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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Sora on Broadway: (1/) Laugh all you like at technology… But while real Broadway was transcribing the latest 80’s cult movie, Sora users were giving us a never-was peek at what more imaginative adaptations COULD have lit up theaters— Like…a Three Stooges musical, for instance:

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The Best of Sora: A Memorial Thread. 😢 It had no useful function. That’s why we liked it. It turned joke premises into waking dreams, and cartoon gags into “real” life. We had no control, so we challenged its “creativity” to match our imagination. Like the many “Jurassic Park: the Musicals”: 1/)

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The recent cold snap has opened up some unique areas for side-hustle business opportunities, in our community:

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Just sitting inside on a snowy MA, enjoying our colorful New England weather…. ☕️😊 ❄️❄️

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

We must each be willing to defend our own opinions against the masses, no matter how unpopular. Mine is a question of major and minor keys: I believe the J. Geils Band did NOT steal their “Centerfold” riff from the Smurfs theme: youtu.be/BqDjMZKf-wg I have said my piece. 🙂‍↔️

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The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by JGeilsBandVEVO

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

This Christmas, I’m sitting down with the warm nostalgia of the first version of A Christmas Carol I saw as a kid— The 70’s Kenner Classic Tales version CBS used to show right after the Macy’s parade! ☺️ youtu.be/ArRUOa2LeEw?... (What, that Kermit thing? Yeah, think I streamed it on D+ once. 🤷‍♂️)

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A Christmas Carol (1969)

YouTube video by James Taylor-Goddard

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Y’know, things might get out of hand if this hack went viral, and people sent it to their relatively tech-illiterate Senators demanding action— 😈 Like @warren.senate.gov here in MA, f’rinst. bsky.app/profile/jwbf...

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

With December here, snow in the air, and Yuletide fast approaching, we’re never too busy to make time for that annual holiday tradition: Debating whether the Beach Boys or the Electric Mayhem had the better cover of “Little Saint Nick”: youtu.be/kDkRvfo8jVE

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John Denver & The Muppets-Little Saint Nick

YouTube video by cornbreadobrien

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Remember, Turkey preparation is an art. Learn to enjoy it. 😄🍗

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I was going to post the annual tradition of prank AI “Strangest Macy’s Parade float” videos…. 😛 But then that real Stranger Things parade float had to come along and outdo the joke. 🤨

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Watching tonight: Wag the Dog (1997) A wacky absurdist political satire, as ruthless presidential aide Robert DeNiro hires Hollywood producer Dustin Hoffman to concoct an imaginary “war”, to distract the press away from an embarrassing scandal between the president and an underage girl. 😂

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Trapped with roommate making me watch NCIS— I can’t concentrate, as I have this obsession with wanting to see Gibbs watch his partner go into a situation, and warn him “No, no, don’t open that door, McGee!”

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Today’s reminder of why we’re living in Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here”: Stephen Colbert edition. 🤨

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Today’s reminder of why you can put down the freakin’ George Orwell already, we’re living in Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here by now: Chapter 12

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Despite the protests, Trump’s military parade seems to be attracting a small crowd:

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The next time ICE convinces us they’re going after “bad criminals”, remind them: Strawberry fields. FOREVER. 🍓😠

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

In today’s headlines, security guards detained a man who tried to crash through the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s Bel Air mansion. ANNN-nyway, her bag of SkinnyPop popcorn was reportedly unharmed. 🙄🍿

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Ways Anime Predicted the Future, #7: Two-way communication earrings (as worn by the Dirty Pair)

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

👶 “Liberty.” 💁‍♂️ “It’s pronounced ‘Biberty’.” 👶 “Liiiiberty.” Okay. I want to know: WHO wished on a monkey’s paw that they’d freakin’ get rid of the Flightless Bird commercial? 😡

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In latest sports news, Paige Bueckers became first pick in this year’s WNBA Draft, winning a spot with the Dallas Wings. And you can tell it’s women’s basketball, because they have My Little Pony for a team symbol. 😛

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

In today’s headlines: Trump removes tariffs for computers and smartphones made in China— For reasons having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO with expensive iPhones getting more bad media press than expensive produce or lumber. Unless those bad Chinese keep sending us more bad Fentanyl. 😠

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

In latest headlines, State Farm insurance announced plans to drastically hike emergency insurance rates for already financially strapped California homeowners in light of the recent wildfires. …This sounds like a job for Batman. 🙄

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Literally EVERY single news article on the de-extinction of Dire Wolves has, without exception, and often in the lead headline, used “They were on Game of Thrones! 🤓” as scientific justification. If so: I demand a campaign to increase funding for dragon DNA research. Now.

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Latest Fox News faux-outrage? Tim Walz on tour, quote, “Acting like a standup conic” heckling Elon Musk’s financial freefall…. 😆 I’m Eric Janssen, and my pronouns are “Ever sit through a cringeworthily stagestruck Ted Cruz appearance at CPAC?” 🙄

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Given Trump’s quality musical tastes, a new anthem for his so-called tariff “Liberation Day” has been offered: 🪩 🕺 youtu.be/1uGKcrAgbg8?...

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LIBERATION

YouTube video by Cindyork HongKong

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

So, given the trending Free Luigi fandom posts this morning… Has SNL yet done a parody of Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins”, with a new number of Luigi Mangione singing old 90’s boy-band Fangirl numbers? 🙄 youtu.be/UP4VwmwkI1c?...

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Assassins - 2004 Tony Awards Performance

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Just to give some microcosmic representative example of how Disney’s pandering-over-backwards destroys their live-action remakes, but… …Shouldn’t the title properly be “Snow White AND the Seven Dwarfs”? 🤔 Or would the mere suggestion there was anyone else in the story disrespect her girlbosshood?🙄

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Just watching Disney’s Encanto, and… Is it just me, or does Abuela look unsettlingly like that crazy Alzheimer’s mom from the pharmaceutical ad? 🤔

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Just turned on MTV, and they’re showing reruns of Big Bang Theory, just like every other Paramount/Viacom channel. I didn’t mind when it was Young Ones or Monkees reruns, but using it as the same dump that VH-1 used to be before RuPaul…the 80’s David Bowie in my soul just died a little. 😓

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

“The people know our name now!” “They certainly DO know the name, they burned the factory down this morning!” [This Monty Python Quote of the Day brought to you by Tesla.]. 😂

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I turned on the morning news, and saw an item about Trump buying a Tesla from Elon Musk, followed by a segment about Girl Scout Cookie sales season. For what it’s worth. (Remember how it was always your mom that bought the first box? 😅)

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I want to know I am not alone on this: If I never hear the words “Flightless bird” again for the rest my entire sorry freakin’ life, It will be TOO SOON. 🤬

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I’ve always wondered why some enterprising tie-in merchandiser hasn’t come up with the John Wick External Catheter: “For those who can’t take it anymore…” 💧😛

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Not that I believe paranoid sexist misandry shouldn’t sell midsize sports cars, just asking: …IS there such a thing as “Competitive Air Drumming”, and if so,where do I sign up? 🤔

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ericjanssen.bsky.social @ericjanssen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I’m stuck in hospital for a week with nothing but my phone and cable Tv, and a few observations: 1). Remember when SyFy, E!, AMC, Bravo and FX had actual programs, and didn’t all show the EXACT SAME Harry Potter, SW and Marvel marathons as each other? (1/x)

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