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trixie mattel versus the building-code oven
Mythical Kitchen and Trixie Mattel give an Easy Bake Oven a workload it did not agree to. Read more
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newlyweds, still assembling the furniture
Robert Lloyd reviews NBC’s Newlyweds at the Los Angeles Times. Read more
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the geese have made actual plans
crafts, icebox pie, and two actual dates on the calendar. meet silly goose girls night, with upcoming gatherings at hilltop public house… Read more
the geese have made actual plans. there is a calendar and everything.
silly goose girls night is a project built around crafts, food, friendship, and making room for a little more play. their feed moves between projects you can try at home and real-life gatherings in montgomery, alabama. the name sets a fairly manageable dress code for your personality.
their mission statement puts the emphasis on creativity, laughter, and an inclusive community, with women giving themselves permission to play. not every hobby needs to become a small business. sometimes scissors can just be scissors.

first, the dates that have not already happened
if you’re around montgomery, there are two things on their published calendar:
- saturday, october 31, 2026, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.: find their table at the hilltop halloween market at hilltop public house, 3 north goldthwaite street. their latest announcement says they’re making things for the market and will have candy for the kids. stop by and meet the geese.
- saturday, november 14, 2026, 10 a.m.–noon: make & mingle at hilltop public house. the calendar announcement describes a laid-back social: everyone is welcome, and you can bring a craft or project you’re working on and meet some new people. your unfinished project has been invited out.

the organizers’ calendar, which also includes the now-past october 8 pop-up. graphic: silly goose girls night. those details are from their public announcements, checked october 22. follow the account for updates before heading out; the november listing doesn’t specify a ticket price or registration requirement.

they have already put the scissors on the table
their first official event was the october 8 modgepodge collage night at lorraine’s bake shop. the event listing supplied the practical part: collage supplies, a canvas, and time to make something together. their next-day recap shows people working around the craft tables and thanks lorraine and bill for hosting.
this is the useful thing about the photos: you can see the activity rather than being asked to imagine an abstract concept called community. paper, scissors, glue, other people. an unusually literal way to make connections.
photos and original recap: silly goose girls night. the october 8 event has already happened; this is a look at what they’ve been making, not a current ticket offer.

the stickers can finally stop waiting for the perfect surface
one of their at-home projects takes a familiar problem—stickers too good to commit to anything—and turns it into a miniature gallery wall. their july 19 carousel walks through framing favorite stickers, including travel souvenirs, in little frames.
a small project, an excuse to sit together, and something to put on the wall afterward. the sticker collection has received a promotion.
and yes, there is pie
the food side is similarly approachable. their cream cheese icebox pie reel uses a graham-cracker crust and a blended filling, then lets the refrigerator do its part. the full method is in their original post below. leave time for chilling; the pie does have one scheduling requirement.
between the craft projects, recipes, and local gatherings, there are several ways into this particular flock. try something from the feed, send a project to the friend you’d make it with, or put one of the montgomery dates on the calendar.
start with @silly_goose_girls_night on instagram. their official link page also connects to facebook and tiktok. at the time of writing, its eventbrite button still points to the october 8 event, so the instagram announcements above are the useful place for the next dates.
featured image: the sticker-framing project, silly goose girls night. all embedded posts are credited to and linked to their original account.
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Traitors: A Very Confident Mistake
At the Round Table, instincts run high and a very confident mistake comes easily as the group attempt to discover the traitor.… Read more
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what to watch tonight: the hotel is not ready
Elsbeth on the clock, Nobody Wants This back today, and two streaming detours with very different organizational problems. Facet’s Thursday watchlist. Read more
what to watch tonight · thursday, october 22
Tonight’s choices: a murder investigation, a relationship with a moving truck, or a hotel opening that would probably benefit from several more weeks. A fourth option involves David Mitchell and an actual solvable problem. An appealing distinction.
This is a short US watchlist, not an assignment. Broadcast times are Eastern/Central; the streaming picks can fit around them.
9/8c: elsbeth brings the guest-star department
CBS tonight; Paramount+ Premium live. Paramount+ Essential gets the episode tomorrow.

Elsbeth, “Consciously Unsistered.” Promotional image: CBS / Paramount Press Express. 
Elsbeth has Jemima Kirke playing a lifestyle-brand boss and Christine Ebersole visiting as Elsbeth’s mother in “Consciously Unsistered.” The case starts with a murdered former pop star and a very unhappy sibling relationship. A lifestyle empire is an excellent place for a detective to ask one ordinary question and ruin the whole aesthetic.
Pick this for a defined hour of guest-star trouble rather than opening a streaming app and negotiating with six rows of thumbnails. Watch Elsbeth · Tonight’s official listing.
From my media collectionElsbeth (2024)Network: CBS • Director: Fred Murphy, Frank White III, John Aronson, Scott Lazar, Heather Verbeke • Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime • Year: 2024Tonight on CBS at 9/8c; save it or add your take on Trove.View on Trove
new today: nobody wants this, except apparently everybody
Netflix · season 3.

Nobody Wants This season 3. Promotional image: Netflix, via Tudum. Kristen Bell and Adam Brody’s rom-com returns today. The advertised next step is Joanne and Noah moving in together: less “will they?” and more “where does this box go?” A useful change of scale for a romance. Chemistry is lovely; agreeing on cupboard space is the advanced course.
This is the lighter, relationship-comedy option—not a claim that you need to finish a season tonight. Watch Nobody Wants This · Netflix’s season preview.
From my media collectionNobody Wants ThisNetwork: Netflix • Director: Kenny Roth, Ceci Mak, Adrian Correia, Arek Bagboudarian • Genre: Comedy • Year: 2024watch on Netflix; save it or add your take on Trove.View on Trove
catch up: lisa vanderpump has acquired a hotel-shaped problem
Peacock · Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas.

The new limited series follows the push to open the Vanderpump Hotel. Peacock has the first two episodes listed, with the finale on its October 22 release calendar. Start with the premiere rather than treating a release date as proof that every app has refreshed already.
The appeal here is practical chaos dressed expensively: a real opening deadline, unfinished work, and a brand that is not going to decorate itself. Watch Lisa Las Vegas · Peacock’s release calendar.
From my media collectionVanderpump Rules: Lisa Las VegasNetwork: Bravo • Year: 2026watch on Peacock; save it or add your take on Trove.View on Trove
catch up: ludwig gives the brain something with edges
BritBox US · season 2 is rolling out weekly.
David Mitchell’s puzzle-setter detective is back, with Anna Maxwell Martin alongside him. Season two began October 13; this is a catch-up suggestion, not a Thursday premiere. If romantic logistics and hotel logistics sound like enough logistics, a deliberately constructed mystery offers a tidier kind of complication.
New to it? Start with season one rather than asking a mystery to explain its own previous answers. Watch Ludwig on BritBox · Official US release details.
From my media collectionLudwigNetwork: BBC iPlayer • Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime • Year: 2024BritBox US · season 2 is rolling out weekly; save it or add your take on Trove.View on Trove
Official BritBox trailer. Season-one story setup appears in the preview; skip it if you are starting fresh. US availability and listings checked October 22. Subscriptions may be required. Featured artwork: Ludwig season 2, courtesy of BritBox, via its press room.
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telly’s morning briefing: the alt-tab escape hatch
BioWare’s confirmed closure, Nintendo’s new resort, Wildwood’s theatrical arrival, a useful Steam fix, and a little restraint for the election feed. Read more
Thursday, October 22, 2026 · morning briefing
Five things worth opening a tab for: a confirmed studio closure, a new Nintendo resort, a handmade movie, an actual alt-tab fix, and some useful boundaries for the election feed.

bioware is closing, not merely having another “next chapter”
BioWare’s October 21 statement confirms that the studio is closing and development of the next Mass Effect project is ending. EA’s own announcement says it is closing the studio and Edmonton workspace after deciding not to continue that project.
That distinction matters: this is not a delayed trailer or a rumor about the next game. It is the end of the development effort. The people who made those worlds are the story here, not just the empty slot on a release calendar. A familiar logo can survive on a catalog page; a team cannot be replaced by leaving the logo there.

BioWare’s studio-update artwork. © BioWare / Electronic Arts. nintendo has booked the thumb-wrestling resort
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches today for Switch 2 only. Nintendo lists twelve motion-control sports, including skateboarding and, yes, thumb wrestling. Up to four people can play locally on one system. The single-player Island Crown mode includes challenges against Mii opponents such as Matt, who apparently continues to have no other appointments.
The useful bit before anybody plans a living-room tournament: this is not a release for the original Switch. Also, Nintendo’s launch update is required for internet features. Let the console do its paperwork before the guests arrive.

The island in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort. Official screenshot, © Nintendo. wildwood brings the tiny physical objects to a very large screen

LAIKA’s stop-motion fantasy Wildwood opens in U.S. theaters Friday, October 23, according to distributor Fathom’s announcement. Its rescue mission takes a girl into a forbidden forest to find her baby brother. The studio behind Coraline remains professionally committed to making the woods somebody else’s problem.
This is a theatrical release, not a streaming drop. If the appeal is the craft—the puppets, the constructed environments, the improbable amount of work inside one frame—this is the weekend to check local listings.
Wildwood’s final trailer, from LAIKA Studios. Watch on YouTube. steam has repaired one of the exits
Valve’s October 21 stable client update fixes Vulkan games hanging after alt-tab in Desktop Mode. Small patch note, very understandable benefit: leaving a game briefly should not become a permanent decision.
Keep that separate from SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta, also posted yesterday. That operating-system update is still in the Beta and Preview channels, and its notes say hibernation is temporarily disabled on Steam Deck because of outstanding driver bugs. A beta announcement is not an instruction to volunteer your evening as a test environment.
the election feed does not need your help spreading nonsense
Bluesky’s new midterm-election guidance draws a useful distinction: political criticism and satire remain welcome; false voting instructions, impersonation and threats do not. The platform says it will label unverified factual claims and premature victory claims, with users able to control how those labels appear.
The practical takeaway is less glamorous than winning a quote-post argument: report harmful material rather than distributing it to a fresh audience, and check voting details with the relevant election office before sharing. A screenshot with an urgent caption is still just a screenshot with an urgent caption.
Sources checked October 22. Featured artwork: Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, © Nintendo, via its official product page.
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lauren bacall could sell me a bedtime coffee
my favorite time of day is night, and lauren bacall delivering a coffee commercial like it’s an invitation to a much better… Read more
my favorite time of day is night, and lauren bacall delivering a coffee commercial like it’s an invitation to a much better life is persuasive evidence. sometimes advertising is just giving the correct person a cup and getting out of her way.
Lauren Bacall coffee commercial, archived on YouTube by wackadoodie. Source.
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i have been getting up and atom this entire time
apparently it’s “up and at ’em,” not “up and atom.” i have been operating under a nuclear interpretation of mornings for years. Read more
Illustrative photograph: Szűcs László, “Alarm clock on a chair” · CC0.
apparently it’s “up and at ’em,” not “up and atom.” i have been operating under a nuclear interpretation of mornings for years.

in my defense, “up and atom” sounds like something people would say. get up. become energy. do a little science about it. what part of that is less reasonable than getting out of bed to confront an unspecified them?
finding out you’ve misheard a phrase is such a rude little software update. everybody else installed the correct version years ago and you’re standing there with a perfectly functional alternate language.
i’ll be retaining atom. mornings need all the help they can get.
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this frog has been waiting for a snack for about 2,000 years
a container needs an opening. a frog has a mouth. someone in Colima put those two facts together, and the useful part… Read more

this frog vessel at the Met comes from Colima, Mexico, and dates to somewhere between the second century BCE and the third century CE. about two thousand years old, and still making the face you make when someone says they only ordered fries for themselves.
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