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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #292: Backrooms & Apple Cinnamon Crunch Popcorn Dave: After the uncanny valley of the set wears off, Backrooms is akin to wandering around an IKEA that’s under construction at closing time. The plot is threadbare and after the physical eeriness wears off, 🧵 1/7

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At the end of this month, we will have been married for ten years. Theme for October: Albums released a decade ago that were frequently played in our home at the time 🎙 (curated by us from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

Five albums from 2016: Solange “A Seat at the Table”; Mary Chapin Carpenter “The Things That We Are Made Of”; Lori McKenna “The Bird & the Rifle”; Regina Spektor “Remember Us to Life”; Beyoncé “Lemonade”

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A few days later b/c life had other plans… September Nerdery Book Club, selected by Dave & discussed over heavenly Indian food at Taj. Inconsistent in tone and theme, Hell of a Book struggles with cohesion even in its most affecting moments. Joe: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dave: ⭐️⭐️1/2 @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby who has ever existed in the Anthropocene holds an iPad displaying the cover of Jason Mott’s National Book Award winning Hell of a Book, further proof that the NBA is often bonkers in their selections

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nicknames I have for chefs on PBS’s Milk Street, a show we live for (seriously, it’s so good - we routinely rewatch episodes): • Queen (she’s my fave) • Daddy • Hot Nerd • Stern Mommy • Bossy Bird • Cool Auntie • Lockjaw

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #291: Cunk on Life & Apple Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn Dave: Cunk on Life is mostly just one joke after another, but somehow it holds up better than most brainless comedies. Perhaps it’s because it tries to tackle Big Concepts, or maybe because Diane Morgan, 🧵 1/7

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #290: Anaconda [2025] & Salted Butterscotch Popcorn Dave: Before we watched this, Joe realized I hadn’t seen the original Anaconda. He seemed to think I needed to see that for context or something. Reader, I did not. Though towards the end I was convinced there was 🧵 1/7

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’ve had this queued up and ready since Tuesday, but keep forgetting about it because I seem to be avoiding the lone social media account I have. Anyway. Theme for September: Have a seat! 🎙 (curated by me from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

A wall with five album covers that feature chairs or sofas. From the top: Torres “Three Futures”; St. Vincent “St. Vincent”; Mary Chapin Carpenter “Stones in the Road”; The Cranberries “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?”; Ratboys “Singin’ to an Empty Chair”

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

August Nerdery Book Club, selected by me and discussed over outstanding dumplings at Crazy Dumpling. It’s rare that we disagree on a book. I found this intricately plotted & compelling, Dave disliked the characterizations & soap opera plotlines. Joe: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Dave: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby the world has ever seen holds a copy of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. A delicious meal from Crazy Dumpling sits in the foreground. Seriously. We found a go-to Chinese dumpling place. 😋

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

he Nerdery Movie Night #289: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood & Spicy Nacho Cheese Popcorn Dave: Even if Mr. Rogers is a bit of a manic pixie dream daddy in this film, the ethos of this film hit hard. The shared generational experiences, the encouragement around talking through feelings 🧵 1/

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’m pretty neutral about all things Harry Potter, but this, more than anything else, makes me hate the franchise (and the fans, who, frankly, should consider growing up). What a batshit article. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Theme for August: LP Numerology 🎙 (curated by Dave from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

Five records are displayed on a wall: Trixie Mattel “Two Birds”, De La Soul “3 Feet High and Rising”, Veruca Salt “Eight Arms to Hold You”, Steve Reich “Music for 18 Musicians”, and Willie Bobo “Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3”

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

There were wannabe influencers on the beach tonight. Me, 50 feet away:

A nearly fifty year old bald man acts like a sexy idiot for the camera because #influencer

A sex fiend poses coquettishly at the waters edge as waves crest behind him. Calm down, it’s a joke. Influencers suck.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

July Nerdery Book Club, selected by Dave and discussed over mid Salvadoran fare at La Casita del Savor. Beautifully written & subtly addresses generational trauma, Danticat’s debut succumbs to a disappointing final act. Still, it’s very good. Joe: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Dave: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby that the world has ever known or will ever know holds a copy of Edwidge Danticat’s debut novel Breath, Eyes, Memory - a strong novel, published when the author was only 25!

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This fucking sucks. What an icon. Rest in power.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #288: Good Boy & Ras el Hanout Popcorn Dave: I’d avoided watching this movie because I was sure something awful happened to the dog. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. t’s wild to watch the dog “act” and then see their methods at the end of the film. 🧵 1/8

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Well, Obsession was terrifying.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #287: Enola Holmes & Tamari Popcorn (Version 2) Dave: I thought about picking something a little on the nose for the night before July 4, like Independence Day, Idiocracy, or some movie where people die because of shoddily erected state fair stages 🧵1/

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Theme for July: silver anniversaries. It’s dizzying that these albums are a quarter century old. 🎙 (curated by me from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social NB: Fever was released stateside in 2002, but I’m being true to its origins

A wall with albums that were released in 2001. From the top: Low “Things We Lost in the Fire”; Kylie Minogue “Fever”; The Shins “Oh, Inverted World”; Tori Amos “Strange Little Girls”; The Strokes “Is This It”

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Iconic moments at The Newbery/Caldecott/Legacy Awards with @erinentrada.bsky.social @jashar.bsky.social & @matthewburgessj.bsky.social My heart is full. What an amazing night, what inspiring authors & illustrators. So much laughter, so much joy.

Runway icons Erin Entrada Kelly and Joe Prince

Matthew Burgess, poet extraordinaire and author of the Caldecott Medal-winning Fireworks.

Jashar Awan, who gifted this world with Mabel, Caldecott honoree

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

June Nerdery Book Club, selected by me and discussed over leftover pizza from Primavera. Mawkish like a Hallmark movie but boasts sublime characterization. The foreshadowing is embarrassingly bad, yet the payoff affecting. Yay, octopuses! Joe: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Dave: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby in the whole wide world holds an iPad with an image of Remarkably Bright Creatures because my hold for a physical copy at the library did not materialize in time

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Am I the only one who cannot stand Benson Boone? Every time I hear “mooooonbeam iiiiiice creeeammm” I want to throw my phone in the Rappahannock and wander into the woods, never to be seen again

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #286: Pillion & Black Pepper Parmesan Popcorn Dave: While I don’t always get sub/dom culture - our relationship would be over if someone made me sleep on the rug - this was an exceptionally touching movie. It hit on themes of found family, loneliness, 🧵 1/8

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Theme for June: It’s Pride Month! 🎙 (curated by Dave from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

Yaaaaas queens: Ani DiFranco’s Little Plastic Castle, Brittany Howard’s Jaime, Indigo Girls’ Swamp Ophelia, Perfume Genius’ Set Me Heart on Fire Immediately, and R.E.M.’s Can’t Get There from Here are displayed on a wall

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #285: Old & Hawaij Popcorn Dave: The plot of this film was gripping. Joe and I gasped, laughed, grabbed each other in fright, and even cried a little. But the sets weren’t even worthy of a bad soap opera and the acting was even worse. 🧵 1/9

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

WE'RE BACK, BITCHES. Did you miss us? The Nerdery Movie Night #284: Merrily We Roll Along & Cinnamon Chocolate Popcorn Dave: As a bad gay, I was largely unfamiliar with Merrily We Roll Along except, apparently, that I somehow learned “Not A Day Goes By” by osmosis during my brief musical 🧵 1/11

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Theme for May: She returns! It’s been almost five years since her last record, and today Tori Amos’ new album releases. So here’s a display of her first four (and best) albums and her fifth best. 🎙 (curated by me from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

A display of five Tori Amos albums: Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink, Boys for Pele, from the choirgirl hotel, and Scarlet’s Walk?

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Last night was… April Nerdery Book Club, selected by me and discussed over mid bourbon cocktails and grub at Ironclad. Turns out this was more reference book than nonfiction. Still, the photos were beautiful & it made us nostalgic. Joe: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dave: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby the world has ever known holds a copy of Susan Reigler’s Kentucky Bourbon. On the table is a smoked trout dip and two bourbon cocktails.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

You know those horror movies with creepy children, usually in Victorian garb, are lurking in shadows?

A tortie cat glares accusingly at the camera. She is half obscured by a slightly ajar door. She is likely furious that both a.) the house is chaotic because we’re moving and boxes are everywhere and b.) it’s 9:30 and goddamn it, where is her bedtime treat.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #283: CODA & Coffee Crunch Popcorn Dave: While there were some moving moments in this film, it felt like Señor Holland’s Opus meets Glee with a side of anchovies. The musical numbers were all autotuned, overwrought renditions of pop songs, the “be yourself!” moral... 🧵 1/10

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I will never forgive my fellow countrymen for putting this lunatic in the White House again. Whether they voted for him or whether they chose not to vote at all.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #282: Judy & Lime Pickle Popcorn Snack Mix Dave: Judy Garland is an icon. Watching her story here was nearly excruciating. No wonder gay men flocked to her: she was denied a childhood and adolescence and had to play a part for most of her adulthood. While Renée 🧵 1/8

