Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 8hThat they get upset? Yes, because we've seen it happen even when there are just allegations that a show is fake. People thinking a show is somehow still "true" despite all the editing is a different problem, but I think that supports Mike's claim. 210
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 8hMost reality TV fans understand the shows are edited and shaped by producers – but they still get upset if something is completely faked. 110
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 12h910 was robbed.nbcnews.comGentle giant Backpack declared winner of Alaska’s Fat Bear WeekThe nonprofit running the long-standing contest announced Tuesday that the bear, known for his pacifist nature, won with more than 100,000 votes, narrowly beating Bear 910 with just over 50% of the po... 010
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 30/09/2026youtu.beWile E Coyote, Super GeniusYouTube video by Matthew Sanborn Smith 020
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026I really hope it’s a debate over whether some title should be translated as “Hawk” or “Hawkeye”. 110
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026Were you the one responsible for greenlighting the 1991 Bruce Willis flop “Hudson Hawk”? 140
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026I don’t think it’s possible to improve on the original film of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold but I’m interested to see a series that incorporates the later retcon. 020
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026Wait, it's co-written by Tamar Laddy, of “Round and Round”, so it might actually be almost good! 010
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026Just learned that my points at a store called Elevated Faith – a store that sells "jewelry & apparel that open doors for wearers to share their [Christian] faith" – are expiring, and I have a lot of questions. 130
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026I'm already anticipating your episode on "Eight Nights for Love" and its magic menorah. 111
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026I’ve finally gotten off of most of these lists (or else they all go to spam), but for a while I was even getting emails from people running for state races thousands of miles away. 000
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026Makes me think of this set of bumper stickers I saw recently. 030
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2026When the air becomes uranious We will all go simultaneous 130
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 28/09/2026Yes. Apparently he rambled about the $5,000 checks again. 030
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 28/09/2026Is it rare, or have you just noticed that religion is more than just some bozo ranting about gay marriage? 060
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 28/09/2026The most popular TV show is watched by fewer than 10% of Americans (Stranger Things, 33m viewers). Why is it surprising that lots of people haven't heard the most popular song? 060
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 28/09/2026We need a system where the politicians sit down and discuss the problem, agree what's in the best interest of all the people, and then do it. 000
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 28/09/2026A lot of people read Isaacson's biography of Jobs (or at least a few excerpts of it) and somehow came away with the idea that being a dickwad is the essential bit of being a visionary leader. The "dickwads can't make good stuff" argument is mostly an overreaction to that. 020
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 28/09/2026I'm trying to know as little as possible about the book before I start reading, so I don't yet understand the relevance of anything other than 🏰. 130
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 28/09/202635, plus at least 3 that I started and may one day finish. There are also some authors on here who I've read other works by (Dreiser, Updike) and feel no need to ever read anything else by them. 030
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026We already have a Muppet version of that, and it was perfect.youtu.beSesame Street: Game of Chairs (Game of Thrones Parody)YouTube video by Sesame Street 000
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Sometimes it frustrates me that my dog hasn't figured out he can push a door open a little wider if he wants to get in the room (even though he's seen the cats do it plenty of times) but most of the time it's actually quite helpful. 060
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026They are different things, and by Monday no one will care about either of them. Best to just log off now and enjoy the weekend in blissful ignorance. 020
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Caitlin Montgomery Gibson, apparently. I have no idea who she is, or if she’s actually famous in any way. 000
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026$3.40, according to BLS.data.bls.govCPI Inflation Calculator 020
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Reading some newspapers from January 1992, and found this: “After soaring to nearly $1.40 a gallon before the start of the Persian Gulf War, gas prices have fallen to their lowest levels in a year and a half …” 110
Reposted by Jesse LansnerJesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 29/09/2023I'm the king etrog there is none higher Sukkah MCs should call me sire To shake my lulav you must aspire I'll sleep out here when I am tired 072
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026It's on there as "Genocide Remembrance Day 1 (whimsical, silly)" 110
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026I love that she thinks parking fines are a "primary source of revenue" for NYC, when parking and camera violations combined ($1.13 billion) were less than 1% of NYC's revenue last year ($120.1 billion ). 1100
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." – Douglas Adams 020
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026theonion.comMr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared ShirtBOSTON—The twigs and acorns crunching pleasurably beneath his boots, Mr. Autumn Man Dennis Clemons, 32, reportedly strolled down Massachusetts Avenue on Wednesday wearing a gray sweater over a plaid c... 130
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Per your discussion of Trump as (1) trying to tie himself to sports and (2) stuck in the 90s, it's probably relevant that the Yankees ground crew does the YMCA dance in the 5th inning of every home game – and that started in 1996. 010
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Eat the rich.npr.orgTrump's state dinner for Xi features sea bass and a long list of tech titansA tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sat where and what was on the menu marked the softer — often and glitzier — details of diplomacy as Donald Trump threw a Thursday night... 261
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026I’ve always been partial to “Nomadic Hut Appreciation Week” 2114
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Attendance is down since Covid, but even in the season before the shutdown they only filled 75% of seats, so the Met could double the give away and still not have to give up any paying customers.nytimes.comAudiences Are Returning to the Met Opera, but Not for Everything (Published 2024)The Met is approaching prepandemic levels of attendance. But its strategy of staging more modern operas to lure new audiences is having mixed success. 060
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Look, I know how it sounds, but this is actually from the chapter where Ishmael shares his famous cake recipe. 090
Jesse Lansner @jesse.lansner.com · 25/09/2026Is this THE Odyssey? No, just AN Odyssey; didn't you hear it comes in six packs? 110
