Seth Brown
@risingpun.bsky.social
Freelance writer/humor columnist/sushi enthusiast
National Press Club's 2024 Angele Gingras Humor Award winner
My free semi-monthly newsletter has bad puns, jokes in parentheses, and very rarely, insightful commentary:
https://buttondown.email/RisingPun
National Press Club's 2024 Angele Gingras Humor Award winner
My free semi-monthly newsletter has bad puns, jokes in parentheses, and very rarely, insightful commentary:
https://buttondown.email/RisingPun
School shootings don't happen in other countries but keep happening here because they are a policy decision, which is something I hope that we might revisit next time we have a government that cares about the well-being of all its citizens.
December 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
School shootings don't happen in other countries but keep happening here because they are a policy decision, which is something I hope that we might revisit next time we have a government that cares about the well-being of all its citizens.
I think winter would be more popular if it wasn't so cold.
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I think winter would be more popular if it wasn't so cold.
Every day there are countless new examples of AI confidently providing blatantly false information.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Every day there are countless new examples of AI confidently providing blatantly false information.
www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...
www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...
Some holiday thoughts on avoiding zombies and becoming immortal:
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[Seth Says] Finding Immortality, Avoiding Zombies
When Mel Brooks as the 2000 Year Old Man was asked for the secret to his long life, he said, "Don't die." Sage advice (don't use too much sage in your...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Some holiday thoughts on avoiding zombies and becoming immortal:
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We at SlopGPT are pleased to announce that this holiday season, we're giving you the gift of adding more AI to everything! So look for us when you're searching for recipes online. Or don't look for us, but expect to find us anyway!
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A holiday message from SlopGPT
We at SlopGPT are pleased to announce that this holiday season, we’ll be giving you the gift of adding more artificial intelligence to everything. No need to thank us; this
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December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We at SlopGPT are pleased to announce that this holiday season, we're giving you the gift of adding more AI to everything! So look for us when you're searching for recipes online. Or don't look for us, but expect to find us anyway!
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I was gonna post a joke about the Torah, but it would require too much scrolling.
thought I had a joke about Parshat Balak but I was just talking out of my ass
I tried to make a joke about Genesis, but I couldn't just make one up out of nowhere.
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I was gonna post a joke about the Torah, but it would require too much scrolling.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. (No Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, Marvel, or Disney/Pixar film you watched a billion times because of your kid.)
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. (No Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, Marvel, or Disney/Pixar film you watched a billion times because of your kid.)
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Putin's war in Ukraine shows where authoritarianism can lead: ~1.4 million casualties. An entire generation sacrificed for one man's imperialist delusions.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Putin's war in Ukraine shows where authoritarianism can lead: ~1.4 million casualties. An entire generation sacrificed for one man's imperialist delusions.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
"They sold out once. They'll do it again."
Start of a Black Friday sales ad I saw that could have just as easily been talking about Congress.
Start of a Black Friday sales ad I saw that could have just as easily been talking about Congress.
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"They sold out once. They'll do it again."
Start of a Black Friday sales ad I saw that could have just as easily been talking about Congress.
Start of a Black Friday sales ad I saw that could have just as easily been talking about Congress.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Weird Al Yankovic
They Might Be Giants
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers
Sammus
Weird Al Yankovic
They Might Be Giants
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers
Sammus
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Steeleye Span
Great Big Sea
Gaelic Storm
They Might Be Giants
Les Respectables
Steeleye Span
Great Big Sea
Gaelic Storm
They Might Be Giants
Les Respectables
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Janelle Monàe
Seattle Symphony doing The Rite of Spring
Tinariwen
Abel Selaocoe
Gamelan Pacifica
Janelle Monàe
Seattle Symphony doing The Rite of Spring
Tinariwen
Abel Selaocoe
Gamelan Pacifica
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Weird Al Yankovic
They Might Be Giants
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers
Sammus
Weird Al Yankovic
They Might Be Giants
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers
Sammus
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
I'm not saying we have a problem, but I just had to suggest to @starfishknits.bsky.social that we put up a sign in our kitchen that says "Thank you for not buying mugs".
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm not saying we have a problem, but I just had to suggest to @starfishknits.bsky.social that we put up a sign in our kitchen that says "Thank you for not buying mugs".
Q: Who played the In-curry-edible Hulk?
A: Aloo Ferrigno
A: Aloo Ferrigno
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Q: Who played the In-curry-edible Hulk?
A: Aloo Ferrigno
A: Aloo Ferrigno
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Almost 500k studies showing COVID causes lasting damage… if that doesn’t convince anyone, nothing will.
Source: x.com/Doorenspleet...
