MrDys
@mrdys.bsky.social
I’m going to attempt a reading project for 2026.
The theme is: Abstract Realities, Philosophical Fictions, and Social Satires.
If you have any suggestions that fit with this theme—it can be anything: novels, plays, poetry, essays, whatever—I’m all ears.
#booksky #books #reading
The theme is: Abstract Realities, Philosophical Fictions, and Social Satires.
If you have any suggestions that fit with this theme—it can be anything: novels, plays, poetry, essays, whatever—I’m all ears.
#booksky #books #reading
Abstract Realities, Philosophical Fictions, and Social Satires.xlsx
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January 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
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with all of the stories about the rise of solar energy we’ve seen in the last few months it kind of feels like America is doing regime change in order to secure the rights to billions of dollars in blockbuster gift cards
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
with all of the stories about the rise of solar energy we’ve seen in the last few months it kind of feels like America is doing regime change in order to secure the rights to billions of dollars in blockbuster gift cards
This is what I get for marathoning Nightmare on Elm Street and going to a Jodie Mack retrospective.
January 2, 2026 at 10:56 PM
This is what I get for marathoning Nightmare on Elm Street and going to a Jodie Mack retrospective.
Well, this sucks.
Well folks, some news. Ownership is folding @pghcitypaper.com. I wish I could say this was more surprising. I'll be on the lookout for new roles while I continue to teach and hopefully find places to publish some stories I haven't finished. In the meantime, I'm all ears for opportunities.
December 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Well, this sucks.
How I am walking out of 2025
December 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How I am walking out of 2025
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
Still beyond excited that I got to see them play this live this summer.
Still beyond excited that I got to see them play this live this summer.
December 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
Still beyond excited that I got to see them play this live this summer.
Still beyond excited that I got to see them play this live this summer.
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This was my big gift to my wife this year: a KidPix machine. She didn’t have a computer growing up, but when she was in the computer lab at school, she’d just play in KidPix the whole time. 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This was my big gift to my wife this year: a KidPix machine. She didn’t have a computer growing up, but when she was in the computer lab at school, she’d just play in KidPix the whole time. 🧵
This was my big gift to my wife this year: a KidPix machine. She didn’t have a computer growing up, but when she was in the computer lab at school, she’d just play in KidPix the whole time. 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This was my big gift to my wife this year: a KidPix machine. She didn’t have a computer growing up, but when she was in the computer lab at school, she’d just play in KidPix the whole time. 🧵
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social my history buff dad is enjoying his present (your book).
December 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social my history buff dad is enjoying his present (your book).
Every year I synthesize a tree for Christmas. Every year it comes out a little different, but that’s what I love about the medium. Here’s to a peaceful 2026.
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Every year I synthesize a tree for Christmas. Every year it comes out a little different, but that’s what I love about the medium. Here’s to a peaceful 2026.
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Christian Clothing CEO: You finish that sweatshirt about saving as many souls as possible?
Christian Clothing Designer: Sure did, boss. Real fuckin’ ominous and with an implied threat of mass murder, just like you asked.
Christian Clothing CEO: What.
Christian Clothing Designer: Sure did, boss. Real fuckin’ ominous and with an implied threat of mass murder, just like you asked.
Christian Clothing CEO: What.
December 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Christian Clothing CEO: You finish that sweatshirt about saving as many souls as possible?
Christian Clothing Designer: Sure did, boss. Real fuckin’ ominous and with an implied threat of mass murder, just like you asked.
Christian Clothing CEO: What.
Christian Clothing Designer: Sure did, boss. Real fuckin’ ominous and with an implied threat of mass murder, just like you asked.
Christian Clothing CEO: What.
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We live in a weird time. It’s only right to get weirder yourself
December 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
We live in a weird time. It’s only right to get weirder yourself
I went down to the Vinegar Syndrome store on my lunch break to find that they had sold out of this one within 4 minutes of opening the store.
Really hoping for a reprint, @vinsyn.bsky.social🤞🙏
Really hoping for a reprint, @vinsyn.bsky.social🤞🙏
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Now available to order on the @vinsyn.bsky.social website on Blu-ray in the US from #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel #AGFA: #TheMovieOrgy (1968)!
THE MOVIE ORGY is a legendary found footage triumph from Joe Dante—one of genre cinema's most significant masterminds.
Now available to order on the @vinsyn.bsky.social website on Blu-ray in the US from #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel #AGFA: #TheMovieOrgy (1968)!
THE MOVIE ORGY is a legendary found footage triumph from Joe Dante—one of genre cinema's most significant masterminds.
