I think we as a society are ready for a big budget Aleister Crowley biopic.

Just finished A Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. This was a fun sci-fi/fantasy mashup story that flowed very well. 4.5 stars #BookSky #reading

Firewalk with me, Charlie Brown

Mamdani rizz undefeated.

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I raise my voice to shout and wail and cry in ellegy for all those we have lost, those we are even now losing, and those we will yet still lose. What is remembered lives and unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills.

Reminder the GOP (besides Clay Higgins) literally only voted for it because they understand how bad it would look to be on record voting against it.

Just finished The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan. This was a fun Victorian inspired fantasy adventure. My Dragonology kid self did wish we got more dragon lore though. 4.5 stars. #BookSky #reading

Happy International Occult Day! It’s the perfect time to dive deep into the esoteric/paranormal world, maybe explore divination, contact some spirits or even just read about the mysteries of the universe. #WitchSky #occult

What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are: 1) science has horrifying consequences 2) you’re out here alone? No you’re not :) 3) the world ended, but we will survive still maybe hopefully 4) the world is not what it seems… 5) some jerk wants to stab us so we must kill him first

Lot of people dunking on this question, but I think it doesn’t go far enough: why was Pennywise not in every Stephen King story and adaptation??? Put him in the Overlook, team him up with Randall Flagg and have him eat Andy Dufresne when he tries to escape.

The influence of ideological true believers tends not to have a strong shelf life under the rule of narcissistic strongmen.

Just finished Morgan is My Name by Sophie Keetch. This was a solidly woven reimagining of Morgan La Fey, albeit at times a bit drawn out. 3.75 stars. #BookSky #reading

I am Thoth, excellent writer, pure of arms, lord of horns, he who repels evil, writer of what is Right, he whose abomination is falsehood, he whose reed is protection for the Lord to the limit, lord of law-books, who makes documents speak, whose words establish the riverbanks. (BDQ)

Just finished Neuromancer by William Gibson. This book was a fun cyberpunk story and given it was the forerunner of the whole genre, it deserved a 4 star review. #BookSky #reading

The darn political correctness gone mad in the notoriously woke late 1940’s

Summoning circle, hope it works: 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ Woke 🕯️ 🕯️ Dave. 🕯️ 🕯️ Brat. 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️

Sure why not?

Just finished reading The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnovika Gilmore. This reimagining of Baba Yaga in the era of Ivan the Terrible is a solidly woven love letter to Slavic mythology even if it has a bit of an off pacing. 4 stars. #BookSky #reading

Average Democratic voter at this point HATES the party leadership.

Prepping for 2028.

Just finished The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia. Some of the structural choices were questionable, characters weren’t too deep and the way things played out felt pretty predictable, but I had fun. 3.75 stars #BookSky #reading

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

The Trump administration’s stance on SNAP, summarized

Ran a national debt simulator to show how you can’t really reduce the deficit without tax increases and one kid managed to balance the budget by setting the upper middle class income tax bracket to 178%.

Decided to bring together lingering Samhain energies with yesterday’s full moon to do something to help open up my intuition and awareness. #WitchSky #magick #Samhain

Finished Katabasis by RF Kuang. I really liked this book and thought it wove together a lot of interesting philosophical concepts and mythologies. I was hooked throughout even if it did sometimes feel a bit pretentious (which I think was deliberate). 4.5 stars. #BookSky #reading

For fun I did a tarot pull about elections today and I got VA GOV: The Emperor VA LG: The Magician VA AG: Four of Wanda NJ GOV: The Lovers NYC Mayor: The Tower Prop 50: Wheel of Fortune Which is…interesting. Think the NYC one might be more about the response to results. #tarot #politics

This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.

When the goth friend group has one person who’s not alt in it bc he’s just chill like that.

The more I see about the Baileys and their perpetual influence on Schumer the more I wonder if Chuck accidentally made himself bound to the whims of a pair of egregores he created.

Ultimately this is a pretty naive take. Yes, some of the Tea Party (including many founders) were mainly invested in small government and fiscal conservatism but the real core of it ls large rise was racial animus and nativism that comfortably assimilated Tea Partiers into the wider MAGA movement.

I went down the Rocky Road to Dublin this Halloween. #halloween #sinners

Just finished I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. This vampire apocalypse story is interesting in premise but unfortunately the short length makes the story less compelling overall. 3.5 stars. #BookSky #reading

Ofrenda set up this year!! (Not pictured: 2 of my cats trying to climb all over it).

I also read My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna Van Veen. This gothic romance with horror elements was overall compelling, but I was expecting one more confrontation of some sort and a bit more clarity in the ending. 3.75 stars #BookSky #reading

Just finished Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes. This sci-fi horror story does a good job of creating tension and creeping dread with a more original monster than I expected. 4.5 stars. #BookSky #reading

Made my government shutdown lesson Halloween themed

Just finished We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix. This was a nice love letter to the metal genre as well as a more unique twist to the classic ‘rock star sells his soul for fame’ trope. I binge read it in about two days so I feel like I have to give it 4.5 stars. #BookSky #reading

Just watched all The Conjuring movies I hadn’t seen (movies 2-4) and damn it’s crazy how the order is also a quality ranking. 2 is pretty good, Devil Made Me Do It is kinda boring and Last Rites is a M E S S.

“Sexy what is it called when a hereditary noble lost the family wealth.”

I’m kinda surprised NOBODY has pitched a heist film where the premise is a crew with members from a bunch of countries come together to pull off the repatriation of a bunch of artifacts from the British Museum.

In the last two days I read Strange Houses and Strange Pictures by Uketsu back to back. These were both VERY compelling and gruesome mystery/horror stories. I liked Strange Houses slightly more but both earned an easy 4.5 stars #BookSky #reading

My fiancee and I have created a spooky bucket to help us ring in Halloween by picking movies for us. Strong start!

I picked up UFOs and the White House from my library because I was hoping for wild ideas. I was mostly disappointed but the best part of the book is the part where the authors go ‘Hillary Clinton’s campaign was sabotaged by the UFO conspiracy so Trump and Bannon could help aliens end the world.’

Just finished Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant. This was a well-woven story of mermaid* horror that kept me hooked. The characters were compelling and the narrative voice really worked for me. 4.75 stars #BookSky #reading

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula

Norse symbols aren’t always a Nazi dogwhistle but it’s hard to imagine why someone would get a Norse tattoo cover up of an explicit Nazi symbol unless they are disqualifyingly stupid or a Nazi who wants plausible deniability.

I love supporting small occult shops but I’m going to be so real: if I don’t see any evidence of the shop supporting progressive causes (as shown by product selection or events hosted or even like having a progress pride flag up somewhere), I’m immediately sus about their owners’ politics.