What Is Brain?
@ericmorse.bsky.social
📰 Something something editor something something New York something
🌆 NYC
✊ Union member
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+
♾️ Autistic
☕️ Sober
🐈 Cat dad
❎ Gen X
🌆 NYC
✊ Union member
🏳️🌈 LGBTQIA+
♾️ Autistic
☕️ Sober
🐈 Cat dad
❎ Gen X
Is that like the brown acid at Woodstock?
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Is that like the brown acid at Woodstock?
Puts me in mind of another piece assessing a veteran actor's late-career work, with an all-time great headline:
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
What Should Liam Neeson Punch Next?
In The Grey, Liam Neeson takes on some wolves. We wonder what he can possibly take on next.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Puts me in mind of another piece assessing a veteran actor's late-career work, with an all-time great headline:
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
www.npr.org/2012/01/25/1...
I got one a similar message on LinkedIn telling me my background made me an excellent candidate to enroll in a master's degree program in electrical engineering. It was the best laugh I've had in a long time
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I got one a similar message on LinkedIn telling me my background made me an excellent candidate to enroll in a master's degree program in electrical engineering. It was the best laugh I've had in a long time
I have read cricket articles out loud to British and Australian people and gotten blank looks in return
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have read cricket articles out loud to British and Australian people and gotten blank looks in return
The What Is New York account on Instagram just had a post where someone saw one in Wisconsin, which I think is where the factory is. They just drive them over from there
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The What Is New York account on Instagram just had a post where someone saw one in Wisconsin, which I think is where the factory is. They just drive them over from there
These Bond guys are amateurs. The last Terminator film killed off a still-teenage John Connor, effectively retconning the two previous films out of existence. More franchises need to set themselves this kind of challenge
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
These Bond guys are amateurs. The last Terminator film killed off a still-teenage John Connor, effectively retconning the two previous films out of existence. More franchises need to set themselves this kind of challenge
Is he largely forgotten though? There's a popular show on Prime Video based on his books
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Is he largely forgotten though? There's a popular show on Prime Video based on his books
Where are the MythBusters when we need them the most?
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Where are the MythBusters when we need them the most?
It used to be fairly common for leaders in fields like tech and finance to talk about hiring liberal-arts grads because those grads could learn techy/financey things on the job but came in already possessing critical and syncretic thinking abilities
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It used to be fairly common for leaders in fields like tech and finance to talk about hiring liberal-arts grads because those grads could learn techy/financey things on the job but came in already possessing critical and syncretic thinking abilities
Also New York knows the difference between pizza and casserole
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Also New York knows the difference between pizza and casserole
Giggling? Cackling!
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Giggling? Cackling!
It is our lot to be loathed
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It is our lot to be loathed
... says a journalist
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
... says a journalist
LOL Bsky is flagging movie FX blood as "graphic media"
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
LOL Bsky is flagging movie FX blood as "graphic media"
Not really a Jays fan, but I made this right after the game ended just for funsies
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Not really a Jays fan, but I made this right after the game ended just for funsies
Wind is caused by gravity, everyone knows this
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wind is caused by gravity, everyone knows this
"Americans don't use pepper mills" says person who has never been to one of the roughly 3 million American restaurants where a server will bring a pepper mill to your table and ask if you want fresh ground pepper
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Americans don't use pepper mills" says person who has never been to one of the roughly 3 million American restaurants where a server will bring a pepper mill to your table and ask if you want fresh ground pepper
If all of the tablets come out, the number that will subsequently go back into the bottle:
• all but one
• all but three
• all of them
• all but one
• all but three
• all of them
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If all of the tablets come out, the number that will subsequently go back into the bottle:
• all but one
• all but three
• all of them
• all but one
• all but three
• all of them
If only one tablet comes out, the number that will come out on subsequent attempts:
• two
• all of them
• two
• all of them
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If only one tablet comes out, the number that will come out on subsequent attempts:
• two
• all of them
• two
• all of them
If three tablets come out, the number that will subsequently go back into the bottle:
• two
• all of them
• two
• all of them
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If three tablets come out, the number that will subsequently go back into the bottle:
• two
• all of them
• two
• all of them
Try editing the work of people who think "epicenter" is just a sexier word for "center" and will die on that hill rather than acknowledge a distinction
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Try editing the work of people who think "epicenter" is just a sexier word for "center" and will die on that hill rather than acknowledge a distinction
OKCupid spent years trying to match me with one of two types: Type A CrossFit enthusiasts or thuggish Eastern European guys clearly looking for sugar daddies. They finally broke the mold by pushing me toward a guy who was in Texas and "can't leave the state for legal reasons"
October 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
OKCupid spent years trying to match me with one of two types: Type A CrossFit enthusiasts or thuggish Eastern European guys clearly looking for sugar daddies. They finally broke the mold by pushing me toward a guy who was in Texas and "can't leave the state for legal reasons"