I have been thinking about "As there's some bricks to maybe, and my ma, and run in house" and cackling about it once a day minimum for five days now and I hate that I can't just say that because the doofuses with money legitimately think that's the same thing as a sitcom youtu.be/x1IFpHyhYWI?...

Happy Halloween! If you would like some spooky seasonal distractions from *gestures broadly* I have been facing all kinds of fears and documenting the process on Patreon. Vlogs are currently up from Midsummer Scream, HHN, Delusion, and The 17th Door with more to come. www.patreon.com/lauracrone

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

My (so far) yearly "did an immersive horror show + low key could've handled it being scarier" post, @timestar.bsky.social is a true pal for having the "oh shit I just remembered I'm SCARED" moment in perfect unison with me about 10 minutes before we went to hell or whatever

Fucking finally

Y'all Actually Romantic is literally the first Taylor Swift song I've ever considered a bop on first listen and I have no idea what to do with that

For the last month YouTube has been recommending me videos about the same BookTok "drama" and I keep clicking on them like a rube because I simply cannot bring myself to accept that this much hard drive space could be spilled over the fact that a self-published debut novel isn't very good.

FYI if you're in southern California, Vons will let you book a COVID vaccine appointment even if you don't say you're in a high risk group, which not all pharmacies will!

Idk bro something about this whole Art the Clown Funko Pop everywhere branding nonsense is just not sitting well with me! Haven't been able to successfully articulate the finer details yet but the vibes are rancid!

Can't decide if I actually want to make a War Of/The Roses video or if I just want to scream from the rooftops Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS IS A 250 PAGE BOOK ABOUT DIVORCE AND THE FIRST TIME IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE MIGHT GET KILLED IS ON PAGE 180. THE *FIRST* TIME.

Good to see I am not alone in my reaction to a classic

I just spent a full hour convinced that my copy of House of Leaves had fully disappeared from my bookshelf and I'm struggling to think of a more apt or disturbing book for that to happen with

New video up now for patrons and Nebula subscribers. It is personal, weird, and messy, and while I'm working on a project that will repurpose a lot of the research and writing that went into it, this version will never be available this side of the pay wall.

Me when I attempt to attend my first haunt in 16 years and I accidentally end up at a preview of a Christian maybe hell house disguising itself as a photo opp

Behold the prettiest loaf of bread I have baked so far

Final post of the night: a heartwarming reunion between those arrested and released and their comrades back outside the MDC, and protesters are setting their tables and chairs back up after a hasty exit earlier. This is, at this point, routine.The occupation continues.

Another horrific series of press rights abuses tonight at hands of LAPD. Initial reports are 4 journalists injured (several bleeding), 3 cameras broken, 5 put in zip ties. All in defiance of state law, a judge's order, and chief's signed order. LAPD can't police itself. Maybe the judge will.

I asked the cashier at a local bookstore what she'd recommend to someone who wanted to read a romantasy and she said Bridget Jones's Diary and I have no idea what to make of that

Today's dispatch from Romantasyland is wow I do not *get* One Dark Window. Usually I can at least see what's appealing about a book that isn't for me but it is genuinely baffling to me why this book is so popular! (A problem of my imagination, to be clear, not a knock on people who liked it!)

Hello. My church held an in-person service this weekend for the first time since the LA ICE raids started two months ago and I would like to tell you about it.

Ok I would like to update this take with the corollary that BOTM applying the Sprayed Edge Tax to THEIR PICKS so that the only way to choose that book is with the upcharge is VIOLENCE. I paid for my annual subscription! In what world does that not pay for any twelve of their selection of books?!

It was meet and right to give [YouTuber] flak for calling nerd girls an "underutilized resource" but the underlying point of "bro why are you always talking yourself into crushing on girls you would not even enjoy hanging out with" was always a good one and it's wild that it's still this relevant.

