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Almost every night since we recorded the last Do By Friday, I’ve had a recurring dream that I started a company that sells cookies filled with edible Zyn.

my beloved trans community: do you feel like you transitioned late? (whatever that means to you!) if so, I'd love to hear from you for an essay I'm working on 🙏 🐛 forms.gle/AMd8zWnWvEro...

I went to a bar to watch sports and instead they were playing deleted scenes from Heated Rivalry.

Yearly reminder that Porygon is still being punished for Pikachu’s crimes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5...

They have the same energy.

Single coolest rock ever found?

The Daily did not prepare for contemporary Kristen Stewart. overcast.fm/+ABLPtsV9oUk

Re-upping this, from 2023 chicagoreader.com/music/best-o...

You know you're really utilizing a Synology when your spouse goes "the rats in the alley are making some weird noises" but it's the drives trying to open up a Final Cut Pro project with 48 hours of footage.

this looks like a eugenics pride flag

The best camera design of all time.

"The Orb" made by Sam Altman's crypto company that hopes to identify humans with biometric data by scanning every face on earth looks like a robot litter box. www.wired.com/story/sam-altma...

The trend of covering love songs from the other person's POV started as mostly funny parodies, but sometimes I stumble upon one like the story of the closeted girl from "Good Luck Babe" and in typical fashion lie on the floor and stare at the ceiling for a bit.

The New York Times ripped off my middle school D.A.R.E. essay. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...

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oh my god

I stand by it. dobyfriday.com/episodes/438

This morning, I gave a talk about documentary narrative vs. narration to some Youths, and we went down the rathole of what of "clocking" has meant over the past century. We found a list that's supposedly a guide to Gen Z slang, and there was one term baffled EVERYONE. So it means…what it means?

it can feel weird and selfish not knowing how to immediately help, but that communal feeling of visceral horror and outage means we still deeply care about one another

alright there’s nothing stopping anyone from making a jukebox musical of jeff rosenstick’s “we cool?” because a lot of people are extremely generous and just put things online under a creative commons license because they love sharing stuff youtu.be/JidJV1ue1lI?...

taylor swift is stuck in my head for some reason

pla1n txt rulz ur gui droolz

I love it when we all stay up late having fun together in our jammies with our little snacks

Once a year I force myself to watch the 2005 film adaptation of Rent as a painful reminder of the consequences of missed opportunities when queer directors step aside because they cave to imposter syndrome.

I think last week's Do By Friday was good. It's not really about computers and comedy. "Play the room as it lays." dobyfriday.com/episodes/435

I’ve decided I’m going to try to get Merlin to make a Taskmaster playlist that showcases instances of why each aspect of the show is so special and elevates it above most panel AND competition shows.

"Fail the next task in the most heartbreakingly spectacular way. If you succeed in the next task, you will lose one point." This is a lot of what I love about Taskmaster in one(-ish) task. Timestamp: youtu.be/BGwPUQ2kpNo?...

In grade school people assumed fast readers were smart, but it's not like it transferred directly to practical life skills other than being able to passive aggressively let other nerds know that you're a bigger nerd.

My newest toxic trait is covertly taking pictures of strangers' well behaved dogs making funny faces.

It doesn’t do a great job of warming ears up if you’re already cold but they’re incredible at blocking wind. In fact, I actually hear better with them on top of my hat with transparency mode. I’m told it also works with Airpods Pro, but I need to get an ear flappies hat to act as the wind blocker.

as they say if i won the lottery there would be signs

The final Broadway performance of Rent filmed live in 2008 is my favorite Christmas movie. Renée Elise Goldsberry as Mimi? Come on! Holiday miracle! youtu.be/yhG3JTchKDA?...

a little early but i think i found my goty

Mattie had to work but I surprised him at midnight so we could celebrate with our annual 12:01 AM Mountain Goats dance and novelty selfie. Best one in years. ♥️🤳

it’s messed up that i was just told i’m much less relatable because despite being literally institutionalized multiple times, i’m in love with someone and have been for awhile. we’re a statistical queer anomaly! a glitch! i want to be your pal. friendship is awesome and helped me survive.

just mentioning binders was flagged as ADULT CONTENT which is a perfect example of why this website doesn’t feel as fun or chill as it used to be. i just want to make my queer jokes and post youtube videos.

"Please. My industry partners. They're very sick." techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/pir...

The FDA sent warnings to just 11 retailers that cater to a certain demographic vs the MANY generic white label brands you can find on Amazon. I’ll let you guess which of these binders they consider unsafe.

jeez the BBC really chose violence when it came to Doctor Who and Apple TV

hi just woke up from a week of the flu to log on and learn i have unregulated trans underwear and it's of national importance that it be registered as a Class I medical device www.advocate.com/politics/fda...

My sister has started asking my three-year-old niece the name of each piece of art she produces, and today's was A SPIDER WHO CRAWLS JUST LIKE A WOMAN

i am going to make it through this year if it kills me youtu.be/H7fBFtif9H4?...

You know Merlin's had a very Anglican 2025, but I've been mostly closeted about my Christie chronicles. I knew every Brit has appeared in Doctor Who and on Graham Norton, but this year I learned they're also legally required to be in an Agatha Christie Adaptation. dobyfriday.com/episodes/431

Your dad told me to get a haircut.

Improvised earmuffs.

Maybe, just this once, we give a platform to and try the ideas of literally anyone but a straight white guy—or at least one that doesn't already own a company that has a huge stranglehold on indie creators—building a "better algorithm." One time? As a treat?