I’ve long thought even the most annoying #TCMParty hipster-quipsters less annoying than the subtitle-phobic geriatrics on Facebook that they (and I ) make fun of. But several insufferable comments on #TheseAreTheDamned, the best SF film Hammer ever made, have revised that opinion. But

My article about how compilation video issued by the Greensboro Police omits not only the controversial actions of Officer McDaniel, but the unnamed Black officer who attempts to de-escalate the situation. www.yesweekly.com/news/police-...

Terence Henry Stamp (22 July 1938 – 17 August 2025) The death of this great actor and beautiful man at 87 does not make me feel old, but the fact that, at 49, Cillian Murphy is too old to play him in a biopic, does.

Terence Henry Stamp (22 July 1938 – 17 August 2025) The death of this great actor & beautiful man at 87 does not make me feel old, but Cillian Murphy at 49 being too old to play him in a biopic does. Note that, on stage, Stamp originated the role that would make his roommate, Michael Caine a star.

Congratulations to my colleague @byJordanGreen.bsky.social for his courageous and essential work that put his life in danger. hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-award...

I describe it in I AIN’T RESISTING: THE CITY OF GREENSBORO AND THE KILLING OF MARCUS SMITH, & in MORNINGSIDE: THE 1979 GREENSBORO MASSACRE & THE STRUGGLE FOR AN AMERICAN CITY’S SOUL @AranShetterly.bsky.social documents how the city’s demonization of Nelson Johnson intensified after this event.

Excellent article by Adam Harris for The Atlantic, which I don’t believe is paywalled. More people need to know about the 1969 National Guard attack on North Carolina A&T State University. www.theatlantic.com/education/ar...

My beautiful amazing fiancé has searched for an action figure this favorite from my monster-movie-obsessed childhood since before my birthday last year. When she finally found one, she wasn’t about to wait until Christmas to surprise me with it. @SuperAmanda.bsky.social , I love you! #GORGO

My article from last November about controversial developer Srinivas Potluri & conditions at his Greensboro apartment complexes won 2nd place in investigative reporting at the NC Press Awards. @superamanda.bsky.social, thank you for your essential help & love. www.yesweekly.com/news/east-gr...

My fiancé @superamanda.bsky.social, who has been doing deep and essential research into the horrifying history of the People’s Temple, brought this to my attention, and I agree with her about the importance of passing this act.

@moderation.bsky.app, why did you hide this photo of my fiancé @superamanda.bsky.social with an adult content warning?

astroturfing groups need to end

Book 40: Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (1944 Retro Hugo). Recommended. My second Leiber to read, this is an interesting WW2-era horror story.

Think of Jonestown. Waco. Ruby Franke. The Turpins. The Duggars. Warren Jeffs Sign the #EveryChildSafeAct Petition! sign.moveon.org/p/Every-Child-Safe-Act-Petition

Dead Kennedys recording Nazi Punks Fuck Off in 1981.

NC senator Michael Garrett speaking yesterday about ICE detention of Mohamed Naser. “When his family tried to show the agents his legal documentation, they were told ‘we don’t want to see your paperwork.’’ @SuperAmanda.bsky.social youtu.be/IbZbhKbosiQ?...

Mohamed Naser has been held in a detention center in rural western Georgia for more than a week.

Mohamed Ali Aboubaker Naser has a legal work visa and zero criminal history. He was arrested and transferred out of state by federal agents. ICE agents terrorized his family, including young children. They questioned him about his views on Iran even though he was born in Libya.

NC senator Michael Garrett & attorney Helen Parsonage denounced ICE detention of Mohamed Naser in rally outside Civil Rights Museum. If you’re on Facebook, consider sharing this public post on the YES! Weekly page. More views and shares mean more coverage. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Sunday in the park with Marley, my leucistic California king snake. He is a rescue who cannot be returned to the wild, as a hawk could see him from 3,000 feet up. @superamanda.bsky.social, we know which side he'd be on in the #ChangeWar. #FritzLeiber.

Due to his obsessions, mine is not the only profile of documentarian #BrannonCarty to begin with #ThomasTheTankEngine & end with #CruelJaws. www.yesweekly.com/news/all-abo...

Anybody checked Facebook for subtitle-phobic outrage? #tcmparty #OedipusRex #Medea #Elektra

🧵 Sooner or later, we're all going to hear of good people being forcibly detained by ICE in our back yards. Mohamed Naser of Greensboro, NC, was grabbed by agents, who believed him to be from Iran. (He's not, he's from Libya). Mohamed entered the US legally... greensboro.com/news/local/a...

@superamanda.bsky.social my love, #OurLadyIOfDarkness is Fritz’s other great horror novel, 3 decades after #ConureWife but also with autobiographical elements. Very much about #SanFrancisco.

