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Sora on Broadway: (1/)
Laugh all you like at technology…
But while real Broadway was transcribing the latest 80’s cult movie, Sora users were giving us a never-was peek at what more imaginative adaptations COULD have lit up theaters—
Like…a Three Stooges musical, for instance:
Laugh all you like at technology…
But while real Broadway was transcribing the latest 80’s cult movie, Sora users were giving us a never-was peek at what more imaginative adaptations COULD have lit up theaters—
Like…a Three Stooges musical, for instance:
March 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Sora on Broadway: (1/)
Laugh all you like at technology…
But while real Broadway was transcribing the latest 80’s cult movie, Sora users were giving us a never-was peek at what more imaginative adaptations COULD have lit up theaters—
Like…a Three Stooges musical, for instance:
Laugh all you like at technology…
But while real Broadway was transcribing the latest 80’s cult movie, Sora users were giving us a never-was peek at what more imaginative adaptations COULD have lit up theaters—
Like…a Three Stooges musical, for instance:
The Best of Sora:
A Memorial Thread. 😢
It had no useful function.
That’s why we liked it.
It turned joke premises into waking dreams, and cartoon gags into “real” life.
We had no control, so we challenged its “creativity” to match our imagination.
Like the many “Jurassic Park: the Musicals”: 1/)
A Memorial Thread. 😢
It had no useful function.
That’s why we liked it.
It turned joke premises into waking dreams, and cartoon gags into “real” life.
We had no control, so we challenged its “creativity” to match our imagination.
Like the many “Jurassic Park: the Musicals”: 1/)
March 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The Best of Sora:
A Memorial Thread. 😢
It had no useful function.
That’s why we liked it.
It turned joke premises into waking dreams, and cartoon gags into “real” life.
We had no control, so we challenged its “creativity” to match our imagination.
Like the many “Jurassic Park: the Musicals”: 1/)
A Memorial Thread. 😢
It had no useful function.
That’s why we liked it.
It turned joke premises into waking dreams, and cartoon gags into “real” life.
We had no control, so we challenged its “creativity” to match our imagination.
Like the many “Jurassic Park: the Musicals”: 1/)
The recent cold snap has opened up some unique areas for side-hustle business opportunities, in our community:
February 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The recent cold snap has opened up some unique areas for side-hustle business opportunities, in our community:
Just sitting inside on a snowy MA, enjoying our colorful New England weather…. ☕️😊 ❄️❄️
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Just sitting inside on a snowy MA, enjoying our colorful New England weather…. ☕️😊 ❄️❄️
We must each be willing to defend our own opinions against the masses, no matter how unpopular.
Mine is a question of major and minor keys:
I believe the J. Geils Band did NOT steal their “Centerfold” riff from the Smurfs theme:
youtu.be/BqDjMZKf-wg
I have said my piece. 🙂↔️
Mine is a question of major and minor keys:
I believe the J. Geils Band did NOT steal their “Centerfold” riff from the Smurfs theme:
youtu.be/BqDjMZKf-wg
I have said my piece. 🙂↔️
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by JGeilsBandVEVO
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
We must each be willing to defend our own opinions against the masses, no matter how unpopular.
Mine is a question of major and minor keys:
I believe the J. Geils Band did NOT steal their “Centerfold” riff from the Smurfs theme:
youtu.be/BqDjMZKf-wg
I have said my piece. 🙂↔️
Mine is a question of major and minor keys:
I believe the J. Geils Band did NOT steal their “Centerfold” riff from the Smurfs theme:
youtu.be/BqDjMZKf-wg
I have said my piece. 🙂↔️
This Christmas, I’m sitting down with the warm nostalgia of the first version of A Christmas Carol I saw as a kid—
The 70’s Kenner Classic Tales version CBS used to show right after the Macy’s parade! ☺️
youtu.be/ArRUOa2LeEw?...
(What, that Kermit thing? Yeah, think I streamed it on D+ once. 🤷♂️)
The 70’s Kenner Classic Tales version CBS used to show right after the Macy’s parade! ☺️
youtu.be/ArRUOa2LeEw?...
(What, that Kermit thing? Yeah, think I streamed it on D+ once. 🤷♂️)
A Christmas Carol (1969)
YouTube video by James Taylor-Goddard
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This Christmas, I’m sitting down with the warm nostalgia of the first version of A Christmas Carol I saw as a kid—
The 70’s Kenner Classic Tales version CBS used to show right after the Macy’s parade! ☺️
youtu.be/ArRUOa2LeEw?...
(What, that Kermit thing? Yeah, think I streamed it on D+ once. 🤷♂️)
The 70’s Kenner Classic Tales version CBS used to show right after the Macy’s parade! ☺️
youtu.be/ArRUOa2LeEw?...
(What, that Kermit thing? Yeah, think I streamed it on D+ once. 🤷♂️)
Y’know, things might get out of hand if this hack went viral, and people sent it to their relatively tech-illiterate Senators demanding action— 😈
Like @warren.senate.gov here in MA, f’rinst.
bsky.app/profile/jwbf...
