Fanshawe
@fanshawe.bsky.social
Putting up meaningless stats in garbage time
Software Developer | Recovering Attorney
Philadelphia
he/him
Software Developer | Recovering Attorney
Philadelphia
he/him
If these aliens cause any trouble, I hope there’s a troubled father around to set them straight and, in doing do, repair the frayed relationship he has with his kids
The trailer for Disclosure Day, a new movie about aliens directed by Steven Spielberg. Very excited for this! In theaters on June 12, 2026. [kottke.org]
Disclosure Day
Over his storied career, Steven Spielberg has made only four studio films about aliens: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ET, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — the outsized i
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December 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If these aliens cause any trouble, I hope there’s a troubled father around to set them straight and, in doing do, repair the frayed relationship he has with his kids
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The trailer for Disclosure Day, a new movie about aliens directed by Steven Spielberg. Very excited for this! In theaters on June 12, 2026. [kottke.org]
Disclosure Day
Over his storied career, Steven Spielberg has made only four studio films about aliens: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ET, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — the outsized i
kottke.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The trailer for Disclosure Day, a new movie about aliens directed by Steven Spielberg. Very excited for this! In theaters on June 12, 2026. [kottke.org]
Leviathan, Paul Auster
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Leviathan, Paul Auster
I have far too many holiday work lunches
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I have far too many holiday work lunches
Your boss is very impressed by this guy
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your boss is very impressed by this guy
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Congrats to Facebook users who want their websites to have millennial house flipper vibes
Sam Altman hired an Apple designer to develop vaporware products current AI tech cannot deliver so naturally Zuck had to have one too www.theverge.com/news/837654/...
Apple’s head of UI design is leaving for Meta
Liquid Glass has a new leader.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Congrats to Facebook users who want their websites to have millennial house flipper vibes
Problematic Spotify wrapped listening age gap
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Problematic Spotify wrapped listening age gap
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It has “Christmas In Hollis” and “Let It Snow.” It has Christmas packing tape and a Christmas tree at a Christmas party. It has a Santa suit and “HO-HO-HO.” It happens at Christmas and involves a visit for Christmas. This is not a hard question.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It has “Christmas In Hollis” and “Let It Snow.” It has Christmas packing tape and a Christmas tree at a Christmas party. It has a Santa suit and “HO-HO-HO.” It happens at Christmas and involves a visit for Christmas. This is not a hard question.
Once again, the dot com bubble did not burst because the internet is useless. It burst because of what brain-dead business people believed about the internet. If you believe this paper proves that AI-dominated work forces are the future, then I have a pets.com to sell you
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Once again, the dot com bubble did not burst because the internet is useless. It burst because of what brain-dead business people believed about the internet. If you believe this paper proves that AI-dominated work forces are the future, then I have a pets.com to sell you
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
Reminder that the dot com bubble didn’t burst because the internet is useless, it burst because a bunch of empty suits Knew it was The Inevitable Future and therefore of course WeSellUsedHairdryers.com was worth a billion dollars
Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B (The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reminder that the dot com bubble didn’t burst because the internet is useless, it burst because a bunch of empty suits Knew it was The Inevitable Future and therefore of course WeSellUsedHairdryers.com was worth a billion dollars
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thomas chatterton williams and olivia nuzzi teaming up to write the single worst sentence in human history; it is currently at 5,160 words and 31% complete
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
thomas chatterton williams and olivia nuzzi teaming up to write the single worst sentence in human history; it is currently at 5,160 words and 31% complete
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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you can tell bsky is a viable social media platform the way clouds of NYT contributors are crashing out on the timeline today
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
you can tell bsky is a viable social media platform the way clouds of NYT contributors are crashing out on the timeline today
“old girlfriends”
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“old girlfriends”
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November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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wwhere’s my ordur.. im a pedophile btw
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from: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
wwhere’s my ordur.. im a pedophile btw
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I see professional media solidarity is back out in full force again
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I see professional media solidarity is back out in full force again
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It just wasn't a big, newsworthy deal like, for instance, the college applications of a mayoral candidate to a school he didn't get into or attend.
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It just wasn't a big, newsworthy deal like, for instance, the college applications of a mayoral candidate to a school he didn't get into or attend.
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Vaxxed?
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Vaxxed?
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
One reason that Trump gets favorable treatment from political reporters is that he’s the only president who understands policy at the same level they do
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One reason that Trump gets favorable treatment from political reporters is that he’s the only president who understands policy at the same level they do