And CASSANDRA FM... but no one will listen.

The Village of Ballston Spa, NY has denied an event permit to well known sexual predator and con artist Jeff Mach for the "Odditorium Carnival". Despite having no permit, no venue, no insurance, etc, Mach is continuing to advertise the event and trying to collect vendors fees for spaces.

In a message to authors, the Guild said it wants "to understand the scope of the problem and report out about it." Authors who have learned their work was not registered by their publisher can alert the Authors Guild at the link. Please spread the word. (2/2)

Odditorium Carnival Update: Copy of Permit App Jeff Mach is Whining About Like a Diaper Baby Hi, yes, it is completely true that the sexual predator & con artist is being stymied by a really simple form application. March 18: Mach signs Village of Ballston Spa Special Events Application 1/🧵

WARNING: The Odditorium Carnival by Jeff Mach It’s that time of year again when noted con-artist and sexual predator Jeff Mach tries to get a foothold in a new territory to run events. This summer he’s trying to do business in the town of Ballston Spa, NY ... 🧵/

A man attacked a teenage girl. Her friends fought back. Turns out, it was the Chief of Police Scott McElree. The kids are currently in police custody. Complaints can be directed to Quakertown Borough Council at 215-536-5001. bsky.app/profile/salt...

Now that everybody has come around about Jurassic Park 3, my New Year's resolution is to go hard for Crocodile Dundee 3 being a damn good movie.

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

Me: Hey, remember that time Maura Tierney starred in a cinematic adaptation of The Scottish Play set in a 1970s fast food restaurant? The guy in line next to me: Can't you just doomscroll like everybody else in line?

I will grant there is a low spider/no spider ratio on shaking out shoes, but it’s absolutely worth it for days like today when I did not put a spider on my foot.

It's only Cancel Culture if it's from the Câncel region of France, otherwise it's just Sparkling Consequences.

Meanwhile, Miss Hilly's new show about hunting down white supremacist cells has been aborted by its network, run by Tim Apple

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve dragged somebody through a zoo to see the okapi exhibit while enthusiastically explaining they used to be cryptids until we, like, found some, I’d have maybe 60¢ but I think that explains a lot about me as a person.

Look, I'm not saying Aldi reads my skeets, but I did just restock and they updated the scent to something that smells distinctly less like men's deodorant.

Rebirth was fun and all, but the sequel I really want to see is Jurassic Park 2.5 in which Eric Kirby does a first person narration of the eight weeks he survived on the island between the parasailing crash and Dr. Alan Grant showing up.

THIS.

The “Gen Z Stare” isn’t new. Back in my day we used to just call it giving the ol’ Fisheye.

Parrots, immediately after their human sweeps the floor.

Government so small it fits directly in your vagina? Imagine my surprise when I picked up a freelance writing assignment about Walmart deals and was greeted with this warning when looking at an ACCENT CHAIR. 🧵/

Government so small it fits directly in your vagina? Imagine my surprise when I picked up a freelance writing assignment about Walmart deals and was greeted with this warning when looking at an ACCENT CHAIR. 🧵/

Here’s what you need to know about Jurassic World Rebirth: If you call them dinosaurs I will pedantically come for you like you came for the dire wolves.

Anybody: [says anything about a baguette] My Brain Monkeys™️: Time to cue up the opening number to Disney's animated classic Beauty and the Beast!

According to my autocorrect, I am more likely to be writing about the ancient city of Thebes than I am "the best of" which is really saying something considering how many "best of" lists I've been assigned over the years.

Oh, this is really interesting science.

Accidentally typed "My Little Pointy" and now I've got a My Little Pony / Buffy the Vampire Slayer mashup in my head that nobody asked for, so that's how my day is going.

Apparently, you're only allowed to post 1 job for free on LinkedIn (they want hundreds a DAY?!) so FYI, I'm hiring at the bookstore. Please share! curiouscatbookshop.com/careers

The Nazi Nightmare tries to non-consensually stick its tentacles into Sweden.

One of the hottest debates in pseudo-archaeology is the potentiality that Atlantis was located at the Richat Structure in northwestern Africa, but what’s never discussed is that IF TRUE this would mean Atlantians had to deal with honey badgers.

new gender neutral greeting just dropped

If like three years ago the pundit class and democratic politicians had held to this line we wouldn't be where we are today "I don't know what the big deal is."

Absolutely nobody: My Brain Monkeys™️: The trick to giraffes is you just have to stay out of kicking range because that's the zone where they turn a lion into a li-off.

It is physically impossible to pronounce the word "rural" without sounding like Scooby-Doo.

Nobody will ever rock harder than these guys, and the mouse Charles E. Cheese has never been brought to account for their tragic disappearance.

PSA: A BOOK FAIR WHERE YOU CAN ALSO THROW AXES!!! 😍

This started out life as a 8.5" x 6" bamboo cutting board, but then I slathered it with acrylic paint.

Imagine being one of the most successful authors of all time and throwing it away to become the Andrew Tate of women. JK Rowling really is trash now.

I need to make t-shirts that read Former Pacifists Club for everyone who else who wanted to believe we could be better than punching the shit out of each other but the last ten years have taught me differently.

They will tell you that this virus is a dangerous bioweapon that escaped from a laboratory, but if they see you taking any steps to protect yourself from this virus they will tell you that this virus is really just a cold.

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

Click to read through because this is the truest.

Happy Face (Paramount) What happens to the children of serial killers? The hunt to find the bad guy gets all the glory, but Happy Face flips the perspective and follows the grown daughter of a famous serial killer who discovers an innocent man is on death’s row for one of her father’s crimes. 🧵/

THIS IS WHY JOURNALISTS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER RIGHT NOW.

Soooo... I don't talk about this a lot but part of why I don't think abled people should play disabled people on film is because they don't understand what disability does to your gender. Cuz it's not nothing.

It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.

fascinating stuff in this article. we Olds need to talk more about what our experience was on the internet before enshittification, we HAVE to talk about what it was like because otherwise people will never know it was FAR BETTER

Every time Harry Potter makes a dollar, JK spends a quarter trying to kill a trans person

The problem with the second Wicked movie is that all my favorite songs are in the first movie. ... Dancing Through Life and Defying Gravity, obviously.

Just wanna point out that when the nazis set up death camps, they also set them up in other countries.

Watching them outsource the Concentration camps in real time. Watch carefully friends, pretty soon Trump critics will be taking these one way trips.