Most Mormons know that a good contingent of Christians don't consider them Christian. (Most non-Mormons don't know but that's another post.) So Mike Lee is not actually surprised by this, but if he thinks he has the ability to change this, well lmao indeed.

This article is depressing because it's other newsroom leaders basically saying that the new guy should have been nicer and bullshitted more. As if that is the problem.

Be Gay, Fight Monsters: Horror Shows to Help You Battle Your Inner and Outer Homophobic Demons - Aigner Loren Wilson’s latest piece explores queerness and late 90s/early 2000s television, especially Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Read here: www.darkertimes.com/be-gay-fight...

Many people have said "Hey congrats on the site but I'm not really a horror person." And most of the time I disagree! I think everyone enjoyed at least some flavor of horror, even scaredy cats. So for you, some service journalism.

This is very hard and I was gonna just pout and say it was too hard but thanks to Letterboxd I could at least pick 2: 70s: Barry Lyndon, Jaws 80s: Amadeus, Moonstruck 90s: Clueless, Scream 00s: Spirited Away, Before Sunset 10s: Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire 20s: The Taste of Things, Pillion

I was offline all day and it was... Nice. Maybe I'll do it again tomorrow.

Up early so I can hop in my car and drive to Pittsburgh for StokerCon for @darkertimes.bsky.social. First time going to a writer conference as a writer since my blogging days over a decade ago.

"When Penn State Health informed Elliot that it was going to be abruptly terminating care for trans youth, he was disappointed that instead of giving him real resources the hospital gave him the number of a suicide hotline."

Today I want to introduce one of the supernaturally talented @darkertimes.bsky.social crew: @annarosereads.bsky.social. You can check out her intro essay on a subject dear to my heart: The X-Files. www.darkertimes.com/the-need-to-...

In good/bad news, I hit my deductible for my health insurance. 🎉💸

Want to know more about Darker Times? Glad you asked 😈 Here’s a thread! 💀 We are a worker-owner horror magazine that takes a thoughtful, personal, and critical look at the genre. 💀 We cover books, television, films, video games, and beyond. (1/2)

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My first post on @darkertimes.bsky.social is called “Why Horror When So Much Horror?” It’s an answer to the question I expect from a lot of people: why start a horror blog now?? Have you looked outside?? In this economy?? www.darkertimes.com/why-horror-w...

ICYMI! We made a thing!

ANY PERSON this age group can get a card, whether or not they’re experiencing book bans. That’s powerful for queer young folks in small towns with no libraries or libraries with limited hours or collections, too.

Had my first dabbling in electional astrology and set up the chart for @darkertimes.bsky.social: We're a double Gemini (with a Sun/Ascendant conjunction!) with a Sagittarius full moon: thoughtful, witty, fun, curious, and excited. Venus and Jupiter in the 2nd house, baby!

@aas-cat.bsky.social Cat!!!!!!

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

Thank you!! One of the first things subscriptions will fund is getting essays from freelancers up on the site at a fair rate for their time and talents. I hope folks will keep us in mind for pitches once we're open!

happy pride! i edit an online literary magazine called beestung that's for two-spirit, non-binary, and genderqueer writers and readers. you can support me by reading us and sharing what we're doing. we're also open for new work for The Pleasure Issue! beestungmag.com

Today a strange new creature enters the world. Friends, I present to you, a new blog of horror commentary, criticism, and culture: Darker Times www.darkertimes.com/introducing-...

Might have a little announcement coming... 👀👻

Was telling the kids about Fiddler on the Roof (I think it needs to go on our pop culture education list) but now that means I will have Sunrise, Sunset running through my head for the next month.

If you haven't seen Is God Is, I highly recommend! I think this may be the last weekend it's in theaters, per Aleasha's insta, and it's worth seeing on a big screen. I love that the weapon of choice is a rock in a sock, b/c everyone in the story exists within a prison of patriarchy

Just saw one of those "Here's what Kalshi says about who will win the match!" things at the French Open. I hate to break it to Kalshi but we are watching the match because we don't know who will win. That's why it is fun.

