Zane Simon
@zanesimon.bsky.social
Writer/Editor, PNW. Find me on Substack. Face-punch history buff & host of the MMA Vivisection. I also like movies.
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Such a killer shelf! Incidentally, I picked up my copy of The Big Fix novel in a shop in Bainbridge during a Seattle visit.
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Such a killer shelf! Incidentally, I picked up my copy of The Big Fix novel in a shop in Bainbridge during a Seattle visit.
This Week’s Movies:
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Heart and Souls
The Secret
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Heart and Souls
The Secret
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
This Week’s Movies:
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Heart and Souls
The Secret
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Heart and Souls
The Secret
Got my own shelf at @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social!
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Got my own shelf at @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social!
If only I could get one to Seattle. Would love to own my own little video kiosk.
If you have the space, means and collection: a northern Texas warehouse full of proto-Redbox VHS vending machines from the mid-1980s is being evicted. The machines are free and whatever isn't taken will imminently be scrapped.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:08 AM
If only I could get one to Seattle. Would love to own my own little video kiosk.
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Still chuckling about @zanesimon.bsky.social and Phil being unaware of JOIs as @kingtypo.bsky.social explains it to them.
The MMA Depressed-us: 2025's Worst (part 2)
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The MMA Depressed-us: 2025's Worst (part 2)
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The MMA Depressed-us: 2025's Worst (part 2)
Our triple threat team of critics is giving you the gift of a two-part series of misery as they do a rundown of the worst fights of 2025 (part 2) in this week's episode.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Still chuckling about @zanesimon.bsky.social and Phil being unaware of JOIs as @kingtypo.bsky.social explains it to them.
The MMA Depressed-us: 2025's Worst (part 2)
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The MMA Depressed-us: 2025's Worst (part 2)
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This Week’s Movies
He Died with a Falafel in His Hand
The Last Blood
Le Pont du Nord
Mademoiselle
He Died with a Falafel in His Hand
The Last Blood
Le Pont du Nord
Mademoiselle
January 19, 2026 at 5:08 AM
This Week’s Movies
He Died with a Falafel in His Hand
The Last Blood
Le Pont du Nord
Mademoiselle
He Died with a Falafel in His Hand
The Last Blood
Le Pont du Nord
Mademoiselle
Literally everyone in Seattle needs to see this though.
There's an outside chance that the seahawks play the patriots in the superbowl and I really don't want to watch seattle steamroll new england.
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Literally everyone in Seattle needs to see this though.
My video store membership now allows me to rent 2 for 1 on Sundays, which means after years of going to the video store every Wednesday, that is no longer my thing. Kinda fucking up my whole identity.
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
My video store membership now allows me to rent 2 for 1 on Sundays, which means after years of going to the video store every Wednesday, that is no longer my thing. Kinda fucking up my whole identity.
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my sort of underbaked take is i liked the dilbert comic strip as a kid because its depiction of a banal and arbitrary work environment where nonsensical top-down policies dictated my life resonated much more with my experience of school than my life later in the work force
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
my sort of underbaked take is i liked the dilbert comic strip as a kid because its depiction of a banal and arbitrary work environment where nonsensical top-down policies dictated my life resonated much more with my experience of school than my life later in the work force
This Week’s Movies
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Death and the Compass
Uptown Girls
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Death and the Compass
Uptown Girls
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
This Week’s Movies
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Death and the Compass
Uptown Girls
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Death and the Compass
Uptown Girls
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
One of the most beautiful songs ever sung and it pretty much boils down to “I showed u my dick, pls respond.”
Raglan Road - Luke Kelly
YouTube video by The Dubliners
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January 9, 2026 at 5:58 AM
One of the most beautiful songs ever sung and it pretty much boils down to “I showed u my dick, pls respond.”
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Honestly one of my favorite things about the Depressed Us is when @zanesimon.bsky.social, @kingtypo.bsky.social and Phil just talk about MMA at large when ignoring the bad fight they've asked to watch alomg with.