Like @warren.senate.gov here in MA, f’rinst.
bsky.app/profile/jwbf...
Scooping litter over the turds does not make them go away.
It turns out that the redactions are not necessarily as redacted as they appear to me.
I suspect that some folks is gonna get,
"YOU'RE FIRED!!!"
It turns out that the redactions are not necessarily as redacted as they appear to me.
I suspect that some folks is gonna get,
"YOU'RE FIRED!!!"
December 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Y’know, things might get out of hand if this hack went viral, and people sent it to their relatively tech-illiterate Senators demanding action— 😈
Like @warren.senate.gov here in MA, f’rinst.
bsky.app/profile/jwbf...
Like @warren.senate.gov here in MA, f’rinst.
bsky.app/profile/jwbf...
With December here, snow in the air, and Yuletide fast approaching, we’re never too busy to make time for that annual holiday tradition:
Debating whether the Beach Boys or the Electric Mayhem had the better cover of “Little Saint Nick”:
youtu.be/kDkRvfo8jVE
Debating whether the Beach Boys or the Electric Mayhem had the better cover of “Little Saint Nick”:
youtu.be/kDkRvfo8jVE
John Denver & The Muppets-Little Saint Nick
YouTube video by cornbreadobrien
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
With December here, snow in the air, and Yuletide fast approaching, we’re never too busy to make time for that annual holiday tradition:
Debating whether the Beach Boys or the Electric Mayhem had the better cover of “Little Saint Nick”:
youtu.be/kDkRvfo8jVE
Debating whether the Beach Boys or the Electric Mayhem had the better cover of “Little Saint Nick”:
youtu.be/kDkRvfo8jVE
Remember, Turkey preparation is an art.
Learn to enjoy it. 😄🍗
Learn to enjoy it. 😄🍗
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Remember, Turkey preparation is an art.
Learn to enjoy it. 😄🍗
Learn to enjoy it. 😄🍗
I was going to post the annual tradition of prank AI “Strangest Macy’s Parade float” videos…. 😛
But then that real Stranger Things parade float had to come along and outdo the joke. 🤨
But then that real Stranger Things parade float had to come along and outdo the joke. 🤨
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I was going to post the annual tradition of prank AI “Strangest Macy’s Parade float” videos…. 😛
But then that real Stranger Things parade float had to come along and outdo the joke. 🤨
But then that real Stranger Things parade float had to come along and outdo the joke. 🤨
Watching tonight:
Wag the Dog (1997)
A wacky absurdist political satire, as ruthless presidential aide Robert DeNiro hires Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to concoct an imaginary “war”, to distract the press away from an embarrassing scandal between the president and an underage girl. 😂
Wag the Dog (1997)
A wacky absurdist political satire, as ruthless presidential aide Robert DeNiro hires Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to concoct an imaginary “war”, to distract the press away from an embarrassing scandal between the president and an underage girl. 😂
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Watching tonight:
Wag the Dog (1997)
A wacky absurdist political satire, as ruthless presidential aide Robert DeNiro hires Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to concoct an imaginary “war”, to distract the press away from an embarrassing scandal between the president and an underage girl. 😂
Wag the Dog (1997)
A wacky absurdist political satire, as ruthless presidential aide Robert DeNiro hires Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to concoct an imaginary “war”, to distract the press away from an embarrassing scandal between the president and an underage girl. 😂
Trapped with roommate making me watch NCIS—
I can’t concentrate, as I have this obsession with wanting to see Gibbs watch his partner go into a situation, and warn him “No, no, don’t open that door, McGee!”
I can’t concentrate, as I have this obsession with wanting to see Gibbs watch his partner go into a situation, and warn him “No, no, don’t open that door, McGee!”
August 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trapped with roommate making me watch NCIS—
I can’t concentrate, as I have this obsession with wanting to see Gibbs watch his partner go into a situation, and warn him “No, no, don’t open that door, McGee!”
I can’t concentrate, as I have this obsession with wanting to see Gibbs watch his partner go into a situation, and warn him “No, no, don’t open that door, McGee!”
Today’s reminder of why we’re living in Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here”:
Stephen Colbert edition. 🤨
Stephen Colbert edition. 🤨
July 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today’s reminder of why we’re living in Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here”:
Stephen Colbert edition. 🤨
Stephen Colbert edition. 🤨
Today’s reminder of why you can put down the freakin’ George Orwell already, we’re living in Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here by now:
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
July 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today’s reminder of why you can put down the freakin’ George Orwell already, we’re living in Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here by now:
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Despite the protests, Trump’s military parade seems to be attracting a small crowd:
June 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Despite the protests, Trump’s military parade seems to be attracting a small crowd:
The next time ICE convinces us they’re going after “bad criminals”, remind them:
Strawberry fields. FOREVER. 🍓😠
Strawberry fields. FOREVER. 🍓😠
June 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The next time ICE convinces us they’re going after “bad criminals”, remind them:
Strawberry fields. FOREVER. 🍓😠
Strawberry fields. FOREVER. 🍓😠
Reminder to Read a Banned Book, this week (while you still can)! 📖😎
youtu.be/D6hFsqNF0iQ
youtu.be/D6hFsqNF0iQ
Hot Hero Sandwich Episode 8: "The One about the Whale"
YouTube video by Hot Hero Sandwich Central
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reminder to Read a Banned Book, this week (while you still can)! 📖😎
youtu.be/D6hFsqNF0iQ
youtu.be/D6hFsqNF0iQ
In today’s headlines, security guards detained a man who tried to crash through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s Bel Air mansion.
