Tom Panarese
@popaff.bsky.social
Podcast host of Pop Culture Affidavit and Required Reading With Tom and Stella. Uncollector. Long Island expat. Long-suffering Mets fan.
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I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am a dev and I dislike AI because
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
•it cannot operate without stolen data
•it does not work reliably
•it lies all the time
•it is terribly inefficient
•it pollutes
•it is/was oversold
•the biggest frauds champion it
•the people behind it are psychos
none of these are unreasonable complaints
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It's always so neat to see Miriam and Noelle still showing up on lists of holiday books to read. ❤️🌈🎄
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14 Holiday Romance Books to Curl Up With This Christmas Season
They're as swoon-worthy as standing under the mistletoe.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It's always so neat to see Miriam and Noelle still showing up on lists of holiday books to read. ❤️🌈🎄
www.marieclaire.com/culture/book...
www.marieclaire.com/culture/book...
My only shopping today will be to my LCS for their quarter-bin sale.
Oh, and we need milk.
Oh, and we need milk.
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My only shopping today will be to my LCS for their quarter-bin sale.
Oh, and we need milk.
Oh, and we need milk.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Billy Joel and Elton John (Dec 2001)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (9/13/2003)
Huey Lewis and the News (1996)
Violent Femmes (2005 or 06)
Marc Broussard with opening acts Sara Barielles and Will Hogue (4/3/2005)
Billy Joel and Elton John (Dec 2001)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (9/13/2003)
Huey Lewis and the News (1996)
Violent Femmes (2005 or 06)
Marc Broussard with opening acts Sara Barielles and Will Hogue (4/3/2005)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
TLC's Crazy Sexy Cool tour
Bob Dylan + Paul Simon
Ani DiFranco
Meatloaf
The Violent Femmes
TLC's Crazy Sexy Cool tour
Bob Dylan + Paul Simon
Ani DiFranco
Meatloaf
The Violent Femmes
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Bangles (I was 14 & ECSTATIC!)
Yo-Yo Ma (twice, and the two best live performances I have EVER seen)
The Cleveland Orchestra (many times)
Peggy Seeger
Iron Maiden (surprisingly often, since I married @patricksamphire.bsky.social !)
The Bangles (I was 14 & ECSTATIC!)
Yo-Yo Ma (twice, and the two best live performances I have EVER seen)
The Cleveland Orchestra (many times)
Peggy Seeger
Iron Maiden (surprisingly often, since I married @patricksamphire.bsky.social !)
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Billy Joel and Elton John (Dec 2001)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (9/13/2003)
Huey Lewis and the News (1996)
Violent Femmes (2005 or 06)
Marc Broussard with opening acts Sara Barielles and Will Hogue (4/3/2005)
Billy Joel and Elton John (Dec 2001)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (9/13/2003)
Huey Lewis and the News (1996)
Violent Femmes (2005 or 06)
Marc Broussard with opening acts Sara Barielles and Will Hogue (4/3/2005)
Damn, I'm this many chapters into writing this. And yes, I still start in longhand.
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Damn, I'm this many chapters into writing this. And yes, I still start in longhand.
Clearly, I need more bookmarks.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Clearly, I need more bookmarks.
Scars are cool. I've got a scar on each arm from where I smacked the underside of the oven rack.
That's like being in a knife fight, right?
That's like being in a knife fight, right?
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Scars are cool. I've got a scar on each arm from where I smacked the underside of the oven rack.
That's like being in a knife fight, right?
That's like being in a knife fight, right?
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Megyn Kelly is not just problematic in her defense of Trump and Epstein…she is emblematic of the decline in humanity infesting the Republican Party. The double standard for the definition of a child. The excuses…the rot at the center of the GOP.
