My Spanish teacher put me and two other classmates in detention for failing a test. His rationale was we had "clearly" not studied hard enough. This burned into my brain "if I fail, it's because I didn't try hard enough, and I should be punished for it". Still learning to unlearn that to this day.

Stories of my retirement from film criticism may have been greatly exaggerated. Especially by me. My review of AGAIN AGAIN is now live on Alternative Lens! @miamoore.bsky.social @theabigailthorn.bsky.social

"He's a menace ... I WANT SPIDER-MAN!" J.K. Simmons is at the Mets game tonight and ran into a familiar face 😂

A perfect tribute to an absolute legend of voice acting. If you don’t think Tom Kane had an impact on your childhood, check his credits and be proven wrong. Rest in peace.

Endings that live rent-free in my head:

Insert usual "cancelled white cishetero dudes don't stay cancelled" quote here. This creep admitted to sleeping with his own students, and yet he still gets to be part of a big action franchise? Fuck that!

About to watch Mortal Kombat II, and they just played the trailers for the new Resident Evil and the new Street Fighter. Are we…are we on the cusp of the golden era of video game movies? I know I thought this a decade ago when Warcraft and Assassin’s Creed were coming out, but…maybe? I hope? 🤞

A lot of weird conversations were had during KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES last weekend. One of them was "What if Bam Margera was a Bloodborne boss?" I couldn't help but bring that cursed image to life:

I resent the part where Eden calls Project 8 a bad game (janky and poorly-aged, but not bad!), but otherwise I'm in total agreement! Thank you to everyone who made K4TL this year such a success! Here's hoping whatever we end up doing next year is even bigger and better! I love our gay+trans kids!

The final tally, after all the late Donos: £1620. What a silly amount of money for me fumbling through a bad Skateboarding game from 20 years ago. Holy shit. Thank you all. £2k in 2027?

The K4TL 2026 "One Night In Beaver Valley" T-Shirt is LIVE on the KoFi store! Commemorate an incredible day of fundraising and skating with this amazing shirt, featuring the name of EVERY guest across the back! Plus, every sale donates £5 to Gendered Intelligence! ko-fi.com/queerbuccane...

That's a wrap on KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES 2026! Over the course of 12 hours, we raised £1550 for @genderedintelligence.co.uk! Thank you to everyone who donated. This stream went so much better than we could have dreamed. The donation page will stay live until tomorrow, so there's still time!

Come join us at Kickflips for Trans Lives for some beautiful beautiful sillies www.twitch.tv/queerbuccane...

Two of my favourite discoveries from the KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES stream so far: there was a skateboarding game for the GBA called NO RULES: GET PHAT, and the plot description of it on Wikipedia is a thing of beauty I have to post in case in gets editing future. Behold!

We just surpassed our total from last year in just over five hours! Thank you to @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social for pushing us over the line, and to everyone else who has donated so far! Coming up: we've got @stopskeletons.bsky.social joining us live from Milwaukee!

Flint is live with these wonderful folks and more! Come and hang! Don't worry the only news we're talking is donations and game progress 🛹

KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES IS LIVE! Join me, @tincanaudio.co.uk, @jennyjanewrites.bsky.social and some AMAZING guests for the next...however long it takes me to beat this game as we raise money for @genderedintelligence.co.uk! twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer tiltify.com/@queerbuccaneer/kickflips2026

KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES is about to go live, and if the line-up we've announced so far isn't enough, here's some last-minute bombshells. Joining us later on will be...Super Eyepatch Wolf @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social and Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social! Come watch at twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer !

WE ARE LIVE in JUST OVER AN HOUR! We have Donation Raffles for CUSTOM MUSIC, CUSTOM ART, a LIVE MUSICIAN TAKING REQUESTS and some AMAZING guests lined up all day! Peep the donation link for more details! tiltify.com/@queerbuccaneer/kickflips2026 twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer

Kickflips For Trans Rights IS TODAY! I'll be joining @queerbuccaneer.gay & @jennyjanewrites.bsky.social as well as a host of some of coolest people on the internet to raise money for @genderedintelligence.co.uk. Kick(flip) off is at 12pm UK time!

Good morning, folks. KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES starts in just under THREE HOURS! Tune in to twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer at 12pm BST! Until then, here's some Miis of your K4TL hosts and the current members of the Hedgehog skate fam!

OK, so EA has decided they need to compete with CoD at the cinema too, and I'm not exactly excited by the idea of more military propoganda, but if we're gonna get it...this is a WAY better actor/director duo for it than whatever actor MAGA sychophant Peter Berg signs on. www.ign.com/articles/bat...

