Do By Friday episodes:

• November 06, 2025Immune to Narrative

  This week's challenge: Find a new use for a button.

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• October 30, 2025J.J. Crumbletops, O.B.E.

  Links

  • Five ideas I’ve had for family theme restaurants | 5ives
  • Lawn darts - Wikipedia
  • Vintage Retro J A R T S Missile Game Box, NO TARGET Empty Box Only(See Desc.) | eBay
  • Rules to Jarts:
  • Slip 'N Slide - Wikipedia
  • WHAM-O Backyard Water Slides Are Dangerous For Adults And Teenagers | CPSC.gov
  • Banned Toys and Games - Lawn Darts, Slip 'N Slide, Cork Gun
  • Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile - Wikipedia
  • Ralph Nader is still punching companies where it hurts | The Verge
  • On the Spot: Unhealthy School Lunches - SNL - YouTube
  • The best of MAD MEN: Sally Draper with a plastic bag over her head | HD with subtitles - YouTube
  • Downey Wrote That | Official Trailer | Peacock Original - YouTube
  • Watch Downey Wrote That | Peacock
  • Consumer Probe: Irwin Mainway - SNL - YouTube
  • Adam Curtis - Wikipedia
  • Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone - Wikipedia
  • HyperNormalisation - Adam Curtis [4K Remaster] - YouTube
  • The Perfect Neighbor - Wikipedia
  • The Perfect Neighbor | Official Trailer - YouTube
  • Watts riots - Wikipedia
  • Your Call Is Important to Us - 99% Invisible
  • Don't Talk to the Police - YouTube
  • Jesse Plemons Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters - YouTube
  • Danny McBride Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ - YouTube
  • Empire Today Logo History (1977-Present) - YouTube

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• October 22, 2025Opportunity Gobbler

  Links

  • Merlin’s Game Changing Calipers: Amazon.com: iGAGING Absolute Origin 0-6" Digital Caliper, IP54 Stainless Steel, SPC/USB Output Port, Inch & Metric Modes, Case, Manual : Industrial & Scientific
  • Screwed Up Filament Clip V2 - Save Your Spools! by ZombieHedgehog MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models
  • I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup | Slate Star Codex
  • David Starr Jordan - Wikipedia
  • Why Fish Don't Exist a book by Lulu Miller - Bookshop.org US
  • Thermoplastic polyurethane - Wikipedia
  • Five Bizarre 3D-Printing Mysteries with Insane Solutions - YouTube
  • Why am I wearing a heads-up display? - YouTube
  • BambooHR: The Complete HR Software for People, Payroll & Benefits
  • Thunderbolt (interface) - Wikipedia
  • Daring Fireball: Consumer Confusion Regarding USB Power Adapters
  • How to zoom in on your iPhone or iPad screen with Window Zoom — Apple Support - YouTube
  • Power adapters for iPhone - Apple Support
  • Heat-shrink tubing - Wikipedia
  • How to Wrap Cables Like a Pro: Over/Under (Roadie Wrap) Method Explained! - YouTube
  • The Cindys - Dry TV (Official Video) - YouTube
  • Teenage Fanclub - Wikipedia
  • Steve Albini discography - Wikipedia
  • Letterkenny | Season 1 | Florida State Seminal Vesicles - YouTube
  • Happy Hippie Presents: Miley Cyrus & Laura Jane Grace - True Trans Soul Rebel - YouTube
  • Pitfall! - Wikipedia
  • Roboism #73: No More Flesh Buddies - Relay
  • 'AI Psychosis': Term Doesn't Accurately Describe Chatbot Delusions
  • Spontaneous Human Combustion w… - American Hysteria - Apple Podcasts
  • Reconcilable Differences #270: We Inflated Our Pants - Relay
  • Heat-shrink tubing - Wikipedia
  • Movies with Mikey | FilmJoy - YouTube
  • Theodoric Of York quote
  • Medieval Barber Theodoric of York - SNL - YouTube

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• October 15, 2025You Were Made On the Good Day

