It's the weekend, so I can write: https://lschmeiser.substack.com/p/the-liminal-exciting-potential-of?sd=pf

So What? Who Cares?: Forget a vibe change, we're in a zeitgeist shift

https://lschmeiser.substack.com/p/forget-a-vibe-change-were-in-a-zeitgeist

@jann @donmelton @Verso We've got the episodes recorded, we just haven't been able to claw out the time to edit them yet. Any recs for editors gratefully received.

@blairplez That's a great idea. We had agreed to push more effort toward LinkedIn post-holiday but we definitely should figure out how to do Mastodon responsibly.

@blairplez No idea. I am still trying to figure out how to follow people back!

(Lord, I will not pay for Twitter but you know what I would pay for? A lift-and-shift service that migrates me to Mastodon with all my curated Twitter lists intact, automatically follows my favorites on Twitter (like you) who are on Mastodon, and gives me a Tweetdeck-like interface. I would pay for that.)

Well, holy carp: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-bob-iger-returning-ceo-bob-chapek-exits-1235266823/amp/

No time like the present to begin habituating myself to a new social platform.

The Lego Batman Movie is the best Batman movie.

TeeVee 451: Batman University: “The Lego Batman Movie”
https://overcast.fm/+BmF5nbXC8

@jackbrewster Ask him!

So I'm switching to https://zeppelin.flights/@lschmeiser

Come see me there!

@captaincursor Sort of? I don't miss having to get up and dance when DJ Lance told us to, but I loved the freewheeling nature and really bright SoCal-feeling aesthetic of it. We're thick into Phineas and Ferb right now & I'm digging that too.

I don't know why anyone wastes time asking Michael Shannon about playing Trump when it's obvious that Jonah Hill is going to be cast in the biopic someone makes in 20 years. https://www.themarysue.com/shannon-trump/

I think about Yo! Gabba Gabba at least once a day, which is totally normal for an adult and not at all a sign of early-onset anything.

My mom and I are going to be driving across the country, west to east, in October. (We're dropping off a car at the house she & my stepfather kept in Virginia.) I last drove cross-country in '96. TRIP PLANNING IS SO VERY DIFFERENT NOW.

The other thing blowing my mind: b/c my mom had me when she was young & I was on the late side for having kids, I will be the age NOW that my mom was when she drove w/me to SF & dropped off her just-out-of-grad-school child. I have a 2nd grader.

I would absolutely watch the movie where Winona & Keanu are closing in on their 25th anniversary, their last kid goes to college & they decide to take a road trip across the country to reconnect as a couple: https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/winona-ryder-has-been-married-to-keanu-reeves-for-25-years.html

"If you are actively benefiting from the emotional and spiritual and physical labor of women — from your wife, from the mother of your children — then it’s time to start recognizing it and step up. " https://medium.com/s/story/when-will-it-be-times-up-for-motherhood-and-marriage-2766d311bfae

There's a conversation to be had on the ethics of glamorizing rich people in the media without examining the origins of their wealth or the impact of their wealth (b/c they're making all that money off someone). This is not that conversation -- just an illustration of how seductive Nice Things appear when you remove wealth from context: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a22677274/kevin-kwan-crazy-rich-asians-movie-fashion-couture/

@captaincursor I feel you. My primary allegiance to Tweetdeck was because I had honed my Twitter lists & columns to a point where the information streams felt manageable.

Y'all I need a Tweetdeck but for Mastodon.

@trwnh Thank you for taking the time to explain.