Dan Hall
@danhall.bsky.social
Screenwriter / Copywriter / Dad / DJ (not in that order)
I kind of want to say it’s Let it Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me by The Replacements. But I may have to consider further.
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 2w agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
My “these are not pervert glasses” t-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt
Vox@vox.com · 3w agoThe plight of owning “pervert glasses” when you’re not a pervert. www.vox.com/culture/4966...
Ebenezer is part of the DCU: the Dickens, Charles Universe
There’s nothing like having a gig to make me realise that I hate all of my shirts
I could never be a movie junket interviewer guy because I’m way too socially awkward to make movie stars sit there and pretend to be interested while I take my allotted three minutes and make it entirely about me for instagram purposes
People say “that which doesn’t kill me makes me stronger” but there’s heaps of stuff that doesn’t kill me and is neutral, at best, in terms of how much strength it grants me. Like garden gnomes, or tablecloths
Does the microwave heat my food because it is my friend?!?!
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w agoCould AI be conscious?
He turned down the role of the t-rex in Jurassic Park. “I want to play one of the people, I am a people” he said to Spielberg. Spielberg eventually relented and cast Dustin Hoffman as the t-rex. Hoffman was great but we’ll always wonder
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.Sam Neill on his career, dying and the role he turned down
Expansion? It’s already the WORLD Cup. Unless the Monstars from Space Jam are pivoting to soccer, we’ve maxed out here
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.Gianni Infantino says FIFA will discuss World Cup expansion post-tournament, defends hydration breaks
I feel like the Grim Reaper is warming up. Getting a few easy wins under his belt before going for the big one.
I suspect whoever built this thing did it deliberately to make Trump look bad. And in doing so they became Trump’s arch nemesis
Gene Ha creator of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE The Definitive Edition@geneha.com · 2mo agoIn the concept art this arch was supposed to be a perfect miniature of Trump's planned 250 ft (76m) tall arch. The rushed and limited planning time led to this Home Depot scrap plywood wrapped in vinyl debacle.
Congrats to Community Strong, the first Australian political party to be named by the Incredible Hulk himself
6 News Australia@6newsau.bsky.social · 2mo ago#BREAKING 🚨 Independent MPs Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have announced the formation of a new political party, which will be called 'Community Strong Australia' No other teal independents have joined, with Monique Ryan and Kate Chaney so far already ruling themselves out
My comic books are piling up while I wait for my new glasses to be ready so I can read them without getting a headache. This is the plight of the middle-aged nerd
Oh no, the vandals have also gotten to the government documents
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2mo agoBREAKING NYT: Government documents raise new doubts about Trump's unsubstantiated claim that "vandals" sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. There's no indication the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally — and the Trump admin knew that.
Infinite Jest. Statler and Waldorf would have a field day. “This bear just made it Finite Jest!” “This is so boring I’ll have an Infinite Rest!”. Things of that nature.
Ryan Whatever@silberwhatever.com · 2mo agoWhat should have been the third literary adaptation to finish the MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL and MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND trilogy?
Trump has ended the war! How embarrassing for whoever started it.
Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event.
Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 2mo agoFIFA has now confirmed that Artan will no longer be able to officiate at the World Cup, which like for players, is the biggest moment in the lives of referees. FIFA has said it is nothing to do with them, but a decision made by US authorities and that the decision is not likely to be changed.
I’ll spend my twilight years using Ultrahand to create a caravan and turning Link into a grey nomad
Mat Piscatella@matpiscatella.bsky.social · 2mo ago"An entire generation has now grown up playing video games and is ageing... where they have time, money, and the desire to keep playing. The first publishers to actually see this player will capture a structural advantage. The rest will arrive 10 years late, exactly like they did with women."
I was talking to my gender critical friend the other day and she said “I want to kill you” so I said “respectfully I disagree” and she said “i bet you’re plotting terror against me right now” and I said “what makes you say that” and she said “websites” and I said “oh” and then she shot me, amicably
[throws dart] Nicolas Cage is a [throws dart] 30s style PI who is also [throws dart] Spider-Man More TV shows should be made this way
Private enterprises famously have no access to AI
Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis will make some folks mad :). The best way for these grocery stores to work is if they use AI to get an edge over private grocery stores. AI is the one way for the state government to out perform private enterprises.
if some snotty wizard boy called me a muggle i'd cast a little chin magic on his ass. alakazam you're in the fuckin hospital!! and nobody would think of it as hitting a kid by the way. ok. people wouldn't say i hit a kid. cause they'd agree it's a totally different power dynamic. wizards you can hit
JORDAN PETERSON: Grief is never good. All grief robs from us. All grief destroys. CHARLIE BROWN, IN THE OTHER PODCAST CHAIR: I was just trying to kick the football sir
hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*
The Beatles and Then Part of Another Beatle, Like a Leg or Something, Maybe a Wing
G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 3mo agoslightly increase a band Depeche Modes