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I went down to the Vinegar Syndrome store on my lunch break to find that they had sold out of this one within 4 minutes of opening the store.
Really hoping for a reprint, @vinsyn.bsky.social🤞🙏
Really hoping for a reprint, @vinsyn.bsky.social🤞🙏
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I just watched a video about a solarpunk economy built around the concept of the library. I think I can get behind that. I’ve often thought about how wasteful it is that everyone has to individually buy and maintain expensive tools and things.
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I just watched a video about a solarpunk economy built around the concept of the library. I think I can get behind that. I’ve often thought about how wasteful it is that everyone has to individually buy and maintain expensive tools and things.
And Letterboxd is now a distribution deal player.
Existential Gen Z horror-thriller IT ENDS has been acquired by NEON for a theatrical release in 2026.
NEON Nabs Gen Z Horror IT ENDS For 2026 Theatrical Release
Existential Gen Z horror-thriller IT ENDS has been acquired by NEON for a theatrical release in 2026.
dlvr.it
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
And Letterboxd is now a distribution deal player.
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Lord, please never let me be hated by someone as skilled as that Vanity Fair photographer. Let all my haters be incompetent.
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Lord, please never let me be hated by someone as skilled as that Vanity Fair photographer. Let all my haters be incompetent.
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“There are so many aspects of our work that our staff care about and want to improve, and we haven’t been able to without that collective voice. … We have to hold strong and remember this union is for us, and we are doing this to equalize the power.”
matternews.org/community/be...
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Behind the worker-led push to unionize the Columbus Metropolitan Library – Matter News
Last week, CML United initiated the unionization process when it delivered signed union cards representing a supermajority of eligible library workers to Ohio’s State Employment Relations Board, takin...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“There are so many aspects of our work that our staff care about and want to improve, and we haven’t been able to without that collective voice. … We have to hold strong and remember this union is for us, and we are doing this to equalize the power.”
matternews.org/community/be...
matternews.org/community/be...
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ABSTR6.ANS, 1990-10-01 from Expanding Your BBS by David Wolfe (CD-ROM)
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
ABSTR6.ANS, 1990-10-01 from Expanding Your BBS by David Wolfe (CD-ROM)
I noticed a poster for this special in Wake Up Dead Man. Good taste, @rianjohnson.bsky.social.
I don’t think we as a society have thanked @papapishu.bsky.social for obtaining, ripping, and uploading a master copy of the essential Ricky Jay And His 52 Assistants, Jay’s 1997 HBO special and the best distillation of his one of a kind talent archive.org/details/rick...
Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants [1996] - RF Rip : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
NOTE: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE COMPRESSED MP4 THAT ARCHIVE.ORG AUTO-GENERATES. This is an RF rip of Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, to date the greatest card...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I noticed a poster for this special in Wake Up Dead Man. Good taste, @rianjohnson.bsky.social.
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You may see people advising you to grab WB-owned titles on physical media and you may wonder if this is overreacting.
It isn't. Movie studios have always put preservation and convenient availability last, outright junking films that they no longer value.
Being a movie fan is rife with stress.
It isn't. Movie studios have always put preservation and convenient availability last, outright junking films that they no longer value.
Being a movie fan is rife with stress.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You may see people advising you to grab WB-owned titles on physical media and you may wonder if this is overreacting.
It isn't. Movie studios have always put preservation and convenient availability last, outright junking films that they no longer value.
Being a movie fan is rife with stress.
It isn't. Movie studios have always put preservation and convenient availability last, outright junking films that they no longer value.
Being a movie fan is rife with stress.
A list of WB films just in case you wanted to pick up some hard copies because they’ll never see physical media again.
letterboxd.com/studio/warne...
letterboxd.com/studio/warne...
Films produced by Warner Bros. Pictures
Films produced by Warner Bros. Pictures
letterboxd.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A list of WB films just in case you wanted to pick up some hard copies because they’ll never see physical media again.
letterboxd.com/studio/warne...
letterboxd.com/studio/warne...
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“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
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RIP Tom Stoppard, author of one of my favorite dialogue exchanges in any film.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard, author of one of my favorite dialogue exchanges in any film.
I got to play test this and I think I can best describe it as: a story told in fragments and links, like a Wikipedia rabbit hole made into a narrative mystery adventure game. I really enjoyed it.
Today is the day to tell a strange story.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I got to play test this and I think I can best describe it as: a story told in fragments and links, like a Wikipedia rabbit hole made into a narrative mystery adventure game. I really enjoyed it.