People jumping to the Epstein files as the reason for attacking Venezuela are tabloid-brained. This is the US maintaining its post-1945 empire by trying to stop a multi-veillant global economic order from emerging. This is about the World Bank, IMF, B&R, and BRICS: The US petro-dollar vs. the Unit.

I was wrong. I thought this was all brinksmanship. However, I doubt this'd've happened if BRICS hadn't announced the "unit". As with profiting from political office, Trump is the Great Obviator. Watch the "sane" elite carry his water while tutting. They can't condemn his goals, only his etiquette.

I didn't think they'd do it. Fuuuuuuck.

Hedy Lamarr by László Willinger for MGM, 1944.

Speaking of the gonarch, has there ever been an explanation of the gonarch/headcrab ecology? No. This is because, outside of the actual writers and artists, no-one at Valve gave fuck one about story/lore. It was all something to just hang game mechanics on. This is the reason for HL3 taking so long.

Elliott Abrams with return in Avengers: Doomsday.

I'm the rare sort who doesn't hate the setup of the final season of Stranger Things and all of its Trekkian planning. That said, the final episode not only shits on the previous seasons, it shits on the previous episodes of the final season. Also, the Mindflayer is basically a gonarch. Gordon wept.

I am an undying Rudy Nebres fan, but the "hero" figure in this piece . . . oof. Technically, there's nothing wrong with it, but it's an exemplar instance of poor, confusing visual communication. Ugh.

Lately I’ve been in my fungi appreciation era since it’s winter/fungi season in Northern California 🍄❤️

Back in the 1950s, being a 209 lbs (95 kg) man in the USA put you in the 98th percentile for weight. Today, that weight is the 66th percentile for men. We are fat fucks. Myself, I'm in the 92nd percentile, so I'm fatter than most fat fucks. I hate it.

By the way, this image from All About Eve is a visual depiction of what social media does to the human mind.

This was actually fantastic, chill talk. Good shit.

This is an excellent discussion. Also - pertinent to this - I've always been against the social media practice imagining "guys." This conversation works as a good perspective on why. youtu.be/dim2LYRNZZ8?...

For New Year's Eve, we ordered pizza, ate shrooms, and did a double feature of All About Eve (1950) and Russian Ark (2002), followed by random music, until midnight bubbly. Huge feelings. It was an amazing night.

For New Year's Eve, we ordered pizza, ate shrooms, and did a double feature of All About Eve (1950) and Russian Ark (2002), followed by random music, until midnight bubbly. Huge feelings. It was an amazing night.

The shit X/Twitter did on Christmas Eve is fucking wild. Glaze/Nightshade was useless. As an artist, I'm glad that I got off of both Twitter and Instagram before their ToS changed around AI implementation. Also, Bluesky isn't a good alternative, unless you're already popular or a fandom perv/furry.

My hope for the new year is that the general masses of the developed world realize that the economy has become a post-labor value, post-consumer, financialized behemoth that is immune to protests, boycotts, and regulation. Further, I hope to see what might emerge from such miserable realizations.

Some interior artwork from Astounding Stories 1949-August 1950, for authors without an SFE entry: 1 Joseph A Winter MD, 2 Arthur C Parlett Jr, 3 Ford McCormack, 4 Bernard I Kahn (Artist: all by Edd Cartier).

Tons of King Crimson songs. Tons of Brand X songs. Tons of Pink Floyd songs. "Papa was a Rolling Stone" by The Temptations "Three Days" by Jane's Addiction. "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead Every 6+ minute song Built to Spill did from 1993 through 1999. "Free Bird" by Lynrd Skynrd

Yes. That. Demiurge, the lion-faced warden of the Black Iron Prison. The Outermost, the Source Wall's smoldering mason. The Dividing Flame, the Mirrored Serpent. The metallic hydrogen heart pumping division through the zombified corpse of Creation. "Like all gods, their madness takes you prisoner."

Clark Kent was the original rom-com nerd girl. Also, Popeye was the original Superman.

Um, this is shockingly familiar. Especially strange, since I drew this nine years ago, today. The only big difference seems to be that my take on Leo is as a Blanding's turtle, as opposed to . . . a painted turtle? Otherwise, eastern box, common snapping, and spiny softshell are all there. Hrm.

