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A late night niche culture newsletter by @fakeadamcecil.bsky.social. Sent most Tuesdays at 11 pm eastern. “Offbeat, often delightful.” - one satisfied subscriber https://www.nightwater.email
How does a fiction podcast make money? www.nightwater.email/local-files-...
Introducing Local Files Club
A digital label for audio fiction
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Update on the iPod click wheel games collection — every single game has now been found and archived! arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...
All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity
Finding working copies of the last few titles was an “especially cursed” journey.
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Thank you to The Ringer for linking to Night Water and boosting our domain authority. 🙏 www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/p...
Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please
Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.
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If you're using ActivityPub, you can follow the Night Water Ghost site directly: @posts@nightwater.email
nilay patel@reckless.bsky.social · last yr.this is the future www.theverge.com/news/718286/...
Scrubs Power Hour is BACK with roughly 58 minutes of selections from season two — featuring Colin Hay, Nelly, The Coral, and more great artists, PLUS trivia and commentary and even a few callers. www.nightwater.email/scrubs-power-hour-02/
A brand new episode of Scrubs Power Hour is coming Tuesday. Subscribe to the Night Water YouTube channel to hear it first: www.youtube.com/@NightWater
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A refreshing, late night podcast to quench your thirst. Published sporadically as part of the Night Water newsletter.
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Pokémon Sleep is two years old this week, but IMO, it's still a snoozefest: www.nightwater.email/pokemon-slee...
Pokémon Sleep is a snoozefest
Plus: a mini-review of the Pokémon Go Plus+
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DID YOU KNOW? The Cheesecake Factory is the only restaurant with a higher rating on Goodreads (4.36 stars) than Yelp (2.5 stars). www.nightwater.email/cheesecake-f...
The Cheesecake Factory Menu, Reviewed
guest post by Sami Boghos
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You can take my em dashes from my cold, dead hands
Are em dashes really a telltale sign of AI writing?
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Robin Marwick@electricland.bsky.social · last yr.Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD. Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
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Yes, I’m several weeks late. That’s not stopping me from celebrating National Sausage Roll Day. www.nightwater.email/national-sau...
National Sausage Roll Day
Let's celebrate the only way we know how
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Thinking back to a late night vibe, one year on...
Late Night Vibes: Wimbledon Queue Edition
All you have to do for tickets is wait in line—overnight.
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Did you HAVE to buy a copy of The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald with a small ice cream cone or Diet Coke? No one really knows. www.nightwater.email/the-wacky-ad...
A wacky good time with Ronald McDonald
Plus: I violate the Internet Privacy Act of 1995
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Heading to Wimbledon this year? Skip the free radios—bring your own receiver instead.
The naked truth about the SoundDec DualTone radio
Plus: Raw Dog
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28 Years Later? What about Austin Powers 4 Now?
The clock is ticking for an Austin Powers legacy sequel
An open letter to Michael Myers and Jay Roach
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Nothing says summer like eating a proper bagel outside in the sun.
3 London bagels I ate this month, ranked
The search for the perfect New York-style bagel in London
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NEW on Night Water: It’s never too late to celebrate National Sausage Roll Day. www.nightwater.email/national-sau...
National Sausage Roll Day
Let's celebrate the only way we know how
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hi! i'm making a playlist of songs from my bloomfs, so please send me suggestions for it! 💙 (also, how CUTE is this photo?? i found it on this article: www.nightwater.email/bluesky-swif...)
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A new video game asks the question: what would happen if the Titanic rose from the bottom of the ocean, gained sentience, and sought out revenge against the iceberg that sank it?
Never let go of your thirst for revenge
Titanic Re-Christened: Maiden Vengeance puts you in control of a shipwreck with bloodlust
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Media literacy is so important. www.nightwater.email/monster-grov...
The Monster at The End of This Book ending explained
Five decades later, the ending of The Monster at The End of This Book continues to vex readers
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Mom Friend 64@momfriend64.northsky.social · last yr.The REAL "Monster at the End of this Book" isn't Grover It's you. the reader. Despite Grover's obvious torment, you keep turning pages. You are escalating his anxiety to the breaking point, and for what? Because Society says that how you read a book? Disgusting
MEAT CULTURE has secretly begun construction on a new Happy Meal toy item even more powerful than the first dreaded Pokémon Card promotion...
Pokémon: The Return of Meat Culture
You don't know the power of the meat side.
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