nah i left mastodon so i could have my own sharkey instance instead 😎

i do have a bluesky account but i don't feel compelled to post on there much tbh. it's fine, but i found it a lot harder to actually find interaction there even when i was making effort. also the feed system is balls (many feeds i use are frequently broken) and they only recently implemented hashtags, which almost nobody seems to use? there are definitely things i like about it too (the more casual vibe, for one) but at the end of the day it is another corporate platform, which i would prefer to spend minimal time on.

this week i have been going through the 1970s Christmastime BBC ghost stories, mostly adaptations of MR James stories but a couple of originals in there too, mostly very enjoyable and a lot of them have some truly wtf moments. great for spooky season and they are nice & short too.

as for newer stuff, Teacup & The Penguin are the only weekly tv watches i am really hanging out for right now. also i keep trying to watch Ludwig but although i enjoy it, i inevitably fall asleep around halfway through each episode, just too cosy i guess? 😅

for movies i watched The Substance & Alien: Romulus, i liked the latter a lot more than the former but i'm glad lots of people seem to be enjoying body horror lately.

i mainly just use letterboxd, and the way i use it is more like a casual journal rather than something that would be useful for other people to read (and i state on my profile there that i'm not trying to give objective critique at all)

the other place i talk about what i watch would be in chat servers and even then i don't like to get into the weeds with discussion too much, if someone asks i will give them my opinion and maybe if i am interested we might talk about why we disagree on certain things but it isn't something i want to spend a lot of energy on