Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

"Birds play an important role for people because they help control pests, spread seeds, and pollinate plants. Roughly five percent of the plants used for food and medicine by humans rely on birds to pollinate them." #climatechange #globalwarming #climate

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

Picked up my scary #comics today — new FERAL from @eccomics.bsky.social + new @eccomics.bsky.social: CATACOMB OF TORMENT, CRUEL UNIVERSE, and BLOOD TYPE. Good reading in bed tonight. 😱

No joke - I tore the house apart a few days ago looking for my SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES DVD and couldn't find it. I am not one to be sloppy w/ my media, so...ergh. But now the film just hit D+, so I can still start October right. "You are the autumn people." 🎃😨🍁 #halloween #raybradbury

CRUEL UNIVERSE II no. 3 is OUT NOW! 🛸✨ @oni-press.bsky.social

RIP to a beautiful mind and soul. #JaneGoodall

Name one good thing a book ban ever achieved. Just one. These folks could do some GOOD if they actually put that passion into advocating for universal childcare and healthcare, more public parks, better teacher pay. Book bans are lazy, easy targets to give unhappy souls a sense of power. #booksky

It's #October, my favorite month. It's the time of the autumn people, of Bradbury, Serling, and King and so many more. Of full moons, ghosts, and hexes. Of jack-o-lanterns, haunted houses, and costumes scary and silly. And the scariest thing of all: #pumpkinspice latte. It will come for us all. 🎃🍂👻

Seconded. A fantastic neo-noir that deserves to be revisited. Heard's best. And I don't know what got up Bridges' backside in the first half of the 80s, but he noired his way through roles in Cutter's Way, Against All Odds, 8 Million Ways to Die, Jagged Edge, and The Morning After...

September 30/October 1st

The guy stealing your stuff says he has your permission to do it unless you sign a document telling him no thanks. 😡

What a line-up of classic #horrormovies from REGAL CINEMAS in #October: THE THING, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF, ELM STREET, CANDYMAN, SILVER BULLET, PRINCE OF DARKNESS, FINAL DESTINATION, SLEEPY HOLLOW, CREEPSHOW + more classics, deep cuts, #cultfilms. A good mix. Must... go... to... all... of... them.

John Green: "I get emails from aspiring writers asking how to become a writer. Here is the only advice I can give: Don’t make stuff because you want to make money. Make gifts for people in the hope that people will notice and like the gifts." gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-b... #writing

Listening to Christopher Young's score for THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE as mood music while writing, and now I want to see the film again. It's one of the best demonic possession films because it really embraces both the belief vs. skeptic POV. The trailer itself is terrifying: #horror #horrorsky

Cool. #OnePiece #Luffy

‘Super big deal’: High seas treaty reaches enough ratifications to become law

The day #RobertRedford passed I ordered this #THEWAYWEWERE poster for my wife, who adored him. I hung it with THE YAKUZA, itself a gift from her some years ago. We wound up gifting each other Sydney Pollack posters. Now...if we get THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR we'll have a '70s Pollack trifecta. 😀🎥🍿

Chatting with SCREAM composer Marco Beltrami at his Malibu recording studio for IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: 1995-1999. Yes, that is a screen-used Ghostface mask from the first film… Join the wait list at 90sHorrorDoc.com #filmsky #90s #horror #movies #Scream

The first treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year after being ratified by the 60th nation, Morocco.

Moments from today’s protest against ABC in support of #JimmyKimmelLive ✊ #WGAStrong

When freedom is under fire you can count on me to ramble and mutter incoherently.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

RIP #RobertRedford, one of the GOAT: actor, director, environmentalist, independent film incubator. Some favs: THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, THE NATURAL, SNEAKERS, QUIZ SHOW (dir). 😔

2025's convinced me to resume work on a long-gestating story about a near-future America. Many of my stories tend to hibernate, like bears. Point being, #writers filter stories through the times in which they live. 🤷‍♂️ #writing #fiction

