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The Ernie Bushmiller era is so good! There was an exhibition at the Cartoon Library a couple of years ago, and it was so cool to see the original art.

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Okay, but now Sluggo looks weird without his new hat.

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They’re great! They add some texture variation and soak up all of the flavors. It’s similar to mushrooms in an Indian curry (and, after all, chili is just American curry).

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Ooh! I’m open to that! Does it stay together or just break down and thicken it?

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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 6h

My most unpopular chili opinion is that mushrooms are a great and should be in more chilis.

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There’s chili under there somewhere.

A bowl of chili with shredded cheese and oyster crackers.

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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 7h

I grew up in the short north of the 80s and 90s and had pretty much unlimited walking range by 12 (and could walk a few blocks to the rec center alone before that). However, I wasn’t allowed to cross the major streets on my bike, so mostly rode through the alleys. Which might not have been safer.

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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 8h

Oh! Beans. I left off beans for some reason. Three cans, might add a fourth.

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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 8h

Nah, this is my own standard chili. Beef and sausage, peppers, onions, and mushrooms, chili powder, whole black peppercorns, whatever else I have on hand.

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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 16h

When you expect me to get up and sign into the work computer, this is who you’re hurting most of all.

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Talcott @talcotts.bsky.social · 18h

And all the cabbage he can eat

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

HOW CAN YOU MAKE DRACULA WITHOUT THE COWBOY THE COWBOY IS STRUCTURAL!

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Yeah. I can’t even pretend it was unfair, but I was still a little crushed.

Jess-Icabod Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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We had an album with a track where Ernie went hunting for tigers. Four minutes of thrilling terror for me, age 7.

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Tiger Hunt

YouTube video by Ernie - Topic

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Nope! I saw this when I looked up how to spell her name. They use any/all pronouns. (I don’t think I caught anyone using anything other than she/her on the show, but I wasn’t listening for it)

Yeah. They’re… maybe not the best baker, but are my favorite on personality.

The first nightmare I remember was based on a pizza commercial, I think for Domino’s, featuring an animatronic King Kong.

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If nothing else, Danni says my favorite line in maybe years later in the episode.

We see some clips of the show in flashbacks. It isn’t Star Trek exactly, but it’s a Galaxy Quest-style riff, based on the worlds of pioneering science fiction writer, Benny Russell.

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Spooky rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 05/10/2026

If Starfleet Academy got the seven seasons of 22 episodes each that it deserved, there could be an episode about a middle-aged student from 1994 who wound up in the 32nd century and has to take classes with all the kids so they can live out their dream of serving on a starship like on TV.

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I’ll be off at my father’s funeral but if you’re a lesbian or queer peep in Rhode Island, *you* should go see Alison Bechdel!

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I did! It’s not the movie the trailer suggests, but the trailer itself might be part of the movie. My biggest issue is I think it waits too long for the twist, when the twist is what makes it interesting.

My weekend #LastFourWatched is a palindrome. It’s not that The Social Network and Maximum Overdrive are equals, but I enjoyed Maximum Overdrive and merely respected The Social Network.

The Social Network, 3.5 stars
Digger, 4 stars
The Bees, 4 stars
Maximum Overdrive, 3.5 stars

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🎃 Seasonal Creep 👻 @windingdot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m finally watching The Social Network, and while I can acknowledge everything it does well, I have a lot of the same issues I did with Primetime. I just never want to revisit the 00s.

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Tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote or update your registration in Ohio. If you’ve moved or changed your name, updating now will avoid potentially needing to vote provisional in November. Also a good time to double check your drivers license isn’t expiring before November!

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.

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Who knew The Enchanted World was part of IKEA’s design specifications? One Kallax cube is exactly the right size!

The Enchanted World books in a Kallax cube. Sorter in academic order.

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Now to find them a home on my shelf.

Big Stan of the Enchanted World Time-life books stg on my coffee table

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Kids in the Hall - Secretaries - Is he?

I’m only now coming to understand why Bruce McCulloch was always my favorite. I don’t know what it means to be half-way between Gavin and Kathy, but hi. (I need this sweater)

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YouTube video by Ariel Morgan

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Kids in the Hall - Premise Beach 1

Premise Beach is the sketch I quote the most often. Just the, well, premise.

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YouTube video by Ariel Morgan

Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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When you turn the page in Infinite Jest and realize it’s a five-page monologue in the voice of a random person at a support group for painkiller addicts or something.

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Kids In The Hall - Simon & Hecubus

This is going to become a thread becuase I can’t pick just one. But Dave Foley’s “and evil!” might be my single favorite moment.

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YouTube video by FBIVideo1

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/10/2026

First time catching a sunset in a squirrel eye. Might make this a thing.

The vertical eye of a squirrel with the reflection of the sun setting over trees in the distance and the reflection of the tree in the foreground

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NOW THEY’RE USING A PUPPET TO TALK TO THE BEES

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THE PLAN IS TO MAKE THE BEES GAY

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Well now I know what I’m doing after this movie. My first thought is Premise Beach, but I think I mostly like the premise of it. So now I guess I’ll just have to watch a bunch of KITH clips.

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