Sunday, November 30, 2025
The BBTS posted Cyber Monday deals
The ones that jumped out to me were 20% off the Into the Spider-Verse Spider-Man Noir by Sentinel and 45% off the Marvel Legends 60th Anniversary Iron Man (first suit).
Saturday, November 29, 2025
How to paint leather on miniatures
@elminiaturista This time using airbrush is fobidden, painting a lot of textures, non metallics, woods, etc. The good thing about krieg is that are very fast to paint. . . #warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #paintingminiatures ♬ Ramble On (Remaster) - Led Zeppelin
Friday, November 28, 2025
Fun Neal Stephenson blog speculating about how a reading list came to misrepresents his books
The "a16z Infra Reading List" includes a four-line entry for Stephenson that misspells his name and concludes, "Fair warning though, most of these books don’t have endings (they literally stop mid-sentence)." His books don't end that way, and in his latest newsletter he offers some interesting guesses as to how the list came to make that specific error (and what it means for future AI summaries of his work).
Netflix released a website for the Art of K-Pop Demon Hunters
Can listen to the soundtraclk as you stroll. (Preorders for the actual book are expected next month)
- DO NOT GET DISTRACTED BY VERY HANDSOME FACES + BODIES - LITERALLY EVIL - THEY KILL PEOPLE - tax evasion
— Amanda Wong (@amandawtwong.bsky.social) November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Field Notes posted the solution to their murder mystery
This was the special edition free with any order recently. Here's the solution described in detail.
Xbox wireless controllers are 39% off
at Amazon. $39 for mundane colors, $49 for the translucent Pulse Cipher.
The Wirecutter's favorite portable power station is 45% off right now
ECOFLOW Solar Generator RIVER 2 Pro by itself is $299 at Amazon, $474 with solar panel. Also, Darn Tough Men's Hiker Micro Crew socks are 15% off (guaranteed for life).
Beautiful Elden Ring book (Art roundup)
We are excited to announce Lore Bound: Elden Ring Explained, @vaatividya.com's full lore analysis of Elden Ring. Encompassing Elden Ring, Nightreign and DLCs, this work is the essential reference for any lore aficionado. www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
— Tune & Fairweather (@tuneandfairweather.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Webstore. And some Elden Ring illustrations by Devlin:Full-colour interior illustrations by @devlinart.bsky.social.
— Tune & Fairweather (@tuneandfairweather.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Thursday, November 27, 2025
"The ultralight gummy bear power bank just got yanked from Amazon"
I've seen it recommended by backpackers watching every ounce of their gear (can't remember if I posted about it, or maybe set a post in the future). Here's a write-up, and also there's a long thread:
Have you seen this Haribo power bank? It's cute! It's also become a sensation on social media because it offers one of the best power-to-weight ratios on the market, with a capacity of 20,000 mAh at just 286 grams.
— Jon Bruner (@JonBruner) November 26, 2025
We CT scanned one and found something alarming inside... 🧵 pic.twitter.com/0k8SAtyttj
Shortly after we first published these scans, Amazon yanked them from sale. https://t.co/AMHmhtvR0y
— Jon Bruner (@JonBruner) November 26, 2025
But there's more! There are also Haribo-branded wireless earbuds. Also cute! Naturally we bought some and CT scanned them. pic.twitter.com/YxyDX6koya
Dracula's Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving roundup)
happy Thanksgiving from this old one
— LEE GATLIN (@neilaglet.bsky.social) November 28, 2024 at 7:05 AM
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since we're talking about pies- one of my favorite internet traditions is r/costco every year, without fail, featuring multiple top-of-page posts of people completely agog at the scale of the costco pumpkin pie display. it must feel like walking onto a sherman tank factory floor in 1944
— lauren (@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com) November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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My niece is drawing everyone's picture, one by one revealing our deepest insecurities like a she's in a Stephen King book
— weeder (@weeder.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Still up when I lookedgif is missing the definite article. check their location! pic.twitter.com/O8EbGMuh1f
— csz (@cszabla) November 27, 2025
1930s Macy's Day Parade balloon designed by Tony Sarg.
