David Welch
@watsonwelch.bsky.social
I’ve made some games and a TV show.
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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1. Social media is now 5% following friends and 95% watching videos made by strangers.
2. Every podcast is turning into a YouTube show.
3. AI companies can't stop building TikTok clones.
Everything is becoming television.
I wrote about why that matters.
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
2. Every podcast is turning into a YouTube show.
3. AI companies can't stop building TikTok clones.
Everything is becoming television.
I wrote about why that matters.
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
Everything Is Television
A theory of culture and attention
www.derekthompson.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
1. Social media is now 5% following friends and 95% watching videos made by strangers.
2. Every podcast is turning into a YouTube show.
3. AI companies can't stop building TikTok clones.
Everything is becoming television.
I wrote about why that matters.
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
2. Every podcast is turning into a YouTube show.
3. AI companies can't stop building TikTok clones.
Everything is becoming television.
I wrote about why that matters.
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everyt...
ironically, HBO became Netflix faster than Netflix became HBO
Netflix is officially buying Warner Bros. Discovery and HBO Max in an $82.7 billion deal.
The announcement came after a weeks-long bidding war that pitted the streaming giant against David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance and Comcast.
The announcement came after a weeks-long bidding war that pitted the streaming giant against David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance and Comcast.
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max in $82.7 Billion Deal
It's official: Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced an agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
variety.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ironically, HBO became Netflix faster than Netflix became HBO
as someone who fetishizes keeping board games & TTRPGs analogue — I think this is brilliant. www.polygon.com/tabletop-sta...
This dungeon-building stamp kit is a game-changer for D&D mapmaking
Tabletop Stamps has already raised more than a quarter-million dollars on Kickstarter
www.polygon.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
as someone who fetishizes keeping board games & TTRPGs analogue — I think this is brilliant. www.polygon.com/tabletop-sta...
Great to see that “this feels like AI slop” has finally replaced “this feels like a video game” as this era’s laziest media critique
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Great to see that “this feels like AI slop” has finally replaced “this feels like a video game” as this era’s laziest media critique
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The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in Eastern Market on Wednesday, nearly 15 years after someone proposed it in a viral social media post.
Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times
Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop. The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...
www.metrotimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in Eastern Market on Wednesday, nearly 15 years after someone proposed it in a viral social media post.
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"Like Midas discovering he couldn’t eat golden food, we’re discovering that car-dependent places can’t sustain the human activities they were meant to enable." www.fastcompany.com/91443440/ame...
American cities have too many streets, parking lots, and garages
We're discovering that car-dependent places can't sustain the human activities they were meant to enable.
www.fastcompany.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Like Midas discovering he couldn’t eat golden food, we’re discovering that car-dependent places can’t sustain the human activities they were meant to enable." www.fastcompany.com/91443440/ame...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
People keep calling The Chair Company “Lynchian”, and I understand why, but I appreciate that while being so unhinged it’s not deadly serious
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
People keep calling The Chair Company “Lynchian”, and I understand why, but I appreciate that while being so unhinged it’s not deadly serious
I have a theory that all modern action movies (especially Marvel) were specifically inspired by the tone and banter of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — i.e. Tom Stoppard. www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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www.creativescreenwriting.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I have a theory that all modern action movies (especially Marvel) were specifically inspired by the tone and banter of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — i.e. Tom Stoppard. www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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watched The Third Man for research. I think all movies should dedicate this much screen time to sewer infrastructure.
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
watched The Third Man for research. I think all movies should dedicate this much screen time to sewer infrastructure.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
apparently in LA you can save $70 on property taxes if you get a "homeowners exemption" — the instructions for how to apply for it are 22 pages long lmao
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
apparently in LA you can save $70 on property taxes if you get a "homeowners exemption" — the instructions for how to apply for it are 22 pages long lmao
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
cannot overstate how good Gou Tanabe’s H.P. Lovecraft adaptations are. I think he’s right up there with Junji Ito
FIRST LOOK 🚨: The next H.P. Lovecraft adaptation from @goutanabe2045.bsky.social, The Shadow Out of Time, releases on December 23rd!
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/4l2Ayqi
#DHManga
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/4l2Ayqi
#DHManga
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
cannot overstate how good Gou Tanabe’s H.P. Lovecraft adaptations are. I think he’s right up there with Junji Ito
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James Cameron says he and Robert Rodriguez have 'sworn a blood oath' to make 'Alita 2'
"We’re making progress on that ... I appreciate the loyalty of the Alita fans"
(via Empire Magazine)
"We’re making progress on that ... I appreciate the loyalty of the Alita fans"
(via Empire Magazine)
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
James Cameron says he and Robert Rodriguez have 'sworn a blood oath' to make 'Alita 2'
"We’re making progress on that ... I appreciate the loyalty of the Alita fans"
(via Empire Magazine)
"We’re making progress on that ... I appreciate the loyalty of the Alita fans"
(via Empire Magazine)
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
I have been screaming for years about how movies should shoot wet-for-wet, and how Avatar 2 was the wettest movie ever made, and they FINALLY released a doc that vindicates me completely youtu.be/UZNNq9wv-qs?...
Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films | Official Trailer | November 7 on Disney+
YouTube video by Avatar
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I have been screaming for years about how movies should shoot wet-for-wet, and how Avatar 2 was the wettest movie ever made, and they FINALLY released a doc that vindicates me completely youtu.be/UZNNq9wv-qs?...
SS Rajamouli, we’ve missed you youtu.be/DMD2uthghWE?...
VARANASI to the WORLD - Mahesh Babu | Priyanka Chopra | Prithviraj | SS Rajamouli |MM Keeravaani
YouTube video by T-Series
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
SS Rajamouli, we’ve missed you youtu.be/DMD2uthghWE?...
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)