Starting off the awards season by looking back at previous Academy Award winners for Best Picture and Best Animated Picture for the theme “Best of the Best”! The first entry into this theme is a brutal look back into American history with 12 Years a Slave. The Best Picture winner of the 86th Academy Awards. Join us in our discussion of this brutal, depressing, and legendary film.

13th Amendment

Arlan’s Letterboxd Review

(0:00) Intro / First Impressions

(16:08) Spoilers / Memorable Scenes

(1:04:36) Scores / Final Thoughts

Suspicious words in media, Daniel Naroditsky’s official medical examiner report, parasocial relationships, African geography, Senegal beating Morocco in AFCON, and more this week at the Time Sink!

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Tom and Jerry Scene

Tom and Jerry (2021 American film)

Official Report for Daniel Naroditsky

Daniel Naroditsky

Vladimir Kramnik

FDA and Kratom

2025 Africa Cup of Nations

Reddit Post on AFCON controversy 

Sadio Mané

Stromae - Papaoutai

Stromae

Hotel Rwanda

(0:00) Intro

(0:14) Suspicious Words in Media

(2:58) Daniel Naroditsky’s Cause of Death

(37:37) AFCON Finals Controversy

An apology to KSI (sort-of), Worlds 2025, Powerpoint Presentations (trust me), all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink!

Diamond Pick

Hamza's Presentation

League of Legends

TFT

Faker

KT

T1/SKT

HLE

(0:00) Intro/Follow Up

(0:12) Diamond Pick

(10:17) Worlds 2025 Powerpoint

(38:40) Outro

Another year, another: new year, new us, and more this week at the Time Sink!

Hajj

Umrah

Why It's Hard to Estimate and Easy to Mislead About Water Use by AI - Hank Green

(0:00) Intro

(0:43) How 2025 Went 

(20:23) Goals for 2026, Baby

(1:01:28) Outro

The fate of iRobot, what does it mean to be “neutral”, Wikipedia’s main purpose, all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink!

iRobot Bankruptcy 

CAIR and 42 Organizations Call on Wikipedia to Oppose Censorship on Gaza Genocide

Jewish Agency Article

Wikipedia discussion on Reddit

Talk:Gaza genocide/Archive 22

Dan David Prize

Kurzgesagt Video

(0:00) Intro

(0:19) iRobot Follow Up

(8:53) Wikipedia and Gaza

(54:23) Outro

Where? To the Movie Plug’s review of The Polar Express of course! The finale of the Holiday season Movie Plugs is ending with an animated children’s movie that you might’ve watched. We’ll see you next year in 2026!Just a Polar Express Trailer

(0:00) Intro

(17:10) Spoilers / Memorable Scenes

(45:49) Scores / Final Thoughts

Rise of AI causing prices to go up, Amuldeep’s journey from Spotify to YouTube Music, The Game Awards, and more this week at the Time Sink!

Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business

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Ram Prices

STEAM Frame

YouTube Music

Spotify

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

The Game Awards

Megabonk

Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer

(0:00) Intro

(0:18) Ram Prices on the Rise

(18:32) YouTube Music vs Spotify

(37:25) The Game Awards

(57:45) Outro

Saying goodbye to the Panels app, saying hello to the new r/art mods, checking out the 2025 Chess World Cup and the Head of FIDE, all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink!

Panels shutting down

r/Art

Chess 2026 Candidates Tournament

Women’s World Cup 2025

Chess World Cup 2025

CBI Tweet on Magnus

Emil response

(0:00) Intro

(0:17) Panels Update

(15:20) r/Art Final Update

(22:53) Chess World Cup

(1:04:56) Outro

Reddit moderator shenanigans, sad status of the failed Sony game: Concord, CS2 skins update ruining billions in investments, and more this week at the Time Sink!

r/Art Screenshots

r/Art Drama

r/Art Artist gets banned

Clash of Clans

Concord

Concord Fan Project

Secret Level

CS2 skin update ‘rug pulls’ collectors

(0:00) Intro

(0:20) r/Art Drama 

(21:39) Concord

(47:28) CS2 Skin Update

Following the Holiday theme, Wes Anderson’s homely, feisty classic, Fantastic Mr. Fox is in the Time Sink: Movie Plug for this month! This year we are thankful that at least one movie exists for the Thanksgiving theme.

Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox BTS 

Arlan’s Letterboxd Review