Just a huge shoutout to my wife @awkwardleftycj.bsky.social who has been such an amazing and patient caregiver during this last week and all the major physical issues I’ve faced. I’ll talk more on all that later when I can type with more than one finger on my phone.

Another CaturDog Playtime….

taking heart that while old directors on death's doorstep are cashing checks for wheezing "AI is the future we must embrace the slop" the kids just coming up are like "fuck AI it sucks complete ass"

such a classic scene

"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...

ok, this place has the juice

Thanks to @littlepodcastofhorrors.com for keeping me company while bedbound recovering from an arm injury

I will never understand why Merkel won’t just make an official account or willingly keep a record of his posts for public records. This has just been one long ego battle between council members who should be acting like adults www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

So Letterboxd is pretty wildly negative on Iron Lung and I didn't realize that before watching it, but man I had a completely opposite experience. Was incredibly impressed. At times it had me thinking of another horror film that was a singular realization of one man's wild vision, Mad God.

the original 1999 Matrix website isn't as well archived as the original Space Jam website but y'all. Do you remember this? Straight out of a Myst spinoff.

A few words on Russell T. Davies having "friends who are gender critical" and saying it publicly: youtu.be/Yv1681FYIc4

Romero does a great job of using this genre to discuss societal issues.

Iron Lung, Obsession, The Backrooms. Horror is not -back- per se, and it's as popular as ever but I will also argue we are entering into a new phase where small indie creators are being given the keys to the kingdom and making some great art in the process, and i love it.

NEW — While Former Acting U.S. Attorney Richard Barker resigned before the Spokane 3 were charged last year and criticized its outcome, there is a Bush-appointed former U.S. Attorney that thinks the opposite: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

The worst part about breakout horror movies are the insufferable articles by tourists proclaiming HORROR IS BACK! like most weekends last year didn't have horror in the top 5, or three different horror movies that cleared $300M+ worldwide, gleaning 1/3 of last year's Oscars. Horror is doing GREAT.

“What was that boom in Boston” bsky solidifies my belief that the last post on this site will be “hey did anyone else hear that?”

When the waiter tells you "Are you sure, it is very spicy":

Wait wait wait, Platner is a creep who disrespects his wife? The slur guy? The mercenary? The guy who loved doing imperialist violence? Are you sure? The guy who pretends to be a working class common joe whose excuse for his nazi tattoo was that he's very stupid? That guy? No. Don't buy it.

"Respectfully, nothing about this is 'concluded'"

The way these "AI checkers" work is very, very simple. It feeds part of the text into an LLM. If the LLM predicts, correctly, the missing text, it scores that as proof the LLM produced the text. And LLM's literally stole *every fucking book and forum post ever fucking written* to train on.

The best day of the week is CaturDogDay….

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

Very cool stuff seen at Minecraft Live today. Shelf Mushrooms, Wool Stairs and Slabs, Abandoned Camp structure, as well as new Poplar Trees and Wood set. Seems a very cool Fall themed update.

I hope you’re all watching Spider Noir in Authentic Black and White if you’re capable. Seems like a series that requires be watched in black and white.

Watching a new hope (RIP) for the first time in like a decade and I'm trying to figure out what the jawa business strategy even is. They wander the sands abducting masterless robots. Are there really enough robots wandering the desert of tatooine to support a thriving droid resale business?

Sometimes the people on both sides of an internet drama are shitheads and it's okay to not pick a side.

A new limited series take on the Alfred Hitchcock classic THE BIRDS is taking shape. Sarah Snook is attached to star. Tom Spezialy is writing. The limited series remake project is being taken out to buyers, @deadline.com reports. "A visceral, present-day reimagining."

I hate being a month away from 44 and yet i still often act like a whiny baby....like grow up Tali

Ffs

Pushback works.

Evergreen post

I always feel so bad for Christopher Eccleston cause it seems his time with Doctor Who was so completely torturous and yet none of his former costars really care or get why. Billie seems “oh here we go again” here while Chris is talking.

a lot of people are questioning me about hiring a bunch of klansmen, but here in the real world we all have to get along even when we have small disagreements about who are, and who are not people

there's a petition to sign in solidarity here:

Play a crossword puzzle game every night before bed and if there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that while I have a pretty good databank of word knowledge there are still words out there I’ve never heard before and that’s cool

The mayor of Spokane Lisa Brown weighed in on the verdict. www.kxly.com/news/mayor-s...

The animation chat has me thinking one telling thing - in the years since AI arrived, there's not been a ground-up indie phenomenon, like we saw with earlier tech (Flash, etc). It hasn't unlocked anyone's creativity. For all the anti-gatekeeping rhetroic, nothing anyone cares about has been born.

There is a distinct overlap with this and the people who end up going crazy because AI tells them they're a genius. Like at a fundamental level there is a yearning a lot of people have to be want to be exalted and special, and tbh I think a lot of that is probably related to capitalist alienation.

The people that use gen-AI and scream about “gatekeeping” don’t really want to make art. They want to be praised and to make money and want to skip the actual “art” process. They don’t JUST want a product, they want everyone to tell them how gifted and special they are, too, for no work!

It wouldn’t be an Israeli ceasefire if Israel wasn’t constantly violating it. Netanyahu orders the IDF to seize most of Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...?

Three protesters were convicted of conspiracy against ICE agents today in Spokane. It’s the first known prosecution of its kind in Eastern Washington. More: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

@kelso4wa.bsky.social thanks for following me I guess? The only way you’re going to get me and others to follow you back, though is to make a direct and firm post about Palestine for starters. The shocking lack of communication on this topic from your page here has me worried.

So when Augustine came up with the doctrine of original sin he was really just talking about himself and projecting....

Heartbroken over today’s verdict. Justice, Jac, and Bajun are my friends and my heroes. This is a setback, not the end. We will keep fighting for justice, human rights, and our community. Hug your loved ones tonight and stand with the Spokane 3.

Thank you, Spokane!

Does anyone know where I can find a good history on Syd Mead. There’s his autobiography but it’s $150 and incomplete as he passed away before he could finish it. There’s his art book but honestly it’s not super illuminating on his actual life.

Rewatching Juno with Elliot Page being a man in mind is interesting cause I’m just noticing how much masculine energy he has even in acting performance. Like this guy was clearly a dude all along.

The White Ribbon is playing on AMC+. If you've never seen this incredible movie, I highly recommend it. Deeply unsettling and perfectly shot. Stunning stuff.

Here's a Guardian article about the verdict. It raises the very obvious 1A concerns, and it gives @rangemedia.co a little shout-out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...