Sebastian Deken

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2 Dec 2024

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hi. i haven't posted since july. i'm still alive, but i'm now more than a year unemployed and profoundly depressed. not much inclination to shitpost!

on the other hand, the post prior to the above was about captain america's package, so maybe that's why i'm not getting any job offers

3 July

this is stuck in my head like a song

i’m just ken@shepardcdr.bsky.social

hey so what the fuck, marvel rivals?

30 June

@rhymeswithibiza.bsky.social as promised on twitter in 2023, i am saying hi three years later, almost (exactly) to the day

popheist.comThe Complete History of Cobra-LaA new age is dawning for G.I. Joe's most unjustly maligned villains. Let Pop Heist's Web of Remembrance tell the tale.

4 June

get your Encarta ’95 CDs out of storage, kids, bc they’ll be coming for wikipedia next

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4 June

A new age is dawning for G.I. Joe's most unjustly maligned villains. Let Pop Heist's Web of Remembrance tell the tale. buff.ly/CWbngLR

3 June

having a real hard time deciding who has the most punchable face here

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com

these bastards think they own us

3 June

brett has been working hard on this piece for a long time, and I am SO EXCITED for folks to be able to read it!

Brett White@brettwhite.bsky.social

Coming THURSDAY to @popheist.com -- the long-awaited, epic, final part of the Cobra-La Corpus. Almost 12,000 words about the creation, ruination, and reclamation of the most misunderstood part of GI Joe. I've spent 10 months on this. Please, uh, help me drum up interest.

nothing hits quite like your head hits a cinder block wall after you fall down the stairs, leaving you with a minor concussion

to be clear i am talking about me, all of this happened to me earlier today

nothing hits quite like your head hits a cinder block wall after you fall down the stairs, leaving you with a minor concussion

and also it happened 90 minutes after getting a rejection letter for a dream job (after three rounds of interviews). nothing hits quite like all of that in succession

29 May

we really should get a mulligan on the bisesquicentennial when we have an even slightly competent administration

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social

And then there were two.

29 May

if’s giving Niles II: Wrath of Crane

Ryan Estrada@ryanestrada.com

Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image.

29 May

dear seb: always wear your glasses when you’re typing a good joke

28 May

maybe it’s bc i’m gay, but isn’t the baby the worst part?

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social

Jorge R. Gutierrez says animating with AI was like “having sex and then they hand you the baby” during his appearance at the AI on the Lot convention. He currently has a project named ‘Punky Duck’ through Amazon MGM’s GenAI Creators’ Fund.

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popheist.com‘Late Show’ Changed My Life: An Intern’s 2006 MySpace Blog - Pop HeistWhy does the end of 'The Late Show' mean so much to me? Because I crammed four years of a college experience into four months.

Long before my hair went gray, I was a "straight" kid with a love for multi-cam TV production who moved to New York to intern for his favorite late night show. Tonight's gonna hurt. popheist.com/late-show-my...

anybody out there know where my brother keeps his needle-nose pliers? i can’t find them and he’s not answering my texts

i looked in all of the toolboxes in the garage. all three had their own hammers, screwdrivers, socket wrenches, and complete sets of allen wrenches. all three of them were missing only the needle-nose pliers

buff.lyThe Eurovision 2026 Israel Boycott ExplainedIsrael's participation in Eurovision 2026 has spotlighted the contest's troubled format and governance, causing five countries to withdraw.

update: he answered my texts but does not know where they are

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Pop Heist

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13 May

Israel's participation in Eurovision 2026 has spotlighted the contest's troubled format and governance, causing five countries to withdraw. So where do we go from here?

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Eurovangelists

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12 May

We're once again partnering with our pals at @popheist.com to give you an explainer & guide to all the songs in this year's comeptition, just in time for Semi 1, so if you're watching this year, happy Eurovision week everyone!

Pop Heist@popheist.com

Today is the first semi-final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, and @jeremybent.bsky.social of the @eurovangelists.com podcast walks us through all 35 of this year's songs. Which ones bop and which ones flop?

popheist.comEurovision 2026: A Song-by-Song Guide - Pop HeistPodcaster and Eurovision expert Jeremy Bent (Eurovangelists) breaks down the bops and the flops of this year's 35-song lineup.