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The MMA Depressed-us: 2025's Worst (part 1)
Our triple threat team of critics is giving you the gift of a two-part series of misery as they do a rundown of the worst fights of 2025 in this week's episode.
substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Honestly one of my favorite things about the Depressed Us is when @zanesimon.bsky.social, @kingtypo.bsky.social and Phil just talk about MMA at large when ignoring the bad fight they've asked to watch alomg with.
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substack.com/@mmadraw/not...
This Week’s Movies:
Burn Witch Burn
The Detective’s Story
Ruthless People
The Squeeze
Burn Witch Burn
The Detective’s Story
Ruthless People
The Squeeze
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 AM
This Week’s Movies:
Burn Witch Burn
The Detective’s Story
Ruthless People
The Squeeze
Burn Witch Burn
The Detective’s Story
Ruthless People
The Squeeze
Found a company that will ship anywhere in the world. Antarctica, North Korea... anywhere. But not the US. I honestly respect it.
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Found a company that will ship anywhere in the world. Antarctica, North Korea... anywhere. But not the US. I honestly respect it.
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I did try the watch along, but when @zanesimon.bsky.social suggested to Phil that he should just watch MacGruber, I decided to watch MacGruber.
The MMA Depressed-us: Randy Couture X-mas
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The MMA Depressed-us: Randy Couture X-mas
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The MMA Depressed-us: Randy Couture X-mas
Our triple threat team of critics is taking you on a wild ride with Randy Couture as he battles a fallen angel in this week's episode.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I did try the watch along, but when @zanesimon.bsky.social suggested to Phil that he should just watch MacGruber, I decided to watch MacGruber.
The MMA Depressed-us: Randy Couture X-mas
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The MMA Depressed-us: Randy Couture X-mas
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not a comment on Stranger Things in particular but this idea of feeling nostalgic not for an imagined past, but a nostalgic longing *for a time you could feel nostalgia for an imagined past* is a surprisingly apt summary of Gen X and millennial fascist aesthetics and messaging
Review: The “Stranger Things” series finale leveraged our nostalgia, not just for the ’80s, but for every one of the nine years we’ve been watching.
Review | Love triumphs over lore in the teary ‘Stranger Things’ finale
The hit Netflix show ended its nine-year run with a long, emotional, very ’80s epilogue.
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January 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
not a comment on Stranger Things in particular but this idea of feeling nostalgic not for an imagined past, but a nostalgic longing *for a time you could feel nostalgia for an imagined past* is a surprisingly apt summary of Gen X and millennial fascist aesthetics and messaging
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My man looks like he puts rohypnol in cotton candy
December 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My man looks like he puts rohypnol in cotton candy
This Week’s Movies
Waiting for Guffman
The House that Screamed
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Cry of the City
Waiting for Guffman
The House that Screamed
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Cry of the City
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 AM
This Week’s Movies
Waiting for Guffman
The House that Screamed
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Cry of the City
Waiting for Guffman
The House that Screamed
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Cry of the City
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Put together some thoughts about Mike F and his greatest posts for @flaminghydra.com
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December 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Put together some thoughts about Mike F and his greatest posts for @flaminghydra.com
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flaminghydra.com/in-post-memo...
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Still time for a Patrick Swayze Christmas.
December 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Still time for a Patrick Swayze Christmas.
Just heard the line, “people who are willing to give advice should also be willing to give some help.” And goddamn if that isn’t a great life lesson.
December 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Just heard the line, “people who are willing to give advice should also be willing to give some help.” And goddamn if that isn’t a great life lesson.
Terrific film. Especially if you hate the holidays.
Going in...
"Here is one of my favorite Christmas films: Blast of Silence."
"Here is one of my favorite Christmas films: Blast of Silence."
December 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Terrific film. Especially if you hate the holidays.
This Week’s Movies:
Last Holiday
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Raiders of Atlantis
Seduced and Abandoned
Last Holiday
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Raiders of Atlantis
Seduced and Abandoned
December 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This Week’s Movies:
Last Holiday
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Raiders of Atlantis
Seduced and Abandoned
Last Holiday
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Raiders of Atlantis
Seduced and Abandoned