nothing is better than buying a shirt on a whim, completely forgetting you did it, and having it show up a week later
Christine Seghers
@cseghers.bsky.social
Pop culture nerd. California State Worker. Dreaded Disney Adult. 49ers and Sac Kings fan. Former A’s fan (Sell The Team) Cat lover. Gen X Dem.
Biggest Fandom Rising story yet: Part One of my exclusive interview with #VisionQuest's Terry Matalas, @ToddStashwick, @EmilyHampshire, and #SpiderNoir's @AmandaSchull gracing us with an oral history of the greatest television show ever made: #12Monkeys. fandomrising.com/202...
SO good: “…we are constantly strapping in for the future, making ready each time to throw out the communities, cultural practices, and values that we have come to appreciate in their imperfections, only to be told once again that the plane must return to the gate for another unspecified checkup.”
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d ago“Hype is eating the future, and leaving us the bones.” Sun-ha Hong of UNC-Chapel Hill says the Silicon Valley hype machine systematically “borrows credibility from the future to purchase legitimacy in the present.” The cost, he argues, is a planetary-scale drain on our alternatives.
It’s been a rough week for LA. Another heatwave, $7 gas, the president wanting to bomb us, and now we have a tropical storm penis heading to us!
anyway, sure, mister president, elon musk is wildly popular, i think you should take him on the road with you, have him talk about the massive data centers he’s trying to build
In July, I went to the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana to see the enormous boom in youth flag football in person. Turns out, girls love ball. My story leads off @bloomberg.com Businessweek’s November issue on women’s sports. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls
The sport has seen unprecedented growth since the pandemic. Next up: The Olympics and a college campus near you.
bloomberg.com
all the promo stuff for this show is so much fun (for a change) — i will have more official flyers with details later, but, lol
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
An episode of the Six Million Dollar Man where someone was trying to convince Steve Austin that his soul had left his body or something with this ghostly projection? I was definitely convinced.
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 7d agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
But there’s still time. A mysterious group of donors has activated a 900% MATCH, meaning your $5 becomes $50, your $10 becomes $100, and our understanding of arithmetic becomes increasingly theoretical.
I skipped high school to buy tickets for The Phantom Menace. The following day my Dad asked ," how was school?" I replied, " It was fine " He then threw this newspaper at me and asked , " how the fuck would you know?" He was so pleased with himself that I didn't actually get in trouble.
bury me in khakis and a lanyard so hell knows an expert is coming
🫡Liam Hendriks on a fabulous career. Incedible pitcher and an even better person. His Hercu-Liam performance in the 2020 Wild Card Series will stick with me forever. Looking forward to what he and his wife Kristi get up to next.
damn that's crazy. so was he totally free of emotions when he missed back-to-back-to-back game winning field goals against the Seahawks in 2005, just pure Being Bad At Kicking with no mental factors at all
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2w ago3. Jay Feely: “Girls are so emotional that to go out and play their best, they have to be right emotionally. You know, whereas guys, like, we can fight in the locker room… it doesn’t matter.”
This movie is hilarious, moving, and kind of unhinged? It will make your day/week/month better if you go see it, I promise.
Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖@joshuampatton.com · 2w agoCheck out my review of #ForgottenIsland, a fun animated family adventure that is a milestone for representation and a window into a fascinating cultural mythology. www.cbr.com/forgotte...
Based on today's events, I have created a one question survey that I implore everyone on Bluesky to take. The fate of our tattered social contract hangs in the balance. PLEASE! CLICK HERE! SHARE FAR AND WIDE! www.surveymonkey.com/r/CZBBN8R
From CineFantastique magazine, January 1987 issue. “Star Trek: The Next Generation. Fans Irate Over Plans for New Series”’ I especially love the “It would be a disaster” guy.
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
A better way to phrase this Variety headline would be "Publicity Seeker Who Invented A Program Continues Long Con"
The fact that Hacks is one slot below Louie is exactly what Hacks is about, tbh
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman@josie.zone · 2w agoLOUIE is on here??? Fuckin LOUIE????????? And it's in the TOP FIFTY?!?!?!?!?