Alan MacKenzie
@alanmac9.bsky.social
Ramblings about comics and TV shows, mostly.
Just read a comment that Person of Interest should be remade because it's more relevant in the present day and now I want to shrivel into dust. It came out five minutes ago!
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Just read a comment that Person of Interest should be remade because it's more relevant in the present day and now I want to shrivel into dust. It came out five minutes ago!
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Glad Star Trek now exists in LEGO form so I can do dumb things such as recreate scenes like this. #iykyk #definitelyfuckedaghost #subrosa
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Glad Star Trek now exists in LEGO form so I can do dumb things such as recreate scenes like this. #iykyk #definitelyfuckedaghost #subrosa
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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You been hit by a smooth hymnal
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
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BREAKING: Scrooge McDuck is requesting government support to help guarantee his money pit is sufficiently deep for him to dive into and swim laps.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
BREAKING: Scrooge McDuck is requesting government support to help guarantee his money pit is sufficiently deep for him to dive into and swim laps.
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
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My wife and I rode this giant steampunk elephant in Nantes France two weeks ago
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My wife and I rode this giant steampunk elephant in Nantes France two weeks ago
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“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.”
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October 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.”
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incroyable
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
incroyable
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The animating purpose of representative democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of insane rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. The rest is wainscoting.
New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The animating purpose of representative democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of insane rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. The rest is wainscoting.
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I'm not sure why people want to be raptored, but nostalgia is weird like that.
September 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I'm not sure why people want to be raptored, but nostalgia is weird like that.
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September 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The Mandrake the Magician Sunday strip from September 6, 1959.
September 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Mandrake the Magician Sunday strip from September 6, 1959.
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
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