i excited about 2026? [pregnant pause] yeah. i... yeah. i mean, what's the alternative?" is the realest thing i've seen all night
January 1, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Apparently one year we were trying to get our son to do his laundry and told him it was bad luck to do laundry on new years day cuz my man just ran down at 10:47pm with a laundry basket and look of determination on his face muttering that he can't start 2026 with bad luck.
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Marcello Solara showing up to the wedding in those shoes is maybe the most fucked up thing that ever happened in literary history.
December 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hope Link is well and happy and I hope he's around again to share that with us soon. FREE LINK.
Wow! I forget how strong negronis are! So I will take this opportunity to say how much I appreciate you all and how mad I remain that this site fucked over Link
December 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I wish for you tonight and tomorrow the same thing I wish for you every day: good vibes, good food, and people whose presence you enjoy. If don't have that now, I hope you find it soon. Be well and I hope you have something that makes you smile.
December 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
She's a 10 but her bibliographical work has glaring gaps.
December 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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A lord of the rings cover band called Durin Durin.
A lord of the rings cover band called Nine Ents Nails
A lord of the rings cover band called PippINXS
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Back in my day we had photoshop! All our misinformation was organic and handmade! There was craft and care!!!
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I still haven't watched Spinal Tap 2 but low key they did a sequel in 1999 which only super nerds watched. It was the commentary for the DVD which they did in character and was fucking hysterical in its own right.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Since the entire internet is having this conversation;

Sometimes going no contact isn't even a decision. It's looking at the ringing phone and realizing you don't have the strength.

Over and over again.

If one person is not accessible to another, something about that relationship HURTS.
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My wife was very specific about what she needed her parents to do and acknowledge. Their response was calling her an "ungrateful bitch", a 24/7 barrage of emails and texts, threats to go to court for grandparents rights, telling people I was abusing her, and an immediate "you're out of the will."
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A lord of the rings cover band called Durin Durin.
A lord of the rings cover band called Nine Ents Nails
A lord of the rings cover band called PippINXS
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"X industry has run out of ideas" is the anthem of the most uncurious motherfuckers on the internet. When you rank the success of an idea on the bajillion dollars it did or didn't make you fundamentally lose sight of what a good idea is or is not.
vox.com Vox @vox.com · 19d
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Taking the son through Reiner this week. Princess Bride tonight (which he's seen), Spinal Tap tomorrow, Stand By Me Wednesday.
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
me when it happens
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I don't know why it's this one but I crack up every time.
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM