Stop interviewing CEOs

People don't realize that much of peanuts is anti-comedy, shockingly realistic and brutal truth telling. The whole premise of the strip was, initially, "what if ther were a comic that stopped being polite and started getting real about the emotional horrors of childhood"

Me, a Midwestern man with religious trauma, watching Alien 3: “Getting some real religious trauma vibes.”

this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist

Deleted my Substack earlier in the year out of concern for the choices being made on that platform. Moved everything over to Patreon which has been fine. Still no idea how to effectively promote it! Like all writers, wouldn’t mind more readers.

I think the corollary that a lot of people miss about "write what you know" is that *you have the power to know more things.* Research and talking to people are a central part of writing!

I mean just look at this:

"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!" "no problem boss. i'm on it"

I’m always saying this

The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.

Deleted my Substack earlier in the year out of concern for the choices being made on that platform. Moved everything over to Patreon which has been fine. Still no idea how to effectively promote it! Like all writers, wouldn’t mind more readers.

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho

This Machine Keeps the Ghost is for those struggling with lonely online spaces, being former church kids, and anxiety about our digital future. It is available on the big bad buy everything site but you can make me feel crippling gratitude by ordering from an indie bookstore!

『落下の王国』4K版美しかったです✨

This is a fantastic interview in general, but the realness of this particular answer stopped me cold

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Happy Thanksgiving 2025 youtu.be/s-nYJevjdCg?...

“Hey Siri play the album Stygian by Atramentus.” (I am immediately uninvited from the Thanksgiving gathering)

Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!

How mfers look after too much turkey

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There’s a high end massage chair at the place where I’m staying for Thanksgiving and I’m about set this thing on “Tenderize”

The tv has been on all day between the parade and football and all the ads have been AI slop, sports betting, and short form stories that with plots like this

carve carefully

They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!

It's really easy to fall into 'There's nothing good anymore' doomerism right now. That's just your depression talking. Take out the gremlin running your brain and beat it with sticks. There is an OVERWHELMING amount of cool stuff being made in every medium right now. Algorithms just won't help you.

it’s his day

Blue Velvet Babette’s Feast Tampopo Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Happy Thanksgiving. Let's raise our boxes to our ... survival.

You telling me there are people walking around on God’s abandoned paradise who do not make a Lord of the Rings Thanksgiving viewing a priority?

Thankful for friendship, comrades.

The answer is always MAD MAX FURY ROAD

William Peter Blatty would like to have a word.

This Machine Keeps the Ghost is for those struggling with lonely online spaces, being former church kids, and anxiety about our digital future. It is available on the big bad buy everything site but you can make me feel crippling gratitude by ordering from an indie bookstore!

Ghost Moth.

As always when watching Fury Road

A Cruel Snow Angel’s Thesis

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

We really need to talk more about the ' If I don't create I will literally die' brain disease required to be an artist. If you have the feeling like your skin is going to peel off if you're not creating youll MAKE it happen. Youll buy some cheap ass instrument second hand, you'll steal time at work

Getting to dabble in some train ennui this Thanksgiving on my way up to my adopted gathering in Vermont.

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

still nervous about seeing 28 Years Later: Bone Temple because, judging from that trailer, things don't look great for my guy. I will only watch if it ends with the line, "and Dr. Kelson, who did NOT die..."

2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn: 1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business; 2. worry over small presses closing or paring down. Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀 IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

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