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Freek Van Ostrand

@sullenfish.com

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The guy you think you know. Lead software engineer. Poodle lover. Sometime standup comedian, host, and producer. __seize the means of computation__

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 24/09/2026

Same energy

Dave Foley’s Hecubus and Kevin McDonald’s Simon from The Kids in the Hall

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 11/08/2026

I mean come on now

Noir-ish poster for the 1994 movie Cemetery Man starring Rupert Everett. The poster promises, "ZOMBIES, GUNS AND SEX, OH MY!"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 06/08/2026

He’s become Tony Stark, now

Email from IMDb with the subject, “Spider-Man makes a billion dollars”

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 19/06/2026

The Anakin/Padmé meme:
Anakin: .
Padmé: ?
Anakin:
Padmé: ‽

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 14/05/2026

Paging Carl Jung

Actor Dan Stevens peers through the window of a steel mental institution door in a promo for The Terror, Season 3, "Devil in Silver" on AMC+.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 23/04/2026

"Jodhpurs!"

James T. Kirk and Harry Mudd cause an android to malfunction, possibly by saying, "Jodhpurs!"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 22/04/2026

Tuxedo Mask's cape flourish from the "My Job Here Is Done / But You Didn't Do Anything" meme.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 26/03/2026

A recursive grouping, all of Commander Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 25/03/2026

Are you there God? It's me, Ultron.

Book cover with sad Ultron below 70s style title, "Are you there God? It's me, Ultron."

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 10/03/2026

My wife’s response after seeing this (cc: @nicoleblessing.com)

That’s the equivalent of who left dishes in the sink in the break room. This will not be tolerated.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 27/02/2026

4 servings… OF JUSTICE!

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ADD YOUR PROTEIN & TOPPINGS OF CHOICE
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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 20/02/2026

Frozen windshield in Los Angeles. The Replacements on the radio. Minnesota’s coming for me, friends.

Interior car view of a frozen windshield and The Replacements on the radio.

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 16/01/2026

Aloy attempts to make sense of the mournful developer notes of the distant past

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 03/01/2026

Happy New Year, everyone! CBS is nationalist, now. Happy New Year!

CBS Evening New post on X.com:

4. We love America.

And we make no apologies for saying so.

Our foundational values of liberty, equality and the rule of law make us the last best hope on Earth. We also believe in Franklin's famous line about America as a republic—if we can keep it. We aim to do our part every night: One way to think about our show is as a daily conversation about exactly where we are as a country and where we are going.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 24/09/2025

“Computer, give me a headline so British that I can’t understand it”

The Guardian: I've racked up £3,000 in PCNs on the school run despite my blue badge

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 14/09/2025

Here we were at the screening.

Nicole Blessing and Fred Ostrander on the Silicon Beach Film Festival 2025 red carpet at the TCL Chinese Theatres

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 14/09/2025

I just found out my wife (@nicoleblessing.com) and I won an award for our short film!

A partial list of Silicon Beach Film Festivals winners, including my wife and my short at the top:

BEST COMEDY SHORT - Temple Of The Money Changers 2.0

BEST ABSURD COMEDY SHORT -
BUYER BEWARE
BEST DRAMEDY SHORT WHY DOGS HOWEL
BEST ACTION FEATUBE THE HANDYMAN
BEST COMEDY/HORROR SHORT -
DOOR TO DOOR
BEST COMEDY FEATURE - "MY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND, YOUR WIFE"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 10/09/2025

The body language in Alien: Earth is exquisite.

From left to right:
Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, preening.
Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins, haughty.
Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, insouciant.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 28/08/2025

Woody Guthrie, holding a guitar crudely labeled "THIS TROLLEY KILLS BILLIONAIRES"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 22/08/2025

I was granted an audience at the home improvement store

A black cat with a very short tail. It’s sitting in the middle of an aisle in a home improvement store.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 18/08/2025

I don't get to post this all that often, but it's happening more and more

The iconic Voight-Kampff test from Blade Runner, only the proctor's prompt is "A/S/L"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 09/08/2025

i mean

Herry Monster from Sesame Street, with those soulful eyes and a brow full of yearning

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 08/08/2025

A team of Ph.D. level experts… in your pocket, you say?

Anthony Ainley as The Master, a nigh-immortal villain with a grisly penchant for reducing people to the size of figurines

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 07/08/2025

Samwise Gamgee saying, "Proutic Hari PO-TA-TOR."

