"Ziam" is a movie that asks the tough questions, like: how effective is Muay Thai against zombies? Based on that description alone you already know if you want to watch this or not.

Posting for the other movie people out there, just because this cinematographer's choice of three directors to work with is the most, um, eclectic, choice imaginable:

the words every girl wants to hear

Matsumi Kanemitsu, "Autumn Falls," 1989.

MONDAY. SPITE AS FUEL.

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says: "Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

“I’m Mexican, I’ve tasted spicier” protect him at all costs, Portland 🥹

wizard frog is insane

Okay, a tiny bit of good news.

Those of us who have been watching Jackie & Shadow in Big Bear already know this, but this is a nice demonstration of the difference between the cry of a tailed hawk vs. that of a bald eagle.

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Look nobody ever had autism before we were aware of and capable of diagnosing autism, you merely had a second son who was “touched” and he joined the monastery where he was known for communing with the birds.

Ominous calm.

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

The primary deity of Shingon Buddhism, and Jen’s favorite.

AI actress Tilly Norwood has tragically passed away while filming her first movie with director A Hologram of John Landis

happy october to all who celebrate

Damn, man, Takarafuji has been a sumo mainstay the entire time I've been watching sumo regularly (2016-ish). A bit of a bummer to see him retire but it's nice to know he'll be sticking around in the JSA.

Sad to hear about the passing of the Michelangelo of Movie posters, RENATO CASARO. The Man painted so many iconic posters, specially in the 70s/80s: CONAN, TERMINATOR, DUNE, TOTAL RECALL, DANCE WITH THE WOLVES, BLOW OUT, FLASH GORDON, RAMBO, NEVER-ENDING STORY, and the list goes on and on. 1/2

Those of us who aren’t white fully knew things could get this bad. Some of us might’ve been hoping they wouldn’t, but we all knew they *could.* But anyone who’s paid attention to the right wing also knew this could happen. It’s literally what they’ve been demanding for as long as I’ve been alive.

A proper sandwich will have you feeling that way.

I would never want to accuse anyone of phoning it in, but I will say, after watching several DTV action movies in a row (very drunk), that Frank Grillo lets his haircut do a lot of his acting for him.

I am amused by how much everyone, from the writer to the interviewees, is attempting to say "we're not saying he's doing a lot of cocaine, but he's totally doing a lot of cocaine."

The bees have discovered Brutalism

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.

The Lark https://www.wikiart.org/en/hans-hofmann/the-lark-1960

Dramatic Architecture https://www.wikiart.org/en/lyubov-popova/dramatic-architecture

The green macaron has been revealed, the gyoji has been tossed, the dohyo deconsecrated, and Onosato & Shirokuma have driven off in the white convertible (presumably with heavily reinforced suspension). And thus ends another basho! #sumo

Okay, Hoss couldn’t beat Onosato twice in a row, but still, this was a banger end to the tournament. *This* was the Hoss we wanted to see as yokozuna! (Also sure congrats to Onosato; your sumo is kinda boring but very, very effective.) #sumo #sumospoilers

Holy shit Hoss wins and we get a playoff! #sumo #sumospoilers

Not sure how Wakamotoharu derailed the Aonishiki train but they both had a pretty good basho! (Okay, *really* good in Aonishiki’s case.) #sumo #sumospoilers

Tricky Ura wasn’t tricky enough today, and Hakuoho gets his kachikoshi. Still, Ura ends this basho on a very respectable 10-5! #sumo #sumospoilers

The schedulers pit Hiradoumi & Kinbozan against each other in a Darwin match designed solely to hurt me. The outcome was pretty much what I expected; Hiradoumi marched out Glorious Kazakhstan, securing his kachikoshi & handling Kinbozan his makekoshi. #sumo #sumospoilers

Midorifuji goes for the leg-pick and drives Sadanoumi out to finish at 7-8. Not bad! #sumo #sumospoilers

Shodai, Agent of Chaos, beats Shishi in a wild back-and-forth battle! Not exactly what I was expecting, but that’s the Shodai experience. #sumo #sumospoilers

My boy Roga defeats Ryuden to finish at 7-8. Could be worse! #sumo #sumospoilers

Wow, amazing juryo debut for Asahakuryu, clinching the juryo yusho with a 13-2 record! #sumo #sumospoilers

Asanoyama beats Mita after a ferocious struggle! I didn’t realize Mita was fighting with a still-unhealed boxer’s fracture, which explains why his performance dropped off in week 2. Still, a great match! #sumo #sumospoilers

Hidenoumi beats Shirokuma, meaning he had his mind on his sumo today, and not babes or illegal gambling. (This was Jen’s favorite joke about Hidenoumi so I’m going to keep making it forever. Or until Hidenoumi retires; whichever comes first.) #sumo #sumospoilers

Oof. Uh, yeah, I know that feeling.

Hoss *really* wants to stay in the yusho race. I get it, Onosato got the fusen win and Hoss wanted to stay in the running, but it's been awhile since I've seen him do a henka *that* blatant. #sumo #sumospoilers

Short but intense bout between Aonishiki and my boy Hiradoumi! Hira's loss puts him at 7-7, while the unstoppable Ukrainian is having a great basho at 11-3 and probably secured his promotion to sekiwake. #sumo #sumospoilers

Old Man Tamawashi puts up a good fight but loses to Onokatsu. Really, though, every bout completed at his age is a victory (40 is old for a combat sport, not for planet Earth). #sumo #sumospoilers

That was a serious manhandling Oho dealt to Kusano. I always appreciate/fear for the wrestlers whenever I see someone get a really good arm lock on their opponent. #sumo #sumospoilers

Fujinokawa, who's now on my "ones to watch" list, beats the hapless Gonoyama, who is easily having his worst basho in makuuchi. #sumo #sumospoilers

Al Lazar (Man in a Hotel Room) https://www.wikiart.org/en/elaine-de-kooning/al-lazar-man-in-a-hotel-room-1954

I appreciate this deep cut.