Tanek
@tanek.bsky.social
The decision to bow to government pressure and take Kimmel off the air made my mother stop watching her morning shows. Before this, the couch could have been on fire and she would not get up without first seeing what was on GMA's deals and steals. Disney may have made a tactical error on this one.
September 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The decision to bow to government pressure and take Kimmel off the air made my mother stop watching her morning shows. Before this, the couch could have been on fire and she would not get up without first seeing what was on GMA's deals and steals. Disney may have made a tactical error on this one.
I'm just saying, if CBS/Paramount are claiming that management is *so* bad, even their highest-rated late night show that's been around for 3 decades is a 40 million dollar loss that needs to be scrapped, maybe Skydance should reconsider how much this lemon is worth.
July 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm just saying, if CBS/Paramount are claiming that management is *so* bad, even their highest-rated late night show that's been around for 3 decades is a 40 million dollar loss that needs to be scrapped, maybe Skydance should reconsider how much this lemon is worth.
In Children of Memory, @aptshadow.bsky.social asks a very important question...How many times can a reader's mind be broken and rebuilt in the span of 480 pages? (Spoiler: many many times😁)
Given the trajectory of this series, I don't know if I'll survive the next one, but I'm definitely reading it.
Given the trajectory of this series, I don't know if I'll survive the next one, but I'm definitely reading it.
July 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In Children of Memory, @aptshadow.bsky.social asks a very important question...How many times can a reader's mind be broken and rebuilt in the span of 480 pages? (Spoiler: many many times😁)
Given the trajectory of this series, I don't know if I'll survive the next one, but I'm definitely reading it.
Given the trajectory of this series, I don't know if I'll survive the next one, but I'm definitely reading it.
I am making full use of the "muted words and tags" feature here today. Amazing how you can get a reprieve from almost all of the current horrors by excluding one name.
July 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I am making full use of the "muted words and tags" feature here today. Amazing how you can get a reprieve from almost all of the current horrors by excluding one name.
I somehow think I have a better connection to this after reading @aptshadow.bsky.social 'Children of Ruin'. 🐙
June 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I somehow think I have a better connection to this after reading @aptshadow.bsky.social 'Children of Ruin'. 🐙
What the artificial idiocy is going on here?
(I have not yet looked at solving the puzzle, so maybe it is a joke? I hope.)
@nytimes.com
(I have not yet looked at solving the puzzle, so maybe it is a joke? I hope.)
@nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What the artificial idiocy is going on here?
(I have not yet looked at solving the puzzle, so maybe it is a joke? I hope.)
@nytimes.com
(I have not yet looked at solving the puzzle, so maybe it is a joke? I hope.)
@nytimes.com
Worldcon and the Hugos *seem* like a good idea, but in practice I'm starting to wonder if the community wouldn't be better off just organizing a way for everyone to post their favorites of the year. I mean, I'm happy for the winners each year, but I get most of my new reading recs from nominees.
May 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Worldcon and the Hugos *seem* like a good idea, but in practice I'm starting to wonder if the community wouldn't be better off just organizing a way for everyone to post their favorites of the year. I mean, I'm happy for the winners each year, but I get most of my new reading recs from nominees.
I would like to see the reactions of these medical conspiracy people if they went to a doctor with a real problem and instead of doing an exam, the doctor pulled out a phone to ask reddit for a diagnosis and treatment.
April 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I would like to see the reactions of these medical conspiracy people if they went to a doctor with a real problem and instead of doing an exam, the doctor pulled out a phone to ask reddit for a diagnosis and treatment.
People need to update their scams. I was just followed by this one...
www.seattletimes.com/business/pol...
www.seattletimes.com/business/pol...
Police warn of social media scams after record Powerball win
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — Police in a Massachusetts city are warning of fake social media accounts that have popped up to scam people since a local woman won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot. Chicope...
www.seattletimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
People need to update their scams. I was just followed by this one...
www.seattletimes.com/business/pol...
www.seattletimes.com/business/pol...
This moment highlights the division between educators and the wealthy people running universities. To one group it may be an institution of higher learning tasked with teaching and encouraging independent critical thinking, but to the other it is just a business tasked with lining their own pockets.
March 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This moment highlights the division between educators and the wealthy people running universities. To one group it may be an institution of higher learning tasked with teaching and encouraging independent critical thinking, but to the other it is just a business tasked with lining their own pockets.
Anyone who voted for this shares a portion of the burden on their conscience if they have one and on their soul if they believe in one.
March 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Anyone who voted for this shares a portion of the burden on their conscience if they have one and on their soul if they believe in one.
Hey, say what you want about the orange menace, but giving everyone permission via executive tweet to do anything necessary to save the county from himself took guts.
February 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Hey, say what you want about the orange menace, but giving everyone permission via executive tweet to do anything necessary to save the county from himself took guts.
