When famous actors mispronounce words that aren't beyond the middle school level, my antenna goes up like, surely someone on set knows how to say that word. Either nobody had the guts to tell the star they're adding in vowels that don't exist, they don't care, or they're letting them fail on purpose

Saying "it's never too late to do the NEXT right thing" is a distinct choice. The word doesn't naturally go there, which I'm hoping means someone has reached out trying to do something right or bring the kidnapping case to a close.

"How long diseases like measles and the flu linger in the air — after an infected person has left the room" RSV: up to 45 mins Influenza: at least 1 hr Rhinovirus: 1-2 hrs Measles: up to 2 hrs Norovirus: up to 2 hrs COVID-19: up to 3 hrs Chickenpox: several hrs Mumps: several hrs TB: 6-12 hrs

"English-Scotts-Irish." Yeah, because those three groups of people have always famously gotten along. Read a history book.

need to make everyone in San Francisco watch this video every morning and every night

Maybe the funniest proof that AI at the Olympics sucks is when it guesses lyrics in figure skating & changes Elvis Presley's badass "Trouble" lyrics "because I'm evil, my middle name is misery" to "because I'm easy, my ammonium misery."

🧵If you were to have me make a list of things I thought I'd see on Valentine's Day, nowhere on the list would be "watch a teenage boy who isn't aware I'm 20 feet away graphically mock have sex with a wall over FaceTime with his buddy... but it just happened.

Happy Valentine's Day, Friends! 🌸🌷

I'm backup today @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social, & it's a v. fun day to help out bc 1 of the authors at our Valentine's Day event brought Godiva chocolate & our own great John Charles made delicious bakery quality sweets. Here's Susan Elizabeth Philiips & Susan Walter discussing their latest books!

Been asked to run for local Democratic office twice this week. I'm super progressive, I'm on disability for chronic health issues, never been married, have zero kids, I'm not religious, & have a degree in film. Honored to be a "strong caring voice in my community" but can you imagine the ads? Omg! 😂

I've been cracking up all morning about this.

INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.

Yeah, Waymo robots have had this problem intermittently forever, AFAICT. Usually by just stopping in the middle of the road, sometimes add a creep & stop weirdness. One blocked a fire engine then backed up nearly into it. They also blow right by them or across their path: bsky.app/profile/anic...

Just reported a Waymo that thought that if the left hand turn signal was illuminated, it meant they should ignore the emergency vehicles with flashing lights and sirens. Clearly, to a driverless car, green means go, no matter what.

🧵I got my first pair of glasses in third grade. It was the late '80s/early '90s so they were toaster-sized. Just found out the reason I'm still getting headaches with sensitivity to fast motion & bright lights after a second concussion is that my eyes aren't really communicating well right now.

Tim Walz on TV offering to "pack their damn bags if that's what it takes" is the most Minnesotan thing ever. We're mad, dammit, but we'll use our kindness and people pleasing to kick your ass out.

🧵Angry drunk dude who lives behind me who once fired a gun in the middle of an argument with his wife & then peeled off at midnight before the police came just inexplicably picked a fight with my garbage barrel. Heard all of this indecipherable slamming, screaming, & he knocked over my empty barrel.

A lot of 2011-2015 was spent caring for my mom who had Stage 4 colorectal cancer. I got a colonoscopy early due to my family history. If you’re of age, do not hesitate to get one scheduled. The prep isn’t fun. But it’s nothing compared to the cancer.

Bud Cort's great gift was that he made us all feel like no matter how nerdy, odd, on the spectrum, contrary, or confused we might be, as long as we were true to our authentic selves, then we'll find others who dance to the beat that only we can hear each day when we walk out the door. #RIP

Gentle reminder. He didn't die after a battle or from losing battle. He had cancer & died. Normalize just celebrating someone's life & honoring them without feeling the need to "qualify" someone's life/death, because even if it's unintentional, you're implying they must not have "fought" hard enough

Republicans just had a press conference showing photos of ICE arrests of "pedophiles, drug traffickers, murderers," and Democrats should do the same thing but with pictures of ICE agents who committed the same crimes.

This is utterly deranged behavior from a U.S. attorney general

She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today.

I was asked to program 3 surprising romantic features for Valentine's Day as a pod guest recently. Watch it here: youtu.be/qrKLELkjfmM?...

Revisiting Elmore Leonard adaptations & was just reminded that the first DVD box I was ever quoted on was for KILLSHOT. They dubbed me Jon Johans. For a while after, anytime anything went wrong on the site, I just blamed Jon. Eventually, I realized I should use a photo so ppl knew I was a girl!

This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us. Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.

some of the very real, specific harm perpetuated by Grok and Elon Musk’s nonconensual porn machine: www.404media.co/grok-nudify-...

I'm so bad at drawing that growing up, my friends refused to play pictionary with me, lol. But 1 of my pals gave me a lovely watercolor journal for Xmas last year that I've been scared to use, so I promised myself I'd draw something in a half an hour without thinking & share it, no matter how basic.

For whatever reason, I get asked for dating & love advice often. This is my busiest week, lol.

Look, I love Stephen King and I love Mike Flanagan but we don't need remakes of CARRIE or THE MIST. We need new stuff. REVIVAL. FROM A BUCK 8. JOYLAND. FAIRY TALE. BILLY SUMMERS. THE TALISMAN. EYES OF THE DRAGON. King's the most prolific author of our times. Adapt something else!

There's a reason TV stations used to air this every night

Reading the Epstein emails, I don't want to hear another goddamn thing from the government about "protecting kids" online.

Love this for him.

Trump’s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trump’s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?

Happy Birthday #JoePesci ! Here's a look back at my review of GOODFELLAS, which he won an Oscar for, at the link below. Special guest @filmintuition.bsky.social youtu.be/mXR0YwOsy7I

I made brookies - half chocolate chip cookie/half brownie bars. It's a complicated enough process that it required two different mixing bowls, which for me is pretty ambitious, but my goodness are these bars delicious.

🧵When you grow up with daily chronic pain, you watch life & death sporting events a little differently. I'm a firm, militant believer that everyone should be able to decide what they want to do with their own body, & that extends to every aspect.

Before you get too excited, I didn't draw this one, lol, but I've been practicing my watercolor marker blending techniques, before I move onto paints, and I really like how it turned out. 💚🩵💙💛

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible

I don't usually impulse buy home decor, but I walked by this floral wreath at the store... and now it's in my house. Funny how that works.

Guesting on a pod. Revisited 1 of my fave under-seen, under-discussed romcoms, dir. Brad Anderson's HAPPY ACCIDENTS (2000) with Marisa Tomei & Vincent D'Onofrio. It's always been 1 of my most recommended titles, I've seen it way too many times (it's a surprising gear-shift movie, trust me). Dig it.

In '25, I started exploring visual art as a way to distract myself in autoimmune pain flares, prevent myself from doomscrolling, & stop myself from overthinking by using my brain in creative new ways. My nerdiest new hobby has been making bookmarks for my pals, but I'm starting to get more ambitious

My friend, Poisoned Pen's Patrick Millikin wrote this beautifully heartfelt obituary of his dear friend author James Sallis. www.legacy.com/legacy/james...

Will brake for animals. Will also stop & take a photo of any beautiful flowers or trees I pass too. Jam-packed, half-sun, half-gray day. We got our home Internet back after a 2 day outage, I was hired to write something cool, & received an upcoming literary thriller from Iceland out of the blue too.

Brighten a child's day! Join me in sending a digital Valentine to a child at Children's Hospital LA. For every one sent, Porto's will donate a dollar. secure1.chla.org/site/SPageNa...

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

Saw THE HOUSEMAID. boxd.it/cZB0D7