Chris Lykins
@zygote.bsky.social
Digital editorial wrangler for Southern Newspapers. Previously: Editor for New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung and Seguin Gazette; social media manager for the San Antonio Express-News.
People are absolutely going to take the thin iPhone Air and slam a big ass case on it.
a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch and saying `` but why though ? ''
ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch and saying `` but why though ? ''
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
People are absolutely going to take the thin iPhone Air and slam a big ass case on it.
There isn’t enough booze in the world for Cowboys fans.
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
There isn’t enough booze in the world for Cowboys fans.
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Before this, every arcade cabinet required four Atari employees to operate the ghosts.
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
July 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Before this, every arcade cabinet required four Atari employees to operate the ghosts.
Me: “Hell yes! Something shipped! What am I looking forward to?”
Shop: “CPAP supplies!”
Shop: “CPAP supplies!”
a baby with a sad look on his face
ALT: a baby with a sad look on his face
media.tenor.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Me: “Hell yes! Something shipped! What am I looking forward to?”
Shop: “CPAP supplies!”
Shop: “CPAP supplies!”
Adult content isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but if payment processors can turn off access to anything they, or a group pressuring them, doesn’t like, then you can find art that is your cup of tea on the cutting room floor pretty damned quick.
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Adult content isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but if payment processors can turn off access to anything they, or a group pressuring them, doesn’t like, then you can find art that is your cup of tea on the cutting room floor pretty damned quick.
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In my younger days I would have set a new console up the second it arrived. I’m just now getting around to setting up the Switch 2 — almost a week after getting it. Work and life has been too crazy.
June 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In my younger days I would have set a new console up the second it arrived. I’m just now getting around to setting up the Switch 2 — almost a week after getting it. Work and life has been too crazy.
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Current pet peeve: em dashes being an AI gotcha. Some of us real, flesh-and-blood humans love using them! I even memorized the keyboard shortcut for an em dash years and years ago. We exist!
I’ve spent the entire morning arguing at work that I’m a geriatric millennial dinosaur English major, that I genuinely *like* using em dashes and have used them all the time, even before AI was conceived in some sociopathic brogrammer’s head.
I hope you're all having a better Thursday than I am. 🫠
I hope you're all having a better Thursday than I am. 🫠
May 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Current pet peeve: em dashes being an AI gotcha. Some of us real, flesh-and-blood humans love using them! I even memorized the keyboard shortcut for an em dash years and years ago. We exist!
Thunderbolts* was the best MCU movie in several years. Much more driven by the characters involved than everything else attached to the universe.
May 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thunderbolts* was the best MCU movie in several years. Much more driven by the characters involved than everything else attached to the universe.
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A reminder that America’s literacy rate is the lowest it’s been in more than 100 years.
the fraction of parents reading to their 0-4 year old kids frequently has apparently fallen by 23 POINTS since 2012 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests
Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A reminder that America’s literacy rate is the lowest it’s been in more than 100 years.
Me the minute a character said galvanic radiation in this week's Doctor Who.
April 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Me the minute a character said galvanic radiation in this week's Doctor Who.
They never tell you how much of your adult life will involve waking up in the middle of the night with heartburn and a profound sense of existential dread.
April 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
They never tell you how much of your adult life will involve waking up in the middle of the night with heartburn and a profound sense of existential dread.
Is Ground News the new Raid Shadow Legends on YouTube?
April 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Is Ground News the new Raid Shadow Legends on YouTube?
To all those dudes in their 30s who are furious about the Minecraft movie, I'd ask you to just take a deep breath and let this generation enjoy the thing without feeling the need to scream and tear it down.
Signed, a guy who was in his 30s when the first Michael Bay Transformers movie came out...
Signed, a guy who was in his 30s when the first Michael Bay Transformers movie came out...
April 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
To all those dudes in their 30s who are furious about the Minecraft movie, I'd ask you to just take a deep breath and let this generation enjoy the thing without feeling the need to scream and tear it down.
Signed, a guy who was in his 30s when the first Michael Bay Transformers movie came out...
Signed, a guy who was in his 30s when the first Michael Bay Transformers movie came out...
The 90s era me felt my heart skip a beat when the lasers came on and the music started playing during #Severance
March 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The 90s era me felt my heart skip a beat when the lasers came on and the music started playing during #Severance
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Come From Away was like a look back to a simpler time. When the United States appreciated Canada. It’s hard to say the aftermath of 9/11 was a simpler time, but here we are…
The Sopranos Tony Soprano GIF
ALT: The Sopranos Tony Soprano GIF
media.tenor.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Come From Away was like a look back to a simpler time. When the United States appreciated Canada. It’s hard to say the aftermath of 9/11 was a simpler time, but here we are…
“Wicked” might as well be called, “Clueless Well Meaning White Woman Enabling Fascism While Engaging In Performative Allyship” the movie. Also, it’s very, very good.
February 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“Wicked” might as well be called, “Clueless Well Meaning White Woman Enabling Fascism While Engaging In Performative Allyship” the movie. Also, it’s very, very good.
The view from the 46th floor
February 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The view from the 46th floor
Taking in the local sights…
February 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Taking in the local sights…
Enjoying the snow and spending money in Canada because of reasons.
February 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Enjoying the snow and spending money in Canada because of reasons.
I don’t know what watch Tom Brady is wearing, but it’s so ugly it should be be classified as a war crime.
February 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I don’t know what watch Tom Brady is wearing, but it’s so ugly it should be be classified as a war crime.
The Nike ad is the best I’ve seen so far. Powerful. Memorable.
February 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The Nike ad is the best I’ve seen so far. Powerful. Memorable.