Source: x.com/Doorenspleet...
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Almost 500k studies showing COVID causes lasting damage… if that doesn’t convince anyone, nothing will.
Source: x.com/Doorenspleet...
Source: x.com/Doorenspleet...
Fine distinctions seem obvious to genre fans, who can easily distinguish between 7 kinds of sub-sub-genre and explain the differences.
To haters it all looks the same: "Oh, more of this stuff I hate".
Sorta feeling this today with the very granular child-rape distinctions making the rounds.
To haters it all looks the same: "Oh, more of this stuff I hate".
Sorta feeling this today with the very granular child-rape distinctions making the rounds.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Fine distinctions seem obvious to genre fans, who can easily distinguish between 7 kinds of sub-sub-genre and explain the differences.
To haters it all looks the same: "Oh, more of this stuff I hate".
Sorta feeling this today with the very granular child-rape distinctions making the rounds.
To haters it all looks the same: "Oh, more of this stuff I hate".
Sorta feeling this today with the very granular child-rape distinctions making the rounds.
"It must be a great shock for you to be here in what is, for you, 100 years in the future."
"No, it's pretty much the same."
"Pretty much the same? The world has changed drastically!"
"You've still got people, and they're still a pain in the butt."
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"No, it's pretty much the same."
"Pretty much the same? The world has changed drastically!"
"You've still got people, and they're still a pain in the butt."
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The man from the 1920s
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"It must be a great shock for you to be here in what is, for you, 100 years in the future."
"No, it's pretty much the same."
"Pretty much the same? The world has changed drastically!"
"You've still got people, and they're still a pain in the butt."
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"No, it's pretty much the same."
"Pretty much the same? The world has changed drastically!"
"You've still got people, and they're still a pain in the butt."
www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Find the error in the sentence: "We should have shrimp scampi or pizza for dinner."
Answer: the word "or" is incorrect, and should be replaced with "on".
@starfishknits.bsky.social makes a damn fine shrimp scampi pizza.
Answer: the word "or" is incorrect, and should be replaced with "on".
@starfishknits.bsky.social makes a damn fine shrimp scampi pizza.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Find the error in the sentence: "We should have shrimp scampi or pizza for dinner."
Answer: the word "or" is incorrect, and should be replaced with "on".
@starfishknits.bsky.social makes a damn fine shrimp scampi pizza.
Answer: the word "or" is incorrect, and should be replaced with "on".
@starfishknits.bsky.social makes a damn fine shrimp scampi pizza.
Money is dumb because I spent ten minutes talking myself out of spending $5 on a video game and then saw the 4-figure medical bill on my desk.
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Money is dumb because I spent ten minutes talking myself out of spending $5 on a video game and then saw the 4-figure medical bill on my desk.
Oh, Ozymandias, you're the one
Even though your reign's now done
Ozymandias, I'm awfully fond of you
(Bo bo bo de oh)
Ozymandias, King of Kings
Passions stamped on lifeless things
Ozymandias, your feet at least made it through
Even though your reign's now done
Ozymandias, I'm awfully fond of you
(Bo bo bo de oh)
Ozymandias, King of Kings
Passions stamped on lifeless things
Ozymandias, your feet at least made it through
I heard there was a statue tall
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh, Ozymandias, you're the one
Even though your reign's now done
Ozymandias, I'm awfully fond of you
(Bo bo bo de oh)
Ozymandias, King of Kings
Passions stamped on lifeless things
Ozymandias, your feet at least made it through
Even though your reign's now done
Ozymandias, I'm awfully fond of you
(Bo bo bo de oh)
Ozymandias, King of Kings
Passions stamped on lifeless things
Ozymandias, your feet at least made it through
The Halloween issue of my newsletter has all the stuff I forgot last newsletter, plus terrible vampire puns:
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[Seth Says] Forget-Me-Yep
Q: What do you call appetizers for Dracula?A: Vlad Tapas Okay, so it's a bit of an arcane reference (Jinx!), but most bad Halloween puns are all like,...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The Halloween issue of my newsletter has all the stuff I forgot last newsletter, plus terrible vampire puns:
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CBS News is dead.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.
CBS News endured a “traumatic” day Wednesday, as David Ellison’s Paramount slashed hundreds of jobs in a sweeping round of cuts.
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has all the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
@nataliekorach.bsky.social has all the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...
Paramount’s Eye Strain
It was a “traumatic” day at CBS News, as David Ellison’s Paramount unleashed a fresh wave of layoffs across the company, hitting the news division hard.
www.status.news
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
CBS News is dead.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.
A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.
Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.
The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.
Kick them in the profits.