Adam Bumas

YouTube video by Good Work What does a consultant actually do?

Feet are feet are feet, and people who like that take what they can get. It's become a variably-ironic common practice online to censor bare feet online to not give up the goods, like in this @morningbrew.bsky.social video:

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You're nowhere close to the first person to inadvertently show feet and suffer the consequences. DM me (or come on our show @panicworld.com) and I can fill you in you in on the sordid history.

The Weight of Water

The Shape of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Chronology of Water

movies have given us so much technical information about water

Dying an influencer's death Here's your Garbage Intelligence for September 2025

Read all about it (behind the paywall) here: www.garbageday.email/p/dying-an-i...

Despite this, there’s one source of news about the shooting that’s gotten a lot of attention in September: Us, apparently. According to Graphtreon, Panic World was the fastest-growing Patreon in September for the “podcast” category, with over 1,300 new subscribers this month. Our own reckoning puts as as number 12 across the whole website — first place, of course, goes to a porn game with over 3,300 new Patrons — but we’ve never even come close to making our own lists before, so we think we’ve earned the brag.

Every month, we write about the most popular content around the internet. For the first time, I'm proud to say that we're on our own list! @panicworld.com was Patreon's fastest-growing podcast last month.

John Pork calling to the faraway towns

Your delivery’s here.

No One Knows What ‘Terminally Online’ Means Anymore The memes and online footprint of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson don’t place him neatly in a box, though many are still trying.

Chat, are we back (writing for @wired.com)?

The Kirk fallout shows there's a massive deficit in understanding what it means to be Very Online, which is a problem because if you're reading this, you are too.

www.wired.com/story/no-one...

Also, Adam wanted me to mention here that about 5-10% of the most popular posts on Bluesky — 1,000 likes or more — are actually just cartoon erotica. Which no one seems to mention when they talk about the influence of the platform.

Today's @garbageday.email reminds you that facts don't care about your feelings.

www.garbageday.email/p/nate-silve...

So I'm not a huge Movie News poster but Lizard Music was one of my favorite books as a kid - @danielpinkwater.bsky.social was the best kind of bad influence - and I'm surprised how much The Rock as The Chicken Man makes sense to me.

'AI slop' videos may be annoying, but they're racking up views — and ad money Critics say that "slop" videos made with generative AI are often repetitive or useless. But they get millions of views — and platforms are grappling with what to do about them.

Was listing to All Things Considered this evening on @npr.org on my physical radio and heard my colleague @bumas.bsky.social in this story! Super rad!!! www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

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bbno$ is short for bedford-nostrand avenues

This is the latest in a long series of what I’ll call LOLgislation. There was no specific bill or political movement to take federal control of Washington, but Trump posted about it and all of a sudden it was happening. The agenda has been dictated entirely via public comments on social media, pretty much the easiest possible thing to dismiss as not being serious. But when you’re the President, everything you say has to be taken seriously, even — no, especially — if you’re using social media as frivolously as it’s designed for.

My latest for @garbageday.email: Trump's takeover of Washington is all thanks to dumb Truth Social posts and Big Balls - that's the whole point. Welcome to the age of LOLgislation.

www.garbageday.email/p/the-uncann...

🧠: Vivziepop producing the Homestuck animated show makes total sense as her blank check from Hazbin Hotel

🌌: Toby Fox playing John in the Homestuck animated show makes total sense as his blank check from playing John in “The Baby Is You”

2025 now has its second movie named after the hero starting with EL that probably would make more money with a more descriptive title.

Maybe Ella McCay also gets abducted by aliens, how the fuck should we know?

🫡 Sent it to the general smallbu address!

Bit of a longshot, but @smallbu.bsky.social, I’m an internet culture journalist. Would I be able to speak to you about getting Baman Piderman back?

YouTube video by Edgar Aldrett Tom Lehrer - "L-Y"

Just as good as his more socially satirical numbers were his songs for The Electric Company - almost like public funding for the arts is good or something. But I digress:

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Tom Lehrer. Words fail.

The legacy of DashCon Read to the end for Goose and his watermelon

I wrote about DashCon 2 in yesterday’s @garbageday.email newsletter and it made me wish I had attended www.garbageday.email/p/the-legacy...

Last night was the first night of Garbage Day's 3-night residency at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn and it was a blast. You can buy tickets to nights #2 and #3 by clicking the links below!

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See you there!

What do nu metal icon Fred Durst and grain mesh cereal Chex have in common? They were both the focus of online voting brigades in the pre-Boaty McBoatface era! This and next week on IFTI we have @bumas.bsky.social to talk about Austin TX's waste management rebranding. shows.acast.com/im-from-the-...

("chicken jockey!" voice): temporary secretary!

The villain of Elio, who looks a lot like a cartoonier version of the Reapers from Mass Effect

A bunch of aliens from Elio.

The best thing about Elio is the "playpen Mass Effect" vibe all the alien stuff has. Similar sensibilities but cuddlier and cuter. Even the bad guys look like Reapers with cartoon meanie faces!

ElJefe900 Shop | Redbubble ElJefe900 is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

That creator is also running a merch store, with all proceeds from sales in June going to The Trevor Project!

www.redbubble.com/people/eljef...

The cure to male loneliness Read to the end for an imposter

Seen this symbol around? For today's issue of @garbageday.email, I tracked its history and spoke to its creator!

www.garbageday.email/p/the-cure-t...

I’m the best interior designer in the John Wick universe. Every time a client wants something other than “Art deco/industrial/neon” they turn up shot 6 times and stabbed 17 times.

THAT'S NANCY MCGUNNELL'S MUSIC!

I think the end of Andor has the same problem the end of Rogue One does. A prequel is one thing, a story that ends 30 seconds before the “real story” begins is just sabotaging its own ending.