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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

You might assume that watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms would be like ill-advisedly texting your ex. But it is actually one of the rare, near-mythical, cases of successfully rekindling an old romance.

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Overcome Your Trauma and Watch “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Right Now

Yes, the Game of Thrones franchise really is worth watching again

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Nope. not me flipping through House of Leaves again for no particular reason

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Obviously more to the movie, but One Battle After Another really appeals to the "useless middle-aged white guy living in troubling times" demo. But the fact you give a shit matters! It won't by itself change much, but it counts for something! For SOME reason I loved it.

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Early, rough, and obviously incomplete reaction to the first two episodes of Pluribus:

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Eldritch Racasner 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

When a baseball team uses an opener in a playoff game

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I love his commentary, like this one

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Jawn Gonzalez @johngonzalez.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Philosopher King John Kruk: "the person who invented the first clock ever...how did that person know what time it was?"

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

If you happen to know any members of the Armed Services (including National Guard), I hope you're talking to them about what decisions they might make if certain orders come down.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 12/08/2025

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

from the great @TEStoneWrites

bmariner: So says the "magic" guy with the rainbow flag in his bio

Ephraim: The rainbow in my bio is a reminder that G-D's covenants are eternal, this His promises to my foremothers and forefathers are everlasting, and that His wisdom will endure forever.

bmariner: I apologize, then. That's how I see the rainbow, too. Hard to tell these days.

Ephraim: I also suck dick

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

D.C. National Guard Public Affairs Office (202) 631-6147 ng.dc.dcarng.mesg.pao1@army.mil

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A fun illustrative example of why Deadwood was such a remarkable show: the reason it was so effective when Dan Dority ripped out Captain Turner's eye is there just happen to have been multiple people involved with the show who had actually seen someone get an eye ripped out.

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Don't mean to overreact, but is it possible we got ourselves a real baseball team here?

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Back from vacation, caught up on Andor, and very glad I was totally wrong in the first section of this post. Would have been so easy for the writers to take the plausible but lazy path here; credit to them for understanding a story can be kinda dark without just being misery porn.

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An Andor Season 2 Drop-In after Eps 1–3

The Space Fascists find love, a potential death per week, and other notes

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

What’s this stock character called? Crabby but kindly old lady (always a lady). Blunt, no filter, but she’s rude to other characters because she wants them to be their best selves. Gets away with it simply because she’s an old lady. Will call you on your BS when you need it.

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

On vacation and can't decide whether I want to know what this is about. Defaulting to "no" for now. It will be here when I get back.

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

For unknown reasons Medium doesn't allow italics in post titles. Not ideal for writing about TV shows and movies. Don't want to use quote marks for show names because those are used for episode titles. The ALL CAPS TITLE thing just seems obnoxious. Not sure what to do about it.

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Anyway, we really need to come up with a natural sounding word for "piece of entertainment you watch on a screen" because referring to your favorite "shows or movies" is awkward and annoying.

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

So, it turns out I'm somehow too dumb to successfully use a free and very simple blogging site to post my mediocre opinions on the internet!

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Some Programming Notes — and NOT the Intended Post on The Last Of Us Which Was Pretty Much…

Hey Medium, maybe get an Undo button?

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

On this rewatch, just now noticed that the host of the 1968 talk show that opens The Last of Us is the dipshit who kept failing upward in Silicon Valley.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 01/04/2025

Britt Lower playing the #Severance theme on trumpet 🎺

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

These are the same people that were willing to let their grandparents die so they could eat at Arby's again without a mask

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You do NOT need the new iPad
You do NOT need the new Cell Phone
You do NOT need the new video game console

You WANT them

There is a big difference and if you look at the people whining about the tariffs I challenge you to ask them how their lives have been affected in any way

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Mad Men @madmen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

"She was born in 1898 in a barn. She died on the thirty-seventh floor of a skyscraper. She’s an astronaut." --Bert Cooper #MadMen

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Do you think the folks who run the door factory are annoyed that Dan Erickson keeps citing his employment there as the inspiration for Severance?

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Second post on last week's Severance episode, featuring legitimately moving romances, counterproductively convoluted story structure, and bird shit.

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Severance S2E9 “The After Hours” Part 2: The Writers Remember the Romantic Arcs

Checking in on The Dylans & Gretchen and Irv & Burt

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Second post on last week's Severance episode, featuring legitimately moving romances, counterproductively convoluted story structure, and bird shit.

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Severance S2E9 “The After Hours” Part 2: The Writers Remember the Romantic Arcs

Checking in on The Dylans & Gretchen and Irv & Burt

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I found where they’re conserving you

Google Maps image of “Chuckle Head Conservation Area” in Tasmania

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

In two weeks we've had references to (Lutheran) Christianity, which I'm pretty sure didn't make theological sense; and (Tibetan) Buddhist philosophy, which seems dicey but I admit minimal knowledge of specifically Tibetan Buddhism. Need to sleep on it before having an opinion.

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"[Ms. Cobel] was raised by them, she's a soldier."

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Remember when Severance used to be about a bullshit office job?

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Chekhov's Shark @davidouten.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Just used a meme generator for the first time ever and feel like I need to start saying "sus" and "rizz" and whatnot since I'm clearly one of the cool kids now

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Delbert Grady Seasons @delbertgseasons.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Doctor: (jotting in notebook) Insane Clown Pagliacci Pagliacci: (joyless) whoop whoop

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