Zane Simon
@zanesimon.bsky.social
Writer/Editor, PNW. Find me on Substack. Face-punch history buff & host of the MMA Vivisection. I also like movies.
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At ~4:30am Thursday my dog suffered what I can only assume was a stroke. We woke up to her trying to get up unable to stand on her own. She’s 14, I was prepared for this to be the end…
Almost had to put my dog down, then lost a job that was making me miserable. A real silver linings kind of day.
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
At ~4:30am Thursday my dog suffered what I can only assume was a stroke. We woke up to her trying to get up unable to stand on her own. She’s 14, I was prepared for this to be the end…
Almost had to put my dog down, then lost a job that was making me miserable. A real silver linings kind of day.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Almost had to put my dog down, then lost a job that was making me miserable. A real silver linings kind of day.
This Week’s Movies:
Portrait of Jason
True Lies
The Sentinel
Man on a Swing
Portrait of Jason
True Lies
The Sentinel
Man on a Swing
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This Week’s Movies:
Portrait of Jason
True Lies
The Sentinel
Man on a Swing
Portrait of Jason
True Lies
The Sentinel
Man on a Swing
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Never has Neil Young been more relatable
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Never has Neil Young been more relatable
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This is also great just to hear how @zanesimon.bsky.social makes fun of @kingtypo.bsky.social's chess comparison.
UFC 322 Main Card Vivi: Gentleman Jack
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UFC 322 Main Card Vivi: Gentleman Jack
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UFC 322 Main Card Vivi: Gentleman Jack
Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are back to break down the main card from this week's UFC 322 event.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is also great just to hear how @zanesimon.bsky.social makes fun of @kingtypo.bsky.social's chess comparison.
UFC 322 Main Card Vivi: Gentleman Jack
open.substack.com/pub/themmadr...
UFC 322 Main Card Vivi: Gentleman Jack
open.substack.com/pub/themmadr...
This Week’s Movies:
American Fiction
Eighteen Years in Prison
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Picnic at Hanging Rock
American Fiction
Eighteen Years in Prison
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Picnic at Hanging Rock
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This Week’s Movies:
American Fiction
Eighteen Years in Prison
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Picnic at Hanging Rock
American Fiction
Eighteen Years in Prison
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Picnic at Hanging Rock
I have a wealth of criticism for education and secondary education and the ways we've turned learning into a childhood checklist, but I will die on the hill that every single person needs to learn how to close read a text and shouldn't be allowed into any kind of adult discourse without that skill.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I have a wealth of criticism for education and secondary education and the ways we've turned learning into a childhood checklist, but I will die on the hill that every single person needs to learn how to close read a text and shouldn't be allowed into any kind of adult discourse without that skill.
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Restaurateurs in Seattle threatened to shut down or never open new ones when a large minimum wage hike was mooted in Seattle. ALL OF THEM STAYED OR EXPANDED. More income meant more spending meant better restaurant bottom lines.
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Restaurateurs in Seattle threatened to shut down or never open new ones when a large minimum wage hike was mooted in Seattle. ALL OF THEM STAYED OR EXPANDED. More income meant more spending meant better restaurant bottom lines.
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Check out the "Dark Horse Emerges" episode of the 6th Round Post-Fight Show with @zanesimon.bsky.social right here and share it around.
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themmadrawpodcast.substack.com/p/ufc-vegas-...
a black horse is running in a green field .
ALT: a black horse is running in a green field .
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Check out the "Dark Horse Emerges" episode of the 6th Round Post-Fight Show with @zanesimon.bsky.social right here and share it around.
themmadrawpodcast.substack.com/p/ufc-vegas-...
themmadrawpodcast.substack.com/p/ufc-vegas-...
Went and saw Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein today. Thought it was pretty great. The only movie that has ever really done the story any sort of justice.
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Went and saw Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein today. Thought it was pretty great. The only movie that has ever really done the story any sort of justice.
This Week's Movies
Bowfinger
Moonfleet
Mercenaries from Hong Kong
Blood on Satan's Claw
Bowfinger
Moonfleet
Mercenaries from Hong Kong
Blood on Satan's Claw
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This Week's Movies
Bowfinger
Moonfleet
Mercenaries from Hong Kong
Blood on Satan's Claw
Bowfinger
Moonfleet
Mercenaries from Hong Kong
Blood on Satan's Claw
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covering up my dogwhistle with a whistling dog
October 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
covering up my dogwhistle with a whistling dog
seems like great confirmation that this dude has absolutely the worst taste in anything aesthetic, Nazi or not.
like I get your ass was on fire and your PR officer probably literally just drove you to the first open tattoo studio but bro is gonna need to get this cover up covered up omg
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
seems like great confirmation that this dude has absolutely the worst taste in anything aesthetic, Nazi or not.
Agreed on all fronts.
Please join me in celebrating the 20th anniversary of DOOM (2005) theatrical release; a perfectly calibrated piece of idiot cinema starring space marine Karl Urban and easily the best performance of The Rock's career.
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Agreed on all fronts.
In the post tattoo phase of “want to claw all of my skin off”
October 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
In the post tattoo phase of “want to claw all of my skin off”
Been watching all the Star Trek shows from TOS on and while it doesn’t have the singular cast, DS9 is truly the platonic ideal series. 100% what Star Trek is supposed to be 100% of the time.
October 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Been watching all the Star Trek shows from TOS on and while it doesn’t have the singular cast, DS9 is truly the platonic ideal series. 100% what Star Trek is supposed to be 100% of the time.
This Week’s Movies
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Q & A
Variety Lights
Zachariah
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Q & A
Variety Lights
Zachariah
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This Week’s Movies
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Q & A
Variety Lights
Zachariah
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Q & A
Variety Lights
Zachariah
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Looks like the fix is in ahead of today’s CSAC meeting.
Just did enough ‘stakeholder meetings’ behind closed doors to take the position they wanted to from the get go.
‘We’ve heard both sides’.
Public criticism be damned.
Just did enough ‘stakeholder meetings’ behind closed doors to take the position they wanted to from the get go.
‘We’ve heard both sides’.
Public criticism be damned.
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Looks like the fix is in ahead of today’s CSAC meeting.
Just did enough ‘stakeholder meetings’ behind closed doors to take the position they wanted to from the get go.
‘We’ve heard both sides’.
Public criticism be damned.
Just did enough ‘stakeholder meetings’ behind closed doors to take the position they wanted to from the get go.
‘We’ve heard both sides’.
Public criticism be damned.
This Week’s Movies
Smokey and the Bandit
The Magic Crystal
Just a Girl on the I.R.T.
The Saddest Music in the World
Smokey and the Bandit
The Magic Crystal
Just a Girl on the I.R.T.
The Saddest Music in the World
October 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This Week’s Movies
Smokey and the Bandit
The Magic Crystal
Just a Girl on the I.R.T.
The Saddest Music in the World
Smokey and the Bandit
The Magic Crystal
Just a Girl on the I.R.T.
The Saddest Music in the World