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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 10h

No big deal I’m just practicing some multiplication problems with my son who turns 3 next month

Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 17h

I wrote an original space sci-fi screenplay! We read and workshop the first half of it (complete with original score by me, doing my best Bear McCreary impression) on today’s podcast episode, with the rest to follow in one week. If you’ve ever been a fan of my writing, I think you’ll really dig it.

It's Battlestar Galactica meets Pirates of the Caribbean [Table Read]

YouTube video by The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

MARLEY: I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link—
ME: Hell yeah dude you were a blacksmith?
MARLEY: What? No
ME: Oh you made a big chain for fun?
MARLEY: No
ME: Ok well it looks heavy man you can throw it on the chair if you want I’m just gaming
MARLEY: Is that the new Battlefield

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 21h

The Simpsons, hypnotized by their television. Subtitle: “We are watching Shrek.”

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The Pod Universe @thepoduniverse.com · 1d

We will once again be hosting a live YouTube premiere for our latest episode! Tune in at 9 AM ET and chat along with your fellow pod people.

It's Battlestar Galactica meets Pirates of the Caribbean [Table Read]

YouTube video by The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 1d

I do not know if I’m going to watch Starfleet Academy. I’ve canceled my Paramount subscription and have no plans to reactivate it. But I do like a good jacket.

Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 1d

Star Trek : jackets :: Star Wars : helmets

Caleb, the lead of the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, wearing a sick varsity jacket

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 1d

woke up from a nap in a frenzy

a few good men but make it a few small beers

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 1d

Star Trek : jackets :: Star Wars : helmets

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Ing aka Tophat Artooning @ingforart.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this is basically a depression generator. Like the most bluesky thing i could do is make an account that reminds you that Wishbone is dead every hour

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 1d

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll send you some of mine

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not a fan of the show but I love the source material (the pills)

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 1d

They should make a pill that makes you limitless

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 2d

the joker to the left of me
the joker to the right
here i am
learning about horseshoe theory from the joker

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2d

Jenna would make Liz write jokes for her, Liz would write a bunch of feminist material because she’s mad at Jenna and then try to pull it at the last minute because she’s worried for Jenna’s safety. Jenna would ham it up so hard that the Saudis would love it as parody of shrill American women

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 2d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna go to a bar and order a hot soda

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

tracy refuses to commit to any of the rules about what comedians can’t say at the festival so they send jenna instead, who is immediately removed from the stage because the first words of her act are ‘my vagina is’

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 2d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes you meet a five-year-old and know right away “This kid is something special, he’s gonna make the world so much worse”

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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woke stifler @yelix.bsky.social · 3d

the new thing that girls are into is tesseracts. if you’re trying to impress women in 2025 you need to up your tesseract game, player

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 3d

Watch this video to see me turn into a werewolf

The Pod Universe @thepoduniverse.com · 3d

Last month, we made a pilgrimage to the new DARK UNIVERSE theme park land at Epic Universe Orlando. Our verdict? It rocks — but in a way that might not be sustainable.

Is the Dark Universe theme park too good to last?
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Is the Dark Universe theme park too good to last?

YouTube video by The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 3d

Night Meal has betrayed me

Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 4d

Working late which means it’s time for a Night Meal

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onion person @junlper.beer · 4d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 4d

Working late which means it’s time for a Night Meal

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