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 01/08/2025

Geordi (Drake) meme, shunning "Our generative AI cited imaginary case law," endorsing "The US is prepping for a nuclear exchange with Russia"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 17/07/2025

[squealing with joy] JOHNNY CAGE!

Sign bunny holding a sign that says TEST YOUR MIGHT

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 14/07/2025

I know, I know It’s serious

Sunshine Canyon Landfill in the Watch Duty app

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 12/07/2025

seconded

Box art for “Sneak King” showing the silhouette of a sneaking king. Somehow rated E?!?

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 08/07/2025

I laugh every time this pops up

Bluesky "muted" eye with a diagonal backslash icon, followed by the explanation: Muted by "Weird Bouie reply guys"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 27/06/2025

I remember this cover specifically because my friend hung it on her dorm room wall, back when we still did things ironically

Bop magazine cover from February 1994, featuring Jonathan Brandis, Elijah Wood, Matthew and Joey Lawrence, and Edward Furlong

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 26/06/2025

it's right there in the code

merritt's original post, masked so the letters spelling out "seek help" are highlighted

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 22/06/2025

Credit Karma believes in me! Things are finally turning around for ol’ Freek

Notification from Credit Karma:

Keep it up!
We know you've been working hard, Frederick. Tap to check in with your credit factors and make your hard work show even more...

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 22/06/2025

Is anyone else exhausted by the sheer number of characters in the trailers for this?

Post from James Gunn News account @jamesgunnnews.bsky.social:

SUPERMAN Is Downed By Kryptonite And Fights Ultraman In Epic New TV Spots For First DCU
Movie

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 18/06/2025

Heart in the right place… playing doctor… hmm…

Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 03/06/2025

This announcement seems obligatory and desultory "Heads-up, here's some more slop for your trough"

Email from AMC Theatres with the subject, "From the World of JOHN WICK, Here Comes BALLERINA"

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 14/05/2025

Quote this post with a picture of the airplane you’ll accept as a bribe

Frank Lloyd Wright conceptual personal helicopter, like an upside-down top with spinning blades overhead

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 10/05/2025

its_the_same_office.gif

Syril and Dedra from Andor

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 07/04/2025

looks great

28 Days Later in 480p, unscaled, in the center of a Sony Bravia 3 4K television

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 31/03/2025

Soldier from Starship Troopers proudly saying, "I'm doing my part!"

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 27/03/2025

Roddy Piper pulls his sunglasses off in surprise in John Carpenter's They Live.

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 26/03/2025

BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 20/03/2025

Something about this search in particular…

Search form presented by The Atlantic titled "Search for an author in LibGen." A search for author Bruce Sterling yields 200 results, including English versions of Dori Bangs, Distraction, Deep Eddy, and Island in the Net (which is incorrect, it should be "Islands," plural).

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 06/03/2025

Keanu Reeves as Johnny Mnemonic, wearing a giant chrome VR headset, contemplates his next move

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 05/03/2025

The Maria robot from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 22/02/2025

Photo credit: lifeforstock on Freepik

A sweeping beachfront vista sunset. Text overhead reads, “no one is coming to save you. people are only coming to kill you and take all of your stuff,” attributed to “merritt k.”

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Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 18/02/2025

This reminded me, I have to save all my old Mothra tweets before the account is deactivated

April 14, 2020 Twitter post (from me):
"When my wife and I were dating, we were flipping channels and one of the early Mothra films was on. She started singing the lyrics and that’s how I knew she was the one."

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 14/02/2025

Hey, it's me at the final West Coast Dat Phan & Friends show! L-R: Katie Sullivan @sullikat.bsky.social, Dat Phan @datphancomedian.bsky.social, Nicole Blessing @nicoleblessing.com, Lynn Dilmani, "Fred W. Mustard" aka Superman's Pal Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com

Group photo from the final West Coast Dat Phan & Friends show.
From left to right: Katie Sullivan @sullikat.bsky.social, Dat Phan @datphancomedian.bsky.social, Nicole Blessing @nicoleblessing.com, Lynn Dilmani, "Fred W. Mustard" aka Superman's Pal Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 07/02/2025

And you never will, Vivek. You never will.

Unread email from Vivek
RE: Web Design
Hi Frederick, I have not heard anything back from you on my previous e-mail.

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 06/02/2025

Politico owner Mathias Döpfner with a word bubble

Freek Van Ostrand @sullenfish.com · 06/02/2025

(Inspired by @slouchy.bsky.social)

Agent 47 wearing a peanut costume