Roommate: There's a fine line between a person who likes cats and a crazy cat person. Me: Do you think I'm crazy?! Roommate: ... No. *pause* Roommate: Not yet.

We need more studies on this, and quickly. But this is *exactly* what I'm most afraid of.

This was hard to read as an IR major (Robert Kagan is assigned in every American IR 101 I'm pretty sure). I disagree with Kagan on a lot, but I think he's right here. "Welcome to the era of the rogue American superpower. It will be lonely and dangerous." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Gwendolyn Kiste asked for examples of a resilient female character in horror -- of which of course there are many. I picked the protagonist of A Dark Song, one of my favorite movies, and enjoyed reading the other responses! www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/good-fo...

It's so dumb but I can't stop laughing. (Also this was college me trying to write stories for "literary magazines") youtu.be/6v1qNVZmofI?...

Behold!! The gorgeous cover for the Spanish edition of my novella collection ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY, by artist Rafael Martín. 👁️👁️👁️ Coming in May from La Biblioteca de Carfax!

"This event was billed similarly: At the pop-up bar, geopolitical crises like the US war on Iran were now a spectator sport attendees could casually bet on in real time with their drinking buddies." www.wired.com/story/polyma...

Love to wake up with a general sense of impending doom and run through the possible explanations: 1) Is this because of a dream? 2) Is this because of a real™ problem I was worried about last night? 3) Have I developed psychic powers?

Re: Shy Girl. For me, the most depressing aspects are: 1) how many people in the creative industry are fine with using GenAI, and 2) how many people like the *kind of writing* GenAI produces, which is to say: voiceless writing. Even if they object in principle. Makes you wonder what's the point.

Sport is life.

Stuck a hand in the AI slop bucket and plucked out some slop, did ya? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

Roommate: We need to bring back religious prosecution. Me: You mean religious persecution? Roommate: Por que no los dos.

can’t beat a @nadiabulkin.bsky.social + @claymcleod.bsky.social bookstore haul

BODYCAM: Crooked cops try to cover up having killed a (possessed) civilian and in the process run afoul of the "tweakers"' Lovecraftian god. With more CG than tension, it's a prime example of how difficult and critical it is to move from "cool concept" to "cool completed thing." Grade = C. (Shudder)

I've actually heard this theory before, that AI will be presented as a ressentiment-driven bludgeon against the perceived "educated elites" (even though the only real winners, of course, are the very very few elites embedded in the AI companies). Still wild to see one such winner actually SAY this.

My advice to horror fandom is to remember how incredibly political the Oscars are. It's like figure skating judging: inherently flawed. SO many Best Pictures do not stand the test of time, because it isn't about posterity or even accomplishment. Which is why I recommend simply ignoring them.

Thank you! Hope you enjoy!!

RABBIT TRAP: A musician couple recording nature sounds in Wales have their lives trespassed upon by a strange and lonely child. Best-suited for fans of vibey eco-horror (e.g. IN THE EARTH, ENYS MEN) who also don't mind a plot that's more fairytale than horror movie. Grade = B.

Dairy... guy. And textile... guy. I don't know, I saw them like 4x total. I do know that as a kid, dairy grandpa felt like such a disappointment because he wasn't a strong rugged farmer type like his brothers that he left the Mennonite church and married a Methodist.

As someone who grew up in an authoritarian klepto-state, sometimes I read the headlines and think of that Bane quote, you know, the whole I-was-born-in-the-darkness thing

~*~ nationalism is a mindkiller ~*~ ~*~ relinquish its hold on you ~*~ ~*~ yes you too and even you ~*~

Happy Twin Peaks day! (Featuring four of my favorite characters, although I'm very fond of many)

I promise this is not related to anything in particular, but "we will learn from this" and "we are still learning" really grate on me when used as part of an apology.

Ok, some belated horror movie reviews while I'm cleaning out my Letterboxd:

If you hear/read a viral factoid about something you don't know much about that aligns perfectly with your priors -- (shows how EVIL your enemies are, shows how WONDERFUL your prescribed heroes are) -- check it yourself before repeating it. If it sounds too good to be real, it probably is!

I have a whole playlist for this. Short program: "stranger than earth," Purity Ring Free skate: "Hollow," Zola Jesus Rhythm dance: "Lies," MARINA Pairs: "Drops of Jupiter," Train

It's giving calisthenics in Nuremberg

Haunted Ecologies turns 1 today! It’s weird to have a spooky eco-horror book birthday on Valentine’s Day…but maybe it’s fitting. Each story is a love letter to some part of the environment I want to see preserved/cherished off the page. The forest and oceans and birds and werewolves. All of them!

Been watching Olympic figure skating since 1998 and never witnessed a final as shocking as this men's free skate. My gob is officially smacked.

I absolutely love when teachers assign my stuff in class. Partly because I remember being a student and struggling to see myself in assigned reading. So thank you ❤️

Olena Smaha, a Ukrainian luger, competes with "Rememberance is not a violation!" written on the palms of her gloves. This follows the IOC forbidding her teammate Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing in a "helmet of memory" featuring images of Ukrainian athletes killed in the Russian invasion.

That ad was an insult to Jurassic Park and all that it stands for. Literally. After the park goes offline, this conversation happens: Hammond: When we have control... Sattler: You never had control, that's the illusion!

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

I don't know how to feel about this. I mean we did elect him.

My therapist whenever I mention I've been watching tennis

the blair witch project manager

I worry that as we narrow the range of what we can talk about, think about, spend our time on, our ability to make expansive art and language shrinks, too, and so does our ability then to solve big problems and think creatively - all of which is the terrible point of fascism

TOGETHER: A couple in an excruciating relationship becomes afflicted with the need to merge. Doesn't have a ton to say beyond what's on the tin, but as a body-horror minimalist I enjoyed the creepy imagery (though I will say the scariest part was an early dream sequence). Grade = B-. (Hulu)

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image

EM going after that guy was the moment for me. Not only a trash person but a dangerous and cruel one.

Fuck today. deadline.com/2026/01/cath...

PSA: You are allowed to post about your accomplishments. You are allowed to share personal news. You are allowed to express positive sentiment. You get to be a person.

Meanwhile in my corner of Reddit

So did I. And yes.

ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.

"The Commander and the Grey Lady." Single best episode of Industry and one of the best episodes of TV I've ever seen. Genuinely.

Checked in on my ol' AO3 haunts and holy hell, chatGPT is everywhere. Fanfic writers, I would genuinely rather read the worst of your first draft writing than this creepy soulless sameness. Hate this shit.

As an American you wake up everyday in one of four moods

mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent