Karl
signalcorps.bsky.social
Karl
@signalcorps.bsky.social
Ex Signals VVV. AI whisperer. Writer. EV fanatic. Canadian. Not fascist.
https://karlplesz.substack.com/
Every good song answers a question. For example, what are these boots for? Are the boys out of town? Who would you not want to be like? What planet did she come from? Who does she talk to? I never get what I want. Are you in love? What do girls want? Isn’t Jesus amazing?
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
10 word movie reviews.
Best in show. Can an entire movie’s dialogue be improvised? This cast did. Carnage. Best ensemble cast story told in one uncut scene ever. Fargo. American cops and robbers who sound just like Canadians, eh?
January 19, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The US Congress once tried to kill the VCR the MPAA’s Jack Valenti famously testified before Congress that “the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.“ The MPAA finally dropped its demands that the VCR be outlawed.
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Imagine someone from the 1960's goes forward to our time. This is how part of a chat with someone from 2026 might go:

1960's person: So, do we have flying cars?
2026 person: Nope
60's: No flying cars!? How about household robot maids?
'26: Uh....no. We have robot vacuums....
60's: Sheesh.
January 19, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If Dr. Suess did IT at your ISP:
(a-la Green Eggs and Ham)

Customer: I need your help to get online.
To browse the webs I do so pine.
Help Desk: We do not help you if you're a doubter.
We do not support you behind a router.
We do not care what's with your mouse.
We do not fix things in your house.
January 19, 2026 at 12:07 AM
On a visit to Montreal, we stayed at the Delta hotel downtown. Our visit coincided with the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. The Delta was the HQ so we knew we'd see comedians and we did. On checking in, I spotted a few. I saw George Burns in a wheelchair being pushed by his assistant. See comments.
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I discovered that the worst thing you can do is to leave an idea in your head. Every story, joke, anecdote, etc are meant to be shared. Will everyone like it? No. But that’s never the point. The point is that everything in your head deserves to live and have the chance to be experienced by others.
January 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM