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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is not the end of this sentence, but I thought the opening screen reading "The new trend in parenting, giving up" was a fine start.

A screengrab from a Wall Street journal video titled "why these moms are saying enough to high expectations." A speaker is talking, and the subtitle says "the new trend in parenting, giving up"

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here's a sign I've never seen in a restaurant bathroom before.

A bathroom sign that reads NO WUDHU HAND WASH ONLY NO NOSE CLEANING

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Really enjoyed GAME CHANGER's season 8 finale, but it goes in a sour direction, with the performers and judges griping about the long shoot day, and pushing to wrap and go home. So it is BONKERS to find out, via Variety, about all the extra business the show had planned: variety.com/2026/tv/news...

A quote from Sam Reich in a Variety article about Game Changer's season 8 finale: "There were game mechanics that we had to abandon because the day was immediately running so long and the biggest game mechanic that we had to abandon was mini games that were going to happen in between rounds and those mini games were going to be all players squaring off in the same talent,” Reich says. “For instance, we were going to reach the end of round one and then the players were going to go heads up on beatboxing or heads up on best Scottish accent or heads up on runway walk — which Oscar did do for us later in the episode — and we were quickly running so, so long that was not possible. Winners of those games were going to get a ‘one free death’ or ‘resurrection’ certificate. Our thinking was they could use them on themselves or they could unselfishly use them on someone else, which might also create a funny dynamic.”

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wild story about someone either using a fast-food drive-in's AI order-bot to do their math homework, or to make a funny social video. Or both. Can this actually be true? I hadn't heard about AI order-bots before, and it seems hard to believe they're this multipurpose and not single-function.

notalwaysright.com

Ordering Some Breakfast Pi

Manager: "Can you check the CCTV from last night?" Me: "I can. Why? What happened?" Manager: "Just pull up the CCTV for the drive-thru, from about 12:30 AM onward." I do so and see a young guy pull up...

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A comment on the bird feeder posts led me to Rosemary Mosco's webcomics, and I am enjoying them so much. rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...

A six-paneled comic labeled "wildlife tracking tips."
Panel 1, deer tracks labeled "A white-tailed deer traveled through here."
Panel 2, squirrel tracks, "An American red squirrel came by."
Panel 3, hare tracks, "A snowshoe hare passed through."
Panel 4, same tracks with a line next to them. "The snowshoe hair found a sword."
Panel 5, same tracks, two lines. "The snowshoe hare is dual-wielding."
Panel 6, tracks and lines end next to deer tracks. "The snowshoe hare tamed a mount, vastly increasing its jumping distance. You should run."

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally fixed and refilled my camera bird feeder after months of it being down, and it immediately rewarded me with a salacious cardinal upskirt shot.

A rear view of an American cardinal perched on the edge of a bird feeder, with red tail feathers dominating most of the picture

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Either Halloween decoration started early this year, or Cthulhu summoning started early this year. I'm fine either way.

A two story house in Chicago, decorated with purple inflatable tentacles that look like they're coming out of the windows.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some mornings you just need to take a virtual ride on the world's longest glass water slide through stunning scenery on a Chinese mountain.

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INSANE! 2-MILE GLASS Water Slide Ride Down the Mountain! | Longest Glass Water Slide in the World!

YouTube video by Attractions 360°

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Weirdly, it wasn't curiosity or general acclaim that got me to go see COYOTE VS. ACME. It was the Reddit AMA. The weird, wry, but completely straight-faced sense of humor here got to me, and finally sold me on who the movie was aimed at. www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

A screenshot from a Reddit AMA with Wile E. Coyote. Q: "Have you ever tried ordering fresh roadrunner meat from Amazon?" Image: Wile E. Coyote looking baffled, holding up a sign that says "Road runners do not live in the Amazon"

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I took the dialect quiz people have been talking about here, and can we please just talk about this answer specifically

A question from a "where is your dialect from" quiz, asking what you call "the insect that flies around in the summer and has a rear section that glows in the dark." Answers include lightning bug, firefly, either interchangably, "I have no word for this" and "other." One response, "peenie wallie," is circled in red.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's 97 degrees out. Our upstairs air conditioner died. I'm trying to get some work done at the kitchen table. So of course Worst Cat is having a sudden attack of separation anxiety.

