Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 22hReally good reporting AND presented really dynamically to boot 012
Reposted by Eric BuchmanNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Of note, one of this year's ballot measures is purportedly to fund necessary medical research, but a close examination reveals that it's basically a $4 billion taxpayer payout to a single sketchy nonprofit. That's why it's important to read the fine print. 415053
Reposted by Eric BuchmanAlicia Stella @alicia.social · 02/10/2026The best Easter egg on the MiB ride is the Steven Spielberg head on a stick. He rarely lowers his newspaper, so it’s really hard to spot. I always knew Spielberg was three aliens in a trench coat. 17716
Reposted by Eric BuchmanFake Presidents Podcast @fakepresidents.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Been too long! But we're back, baby! 022
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So what if it’s a “cash grab”? More studios should “grab” the “cash” that comes with re-releasing movies in theaters again! That’s a good thing! 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My ire was more focused on cable boxes themselves, as seen in this blog post from 2010, a year earlier... buchnotes.com/2010/08/26/c... 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Back in 2011, when tech bloggers were obsessed with "cord cutting" and demanding "a la carte channels" (we hadn't adopted the term "streamers" yet), I looked at the data, and came to a different conclusion: "Choice is definitely good, but we could wind up paying more for less. A lot less."techguyeric.comIs à la carte cable really the answer?There’s a growing demand for “à la carte” cable pricing — i.e. the ability to pick and choose just the individual channels you want. After all, why pay for stuff you aren… 110
Reposted by Eric BuchmanNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Silicon Valley has finally invented the mafia from the famous 2000s HBO series "Don't Invent the Mafia" 211918
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Congrats everyone! not only are we now fully living in a sci-fi dystopia timeline... but we're not even in the prime universe anymore! We're the reboot attempt. 010
Reposted by Eric BuchmanKirk Rudell @rudell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Alan Ritchson seems like a good dude, and I think REACHER uses him as a human shield for some gross right wing vigilante porn that is, tonally, different from the books—where Reacher is deliberate about who he kills. Also, casting Nick Searcy, a MAGA-pilled asshole who was at January 6, is bad. 181
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026longform podcast interviews have been ruined for me ever since I learned that "Good question!" is the interviewee version of "Bless your heart!" 000
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026it'd be such a baller move if D'Amaro was like "it's been fun, but..."deadline.comDisney Offering Voluntary Early Retirement Packages To Execs (Exclu)As part of the Disney's cost-reduction efforts, the company is offering longtime executives early retirement packages. Layoffs will follow. 020
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026when a Netflix original winds up in a theater, it's only fair that the theater provide ironing boards and ample space for folding laundry while viewing 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Seconded! We took the fam the San Diego to do the Zoo and stuff, and was shocked by the total lack of water filling stations there compared to LA. Don’t think we saw a single one the whole trip. 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"And I have the receipts!" - me, returning home from the grocery store 000
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Can’t wait to see how their narrative changes when the Dodgers lose to the Rays in the World Series this year… 020
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I guess you can say the land is finally living up to its name… 000
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I guess you can say the land is finally living up to its name… 000
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The tagline makes so sense. He’s always been both? 100
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026(Maybe the kind of NY Times subscriber who also cares one iota about BM is a REALLY slow reader?) 000
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A) if so, it would be the first laugh he’s gotten in years B) how the hell is whatever this link leads to an “18 minute read”!?! 140
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A person who worked at a video store vs. a person who worked in a theater projection booth… 070
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Does downloading an audiobook version count? (Note how I said “download” and not “listen to”) 030
Reposted by Eric BuchmanJelly Pumpkins @jellyzedsy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I cannot stop laughing at this. They were so close to cracking lmao #InfoWars #MAJA 18284641592
Reposted by Eric BuchmanKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read. 3555361688
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Okay. I’ve spent the last 48 hours studying up on daylight savings. The pros and cons of standard time. The pros and cons of savings time. And in light of all available data I think the best solution is… We split the difference and spend part of the year one way, part of the year the other? 100
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Sam Jackson as Zeus? Wouldn’t be the first time…static.klipy.comSamuel L Jackson in Die Hard: Answer This PhoneALT: Samuel L Jackson in Die Hard: Answer This Phone 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026wait, are we still using "hiking the Appalachian trail" as a euphemism for sneaking off to have sex your Argentinian mistress? 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I would’ve gone with the headline “Fossil fuels intense bidding war” 000
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026That’s exactly what I said in the eulogy for my aunt!!! 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Imagine successfully killing an octogenarian uncle because of some inheritance scheme you got going on, only for that uncle’s senate office to cover up the fact that he’s dead for political purposes fml 120
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Unrelated, but I don’t get the whole “lower 48” thing. They’re only lower than 1 state. Still higher than 1. They’re technically the “middle 48” states. 030
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026REAL fans of the continental congress know that july 2 was the REAL day to celebrate 010
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026this is one of those sting operations to catch deadbeat dads and dudes with outstanding warrants, right? 030
Reposted by Eric BuchmanEric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Also, I call shenanigans on all these articles about the potus's self-reported income. If he's so rich, why does he keep hiring such shitass attorneys 001
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Also, I call shenanigans on all these articles about the potus's self-reported income. If he's so rich, why does he keep hiring such shitass attorneys 001
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Well this article certainly takes a swerve at the end and now I hate everyone involved? 000
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I can help with that. I’m started a law firm to deal with scams that involve people posing as law firms that deal with scams. Just send me, oh, several credit cards numbers. 100
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Are they not satisfied with the reception that the Secret Life of Pets ride got? 100
Eric Buchman @ebuchman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Spoiler alert: in real life it turns out that experience and institutional knowledge actually has value and can save lives! (And you don’t even need to go into the history books to find examples, just look at all the havoc wrought by the “youth” at DOGE) 0102
