Eric Buchman

@buchman
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One-time politician turned TV Writer/Producer. Past: Grey's Anatomy, Drop Dead Diva, Blindspot. Present: Striking! Future: Probably watching Bluey with my kids?

Oh, and I co-host the FAKE PRESIDENTS podcast. (It's about exactly what the title says it's about -- a look at fictional American presidents from pop culture, to see just how much fiction there really is)

#Television #Writing #ThemeParks #Parent #Fatherhood #Technology

Personal Websitehttps://www.byericbuchman.com
IMDb Pagehttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm2527230/
Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fake-presidents/id1534271937
Threadshttps://www.threads.net/@fake_presidents
Eric BuchmanMar 6, 2024
Anyone know how to fix a transcript in Apple Podcasts's new auto-generated transcripts feature? Since the transcript appears right on the episode homepage, it'd be nice, you know, to have my name spelled correctly...
Eric BuchmanJan 30, 2024

more like Silicon Valley Community Tax Shelter

From: @Techmeme
https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/111842744432040362

Techmeme (@[email protected])

Reed Hastings donates $1.1B worth of his Netflix shares, or ~40% of his stake, to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a popular charity among tech founders (Theo Francis/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/netflix-co-foundergives-1-1-billion-in-shares-to-silicon-valley-charity-favored-by-billionaires-aa8b4d47?mod=followamazon http://www.techmeme.com/240129/p36#a240129p36

TechHub
Eric BuchmanNov 30, 2023

I initially didn't really get Castro's "triage" approach to podcasts... until I found myself following/subscribing to dozens of podcasts but NOT wanting to listen to every episode of most of them. Suddenly it made sense. So much so, that I've tweaked EVERY podcast app I use to essentially recreate the feature. If Castro dies completely, I might have to share those tweaks for others...

https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/11/castro-podcast-app-goes-down-and-may-be-dying/

In a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying

Castro has been a popular iOS podcast app for many years, but right now things look grim. The cloud database that backs the service is broken and needs to be replaced. As a result, the app has brok…

Six Colors
Eric BuchmanNov 30, 2023
Six ColorsNov 30, 2023
Castro podcast app goes down–and may be dying https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/11/castro-podcast-app-goes-down-and-may-be-dying/
In a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying

Castro has been a popular iOS podcast app for many years, but right now things look grim. The cloud database that backs the service is broken and needs to be replaced. As a result, the app has brok…

Six Colors
Eric BuchmanAug 15, 2023
Ars TechnicaAug 15, 2023

How a 5-year-old SpaceX photo fueled Maui wildfire conspiracy theorists

You can always count on conspiracy theorists to make a tragedy worse.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/how-a-5-year-old-spacex-photo-fueled-maui-wildfire-conspiracy-theorists/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Maui truthers are so dumb they’re using a Falcon 9 photo as wildfire evidence

You can always count on conspiracy theorists to make a tragedy worse.

Ars Technica
Eric BuchmanAug 2, 2023
Show threademptywheelAug 1, 2023
Read in context, Xitter says that it's mission is to provide a platform for hate speech, a topic of paramount importance, unfettered by observations that it is hate speech.
Eric BuchmanJul 25, 2023
Matt LJul 25, 2023

Time to re-up this in light of recent events...

#oppenheimer #oppenheimermovie
Watch "That Scene in a Christopher Nolan Film When You Give Up Trying to Follow the Story" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/s2FXfFeRtJo

That Scene in a Christopher Nolan Film When You Give Up Trying to Follow the Story

YouTube
Eric BuchmanJul 19, 2023
Kirk RudellJul 19, 2023
#WGA
Eric BuchmanJul 13, 2023
oh it’s totally theirs
Eric BuchmanJul 7, 2023
critics called the plots "derivative" and a blatant "cash grab"