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Excusing Abuse as Political Strategy
Megyn Kelly and the rot within the GOP
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November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Megyn Kelly is not just problematic in her defense of Trump and Epstein…she is emblematic of the decline in humanity infesting the Republican Party. The double standard for the definition of a child. The excuses…the rot at the center of the GOP.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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In this Teen-Titanic episode 231 of The Quarter-Bin Podcast, Tom Panarese @popaff.bsky.social joins me to discuss Tales of the New Teen Titans 3, from 1982, as reprinted on 2024’s Titans: Beast World: Evolution.
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QBP #231 - Tales of the New Teen Titans #3
Quarter-Bin Podcast #231 Tales of the New Teen Titans #3 cover-dated August 1982. "The Changeling," by Marv Wolfman, with art by George Per...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In this Teen-Titanic episode 231 of The Quarter-Bin Podcast, Tom Panarese @popaff.bsky.social joins me to discuss Tales of the New Teen Titans 3, from 1982, as reprinted on 2024’s Titans: Beast World: Evolution.
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relativelygeekypodcast.blogspot.com/2025/11/qbp-...
My latest episode covers the 2025 @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social
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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 166: Geek Meetup — The 2025 Baltimore Comic-Con
At long last, I’m back! And it’s time for the annual coverage of the Baltimore Comic-Con! Join me as I talk about the con experience, meeting up with a number of geek friends, getting s…
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November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My latest episode covers the 2025 @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social
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COMIC: It is time.
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
COMIC: It is time.
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Oh, these are fucking delicious.
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Oh, these are fucking delicious.
This is one of those movies that you have to watch. It's so well done and just gutted me.
On this day in 1983, Lynne Littman's TESTAMENT opened in New York and other select cities.
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is one of those movies that you have to watch. It's so well done and just gutted me.
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i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
Finally finished editing this podcast episode. Will be out tomorrow.
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Finally finished editing this podcast episode. Will be out tomorrow.
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That’s by design. Billionaires monetize rage bait, and it has the added bonus of keeping us fighting with each other while they rob us blind. But one day soon, all the anger from the culture wars they’ve cultivated to distract us from the class war will be turned on them.
One of the biggest revelations of the social media age imo is how much people are addicted to getting mad, so much so that they'll actively create reasons when there are none.
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That’s by design. Billionaires monetize rage bait, and it has the added bonus of keeping us fighting with each other while they rob us blind. But one day soon, all the anger from the culture wars they’ve cultivated to distract us from the class war will be turned on them.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
Friday is Halloween and I have three blocks of freshmen.
a cartoon of homer simpson screaming with his mouth open
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson screaming with his mouth open
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October 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Friday is Halloween and I have three blocks of freshmen.
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Saddest thing is seeing all these aspirants looking for the magical art space or situation or person that will make their art life dreams come true.
There isn't one. If you can't work through the bad stuff, you'll never get to the good stuff.
There isn't one. If you can't work through the bad stuff, you'll never get to the good stuff.
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Saddest thing is seeing all these aspirants looking for the magical art space or situation or person that will make their art life dreams come true.
There isn't one. If you can't work through the bad stuff, you'll never get to the good stuff.
There isn't one. If you can't work through the bad stuff, you'll never get to the good stuff.
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And in that moment, standing in my kitchen, phone in hand, staring at the rubble, three words filled my body like fire.
I hate him.
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I hate him.
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Breadlines and Ballrooms
He’s burning history while America fights to feed itself.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
And in that moment, standing in my kitchen, phone in hand, staring at the rubble, three words filled my body like fire.
I hate him.
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I hate him.
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This is my level of nerdy con planning.
I put more effort into this than I do lesson planning.
I put more effort into this than I do lesson planning.
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is my level of nerdy con planning.
I put more effort into this than I do lesson planning.
I put more effort into this than I do lesson planning.
It's Baltimore Comic-Con Day!!! @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's Baltimore Comic-Con Day!!! @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social
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It's actually remarkably easy to not ever use ChatGPT.
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's actually remarkably easy to not ever use ChatGPT.
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