"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are." Maya Angelou

Same.

I remember when October had great art prompt, and November had a great writing prompt to motivate creators. A bloody shame the folks behind those hashtags ended up being such knobs. Also, you can draw & write whenever you want without a prompt telling you to do so. So, create. And keep creating.

I'm not leaving this platform (though I am probably moving to Northsky once it opens). I made so many friends here and it has done *wonders* for my videos

I put SuperFriends on right now in the break room. There’s an episode where Wonder Woman faces a sexy warrior queen. I am not kidding, I didn’t know I need this but I do.

That DC KO bracket is wild. Considering what's at stake as well as how brutal you have to be, I think this half of the bracket is going to have some insane matches. I think a lot of folks are overstating Batman's reach on that side, especially if he'll face one of his sons in Round 2.

#nowplaying Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More This is a mood. I'm not particularly saying this is MY mood today, but I'm definitely leaning into it more and more lately. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Jv...

I need someone who cares about this woman--and is NOT a billionaire--to go talk to her.

✨A Jem, from Jem & The Holograms, I did for Rangerstop last year✨

An amazing cover of an amazing song.

The Benson cast always looked the least embarrassed in this era of promos.

ABC is the place. youtu.be/kBGwaK5Hpkw?...

Now is the time…

You know, I wish Paramount Skydance, which actually owns the show's library, digitally preserved Soul Train. So much music history. So many great performances. Here's one that may surprise some folks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6-... Dude really was a star lord, wasn't he?

It will be impossible for most to even imagine what a powerful force of cultural change MTV was. Now, it's endless reruns of Ridiculousness. But there was a time it dominated every conversation. And the release of a new video made the country stand still.

When I was making my #projectmtv playlist, there were a lot of songs I really wanted to put in it. But I wanted 120 videos (no more, no less) because the number is important to the brand. I particularly wanted two in the "Benediction" portion (the first 30 minutes), but it went over.

As you look at CBS News, Bari Weiss and your Paramount+ account, a reminder: Torrents still work. Use a VPN, they're cheaper than Paramount+. The Pirate Bay dot org has never gone away. It's not selfish and it's not immoral. In the face of blatant fascism, it is unquestionably ethical.

April in October.

Nothing to see here. I'm just tired. Don't DM me. Just watching the world continue to burn while the ones responsible are blaring out Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" even though the matches and gasoline pitchers are literally in their hands.

We had this, it was called Pop Up Video and it was still better than this shit.

EMERGENCY TIMELINE CLEANSE: Smile for the Gamera ❤️👍🏾

This is what we should be using Bluesky for

To whoever came up with that:

Kenny wasn't like the other kids

Happy 75th birthday, Peanuts!

Also, a bit of @nemalki.bsky.social’s MTV branding reminded me of a design I liked but never used much. The design work I’ve done will find a home, even if not used in this series.

Consistently inconsistent with what I want to do with the redesign of the channel, and it’s keeping me from progressing. Adult Swim inspired my latest note to myself.

Sometimes I nail a photo.

Here's my Behance portfolio page for #projectmtv. www.behance.net/gallery/2354... I wanted to talk about the inspirations that were behind the graphics I created and why I wanted to honor those folks who created MTV's visual identity. I don't know why some of my words kept disappearing though.

We're a stupid species that ignores every warning sign we have given ourselves through literature and cinema.

Celebrating the 135th birthday of Groucho Marx with the all time improvised scene from Night At The Opera. The Stateroom Scene

The race to be edgy and memetic to secure clicks (and stay in business I suppose) has eroded almost all journalism to the point a lot of it has become unreadable at best or ai slop at worst.

I miss when games journalism didn’t use terms like ‘enshittification’ in article titles.

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Every time an ad from the Republican candidate for Governor in Virginia comes on, it's the same tired, ignorant, disgusting topic as opposed to literally anything else at all. Just... trans kids in locker rooms. It makes me want to be like Dee-Dee here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXOu...

eating waffles = good saying “waffles” to taunt the transgender community on the website = bad

This is probably one of my favorite series on YT right now. It's not often you get a well-researched video about animation history on this caliber, especially about the Best Animated Picture Oscar. @icritic.bsky.social talks about EVERYTHING, including controversies that play a factor. Great stuff.

Here's my Behance portfolio page for #projectmtv. www.behance.net/gallery/2354... I wanted to talk about the inspirations that were behind the graphics I created and why I wanted to honor those folks who created MTV's visual identity. I don't know why some of my words kept disappearing though.

Oh... wait, I did that microplastics song in May last year, not in the last 12 months. That's how much time lost all meaning. It all blurs and blends together into a globby mess.

So, to recap the last 12 months creatively: - Wrote an alternate timeline where Doctor Who was a US series - Wrote several articles on Thoughtnami - Regained access to TXB - Created a superhero medical series - Finished a political rom-com-dram - Halfway done with a detective series - #projectmtv

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND debuted in 1996. It's older than DONNA REED was when Nick at Nite debuted. I might not watch it, but my parents would if they were alive (and they'd be 90+). MeTV's parent knows its audience. And that savvy has kept them thriving as linear TV dies a slow death. #ClassicTV

RIP to Dr. Jane Goodall, you did some amazing work and your WTF episode was so cool!

I hate seeing ICE ads during YouTube videos of people who would NOT want that in between their content.

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know: help.hbomax.com/us/Feedback/ tbsnetwork.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/req...

Captain Marvel

In a world of Kristi Noems, be a Jane Goodall