Just had an encounter with a grade A asshole driver that had me yelling at my closed windows "I WOULD NOT LIKE TO MEET YOU!" and I don't think I could have come up with that outside the heat of the moment but I am now confident it's the most scathing insult I personally could give anyone.

Been reading some duds for romantasy research but whoa I'm instantly sold on The Cruel Prince

This is so petty as a person who made a whole video essay about Riley Sager being a not very good writer but 95% of the criticism I hear of Survive the Night, specifically, grinds my gears like nothing else

I just got carded buying tonic water, what are we doing here

Apropos of nothing I am starting a thread of cooking hacks I learned working in a corporate kitchen that I use at home all the time. Been meaning to do this for a while and I'll add stuff as I think about it!

Another guy at this noise demonstration in Pasadena is just wailing on a mailbox. Absolutely unhinged wailing on a mailbox. Hard to say it’s not fascinating to watch a man just go ham on a mailbox.

Dude at this bar just stopped me as I was walking by and went "excuse me, what's that story about a bunch of kids on an island?" And when I said Lord of the Flies he and his buddy just straight up flipped out, they'd clearly been struggling with that one for a WHILE

I'm only an hour in so I could be proven wrong but I am extremely nervous I'm about to repeat this journey with The War of the Roses

I am once again watching Ever After and once again struck by the realization that this is a PERFECT FILM

we're live in 5 minutes!! 💞

My dad read me the whole Chronicles of Narnia at least 3 times and the whole Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy when I was surprisingly old tbh, danced onstage with me at the '09 Hair revival on Broadway, and showed me Tron, and I don't think I can overstate the importance of any of those on my identity.

VindiCATION youtu.be/N_QpZq-1cy0?...

LAPD and LA Sheriffs tried to prevent two large protests from joining together in downtown and both departments ended up hitting EACH OTHER with impact munitions from across the same interesection.

I'm a progressive Christian, and I've been to a lot of Christian and interfaith political actions. In my direct experience, the reason these actions remain comparably peaceful even when overall tensions are high is OVERWHELMINGLY that the cops leave us alone.

I have seen drunkards Do more than this in sport.

Gavin Newsom sucks and he would be a terrible President and I retain faith that he will eat shit in the 2028 primary because he's an insincere mountain of hair grease but we should absolutely encourage the message that the best way to feed your own ambition is to do the right thing

Los Angeles, CA - You heard it here first folks. Protesters ran into an apartment building were initially detained, but were let in by residents of the apartment building and then were sheltered by residents in the building. LAPD has given up on the detainments and are gone now.

there’s a lot of talk about how “gnarly” things are in L.A. right now. not at this interfaith vigil a few blocks from the protest. this is nice. ❤️

In re: "LA is not a warzone you doofus," we haven't even had a curfew! In 2020 we were getting like 3 conflicting alerts a night about what time curfew started, essential workers were carrying official letterhead saying we were allowed to drive home from work at 5PM. None of that. Not even close!

Hey! Your politicians do not care if you suffer and die. They will care if you threaten their career and yell at them on the phone. CALL YOUR F'IN SENATOR, NO MATTER WHO! www.madycast.com/p/phoneemail...

Sharing this again since my home is out here reminding us that a revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having, and apparently dancing is enough to get the fascists to call it a revolt. Been adding stuff too, if you're a Tidal person!

This is CD14 too so bonus points if they can do it in front of one of those ffffucking signs DeLeon's office was handing out to try to make people forget/excuse that he was too much of a racist coward to show up to work for like a year

I can't tell you HOW PISSED Los Angeles is right now. Every single person I know and every group chat (no matter the original topic) is 100% focused on what's happening, and the solidarity is universal across the city. Reminds me of 2020. Here's a cop car with a come wedged on top for fun.

Nothing more LA than this woman selling dirty dogs in between rubber bullets and tear gas

not sure there's a more embarrassing profession than ICE agent. Oh, you dress like a soldier to abduct sous chefs and throw flashbangs at protesters? Get a real job you loser

Nine people from my church were detained by ICE today. NINE.