Day: November 5, 2025

The comet lost his tail

So yea… this is odd..

The comet Atlas — or maybe we should say “comet,” because things are getting weird — is back in the news again. For months now, Harvard Professor Avi Loeb has been talking about the strange anomalies surrounding Comet 3I/ATLAS. Researchers have noted unusual behavior, odd trajectories, and now we have the latest curveball.

Today, Loeb published a new analysis after reviewing the latest post-perihelion images released by NASA. And according to him…

There’s no comet tail.

That’s right. This object doesn’t appear to be producing the tail you’d expect at this stage. Which is, naturally, a little strange — considering that comets are known for having tails, especially when they get this close to the Sun. The whole thing raises more questions than answers.

You can read Loeb’s full write-up here:


https://avi-loeb.medium.com/no-clear-cometary-tail-in-post-perihelion-images-of-3i-atlas-e3904b352a7a

So where does that leave us?

Right now, it leaves us waiting.
The comet (or object, or whatever label we want to cautiously use) makes its closest approach in December, which means we have plenty of time for more data, more analysis… and probably more conversation from Avi Loeb. He never shies away from wondering aloud when something looks out of place in the cosmos.

And honestly? We’re here for it.

Are we saying it’s aliens?
No.
Are we saying people who are saying it’s aliens are automatically wrong?
Also no.

Let’s just say this:
The universe is strange.
Sometimes stranger than we’re prepared for.

So we’ll watch.
We’ll wait.
And we’ll see what this thing in the sky decides to show us next.

December is going to be interesting.

Keeping the Halloween SPIRIT a little longer

Spirit Halloween is done for another year.. A few of those locations aren’t going dark. They’re turning into Spirit Christmas.

Halloween is over. The Spirit Halloween stores are packing up, lights going off, signs disappearing, and those empty retail shells will sit silent again… at least until next August when they reawaken like they always do.

But — you might notice something different this year. A few of those locations aren’t going dark. They’re turning into Spirit Christmas.
And honestly? That’s kind of amazing.

We’re completely on board with Spirit Halloween existing. It has become a tradition. A yearly pilgrimage. A seasonal personality trait. And if Spirit Christmas wants to step into the game and bring some of that same energy into December, we welcome it. Why not? Let weirdness continue all year long.

However — when outlets like Gizmodo start writing about it, it does start to feel like a little product-placement whisper campaign. Their article highlights that Spirit Christmas will be selling an exclusive Art the Clown “Terrifier” Christmas sweater. Yes… Art the Clown. For Christmas.

We love horror. We love creepy. We love a little darkness mixed into the tinsel and eggnog. But Art the Clown is… let’s just say… a strong choice for holiday cheer. There are plenty of horror icons that blend nicely with Christmas themes — Krampus, Black Christmas, Gremlins, Jack Skellington — but a child-murdering clown who blows up shopping malls might be a bit of a leap for the family fireplace mantel.
But hey — to each their own. If you want to deck the halls with decapitation, no one is stopping you.

The reality is that Spirit Christmas will not be nearly as widespread as Spirit Halloween — at least not yet. It’s more of a test run. Only select stores. Only certain markets. But if people show up, if the ugly sweaters sell, if the creepy ornaments fly off shelves… expect this to grow.

And honestly, we’ve always had a soft spot for keeping a little creepy in Christmas. There’s something fun about breaking the overly-sanitized Hallmark version of the holiday and letting the weird spirits in.

So we say:

The more the merrier.
Deck the halls.
Light your balls.
Wear your Terrifier sweater if you dare.
Let Christmas get a little strange.

‘Tis the season. 🎄🩸

CAN WE JUST STOP COMPARING SHOWS TO EACH OTHER AND ENJOY THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE?

Whenever something comes out, news outlets compare it to something else. Let’s just enjoy what we get!

Collider just ran an article about Welcome to Derry, which has been on HBO for several days now. According to their write-up, they’re leaning into the idea that this series has a Stranger Things feel — the whole “group of kids vs. a mysterious, looming evil” angle. And sure, on the surface, that does exist here. But Collider also admits the show is darker, creepier, and more adult — and we agree with that part completely.

We’ve been watching, and this is absolutely not just a sci-fi nostalgia trip. It’s heavier. More sinister. It leans way harder into horror than Stranger Things ever did.

It’s set in 1962 and follows the twisted early events that open the door to the version of Derry, Maine, we all know… the one haunted by Pennywise the Dancing Clown. And yes — Bill Skarsgård is back, fully locked in, bringing the same chilling energy that made the movies so memorable.

Collider points out that the show goes further into horror than Stranger Things does, and they’re right.

But what we don’t love is when headlines try to frame it as though the two are the same thing. Just because a story has kids in danger doesn’t automatically make it Stranger Things. If anything, you can argue the influence goes the other direction — It existed long before Hawkins, Indiana, bikes, walkie-talkies, and The Upside Down. The Duffer Brothers have openly borrowed (lovingly) from 1980s pop culture, which itself was shaped by King. So the lineage is clear.

It sometimes feels like we can’t just enjoy entertainment anymore without everything being compared, ranked, and stacked in lists.

Why can’t a show be allowed to stand on its own without being “the next” anything?

So here’s where we land:
We appreciate Stranger Things.
We appreciate Welcome to Derry.
They are both completely different experiences — and that’s the point.

We’ll enjoy Welcome to Derry now.
And when Stranger Things arrives in a few weeks, we’ll enjoy that too.

But let’s be honest — the reason a lot of us are here is Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise. He was phenomenal in the films, and he’s already proving he’s going to bring something equally unsettling, memorable, and terrifying to this series.

Just let good storytelling be good storytelling.
No comparisons needed.

Tom Brady and his inflated clones

Do you love an animal so much that you’ll clone it? Tom Brady did

Tom Brady and his ex-wife shared a dog named Lua. The dog passed away back in December 2023, and we all know the heartache that comes when, quite frankly, a member of the family dies. But what many of us don’t have that Tom Brady does is the financial ability to do something extraordinary — and in this case, controversial. He was able to use, most likely, tens of thousands of dollars to, well… bring his dog back.

Brady shared the news on Tuesday, Nov. 4, alongside an announcement from Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company he’s invested in — and the same company that cloned his beloved Lua.

The reaction has been mixed. On one hand, many of us have wished we could bring back a pet we loved deeply. On the other hand, most of us grieve and move on because that’s life. Tom Brady, ever the headline magnet, decided to cross that line. And that brings up ethical questions. Moral questions. Scientific what-ifs. And honestly… it also has a bit of a creepy undertone to it.

Now, this isn’t Pet Sematary, and Lua didn’t claw her way back to the land of the living. This was done through modern science and technology. But still — there’s something here that feels uncanny. Like humanity stepping into a space we’re not fully prepared for yet.

And listen Maybe we’re just old school here, but it just feels kind of icky…?