Immigration attorney Helen Parsonage describes #ICE detention of Greensboro man, a Libyan refugee legally seeking asylum, on the suspicion of being Iranian. Screenshots for those who can’t or won’t open a Facebook link. www.facebook.com/hlpattorney/...

Thank you @missannabiller.bsky.social !! @ianmcdowell.bsky.social and I just finished watching FALLEN ANGEL (1945) and we loved it!! What an amazing cast and gorgeous cinematography!!

Congratulations, it’s a great story.

Today the City of Greensboro denied my request for all emails between city staff & the defense contractor #Cyberlux, stating this was “per the request of the SBI.” @superamanda.bsky.social@AranShetterly.bsky.social

So very happy my beautiful and brilliant fiancée @SuperAnanda.bsky.social (who has a great book project in progress) loves Marley as much as she loves Mayhem and Murder, and blush at being called Snake Daddy.

As the SBI investigation of former Greensboro City Attorney Chuck Watts wasn’t announced until a week after his sudden retirement, it’s only covered briefly in my update. I’ll have more on the separate SBI investigations of Watts and a Council member soon. www.yesweekly.com/news/city-at...

Terrific and terrifying reporting by @byjordangreen.bsky.social for @theassemblync.bsky.social, about how his initial investigation into power grid vandalism led to NeoNazis coming after him and his family.

Wow, what hole did the talentless, racist Alex Graham cracker crawl out from under? #comics #alexgraham #racist #talentless #RussMeyersWorstNightmare

Or possibly their haphazard Google searches are leading them to confuse the current Alex Graham with the much nicer 20th-century male Scottish cartoonist of the same name (creator of the much nicer comic strip "Fred Basset").

Another day, another WTF? (With apologies to bald eagles everywhere)

I love you,@Superamanda.bsky.social

Terrific piece here that I’ve been really dying for people to be able to read. Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200 www.theassemblync.com/culture/gree...

@kellylink.bsky.social, this PSA from the Forsyth County Public Library made me think of you and the Zebra Man. www.instagram.com/reel/DLqjsez...

‘Tears My Heart to Pieces’: North Carolina Braces for Medicaid Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...

The inspiration for #NightOfTheHunter. #TCMparty en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_P...

UK 1st edition from Hamish Hamilton w. jacket illo by Roy Sanford. Grubb’s own illo for his novel. James L Brooks’ adapted Grubb’s creepy “Where the Woodbine Twineth” for THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR. #TCMparty #NightIfTheHunter

SBI Investigating Greensboro City Council Member www.theassemblync.com/greensboroth...

The King of the Beatniks is played by real Beat poet and journalist Lawrence Lipton, who coined the term “Disneyfication” in 1959, and is the father of James Lipton of #InsidetheActorsStudio. #TheHypnoticEye #TCMparty @SuperAmanda.bsky.social

Watching #RosemarysBaby last night, I told my @superamanda.bsky.social that, as a kid, I saw a publicity photo of John Cassavetes transforming into Satan, but that it doesn’t seem to be anywhere on the Internet. Today, the great @stephenrbissette.bsky.social found it. #TCMparty

My latest is about presentation by corporate reps seeking to extend #Transco pipeline in #GuilfordCounty. Since 2008, there have been 10 explosions in Transco facilities across the USA, killing 6 and injuring 102. www.yesweekly.com/news/pipelin...

My article about #CityOfGreensboro $1.75M settlement w. family of man killed by officer who loosed K9 on him & shot him in the face as he attempted to surrender. Criminal trial scheduled for January. 1st time a GPD officer has been indicted for killing a suspect. www.yesweekly.com/news/city-se...

My April 19 conversation at Scuppernong Books with @AranShetterly.bsky.social, in which we discuss his Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul and my I Ain’t Resisting: the City of Greensboro and the Killing of Marcus Smith. youtu.be/WOKr4aQl61w?...

Another thing I learned from my beloved @superamanda.bsky.social This makes it hard for me to even browse, much less buy, Vreeland’s book on Hollywood fashion. #TCMparty www.uptownmagazine.com/style/vogue-...

I’m chagrined that I believed this was real until my beloved @superamanda.bsky.social told me it wasn’t. I’m the one who usually pisses off other people (including one very powerful editor) by pointing out when they’ve posted bullshit.

I don’t mean to rain on the parades of anyone who found the “quote” from Mookie Wilson inspirational (as my fellow dinosaur nerd friend Ed did), but it’s from a humorous 1986 Voice piece by Charlie Rubin, who also wrote for The Carol Burnett Show, Jon Stewart and In Living Color.