Currently reading, delightful, from @jackanapespress.bsky.social

Just as well @moviehooligan.bsky.social had other plans than Friday night movies, we had to go see Pete Holmes at a small venue!

Just a cat I visited yesterday

that was supposed to be the hour when he died and we just… skipped it

Literally what @straczynski.bsky.social said many years ago when I asked him how Babylon 5 so closely predicted events from 2016 onward, including the slogans. He said fascism always looks the same, including the language of fascism.

This was always a logical endpoint for things like cloud computing and Google suites/drives and I've been saying it since 'the cloud' first became a lay person term rather than just talking about servers. Not sure why anyone is remotely surprised

Flame tree press did so much better a job with these anthos than I would have guessed way back, seeing tons of them in like half price books and similar stores. Great classic stories and wonderful new ones by contemporary authors. Wouldn't have picked this up if m. Regan's "Almost" hadn't been in it

I didn't think I'd ever read a review of abrams trek that was written by someone who could see and give voice so well to what is in my heart.

Had a conversation with an old friend/ex...who now makes like mid 6 figures...hates the tarriffs (which directly impact the industry they make like half ail annually off of), and thinks the solution is just abolishing income tax for everyone, no matter how much I explain regressive benefits/taxes...

Watching the new mel brooks documentary/interview (99 year old man). Early on he says all his old interviews are bs/full of lies, then they proceed to use prolific clips of them and I can't help but feel like he's doing a Garak.

In honor of M.'s recent stoker nomination, I gave this wonderful collection a reread. @sobelobooks.bsky.social

Currently reading this first edition hb I found for super cheap.

A pleasent ssurprise from luddington's Double Shadow, "power is a coin. A trick invented to convince you there are only two sides to an argument. You align with one or the other. The fruit or the tree. Now the voice of power needs to combat only one thing, not the bounty of true possibilities"

This has been a lot more fun than anticipated. Time travel archeology murder mystery.

Election denialists have spent years trying to undermine public trust in Michigan's election officials, ballot-counting processes, and voting infrastructure. With 2026 midterms on the horizon, our researchers examined what they got up to last year. Our latest: openmeasures.io/michigan-ele...

There's a giveaway for @thesuiway.bsky.social excellent The Iron Garden Sutra (100 copies) on Goodreads you should definitely go enter

Bone temple...as amazing as I expected after the last one... Now I can listen to @moviehooligan.bsky.social talk about it...

Such a weird and good film

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

I sat in yet another high school educator, counselor, and administration meeting today in which I was literally the only voice talking about the ethical & environmental problems with AI and the fact no one should use it. Everyone else was talking about thought partners and life labs and shit...

Sure would be great if it happened today

I thought it might be nice to give away my last 2 signed hardbacks of my novel 1983, with two lovely linocut hares by my mum. All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply). The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”. Extract in the replies.

CNN reporting on Tehran closing schools because of protests, but *not* school closures and parents evacing kids in Minnesota due to ice actions, is very telling....

Super gross that literally every major television news network is describing illegally kidnapping a foreign leader, threatening military invasion of multiple countries including NATO allies, bombing civilian, as "foreign adventures"

This is a different list than the lgbtq+ scout list I normally buy from, but if, like me, you're going to buy at least some cookies no matter what use a list like this (or buy from local kids who need it).

Afraid to ask...what"s happening with the Hugo award and AI controversy? I think I missed something in the last day of teo

I see a lot of talk about this being a way to undermine mail in voting. Which it absolutely is. But I think it's also part of a larger effort to further remove any alternatives to doing *everything* by computer. Mail not reliable? Talk exclusively online. Mailing gifts yourself not reliable? Buy

Tale of of 3 gym televisions side by side...1)CNN food banks struggle to keep up with ever increasing demand 2)CNBC there was never a recession, we've achieved a soft landing, unemployment is at natural state, the a.i. tech bubble is fake stop talking about it 3)foxnews a.i. needs more data centers

Brittany is an old friend and an excellent advocate. If you really want to keep an eye on what assistance the unjustly fired OU TA may need, follow her account.

this is a great article

iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

Sometimes I wonder things that feel too simple...like, why doesn't someone at CBS just leak the CECOT piece to the Internet and let it run wild? They already know they can't get sued, legal and s&p cleared it. Let people project that shit onto screens in front of the white house.

@makeitsnow.bsky.social Thoughts on regular malort versus the barrel aged stuff? I can get barrel aged here but have been holding off as I'm unsure how much difference we're really looking at

Watching old holiday episodes of Bob's burgers where the rich guys are having a gingerbread house building competition. One of them says, 'i like my houses like I like my women, ginger and sturdy.' I feel both attacked and seen.

@scottrjones.bsky.social 's amazing and weird cyberpunk bigfoot lovecraftian novel put out by @wordhorde.bsky.social in the wild at probably the best bookstore (especially for horror and sf/f) in michigan, @toadvinebooks.bsky.social !

Last arc of the year! Not last book though. Exceeding expectations. Interesting sci-fi takes on ai, Buddhism, and galaxy spanning societies/culture wrapped around a (sort of) murder mystery.

Not what I was expecting out of this arc...don't know that horror is the right tag for this post apocalyptic story, but there are definitely worms beneath the surface of this garden (trauma worms, they're trauma worms).

"You gave an excellent interview, we were very impressed with your experience and qualifications, and your references were glowing, but we've decided to go with another candidate."

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

Steve does a great job in general, but the Starfleet jobs series has to be my favorite thing he does.

Watching 1980's 'Deathship'. There are several sex/changing scenes, but we don't actually see boobs/butt/bush until they're covered in blood an hour in and that's...something... Also, house wants you dead, but house is a boat and a Nazi?

I would also add that Pandora has some really touching and interesting things to say about gender, in a very gentle way. @margaret.bsky.social it might be something you'd enjoy, I even though it's a lot quieter than your work.

Maybe you aren't necessarily a fan of hollow earth stories (though these aren't what you'd expect), or weird dreamlike fiction. But the final story, Pandora, in @orringrey.com 's new collection from @wordhorde.bsky.social is worth the price of admission alone. Deeply sad, deeply moving...

Reading about using wifi jammers to mess with modern home security cams and it just feels like more evidence for my 'most people don't need ring/security cams and even if they do they should have 80s/90s drug dealer cctv hooked up to a shitty vcr' rant...

The behind the scenes and dvd commentary stuff on 2001's Adrian Paul vehicle The Breed makes it sound like the eastern European version of highlander 2. Adrian paul getting wasted and going to all night bathhouse raves... youtu.be/86SSTkMZR_M?...

@moviehooligan.bsky.social davi am years out of date on this, but I just listened to the @gamefullyun.bsky.social Princes of the Universe episodes. As someone who enjoys basically everything Highlander, I want you to know, you are entirely right, the Highlander movies are in fact bad!

Sad horror day...udo died. :(

Rental Family was absolutely beautiful...

@steveshives.bsky.social i'm watching 1940s superman cartoon (forgot @torenatkinson.bsky.social clipped audio from these for @darkestthickets.bsky.social songs even though I had those episodes on VHS as a kid)...they do some really creepy stuff with supe's eyes for his xray vision.