Saw it. Liked it. Yes, I probably should've walked...but it was hot. Read the book back when...well, I am a big admirer of Mr. King's writing, of course, as hinted at by my profile banner. #TheLongWalk #StephenKing

Happy 56th to #Scooby-Doo. I loved it as a kid, sure, but I think I love it more as an adult. I've never stopped watching it, really. Matter of fact, my daughter and I just started a rewatch of SCOOBY-DOO: MYSTERY INCORPORATED. Also, the Hex Girls rule. 😀 #ScoobyDoo #Scooby #animation #hexgirls

It's not going away and governments aren't doing enough: "Microplastic pollution is often described as invisible, but its consequences are anything but. These particles threaten species we depend on and disrupt ecosystems we barely understand." #Plastic #pollution #oceans #ecology

The amazing job #Peacemaker does with music supervision continues in S2. The songs integrate so well, and introduce me to great music I might not be familiar with, including E4's closer, H.E.A.T.'s "A Shot at Redemption." What a song, what a voice. Now I'm digging into the band. 🤘🎸

The FINAL issue BLOOD TYPE is OUT NOW! 🔥⚰️ @oni-press.bsky.social

Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police. Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack

Enjoying the new @heavymetalofficial.bsky.social. Eager for issue #3. They sell out so fast I've had the book put on file for me at the local comic shop. And... here's hoping this relaunch leads to an HM anthology series in the near-future, because that would be...awesome. #scifi #heavymetal

Happy #StarTrekDay to all who celebrate. It should be a national holiday. Live long and prosper. 🖖

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

I AM THE FIRST CUSTOMER TO WALK INSIDE NYC’S BRAND NEW HORROR BOOKSTORE THE TWISTED SPINE DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A TOUR OF THIS GORGEOUS STORE WITH MEEEEEEEE @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social

Friday afternoon break: GUAC DADDY, West Hollywood w/ my wife, son, and his acting coach/ mentor. Awesome mesquite-roasted street corn, tacos and other great eats. #guac #WestHollywood #yummy #LosAngles

This Asimov quote continues to age like a fine wine: #asimov #ignorance #science #America #Trump

Saddened by Graham Greene's passing, so last night I rewatched THUNDERHEART, which I revisit every few years. Have the great script by John Fusco and James Horner's score, too. Kilmer, Greene and Shepherd are gone now, but their collaboration remains. A great film. #RIPGrahamGreene #moviesky

Will never understand this anti-FX messaging. Digital has been part of film FX since 1970-f*ing-three, man: Westworld >> Tron >> The Last Starfighter >> Young Sherlock Holmes >> The Abyss >> T2 >> Jurassic Park->> Toy Story >> The Matrix/Phantom Menace >> LoTR >> Avatar...

This is like something out of my horror novel. Scary stuff. #oceans #toxic #marineecology #climatechange

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

JAWS IMAX was terrific. #filmsky #moviesky #sharks #quint #jaws

As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.

Ruin any book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title: Tom Clancy's LOLITA

Terrific talk with @billyray5229.bsky.social and @govpritzker.illinois.gov about the state of America and where Democracy goes from here. Ray’s closing remarks are potent. #America #Democracy #Fascism #Trump #Dems

Glad to see this. Books are the solution, not the problem. Reminds me, it's about time to replace my "It's a good day to read a banned book" shirt because I've worn mine out...the graphic is barely legible. #books #bookbans #reading

"...I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space-travel, sideshows or gorillas. When such occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room." - Ray Bradbury Happy 105th: Born on this day in 1920. #RayBradbury #scifi #writing #writers #writersky

BEHIND, by Bentley Little: As with most of this guy's wonderful books, the prosaic world slides into more surreal territory and then into the batshit horrific. Pirhanas in a backyard swimming pool? Check. A mummy in a Brentwood business building? Check. It gets darker.

Yay, more horror comics! #comics #comicsky #horror

If you've never seen THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, I heartily recommend you correct that gap in your film watching. It's my second-favorite Terence Stamp performance (THE LIMEY is my favorite). 🧵 1/3 #RIPTerenceStamp #moviesky #filmsky #movies