My parents are legends.

Tonight while going out to pick up Chinese carryout dinner I spied the first set of trick or treaters I have seen on this street in almost a decade, and of course we didn't bother buying candy because I lost my optimism years ago. I hope they got a good haul from the rest of the street.

915 emails in my spam folder currently, and at least 800 of them appear to be from Democrats begging for money. Josh Turek's campaign has officially outspammed the "Your Cloud account payment has failed and we're deleting your files" people. I am impressed. (/derogatory)

Mundane Halloween returns! Halloween is great, but the greatest part of Halloween is the annual "mundane Halloween" costume contest sponsored by Japanese website @dailyportalz Here is a thread of some of my favorites from this year...

Daily bunny no.3488 has been waiting for you

I had no plans for tomorrow, but now my plans are to stay in, color kitties, and drink wine while I cuddle my stuffed Vampurr.

poorly drawn cats@poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 2d ago

still don’t know what to do on halloween night? well, i have an idea: color some poorly drawn cats! spookitties is my new halloween themed coloring ebook, filled with spooky (and silly) little cats! poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com/l/spookitties 🎃

I love this so much.

bkmacd@bkmacd.bsky.social · 2d ago

Buffalo Bills social media manager absolutely killing it here

If I were a DoJ lawyer, I would not have been feeling great about how the hearing was going to go for me with an opening like this. To be fair, they did this to themselves.

Molly Roberts@mollyroberts.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ok! That was quite the opening. Judge Reyes started by reading from the bar rules about attorneys’ duty of candor to a judge.

[Calvin’s dad voice] There are two types of millennials. 9/11ials and Obamials. Emo/Screamo and St Louis Hip Hop? 9/11ial. Stomp clap hey?, Obamial. Homestar Runner, 9/11ial. Le epic baconz, Obamial. Despite coming out before The Wire, West Wing is Obamial and The Wire is 9/11ial

"Anything but Wattpad". Heh.

404 Media@404media.co · 2d ago

Writer and readers share what they're feeling and doing in the aftermath of the AO3 outage. It's anything but Wattpad.

We hope your CPSC AO3 stories are right where you left them when this is all over.

although if its truly a massacre I’m going to butterworths bc I want to see people cry

ok, well, one of the hill bars (senate side) where staffers hang on the regular seems to have decided which way things are going lmao

God, I love Marisa.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW — I spoke to Tom, the guy at the South Carolina Trump rally who compared the president's supporters to the Jonestown Massacre. We talked about his loathing for Trump, his love of death metal, and where he learned his impeccable comedic timing. Read our full chat here:

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Abigail Nussbaum@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 3d ago

It shouldn't come as a shock when a man dies at 86, but I'm floored. I somehow never imagined that I would live in a world without Captain Picard in it. Thank you for everything, Sir Patrick. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

This is one of the dumbest things I've run into on this site, and I've been around long enough to have Seen Some Things. (For Bonus Dumb, just try and guess what this is in response to.)

Oh, I am for sure interested in relying on Proton's products now. /s

404 Media@404media.co · 3d ago

SCOOP: Proton CEO Andy Yen to his staff: “Stop lovingly handcrafting all our code and use AI more.” 404 Media saw these internal messages, in which he also said it was "loser thinking" to an employee who urged the company to at least take a few days to test newly written code before going live.

#Recall: Bodum USA Recalls 5.9 Million French Press Coffee Makers with Replaceable Glass Carafes; The carafe can unexpectedly break during use if the glass carafe is damaged or cracked, including by use of a metal spoon to stir the coffee. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...

1) That bunny is adorable. 2) I miss Bryz.

RMNB@rmnb.blog · 4d ago

“Nothing matters. Nobody cares. We’re all going to die.” Meet Devin Cooley, the Flames goalie going viral for his philosophical interviews. He's red-hot in net and spends his free time with his pet bunny. 🐰 Maybe he's onto something. russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2026/10/28/d...

It's a story about a boy and a girl and the Pope and the ineffable mysteries of the Roman Catholic Church and shooting people in the head

J.M. Berger@jmberger.com · 5d ago

Day 30 of the Advent Calendar! Unto us a book is born! John Wick meets Conclave in THE POPE'S HITMAN, available now wherever you buy or borrow books! www.thepopeshitman.com/order-now Here's what they're saying! www.thepopeshitman.com/praise #booksky #thriller #actionhero #adventure

Oh, I feel like he's going to regret putting that out into the universe.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 4d ago

Yesterday’s hearing was such a wild ride that at one point, a colleague in the media room threw up his hands and exclaimed, “What else could happen??” We’ll find out soon. The hearing resumes at 9 a.m. ET. I’ll be covering it all for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along! 🧵🧵🧵⬇️👇

Have a nice long thread of eye candy. I have gained an even greater appreciation for Vincent Price, I have to admit.

Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · 5d ago

People has named Sexiest Man Alive, so it’s time for vintage nerds to name their Sexiest Man Dead! In past contests, Toshiro Mifune and Paul Newman have taken top honors. Who are your picks?

I stopped reading the site on a regular basis a while ago, but going forward I'm not giving them any more traffic at all. This is gross.

Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer@princejvstin.com · last wk.

Given that @file770.bsky.social has decided to platform Jon Del Arroz, I will no longer be writing pieces for them. It's an easy equation. A place that welcomes someone that has harassed me for years is not a place I want to be associated with. file770.com/world-fantas...

Ursula Vernon: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of your blorbo King: MY blorbo?! Vernon: yes Vernon: YOUR blorbo King: from my stories?!? Vernon: yes Vernon: from your stories

a message from the future

I'm done with this week.

heise online English@heiseonlineenglish.bsky.social · last wk.

BIND developers have released updated source code to close a vulnerability that could let attackers inject malicious code.

This looks like it'll be fun. www.aarp.org/events/detai...

‘Silver Screamers’ | AARP Events

Watch this joyful documentary following a group of older adults as they make a horror film, forging friendships and discovering that creativity & reinvention can happen at any age.

aarp.org

My mom, when Tom Skerritt first appeared on screen in Top Gun, the movie that made Tom Cruise an international star: "I don't understand why this movie is about that little guy."

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Skerritt, a durable character actor with roles in 'Picket Fences,' 'Alien' and 'Top Gun,' dies.