— Vincent Alexander (@nonsenseisland.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Dying at the first time Swedish Chef sees Big Bird
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs.bsky.social) December 25, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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— Phineas (@phineas.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
— Star Trek Minus Context (@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A Thanksgiving tradition
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 27, 2025
Jerry World being engulfed by the sun pic.twitter.com/JK8clTZ9My
thanksgiving is a time for people to come together, to celebrate the spirit of unity despite our differences, and to demonstrate that, here is busta rhymes performing "break ya neck" with raphael the ninja turtle
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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(This)Get you a relationship as secure as Geoffrey’s sunglasses #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/1gfOk8lXBG
— SΞAN (@Seanlofficial) November 27, 2025
(This, too)I cannot stop laughing at this
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Al Roker gives a girl a golden ticket to see the Rockettes. Her response: “I did that yesterday.” pic.twitter.com/2dea2cnp67
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 27, 2025
— Bryan Fischer (@bryandfischer.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM(Madden (if he didn't know what mirliton was) would have been delighted to discover something knew, and would have made it the star of the show) (also, I'd like to see what freak food nonsense Brady gets up)
How to paint a heat effect on a miniature tank cannon
@frog_anarchy little help with heat effects. #miniaturepainting #warhammer40k #warhammer #miniatures #warhammercommunity ♬ original sound - Frog Anarchy miniatures
This makes it look really easy
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Three $1.99 books from my wishlist
at Amazon:
The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West
Star Wars The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella
Also,
Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, from the Black Death to the Space Age is $2.99
New Humble Bundle featuring four volumes of Doctor Who comics for $1
Including "The Wheeping Angels of Mons." There's also a bundle featuring Worms video games, starting at seven ganes for $6 (classic, pinball, golf etc.)
New video game Humble Bundle for Black Friday
Not sure what the connective tissue is for the "black friday bundle," but Steam scores displayed (15 gamed for $15).
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
OK, here's my ranking of the best Star Wars of the last 25 years (non-movie edition)
10. Darth Vader Book III #16-19: The Shu-Torun War
8. The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
6. KOTOR 1
2. Andor
These were good, too:
Ranking the best of Star Wars: 1.) Andor 2.) Any SW movie when you’re 8 years old 3.) Knights of the Old Republic 4.) Knights of the Old Republic II 5.) Tattered Star Wars expanded universe paperback you found for $1 6.) Empire Strikes Back 7.) A New Hope 8.) Christmas in the Stars holiday album
— Mike Drucker (@mikedrucker.bsky.social) November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The best star wars is the comic book where luke dumped water out of the millennium falcon and it formed giant ice cubes in space and darth vader crashed his spaceship into the giant ice cubes and almost died
— Christopher Livingston (@chrislivingston.bsky.social) November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Monday, November 24, 2025
If you're in LA, The Getty Villa is doing a special Percy Jackson contest
Dec 6 and 7, 2025
Dec 13 and 14, 2025
Drop-in
10:30am–3pm
Tickets are free, but required for event entrance. Your event ticket will also serve as your Villa entrance reservation. Please note, there is a fee for parking.
Calling all fans of Percy Jackson! To celebrate Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, all demigods (and ancient world enthusiasts) are invited to join a quest through the galleries and gardens of the Getty Villa Museum. Test your knowledge of Greek mythology and the world of Percy Jackson—complete the quest to receive a prize!
Prizes are limited and are available while supplies last.
Here's what the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory "shared reality" experience looks like at Cosm
@geekandfab A feast for the senses at the premier of @Cosm @CosmLosAngeles Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory last night. #willywonka #imagination #cosm #sharedreality #experience ♬ Pure Imagination - Kathleen
@cosmlosangelesca Step into the Premiere of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in #SharedReality ♬ original sound - Cosm Los Angeles
@cosmlosangelesca Enter a World of Pure Imagination… don’t miss Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in #SharedReality at Cosm! 🎩 #movie #fyp #immersive #wildlife ♬ original sound - Cosm Los Angeles
@cosmlosangelesca Turns out Veruca Salt is a good egg after all! 😂 #WillyWonka #Cosm #SharedReality #verucasalt ♬ original sound - Cosm Los Angeles
(Big miss, huge, if The Unknown isn't wandering around)
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Holiday gift guide by the Room Escape Artist website
Big variety of puzzle-related gift ideas. I bought "How to Fool Your Parents: 25 Brain-Breaking Magic Tricks" as a gift, it's currently 56% off at Amazon, and also ordered the "iDventure A-Maze-ing Safe" from their prior gift guide--29% off right now at Amazon.
Excellent tutorial for painting liquid-filled glass vials on miniatures
The new video tutorial is available on my patreon as it’s about painting a backpack of my Flawless Blades Chaos Space Marine. There is my commentary in the video, view of my palette and the list of colors that I used. I hope you will have fun with this short video 🙂 pic.twitter.com/2nFOtqirZR
— Flameon Miniatures (@FlameMiniatures) November 7, 2025
Saturday, November 22, 2025
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