Yes, the meme I’m referencing is old, but somehow the game we’re playing tomorrow is even older. Tune into twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer tomorrow at 12pm BST for KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Hosted by @queerbuccaneer.gay, @tincanaudio.co.uk and me, raising money for @genderedintelligence.co.uk

This time TOMORROW we will already be rolling on with K4TL! I can't wait to skate around and raise money for trans lives with y'all!

This is tomorrow!!!

If you love Tony Hawk games and human rights then this is a great way to spend your Saturday

We are mere days away from running in a cyc-a-lone come on come on take it to the zone aight.

OHSHITHATSME! And other, cooler people.

Very flattered to have been asked to be a part of this but it falls on the ONE WEEKEND this month I’ll be busy! I’ll be in Milwaukee for Midwest Gaming Classic for Faceball multiplayer, but you should watch and donate this Saturday!

Confirmed, y'all: they fixed Lana & Lilly's names in the 4K remaster of Speed Racer!

Zach Galifinakis stars as a talk show host whose TV set gets invaded by demons in… EVIL DEAD FERN

So buzzed about this line-up, and this is only a fraction of the talent we’ve got aboard! We’ve got so many creatives of all sizes taking part on Saturday, plus more exciting guests still to be confirmed, so watch this space! Want to get involved yourself? Send me a DM, and let’s talk kickflipping!

So buzzed about this line-up, and this is only a fraction of the talent we’ve got aboard! We’ve got so many creatives of all sizes taking part on Saturday, plus more exciting guests still to be confirmed, so watch this space! Want to get involved yourself? Send me a DM, and let’s talk kickflipping!

So K4TL is THIS SATURDAY! But who can you expect to see there? Of course, your hosts are Me, @tincanaudio.co.uk and @jennyjanewrites.bsky.social + some great guests lined up, including @thejenna.bsky.social, @jessiegender.bsky.social, @maggiemaefish.bsky.social and more! twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer

We’re getting ready to announce the initial line-up of guests real soon. Seriously, I think the whole K4TL team has outdone themselves this year in terms of assembling a killer roster. We’re still very much welcome to accepting new guests. If you’re interested, DM me and we can discuss details!

Whenever I open notifications on here, I get a red exclamation warning saying "Forbidden!" Apparently, checking who is tagging, following, liking and reposting me is illegal now. BlueSky, you still sure letting a dodgy algorithm do your coding for you is a good idea?

Watch twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer on Saturday 25th April at 12PM BST for KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES 2026! A marathon of TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8, raising funds for @genderedintelligence.co.uk . Hosted by @queerbuccaneer.gay and @jennyjanewrites.bsky.social. Donate at tiltify.com/@queerbuccan...

Reasons I am, and am not, interested in Brad Bird's RAY GUNN (1/4)

On 25th April at 12PM BST, KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS RIGHTS is back! We'll be raising money for @genderedintelligence.co.uk whilst playing TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8. Myself, @queerbuccaneer.gay, and @tincanaudio.co.uk are right now securing special guests and prizes. Trust me: you won't want to miss this!

Happy Easter! Here’s an alpaca I saw today to cleanse your timeline.

Me and Eden are doing it again, folks! If you are interested in being a part of the stream, hit up me or @queerbuccaneer.gay, and we'll add you to our K4TL server. I love this little community of trans folks, queers and allies we've created, and I hope you'll come aboard. See y'all on the 25th!

Lana Condor coming in with the most cursed @letterboxd.social Four Faves ever in this. "Yeah, I'm gonna pick a movie based on a book by Queen of the Transphobes, a movie written by the Nepo Baby Sex Pest, and a movie directed by THE Celebrity Anti-Semite. Oh, and Devil Wears Prada too, tee hee!" 🙄

the types of podcasts: a guide

I know casting a trans minor is a difficult prospect in these times, but having a cis girl play trans boy Lev in The Last of Us show is still a bad call. I don't care if you had an "inclusive" casting call. If Naughty Dog went to the effort of finding a transmasc Asian for the game, why can't HBO?

With so many horror movie IPs getting turned into asymmetrical multiplayer games, how come no one has done Ready or Not yet? The USP is obvious: rather than most players being random survivors with one killer, instead most players ARE the killers trying to hunt down one sacrifice.

Perfect

Yo @patrickhwillems.bsky.social, Ryan Gosling just read your Anatomy of a Fall review to Sandra Huller! You excited for the promise of more knitwear in Project Hail Mary? @letterboxd.social