Sept. 13, 2025, 3:05 a.m.
Candy for the mind
Believe it or not, this took some effort.
Antiorario Weekly
First things first: Bake Off is back, and—as of two days ago—Taskmaster is back too, which means we’re all set with British brain candy for a few weeks. (Unless I decide to slip back into my covid-era fixation with Midsomer Murders, which I shouldn’t.)
That also means that our Netflix subscription is back, and we’re gonna have to make the most of it, if we can navigate its abysmal interface and find anything worth watching. Seriously, how is it that if I watch an episode of anything then it becomes impossible to even find the show the next time I open the app? We’ll never know. But this week’s discovery has been A Man on the Inside, which we’d missed when it came out in 2024. Its strong (and inevitable) The Good Place vibes are a delight, and unless the show takes an unexpected turn—no spoilers please—I’m absolutely in favor of a mystery without murders.
Given the state of everything, we all need some brain candy, and I’m trying very hard not to add to the collective pile of shit.
Notes and links
A snarky little piece on Apple’s new UI choices, because it’s that time of year and there’s no way I’m not thinking about it.
Somerville’s cat election made it into The Guardian
I may be a dog person, but I’ll take this over Elfland any day.
It’s the tech I truly desired in the ’90s, and I still feel the appeal, regardless of how impractical it may be.
Don’t believe the nonsense—the em dash is a mark of humanity.
More please.