Edwin Davies
@edwinjdavies.bsky.social
An original creation, like Rickey Rouse or Monald Muck. Crucial Taunt fan. Here now, I guess.
I co-host a podcast about The X-Files - https://podfollow.com/the-file-room-1
I co-host a podcast about The X-Files - https://podfollow.com/the-file-room-1
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Had a piece of music stuck in my head all day which I kept coming up short of identifying and I just realized it’s the chorus from this Talking Heads song and now I feel such relief for figuring it out
Listening Wind (2005 Remaster)
YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Had a piece of music stuck in my head all day which I kept coming up short of identifying and I just realized it’s the chorus from this Talking Heads song and now I feel such relief for figuring it out
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I am challenging The Grinch to a debate
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I am challenging The Grinch to a debate
Everyone knows that the second act of Wicked is bad and has few if any memorable songs, but what this film presupposes is, “What if it was longer?”
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Everyone knows that the second act of Wicked is bad and has few if any memorable songs, but what this film presupposes is, “What if it was longer?”
The whole Wicked phenomenon is a real testament to how you can go with four good songs and the most recognizable iconography in cinema.
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The whole Wicked phenomenon is a real testament to how you can go with four good songs and the most recognizable iconography in cinema.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
HARLEM SHUFFLE by Colson Whitehead - One of Whitehead’s most purely entertaining novels. A vivid and propulsive series of vignettes of small time crooks, strivers and titans of industry, all beautifully evoking New in the 50s and 60s.
MONEY by Martin Amis - I think I first tried reading this about 15 years ago when the BBC version came out and found it pretty tedious. Enjoyed it much more this time; a scabrous descent into consumerist hell. Still prefer Kingsley, but the kid had some talent, too.
GLITZ by Elmore Leonard - In addition to the usual good stuff - great dialogue, fun and vibrant characters, relentlessly cool mood - it boasts a very neat accidental Yojimbo plot in which a cop trying to investigate a friend’s death tricks a local crime ring into tearing itself apart by mistake.
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
HARLEM SHUFFLE by Colson Whitehead - One of Whitehead’s most purely entertaining novels. A vivid and propulsive series of vignettes of small time crooks, strivers and titans of industry, all beautifully evoking New in the 50s and 60s.
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Are these as good as Usher’s or nah
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Are these as good as Usher’s or nah
Every word more horrible than the last
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Every word more horrible than the last
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It’s strikes me that perhaps the savvy way to manage upward against executives that are too excited about AI is to claim they you have too much technical debt to use it properly and to take the AI funds and use them to solve some of your existing problems.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s strikes me that perhaps the savvy way to manage upward against executives that are too excited about AI is to claim they you have too much technical debt to use it properly and to take the AI funds and use them to solve some of your existing problems.
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yo when they ask 60s dudes for a list of albums so often it's "cool great yes you like Rubber Soul. oh Beggars Banquet too? AND Sgt. Pepper? wild choices" but Jorma Kaukonen's list is really good!
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
yo when they ask 60s dudes for a list of albums so often it's "cool great yes you like Rubber Soul. oh Beggars Banquet too? AND Sgt. Pepper? wild choices" but Jorma Kaukonen's list is really good!
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Real “Sunrise, Sunset” moment seeing the trailer for The Housemaid and realizing that Amanda Seyfried is playing the Julianne Moore part and is getting her own Chloe.
October 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Real “Sunrise, Sunset” moment seeing the trailer for The Housemaid and realizing that Amanda Seyfried is playing the Julianne Moore part and is getting her own Chloe.
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Sadly, I assume the best ones have already been eaten
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Sadly, I assume the best ones have already been eaten
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god's most perfect vehicle
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
god's most perfect vehicle
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"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
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basically nothing dapples as well as sunlight. unquestionably the GOAT of dappling
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
basically nothing dapples as well as sunlight. unquestionably the GOAT of dappling
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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how many women call you out
a lot
how much you gotta pay out
a lot
do you have $1.68 billion
probably not
a lot
how much you gotta pay out
a lot
do you have $1.68 billion
probably not
![In 2018, the Los Angeles Times reported that 395 women had accused Toback of sexual harassment or assault over a 40-year period. Toback denied all the allegations.[3][4] In 2022, 38 women filed a lawsuit in New York accusing him of sexual abuse.[5] The suit eventually involved 40 accusers[6] and, on April 9, 2025, resulted in a verdict and order against Toback requiring him to pay $1.68 billion to the women.[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rcpkzi26yhxfnhm5uy4lmcqe/bafkreibxnarnh5gafufy5l6nykgr3ljckmt3tamjtddazl4bxwcqkpihre@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
how many women call you out
a lot
how much you gotta pay out
a lot
do you have $1.68 billion
probably not
a lot
how much you gotta pay out
a lot
do you have $1.68 billion
probably not
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
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Imagining a third WICKED movie in this style in which a drunk Galinda raves in private about how if only everyone knew what she knew as she gets angrier and angrier.
Now playing (08:15 PM PST):
"Secret Honor" (1984)
By Robert Altman
Runtime: 90 min.
"Secret Honor" (1984)
By Robert Altman
Runtime: 90 min.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Imagining a third WICKED movie in this style in which a drunk Galinda raves in private about how if only everyone knew what she knew as she gets angrier and angrier.
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy