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Jeff Harris
@nemalki.bsky.social
Storyteller. Artist. Media Historian/Analyst. Toonhead. INFJ. Aquarius. Fire-Snake. Zbornak. Black Xennial. Straight Dude. Unglitched but still in the Distortion. The world's on fire. Fight for truth, justice & a better tomorrow. Keep creating.
Pinned
I do. I don't like plugging it too much, and I never expect much from it.

Just gives me something to aim for in the foreseeable future while I'm being a caregiver. I keep myself busy in the meantime.

But it is nice to dream.

www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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I've been writing professionally for nearly 30 years, and despite a few self-imposed hiatuses, I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah).

I think I may have touched a nerve with some folks because I wrote about a thing I truly love.

Faith can be blinding.

thoughtnami.blogspot.com/2026/01/no-b...
No Blind Faith (or I Think I Touched a Nerve)
I've been writing professionally since 1998, and over time, my opinions have changed a lot. Then again, that's just life. I'm not the easily...
thoughtnami.blogspot.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Writes this down so i can use it later because DAMN
“i’m not saying you’re the dumbest person in the world but you better hope the dumbest person in the world doesn’t die”
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
"I know Shakespeare backwards! Eraepsekahs! Eraepsekahs!"

Snagglepuss has a way with words.
a cartoon character is holding an ice cream cone and laughing
ALT: a cartoon character is holding an ice cream cone and laughing
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
One of the last things you ever want to hear in your apartment is the sound of dripping water.

Especially if it's not coming from a faucet.

And it comes from the ceiling.

Near the bathroom fan.

And the maintenance guys are gone for the day.

And it's pouring rather than dripping.

At night.
a man in a suit and tie is saying how was your evening
Alt: Jack Donaghey (Alec Baldwin) from 30 Rock, a man in a suit and tie, is asking, "How was your evening?"
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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In 1983, 60 Minutes ran a story about a recently uncovered event that happened decades prior.

In 1982, a reporter named Gary Moore went around asking questions to Black Floridians.

"What exactly happened in 1923?"

It's the 103nd anniversary of Rosewood

youtu.be/cUfhfpuI2i0?...
Rosewood Massacre Survivors and Eye-witness Testimonies (1983)
YouTube video by I Love Ancestry
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
A bud of mine, @therealdoneast.bsky.social, did something like this years ago at that other place after the Discovery RMT happened with the 7A logo, the Saul Bass WB, the Time Warner logo, the AOL Time Warner logo, and the WarnerMedia logo before crashing into Disco

Wonder if he still has it.
"A History of Warner Bros. Through Mergers"

Because no one else would make it, I decided to. Yoicks, and away! #WarnerBros #Netflix #VideoEditing
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Everyone is sharing this and for decent reason.
However, PBS is not gone, nor is NPR.
It falls to us to help support them now!

Got 5 dollars left over from dumping Netflix or D+?
Toss that towards PBS Passport or an individual creator you like!

www.pbs.org/explore/pass...
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Been pretty busy lately but I managed to sketch up this Silver Surfer piece last night. I think it turned out okay. #silversurfer #marvel #art
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I've been writing professionally for nearly 30 years, and despite a few self-imposed hiatuses, I'm still standing (yeah, yeah, yeah).

I think I may have touched a nerve with some folks because I wrote about a thing I truly love.

Faith can be blinding.

thoughtnami.blogspot.com/2026/01/no-b...
No Blind Faith (or I Think I Touched a Nerve)
I've been writing professionally since 1998, and over time, my opinions have changed a lot. Then again, that's just life. I'm not the easily...
thoughtnami.blogspot.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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50 years ago today (January 5, 1976) the best damned TV show ever - and Norman Lear's labor of love - debuted.

It caused an immediate uproar, and we never took our foot off the pedal. We did 325 episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman in 18 months, and taped 2 shows a day to get the Holidays off. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Some thoughts (and a HILARIOUS dogshit AI MTV tribute video) www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
MTV Is Still Alive. So Why Does Everyone Think It Shut Down Last Week?
Our ability to tell fact from fiction—even when the facts are right in front of you—is nearly gone. This is not going to end well.
www.esquire.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I need to do another project. But I don't know what to do.

I made a plan for a Disney FAST initiative, reimagined Doctor Who as an American-made property, and created a plan for MTV to fit a modern era.

I want to do something else, but what should it be?
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Seeing Sugar Bear, er, um, Super Bear from the Post Super Golden Crisps ads in a cartoon... like, an actual scripted cartoon with a plot and everything... is weird. I knew Linus the Lionhearted was where the character originated and was a Post-made production, but I never saw it until tonight.
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a box of super sugar crisp
Alt: Couldn't find a GIF from the series with Sugar Bear on it, so here's Homer Simpson holding a box of Super Sugar Crisp and singing the jingle, "Can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp."
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 AM
One thing about Martin people rarely talked about when it comes to TV history.

This was one of the first Black and Gen X-led sitcoms to have a prominently young cast of urban professionals in lead roles. A true trendsetter for the young decade.
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Have you ever looked at an old DVD that you burned almost 15 years ago and saw a show you forgot about let alone realizing you had over a dozen episodes of?

Just me?

Oh. Okay.
a large yellow robot with the number 92 on it
Alt: Drossel von Flügel, a gynoid duchess with a whitish-gray shell with rabbit-like protrusions from her head and bright aqua blue eyes, is strutting and posing in front of Gedächtnis, her massive arachnoid servant, in the Disney Channel Japan series Fireball.
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:47 AM
After a week of having MeTV Toons, I have to say I dig it.

I kind of thought I would though. It's a pretty stacked lineup with a nice variety of shows as well as an actual reverence to the golden ages of theatrical and television animation.

It's a solid channel. It'll get better in time.
January 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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To add to @nemalki.bsky.social’s post of what WB has been owned by since 1923:
- A film and TV distributor
- A parking company
- A magazine publisher
- An internet provider
- A phone company
- A nature/reality cable network group
- NOW a former mail-in DVD rental turned successful streaming service
January 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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I made a black magical girl + Vampire Romance indie pilot. The Three tomes

A teen girl gets the powers of a witch and must face off against a mysterious foe that sends its vampire minions after her and her friends.
youtu.be/5fXFD58D51A?...

#ocs #ocsky #indieanimation #magicalgirl
December 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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There's no BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES/Bruce Timm style ethos without building on what Alex Toth did.
January 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Alex Toth designs might be my most platonic ideal of superhero/sci-fi design. This is the gold/classic standard. I should probably peep this sometime.
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
My real-time reaction to this thread:
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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“Hi ya fellas! #Toonami is still standing! The mission is still the same! A mission with no consistency & a format that needed to be overhauled years ago. Maybe Sony will finally give us the rest of My Hero & Dr Stone now they’re both done. Good things will come to those who wait! Stay Gold!”
January 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Pretty much.

At best it's a announcement of a announcement.

At worst it's them desperately trying to convince the viewership that they still have stuff despite the wait for new shows. And failing.
“Hi ya fellas! #Toonami is still standing! The mission is still the same! A mission with no consistency & a format that needed to be overhauled years ago. Maybe Sony will finally give us the rest of My Hero & Dr Stone now they’re both done. Good things will come to those who wait! Stay Gold!”
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Everything @sovereignmade.bsky.social does impresses me. He gets it. He understands the power of continuity and branding probably more than a lot of folks who actually work in the media.

Looking at his rebranding of Cinemax, it works because it feels authentic.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n1U...
Cinemax Branding (2025) - "Tonight" Menus | Mockup | SovereignMade
YouTube video by SovereignMade
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM