Mike Van Esler
@mikevanesler.bsky.social
associate prof. of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. bad movies, streaming media, anime, and jrpgs
s2 of a chik-fil-a original www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WyR...
Legends of Evergreen Hills | Season 2: 30s Trailer
YouTube video by Chick-fil-A Play
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
s2 of a chik-fil-a original www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WyR...
Despite only rarely watching Dharma and Greg as a tween, I was still somehow able to clock Jenna Elfman in a role in the latest season of Dark Winds. THIS is the millennial superpower
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Despite only rarely watching Dharma and Greg as a tween, I was still somehow able to clock Jenna Elfman in a role in the latest season of Dark Winds. THIS is the millennial superpower
wow, the don is back finally #blessed www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtNd...
Mssingno - Think Of Me
YouTube video by Mssingno M1
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November 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
wow, the don is back finally #blessed www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtNd...
RIP to a real one. some of my favorite work of his was collaborations with hideo gosha
RIP legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Star of Kurosawa's Kagemusha, Ran, many other classics. He was 92. news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
俳優・仲代達矢さん死去 92歳 - Yahoo!ニュース
映画「人間の条件」や黒沢明監督の「影武者」などに主演し、主宰する「無名塾」で後進を育てた俳優で文化勲章受章者の仲代達矢（なかだい・たつや、本名元久＝もとひさ）さんが死去したことが11日、分かった。9
news.yahoo.co.jp
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
RIP to a real one. some of my favorite work of his was collaborations with hideo gosha
folks, it brings me great pleasure to say that 0PN is back after like a decade in the wilderness (safdie bros movie work notwithstanding) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEeC...
Oneohtrix Point Never - D.I.S. (Official Video)
YouTube video by Oneohtrix Point Never
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November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
folks, it brings me great pleasure to say that 0PN is back after like a decade in the wilderness (safdie bros movie work notwithstanding) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEeC...
double salute to whoever is programming the 90s Vevo channel (or their wideorbit lol), going from Vogue to Another Night
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
double salute to whoever is programming the 90s Vevo channel (or their wideorbit lol), going from Vogue to Another Night
alright, it's pretty clear that ellison has no idea what he's doing at this point (this is from a pure strategy perspective, nothing to do with a personal feelings lens that most view skydance/paramount through). Ari's gotta love that he has such a huge sucker with bottomless pockets
David Ellison’s Paramount Inks Five-Year Streaming Deal for Professional Bull Riders’ Unleash the Beast Tour
Paramount and TKO Group's Professional Bull Riders set a new five-year media rights agreement that will make Paramount+ the primary streaming home of PBR's premier tour, Unleash The Beast, starting in...
variety.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
alright, it's pretty clear that ellison has no idea what he's doing at this point (this is from a pure strategy perspective, nothing to do with a personal feelings lens that most view skydance/paramount through). Ari's gotta love that he has such a huge sucker with bottomless pockets
underrated story of the past several years is larry krasner continuing to fend off cuomo-type lickspittle
just in: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is on track to win easily.
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
underrated story of the past several years is larry krasner continuing to fend off cuomo-type lickspittle
goodbye dick cheney you huge piece of shit
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
goodbye dick cheney you huge piece of shit
just saw a coke ad with a disclaimer for and invitation to use their own AI platform. this is so transparently strange-looking that i get depressed thinking about my parents thinking it looks fine www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy6f...
Coca-Cola | Holidays Are Coming
YouTube video by Coca-Cola
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November 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
just saw a coke ad with a disclaimer for and invitation to use their own AI platform. this is so transparently strange-looking that i get depressed thinking about my parents thinking it looks fine www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy6f...
alright, with the offseason here i can officially start hoping that the cardinals will finally rebuild with Chaim Bloom as the GM
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
alright, with the offseason here i can officially start hoping that the cardinals will finally rebuild with Chaim Bloom as the GM
Fox must be absolutely loving this post-season. Seems like MLB ratings are going to keep going up next year
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Fox must be absolutely loving this post-season. Seems like MLB ratings are going to keep going up next year
first bari weiss and now this. ellison's kid is speedrunning his failson trajectory
Big Hollywood news: Taylor Sheridan, TV’s top creator, just got poached. All the details and the wild backstory. ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/taylor-sheri...
Taylor Sheridan Is Leaving Paramount
TV’s top creator has just closed a massive deal with a rival for when his commitments with Paramount are up. It’s a major move for the ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Landman’ creator, but perhaps an even bigger c...
puck.news
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
first bari weiss and now this. ellison's kid is speedrunning his failson trajectory
Another canary in the coal mine. Wouldn’t it suck if the US economy was leveraged to the hilt on AI? www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/...
Meta lays off 600 employees within AI unit
The cuts come as Meta has been pouring billions of dollars into AI
www.cnbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Another canary in the coal mine. Wouldn’t it suck if the US economy was leveraged to the hilt on AI? www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/...
why do journalists and industry types assume this is what audiences want? i don't even mean marilyn in [x], just this idea of little kid imaginary story stuff
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
www.scientificamerican.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
why do journalists and industry types assume this is what audiences want? i don't even mean marilyn in [x], just this idea of little kid imaginary story stuff
people are flipping out about these sora vids that look really bad if they have to do anything that isn't a cartoon
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
people are flipping out about these sora vids that look really bad if they have to do anything that isn't a cartoon
Got a parking ticket and not only are they using surveillance tech to keep track instead of someone physically chalking tires, YOU have to pay the city for their choice of parking surveillance platform. Fuck you!!
September 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Got a parking ticket and not only are they using surveillance tech to keep track instead of someone physically chalking tires, YOU have to pay the city for their choice of parking surveillance platform. Fuck you!!
Another L for the Ivies
Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump admini...
www.thecrimson.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another L for the Ivies
Reposted by Mike Van Esler
Cass Sunstein is just off… He should engage with more scholars in an interdisciplinary way to avoid being Chotiner-ed like this. It’s as if he writes about people and institutions as he wants them to be, not as they are. And he is totally unaware of his blind spots. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Can Liberalism Be Saved?
The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat.
www.newyorker.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cass Sunstein is just off… He should engage with more scholars in an interdisciplinary way to avoid being Chotiner-ed like this. It’s as if he writes about people and institutions as he wants them to be, not as they are. And he is totally unaware of his blind spots. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
consumers have almost no impact on the kimmel stuff. the only impact is going to be disney playing hardball to show their affiliates you cannot go rogue (what the hell's the point of the network system in that case?). threaten to withhold bama/georgia and lsu/ole miss and see how long it lasts
September 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
consumers have almost no impact on the kimmel stuff. the only impact is going to be disney playing hardball to show their affiliates you cannot go rogue (what the hell's the point of the network system in that case?). threaten to withhold bama/georgia and lsu/ole miss and see how long it lasts
Reposted by Mike Van Esler
A statement….with no threat to Disney or call to action of any kind….very Hollywood…. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
400 Celebs Sign Open Letter Backing Jimmy Kimmel, Including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston
An ACLU open letter supporting free speech and condemning Kimmel's suspension draws the support of a long list of Hollywood luminaries.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A statement….with no threat to Disney or call to action of any kind….very Hollywood…. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
looking for a ray of sunshine? check out these ratings
Mon: 23K
Tue: 7K
Wed: 8K
Thu: 15K
Fri: 8K
Mon: 23K
Tue: 7K
Wed: 8K
Thu: 15K
Fri: 8K
Microscopic 'Wake Up Barstool' ratings somehow getting smaller
With its second week numbers, FS1's Wake Up Barstool is trending towards being one of the lowest rated major sports shows of all time.
awfulannouncing.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
looking for a ray of sunshine? check out these ratings
Mon: 23K
Tue: 7K
Wed: 8K
Thu: 15K
Fri: 8K
Mon: 23K
Tue: 7K
Wed: 8K
Thu: 15K
Fri: 8K
palate cleanser
September 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
palate cleanser
reading about a grocery store i went to as a kid: "In their final years in the 1980s and early 1990s, the National slogan in the St. Louis market was, "You're Important to Us!"
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
reading about a grocery store i went to as a kid: "In their final years in the 1980s and early 1990s, the National slogan in the St. Louis market was, "You're Important to Us!"