Mac Rogers
@macrogers.bsky.social
Playwright, audio dramatist, screenwriter, good time charlie. Listen to my audio dramas at gideon-media.com. He/him
Again, purely my anecdotal experience, but I see a vastly higher incidence of people being unable to process jokes on Threads than here (which is supposed to be notorious for it).
December 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Again, purely my anecdotal experience, but I see a vastly higher incidence of people being unable to process jokes on Threads than here (which is supposed to be notorious for it).
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It can have perks.
December 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It can have perks.
Accidentally putting on a hooded sweatshirt backwards is a profoundly disorienting experience. For a second you just simply don’t understand what’s happening.
December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Accidentally putting on a hooded sweatshirt backwards is a profoundly disorienting experience. For a second you just simply don’t understand what’s happening.
This nails it, my feelings exactly but expressed better than I ever have. It’s so weird to me that people feel compelled to take a side between the two. We’re not partisans of Kubrick or King, we’re enjoyers of art.
Anyway, I now feel The Shining is a very great, very strange movie that is profoundly its own creature, and I really do get Stephen King's antipathy toward it because it all but sneers at his psychological humanism. I love the novel as well, but it and the film were just destined not to be friends.
December 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This nails it, my feelings exactly but expressed better than I ever have. It’s so weird to me that people feel compelled to take a side between the two. We’re not partisans of Kubrick or King, we’re enjoyers of art.
In-laws have gone to bed and I find myself seized with the not very Yultide-y desire to watch Lost Highway.
December 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In-laws have gone to bed and I find myself seized with the not very Yultide-y desire to watch Lost Highway.
Did “A Christmas Carol” as my Doctor Who Christmas special. Hadn’t rewatched in a while and it’s always a joy. Found myself wishing Abigail didn’t magically come out of the pod at the end, denied us seeing Gambon play making that decision.
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Did “A Christmas Carol” as my Doctor Who Christmas special. Hadn’t rewatched in a while and it’s always a joy. Found myself wishing Abigail didn’t magically come out of the pod at the end, denied us seeing Gambon play making that decision.
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Technically, Trump doesn't "lie". To lie, one must wish or expect to mislead. Trump is doing something else. He is informing people of the propositions to which they must publicly accede in order to be considered loyal.
December 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Technically, Trump doesn't "lie". To lie, one must wish or expect to mislead. Trump is doing something else. He is informing people of the propositions to which they must publicly accede in order to be considered loyal.
It seems to be a hard-and-fast rule of wilderness survival thrillers that the protagonist(s) be fresh off the wake of some trauma, as if they think the audience would root against an initially happy person being stalked in the wilderness. (Maybe they would)
December 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It seems to be a hard-and-fast rule of wilderness survival thrillers that the protagonist(s) be fresh off the wake of some trauma, as if they think the audience would root against an initially happy person being stalked in the wilderness. (Maybe they would)
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"...and, incidentally, a Happy Christmas to all of you at home."
December 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"...and, incidentally, a Happy Christmas to all of you at home."
Throwing on JAWS in the living room, yelling at any relative who tries to leave
December 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Throwing on JAWS in the living room, yelling at any relative who tries to leave
I was working in my lab
Late one night
When my eyes beheld
Late one night
When my eyes beheld
December 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I was working in my lab
Late one night
When my eyes beheld
Late one night
When my eyes beheld
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between him and Elon, I do think we're seeing that even with literally the world at their feet, billionaires are mostly just sitting at home, posting
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
between him and Elon, I do think we're seeing that even with literally the world at their feet, billionaires are mostly just sitting at home, posting
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The original “Heated Rivalry” was the 1995 Michael Mann action film “Heat”
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The original “Heated Rivalry” was the 1995 Michael Mann action film “Heat”
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia’s famous love machine!
Russia’s famous love machine!
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia’s famous love machine!
Russia’s famous love machine!
