But how else will men know what it feels like to be a man

People Just Keep Watching 'The Acolyte'

It always amuses me how Hollywood looks down on books when so much of their content is based on books. about.netflix.com/en/news/how-...

Very excited to be working with @kierstenwhite.bsky.social again, this time in one of her favorite genres--horror! This one's for the younger set, and the villain is as terrifying as it gets (his initials are D.V.). www.polygon.com/star-wars-ho...

Exposing a global 'rape academy.' A months-long CNN investigation uncovers a hidden network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it. New from CNN's Saskya Vandoorne, Niamh Kennedy and Kara Fox. edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

Valentina Sgro and Todd Vaziri talk about why misinformation about digital visual effects is so bizarre and hurtful, for World VFX Day. our full 48 minute discussion: youtu.be/8hHWUslmz5Y?...

Drop your crime-fighting Catholics:

It has always been interesting to consider why US companies do not push for universal healthcare. This makes clear that for the ruling class, control over workers takes precedent over profit. Tethering healthcare to employment forces people to stay in situations they would otherwise contest or exit.

I didn't know if it's true that one uses different parts of one's brain, but I do know reading what I wrote aloud catches a whole bunch of simple grammar and copy-edit errors, and it's a practice I recommend for every writer.

Our for-profit healthcare system is not only amoral, it is bad for the economy.

This is WILD. Fingers crossed it’s for real. phys.org/news/2026-04...

Class act. theonion.com/george-lucas...

My dad got a case of Lyme that spread to his brain/spinal fluid and he was left with permanent neurological deficits from it. A lot of people don't realize just how serious this disease can be. A vaccine would be wonderful news. (What happened to him is just one reason I am Against Lawns.)

This is a hard story to read. Imagine being asked to ignore a dead coworker to maintain productivity that further enriches shareholders. What would that do to your mental health? How could you return to work the next day? The human costs of our late-stage capitalist economy are all too real.

You know what would also help her afford her husband's cancer treatments? UNIVERSAL FUCKING HEALTH CARE JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HOW IS THIS GODDAMN COUNTRY STILL LIKE THIS MAYBE GRANDMA SHOULDN"T HAVE TO DELIVER FOOD LIKE A TEENAGER IF WE HAD A DECENT FUCKING SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!

Hahaha I love you @superyakishop.bsky.social superyaki.com/products/90-...

AI is the great publishing leveler because it helps ladies do hard stuff, like math! - my takeaway from the end of this piece www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

This is fucking awful

In the past month I have met two different people who thought the Star Wars films were based on books, that books came first. Has anyone else encountered this?? It also feels like a sad commentary on Hollywood's lack of original ideas, an assumption that books must be the source material.

A lot of the time it's because we want a completely new voice, in fact!

Bees are small, fragile, and easily overlooked. And yet, in their heavy pollen-laden wings, they hold something of the planet's balance. With every flight, with every touch of the petals, the bee gathers not only nectar—it gathers life, color, hope.

Ezra Levin from Indivisible on Rachel Maddow with a poster behind him that says “We have friends everywhere.”

Also.... this cutie. I miss her.

Saw that Arsenio Hall has a memoir out and it made me wonder if the time Carrie Fisher was on his show is on YouTube and of course it is. It's a classic. If you are a young'un who's never seen this, here you go. Uh, be warned it's mostly about sex though. ;) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OtT...

A long time ago, in a mailroom far, far away... we received some amazing #StarWarsSquadrons fanart from @jakebartok.bsky.social. After much time and many adventures, they have finally found a safe spot in Motive's game room above the fireplace 💙

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures--Pathfinders begins this week with issue #1! Details: https://bit.ly/4kzjoSz From the team of @georgemann.bsky.social, Partha Pratim, Jagdish Kumar, @atiyehcolors.bsky.social, and @comicraft1992.bsky.social, with cover from @jakebartok.bsky.social

Elizabeth Banks

Glad to hear it.

I thought work from home was bad and everyone needed to be forced back to the office. www.bbc.com/news/article...

It is, like so many other investigative methods we have come to take for granted, essentially junk science. (See also: hair testing (non-genetic), bite marks, etc.) I HIGHLY recommend "The Innocence Files" on Netflix that deals w/ a lot of these issues through the lens of The Innocence Project.

Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that

Something I really encourage people to do is conduct a walk audit in their community and really look at infrastructure through the lens of someone disabled, especially if they're using a wheelchair or other mobility aid. Things are often far less accessible than nondisabled people think.

I think a clear sign of societal decline is that no one ever passes on Family Feud anymore. The odds that your family is going to correctly guess all ten “places a jealous wife might put a camera to film her husband” are very slim. Cast aside your hubris!

I know we all understood that the post-Musk version of Twitter featured more right-wing slop, but this academic study of the algorithm's effects is pretty astonishing: Just 7 weeks of using the "For you" feed made X users more sympathetic to Trump www.fastcompany.com/91507338/x-a...

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

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Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

Hear me out on this one, I think it just might work

Do any book folks out there have a recommendation for a freelance publicist? An author friend is looking for someone to help promote a reissue of their book. It's nonfiction, film-related. Any leads would be appreciated.

My mother sent me an email telling me to go on Facebook to see AI making Han Solo dance as Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, and I would prefer not to do that.

It is once again my delight to reveal a new chapter of the Reign of the Empire trilogy, Edge of the Abyss by @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social—and featuring a few familiar faces from a little TV show you may have heard about, Andor

It's all so clear

Aaaargh I just found out Fran Lebowitz is doing a talk in SF next week...and that it's sold out. I AM BEREFT.

This mainly seems like a preview of the kind of role Kyle Chandler is going to play for the rest of his life

Who will think of the selfless billionaires

lmao

restaurant manager: hey so, sorry to bother you, but is that a service animal? it's just, we have a policy- jabba the hutt: je wonna wonga, bazda wahota shonga salacious b crumb: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA restaurant manager: ah. ok. cool

In-world-oral-histories hive rise up! (I know you're out there)

Does Heather Gay's five-book deal (five!!) with Podium make her the first Real Housewife to write a novel, or am I forgetting someone?