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Nerd-About-Town. Co-Host of The Eurowhat? Podcast. he/him. goodatinter.net @eurowhat.bsky.social

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 7d

on the latest episode of the podcast:

while our previously-announced episode on joke songs gets a little more time in the oven, we've got a fresh batch of news and process updates to report on!

tune in!

The EuroWhat? Podcast @eurowhat.bsky.social · 7d

📰 NEWS EPISODE 📰

It was a busy October in #Eurovision Land: The EBU unscheduled an extraordinary member session, 2 countries announced their return to the Contest, and several national selections are getting their ducks in a row: www.eurowhat.com/282

Cover art for Eurowhat 262: Momentum. A man with his back to the camera looks at newspapers displayed on a wall.

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d.ly @dly.bsky.social · Oct 11

the awouwa boweawis

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 9h

BLEH!!! Zhey don't love you like I love you. BLEH!!! Zhey don't love you like I love you. Baaaats baaaats baaaaaaats baaaats

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 1d

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

CHOAM Nomsky (thankful) @samthielman.com · 1d

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates:

"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.

QT of @avidreader1000
Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 7h

Boston friends: aurora due north!

B-Side @benmsmith.com · 11h

new Robyn song tomorrow at 12:30pm ET

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 12h

the new robyn song is going to fix me

::: extremely loud incorrect buzzer sounds :::

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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 14h

I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 16h

Every time somebody posts “zohran derangement syndrome” my brain autocompletes “had a very shiny nose.”

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18h

No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 16h

Boston puzzle/crossword friends!

Who am I seeing at @natanlast.bsky.social’s book event at Harvard Book Store on 12/10?

www.harvard.com/event/natan-...

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 17h

very fun to see who else was road testing their new overcoat on this morning's train commute

all of our basting stitches had been trimmed! good work, team!

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 1d

Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next

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B-Side @benmsmith.com · 19h

I get that the producers haven't shown us Bond's regeneration sequence before, but it's more than time.

Show us the explosion again from a bunch of angles, then a bunch of Time Lord energy, then voila, new Bond. Easy peasy.

Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 1d

James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:

“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

radaronline.com/p/james-bond...

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up

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Kaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · Sep 11

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

screenshot of tweet by @catchaspark_ which reads: i love ishmael "merman hellville"
fakename. love a narrator who opens
his book like "hi. i hate working. do
you ever get depressed? i'm in a great
mood right now and it is NOT a manic
state. anyway, i've googled 10,000
whale facts. fact one: the whale is a
horse and he loves me"

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sexy ludovician @beardynoise.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to inform you all that theres a horny emojipasta about The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

happy edmund👨‍✈️ fitzgerald🚢⚓️ day🌅☀️ to all my favorite💖 SUPERIOR sluts👅💦🌊 5️⃣0️⃣ years ago, the ss edmund fitzgerald ⬇️SANK💥🚢🌊🧊 into the icy depths🥶❄️ of lake superior💧💧 which is the 🌊deepest😛 and LARGEST🍆 great lake by volume😩💦💦 but it’s still not as DEEP😮‍💨 as you’ll be getting tonight 🤤💦👅🍆 in remembrance🙏🏼👆🏼 of the 29 crew members👨‍✈️🧑‍✈️👩‍✈️ that lost their LIVES🪦💔✝️ send this to 2️⃣9️⃣ of your closest freshwater FREAKS💦👅🍆 if you get 0️⃣ back then the 🧙‍♀️ witch of HOEvember🥵🍂has CUM💦 stealin' 🥷if you get 5️⃣ back, you’re just a 🍑😛 SAD slutty sailor 😔⚓️🌊 if you get 1️⃣5️⃣ back you’re a deep water DADDY😩🍒💧but get 2️⃣0️⃣ back and you’re the🍆👅 baddest ore 🪨🧨 whore 😮‍💨 the u.p. has EVER seen 👀😛🍆💦💦 make like the CAPTAIN👨‍✈️🚢🌊 and go DOWN👅🥵🐱 with the ship🍆🍆💦 so pour one out🍺🥂🥃🍹 for the lost BADDIES🔥🥵 on board🚢🌊⚓️✝️ and in honor 🙏🏼😔🪦 of the LEGEND 👑🔥 gorDONG 🍆🎵😏 lightfoot 🦶🏼👅💦 eternally departing➡️✝️ from the world🌎in may 2023 🍒😢💧get absolutely🌊🚢 WRECKed 🍻🍾🥂🍺 and SPREAD 😼💦😩 the MESSAGE👆🏼😏🍌🍑 farther and 😮‍💨🤸‍♀️WIDER😳👅 than ur legs🚢😎🍆💦 have EVER been🤤❄️

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Kolya Flower @kolyaflower.bsky.social · 1d

"Mallmann has always been an evangelist for the magnificence of vegetables (his most recent cookbook is “Green Fire”), and so the list of entrées includes an entire head of cauliflower, which tastes like an entire head of cauliflower." lol

Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 2d

It feels inelegant to say you should read my latest review because it’s very negative. You should read my latest review because it’s insane. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

La Boca Is All Smoke, No Fire

The Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann is notorious for his love of cooking over open flames. With his New York début, he fizzles out.

www.newyorker.com

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Adam Szym @adamszym.bsky.social · 1d

Saying “reading books in public is performative” is a very quick and simple way to communicate to me that you are a stupid little pig I do not need to listen to and in that sense I appreciate it

Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 1d

Oh fuck off

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 2d

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2d

so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

RIP
Vote Blue No Matter Who
???? - November 11, 2025
"Good Fucking Riddance"

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The EuroWhat? Podcast @eurowhat.bsky.social · 2d

Found the first draft of Espresso Macchiato this afternoon -M

A sign that reads “More Spaghetti Less Upsetti”

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

Jules Suzdaltsev @jules.su · 2d

Call them:

Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542

Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224

King (ME)
202 224-5344

Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324

Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451

Masto (NV)
202 224-3542

Warner (VA)
202 224-2023

Fetterman (PA)
No Point

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d

@hels.bsky.social undefeated. one of the greatest food writers in the business.

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