Phronk
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Had a dream last night that a nuclear bomb dropped nearby and my first instinct was to buy a really delicious cake because calories don’t matter if the world is ending.
January 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Had a dream last night that a nuclear bomb dropped nearby and my first instinct was to buy a really delicious cake because calories don’t matter if the world is ending.
Doomscrolling has more doom than ever and it’s making my mental health bad, but I feel like looking away isn’t the right thing to do either.
January 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Doomscrolling has more doom than ever and it’s making my mental health bad, but I feel like looking away isn’t the right thing to do either.
So this masked killer is somehow both an experienced authority figure who always knows best and should always be obeyed, AND a fragile little guy who can’t help go pew pew with his gun if he gets a little spooked?
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
So this masked killer is somehow both an experienced authority figure who always knows best and should always be obeyed, AND a fragile little guy who can’t help go pew pew with his gun if he gets a little spooked?
Where are all these good guys with guns? All I see are absolute monsters shooting people for no fucking reason and nobody doing anything about it.
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Where are all these good guys with guns? All I see are absolute monsters shooting people for no fucking reason and nobody doing anything about it.
Here are the best albums of 2025, according to me, a random person: phronk.com/2026/01/01/t...
Also movies, TV, games, books. Check it out and see if you disagree enough to yell at me.
Also movies, TV, games, books. Check it out and see if you disagree enough to yell at me.
The Best Stuff of 2025
As usual, here’s a wrap-up of the stuff I liked in 2025. This year, I’ve separated it from a more personal review of my year, which you can find here. The art that affected me in a give…
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January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Here are the best albums of 2025, according to me, a random person: phronk.com/2026/01/01/t...
Also movies, TV, games, books. Check it out and see if you disagree enough to yell at me.
Also movies, TV, games, books. Check it out and see if you disagree enough to yell at me.
Here’s my yearly blog post about what happened in the last 365 days. There was a very specific theme in my life in 2025. phronk.com/2025/12/29/2...
2025 in Review
It’s been a pleasant, mostly regular year. If there is a theme, I’d say it’s that I’ve entered an analogue phase. I’ve stepped back from the digital and embraced the physical. That means vinyl reco…
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December 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here’s my yearly blog post about what happened in the last 365 days. There was a very specific theme in my life in 2025. phronk.com/2025/12/29/2...
Does my mediation bottle really have to describe it as “take it by mouth”?
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Does my mediation bottle really have to describe it as “take it by mouth”?
Merry Christmas if you’re into that sort of thing.
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Merry Christmas if you’re into that sort of thing.
Artificial intelligence may exceed human intelligence, but can it exceed dog intelligence?
LLMs only know language. Dogs don't have language. I don't see any AIs on track to make all the tiny nonverbal decisions needed for a dog to exist and survive in the world.
LLMs only know language. Dogs don't have language. I don't see any AIs on track to make all the tiny nonverbal decisions needed for a dog to exist and survive in the world.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Artificial intelligence may exceed human intelligence, but can it exceed dog intelligence?
LLMs only know language. Dogs don't have language. I don't see any AIs on track to make all the tiny nonverbal decisions needed for a dog to exist and survive in the world.
LLMs only know language. Dogs don't have language. I don't see any AIs on track to make all the tiny nonverbal decisions needed for a dog to exist and survive in the world.
Spiders swallow at least 8 humans every year.
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Spiders swallow at least 8 humans every year.
Yeah I eat “whole foods”
Whole habmurger
Whole habmurger
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Yeah I eat “whole foods”
Whole habmurger
Whole habmurger
Like a frog in boiling water, I am wet.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Like a frog in boiling water, I am wet.
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People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it
It sucks being an Xennial music fan because now all the rock stars from the 70s are dying, and we already went through all the rocks stars from the 90s dying in the 90s.
October 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It sucks being an Xennial music fan because now all the rock stars from the 70s are dying, and we already went through all the rocks stars from the 90s dying in the 90s.
This chick rules.
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This chick rules.
Maybe Sora is just an elaborate way for Sam Altman to get away with crimes on film, because nobody will believe any footage with the first guy to offer up his face to be used in any fake video.
October 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Maybe Sora is just an elaborate way for Sam Altman to get away with crimes on film, because nobody will believe any footage with the first guy to offer up his face to be used in any fake video.
Would be a real shame if the first AI actor became the first AI murder when someone takes a magnet to Tilly Norwood's servers.
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Would be a real shame if the first AI actor became the first AI murder when someone takes a magnet to Tilly Norwood's servers.
I keep hearing about constitutional amendments. Maybe they should do another amendment that says if a president goes to war against his own people, he’s not president any more.
September 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I keep hearing about constitutional amendments. Maybe they should do another amendment that says if a president goes to war against his own people, he’s not president any more.
You don’t really hear about people being “on the cover of a magazine” any more. Sad!!!
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You don’t really hear about people being “on the cover of a magazine” any more. Sad!!!
Google tried to autocorrect "data are" to "data is" and I got so angry I pulled a muscle in my thorax.
September 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Google tried to autocorrect "data are" to "data is" and I got so angry I pulled a muscle in my thorax.
Jimmy Kimmel’s back, so I guess I can resubscribe and finish watching my Disney Alien show.
September 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Jimmy Kimmel’s back, so I guess I can resubscribe and finish watching my Disney Alien show.
Did evolution really need to put a toenail on the pinky? That little sliver isn’t doing much for me.
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Did evolution really need to put a toenail on the pinky? That little sliver isn’t doing much for me.