I forced myself to watch Transformers One. [sigh] The Good: Cybertron, the very best TF action, the "I'm done saving you" moment. The Bad: Character design, Primus myth, celebrity cast (esp. Tyree & Scar-Jo), BB's personality; 'member berries and pop culture idioms; clumsily remixed tropes.

BALDUR'S GATE 2: Fuck my shitty bhaalcel life. Woke up as a test subject in an evil wizards lab again. Video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1end...

Um, this is shockingly familiar. Especially strange, since I drew this nine years ago, today. The only big difference seems to be that my take on Leo is as a Blanding's turtle, as opposed to . . . a painted turtle? Otherwise, eastern box, common snapping, and spiny softshell are all there. Hrm.

Having a rough one today.

Judith Gautier sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gautie... died on this day: here's some illustrations to her "Mémoires d'un éléphant blanc", first serialised in 'The Petit Français Illustré' (1893/94) (artist: Alfons Mucha) 1st is cover to 1894 book publication ; 2-4 Mucha's studies for eventual art used.

I can't be fucked to deal with any depressing nor angering current events. No news, no punditry, no critical analysis - none of it. I've hit the exhaustion threshold. The world can burn, and I hope only find out as the fire reaches my door. Well, for today, at least . . . .

After his day’s work, Santa is apparently not planning to head directly home to Mrs. Claus. (Artwork by Dan DeCarlo)

Ronald Reagan's greatest achievement was Barack Obama. Merry Christmas!

Kim Novak, Elsa Lanchester and Jack Lemmon in Bell, Book and Candle (1958) Hope you are enjoying the day...

‘Tis the season etc

Merryjingleballmasday !

Beans and Domino are being hyper-cuddlers today.

My trolling take on this meme. I completely recreated the animation art. I'm a jerk.

The 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott is the best adaptation, hands down. No contest. You can shove your Muppets take (and I love the Muppets). I daresay, in some ways, it's better than the novella by its changes (particularly the stock exchange bit). Don't sleep on it.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone. Good cheers and blessings to you all. Have fun. Stay warm and stay safe. :-D

I'm watching Doctor X (1932). The restoration was funded by George Lucas and has a striking, red/green duotone thing going on. It's a bit stilted and goofy, but I'm digging it. No wonder Kool Kieth sampled it for his Dr. Octagon album.

Merry Christmas!

It was like a nightmare of Guy Richie movie. Outside of the short bit at the park, where it suddenly looked like the movie was shot on shitty digital video, I greatly enjoyed it.

I'm about to watch Caught Stealing. I'm a little sad that I missed this in the theatre. Can Darren Aronofsky really be Guy Ritchie?

The Bluesky pattern: 1. [sees a post from a previously unknown account in the Discovery feed] Oh, that's nifty. 2. [audits profile of poster] 3. Yikes! Never mind. I don't need that kind of stress in my life/that's disgusting. 4. [mutes and blocks account of previously unknown poster]

I just read a slice of discourse wherein someone implied that The Doors get shit on, because there was a war for Boomer and Gen X hipster hearts between Velvet Underground/Big Star heads, and Doors heads, and the VU/BS heads won. This kinda tracks. Also, Velvet Underground and Big Star suck.

The fight for a world without corruption and conspiracy on the part of the powerful wouldn't be returning to a pure time, but the creation of a world that has never been. The Lusitania, Jekyll Island, the Business Plot, JFK, RFK, MLK, Fred Hampton, Iran/Contra, CIA & crack, etc. No surprises.

I avoid dudes who think Big Star was the most important, underrated band of the 1970s, the same way I avoid women who strongly identify with the Buckingham/McVie/Nicks iteration of Feetwood Mack.

The tech oligarch's thumb hovered over his mobile phone screen. Deep down, he knew that he shouldn't post it. He'd be playing into the hands of the hoards of hateful bleeding hearts. His thumb tapped. The post read, "We was Batmens." "That'll show them", he thought, "I'm funny and justified!"

Howard Devoto-led post-punk band Magazine performing "Permafrost" on German show Rockpalast in 1980. Closing cut on the band's 1979 album, Secondhand Daylight. #PostPunk m.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0j...