ANNN-nyway, her bag of SkinnyPop popcorn was reportedly unharmed. 🙄🍿
ANNN-nyway, her bag of SkinnyPop popcorn was reportedly unharmed. 🙄🍿
May 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In today’s headlines, security guards detained a man who tried to crash through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s Bel Air mansion.
ANNN-nyway, her bag of SkinnyPop popcorn was reportedly unharmed. 🙄🍿
ANNN-nyway, her bag of SkinnyPop popcorn was reportedly unharmed. 🙄🍿
Ways Anime Predicted the Future, #7:
Two-way communication earrings (as worn by the Dirty Pair)
Two-way communication earrings (as worn by the Dirty Pair)
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ways Anime Predicted the Future, #7:
Two-way communication earrings (as worn by the Dirty Pair)
Two-way communication earrings (as worn by the Dirty Pair)
👶 “Liberty.”
💁♂️ “It’s pronounced ‘Biberty’.”
👶 “Liiiiberty.”
Okay. I want to know:
WHO wished on a monkey’s paw that they’d freakin’ get rid of the Flightless Bird commercial? 😡
💁♂️ “It’s pronounced ‘Biberty’.”
👶 “Liiiiberty.”
Okay. I want to know:
WHO wished on a monkey’s paw that they’d freakin’ get rid of the Flightless Bird commercial? 😡
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
👶 “Liberty.”
💁♂️ “It’s pronounced ‘Biberty’.”
👶 “Liiiiberty.”
Okay. I want to know:
WHO wished on a monkey’s paw that they’d freakin’ get rid of the Flightless Bird commercial? 😡
💁♂️ “It’s pronounced ‘Biberty’.”
👶 “Liiiiberty.”
Okay. I want to know:
WHO wished on a monkey’s paw that they’d freakin’ get rid of the Flightless Bird commercial? 😡
In latest sports news, Paige Bueckers became first pick in this year’s WNBA Draft, winning a spot with the Dallas Wings.
And you can tell it’s women’s basketball, because they have My Little Pony for a team symbol. 😛
And you can tell it’s women’s basketball, because they have My Little Pony for a team symbol. 😛
April 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In latest sports news, Paige Bueckers became first pick in this year’s WNBA Draft, winning a spot with the Dallas Wings.
And you can tell it’s women’s basketball, because they have My Little Pony for a team symbol. 😛
And you can tell it’s women’s basketball, because they have My Little Pony for a team symbol. 😛
In today’s headlines:
Trump removes tariffs for computers and smartphones made in China—
For reasons having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO
DO with expensive iPhones getting more bad media press than expensive produce or lumber.
Unless those bad Chinese keep sending us more bad Fentanyl. 😠
Trump removes tariffs for computers and smartphones made in China—
For reasons having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO
DO with expensive iPhones getting more bad media press than expensive produce or lumber.
Unless those bad Chinese keep sending us more bad Fentanyl. 😠
April 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
In today’s headlines:
Trump removes tariffs for computers and smartphones made in China—
For reasons having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO
DO with expensive iPhones getting more bad media press than expensive produce or lumber.
Unless those bad Chinese keep sending us more bad Fentanyl. 😠
Trump removes tariffs for computers and smartphones made in China—
For reasons having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO
DO with expensive iPhones getting more bad media press than expensive produce or lumber.
Unless those bad Chinese keep sending us more bad Fentanyl. 😠
In latest headlines, State Farm insurance announced plans to drastically hike emergency insurance rates for already financially strapped California homeowners in light of the recent wildfires.
…This sounds like a job for Batman. 🙄
…This sounds like a job for Batman. 🙄
April 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In latest headlines, State Farm insurance announced plans to drastically hike emergency insurance rates for already financially strapped California homeowners in light of the recent wildfires.
…This sounds like a job for Batman. 🙄
…This sounds like a job for Batman. 🙄
Literally EVERY single news article on the de-extinction of Dire Wolves has, without exception, and often in the lead headline, used “They were on Game of Thrones! 🤓” as scientific justification.
If so:
I demand a campaign to increase funding for dragon DNA research. Now.
If so:
I demand a campaign to increase funding for dragon DNA research. Now.
April 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Literally EVERY single news article on the de-extinction of Dire Wolves has, without exception, and often in the lead headline, used “They were on Game of Thrones! 🤓” as scientific justification.
If so:
I demand a campaign to increase funding for dragon DNA research. Now.
If so:
I demand a campaign to increase funding for dragon DNA research. Now.