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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This is @edwardsung.bsky.social wife. My beloved husband passed from this world unexpectedly one week ago. I’m posting because I know he made connections with some folks here and I don’t want him disappeared.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Minx was a lot of fun! I don't think I ever finished it but I should.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I understand the urge to crap on undemanding, light entertainment, but when you’re feeling like shit, a low-key, cozy comedy that isn’t mentally taxing but is made with care and heart by talented people can be an absolute blessing.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Binged most of the season tonight and it got me through a miserable evening of illness and stress. I love an edgy groundbreaking show as much as anyone, but sometimes a cozy, low-key, lighthearted comedy, expertly executed, just hits the spot.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Netflix's Man on the Inside Season 2 is better than Season 1 in every way... MUCH funnier, great additions to the cast (Jason Mantzoukas!!), and if you want to watch Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen adorably romance each other -- and of course you do -- do not miss it.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Thanks Ärvinski. I am a huge baby when it comes to gut issues so this has really knocked me down, but trying to stay positive!

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The Non Pornographers was right there

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Guess it’s back to the drawing board for my cozy splatterpunk book

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

thing about autism is if you work really hard for many years, you can learn through trial-and-error how to navigate social situations and interpersonal connections SO effectively that people don't really believe you're autistic anymore and resent you for not being perfect at nonverbal communication

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I’m not…though the doctor thinks it’s diabetes related (I’ve had type 2 for a while)

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

After weeks of debilitating gut issues, it appears I probably have gastroparesis. I don't know much about it, but half the posts on the gastroparesis subreddit are like "praying for release from this endless nightmare" which seems promising

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

“Sometimes they had a little party before they did it.”

Frankie Five Angels talking to Tom Hagen in The Godfather Part II

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The best "forever roll"? A bidet attachment. We use a fraction of the TP we used to and feel a lot cleaner.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Carol causing millions of deaths when she loses her shit reminds me of social media, where the need to purge dark stuff conflicts with not wanting to depress or trigger anyone. It's frustrating because it's true—being super negative around people is corrosive. And yet...and yet....

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Sidenote: Did you know??? The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Five Stages of Grief describes how people who are terminally ill deal with their *own* death. They were never meant to apply universally. There is no roadmap or blueprint for grieving. No right or wrong way to deal with loss.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Sometimes you slip and say something mean or ungrateful. They're shocked and hurt, and you feel like an asshole. So you keep quiet and wear the mask. It's you who ends up walking on eggshells and managing other people's feelings. It's the price of not being alone, but it can be a huge strain.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Something that gets left out of the traditional grief narrative is how oppressive and isolating being around people can be. You don't say it because it would be churlish to be hurtful to people who mean well. They want to help, but your pain is in a place beyond the hope of comfort.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

So much about Carol feels recognizable. Her reactions to the unconverted who are making the best of the new reality. The misery and self-hatred she can't medicate away. The push-pull of wanting to be alone but needing human connection. Wanting to blow up the world because fuck everybody.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

There's resentment towards a world that keeps on turning despite your tragedy. I've been shattered, and everyone's out there living their lives. Like I said, it's irrational. My father died. No one gets to be happy. You didn't know him? Too bad! I shout as I knock the ice cream cone from your hand.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Part of it was utter helplessness. Luckily, I had the chance to say goodbye to my father, to hear him say "I love you." But there wasn't enough time for everything. When someone dies, wherever you were at with them, that's all you'll ever get. That door closes forever.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

When my father died, something I did not expect to feel was anger. Not at my dad, but at myself and everyone and everything. A cold, bottomless fury. Totally irrational. I was angry at people who offered condolences and those who didn't. I was angry at strangers. I was angry at myself especially.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Thinking about Pluribus as a story about grief (present & past—there are signs all over these episodes of some bad past stuff) unlocked some thoughts about loss and depression. Rambling follows. (Disclaimer: Grief is a highly personal experience and I speak only for myself.)

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I think we all know this deep down, which is why we get so violently angry at those who remind us of it.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

To me, he epitomizes some of the worst stereotypes of the male literary fiction writer. Casual misogyny, everything's about his boner, stylistic self-indulgence. Brilliant but shockingly un-self-aware and no sense for when to dial it down.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Changing my handle to Lee Patton Oswalt

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Misshannah @misshannah.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

When you were sexualized by adult males as an adolescent you do what you have to as an adult to reconcile your experience, including doing a shit ton of rationalizing. I’m not excusing media folks who are doing this in public, just noting it. We do what we must to protect our sanity. It’s imperative

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Important takeaway: I'm never going to apologize for a typo in an email again.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 12/11/2025

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

My heartfelt sympathies to all the Korean youths getting browbeaten by their parents today

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Some v. good suggestions in the comments

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Guys there was a whole bestselling novel and film adaptation about how we should not be messing around with Hitler's DNA

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I did not remember this Newberry Award-winning children's classic going all Ichi the Killer

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I revisited Robert Lawson's Rabbit Hill, which I loved as a child, and jeez, this goes a lot harder than I remembered

"They're a-buildin' a dungeon," he shouted. "They're a-buildin' a dungeon fer Little Georgie, that's what they’re a-doin'. And they'll put him into it behind big iron bars and he'll be a-pinin' there and every time any one of us touches a dingblasted vegetable they'll a-torture him and jab him and starve him - and maybe pour boilin' oil onto him!”

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This is what you used your one wish for??

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I'm biased on this because, as a Stephen King fan, I have a perverse love of his "post-editor" era doorstops like IT and even that one (Tommyknockers) he wrote in a coked-up haze. Something about authors letting themselves totally off the leash really tickles me!

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I remember going into an electronics store and seeing giant stacks of the first book on display. Why?? The insane marketing definitely helps blur the issue. When a decent book gets hyped into a megahit like that, it's hard to look at it objectively anymore.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Rowling was/is a gifted storyteller! I hate how people act like she has no talent and just lucked into massive success. I mean if you don't see a huge difference between a Harry Potter book and one of the endless "Barry Smotter" knockoffs out there, I don't know what to tell you.

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Edward Sung @edwardsung.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Great point, and I definitely know the feeling. If you dislike someone popular and keep quiet so you don't yuck people's yum, it feels liberating to finally be able to say the thing!

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