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Sean Kelly

@storyslug

Freelance writer, "ex-patri-twit," coined the term "Same panic, different disco."

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Go to the opposite side of the earth and drill up from below

12.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
11.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I missed Matt's announcement a few days ago. His bookstore is wonderful β€”Β and I don't say that just because it carries signed copies of all the books he and/or I have written.

11.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Just realized this week that the girl Jerry dates for a few memorable episodes of Seinfeld - he makes out with her during Schindler's List, she walks in on George naked prompting him to scream "I was in the pool!" - is the same actress who played Ziyal in her later appearances on Deep Space Nine.

11.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds like egg nog?

11.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

thinking again about the greatest scene in cinema history

11.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 3638 πŸ” 1163 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 44

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite solution to the trolley problem on the Citadel.

11.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Bill Kurtis retires from 'Wait Wait...' NPR quiz show after 12-year run The 85-year-old former CBS anchorman will lend his sonorous, familiar voice to a final show on May 23.

News: As you might have heard, our Judge and Scorekeeper, with a voice on loan to God, Bill Kurtis, is stepping down from β€œWait Wait” at the end of May.

chicago.suntimes.com/arts-and-cul...

11.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 2625 πŸ” 255 πŸ’¬ 170 πŸ“Œ 58

I keep getting targeted YouTube ads to get parents to join a class action lawsuit against Roblox.

11.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A poster states the 400 million barrels released from the reserves will last maybe nine or 10 days. The next post was NBC news talking about the release of 400 million barrels caused by the war.

A poster states the 400 million barrels released from the reserves will last maybe nine or 10 days. The next post was NBC news talking about the release of 400 million barrels caused by the war.

When the timeline aligns…. #war #oil

11.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know it took liberties, but the 2002 adaptation is so much fun. Shame Jim Caviezel has to be Like That all the time.

11.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's like in Jackie Chan movies, when he's putting up his hands and yelling "I don't want trouble," but he's already punched four people in the face so this is definitely not over and he's no longer got a choice.

11.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He had a story about sitting in the mess hall with Power, when an aide came over and said, "The General has invited you to dine with him this evening."

And Power looked at my grandfather and his friends and said "Well fellas, looks like it's steak for me tonight."

11.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Scarlet Pimpernel too, I believe.

Fun fact: during WW2 my grandfather was acquaintances with Tyrone Power, who was known at the time as the actor for the Zorro films of that era.

11.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Look so this isn't really OP's the point, but one of the weirdest things about the prequels *even at the time* was the disconnect between their /relatively/ astute politics & big-picture work on the one hand and their clunky writing & scene-work on the other

11.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 889 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 18

I am SO curious what this dude looks like. I'm picturing a pair of wraparound sunglasses made sentient by a wizard.

11.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(this trailer is how I learned [well, googling after watching this trailer is how I learned] that Ben McKenzie is married to the woman with the beautifully decorated shuttle in the browncoats show so now I'm not only looking forward to the movie I feel a strong moral obligation to buy many tickets)

11.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I ended up in a relationship with someone I'd met not via the app, but the app itself had provided me with plenty of nice dates with okay people.

10.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For certain values of the term "work"

10.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This thread is an excellent reminder of why my Tinder bio eventually landed on "honestly who fucking cares"

10.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In the vast majority of cases 13 is 8th grade. I was one of the youngest people in my grade because of the cutoff and I was still 14 before starting high school.

That said, in a case of ambiguity, opting to say "high school," arguably a more-charitable framing, was a CHOICE.

10.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, a house four down from me does that. Range extends past the sidewalk.

10.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Issue of gameplay/story integration, I think. They wanted the Railroad to be the "espionage" faction, but didn't think about how movements like that always have a more public-facing arm.

10.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He can't stand right because Trump bought him those shoes three sizes too big.

10.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"What, you millennials joke about wanting to die all the time, and we finally find a way to make it happen and you balk? We've seen the memes, we're just freeing people from their flesh prisons!"

10.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, even setting aside that Chicago sometimes gets snow well past St. Patrick's day, until the equinox we are objectively still in actual winter.

I swear people decide what season it is based on what candy is in the seasonal aisle at Walgreen's.

10.03.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 13759 πŸ” 3140 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 235

This is how I access Bluesky

10.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

And the number rarely goes up over time.

10.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

l m a o

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