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Bafflegabs
@bafflegabs.bsky.social
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Senior Producer at Smartless Media, formerly Earwolf. Staying Alive/ClueLess/Bad Dates/Just Jack & Will/HDTGM/Get Played/Comedy Bang Bang/Video Archives/Unspooled.

Character-wise, I’m kind of borderline shy/wild. I like to surf & turf, in that order.
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Bafflegabs @bafflegabs.bsky.social · 22d
My new album Blame It On My Zodiac is available now exclusively on my Bandcamp!! You can stream it or buy it there, but go check it out, won’t you? I gave it every micron of energy I had and I’m very proud of it. Out everywhere else next Friday!

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Bandcamp’s CD mockup of the glossy CD Digipak edition of my new record, Blame It On My Zodiac by Painkiller The Pigeon.
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Manousos rules.
alejandrobot.com Alejandro Arbona 🇵🇷 @alejandrobot.com · 18h
When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me
The character Manousos Oviedo from Pluribus, a Latino man holding a flaming stick to start a fire, saying in subtitles "Nothing on this planet is yours. Nothing. You cannot give me anything, because all that you have is stolen."
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Transphobes make everything worse. A social poison, a social madness. Apparently believing human beings have a right to their own lives & bodies means you can no longer host a beloved comedy science show. Robin at least has his undiluted integrity. Dear BBC, look into the acquisition of a spine.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 22h
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Just got out of Goldeneye at the Egyptian, 30th anniversary screening! I also saw it in 1995, and y’know what? Still rips. Brosnan kind of my platonic ideal of James Bond. This movie a Top 5 Bond for me, easy.
December 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Just got back from the post office, shipping out my first batch of albums and posters! I can’t handle the feeling of making something myself, designing it, pressing it for real, people paying their literal money for it, and getting to send it to them. I’m giddy, it’s very special. 🥰
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Cats getting so low they are essentially two-dimensional in anticipation of an attack >>>>
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I keep thinking how much ICE must hate its own employees. Doing the LA raids in the summer & the Minnesota raids in the winter? Feels like you’re tangentially punishing your actual workers in addition to terrorizing people for no good reason. “Next we’re gonna hit St Louis in swampbutt season.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The second single from my album is out today! Available on Bandcamp or anywhere you stream! Features 4 brand new B-sides, and they might be my favorites. Slightly groovier, a little more electro, a very ex-gf batch of songs haha. Check it out!

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The cover of the Miss Taken EP shows a sketch by Paul Colin of a black cat costume from Maurice Ravel’s 'L'Enfant et les Sortileges' against a royal blue background
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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PLUR1BUS is EL1TE tier, I am so into it!! Great new ep.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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(Government agent looking through five years of my social media) Jesus, this guy LOVES Columbo.
December 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Packing up a set of CDs & posters, going out this week! Down to 78 copies of the limited edition CD & poster combo (PS, comes with a supplemental mixtape CD, for fun, will be slightly different every time I ship a new batch!)

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Grinklin, a black cat, oversees packages and heavy cardboard poster mailers on the living room rug. Cover of a burned mix CD containing delights. Cover is a watercolor by Mendelssohn’s wife I believe, of their home life, a pretty front parlor with children and dogs, slightly weird perspective all around but interesting
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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You do not miss this. Everything in the 1980s smelled like open hell, people smoked in the produce section haha, the interior of every government building or airport was coated in a yellowish-brown. It was vibey as fuck, no doubt, but it was absolutely disgusting haha.
Post: JA @juan2tree.bsky.social I miss the 80s. Bruce Willis gets off the plane in Die Hard and goes directly to baggage claim, where he lights up a cigarette in the first 2 minutes of the movie.
December 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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My favorite Cassavetes has always been Opening Night, due to Gena Rowlands is everything (& it’s his closest to a horror film haha). Minnie & Moskowitz is huuuge in my life, Husbands too. Bookie is an incredible film. Influence is excoriating, I’ve only seen it once. Gloria is UNDERRATED.
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Celebrating the one and only John Cassavetes (BOTD in 1929) a pioneer of American independent cinema who changed the way we experience emotion on-screen.
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Reminds me of a classic Richard Herring story. He came home after a funeral, & flatmate Peter Baynham (later the writer of Borat) saw how sad he was & said “I am delighted your grandmother has died.” Then when Pete’s dad died, he saw Richard & preempted the joke “Are you delighted?” Ya gotta laugh.
zeets.bsky.social Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 4d
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Blimey.
amcinematheque.bsky.social American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 5d
Coming soon! ‘TWIN PEAKS: The Complete Series’ 🏔️🏔️

Beginning Jan. 13th, we’re thrilled to present David Lynch's groundbreaking television series TWIN PEAKS in its entirety. 

Join us every Tues. at LF3 as we enjoy this damn fine series on the big screen!
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December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I had to go out for a session, came back home to this cat listening to classical music and stretched to her full length on the sofa like the Queen of the goddamned Nile haha. (She really seems to like solo piano and string quartets, no drums for Grinklin please)
Grinklin laying on her side looking to camera dozily. The lighting is good. Grinklin stretched out to her full length, her tail as always doing a strange multi-knuckled shape which can only be described as “grinkly.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif, no Stars, no Rings, no Marvels.
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I demand a Falling Down/Nobody-esque action thriller starring @mikewozniak.bsky.social as a put-upon 1970s maths teacher who snaps.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Next record’s gonna be very dancey, I can tell. Stayed up late listening to Robyn, Annie, Mouse On Mars, Aphex Twin, Madonna, Chemical Brothers, B-52’s. I’ve always thought this song was the absolute good shit.

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Annie - Chewing Gum [Live On Popworld]
YouTube video by fabulae
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December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Portrait of a Grinklin in repose.
Little pumpkin Grinklin, a black cat sitting in a little nest she has carved into a fuzzy blue blanket. She is looking above the camera with calm but alert eyes. Needless to say she is cute and the impetus to pet her is strong.
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Second Saturday in a row that I went out looking for something else but ended up having a giant sushi plate and a green tea latte for breakfast, honestly this feels like the dawn of a new era. I should’ve been doing this for decades?
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Quote with your model of masculinity
Peter Falk as Columbo, adjusting his tie while holding his rumpled raincoat, in front of a deep red background
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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So, I didn’t win the Football Peace Prize this year, but I’ve got big hopes for the Taco Bell Oscars.
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Tarantino: “And you know who else sucks?” (Holds up picture of lil puppy dog)
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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“Hey we’re reissuing one of your fav records!”

“Yay!”

“Remastered with B-sides & demos.”

“So cool!”

“And we’ve made the cover worse, of course.”

“…what?”

“Yeah, we changed it to a photo that wasn’t as good, the colors are wrong, & the font’s bad now.”

“Why?”

“Nobody knows. You’re welcome!”
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM