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Random musings—mostly for me, but you might accidentally find something useful too

An end-of-year summary of the best television I watched in 2025.

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An end-of-year summary of the films I watched in 2025.

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As the year goes on and I'm 60+ films deep (and I look back at last year's 100+ ratings), it's dawned on me that I rate far too many films as 7 or 8 out of 10 and very few films 5/10 (I don't think I've ever given below a 4/10).

It skews my ratings artificially high and devalues the top ratings for those films that deserve it. Conversely, the stinkers don't get singled out either. To demonstrate this, my Letterboxd ratings are were* a mess. A different approach is needed.

*Letterboxd ratings now amended!

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Today is Show Your Stripes Day; a global moment to share our concern about how the climate is changing and the need for urgent action.

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An end-of-year summary of the best television I watched in 2024.

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An end-of-year summary of the films I watched in 2024.

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Although the official Mastodon installation docs are quite thorough, I did find a few quirks when installing on a Raspberry Pi (both 4B and 5). I've brought together various guides that I used (sources are cited) into a single set of instructions which have repeatedly worked for me.

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