A computer, a hand on the keyboard, a big floofy black and white cat with one leg possessively draped over the attached arm, and his head resting on it, as he makes drowsy eye contact with the camera

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Aaron @fermun.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I got in trouble once at the bank for trying to collaborate on a project with the bank teller this way, I slid her a note saying "don't be alarmed, work with me and we can both make a lot of money"

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This thread about someone trying to hijack convention panels to get authors to "collaborate" (meaning "How about you write this story I had AI generate the idea for, and we'll share the credit"), have I ever told you about the time I watched someone hit up George Lucas with The Worst Collab Pitch? 🧵

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Must we keep getting proof that this is the dumbest timeline?

A grocery store display of Chicken and Waffle Oreos. Yes really. I saw them myself, this is not an April Fools gag or an AI joke.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rewatched 9 TO 5 on Tuesday night just to spend a little more time with Dolly Parton. I'd forgotten about the joyously demented fantasy sequences. It's midway between very much of its era and still highly relevant, but mostly it's a showpiece for the stars, particularly Dolly in her first film role.

Lily Tomlin in the movie 9 to 5, dressed as Disney's Snow White and smiling while holding up a glowing yellow coffee cup. Animated Disney-style bluebirds swoop around her.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oof, what a great summary of her career, and what good advice.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Don't know if YouTube is responding to my searches, trending searches, or algorithm opportunists jumping on Dolly Parton's death, but suddenly my front page is packed with Dolly duets I never would have imagined. They're all naturally pretty delightful. Sabrina Carpenter? Pentatonix? Why not?

youtu.be

Dolly Parton - What's Up? ft. Linda Perry

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Another hard hit to take. Yes, the music was wonderful and I loved her in movies as a kid. But the older I got, the more I appreciated what a smart, frank, no-nonsense advocate she was for women's rights, self-determination in any form, and plain old kindness to others. What a legend.

nytimes.com

Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80

Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Time for the annual sea shanty sing aboard the Tall Ship Windy!

An unfurled sail on a sailing ship on Lake Michigan against a blue sky

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

So excited to be back to (not) competing in this (definitely non-existent) secret writing competition (which as we all know is a myth) in Highland Park tonight.

A chalk sidewalk board advertising The Ink and Blood Secret Dueling Society's Masked Writing Competition, "if such an organization existed"

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#Gencon was great this year. An endless batch of overwhelm and FOMO and overexertion and not enough sleep as usual, but also an immense batch of cool new games with cool new people and old friends, back to back until it all became a blur.

An inflatable creature, shaped like a mouth ringed on the inside with teeth and on the outside with tentacles, serving as an archway over a shop door

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

On the ground at #Gencon2026. Just walking down the street to the con center for Will Call, passed a guy walking along the street yelling "TTRPGs? Anybody do TTRPGs?" I raised a finger like I was hailing a cab. He handed me a promo. Mission accomplished on both sides.

The Gencon store kiosk, with a goodbye wall menu of Gencon branded merch

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Heartbreaking news. Over the weekend a friend and I were gushing to another friend about ONCE and Glen's career and the unbeatable experience of seeing him live in a small venue where the sheer passionate force of his voice pinned you to the wall. He was one of a kind.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The ProShot of HADESTOWN briefly blowing through theaters right now is such an intimate, intense delight. It's half like watching the show, half like being in it. André De Shields makes a full-on meal just out of unbuttoning his jacket in the opening, and the audience couldn't be more on board.

André De Shields in Hadestown, in a silver suit and vest, singing into an old-timey double-headed stand microphone with his hands held high

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This TV adaptation of DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL is missing something

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

So excited to announce that my liner-notes essay for THE CRYING GAME — my first project for @criterion.bsky.social — is live on their site. Taking a deep dive into the film's history and nearly 35 years of Neil Jordan's interviews about it was a pure joy, but distilling it down was daunting.

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The Crying Game: Identity Crises

Jordan’s intent was not to valorize the IRA or destigmatize its attacks. That may not have been clear to 1992 audiences reading about the movie’s portrayal of Fergus. (“An Irish Terrorist in Human Ter...

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It isn't just disappointing that the new MOANA movie is such a generic, beat-for-beat remake. It's actually ironic, in a way that's almost funny.

polygon.com

Disney’s new Moana proves great songs can’t fix a soulless remake

The entire story is about identity. This version of the film has none.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

dang every once in a while i remember VOX DAY and wonder what the heck that goofball is doing at this very moment probably something incredibly sad and boring

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I did not realize there was a new Jo Walton book coming out this month, so here's a repost for anyone else who needed to know there's a new Jo Walton book coming out this month.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Easy for you to say, dishtowel. That guitar player does not have the hots for me.

A white dish towel that says "Life is short... Take the trip, buy the shoes, eat the cake, sleep with the guitar player."

