Doug Orleans

Doug Orleans

@dougo.bsky.social

Just here to grab the handle.

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Busted. "You talk most like someone from New Jersey — about 56% of your answers match a typical resident."

Erik Ostrom@erikostrom.com

I grew up in Minnesota and have spent about 3x time here as anywhere else (CA a distant second), but sure

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I'd love to hear about people's memories 1976's celebrations! I was but a tot, and I don't know how I remember Barney Miller? Probably a rerun. But I have at least hazy memories of parades and such! What about you?

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com

The bicentennial made such a tremendous impact on American *pop* culture--I remember the Barney Miller episode about it!--there were tricorner hats everywhere, hit songs, a movie, and the logo and local parades all year long. This year it feels as empty as the mall.

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NarraScope 2026 talks are online, free to view, in record time! Here's the playlist, starting with the second keynote speech from @sharangbiswas.bsky.social. The other keynote was given by @meredithgran.com. I'll add thoughts on my favorite talks after I get a chance to view the ones I missed.

youtube.comNarraScope 2026 Keynote: Speculation by DesignYouTube video by Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation

What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 1970s: The Bad News Bears 1980s: Do the Right Thing 1990s: Slacker 2000s: Primer 2010s: Suspiria 2020s: Montana Story

Sam Barlow 🔥@mrsambarlow.bsky.social

Favorite movie from every decade of my life. Off the dome, these feel like v. obvious picks: 1970s: Don’t Look Now 1980s: Repo Man 1990s: The Double Life of Veronique 2000s: Inland Empire 2010s: Under the Skin 2020s: Zone of Interest Strong finish with the Glazer combo there

The Fable of the Throbbing Genius of a TankTown Who Was Encouraged by Her Folks Who Were Prominent and Grogu

John Pontoon, dissident revenant@johnpontoon.bsky.social

The title just is the clunkiest thing. “And Grogu” would ruin any title. Chinatown and Grogu. Fight Club and Grogu. Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice and Grogu.

10 fave films off the top of my head (1 per director) Slacker Until the End of the World The Bad News Bears Princess Mononoke Groundhog Day Suspiria (2018) Barton Fink The Usual Suspects Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 2001: A Space Odyssey

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Every time I uppercase an internet acronym like LOL or IRL, I feel like F. Scott Fitzgerald saying "The Middle West". Yes I am from a Lost Generation, I can't help it.

What perfect album came out the year you turned 18? I wish I'd known about it at the time, but this is clearly the right pick.

jenny 🪿@jennyautumn.bsky.social

what perfect album came out the year you turned 18? i had to choose two.

Doug Orleans.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social

Once you realize Tolkien wants every heroic person or place name to be cretic (long-short-long syllable), you start seeing Tolkien names everywhere. Labrador. Pinkypie. Scoobydoo. Macklemore.