hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

You contain multitudes, so do yourself a favor and see this beautifully thought-provoking film if you haven't already (or see it again). 🎥 #filmsky

Fantastic Fest 2025 brought thrills and chills for its 20th anniversary! 🎉 Discover the must-see films that left audiences buzzing. Click to learn more! #FilmFestival #FantasticFest https://f.mtr.cool/sokxsgmhos

My new mission is championing WHISTLE because it’s for the queer girlies and it’s got one of the gnarliest kills I’ve ever seen.

NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders. I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

WHISTLE is a hell of a lot of fun. Corin Hardy and Owen Egerton play with FINAL DESTINATION-style setpieces, SCREAM-style high school drama, and good old-fashioned scares to build an 85-minute roller coaster. The kind of movie Friday nights with friends were made for. #FantasticFest

WHISTLE (2025) dir. Corin Hardy It’s sapphic!!! It’s fun as hell!!! BUT OH MY GOD IT’S SAPPHIC HORROR!!!! #filmsky

WHISTLE: YA horror with “R” rated kills. Corin Hardy has plenty of fun playing in an “American High School” sandbox. Also says some lovely things about life and death despite all the bone-crushing violence. The kind of teenager horror vibes that go for the kill; no padding. Hell yeah. #FantasticFest

This is how they act ... with cameras all around. Imagine how they act when there are no cameras.

Coming to theaters 2/6/26! @ifcfilms.bsky.social @shudder.com

I only saw one movie yesterday, which was Master Pancake mocking MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE with John Erler, Mac Blake, @owenegerton.bsky.social, and @dougbensonland.bsky.social. But I also spent over two hours catching up with @johnwsmith.bsky.social. Half the fun of #FantasticFest is the people.

Here's part of Stephen Colbert's monologue about Jimmy Kimmel

Fights, flatulence, and films. Thanks to @owenegerton.bsky.social @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social @thejoelynch.bsky.social @timpson.bsky.social @maconblair.bsky.social @tedgeoghegan.bsky.social @aaronbkoontz.bsky.social for 20 years of Fantastic Fest memories. www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screen...

Happy birthday, brother.

Holy relics listed at Durham Cathedral in 1383 included a rib of Edward the Confessor, milk from the Virgin Mary, St Cecilia's tooth, a piece of Moses' rod, bread blessed by Jesus, wood from a tree in the Garden of Paradise, two griffins' claws, and some ostrich eggs. In case you were wondering.

This needs to happen in every single blue state...in every single state, for that matter...every state that actually values human life.

We've become the monsters we used to hunt. At least two of the men released from CECOT needed help getting off the plane and were put in wheelchairs because of the physical torture they endured. DOJ actions. And the evangelicals cheer for this.

Texas is the biggest state in the country to have a bathroom ban on the books, and aside from local news and a few national nonprofits, the coverage of it is pretty small. There are over 160,000 trans adults in the state of Texas

So true!

You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.

Why it matters: Citing the state's politics or increasingly hot climate, some Texans have been looking to leave Texas. Case in point: In 2023, Austin writer and comedian Owen Egerton and his family decamped for Massachusetts, one of many Central Texans to make the move.

I’ve tried to make linguistic sense of this with hyphens, commas, periods… nothing. I got nothing.

This.

Sparked in part by an influx of disabled Civil War veterans, ugly laws fined poor, disabled people for begging, or just existing, on city streets. And they never entirely went away. Pushes to police or drive out unhoused and disabled people have been a constant in American life.

There’s one right answer to “when does Halloween season start,” and the answer is August 18th.

I said 'help the homeless' not 'criminalize homelessness' you absolute goblins.

Fantastic Fest remains the festival that tries its damnedest to kill me. Can't wait for new films from @crobertcargill.bsky.social @owenegerton.bsky.social @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social @camburnspsp.bsky.social and more.

WHISTLE is the closing night film of the 20th Fantastic Fest! Absolutely thrilled! @ifcfilms.bsky.social @shudder.com

Sheila Jordan, who was revered in the jazz world as a daredevil improviser with a lyrical voice, died on Monday at 96.

Anyway--- if there are organizations mobilizing in D.C. to help the homeless after Trump's threat of forced mass removal, please send + share!

Trump seizing D.C. when crime is at a 30-year low isn’t about safety — it’s about the Epstein files.

Here’s my impassioned plea for you to preorder my new short story collection ACQUIRED TASTE. This book hits shelves in a month & I’m hoping for your help. Any horror book lovers out there if it’s possible could you share? @titanbooks.bsky.social #horror #horrorbooks #horrorstories #claymcleodchapman

In my book, I show that an eviction can ruin someone's life *even if it never happens.* A mere eviction FILING—even one dismissed in court—can destroy your credit and lock you out of housing for years. That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.

Thanks Lane!

BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.

Let’s be clear.

Texas politicians are attempting to create unfair voting districts to hold onto power. Voters pick their elected leaders, not the other way around.

An icepick. A death-defying high. Sex-crazed, loose-moral’d teens in a cabin in the woods. What could possibly go wrong? Find out in our harrowing new issue, @owenegerton.bsky.social’s “Tripping Dead.” To read an interview with the author and buy the issue, visit our website: bit.ly/4531Rux

Dafne Keen sets loose a death curse in the new teaser for WHISTLE, from The Nun director Corin Hardy and scribe Owen Egerton. Watch Now:

Netanyahu's government has created an epic disaster in Gaza. 6,000 food trucks are lined up at the border, children are starving, and still Netanyahu blocks help. History will remember this moment.

Keep it weird, Austin!

Congratulations to @danielkraus.com - ANGEL DOWN is out today! Grab your copy!

Dafne Keen stars in Whistle, an upcoming horror movie about a misfit group of unwitting high school students who stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle.

An ominous Aztec WHISTLE unleashes death and destruction in the first teaser trailer for the new Dafne Keen-starring horror from THE NUN's Corin Hardy.

The first trailer for WHISTLE just dropped! Really proud of this film. @ifcfilms.bsky.social @shudder.com

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

Trump is green-lighting Paramount's mega-merger after they bowed down and gave him millions. Sure looks like bribery AND a way to bear down on anyone who criticizes him. That goes right to the heart of our democracy.

Scotland

Me too…

I love One Story and I am so damn thrilled to have them publish my latest piece - "Tripping Dead." Excited for folks to read it!