Only a quarter of the way through 'Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News' by Alec Karakatsanis and it's already a must-read for everyone living through... now.

"Gallows humour is for and from the people who swing from them."

Committing brutal murders while wearing a cardigan so it will be considered cosy crime.

Last night I dreamt of a tv show called WRONG! in which experts would tell contestants that they were wrong about various topics.

For some reason, Kickstarter banning adult content makes me think of the old David Duchovny interview where he said he'd only do "gratuitous" nudity.

Imagining a wacky drive-time host whose life is changed forever when he realises PET SOUNDS isn't a farmyard sound effects collection.

In the spirit of Mother's Day, a quick story about mine that I told at her funeral.

Naughty by Nurture is a great name for a cover band.

"I would never, ever erode his incredible and timeless performances by teaching a machine to sound like him."

I think the gamification of everyday life has made me enjoy actual games a lot less?

The Ride (or Die) of Frankenstein.

I didn't know there was a name for this! Murc’s Law is “the widespread assumption that only Democrats have any agency or causal influence over American politics”.

The ability for creators of all kinds to hone their craft on the dole instead of needing to come from money to get anywhere

"The movie’s most natural reaction shot belongs to a llama."

Big tech corporations have finally figured out who is to blame for their crappy products: science fiction writers.

Luring lit agents home because I scrawled my debut novel on my bedroom walls.

Reading BLOOD IN THE MACHINE makes me realise that Luddites weren't actually anti-technology. They were against the men behind the technology keeping more and more money for themselves. (It's a great book!)

Seeing politicians say "the voters are always right" confuses me. Is what's popular always good? I would say that is a pretty emphatic "no".

Ceci n'est pas une golden calf.

Bluesky really wants to learn who Will Stancil is but I refuse. He's like the RAY DONOVAN of people. I don't even know the premise!

You're sick of people calling you racist? You know that this isn't a problem for most people, right?

BLADE RUNNER, except instead of the Voight-Kampff test it's the Dunning-Kruger test.

Footage of police attacking NDIS cuts protestors yesterday is intense – but nothing in the news so far?

Mother's Day is a weird day for lots of people. This is the first since my mother died and it's even weirder now.

Share a random story? Don't mind if I do! This one's called REDHEAD. Can you get so hot, so heartbroken, that your memories catch on fire?

You're not going to out "right" the Far Right. You have to offer something different – not just softer versions of conservative policies!

I'm really enjoying the MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE new episodes! When so much TV worships at the altar of "family" this show is often brutally refreshing.

THE BOYS continues its tightrope-walk between smart pop culture commentary and "do you think dicks, asses, and swearing are hilarious?!"

If we're doing "best single episode of TV", I'd maybe vote for 'Subway' from HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET.

Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz.

This town went to hell when the C+C Music Factory closed down.

The Björk store called! It's running out of hyperballads!

I remember watching SOUTHLAND TALES and thinking that I wasn't sure it was good, but it sure was *something*.

Your (and my) semi-regular teaser that I have a feature film looming!

Two of Medusa's snakes are in love but dare not look at each other.

To be perfectly clear, I'm a Type 1 diabetic and a depressive. No one's ever implied I should stop taking my insulin; sooooooo many people have implied I should stop taking my antidepressants.

removing this guy from his position is the single most important errand facing American politics at present. the amount of damage he's doing is almost incalculable.

What will AI do to the blurry-photo-of-Bigfoot industry?

It's 1930. There is only one blade of grass remaining. We fight in a primitive arena for the opportunity to touch it.

In my take on THE ODYSSEY, Odysseus is just making up stuff when he gets home late. "No, I swear – turned into pigs!"

My girlfriend has now had two boyfriends finish a PhD while she was with them. I asked what'd happen if we broke up. She said, "Never again. I wouldn't even date someone with a masters, just in case."

Huh. "...the pattern holds across more than 70 years of evidence: not a single congenitally blind person with schizophrenia has ever been reported. The protection seems to be specific to cortical blindness, which is caused by damage to the brain’s visual cortex."

"I expected this from Republicans, but not from my primary candidates in the Democratic Party."

Learning more about the Luddites – and how if technological progress only benefits the rich, it's not "progress".

I kinda love the "saying tax the rich is as bad as a racial slur" guy. Proves that the wealthy are used to being worshipped and that they can feel the tide turning.

Craftsman: dull, pedantic. Hovercraftsman: buoyant, rad.

Kind of a perfect summation of AVATAR's "white guy wants indigenous clout" politics.

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN season two does a much better job of tackling the zeitgeist than the Nolan Batman stuff did, honestly. Some powerful, pulpy moments.

If you find a cure to being a werewolf, make sure they're curing the right half.