It's very important to me that Jacques Tati win March Madness at @blankcheck.bsky.social this year. He may be the *ultimate* BC director. Dude built an entire fake Paris + bankrupted some people + made one of the greatest movies ever in the process. Vote here! -- www.blankcheckpod.com/march-madness
Have you ever wanted to see Roman as a head sticking out of a toilet discussing the surprisingly profound meaning behind the brain rot web-series Skibidi Toilet?
Well then, we’ve got just the thing for you!
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If there's media you care about, it's hard to overstate how important it is that you subscribe to it. Ad rates are garbage, and the changes to search mean fewer new folks discovering sites they didn't already visit.
Went to the world baseball classic, not for nationalism, just love of the beautiful beautiful game of baseball!
"When I heard Hootie and the Blowfish were getting back together, how could I say no?"
She told someone "I've always wanted to meet Billy Bragg," but they misheard and thought she said "I've always wanted to meet Jason Biggs"
Yup, that’s his thing now
I think a lot of Americans didn’t hear the story. I pre-interviewed a very famous American comedian for the CBC in 2016, and he went on at length about how much he loved Ghomeshi and wanted to meet him. Not defending him, the guy just legitimately hadn’t heard what happened.
Seeing people I know post Jian Ghomeshi videos about Iran in the wake of what happened today. I’m realizing now a lot of people outside of Canada don’t know his backstory. I would encourage folks to look him up before posting his content, please
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If you heard Jacob Reed on @99pi.org last year, he has a whole new podcast on name doppelgängers, and it’s incredibly fun. Check out “Jacob Reed and Me”! I’m really enjoying it.
jacobreedandme.com
Congrats to the Blue Jays on having 8 starting pitchers! I have no idea how this is going to work out.
The man is a total maniac. He will be the first person to play professional baseball into his 70s.
This signing makes absolutely no sense and I am completely delighted
Tom Noonan died, are you serious? Same week as Frederick Wiseman and Robert Duvall? Brutal, what fresh hell will tomorrow bring.
Watch Synecdoche, New York. He holds his own and his whole part is alongside PSH at height of his powers. Man, this one hurts.
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The impact of Frederick Wiseman on nonfiction filmmaking was seismic beyond measure and beyond compare. Like how do you even begin to consider his influence on documentary technique or his decades of insight into how institutions (and artistic spaces) operate? What a treasure. R.I.P.
Played Pictionary with my grandma. The rules: everyone is given a prompt and has to draw it, then their teammate has to guess the prompt.
Anyway, this is what my grandmother thinks Dracula looks like. In her defense, she’s “never met one before” so didn’t know how to depict it.
I never noticed this either.
The movement is growing
The Canadian delegation should always be walked in by Youppi! I feel strongly about this.
It’s fantastic! Also it has such an odd tone!
Delighted my review of “Misercordia” was included in The Reveal’s year-end reader survey. I will say, my contribution is less insightful than what @scotttobias.bsky.social + @kphipps3000.bsky.social usually write on there. @thereveal.bsky.social
The return of a very-sincere version of the Muppet Show is a big deal for me. I watched so much Muppets as a kid, I thought Milton Berle and Ethel Merman were the most famous people on earth, and was shocked when others did not share this frame-of-reference.
Roman is here! @romanmars.bsky.social
The show’s at @99pi.org
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It was this episode, in case you'd like to listen in honour of Elmo's birthday 99percentinvisible.org/episode/605-...
Look, we don't know all the context here, I haven't checked Elmo's social media recently
You may be surprised to hear it’s great!
Have you been enjoying the Secret Mall Apartment doc on streaming? Well, then you’re going to LOVE our episode on the story, initially reported all the way back in 2018 🟨
Listen Now 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/621-...
I took a lot of flack a few years ago for suggesting on @99pi.org that Jordan Peterson didn’t have a solid grasp of the issues.
