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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Aug 06, 2026

I was too hasty a few weeks ago. Peaches are finally in season and they are everything I wanted them to be

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Aug 05, 2026

I thought I made a mistake buying broccolini instead of broccoli rabe, but it turns out if you just drown it in butter it hardly matters.

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Aug 03, 2026

Replying to on retro.pizza

@Lewie_Kong@retro.pizza Fingers crossed Lewie!

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Aug 03, 2026

Maybe if acclaimed Hollywood film director Christopher Nolan himself communicates what is wrong with tvtropes as a manner of critique the first-year students who drive me up the wall with this false equivalency will figure it out. I have faith. https://deadline.com/2026/08/christopher-nolan-real-problem-amateur-film-criticism-1237015553/

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Aug 03, 2026

Replying to @ptburly@woof.group

@ptburly@woof.group I have a certain level of tolerance but there are a lot of quality of life stuff that makes that gray area between n64 and ps2 really rough depending. I don’t think anyone really figured out how to master the independently moving camera until the ps3 generation at least, so I can get really motion sick from that early 3D stuff. And some of the really old pc gaming stuff feels like a lot of waiting. But hidden gems everywhere

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Aug 03, 2026

Just thought I'd give Resident Evil a shot and I'm finding the real horror of this game is the entire early PS1 days controller scheme. What do you mean the controls are forward backwards spin spin?!

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 31, 2026

All this just to play the Wordle I see what you’ve started doing New York Times

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to on deletethis.lol

@germ@deletethis.lol look germ the alternative is two hours of mundane mediocre fetch quests in order to advance one plot point interspersed with 30 second unskippable cutscenes you’ll be slamming a button on constantly and impotently because the realm was reborn~

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 31, 2026

Lobster Landing

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 31, 2026

Replying to @dkub@woof.group

Free Psychic Damage for Anyone Who Has Watched The Odyssey, Completely Meaningless For Anyone Who Hasn't Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

@dkub@woof.group

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 31, 2026

Watching a 30 for 30 episode about Joey Chestnut v. Kobayashi Takeru and it's a reminder that I still can't passively listen to Japanese as well as I'd like but I can completely zone out for the English stuff and stay on top of the narrative flow

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 30, 2026

Replying to @alt_brews@mstdn.social

@alt_brews@mstdn.social I MEAN……look at it

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 30, 2026

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

I don't have an objection to the character or the character being on the show per se but does the Farragut ever complain that Kirk spends all his time not being on the Farragut? Does the Farragut have no adventures of its own?

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 30, 2026

Replying to @motoridersd@pug.ninja

@motoridersd@pug.ninja buzz was that it was about the prosthetic nose. But also iirc Julianne Moore was splitting the vote with herself; this was the same year as Far from Heaven and I think she was nominated in best actress for that and best supporting actress for The Hours. I haven’t seen Unfaithful, but I don’t think Zellweger was gonna win for Chicago due to the biases of the academy sadly

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 30, 2026

Defrosting the fridge is so much fun! We should do it every year! Said absolutely no one ever. Here's hoping that it solved the fan noise issue, but not an experience I would repeat again.

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 30, 2026

Replying to @motoridersd@pug.ninja

@motoridersd@pug.ninja One of my favorite films!

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 30, 2026

Does Media Matters have an actual RSS feed or is the only one they have the one where they repost right wing voices and leave me to guess whose side they're on?

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 30, 2026

Replying to @QsBoyfriend@tenforward.social

@QsBoyfriend@tenforward.social I have the hunch that it’s one of the reasons he is the most popular movie director these days. So much of his productions are designed to make you feel rather than think. Every film has some explanation of the gimmick that doesn’t make sense in or out of the world of the film if you push on it too much, but it’s just comprehensible enough that the audience can not pay attention and pretend like they can follow what’s going on, and thus feel smart for having “gotten” it.

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 29, 2026

Everyone stand back I’m about to buy a whole bunch of pencils again

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 29, 2026

At some point you have to read the stuff you chuck into your read later service of choice.

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 29, 2026

I really wanted You're Killing Me to follow along in the vein of Harry Wild and continue to solidify Acorn as the new home of this type of light mystery show, but the pilot is a hefty slog. If I hear one more generational humor joke…

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 28, 2026

Been having a couple of days where I feel utterly overwhelmed at having to do my job and also do the stuff of life at the same time. How do people do it all?

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 28, 2026

I assume that my phone keeps running out of storage due to how iOS27 is building the new database. Right? 🤔

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 28, 2026

Replying to on friendsofdesoto.social

Family trauma Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

@NickGates@friendsofdesoto.social Oh no! I'm sorry 😔

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 27, 2026

#NYPol #USPol Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

He has the privilege of a sizable canvas upon which to enact his platform, and it's probably fair to also look to other less well funded or PR-savvy politicians and what they're doing as well. But man what I wouldn't give for him to be my mayor. https://apnews.com/article/mamdani-nyc-grocery-stores-prices-bronx-4634d4030209fea663e68f5d6d09a325

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @wheeljack@retro.pizza

#USPol Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

@wheeljack@retro.pizza I always find it interesting that the media doesn't even go to "centrist" Democrats but always the most blue doggiest borderline red Democrats that come out of the woodwork whenever this type of story comes up. Like who even are these people??

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @James@woof.group

@James@woof.group @thickurt@woof.group hope you have a good time!

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @sbattey@pnw.zone

@sbattey@pnw.zone I like the default app but depending on the platform you're using it can be a real crapshoot sometimes (I'm sure there are server factors that also affect it). I've gotten good mileage out of keeping Infuse around, particularly for 4K playback if I need it. But I'd really just like Plex to smooth out the rough patches in the tvOS app.

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 27, 2026

#USPol Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

I imagine it's difficult not to do given what Axios’ format is, but I'd really like them and frankly all media outlets to stop taking “centrist" Democratic talking points at face value. Letting Gottheimer just mouth off that DSA rhetoric is "anti-American” without qualifying that is no better than what Republicans say about the entirety of the Democratic party. Talk about cutting off your hand to spite your face. https://www.axios.com/2026/07/27/2026-midterm-democrats-socialist-michigan

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Michael @michaelthec@poweredbygay.social · Jul 27, 2026

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Jesus Christ young John Corbett. I understand why people loved my big fat Greek wedding.

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