Pam Mandel
@nerdseyeview.bsky.social
Writer, gadfly, spinster, weirdo. More at nerdseyeview.com. I host a podcast about getting fired: https://cannedpodcast.com/
Joining this club.
December 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Joining this club.
i spent four days trying to distill this one hour interview into an essay, figured out what i needed to do on this morning's bike ride. writing is the weirdest damn work. so crazy.
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
i spent four days trying to distill this one hour interview into an essay, figured out what i needed to do on this morning's bike ride. writing is the weirdest damn work. so crazy.
got on the mic with Canned's producer, @amyguth.bsky.social, to talk about the absolute trash sandwich thrown into a trash can drifiting over a trashfall for workers this year has been.
far side crisis clinic dot gif yadda yadda
far side crisis clinic dot gif yadda yadda
2025 In the Can | Home
Kash Patel, AI mediocrity, the guy who voices Goofy, and multiple eff bombs. It's a wrap.
cannedpodcast.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
got on the mic with Canned's producer, @amyguth.bsky.social, to talk about the absolute trash sandwich thrown into a trash can drifiting over a trashfall for workers this year has been.
far side crisis clinic dot gif yadda yadda
far side crisis clinic dot gif yadda yadda
New Oceans film just dropped.
A whopping $400,000 shipment of lobster was stolen after leaving a Massachusetts shipping facility, headed for Costco stores, according to the freight company’s president. on.nbcboston.com/xLIyHqg
$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says
A whopping $400,000 shipment of lobster was stolen as it was headed for Costco stores, according to the lobster company's president.
on.nbcboston.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New Oceans film just dropped.
Welp, today's the day I learned of Bardot's relentless Islamophobia. That's hella unsexy.
December 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Welp, today's the day I learned of Bardot's relentless Islamophobia. That's hella unsexy.
I am always psyched to get Amy on a live mic to talk about em dashes, the suburbs, the end game, and a lot of other things. Loads of eff bombs.
2025 In the Can | Home
Kash Patel, AI mediocrity, the guy who voices Goofy, and multiple eff bombs. It's a wrap.
cannedpodcast.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am always psyched to get Amy on a live mic to talk about em dashes, the suburbs, the end game, and a lot of other things. Loads of eff bombs.
Replace Andrew Jackson.
Tom Petty should be on American currency.
December 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Replace Andrew Jackson.
Share a cartoon you will always love.
December 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Share a cartoon you will always love.
If you're here for posts about flowers, that's bloom scrolling.
If you’re here just to read the frothiest, bubbliest posts, that’s called spumescrolling.
If you're here just to zip by everyone's posts that's called zoomscrolling.
December 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If you're here for posts about flowers, that's bloom scrolling.
i rode my bike on the hard packed sand of the beach today, scattered a flock of seagulls.
A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by AFlockOfSeagullsVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
i rode my bike on the hard packed sand of the beach today, scattered a flock of seagulls.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
in the blur of travel and holidays, i forgot to bump the latest episode of CANNED in which @punchlinecopy.com learns the big lessons from her first "real" job.
S1 E14: Writer | Home
Pace yourselves, kids.
cannedpodcast.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
in the blur of travel and holidays, i forgot to bump the latest episode of CANNED in which @punchlinecopy.com learns the big lessons from her first "real" job.
the lastest in pivot to video is, uh, nope.
smart folks have suggested canned do video, but it's not right for us. i *really* want people to feel comfortable telling me their story, i don't want them to feel like everyone's looking at them.
smart folks have suggested canned do video, but it's not right for us. i *really* want people to feel comfortable telling me their story, i don't want them to feel like everyone's looking at them.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
the lastest in pivot to video is, uh, nope.
smart folks have suggested canned do video, but it's not right for us. i *really* want people to feel comfortable telling me their story, i don't want them to feel like everyone's looking at them.
smart folks have suggested canned do video, but it's not right for us. i *really* want people to feel comfortable telling me their story, i don't want them to feel like everyone's looking at them.
having a younger dog is great coz they get you outside all the time but having an older dog is also great coz they're like, "chill. take a nap, already."
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
having a younger dog is great coz they get you outside all the time but having an older dog is also great coz they're like, "chill. take a nap, already."
On it.
Welcome to SURREAL WEEK, where calories don't count, drinking is governed by airport rules, no one cares how you're dressed, and marathoning old movies is the norm. You have until January 5th when doing absolutely fucking nothing becomes embarrassing again. Do nothing with it wisely.
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On it.
outstanding work here.
December 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
outstanding work here.
i'm not ready.
Perry Bamonte, multi-instrumentalist for the Cure, died over Christmas after a brief illness. Bamonte joined the Cure in 1990, and played keyboards on their 1992 hit ‘Friday I’m in Love.’
The Cure’s Perry Bamonte Dies at 65
Perry Bamonte, multi-instrumentalist for the Cure, died over Christmas after a brief illness. Bamonte joined the Cure in 1990, and played keyboards on their 1992 hit ‘Friday I’m in Love.’
www.vulture.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
i'm not ready.
look, it's not even my holiday but give them a minute, NPR. it was just YESTERDAY. sheesh. if you want to shorten the season, do it on the front end, please.
Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash. n.pr/4sa4RjD
Christmas is over. Here's what to do with your holiday trash
Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash.
n.pr
December 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
look, it's not even my holiday but give them a minute, NPR. it was just YESTERDAY. sheesh. if you want to shorten the season, do it on the front end, please.
Got the doggo out for a walk right before this next front slammed in and took out the power. Again. Jeez.
December 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Got the doggo out for a walk right before this next front slammed in and took out the power. Again. Jeez.
I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your nativity scene down. Unless you're the livestock. Then you're built for tough times.
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your nativity scene down. Unless you're the livestock. Then you're built for tough times.
i'm a wee bit sad, the place i ordered my jewish xmas dinner from had a scheduling glitch and they're not, in fact, open today. :(
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
i'm a wee bit sad, the place i ordered my jewish xmas dinner from had a scheduling glitch and they're not, in fact, open today. :(
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, couldn't ignore the crazy visions of him in LA. He heard that there's a special place, where boys and girls can all be queens every single day.
December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
This storm keeps knocking out the Internet and I'm gonna have to, I dunno, read a book or something.
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This storm keeps knocking out the Internet and I'm gonna have to, I dunno, read a book or something.
I was *really* on the fence about bringing the bike, the forecast has not been great, the weather on the road was AWFUL, and it's kind of a hassle loading and unloading it every night. But today I rode to the beach and it was GLORIOUS.
December 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I was *really* on the fence about bringing the bike, the forecast has not been great, the weather on the road was AWFUL, and it's kind of a hassle loading and unloading it every night. But today I rode to the beach and it was GLORIOUS.