  Links

  • Mary Mallon (Typhoid Marry)
  • Humblebrag : the art of false modesty : Wittels, Harris : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  • Double Fantasy - Wikipedia
  • John Lennon Double Fantasy - YouTube
  • Slaughterhouse-Five - Wikipedia
  • Word of the Day: Zaftig | Merriam-Webster
  • The Substance - Wikipedia
  • THE SUBSTANCE | Official Trailer
  • Ernst Röhm - Wikipedia
  • Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial | Official Trailer
  • Hitler: The Rise of Evil - Wikipedia
  • wisdom.limo
  • Number of unfit Texas Guardsmen recalled from Chicago goes up
  • Concerns mount over increased violence among federal immigration agents : NPR
  • Chicago TV producer’s arrest in Ice raid ‘alarming and horrifying’, lawyers say | Ice (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian
  • ICE in Chicago amid ongoing "Operation Midway Blitz" activity: Live updates
  • Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Elgar Cello Concerto - YouTube
  • Knife-Throwing Academy - YouTube
  • Knife-Throwing Academy | The Island of Misfit Toys
  • It's an Honor | The Island of Misfit Toys
  • The Island of Misfit Toys - Furiouser & Furiouser (FULL EP) - YouTube
  • Flying Nun Records - YouTube
  • Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me - YouTube
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Iron Lung (Live on KEXP) - YouTube
  • The Cindys | The Cindys
  • The Cindys - Dry TV (Official Video) - YouTube
  • “If I were 25 and independently wealthy, I'd follow King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on tour for at least a week or five.” Post by @hotdogsladies.bsky.social — Bluesky
  • Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows - YouTube
  • Heavenly Pop Hits: The Flying Nun Story (Music Documentary 2002) - YouTube
  • The Clean - Anything Could Happen - YouTube
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Iron Lung (Live on KEXP) - YouTube
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man Original Trailer (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989) - YouTube

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• October 08, 2025The Box of Unknown Weight

  Links

  • Quotes to get right. #runx · GitHub
  • “People aren't supposed to look back.”
  • Reconcilable Differences #270: We Inflated Our Pants - Relay
  • Valley Girl (1983 film) - Wikipedia
  • York Steak House - Wikipedia
  • The Awards for Advertising American Ads - YouTube
  • Merlin's Happy Place - YouTube
  • Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations, Op.36: IX. (Nimrod) - YouTube
  • Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer - YouTube
  • The Ataris - The Boys of Summer - YouTube
  • Duck Soup (1933 film) - Wikipedia
  • AFI Movie Club: DUCK SOUP | American Film Institute
  • Squeeze - Is That Love? (Official Music Video) - YouTube
  • Deadspin | The Gookie
  • Rufus T Fireflys introduction - YouTube
  • The Lemonade Vendor - YouTube
  • "This Country's Going to War" - YouTube
  • Pre-Code Hollywood - Wikipedia
  • Hays Code - Wikipedia
  • Anti-Catholicism in the United States - Wikipedia
  • The Very Weird Rules of Golden Age Hollywood: The Hays Code and the effect it still has today! - YouTube
  • Politics and the Star Persona of Katharine Hepburn - YouTube
  • Groucho Marx Dick Cavett 1969 - YouTube
  • Squeeze - Is That Love? (Official Music Video) - YouTube

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• September 24, 2025A Truck Made of Children

  This week's challenge: watch "Weapons" (2025).

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• September 17, 2025Punish My Mouth

  Links

  • Relay for St. Jude - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • Progressive disclosure - Wikipedia
  • Kristina Hooper Woolsey - Wikipedia
  • Apple Multimedia Lab - Wikipedia
  • Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS
  • App Intents | Apple Developer Documentation
  • Merlin Mann - Who moved my brain? - YouTube
  • Differentiation and comorbidity of bipolar disorder and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: A clinical and nosological perspective - PMC
  • HOOBS – Smart Home Hub and App for Home Automation
  • Belkin Official Support - Wemo Support Ending – What You Need to Know
  • Nanoleaf
  • Emporia Vue 3 Home Energy Monitor – Emporia Energy
  • Dimmers, Switches & Light Control Accessories | Lutron
  • All of Pearce Media’s HomeKit Apps
  • HomeCare for HomeKit on the App Store
  • HomeScan for HomeKit on the App Store
  • HomePass for HomeKit & Matter on the App Store
  • HomeLog for HomeKit on the App Store
  • Shelly
  • Valkyrie Font Family · 1001 Fonts
  • Zotero | Your personal research assistant
  • Zotero Documentation
  • wisdom.limo
  • wisdom/mmd-style-demo/HOWTO.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom · GitHub
  • Jimmy Carter’s “malaise” speech - “A Crisis of Confidence” - YouTube
  • It takes a worried man.
  • How Corporations Hijacked Anti-AI Backlash - YouTube
  • Hypercritical Episode 42: The Wrong Guy
  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Wikipedia
  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft PDF on The Internet Archive
  • Turn Every Page - Wikipedia
  • Robert A. Caro | Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing - YouTube
  • Amy Madigan - Wikipedia
  • The Secret Weapon of ‘Weapons’: Amy Madigan Is Aunt Gladys - The New York Times
  • Weapons (2025 film) - Wikipedia
  • ‎Alex Cox’s Playlists on Apple Music
  • Alex Likes Live Music - YouTube
  • Merlin Mann’s Playlists on Spotify
  • Some Very Good Live Performances - YouTube

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• September 10, 2025Karate Outfit Street

