Do By Friday episodes:

• November 26, 2025Pure Information

  Links

  • "Defying Gravity" - Wicked 20th Anniversary Edition | WICKED the Musical - YouTube
  • Les Miserables 10th Anniversary "Dream Cast" [1080p Upscaled] - YouTube
  • Guinness book of world records : McWhirter, Ross, 1925-1975 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  • Celebrity Heights - Google Sheets
  • Four construction workers posing in President William Howard Taft's bathtub during renovations to the White House in 1909 : r/OldSchoolCool
  • Trump’s on JB Pritzker - YouTube
  • Full-length portrait of Lucia Zarate, Mexican Midget (Getty Museum)
  • CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share - YouTube
  • The Chokey | Roald Dahl Wiki | Fandom
  • The Dust is Your Daddy | Do By Friday
  • Sesame Street: I Don't Want to Live on the Moon - YouTube
  • Letterkenny | Season 1 | Florida State Seminal Vesicles - YouTube
  • Butterfly Curve -- from Wolfram MathWorld
  • Top Four #4: Worst Weezer Singles - Relay
  • Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants [1996] - RF Rip : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
  • iOS 26.2 Adds Alarms for Reminders - MacRumors
  • Caps for Sale - Wikipedia
  • Behaves So Strangely
  • Sometimes Behave So Strangely Looped - YouTube
  • Edward Dudley Metcalfe - Wikipedia
  • The Crown on The Graham Norton Show - YouTube
  • The Ultimate Miriam Margolyes Experience | The Graham Norton Show - YouTube
  • The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Is Nightmare Fuel - YouTube
  • Mr. Show - Mayostard / Mustardayonnaise / Mustmayostardayonnaise - YouTube
  • Bob Mortimer & Richard in HYSTERICS over Bob's toilet story | Travel Man EXTRA - YouTube
  • Richard Ayoade & Bob Mortimer's funniest moments in Hamburg | Travel Man - YouTube
  • The Crown (TV series) - Wikipedia
  • Audio Descriptions in The Crown actually add narrative insight, and it's awesome! | ResetEra
  • Reid My Mind » Blog Archive Flipping the Script on Audio Description - Moving Beyond Just US
  • Audio Description Style Guide v2.5 – Netflix | Partner Help Center

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• November 20, 2025Gratitude is My Kink

  Links

  • President Trump Delivers Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit - YouTube
  • Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich - Wikipedia
  • US election: Donald Trump sorry for obscene remarks on women - BBC News
  • Big Mac Index - Wikipedia
  • Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape - Wikipedia
  • No One Shows Up to Peter Brady's Party - YouTube
  • Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter (2009) [1080p] - YouTube
  • Adrian Veidt | Watchmen Wiki | Fandom
  • The Hunting Wives Season 2 Trailer - SNL - YouTube
  • Papillon (1973 film) - Wikipedia
  • Terry Zwigoff
  • Crumb (film) - Wikipedia
  • Introducing Kafka - Wikipedia
  • When Harry Met Sally... (3/11) Movie CLIP - Just Friends (1989) HD - YouTube
  • The Book of Genesis (comic) - Wikipedia
  • Ghost World (film) - Wikipedia
  • Bad Santa - Wikipedia
  • Crumb (1995) | The Criterion Collection
  • ‎Some Good Movies About Making Art, a list of films by Merlin Mann • Letterboxd

  Aftershow Links

  • Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Floating City - YouTube
  • Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Linear City - YouTube
  • Fingal's Cave - Wikipedia
  • wisdom/3d.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom · GitHub
  • Model Context Protocol - Wikipedia
  • What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)? - Model Context Protocol
  • Prompt 3
  • 🎙️ MacWhisper
  • Jonathan Haidt - Wikipedia
  • No Way Out (1987 film) - Wikipedia
  • A Futile and Stupid Gesture (film) - Wikipedia
  • How to Stop the Jellyfish! - Apple Community
  • The Crown (TV series) - Wikipedia
  • Audio Description for TV shows and movies | Netflix Help Center

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• November 12, 2025A Break from Myself

  Links

  • Tapas - Wikipedia
  • Tokyo's highest-end Teppanyaki ? - YouTube
  • Churrascaria - Wikipedia
  • A Benihana Christmas - Wikipedia
  • Domo 77 - Aurora Restaurant - Aurora, IL | OpenTable
  • Spaghetti Warehouse - Wikipedia
  • Kapok Tree Inn: Historic Clearwater Dining Adventure 1958-1991
  • Bosco Sticks
  • 1970s Fisher Price Play Family GARAGE #930 100% Complete w/ Box | eBay
  • Melatonin - Wikipedia
  • Cannabis strain - Wikipedia
  • Strain Specific THC Gummies Delivered Nationwide | Lumi Labs – Lumi Gummies
  • Vagus nerve - Wikipedia
  • Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone : Fresh Air : NPR
  • The Notorious B.I.G. - Ten Crack Commandments (Official Audio) - YouTube

  Aftershow Links

  • Testing EVERY BATTERY to Find the Winner - YouTube
  • Panasonic BQ-CC65 Quick Charger with 4 AAA eneloop
  • Panasonic eneloop pro High Capacity Power Pack K-KJ17KHC82A B&H
  • Portable Power Stations - Anker SOLIX US
  • Self-discharge - Wikipedia
  • Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry - YouTube
  • "Howl" read by Allen Ginsberg, 1975 - YouTube
  • We Real Cool | The Poetry Foundation
  • Gwendolyn Brooks reads We Real Cool - YouTube
  • Behaves So Strangely
  • Speech-to-song illusion - Wikipedia
  • Every One of Kirk's Jobs on Gilmore Girls - YouTube
  • a film by kirk | Gilmore Girls - YouTube
  • Alex Horne's Reddit AMA - Part 1 | Taskmaster - YouTube
  • Joe Wilkinson gets a POTATO into a GOLF HOLE | Taskmaster - YouTube
  • Stevie Wonder’s first No. 1 hit was his least likely and most forgotten.
  • Stevie Wonder - I Wish (the original version) - YouTube
  • Robert Crumb - Wikipedia
  • Terry Zwigoff - Wikipedia
  • Crumb (1995) | The Criterion Collection
  • Crumb
  • Crumb (film) - Wikipedia

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• 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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