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Theme for April: Moving month! 🎙 (curated by Dave from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

A display of albums that feature titles referencing homes: Rural Alberta Advantage “Hometowns”, Chris Stapleton “From a Room”, Billy Strings “Home”, Til Tuesday “Welcome Home”, and Missy Elliot “Under Construction”

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

March Nerdery Book Club, selected by Dave and discussed over seafood that’s served with plastic bibs. Stuffed with underdeveloped themes while being exhaustingly overwritten, the novel trundles along with little locomotion and almost no tension. Joe: ⭐️1/2 Dave: ⭐️1/2 @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby the world has ever or will ever know holding a copy of Julia Franks’ dreadfully dull Over the Plain Houses. A low country boil appears in the foreground.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #281: M3GAN 2.0 & Popcorn Party Mix Dave: At times, Megan 2.0 felt like what would happen if the crew of Lost in Space rebooted Buffy the Vampire Slayer: wooden sets, wooden props, wooden dialogue, and wooden characters. At other times, though, the film had... 🧵1/9

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #280: Lucy and Desi & Minty Green Popcorn Clusters Dave: Dave: I’ve always had a soft spot for Lucille Ball. I stayed up late when I was younger to catch I Love Lucy reruns on Nick at Nite. After watching this documentary and seeing a bit of how tough she had it.... 🧵 1/10

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Look what @weirdmusic657.bsky.social and I did today! I’m super excited to start this new chapter with him. Huge thanks to our real estate agent, @claymurray.bsky.social, who made buying a house *way* more fun than the act has any right to be.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Theme for March: Signed, sealed, and delivered (pt.1) 🎙 (curated by me from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

Five autographed albums: Josh Ritter’s So Runs the World Away, Tori Amos’ Unrepentant Geraldines, Kesha’s Period, Kylie’s Tension II, and Indigo Girls’ Look Long

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #279: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You & Spam Popcorn Dave: I’m still not sure exactly what happened in this movie, but I’m sure none of it was good. The creepy codependent/Munchausen relationship between the main character and her daughter was harrowing... 🧵1/9

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

February Nerdery Book Club, selected by Dave and discussed over lip-smacking good BBQ at Allman’s. Witty and unexpectedly moving, this novel’s strength lies in beautiful developed characters whose backstories provide surprising depth. Joe: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Dave: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby in the world holds up a hardcover copy of John Kenney’s I See You’ve Called in Dead.

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I briefly met Rev Jesse Jackson in the fall of 1998 at a program run by (sponsored by?) the HRC in DC. This was a time before it was en vogue for politicians and visible figures to be aligned with the community. I admired him then and I honor him now. Thank you and rest in peace, Rev. Jackson.

Stationery from a Human Rights Campaign event in 1998 with the word “Peace” followed by the signature of the Reverend Jesse Jackson

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The Nerdery Movie Night #278: It’s Only Life After All & Birthday Cake Batter Popcorn @weirdmusic657.bsky.social Dave: I picked this documentary because I thought it would be a fun romp through the 1990s and early 2000s folk scene and a chance to see Amy and Emily as adorable baby lesbians. 🧵1/8

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Theme for February: Words and phrases that describe us as a couple #valentines #besties #🤢 🎙 (curated by us from our record collection) #thenerderyrecordecorating @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

A wall with five albums, all with titles that have words and phrases that describe us, as a couple. From the top: Anchored in Love by June Carter Cash, Smart by [sleeper], Good Together by Lake Street Dive, Totally Crushed Out! by that dog., and Dedicated by Carly Rae Jepsen (or, as Dave likes to call her: Carly Rae Jefferson)

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Paying tribute to Catherine O’Hara this weekend by watching this trio of Christopher Guest mockumentaries. I can’t believe she passed away today. Forever an icon. Rest in power, you beautiful and funny queen.

Three Christopher Guest DVDs that feature the genius of Catherine O’Hara, who passed away unexpectedly today

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

January Nerdery Book Club, selected by me and discussed over dinner food at the Mason-Dixon Cafe. Gut-wrenching and brutal but ingeniously crafted, this memoir is not for the faint of heart… but it is a richly rewarding read. Joe: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 Dave: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 @weirdmusic657.bsky.social

The sweetest baby in the whole wide world posing in front of a grease trap of food with a copy of Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir In the Dream House next to aforementioned vat o’ grease

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Joe @iamjoeprince.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It was the honor of a lifetime and my dream come true to be on the 2026 Caldecott committee. Congratulations to our honor winners: Drew Beckmeyer, Angie Kang, Zeke Peña, and @jashar.bsky.social

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