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Sittin' down to a game of Cowboys With Big Hearts, the Jason Morningstar RPG where everyone plays a cowboy on their last roundup, dyin' of tuberculosis, syphilis, or the rhumatiz, maybe tryin' to make one last bit of difference in the world before they go.

The sourcebook for an RPG called Cowboys With Big Hearts by Jason Morningstar, depicting a cowboy on a horse with a skull for a head, backlit by a glowing heart.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I'm starting to think THE SHEEP DETECTIVES lied to me about what shepherds do.

A display banner for a game called The Sheep, showing a shirtless, very muscular, heavily bearded man in overalls atop a rocky outcropping. Fire wreathes his left arm. Electricity crackles around his right. The tagline below him reads "BECOME A SHEPHERD / PUNCH SHEEP"

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In Churus ads, the cats decorously lick/nibble the treat out of the tube opening. @wardepartment.bsky.social gave me some for my cats. Worst Cat took a lick and FREAKED THE HELL OUT. Lunged forward and started chomping half the tube at once. Smeared it all over his nose, ruff, chops, and the floor.

static.klipy.com

Chori La Mejor Gata Del Mundo

ALT: Chori La Mejor Gata Del Mundo

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Finally caught up with OBSESSION, and now I regret to say I'm going to have to divorce my husband, never touch anyone else ever again, and move into a small, very brightly lit closet where I can see and touch all the walls at all times.

Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Just rewatched BACKROOMS. It's even better the second time. Less shock, more of a sense of the process falling together. There are a couple of these doorways taped on the wall outside the theater, and I'm just sitting here watching people notice them, freak out, then gingerly touch them.

A crude doorway drawn on the wall in blue electrical tape at a movie theater, mimicking an image in Backrooms.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I think enough people have seen BACKROOMS now that I can say just how unnerved I was seeing it weeks early at a small private screening room and then passing this area on the way out of the building.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Best mail day ever. I was expecting to wait another decade for Helene Wecker to continue the Golem and the Jinni series, but THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT is already nearly here.

The cover of Helene Wecker's novel The Gates of Midnight, showing a tall blue building in a dim blue cityscape.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is a tremendous tragedy. Marjane Satrapi's work remains so vital, so accessible, dark, funny, defiant, and educational. I'll never forget reading PERSEPOLIS and realizing I was getting a first-person window into an entire women's war I knew nothing about, one that was still being fought.

hollywoodreporter.com

Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56

Her biographical animated feature, about growing up in Iran after the revolution, was nominated for an Oscar, making her the first woman nominated in that category.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Oh wow, this would be a dream. And this is the best fundraising gambit I've seen in a long time.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is absolutely bugfuck nuts. And it apparently only took Dropout fans a weekend to solve all of this. The people who design ARGs are insane. The people who solve ARGs are extra super insane. I admire them both, but this blows my mind.

youtube.com

Solving the Dropout ARG Hidden in Game Changer

YouTube video by David Marquette

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Fuzzball, the furry butterfly-winged CAPTAIN EO character clearly designed to spawn a wave of merch, gets no respect. Stuck in a cage in STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW, stuck in a different cage in THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU. It's like modern Star Wars directors are commenting on how useless he always was.

Michael Jackson in a futuristic, bedazzled white jumpsuit in CAPTAIN EO, with the Fuzzball puppet on his shoulder -- a red-furred, flat-faced, fat round ball with butterfly wings.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Because I'm still as obsessive about book-to-film adaptations as I was back when I was writing an A.V. Club column about that, I picked up Leonie Swann's THREE BAGS FULL, the basis for THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. The book was *radically* different. And surprisingly, not nearly as fun! Short 🧵…

The cover of Leonie Swann's THREE BAGS FULL, showing two white sheep and a black ram standing on a rock, looking down at a spade planted in the earth.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Technically the headline here should be "The science fiction and fantasy books coming out in the next three months that intrigue Tasha most, with a strong emphasis on standalone novels and weird, exciting high-concept ideas." But they tell me the Google SEO on that headline is pretty bad.

polygon.com

The 15 best science fiction and fantasy books to read this summer

Brandon Sanderson launches two new trilogies, plus new books from Paul Tremblay, T. Kingfisher, Pulitzer winner Daniel Kraus, and Critical Role.

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Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I've already seen people on my timeline comparing this to a Roland Emmerich or Paul Verhoeven movie, but c'mon, UFC at the White House is pure Mike Judge. I could see SOUTH PARK doing this plotline too, but they'd be dismissed as too over the top.

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