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· Oct 4
On The 2025 NFL season: VIBE check UPDATE WEEK 5
As we head to Week 5 of the NFL, let’s take a look back at my preseason vibe check and see what times moved up and down.
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As promised, here's a new article: an updated look on my pre-season vibe check. What teams have shifted for better or worse? Let's discuss.
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That's about 1100 more then I expected based on the blurbs I saw.
Although, "it's an idea" is now in my lexicon so there's that I guess.
Although, "it's an idea" is now in my lexicon so there's that I guess.
Yikes!
"Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week"
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs for @forbes.com
"Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week"
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs for @forbes.com
Olivia Nuzzi’s Much-Hyped Book—With RFK Revelation—Sells Just Over 1,000 Copies
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
That's about 1100 more then I expected based on the blurbs I saw.
Although, "it's an idea" is now in my lexicon so there's that I guess.
Although, "it's an idea" is now in my lexicon so there's that I guess.
There are three entirely different accounts I follow that all have very similar pfp's and I realize now that like 80% of my recognition of posts is tied to recognizing pfp's and not looking at the name at all.
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
There are three entirely different accounts I follow that all have very similar pfp's and I realize now that like 80% of my recognition of posts is tied to recognizing pfp's and not looking at the name at all.
So sometime after it went on Gamepass, I downloaded Diablo IV and played it for about an hour and a half and just was not feeling it and uninstalled. Should I attempt to play this game again?
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So sometime after it went on Gamepass, I downloaded Diablo IV and played it for about an hour and a half and just was not feeling it and uninstalled. Should I attempt to play this game again?
They also said something like "1400+" puzzles and look... I'm not interested in that. That's the kind of back of box stat used solely for justification.
look i wasn't gonna say anything but when you hear "10 years in the making" from a game by jonathan blow just know that a game never takes 10 years because of good employee relationships and clear leadership direction
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
They also said something like "1400+" puzzles and look... I'm not interested in that. That's the kind of back of box stat used solely for justification.
Why are people acting as if they expected him not to look like Cody Rhodes with a gigantic flat top?
A new look at Cody Rhodes as Guile in the new Street Fighter movie
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Why are people acting as if they expected him not to look like Cody Rhodes with a gigantic flat top?
I wish I liked horror games. I like horror movies but there's a certain type of horror game I just won't play. They are not for me.
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I wish I liked horror games. I like horror movies but there's a certain type of horror game I just won't play. They are not for me.
Just a standard Kyle Pitts 100+ yd, 6 rec 2 TD game. What he does every week...
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Just a standard Kyle Pitts 100+ yd, 6 rec 2 TD game. What he does every week...
This is hilarious
Kyle Pitts believers, we’ve finally made it
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is hilarious
The entire Falcons team, and this includes defense, literally just stand around and hope that Bijan does something cool and not much else
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The entire Falcons team, and this includes defense, literally just stand around and hope that Bijan does something cool and not much else
I am mystified by this game pass ad
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I am mystified by this game pass ad
I didn't mention it earlier but I am pretty excited for Supergirl, as is my son. I want to go on record now.
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I didn't mention it earlier but I am pretty excited for Supergirl, as is my son. I want to go on record now.
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Leon Kennedy is back, exactly how you loved him: from Resident Evil 6
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Leon Kennedy is back, exactly how you loved him: from Resident Evil 6
I have not ever done it more then a few random times but for a while I wanted to do a gimmick on socials where I would full on copy and paste of totally random accounts, indefinitely, until someone called me out. They would not be good posts either.
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I have not ever done it more then a few random times but for a while I wanted to do a gimmick on socials where I would full on copy and paste of totally random accounts, indefinitely, until someone called me out. They would not be good posts either.
The game awards are funny because sometimes people make sounds like they know what the game is and they don't
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The game awards are funny because sometimes people make sounds like they know what the game is and they don't
Yo that divinity ad was hot
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Yo that divinity ad was hot
First off, I've made it clear how much I can't stand this series or games. But sonic 3 was way cooler.
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
First off, I've made it clear how much I can't stand this series or games. But sonic 3 was way cooler.
If Tetris doesn't win every award, it's not a real award show. And before you say "no tetris came out this year", you don't know that and also who cares. The NES one deserves the win.
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If Tetris doesn't win every award, it's not a real award show. And before you say "no tetris came out this year", you don't know that and also who cares. The NES one deserves the win.
I know that these are not exactly real awards but does anyone that is versed in accessibility agree with this list in and of itself? I am sincerely asking.
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I know that these are not exactly real awards but does anyone that is versed in accessibility agree with this list in and of itself? I am sincerely asking.
I am considering changing my pfp to an actual picture for the first and only time in my entire usage of social media, going back decades.
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I am considering changing my pfp to an actual picture for the first and only time in my entire usage of social media, going back decades.
It's hard to tell but this is my cat wearing a christmas bow tie and sweater sleeping
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It's hard to tell but this is my cat wearing a christmas bow tie and sweater sleeping
There's a thread going around where someone says "Ohh I don't know how you get people to go to the movies" and both that post and a lot of the quotes entirely misunderstand what Sinners proved: people want original movies with cool people and premises. That's...really it.
For @prospect.org, I wrote about SINNERS as the movie of 2025 (not necessarily the best, but certainly the one that best fused popularity and acclaim) and why Hollywood treated its success like a threat. prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...
The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want - The American Prospect
Ryan Coogler’s bloodsucker blockbuster is all about Black creative freedom. No wonder the industry saw it as a threat.
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There's a thread going around where someone says "Ohh I don't know how you get people to go to the movies" and both that post and a lot of the quotes entirely misunderstand what Sinners proved: people want original movies with cool people and premises. That's...really it.
I 100% forgot about that dude who took $11m of Netflix money and bought crypto and horsehair mattresses he was allergic to.
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I 100% forgot about that dude who took $11m of Netflix money and bought crypto and horsehair mattresses he was allergic to.
An unfortunate side effect of fully selling your soul for a championship is what comes after.
i kinda think the entire football program at michigan needs to be ripped out from the studs and rebuilt. nobody associated with harbaugh or moore should be employed by the university of michigan anymore
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
An unfortunate side effect of fully selling your soul for a championship is what comes after.
One really weird aspect of all this is that he was in an echo chamber, bought the echo chamber and now he's somehow even further in it, almost in a secondary echo chamber. Because of the system he has created, everything he thinks is always right and it's only ever cheered and encouraged by them.
Musk is just straight up white nationalist now.
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One really weird aspect of all this is that he was in an echo chamber, bought the echo chamber and now he's somehow even further in it, almost in a secondary echo chamber. Because of the system he has created, everything he thinks is always right and it's only ever cheered and encouraged by them.