Sy Abelman!?

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.

I love seeing the Octobass on the timeline because any recent pics are one of the two extant versions still used: 1. A pic of that one guy in Europe 2. This one of my former teacher Eric who absolutely lost his mind when the OSM got it. He is so happy to be playing that thing you guys

I can’t believe it’s only a week to Christmas

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN! Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵) Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

this made me so happy

"Business owner shuts down Democracy rather than interact with workers as equals in a union" is a bit on the nose, but here we are

it’s the most beautiful time of the year

Space, the final Big Boy frontier (artwork by @benjaminmarra.bsky.social)

Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.

I love being good at my job, almost as much as I love not doing my job.

My response to anything over the next two weeks

the canadian government is actively anti-worker. that's why they order postal workers back to work and why we haven't had any worker protections added in decades

oh dear god no

“On behalf of Director Park Chan-wook's new film, we are cordially inviting all Fortune 500 CEOs to a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE. This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.” Beast mode shit.

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.

18 minutes! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I can’t get over the fact that Toronto + Ontario shut down transit on one of the busiest weekends of the year. It’s contempt for the people who live here.

Bananas to strawberries

Canadian gov ideology survive one week without being linked to Nazis, challenge level = impossible

'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed

Inconsiderate Woman On Bus Eating Live Tuna https://theonion.com/inconsiderate-woman-on-bus-eating-live-tuna-1819575933/

What did they do to us

Big Boy From Beyond The Stars (artwork by @monarobot.bsky.social)

It's December, which means it's time for my favorite post of the year (which will be updated all day), the cinema of 2025 as gags from 30 Rock. Starting with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Manifesting

VERY excited to see Tiger on the Beat in here. The Lau Kar-Leung completionist in me is nearing its final form.

This is such a powerful image

I can't listen to the song without thinking of

This is what I’ll never understand with all these wrapped items. Year’s not over, is December a joke to you?? Is a year 11 months???

is the gingerbread gamecube my magnum opus?

BIG BOY vs. BENEVOLENT LADY GOD AND HER HORRIBLE NEWBORN TWINS (artwork by @angelarizza.bsky.social)

bootin up the old social media and it's full of Roger's oytser vomit. stop making me see Roger's oyster vomit.

I just assume Bigelow watches this and roots for the French

Gail Belcher is IN

Eleven-twelfths of the year down, which means I am legally obliged to share my fav first watches of November, it’s a short list: Inside Llewyn Davis Cairo Station Cléo from 5 to 7 Honourable mention to the Showa Godzilla films that I may not rate highly, but that I adore so far.

Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...

my "business executives are the most selfish and lazy people on the planet" ethos stays winning I literally don't know a single person who uses AI who is good at their job, and I also don't know of a single business exec who contributes any value to their company. The venn diagram is a circle.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild - arctic fox - white-tailed eagle - striped dolphin - red fox - red-shouldered hawk