Thielavision
@thielavision.bsky.social
Retired public broadcaster. Sixtysomethig nerd. Not related to that *other* Thiel.
I will block any “followers” who are following more than 1,000 people.
I will block any “followers” who are following more than 1,000 people.
I didn’t think it was possible for me to respect you more, but then you came out as a Speed Racer fan.
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I didn’t think it was possible for me to respect you more, but then you came out as a Speed Racer fan.
Yeah, it’s drawing heavily on the imagery of “Warhammer 40,000,” a wargame that is intended to satirize fascism. (Of course, plenty of folks miss or ignore the satire, so the overall point stands.)
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yeah, it’s drawing heavily on the imagery of “Warhammer 40,000,” a wargame that is intended to satirize fascism. (Of course, plenty of folks miss or ignore the satire, so the overall point stands.)
New meaning to the phrase “Mandelbrot Set.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New meaning to the phrase “Mandelbrot Set.”
Oh no! The Horror of Synchro-Vox!
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Oh no! The Horror of Synchro-Vox!
And Klendathu is on the far side of the Milky Way!
October 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
And Klendathu is on the far side of the Milky Way!
Stole your idea.
September 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Stole your idea.
Crazy idea here: the way to get it back on the air is to put it back on the air.
This is the Walt Fucking Disney Company. I’m pretty sure they’re capable of making TV shows.
This is the Walt Fucking Disney Company. I’m pretty sure they’re capable of making TV shows.
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Crazy idea here: the way to get it back on the air is to put it back on the air.
This is the Walt Fucking Disney Company. I’m pretty sure they’re capable of making TV shows.
This is the Walt Fucking Disney Company. I’m pretty sure they’re capable of making TV shows.
And he wasn’t even a disembodied hand in Addams’ cartoons. He was a creature that peeked in from the margins.
September 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
And he wasn’t even a disembodied hand in Addams’ cartoons. He was a creature that peeked in from the margins.
Using a photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
September 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Using a photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
So, is this reality, Superboy didn’t put out the fire in young Lex’s lab.
July 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So, is this reality, Superboy didn’t put out the fire in young Lex’s lab.
Our local Nexstar TV affiliate (Champaign, IL) just broadcast this chyron during its 6 pm newscast. “Imprisoned Epstein ex-girlfriend” is certainly burying the lede. “Convicted sex trafficker” is fewer characters and more accurate.
July 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Our local Nexstar TV affiliate (Champaign, IL) just broadcast this chyron during its 6 pm newscast. “Imprisoned Epstein ex-girlfriend” is certainly burying the lede. “Convicted sex trafficker” is fewer characters and more accurate.
@wcia3news.bsky.social Really? “Imprisoned Epstein ex-girlfriend?” Way to bury the lede. “Convicted sex-trafficker” is fewer characters and far, far more accurate.
July 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
@wcia3news.bsky.social Really? “Imprisoned Epstein ex-girlfriend?” Way to bury the lede. “Convicted sex-trafficker” is fewer characters and far, far more accurate.
I had been thinking that the gremlin on “The Simpsons” was based on the one from the TZ movie, but I don’t suppose it’s that close.
July 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I had been thinking that the gremlin on “The Simpsons” was based on the one from the TZ movie, but I don’t suppose it’s that close.
Oh! Internet Archive has a compilation of Serling’s three volumes of short stories based on his TZ scripts. Here’s the relevant page:
July 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Oh! Internet Archive has a compilation of Serling’s three volumes of short stories based on his TZ scripts. Here’s the relevant page:
This is the Mrs. Voorhees I saw at Target last week. The alternate expressions are kinda hilarious.
July 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is the Mrs. Voorhees I saw at Target last week. The alternate expressions are kinda hilarious.
I don’t think this rifle will shoot straight, and regardless, it’s not a good idea to hold someone else’s gun by the barrel.
June 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I don’t think this rifle will shoot straight, and regardless, it’s not a good idea to hold someone else’s gun by the barrel.
@ryannorth.ca Was this just a misdirect? I thought we were going to find out that an evil entity (slightly more evil, at least) was masquerading as Pulaski in issue 8, but if there was anything there, I missed it.
(Though, apparently, Beverly Crusher is still tied up in a trunk.)
(Though, apparently, Beverly Crusher is still tied up in a trunk.)
June 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@ryannorth.ca Was this just a misdirect? I thought we were going to find out that an evil entity (slightly more evil, at least) was masquerading as Pulaski in issue 8, but if there was anything there, I missed it.
(Though, apparently, Beverly Crusher is still tied up in a trunk.)
(Though, apparently, Beverly Crusher is still tied up in a trunk.)
The only King I recognize.
June 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The only King I recognize.
Describe your favorite movie in the most misleading way possible.
An aspiring actress gets her big break on Broadway, rises to new heights.
An aspiring actress gets her big break on Broadway, rises to new heights.
June 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Describe your favorite movie in the most misleading way possible.
An aspiring actress gets her big break on Broadway, rises to new heights.
An aspiring actress gets her big break on Broadway, rises to new heights.
I’ve never seen the movie, but the Twonky itself is commemorated in the board game “Robo Rally.” One of the robots racing across a dangerous factory floor is a little TV-shaped droid named Twonky. I always insist on playing him.
June 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I’ve never seen the movie, but the Twonky itself is commemorated in the board game “Robo Rally.” One of the robots racing across a dangerous factory floor is a little TV-shaped droid named Twonky. I always insist on playing him.
I originally went with the obvious answer—Mary Ann—but I think Becky Thatcher from the weird Hanna-Barbera live-action/cartoon hybrid “The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a choice that says more about me.
May 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I originally went with the obvious answer—Mary Ann—but I think Becky Thatcher from the weird Hanna-Barbera live-action/cartoon hybrid “The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a choice that says more about me.