You can’t go wrong with Mac Rogers
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
You can’t go wrong with Mac Rogers
Timeless moment at Mass today (I tag along if we’re at the in-laws): a dude walking up to the altar to get the Eucharist looked back over his shoulder at his wife (who I guess had just returned from the wafer-and-wine herself) and emphatically mouthed “START THE CAR”
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Timeless moment at Mass today (I tag along if we’re at the in-laws): a dude walking up to the altar to get the Eucharist looked back over his shoulder at his wife (who I guess had just returned from the wafer-and-wine herself) and emphatically mouthed “START THE CAR”
One thing I definitely prefer about here to the old place is that folks here (at least the ones I see on my various feeds) don’t seem particularly motivated to dredge up the Die Hard, Love Actually, and Baby It’s Cold Outside discourses every December.
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One thing I definitely prefer about here to the old place is that folks here (at least the ones I see on my various feeds) don’t seem particularly motivated to dredge up the Die Hard, Love Actually, and Baby It’s Cold Outside discourses every December.
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Tomorrow: a big day for THE HARBINGERS!
It’s our last episode of the year, our midseason finale, & our Christmas Special!
And the early reviews are in! Just look at how much fun @laurenshippen.com had listening to this one! This could be you tomorrow!
Episode 8: Both Sides Now. Out tomorrow! 🎄☃️🎁
It’s our last episode of the year, our midseason finale, & our Christmas Special!
And the early reviews are in! Just look at how much fun @laurenshippen.com had listening to this one! This could be you tomorrow!
Episode 8: Both Sides Now. Out tomorrow! 🎄☃️🎁
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tomorrow: a big day for THE HARBINGERS!
It’s our last episode of the year, our midseason finale, & our Christmas Special!
And the early reviews are in! Just look at how much fun @laurenshippen.com had listening to this one! This could be you tomorrow!
Episode 8: Both Sides Now. Out tomorrow! 🎄☃️🎁
It’s our last episode of the year, our midseason finale, & our Christmas Special!
And the early reviews are in! Just look at how much fun @laurenshippen.com had listening to this one! This could be you tomorrow!
Episode 8: Both Sides Now. Out tomorrow! 🎄☃️🎁
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This has put into words something that I hate but which I think is also true. the argument “stay on Twitter to make Twitter better” is shit. But I think the argument “intelligent nuanced people need to be making video” is probably true.
I don't know why people got mad about this, saying they hate video and they don't want to do it or watch it. I hate video too but the world is bigger than you or me. A lot of people get their info that way and you can yell at them to stop but they won't hear you because you're not a video
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This has put into words something that I hate but which I think is also true. the argument “stay on Twitter to make Twitter better” is shit. But I think the argument “intelligent nuanced people need to be making video” is probably true.
This is a huge part of what holds me back from trying to become a Video Guy.
I hate the idea of having to think about my face that much, tbh. My whole life has been spent going “fine fine I have a face but it’s not IMPORTANT”.
But if I feel like I have stuff that’s worth sharing and the pivot to video has happened already… probs need to get accustomed to my face.
But if I feel like I have stuff that’s worth sharing and the pivot to video has happened already… probs need to get accustomed to my face.
December 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is a huge part of what holds me back from trying to become a Video Guy.
Rosenfield’s particular shtick is to say completely asinine things in a wry, sardonic tone, so that it takes a second to realize that what initially seems like a withering observation in fact makes no sense.
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Rosenfield’s particular shtick is to say completely asinine things in a wry, sardonic tone, so that it takes a second to realize that what initially seems like a withering observation in fact makes no sense.
Okay “the weary world rejoices” goes hard
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Okay “the weary world rejoices” goes hard
Man if you can manage to nail a Christmas rewatch staple you are fuckin *set.* it doesn’t matter how any of Will Ferrell’s other projects do, he gets an automatic being-famous re-up every Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Man if you can manage to nail a Christmas rewatch staple you are fuckin *set.* it doesn’t matter how any of Will Ferrell’s other projects do, he gets an automatic being-famous re-up every Christmas.