Interestingly I had no idea we’d have illuminated evening skies tonight until much later when I opened social media apps. Well maybe next time. Never seen an aurora before.

Ralph Senesky 5/1/1923 - 11/1/2025 From Mason City, Iowa this famous TV director helmed episodes of Star Trek TOS, The Twilight Zone, and The Waltons. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...

All in for Halloween extended weekend. Art The Clown is again the seasonal mascot in this house. Best new franchise in decades.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy. Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

Since it's Halloween season, I wanted to share my piece on one of the best Autumnal horror movies ever - Rob Zombie's THE LORDS OF SALEM: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/indie-horror... Shares & subs are greatly appreciated - cheers! 🖤 🎃

So reading comics may be bad for you

Passive voice is the exception. Why “print” insists on avoiding active is a mystery to me. I used as many active voice writing styles even when doing a series about history. And makes it alive. See how you can use both but rely on the NOW even as you talk about the THEN.

This is one of my favorite movies. Duke Ellington said of music, if it sounds good it is good. That’s how art works. If something is good to you, it is and doesn’t matter why. Xanadu is -as the song suggests- magic to me. Profoundly so. Paul’s comparison of the new @kinolorber.com 4K is magic.

I appreciate the passion Paul shares for cinema on many levels. He and his family are going through some fucked times. We can’t help everyone, I know. But sometimes we can help someone here and there.

In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.

Bags is a game of tossing bags in a hole. Also called corn hole. Which… sound like another kind of activity. Which is why I call it bags. But bags also sounds like another kind of activity too. Hmm. No right answer here

In the eight months since becoming chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has waged war against the free speech of those who have reported on, criticized, or satirized the president.

It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know. Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/

She is comfortable when surrounded by paper

I saw a lot of headlines about Florida getting rid of all its vaccine mandates for schoolchildren. So @nadrakn.bsky.social and I wanted to add a little context and clarity about what that means and what might happen next. Our latest for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/09/flor...

me a few weeks ago: maybe we've turned a corner and the press won't continue to fan the flames of a non-existent war between movie departments me today: ah shit

Summer ends on Monday.

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

It’s rare I’ve seen any of the popular this week films featured on LB. Not that I won’t. Definitely will see Weapons on 4K home disc. But clearly my intake is less about FOMO / gotta see how this new thing now. Since I’ve trended this way, I find my movie experience is overall more satisfying.

This is the kind of title that is likely to be in many top 10 4K releases of 2025. Preserved appropriately without an aggressive scrub. Using HDR well to make those 80s scenes pop. And dour new audio commentaries. Even without those things, this movie is literally magic.

A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits and creates a predictable environment in which to make investments.

I plan to embark on seasonal “Helloween” early Sept, but usually end up ushering in Lord Satan mid Aug. But their (Satan is nonbinary) pal the Devil has it too hot this week. So the season of these things will be pushed closer to September. But probably within the container of August. Please clap.

Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.

The South African pianist and Zulu healer guides us through a meditation on stillness and an invocation of Blackness.

“The printed papers are the latest example of a series of security breaches by officials of the Trump administration.”

Alien: Earth 2 eps avail. It is a bit “reboot” but not really. Very familiar homage opening, but it takes off into its own story. And it doesn’t hesitate to get to the things it should. Onboard for this series, I am.

My 4K disc of Xanadu by @kinolorber.com just shipped and it’s such a needed ray of incoming light coming my way in a shit world.

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

All I want before I die, is a 4K disc of The Black Hole movie. Is that too much?

Thank you Heather for saying with needs to be said. Also, I think you are terrific. Thank you for expressing many things on this safer than the other platform. I’m reading

Today, Star Trek with Strange New Worlds, delivers a -seasonal themed- ep ahead of the sacred holiday. This season is at 5 eps. 2.5 of which I like. This is a good… path forward. Strange New Worlds mostly delivers quality Star Trek. This is the way.

Exclusive: Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

One month away from the mandatory observance of the 60 day Halloween Season.

I attended SDCC for a decade, and loved it. But in recent years I experience it the way a lotta peeps do… With those many YT vids. And I’m having a blast watching these panels at home

A film may center around a comic / superhero character(s) but there is no such thing as superhero film genre. To insinuate such a thing is ignorance. It’s time to stop using the phrase “superhero fatigue.” There are films that often miss the mark, but a superhero character is NEVER why.

Scoop: Two days after floods hit Texas, FEMA did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

Like when someone says “Hail Satan” what does that mean to you? Wrong replies are met with a block. Satan’s rules, not mine.

A public service announcement.

Pay attention. Mark the moment. Reflect and seek solutions as you go forward. But most of all, pay attention.

This is who runs this account

Wow, Eero 6 expander reduces bandwidth by more than 50%. Garbage.

Minnesota legislators shot today in their homes www.npr.org/2025/06/14/n...

We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Been out. Going back in tomorrow. Scanned my non filtered email and just deleted all of it. No messages outside of filtered addresses do I need BUT if so, someone will reach out again. Also, I don’t look at work emails when on vacation. I used to. But never did it ever do anything for me.

On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year.

Andor S2 E8 isn’t fiction

Righteous Gemstones season 4 didn’t serve much of a purpose. It’s funny here and there but season 3 finale was the closer. However S4 E1 was a stand alone possibly best ep of the whole series. Staying in that timeline should have been the whole season.

There are many -things- happening I can not comment about at this time. So, I choose to immerse and share the things I can. With some winking. Watch Andor. It’s amazing. And with it the story- if ya you know… I mean you can’t miss it.