Tech companies have obviously learned that if they steal on a large enough scale, nothing will be done about it.
February 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Tech companies have obviously learned that if they steal on a large enough scale, nothing will be done about it.
I'm not even sure why we bother with senate confirmation hearings when it has been proven time and again there is zero consequence for lying your ass off.
Sure, we can point at a transcript later and say "ha! gotcha!", but at that point it is too late and they have exactly what they wanted anyway.
Sure, we can point at a transcript later and say "ha! gotcha!", but at that point it is too late and they have exactly what they wanted anyway.
January 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm not even sure why we bother with senate confirmation hearings when it has been proven time and again there is zero consequence for lying your ass off.
Sure, we can point at a transcript later and say "ha! gotcha!", but at that point it is too late and they have exactly what they wanted anyway.
Sure, we can point at a transcript later and say "ha! gotcha!", but at that point it is too late and they have exactly what they wanted anyway.
"They were only supposed to hurt the people I wanted them to hurt" is maybe not the conscience-clearing excuse some people seem to think it is.
January 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"They were only supposed to hurt the people I wanted them to hurt" is maybe not the conscience-clearing excuse some people seem to think it is.
We are really speedrunning fascism this time, aren't we. It hasn't even been a week.
With a press release titled “U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax,” the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (DOE OCR) has dismissed all complaints of book banning that it had been investigating.
U.S. Dept. of Education Dismisses Book Ban Complaints, Rescinds Agreement in Civil Rights Violations in Forsyth County Book Removals
PEN America and EveryLibrary respond to the action taken by the Trump administration, which called the book bans
www.slj.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We are really speedrunning fascism this time, aren't we. It hasn't even been a week.
I can't wait to see what an update to the endangered species list will look like under the new administration. Looking at other policies, I'm guessing there will be a "Save the guinea worm" initiative.
January 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I can't wait to see what an update to the endangered species list will look like under the new administration. Looking at other policies, I'm guessing there will be a "Save the guinea worm" initiative.
Apropos of nothing...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9D...
The Law & Order Gang | George Carlin | What Am I Doing in New Jersey (1988)
YouTube video by Official George Carlin
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Apropos of nothing...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9D...
I realize recent events have stressed my brain to the point of overreaction, but I fear my bookshelf. Like, what hidden poison threatens to overshadow stories I've loved for years because of the name on the dust jacket? I don't put authors on pedestals, but I admit a few books might be up there.
September 29, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I realize recent events have stressed my brain to the point of overreaction, but I fear my bookshelf. Like, what hidden poison threatens to overshadow stories I've loved for years because of the name on the dust jacket? I don't put authors on pedestals, but I admit a few books might be up there.
As some websites get more and more encrusted with advertisements (and I'm not just talking banners; they have pop-ups, fly-ins, ads that follow as you scroll, ads that cover the text, ads that pretend to BE the text, etc), are they starting to remind anyone else of the gaudiest of old MySpace pages?
September 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
As some websites get more and more encrusted with advertisements (and I'm not just talking banners; they have pop-ups, fly-ins, ads that follow as you scroll, ads that cover the text, ads that pretend to BE the text, etc), are they starting to remind anyone else of the gaudiest of old MySpace pages?
Now that Bluesky has video, does it also have a way to NOT autoplay video?
September 13, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Now that Bluesky has video, does it also have a way to NOT autoplay video?
I wonder what will happen when it is complete and whether I should be far away.
August 11, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I wonder what will happen when it is complete and whether I should be far away.
I'm not saying GRRM has any kind of "responsibility" to readers to deliver on the final ASoIaF books. He owes me nothing. If they don't get written they don't get written. But I do wish he'd at least stop hovering in the corner whispering "soooooooooon......".
July 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
I'm not saying GRRM has any kind of "responsibility" to readers to deliver on the final ASoIaF books. He owes me nothing. If they don't get written they don't get written. But I do wish he'd at least stop hovering in the corner whispering "soooooooooon......".
Am I the only one who hears all these "historical documents" talking points being thrown about (Louisiana, Oklahoma, etc) and instantly thinks of Galaxy Quest?
July 1, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Am I the only one who hears all these "historical documents" talking points being thrown about (Louisiana, Oklahoma, etc) and instantly thinks of Galaxy Quest?
I am reading posts declaring that all these SCOTUS decisions will come back to bite the far right. Even if that is true, it sounds to me like laughing at someone who is busy stabbing you to death because 'boy howdy, the dry cleaning bill to get those blood stains out of your suit is going to hurt'.
July 1, 2024 at 11:17 AM
I am reading posts declaring that all these SCOTUS decisions will come back to bite the far right. Even if that is true, it sounds to me like laughing at someone who is busy stabbing you to death because 'boy howdy, the dry cleaning bill to get those blood stains out of your suit is going to hurt'.