Reposted by Nicholas CharlesMatt Oswalt @mattoswaltva.bsky.social · 17hthe staffer who assured Eric Schmitt that Jack Smith was definitely at an Atlanta Hawks game has been identified 1213517462
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesJosh Crews @joshcrewsreally.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dave McKean. #comics #art #film 622946
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing." 481281286
Reposted by Nicholas Charles.meow @dotmeow.org · 30/09/2026Out of curiosity, which is prettier: Athena, Aphrodite or Hera? I've got some fruit to sweeten the deal if that helps. 3526156
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesFr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 224147463754
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was just typing something about the new Japanese movie All of a Sudden, and a little bubble popped up next to it saying "Concision: 'Suddenly' would be a better way to say this." If I could make the program that did this scream and beg for mercy, I would do it and sleep just fine tonight. 1141136
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesChris Barrus @quartzcity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Completely unsurprised by Orange County falling for a AI snake hoax. I still remember when Aliso Viejo completely lost their minds when they learned about the evils and mysterious dihydrogen monoxide chemical www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar…theguardian.comSomething in the dihydrogen monoxideHealth-obsessed California's latest environmental scare exposed dangerously high levels of gullibility, reports Dan Glaister. 242
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On the one hand, the advice that the Gambler gives Kenny Rogers is way too vague to be useful. On the other, "And somewhere in the darkness, the Gambler, he broke even" may be my favorite line in all of music. 9974
Reposted by Nicholas Charlesmaura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a lapsed catholic poptimist etc... i feel like this is a key that unlocked something deep 0525
Reposted by Nicholas Charlesthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...music.youtube.comSongs In The Key Of Life - The EPEP • Stevie Wonder 532048649
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesPeter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've been looking at this BART Golden Gate Bridge image for years. Finally checked to see what 1960s engineers had to say. Was the bridge built for trains? Could BART safely run on the bridge? And how would trains get there? (An elevated track on Lombard?) 🚆 🌁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...sfchronicle.comBART once planned to cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Then politics got in the wayBefore the Transbay Tube was built, BART dreamed of crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Here’s why it never happened. 36013
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesPeter Steward Scholtes @petescholtes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gift link article: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...nytimes.comThe Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91 (Gift Article)He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew. 064
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesJane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026CVS clerk to a mother/daughter pair at checkout: Oof, I need my lunch. Snacks don't cut it. Little girl, utterly incredulous: Snacks... don't cut it? Me (silently): Many snacks = meal. I'm with the kid. 3543
Reposted by Nicholas Charles💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Please share. #Pinks 321480679
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Everyone else: *discourse about a song and all* Me: *goes off to one-off screening of this piece of genius* We are not the same. 8361
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024051502
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesHere, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This Wacky Racers reboot is depressing. 0154
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 26/09/202643 years ago Today, Stanislav Petrov, an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, correctly identified as a false alarm an early warning about an American multiple ICBM attack, possibly avoiding an escalation to a full-scale nuclear war. Original post 13410
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most riveting thing I've seen all week 383112933056
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesJ. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I like to walk into a job interview with a Shamrock Shake. I really have to ace it or I have to wait another year to try. 323825
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesJ. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Must get Moose and Squirrel! 51259
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesJohn Hollinger @johnhollinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026RIP Bob Pettit, an all-time great from the Pre-Atlanta days and the best player on the Hawks' only NBA champion 424933
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Wasn't this guy supposed to be spending all his spare time on Kalshi making bad guesses about playoff games or something. 0151
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesMags Visaggio 🏳️⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 21/09/2026please boost! clients have been slow in coming last couple weeks and i depend on this income 0142112
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good stuff 2332
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970122259
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesO @omagus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Like @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social said, Mamdani just pushed the button. 4901233
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In 31 years, the dearly beloved Dolly Parton gifted approximately 332,411,218 books to kids all over the world with her Imagination Library true heroes 🦋📖 We get to honor Dolly. We get to give like Dolly. We get to support literacy like Dolly. We love you, Dolly Parton! Our Queen of Book Joy 🌈 ✨ 525212912
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The 1998 detective movie Twilight (no, not *that* Twilight) isn't great, but it has several scenes where Newman and James Garner are trying to out-relax each other, and it's incredible. The spiritual opposite of movies where two young alpha males try to act each other off the screen. So fun. 1314410
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesScott Stein @sstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today, I introduced my AI course policy in my Writing Fiction course by telling students that I was waiting for a class action lawsuit check from Anthropic for the novel I wrote that they stole. 052
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesMicah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026"emma frost thinks miss piggy is the most magnificent creature alive" completely tracks actually, this is perfect 7955188
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I hereby declare that artificial intelligence - which many are calling "AI" - shall now be referred to only as "FARTificial Intelligence," or "FartI." Thank you for your attention to this matter. 511415
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesLoukas Christodoulou @loukas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Trump approval rating has screwed the pooch so badly that it is now eligible for recruitment by the FBI. 114725
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026AI is ruining cute animals for me 12012167
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You mean like how Roy Lichtenstein is art, but Jack Kirby is illustration, even though by any measure Jack Kirby is a far greater artist than Roy Lichtenstein? 27640137
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesFrovo @frovo.bsky.social · 27/05/2023ROBIN: the batmobile won’t start BATMAN: check the battery ROBIN: what’s a tery 182528504
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026making this my new email autoreply 738977
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026oh, also, it was slowly rotating (steadily, not due to air currents) 21044
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167264684
Nicholas Charles @psmaclaren.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped. 000
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So what if Trump “bans” CNN, MSNOW & POLITICO from the WH? Hearing him lie in person is the least important part of their jobs although they treat it as the most important. No journalism ever happens there. Reporting Watergate, I don’t think Woodward & Bernstein ever stepped foot in the White House. 2740784
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelledavebarry.substack.comMichelleA tribute. 12143321194
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026RIP, Gerrit Graham. My sister and I watched him in "Used Cars" approximately a bajillion times growing up. I can't find a YouTube clip of his funniest scene, involving Jeff's intense superstition, but his turn as Marshall Lucky in a fake ad is pretty great, too.youtu.beUSED CARS - MARSHALL LUCKY FIGHTS HIGH PRICESYouTube video by PERIMETER VIEWS 118112
Reposted by Nicholas CharlesPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it 15846261321