Sarah Dailey

If you aren’t following Claire already for the Catholicism explanations, may I suggest following for how often her threads are among the funniest things on Bluesky?

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@heathermahler.bsky.social

Ooh! Ooh! Just call me Cap cuz I understand this reference!

The Midnight Society@midnightpals.bsky.social

Ursula Vernon: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of your blorbo King: MY blorbo?! Vernon: yes Vernon: YOUR blorbo King: from my stories?!? Vernon: yes Vernon: from your stories

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𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝕸𝖆𝖍𝖑𝖊𝖗

Girls will say “I needed this.” and it’s just the What’s Opera Doc horse.✨

The “Treeees“ line reading may be my favorite part 🤣

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m.youtube.comTHE GODAWAN | Return of The Great Indian Bustard | Stopmotion Film with BTS | Studio EeksaurusYouTube video by Studio Eeksaurus

I love animation, and this stop-motion short film from India that used hundreds of pieces of traditional pottery is magnificent!

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Dr. Garrett Schumann

@garrt.bsky.social

This type of logic undergirds so many arguments (journalistic, academic, etc.) about music to the point that I theorize an important social function of music discourse in the US (and a primary reason it continues as part of our commercial media) is to launder/normalize white supremacist reasoning

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This whole thread. And also the raising of that money needs to be sustainable year to year. A big, one-time gift may buy you time, but if it goes away, you’re right back where you started

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Ugh, this one hurts

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7 Sept

I have really loved the clothes I’ve gotten from these folks and they are now dealing with a huge tariff bill that they were not expecting. Check out their cute stuff and/or the GoFundMe!

maya kern@mayakern.com

hi all! this is really difficult for me to talk about, but the store is in danger of closing before the end of the year. you can read more about what happened here: www.mayakern.com/blog i'm at a point where i need to ask for help. 👇

5 Sept

Making my way through this delightful book and I can now say this theory seems plausible:

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

It's time to go back to Gotham City. My book, I AM THE NIGHT: THE ULTIMATE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, comes out today! It's a narrative history of the landmark cartoon, packed with new interviews and deep-dive research. Grab a copy here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

28 Aug

The two poles of consumer interaction: 1) Oh cool, everyone just has a chatbot now instead of designing a navigable website 2) Uh whoa, this actual human customer service rep has a very sexy voice

Ok, but why is no one talking about the other enduring legacy of this episode which is introducing children to the poetry of William Blake?!

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

Is "Tyger, Tyger" a great episode? No. Does its Island of Dr. Moreau-inspired plot about the transformation of Catwoman into a literal cat woman lend itself to anything emotionally profound? Eh, sort of. Was it highly impactful to a certain group of BTAS fans? Absolutely. And for that, it matters.

Seriously, when I was studying classical art song in grad school and discovered “The Tyger“ is from “Songs of Innocence and Experience,” it blew my damn mind. Thanks, BTAS. 😺

I just rewatched this episode because it has one of the most perfect scripts in the series, but also to examine why it fascinated me as a kid (still does now) and I think it’s this: Of all the Rogue’s Gallery: Tetch scares me the most.

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

"Mad as a Hatter" introduces Jervis Tetch, arguably BTAS's most pathetic villain. Wallowing in loneliness and self-entitlement, he seeks to force the connections that elude him in real life. It's an effective, melancholic episode: "Would not, could not... oh, could not join the dance."

The underlying psychology of Tetch’s motivations to make the choices he does hit way too close to home.

His volcanic rage, subtly introduced, and then building throughout the episode until he’s trying to decapitate Batman with an axe, haunts me. “Mad as a Hatter” indeed.

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

He reads like an eerie progenitor of far too many angry, obsessive, misogynistic men in real life

It struck me again in watching how *kind* Alice is to him. She gives him way more of the benefit of the doubt even before he starts, you know, mind-controlling people and being a creep. They could totally be friends in a world where he didn’t make his pain everyone else’s problem!

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

Costumed villainy aside, the roots of his wickedness are all too familiar: A desire for power over people he feels are beneath him. Feeling entitled to a woman’s affections, regardless of her own wants. Displacing blame for his harmful actions on to others.

If, like me, the ‘90’s Warner Bros. animation renaissance is among the reasons you are Like This, then please enjoy this terrific thread of BTAS episodes

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

85 days until the release of my next book, I AM THE NIGHT. 85 episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. Let's begin.

Between Alt and Dockery’s books, I’m also curious if anyone’s drawn a straight line between these WB cartoons and the success of Toonami’s widespread introduction of anime to my generation

People know about the artistic connection between BTAS and the late ‘90‘s cult anime “The Big O” (which rules), but I’m talking more about how BTAS with its sophisticated writing made me look at, say, Gundam Wing or Sailor Moon and go “ofc animation can tell serious stories, I’ve seen it”

If, like me, the ‘90’s Warner Bros. animation renaissance is among the reasons you are Like This, then please enjoy this terrific thread of BTAS episodes

Daniel Dockery@dandock.bsky.social

85 days until the release of my next book, I AM THE NIGHT. 85 episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. Let's begin.

I maintain that Tiny Toons/Animaniacs/BTAS/Freakzoid/etc. has had the kind of impact on the shaping of my media tastes, understanding of narrative, and knowledge of the workings of comedy and drama at a level that I’m just beginning to grasp as an adult

Perfect, we‘re finally getting the Studio Ghibli animated Legend of Zelda that should have happened years ago

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ordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

15 Aug

Lovely way to start the morning!

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social

I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.com

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Your Local Epidemiologist

@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social

10 Aug

1/ Today, an executive order was signed aimed at childhood vaccines. There's no new scientific data for this policy, but there were a LOT of words and confusing rhetoric at the press conference. Here’s what today actually means for you and your family.

@rsmythfreelance.bsky.social

7 Aug

“Without the nuances of Morton’s performance, the Circe scene as written by Nolan is rooted in men’s questionable fear of being accused of violence against women rather than the tragedy of how women navigate that very real threat to our lives.”

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Richard Smyth

4 Aug

Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!

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Leah Broad

@leahbroad.bsky.social

2 Aug

For women's music to stay in the repertoire, we don't just need recordings. We also need score publication, composer info & advocacy. So I'm delighted to announce the launch of UNHEARD HERITAGE, a recording initiative marrying research & performance leahbroad.substack.com/p/announcing...

1 Aug

Today’s “incredibly wild Arkansas connection“ is reading this passage in @mattalt.bsky.social ’s fascinating, entertaining ride through the history of Japanese pop culture in his book “Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World” 😱

lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

1 Aug

Like, I probably know at least one person from UCA who knew this dude.

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Saeed Jones

@theferocity.bsky.social

27 July

I loved the movie and am already making plans to see it again. However, as I’m a messy bitch who lives for the drama, I am LIVING for this review of the film by Emily Wilson. She eats him UP! Hehehe!

27 July

Without saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18

pumpkin spice hannah@swordsoprano.bsky.social

Without saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18

26 July

TIL that custom framing is uh, spendy. Totally worth it tho

25 July

I feel like a critical aspect of ”dudes rock-itude” is an appreciation for media created by women and this is an excellent example 👌

JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular@jacketdan.bsky.social

Dudes rock

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Trung Le Nguyen

@trungles.com

28 May

So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.

Went to my local pro theater for a show and y’all: My kingdom for a competent audio engineer for musical theater in this town. The lack of balance in the house just about killed the show for me

I’m a musician! I have very good ears and I was sitting in the orchestra level. This is an Equity house!

Starting to think I’m gonna have to stick to just the straight plays. Eeeesh.

Went to my local pro theater for a show and y’all: My kingdom for a competent audio engineer for musical theater in this town. The lack of balance in the house just about killed the show for me

There was no credited sound board operator in the playbill, so I’m honestly not sure if there WAS one. I do not get it! I shouldn’t have trouble hearing your body-micced principals over your 14 member unamplified ensemble in a <300 seat house!

And yes, there is some blame that goes on the singers who I do not think are being told/taught to enunciate and project and instead assume the mic will just handle that. (Or sing lyrics with any sense of the phrase or sentence structure for intelligibility. But I digress.)

19 July

This is an incredible run of insults

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.

johnpaulbrammer.substack.comOn Performative ReadingLanguage, resentment, magic, and morals.

13 July

Another tremendous piece of writing from JPB!

JP@jpbrammer.bsky.social

I wrote about "performative reading," resentment, and how tech CEOs managed to make us so incurious, to their great benefit johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/on-perform...

12 July

More programming of Hisaishi works, please and thank you

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30 June

@pwallinga.bsky.social Sentence(tm) ahoy

Matthew Sparkes@sparkes.bsky.social

Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches can now breathe underwater for up to 3 hours thanks to tiny SCUBA suits. Researchers hope one day they could even help us to explore space or planets like Mars. www.newscientist.com/article/2531...

30 June

I think the thing that gives me the most faith in the future of humanity is just how damn funny and clever people can be in these threads 😂

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29 June

This made me cackle!

N.S. Dolkart is gathering signatures@nsdolkart.bsky.social

What kills me is the lack of ornamentation, the lack of narrative. This isn’t even *meant* to be a glorious piece of art telling a triumphal story about America. It’s a triumphal arch from a lego set, a mere suggestion of the real thing so you can say you built a model of Paris.

28 June

I deeply admire Courtney Milan’s commitment to the science of entertainment this lazy Sunday afternoon

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com

These have arrived and they are chilling in the fridge, because there's a little cheery graphic on the side that suggests it tastes less like death if you can't taste it very well. Gonna go run errands and return to see if this is tasty.