In the 1970s, Mulholland Dr. between Laurel Cyn. & Coldwater Cyn. was the peak of illegal racing. Racers handed out this cheeky business card to lure Van Nuys cruisers up the hill to challenge them. The Valleyites, unversed in the road's nuances, often plunged over its cliffs.
— LA Dork (@ladork.bsky.social) December 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Today's news and jokes
Guerilla vending machine
When I was sent to Neighborhood Court for moving a barricade, I was required to write 5 ideas for “street beautification” and I doubt anyone read it, but I wrote “put vending machines on the sidewalk”. Finally (for one night) I put a vending machine outside and it was incredible pic.twitter.com/IFnZdCOvkr
— Danielle Baskin (@djbaskin) December 22, 2025
We eventually filled the machine with @fulligin's magic portraits!
— Danielle Baskin (@djbaskin) December 22, 2025
We cozied up a city bench with pillows and a lamp to entice people to sit. Vincent built a secret rig to take beautiful pics of them. A note on the bench said to "find yourself" at a particular intersection pic.twitter.com/v9h24iqVnD
(More in the thread)So many of @fulligin's photos were accidental renaissance pic.twitter.com/xoF8vL2ds2
— Danielle Baskin (@djbaskin) December 22, 2025
(Speaking of vending machines)
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
New Humble Bundle features award-nominated video games
Starts at two games for $7, Steam scores and nominations listed.
Some best comics of the year lists, including mine
Best Comics of 205 chosen by The Comics Journal's contributors.
The Best Graphic Novels of 2025 according to the NYTimes.
Best Comics of 2025 according to the Beat.
The only comics I remember really enjoying this year (I wait to read collections) were "I Am Iron Man," "Absolute Wonder Woman," and an unofficial collection of John Paul Leon obscurities (including "Karl Malone the Mailman").
Also, these were not good (Windsor Smith's Wolverine is such a standout it's absurd) (there's an extended Shanna storyline by Gulacy that has good art, and a She-Hulk one-shot with great art by Byrne), but it was fun skimming them, seeing all the forgotten characters and problematic stories and early appearances by the Image comics crew. I'll never understand why Marvel and DC won't sell high-res scans of pre-digital comics as they originally looked instead of the terrible new colorized versions.
Finally, speaking of comics, the BBTS has some new comics-related figures: Hot Toys Absolute Batman and an exclusive Hellboy figure by Boss Fight Studios with stylized paint.
Finally, finally, the Internet Archive is currently running a 2-to-1 matching campaign (described in the email they sent out today, not sure it's mentioned on their site).
Today's news and jokes
Haven’t stopped thinking about TERMINATOR 2’s crew tee shirt that has every single “zinger” James Cameron said during the course of production on the back of it, his gift to the crew. I want it. Wonder if they make one for #AvatarFireAndAsh pic.twitter.com/doSn5Cubl3
— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) December 21, 2025
No Proscenium's favorite immersive shows and experiences of 2025
Long list. And this is an additional list of their favoroite immersive moments of 2025.
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