If you need a freelance editor, please either DM me here or through my contact form on my website: www.jamesbemmett.com/contact Thank you so much! Happy #NCBD!

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job. One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution. Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

The UN: "The number of incidents in Gaza, including shootings, shelling and attacks, rose 46% in the week of April 12 to 18." The Gazans are displaced, without aid or infrastructure and under constant attack. They rely on our donations. Please give to my dear friend Tasneem and to others. 💜

zaslav tried to take this from us but he COULDNT it is too powerful

Can’t think of a better reporter to keep the flame of the DC Dish alight 🔥🔥

James is a great editor and would be a great addition to Editorial at any publisher!

bring back shame

Hi there! Some news, but as of this morning, I am no longer with Mad Cave. I am eternally grateful for the past 4.5 years with you all, and with such an amazing team. Thank you so much for trusting me with marketing your books!

Since it's #NationalLibraryWeek, I am going to share a cool library thing every day. Today, I am sharing "Reading Room" a project by Elizabeth Felicella, a photographer, who passed away way too early last year at 58 years old. urbanomnibus.net/2014/11/read...

I would love it if those of you who do not have library cards will apply for one at your local branch during #NationalLibraryWeek. Then let me know about it. 😇

Full Cinema Con report now live at my newsletter! Spielberg and Nolan and He-Man oh my! Free for anyone to read! tin-foil-hat.ghost.io/scenes-from-...

Ugh overdrafted and waiting for money to come in. Any help is appreciated ko-fi.com/weredawgz

i found this old pokehuman design i did - she's a shiny chansey ✨

I won the LA Times Book Prize for YA literature!!!

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

A California logistics worker allegedly burned down a 1.2-million-square-foot in anger over low pay. My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social connects the dots between financiaization, extreme inequality, the affordability crisis, and the desperation many are feeling. jacobin.com/2026/04/cali...

Wrote a piece about Martha and the Vandellas, civil rights, and their place in the history of Black women R&B groups. I also created a YouTube playlist (in the comments) with some of their hits

WHATS UP YOU WET MOTHERFUCKERS

Full Cinema Con report now live at my newsletter! Spielberg and Nolan and He-Man oh my! Free for anyone to read! tin-foil-hat.ghost.io/scenes-from-...

first ever paid subscriber only post just went up on my newsletter. vibe dump is a throwback to facebook photo galleries for a single night out and tumblrs celebrating moments no one else remembers. tin-foil-hat.ghost.io/vibe-dump-ci...

Also, I find "there are shady marketing practices ongoing in ... the music industry!!" a pretty funny thing to be saying

The Diet Coke of 2026

MEDICARE FOR ALL IS A FILM STUDIO RETENTION ISSUE

Bloodbath at Marvel Comics today. Disney is axing over 1000 people. Unclear how many at Marvel. The number being talked about is 8% of the staff was cut, which is jawdropping. CEO scumbag Josh D’Amaro-- salary this year of $45M-- ordered the layoffs. Disney had a gross profit of $35B last year.

crazy that same ceo is gonna get in front of cinema exhibitors tomorrow and claim he’s invested in the future of art & film.

Steven Spielberg calls for a return to 120 day theatrical-only first run release windows at Universal’s Cinema Con presentation.

Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers. Absolutely heartbreaking 😔 Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!

A+ headline. defector.com/president-ex...

My newsletter has been nice and comfy on Ghost since August of last year. The Ghost team made migrating a dream. You don't have to drink at a Nazi bar. It's not your only option! www.picketywitch.com

Yes I agree.

Hi it is my birthday, please do something to support the freedom to read ❤️ Ilovelibraries.org + Call your reps to oppose the federal book banning bill HR 7661: reps.fyi

CREEPSHOW Vol 4: 1-5 @imagecomics.com @skybound.bsky.social is a chilling/spooky #graphicnovel to add to the collection @spacekicker.bsky.social @rosiemarx.bsky.social Eduardo Risso @sinagrace.bsky.social @oliverono.bsky.social + more artists -Animation I made based off iss1 comic cv (open to work)

Inspired by the badass @thatwitchmia.bsky.social my newsletter is back at a new home with a new format! If you’re already a subscriber thanks for sticking around! And if you wanna sign up before I really start posting it’s the perfect time! tin-foil-hat.ghost.io/----theme-pr...

I live for Rosie words. I also live for sticking it to Nazi platforms! What a great day!

Anyway, Ghost makes migrating to their platform real damn easy...

“your password or email is incorrect”

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

a guy with dementia can absolutely be president as long as he's energetically addled and uses his fully cooked lobes to make pictures of himself as jesus christ healing jaime lannister while the power rangers float above

WAIT A SECOND MAILBAG: What weird stories, world historical conspiracies, and/or sinister crimes would you like us to discuss.Hit us up at [email protected]

anyone who says people opposing data centers are just nimbys need to stop echoing industry propaganda and see what it’s actually like to live near one

Our first Black Zine Fair Virtual Workshop is next Saturday 4/18 from noon to 1:30 pm ET- How to Be Young, Hardcore & Black in Suburban New Jersey - withfriends.events/event/JWfARg...

New Yorkers, Mayor Mamdani will join Gothamist for a conversation about his first 100 days at The Greene Space on Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. He'll be taking questions. gothamist.com/news/mayor-m... - please consider submitting questions about keeping his public library funding commitments.

this is how everyone interacts with movies/TV/books now

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note