a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman

"Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and there isn't a lot to be observed at desk level." - Jane Yolen Lottie and I wish you a good weekend. I'll be back in the studio, and back online, on Monday.

I'm end up going to end up on YouTube for hours looking for the entire global press tour of the Masters of the Universe cast solely because I desperately need to know if Morena and Camila spoke Portuguese whenever they were on set together just to fuck with people. #motu

Max Gibson is clearly descended from Kat (and not in an Amanda Waller clone way).

Join me @dblackanese.bsky.social and @marcbernardin.bsky.social on July 1st for the ultimate sci-fi franchise signing event!

There are so many US soul artists with songs that later became underground hits in the UK & finding them all & paying them would be an awesome thing to do.

Jane Yolen was an absolute fucking legend, and will be sorely missed.

See this is why we need an edit button just for like that 10 minute window right after you've skeeted something, so that when I leave the word 'pterodactyl' out of 'pterodactyl screech' I can fix it before more than three people see it.

Oh my God did you see Brian's hat

Also when you remember that #He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe was always canonically portal fiction about the American astronaut Marlena Glenn crashing on an alien planet and becoming their queen, it's pretty fucking perfect.

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Look the original concept of a skinny little kid saying the magic words and becoming a powerful muscley adult was completely ripped off from Fawcett Captain Marvel and I'm ok with that! Also Evil-Lyn low-key hating her boss and the Sorceress cosplaying a falcon were totally on point. #motu

Also whoever pointed out that Masters Of The Universe is a beautiful tribute to the cheesy fabulous 80s Flash Gordon right down to the Queen, you were so incredibly right and I am glad that yours was the only review I actually read before I saw the movie. #motu #mastersoftheuniverse

I also missed the basketball but to be fair I always miss the basketball.

Apparently I was so focused on the Teela and Sorceress casting perfection, I completely missed the part where Chicago had an actual tornado (for context, tornadoes usually touch down out in the wilds of Chicagoland, not Chicago proper.) #MastersoftheUniverse #MOTU

Somehow I totally missed the fact that Teela is played by Brazilian Portuguese actor Camila Mendes which is awesome because in canon the Sorceress (played by Brazilian Portuguese actor Morena Baccarin) is Teela's mother. GENIUS. #MOTU

name one thing Star Trek Lower Decks did that made you screech with pure joy (OTHER than the SNW crossover, because that's a gimmie). Here's mine: THOMAS RIKER LIVES! (sorry rhw, but I was always rooting for the Maquis)

I remain deeply, deeply concerned that Daredevil Born Again is going to ignore the fact that Colleen Wing has been the Iron Fist ever since the end of the Netflix series. Colleen earned it. If they erase her, they're going to lose me completely.

@pauldini.bsky.social have I told you recently how much I love Batman Beyond? Because we just rewatched the entire series (plus the relevant JLU eps) and YOU COMPLETE ME.

In case anyone is wondering (not that this was ever actually in doubt, mind you) but Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker remains the best Batman film ever made. Watched it again last night and GODDAMN.

yourself, but as a cartoon

Well that's definitely one way to solve bisexual invisibility

OK I just finished the first half of #TheBoroughs and it's DELIGHTFUL. Like, imagine The Lost Boys if the Frog Bros were played by the Golden Girls. (As Gen X of course I will never retire but be working until they put me in the ground.)

This is genuinely excellent advice.

@josemolinatv.bsky.social my dude, I am watching your episode and it's giving me SO MANY FLASHBACKS (I graduated from UNM Albq in the 90s). Also those mid-century houses are 🔥🔥🔥🔥.

#SpiderNoir was so much more fun than it had any right to be. Pure pulp pastiche perfection. Silly and slick tho Cage is a bit long in the tooth for web-slinging. But the ensemble left no scenery unchewed. Gleeson was clearly having a blast. Li Jun Li was the MVP along side Karen Rodriguez, for me.

🧵OF KEY CONCERNS We've now read Alan Levinovitz's WIRED piece on Long Covid. Our concern isn't that it discusses psychological theories. Our concern is that it repeatedly conflates criticism of evidence with creating a "climate of fear". Those are not the same thing. /1

sorry, misunderstood the assignment. I didn't realize you meant specifically my cat(s)

Having a Mrs Bennet-level nervous collapse was not on my 2026 bingo card, yet here we are.

'You just need to try harder' isn't advice. It's ludicrously impossible to pull oneself up by one's boosteaps and failure to advance in a rigged and broken society is not a matter of personal responsibility. It genuinely doesn't matter how talented or capable you are. You're not what's broken.

Hands down my favorite thing I ever got to do during my time on WHO at IDW. Just absolutely fantastic art from @mitchgerads.bsky.social back before he became the powerhouse we all knew he was going to be.

don't mind me, I'm just having a mental health event

Proof that you can have a solid, satisfying conclusion to a beloved series if you have experienced writers who have a specific story and arc they want to present. #Hacks was a hilarious, engaging comedy that somehow started off great and improved with each season. Earned every accolade too. 5/5 🎤

Animation’s litmus integrity test is ‘Would this make Miyazaki and Del Toro mad at you?’ If so, you fail.

I too would have liked Bob Lipka to be torn apart by wild dogs. However he represents everything that is wrong with assholes at the top. He's there to fight against but not to lose. However I would like to have seen Kayla's dad suffer actual public & legal consequences for his actions. #Hacks

O thank fuck #Hacks stuck the landing.

This is 14% of Lebanon's territory. Functionally indistinguishable from what Russia has done in Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea.

We have paused our #BatmanBeyond rewatch for the night because it's pretty tough to follow one of the best episodes of all time... 'The Eggbaby'.

I lost my kindle when I was coming home from Florida and it's been years since I tried to register a new device and I just got hit with a wave of depression because what I want is MY kindle. It's like homesickness and grief combined.

Someone apparently just tried to use my last remaining credit card at a Denny's which is a neat trick since the card is still in my wallet. So now I have had two cards in the last 3 weeks that were cloned and I've had to cancel and I'm waiting on new ones.

Heya. I'm so sorry to do this again, but things have been really shitty and we need help paying bills and replacing broken/lost stuff. For once all 4 cats however are doing great!!! So that's one bright spot at least? Any help you can provide would be genuinely appreciated. paypal.me/fringee

I just want milk for tea, which is not an achievable goal at the moment.

So I'm $400 in the red and hiding under the duvet, how's everyone else's bank holiday week-end going?

I finally am all caught up on #Hacks just in time for the series finale. I'm not ready. Also NEEDS MORE MARCUS.

Part of the joy of going sulfate-free over 13 years ago is that I have been known to use the same bottle of shampoo for YEARS before running out. Part of the sorrow is learning that the manufacturer has discontinued my shampoo. Know a good tea tree oil & mint sulfate-free shampoos?

I've spent the last two days in a Benadryl coma thanks to debilitating hay fever out of nowhere. I don't understand how it is Friday night already.

I will agree with this, and amend slightly that having someone read an older book and acknowledge that it didn't magically start to suck as soon as it left the new release shelf is like being kissed by a pixie in the autumn sun. Back lists keep the lights on!

Today is the third annual The Sisko Day ⚾️ It's also the third anniversary of this great moment of my life ⚾️

I'm low-key worried about Wentworth Miller's mental health based on his current spate of IG posts but I have no idea how appropriate that is. It's normal to worry about an actor whose work you genuinely enjoy, right?