  Links

  • Midwest emo - Wikipedia
  • Midwest Emo | Aesthetics Wiki | Fandom
  • Macramé - Wikipedia
  • House Democrats Release Epstein’s Birthday Letter Apparently Signed by Trump - The New York Times
  • Epstein Birthday Book
  • Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich - Wikipedia
  • The First Fifty Years | DocumentCloud
  • Photo of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a woman for $22,500 | Donald Trump | The Guardian
  • Ross McElwee - Wikipedia
  • Ross McElwee
  • "Sherman's March" Official Trailer - YouTube
  • Remake — Ross McElwee
  • Alien: Earth - Wikipedia
  • Mx. Sugartits | Do By Friday
  • Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries
  • Zach Cregger - Wikipedia
  • The Whitest Kids U' Know - Wikipedia
  • The Civil War on Drugs (FULL MOVIE) - YouTube
  • Weapons (2025 film) - Wikipedia
  • The Babadook - Wikipedia
  • The Babadook - 10th Anniversary Trailer - YouTube
  • The Babadook Creator Finally Acknowledges Her Character Becoming a Gay Icon | Vanity Fair
  • Remember You | Adventure Time - YouTube
  • Doctor Who | River Song "Spoilers" - YouTube
  • It's A Wonderful Life | A Christmas Miracle (End Scene) | Paramount Movies - YouTube
  • Are Bert and Ernie named after characters from It's a Wonderful Life?
  • Every time River says ‘Hello Sweetie’ and ‘Spoilers’ - YouTube
  • "Hello, I'm the Doctor..." | The Eleventh Hour | Doctor Who - YouTube

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• September 04, 2025Personal Land Acknowledgment

  Links

  • Relay for St. Jude - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Winnipeg woman says dog started fire by turning on stove under recall notice — twice | CBC News
  • Reconcilable Differences #268: Beach Grit - Relay
  • The Paralysis of Perfect. Learning from mistakes so I can make… | by Stephen R. Fox | Medium
  • Pro Co RAT - Wikipedia
  • 1988 ProCo Rat 2: Andy's Vintage Picks | Reverb Tone Report - YouTube
  • 3 MINUTES WITH THE BOSS DF-2 - YouTube
  • Building a Guitar Pedal from Scratch (with a pro) - YouTube
  • Power play: do Philadelphia Eagles fans really throw batteries on the field? | Super Bowl | The Guardian
  • How the ‘Oh Yeah’ Song in Ferris Bueller Came to Be - YouTube
  • Seth Morris on Naked Babies, Veep, and Bob Ducca - YouTube
  • Chris Fleming (FULL EPISODE) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend - YouTube
  • Chris Fleming - Showpig (Full Show) - YouTube
  • Chris Fleming: HELL | Official Trailer | Peacock Original - YouTube
  • Steven Yeun & Conan Visit A Korean Spa | CONAN on TBS - YouTube
  • Chris Fleming - The Korean Spa - YouTube
  • Virgin America Safety Video - YouTube
  • Todrick Hall - Virgin America Safety Video #VXsafetydance - YouTube
  • Delta Air Lines Safety Video - YouTube. (This is the one with the pretty red-haired lady.)
  • At sixes and sevens - Wikipedia
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Night and Day (w/ lyrics) - YouTube
  • Night And Day - Cole Porter - YouTube
  • Night and Day (song) - Wikipedia
  • The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel - YouTube
  • Trump says feds are 'going in' to Chicago, Pritzker adds Texas troops may be en route - Chicago Sun-Times
  • Gov. Pritzker addresses Trump’s ‘unhinged’ remarks | CNN Politics
  • Pritzker’s clash with Trump offers political test for Illinois governor | CNN Politics
  • Ghislaine Maxwells “Ted talk” - YouTube
  • Ghislaine Speaking at TedX WDS2, June 6, 2014 - YouTube
  • Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich - Wikipedia
  • Jeffrey Epstein Household Manual

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• August 28, 2025Oh, Beaujy

  Links

  • Alien3
  • Alien | Typeset In The Future
  • Jealousy vs. Envy: Understanding the Difference and Definitions | Merriam-Webster
  • Inside Grace Van Patten's Portrayal of Amanda Knox
  • The Night Manager (British TV series) - Wikipedia
  • The New American Bible
  • Meet the Voice of Winnie the Pooh … and Tigger, Too! - YouTube
  • Critics Pete Wells, Soleil Ho on Thomas Keller and French Laundry
  • We need to talk about Kellergate
  • How the Ritz-Carlton Creates a 5 Star Customer Experience | CRM.org
  • The Nordy Pod: The Truth About Nordstrom’s Legendary Tire Story | Nordstrom
  • Foundations of Our Brand | Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center
  • Every breath I take without your permission raises my self-esteem - YouTube
  • Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?" - YouTube
  • Pop-chart flops can turn into latter-day classics.
  • Almost Famous - Tiny Dancer - YouTube
  • Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears - Theme Song | Disney+ Throwbacks | Disney+ - YouTube
  • From Scratch | Curious George Wiki | Fandom
  • Curious George 🐵 World's Longest Pasta? 🐵 Kids Cartoon 🐵 Kids Movies 🐵 Videos for Kids - YouTube

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