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Home of Nick Knacks, a show-by-show retrospective on Nickelodeon. You can call me Gregiffer. Bi, they/them. youtube.com/user/poparena
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· Nov 15
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The Pop Arena! Home of Nick Knacks, an show-by-show retrospective on the entire forty year history of Nickelodeon! Also, the Animorphs Book and Episode Guide, The Goosebumps Monthly, the Doctor Who Bo...
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I should probably have a pinned intro post, huh? Hi, I'm Gregiffer, I'm a queer Youtuber running the Pop Arena channel. I cover a lot of stuff, but my main project is Nick Knacks, a history of Nickelodeon that looks at every single show that ever aired on the channel.
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A good-but-not-S-tier season comedy wise, but this series of Taskmaster was bonkers from a sports perspective, just a real nail biter. You could tell production was not ready for how tight the scores were going to be there at the end.
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A good-but-not-S-tier season comedy wise, but this series of Taskmaster was bonkers from a sports perspective, just a real nail biter. You could tell production was not ready for how tight the scores were going to be there at the end.
We need to bring back cheap terrible cartoons based on popular bands and artists. I want an animated Post Malone teaching kids to not pollute! I want Imagine Dragons with actual dragons! I want Sabrina Carpenter the Teenage Witch!
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We need to bring back cheap terrible cartoons based on popular bands and artists. I want an animated Post Malone teaching kids to not pollute! I want Imagine Dragons with actual dragons! I want Sabrina Carpenter the Teenage Witch!
Ugh, there's gonna be so many AI images of "Donald and Bubba," noooooooooo
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Ugh, there's gonna be so many AI images of "Donald and Bubba," noooooooooo
Catching up on some recent movies, plus a Tatsuya Nakadai film in tribute to his recent passing.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Catching up on some recent movies, plus a Tatsuya Nakadai film in tribute to his recent passing.
letterboxd.com/poparena/
letterboxd.com/poparena/
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I'm legit astonished that 20,000 documents from the Epstein Files were made public, one outlet even made it searchable to the public, and it still hasn't shown up on Bluesky's trending topics. Are we so siloed that things can just be buried in plain site now?
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm legit astonished that 20,000 documents from the Epstein Files were made public, one outlet even made it searchable to the public, and it still hasn't shown up on Bluesky's trending topics. Are we so siloed that things can just be buried in plain site now?
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
I've been lost way too long. I know there's a path somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't find it. It's hard to keep searching at this point.
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I've been lost way too long. I know there's a path somewhere, but for the life of me, I can't find it. It's hard to keep searching at this point.
I've never been the biggest Poker Face fan, but I respect Rian Johnson's grift of cramming every single iconic actor he can into his career. Take a chance on new talent? Fuck that, Ethan Hawke can play "guy who sprays people's mouths."
This is...wild.
Poker Face with Natasha Lyonne is done on Peacock but Rian Johnson is shopping an immediate reboot with Peter Dinklage.
Poker Face with Natasha Lyonne is done on Peacock but Rian Johnson is shopping an immediate reboot with Peter Dinklage.
Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
deadline.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I've never been the biggest Poker Face fan, but I respect Rian Johnson's grift of cramming every single iconic actor he can into his career. Take a chance on new talent? Fuck that, Ethan Hawke can play "guy who sprays people's mouths."
That feature is going to be live for all of 18 minutes before somebody figures out the right prompts for Elsa porn.
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That feature is going to be live for all of 18 minutes before somebody figures out the right prompts for Elsa porn.
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{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
Let me just say that Valve really knows their audience by picking these two as poster children for the Steam Machine:
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
Okay, but what if boys smooched boys and girls smooched girls? Could you even imagine?
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Okay, but what if boys smooched boys and girls smooched girls? Could you even imagine?
lol, this post is getting a third wind. Trans rights!
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the 7th episode of Dirty Pair, "愛こそすべて命賭けます逃避行!!" or "Love Is Everything, Betting Their Lives on Elopement", one of the most overtly trans-positive episodes of anime of its era. This was the future they predicted for us in 1985. We can still get there.
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
lol, this post is getting a third wind. Trans rights!
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...I should call him.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
...I should call him.
There's no way in hell that THIS is better than bullion...
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
There's no way in hell that THIS is better than bullion...
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I had the privilege to talk with Diane Walton, long-time editor of On Spec, Canada's premier sci-fi and fantasy magazine, as she heads into retirement and the publication wraps an impressive 35-year run.
Check it all out on CBC Arts: www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
#Canada
#CanadaWrites
#SFF
#SciFi
Check it all out on CBC Arts: www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
#Canada
#CanadaWrites
#SFF
#SciFi
Canada’s premier speculative fiction magazine calls it a day after 35 years | CBC Arts
Edmonton-based On Spec, which showcased authors like Julie E. Czerneda, Tony Pi and a young Cory Doctorow, will publish its final issue in December
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I had the privilege to talk with Diane Walton, long-time editor of On Spec, Canada's premier sci-fi and fantasy magazine, as she heads into retirement and the publication wraps an impressive 35-year run.
Check it all out on CBC Arts: www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
#Canada
#CanadaWrites
#SFF
#SciFi
Check it all out on CBC Arts: www.cbc.ca/arts/on-spec...
#Canada
#CanadaWrites
#SFF
#SciFi
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KATIE WILSON IS THE NEXT MAYOR OF SEATTLE, THE EVIL HAS BEEN DEFEATED
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
KATIE WILSON IS THE NEXT MAYOR OF SEATTLE, THE EVIL HAS BEEN DEFEATED
Okay, cool! I hope they make sure to actually pay things off instead of gamble on there being another season this time.
Alien: Earth has been Renewed for Season 2
Series Creator Noah Hawley Inks A New Overall Deal With FX and Disney Entertainment Television
(Source: Deadline)
Series Creator Noah Hawley Inks A New Overall Deal With FX and Disney Entertainment Television
(Source: Deadline)
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Okay, cool! I hope they make sure to actually pay things off instead of gamble on there being another season this time.
The head. It aches. No fun.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The head. It aches. No fun.
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At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
100% this is just drumming up publicity and there isn't actually a problem, but I do think we as a society need to embrace loosey-goosey continuity more.
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...
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...
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
100% this is just drumming up publicity and there isn't actually a problem, but I do think we as a society need to embrace loosey-goosey continuity more.
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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
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
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Kazuki Motoyama / 本山一城, author of several manga adaptations of Super Mario, has passed away according to his sister. He was 69 years old.
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Kazuki Motoyama / 本山一城, author of several manga adaptations of Super Mario, has passed away according to his sister. He was 69 years old.
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
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This is why I will never, ever trust dynamic podcast ads unless I can handpick every single one.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.
Someone just told me that spotify is running ice ads before the @thezeldacast.bsky.social
Fuck that
community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Pod... fill this out if you hear that garbage on any of my podcasts.
Fuck that
community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Pod... fill this out if you hear that garbage on any of my podcasts.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is why I will never, ever trust dynamic podcast ads unless I can handpick every single one.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.