This match is basically unwatchable. The scoreboard will get stuck for long stretches so every time I turn the match on I don't know what set or game we're in, not to mention the points.

The HBO coverage of Roland Garros is still pretty glitchy but I have been waiting my whole adult life for the multi-match view that can toggle into any match.

Honestly chilling how big chunks of the book world are willing to just immediately roll out the carpet for the fascists before even being told to

Is there somewhere in Chapel Hill that will have the French Open on at 9am??

Nothing better than watching Djokovic lose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fonseca is my hero.

I am rereading IN THE WOODS again, and I'm realizing that this is the actual one true comp to THE SECRET HISTORY. Yes I know they are basically nothing alike BUT the thing all the knockoffs tried and failed to do--the VIBES the PROSE the MYSTERY--that is a perfect match.

I don't understand the current situation where oil is being priced like things are only a little bad, so everyone acts like things are only a little bad when actually we are running straight for a cliff. I need reality to be reality instead of this pretend it's nbd thing we keep doing.

I know this is fun to dunk on but this doesn't actually seem to be about rich people. These windowless units go for well under $100k and they're appealing to survivalists not any actual "luxury." This is just a bad landlord, apparently. futurism.com/future-socie...

Look if you don't want to get sued by the brand whose trademark you are parodying then you wouldn't try to enter their exact business and get your own trademark in it. This all feels like it was pretty avoidable which makes me wonder if this publicity about it was the goal.

I am really tired of the trailer for the WWII movie that seems to be about the weatherman who saved D-Day where everyone is acting very serious but it all just looks very silly. Just send that thing straight to The History Channel or wherever the grandpas go for such things.

This program required people to submit proof of income, social security number, and photo id. Very clear why local mutual aid groups have been much more successful.

Started a galley of Daniel Lavery's new novel MEETING NEW PEOPLE a while ago but I realized a few chapters in that it will probably be better on audio. It comes out next week and now I find Marcia Gay Harden is reading it so my pre-order is in baby.

Bit the hell out of my tongue while numbed up at the dentist today so I'm extremely aware of every little bit of my nerves coming back online.

I saw Midsommar with a guy and some of his guy friends were also there and afterwards they were all truly shocked SHOCKED that I was rooting for Florence Pugh and hated the boyfriend. I know you have to trust your audience but a lot of audiences cannot be trusted.

I was listening to a podcast episode that was a few years old and at one point they referred to the Trump presidency as something that happened in the past and I felt the most intense pang of jealousy.

All the good movie physical media is Blu-ray but i don't have a Blu-ray player. Am I supposed to get one? Is there another solution?

He's so good. Whenever I get an audiobook he's narrated I know I'm in for a treat.

One thing that never changes about the Internet: the job postings always ask for X years of experience when the thing that the job is for didn't exist X years ago. Have seen that X go from 5 years to 10 and now to 15!

I'm looking for an example of a serial killer thriller where the killer is not only always one step ahead but is able to avoid capture to the extent that they would have to be superhuman. Looking for more mystery/thriller. Novels or movies ok.

Just saw the first firefly of the season!!!

Feels like we will be reading about the way this one man spent tax dollars frivolously for years to come. All this for ridiculous videos for INTERNAL use made by a vendor who was told they'd spend whatever it takes.

Stock your bookshelves so when your teenager asks you for examples of novels that use a literary structure or device you have multiple examples to give her. (I'm feeling very pleased with myself.)

Nothing can ever be just good. Weather has finally turned summery so now of course it's roach season. (I have an exterminator come regularly but they are coming up through the drains from the sewer so there is basically an endless supply of them.)

I'm not a big revenge movie person but I loved this. Great visual style that really fits the material. Fantastic performance from Kara Young that anchors the film.

This voiceover is figuring out what a voiceover is in real time, it's less breaking the 4th wall and more like a dog realizing it can talk.