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12 May

popheist.comEurovision 2026: A Song-by-Song Guide - Pop HeistPodcaster and Eurovision expert Jeremy Bent (Eurovangelists) breaks down the bops and the flops of this year's 35-song lineup.

6 May

oh hey, it's ya boy sebastian popping up in a great piece by @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social—check it out in the latest issue of the very excellent Unwinnable magazine!

Stu Horvath@stuhorvath.com

"One powerful through-line of Uematsu's work is that he composes from a place of kindness and sees his composition style as a conversing with a friend." @phoenixwritesdown.bsky.social chats with members of Pixel.wav an ensemble that's adapted Uematsu's Final Fantasy work for orchestral performance.

6 May

i should probably write more stuff that isn't me being horny for christmas at @popheist.com.

4 May

i need a minute

Vincent🥂Great Gatsby Comic🥂@vincentisvintage.bsky.social

Luke Evans in Palomo Spain Reference to Tom of Finland art but in a rich brown- god I love brown leather

5 May

i wish we could do polls on here, because i want to know how many straight people thought he was pretending to be a village person

4 May

i need a minute

Vincent🥂Great Gatsby Comic🥂@vincentisvintage.bsky.social

Luke Evans in Palomo Spain Reference to Tom of Finland art but in a rich brown- god I love brown leather

4 May

is the looksmaxxing community aware of tom of finland? i have an idea for a prank

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medium.comThe Gentrification of Video Game HistoryWe’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas

19 Apr

tomodachi life is the wildest game of mad libs. on my island, da chill zone, alyssa edwards is friends with storm from the x-men, and bill pullman has a crush on my sister-in-law

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Felipe Pepe

@felipepepe.bsky.social

18 Apr

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In case you want to read the article, here's the link: medium.com/@felipepepe/...

16 Apr

will tomodachi life: living the dream fill the miitomo-shaped hole in my heart?

16 Apr

i’m only like an hour in and everyone on my island is already talking about dick and cock

futurism.comAI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study WarnsA new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.

14 Apr

i want to send this to everyone in my family who uses slop generators

nbcnews.toMan accused in Molotov cocktail attack of Sam Altman's home opposed AI, court documents sayMoreno was arrested Friday and had a materials that expressed anti-AI viewpoints, according to court documents.

committing arson against a billionaire’s home is what we call “luigi’s mansion”-ing

NBC News@nbcnews.com

The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the OpenAI founder's home was opposed to AI and has a list of other AI tech executives, according to court documents.

my brother was at an electronics disposal event over the weekend, and the guy in front of him tossed this in the bin. brother picked it up and took it home. all of it is in working condition. the total cost of this score was $0 and 0¢. i am murderous.

i wish the box were in better condition. but i'm certain he can find a way to remove the tape without damaging it.

pope leo said "bitch i am from chicago"

12 Apr

the dubious merits of this list aside, i have only played: -skyrim long enough to figure out that i didn't know what i was doing and never would -cyberpunk 2077 long enough to get past the dick-selection portion of the character design only to realize i probably wouldn't see that dick much if ever

GameRant@gamerant.bsky.social

After tens of thousands of votes, these are the 10 best video games of all time, according to GameRant's readers. You can influence the rankings by letting us know which is game is better at the link! bit.ly/3Q30GHA

12 Apr

this is illustrative of my inability to be a true Gamer. i want it to happen but it never will

kickstarter.comFund BOX EAT CARDS: Turn nostalgia into cards you can holdThe inaugural set from BOX EAT CARDS asks the question, "What if the '90, '91, and '92 Marvel Universe cards included G.I. Joe?"

11 Apr

This is FUNDED and now has a STRETCH GOAL. I’m proud of my husband! y’all still interested? check this puppy out!

Sebastian Deken@sebsational.bsky.social

my husband is VERY CLOSE to having the funding to make this very specific lane of nostalgia a reality! and i want YOU 🫵 to take it over the goal! i have watched him work on this for weeks and i can tell you that no insane detail has been overlooked.

10 Apr

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Brett White

@brettwhite.bsky.social

9 Apr

The world is terrible, my heart is broken, I don't know what I'm doing, but I know this GI JOE trading card Kickstarter got approved so here goes nothing www.kickstarter.com/projects/bre...

7 Apr

he got that rest rooms booty thicc camper ass dumper

Rural Indexing Project@ruralindexing.bsky.social

Public toilet Lehr, ND

4 Apr

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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4 Apr

2 Apr

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