Reading Adam Nevill's Last Days and it actually gave me nightmares last night. *Such* a brilliant occult horror novel.

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

these people worship without faith, they don’t believe in anything other than power, and they see faith and virtue and belief as weaknesses to be exploited. that *is* shocking. that *should be* shocking. these are amongst the foulest behaviors imaginable, and specifically warned about in scripture.

the thing about this is that it’s still shocking, because they don’t believe it, either. the whole thing is a troll, it’s intended to make the rubes do seal claps and make the rest of us bay like hounds at them, and we’re all paying them for the pleasure.

Today was awesome ✨🌸

I really don’t think there’s a theory of victory, an endgame, or even any serious thought put into that. It’s all seat-of-the-pants, grievance, and impulse. (Sorry, “disruption.”) That’s a big part of how it’s gotten this far—who’d act this way otherwise?—and what will ultimately be their undoing.

the overwhelming message the AI industry has sent to young people is “this will ruin any chance you have at a stable career”, of course college grads are booing it regardless of the reality of the claims, the way this technology has been sold is one of the greatest self-inflicted PR disasters ever

Today is Octidi the 28th of Floréal in the year 234. Floréal is the month of flowers. Today we celebrate bugloss.#JacobinDay More information on bugloss

Elon Musk, one of the ugliest men in the world (both physically and spiritually), crashing out over Lupita Nyong'o (one of the most talented and attractive humans) being cast as Helen of Troy is Twilight Zone levels of irony.

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Amplifying the feeling of uncertainty to surreal levels, the painting forces the viewer to wonder whether the figure depicted is the victim of some sadistic act or a baleful creature that has selected the viewer as its next prey. 4/4 www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/de...

I need to find an eccentric family obsessed with William Godwin apparently. 🤣

Not quite three weeks until my crime novel SEVEN ANGELS is published. You can pre-order here and check out the wonderful blurbs from authors who’ve read it, like @lordsteerpike.bsky.social and @msemilyedwards.bsky.social and @juliadahl.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Seven-Angels...

We are sad to learn that Japanese master of horror Koji Suzuki has passed away at 68. Koji Suzuki's nightmares defined an era of horror beginning in the '90s with THE RING, originally a Suzuki novel, and DARK WATER, based on a Suzuki short story. Rest in Peace, master.

I know I said I wasn’t opening these for a few weeks so I could rest but it turns out being in the hospital a week can put you really far behind.

It wasn't very original, but I didn't hate it. Sadly have to bail and head to bed now, but I enjoyed spending time with y'all as always! #FrightClub

Guys the movie is still going on with an end credits scene lol #FrightClub

That ending was the weirdest part of the entire movie tbh #FrightClub

Wait, his ghost is "linked to her phone and computer"? His ghost is in the cloud?! What?! #FrightClub

Dying, he had to say one more time...LITTLE DUMPLING #FrightClub

"SAVE LITTLE DUMPLING" 🤣 #FrightClub

"Dying here is such a fucking bore" and "what a convenient place to die" are two very different sentiments. (This comes to you courtesy of our dubbing/subtitle discrepancy) 🤣 #FrightClub

I'm glad at least that the game is playing a role in the plot again! #FrightClub

I think a lot of why this movie feels so painfully familiar to us is because it's basically a B-grade version of Insidious (minus the awesome alternate dimension alas) #FrightClub

The way the voice dubbing actor says "talisman" like "Superman" is cracking me up 🤣 #FrightClub

A haunted air conditioner would be legitimately maddening #FrightClub

That cheap two dollar jump scare got me. Sigh. #FrightClub

That has got to be the most unappetizing breakfast... #FrightClub

The way they keep accidentally jumpscaring each other is kind of adorable 🤣 #FrightClub

It's going to be really funny if every time a haunting occurs, each character's first reaction will be to think someone is faking it 🤣 #FrightClub

The practice baby doll is really making this movie feel like an unintentional comedy to me 😂 #FrightClub

I shouldn't laugh, but the fact that they thought that was part of the pitch is kind of hilarious 😂 #FrightClub

That baby doll is scarier than the cursed one!! #FrightClub

Still laughing about this.

*dude's friend is bleeding to death thanks to a haunted attack* Dude's response? "I'll figure something out." What??!?! #FrightClub

Joining the #FrightClub tonight for Mudborn -- never seen this!

“Not a cure-all ... but, in 8 out of 10 locations, will either completely or substantially eliminate all ghosts!” #PhantomsFriday #60s

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

So today is the day that everyone on Bluesky relearns that James Cameron steals from people lol

On the left, James Cameron in the 80's, pretty much admitting he'd ripped off Harlan Ellison. On the right, James Cameron last year, clearly admitting he'd used Q’orianka Kilcher’s features without her consent. Some people never learn. 🙈🙈

Cameron denies it to this day. But he’s went on record saying he ripped Ellison’s stories in a STARLOG interview. The publishe article omits the damning quote thanks to a rewrite by the film’s producer and then-Mrs. Cameron, Gale Hurd. 2/End See full story in this link:

Wouldn’t be the first time James Cameron cribbed something for “inspiration.” Harlan Ellison won a settlement over TERMINATOR’s similarites to his two OUTER LIMITS episodes. Now he has an acknowledgment credit on every home release of the film. Full story in 🧵. 1/2

once you're in the Chrome folder, you can just search for "weights.bin" without it taking a million years but then you ALSO have to toggle a bunch of settings in Chrome://flags so Chrome doesn't re-download the weights file the next time you reboot

finding this shit on my Mac was a pain in the ass, btw I guess recent OSes hide the library folder? anyway, here's how I finally located the weights.bin file open finder > command + shift + G search for "~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default"

Today’s horror mail. A poetry collection, a classic film from Hong Kong, and nothing else.

Just arrived today. Beautiful words from @lordsteerpike.bsky.social

Today is the release date of my new collection THORNS: A BOOK OF POEMS! ✨🥀 If you love dark poetry with a Gothic twist à la Baudelaire and Angela Carter, then you’ll love this book, featuring gorgeously macabre cover art by Welderwings! Check it out! a.co/d/0cZIHf4U

Check out my new collection of macabre Gothic poetry! ✨🥀

Just wanted to thank those who have already bought a copy of my poetry collection THORNS: A BOOK OF POEMS -- your support means so much! Don't forget to add my book to your Goodreads bookshelf and drop a rating/review if you have time! ✨ www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

92) Thorns by Colin Harker I loved it SO MUCH.