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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 17m

Does anyone know what Billy Joel's "Vienna" is big with the Kids These Days? Was it on Stranger Things or something? It was a B-side that didn't even make the cut for Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2!

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28m

I either need a lot more coffee or a lot less coffee.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 18h

We must imagine Sysphus answering email.

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martha shearer @marthashearer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

..............between?

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Can’t believe I’m watching DeMelo play for Racing Louisville. Never thought I’d see that again.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

Theda Bara in a promotional still for A Fool There Was

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

*taps temple* Can’t get spam about marketing my book if I never finish writing the book.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now that everyone's moved on... Here are 10 TV shows that could plausibly make my own list of the best of the century but didn't appear on the NYT list. 1. AMERICAN VANDAL (2017-2018) Succession (in the episodes I could drag myself through) fails as comedy and drama. Here's a parody that sings.

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Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ya know the Alphabet almost spells “Hi Jack Lemmon.”

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m just supposed to accept that over half the people in their thirties were born in the Nineties?

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oldest: band practice all morning, band competition afternoon and evening Middlest: robotics work day, then middle school dance Youngest: soccer tourney (two games with Costco run in between) I miss Saturdays.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our university recently “upgraded” its website. Connected to this, we were all supposed to get new headshots. Time is not kind to some of us.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pixar character thingy (but, no, I’m not QTing that prompt factory)

Virginia Weildler in The Philadelphia Story

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is what I’ve been watching on and off today. Fascinating as an artifact but enjoyable beyond that, too, for all its flaws.

youtu.be

John Wayne Swing Out, Sweet Land

YouTube video by Tracy Taylor

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can’t imagine listing the top ten tv shows of the quarter-century. You want me to say how much The Office meant to me at one point or how little it means to me now? You want me to rate the quality of The Americans versus the quality of Nathan for You? A fool’s game. But I am a fool, so…

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Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com · 22/09/2026

Q: what's the hardest part about throwing a basement show in Holland MI? A: getting your giant angel wings down the stairs

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m glad for how this will improve research, but I’m the annoying sort of philosopher who is most fascinated by the un-argued assumption that if the brain has two origins then it’s still two things. Also: it’s not the two hemispheres! or CNS/PNS! Wacky.

med.stanford.edu

Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The 15yo has figured out that when it’s his week to clear the table, he can just eat all the leftovers rather than box them up and refrigerate them and honestly good for him.

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William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The NYT is running a feature on the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century. As with the movie list they did, anyone can cast their own ballot. Here are my favorites (with some notes and a list of other shows I like a lot—I’m sure I’m forgetting stuff).

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“The less I knew, the less confused I was.” Me, too, student. Me too.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

An organization descends into anarchy because of the antics of three or four brothers who also play instruments.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The first quarter of Packers-Jets is the worst quarter of football I’ve seen two teams play in I don’t even know how long. From field conditions, to play calling, to injuries, to drops, to terrible referees, this first quarter really has nothing to enjoy.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My employer’s side(?) hustle as a sports org is going well.

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Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the archive I found a short little note from Audre Lorde to Allen Ginsberg, written on Lorde’s letterhead from her home in St. Croix. It's dated Feb. 11, 1990, and she sent him a copy of a poem and wrote: "I LOVE it that you told Fidel you wanted to sleep with Raoul!"

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is why the ancient people who have greatly influenced the world—Jesus, Moses, the Buddha—overwhelmingly came from materially rich cultures.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I saw something about people finding comfort and creativity in traditional crafts as a response to AI slop that made me feel good, but then I connected AI + 3D printers and was sad again.

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Ben Wurgaft @benwurgaft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

big allergy attack caused by the sexual activity of plants led me to coin the new term "snyphilis" you're welcome.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Merritt Wever is in PRIMETIME?! I feel like this is something I should have been told.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A drive consisting only of blown calls and one TE catch. Packers shouldn’t have been in this position. But I can’t recall any series ever with so many incorrect or iffy calls.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Post your favorite Disney princess. Wrong answers only.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My employer just sent me an invite for retirees. What are they suggesting…

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm thinking about a history of philosophy (1700-1900) class on the following theme: Answers to "why am I unhappy?" that partly pose a social answer, such that one must either retreat from or transform society in order to flourish. Which texts would you include #philsky?

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Skeltonia @skeltonia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Starting a literary feud with Richard Powers by writing a novel about beavers.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Seb and Vlatko are available, so we can all expect Chicago to announce a third-tier manager from a European men’s side to be announced sometime this winter. #NWSL

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

vlatko was moved to sporting director then the owner called jesse marsch to ask who to hire as coach, then yeeted the best defensive midfield prospect in the country without replacing her. none of these were vlatko-coded decisions, i’m surprised he lasted this long.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This weekend I learned Barça has youth academies in the US. (Because we let my youngest play club soccer this year rather than parks league.)

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

when I see people doing the dialect identifier or any other somesuch

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I really like my job some days. Today I got to talk with students about atonal music, Plato, Pseudo-Dionysus, Raphael, transformative experience, Petrarch, choosing new aesthetic identities, and Olivia Rodrigo's new Vogue Philippines shoot.

Olivia Rodrigo, styled in reference to the Anunciation, photographed by Szilveszter Makó, overlayed with the golden spiral

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

August first-time watches: Main Vaapas Aaunga (Ali, 2026) The Dream Lady (Wilson, 1918) A Fool and His Money (Guy-Blaché, 1912) Little Caesar (LeRoy, 1931) I Think I’m Having A Baby (Seidelman, 1981) HM: High and Dizzy (1920), The Shining Hour (1938), Rim of the World (2019), Under Paris (2024)

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Three guys meet on the way back home. One gets married.

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TY @tomyenter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What if The Rapture but just one person at a time until we notice...

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

i have a stepdad now and it turns out stepdads love Bits? my latest Bit is when he's winding up the dog, i say "excuse me ma'am, is that man bothering you?" and he thinks it's the funniest thing in the world.

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Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton describing Here You Come Again as "Frederick's of Dollywood" holy cow

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