Corporations the first day of Pride Month vs the same corporations the nanosecond Pride Month is over:

If you're at MCM, Joel is going to be here too! It's a rare live Just The Thing meetup!

Happy #stephenkingsunday! On the The Losers Club Stacks series, I recommended: 1. Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg 2. Daughter of Daring by @malloryomeara.bsky.social 3. Noobs by @cgregan.bsky.social 4. Peter & the Pulsars 5. Subtle Hints (the band & album) open.spotify.com/episode/0Z3z...

This is amazing.

Really enjoyed Thunderbolts. Good fun, with a tight script and an interesting theme. Totally works as a standalone film too.

always relevant

Feels like a real missed opportunity that Tom Hardy's character in Havoc isn't called Jack Havoc.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

LAST OF US SEASON 2 SPOILER: So is Joel pregnant yet or are they not following the game

[Pushes cowboy hat back, spits tobacco juice, squints into the distance] Well son looks like we got ourselves a conclave

The “in effect; virtually” meaning of 'literally' is not a new sense. It has been in regular use since the 18th century and may be found in the writings of Mark Twain, Charlotte Brontë, James Joyce, and many others.

No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days. Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.

Just rewatched the Max Headroom TV movie, which I hadn't seen since I was a kid. The part where the guy explodes from watching concentrated ads still hits hard.

Latest "how middle-aged am I?" news - I've just signed up to a cheese subscription.

Something I made ages ago that I thought I'd repost for #transdayofvisibility youtu.be/9bUbZ66g8us?...

I finished Still Wakes The Deep last night. I really enjoyed it and it was technically excellent, but I would've preferred a slower build up. It's like if The Thing skipped straight from the dog exploding to the blood test scene. Better than The Rig, though.

In case you want some sweet news today. I’m volunteering at the book fair at my kid’s school, and discovered Dav Pilkey paid for the whole thing. For the entire school. Every kid pre-k through fifth grade (the whole school) goes home with two free books.

Hell yeah.

Unsolicited advice for newbie authors attending conventions: Do not lie to authors who are at a table selling their books. Don't fucking do it bro. Ask for advice? Go right ahead! Approach under false pretense of interest in our books before you reveal your real reason for talking to us? DO NOT.

Watched The Substance tonight, second watch for me, first for my wife who loved it. I think it's excellent, fully deserving of it's award nominations and should definitely have picked up more wins. It's not subtle but there is nuance there if you look for it, and overall it's just incredibly sad.

Announcing our next chapter 💦 ✨ PowerWash Simulator 2 ✨ Coming 2025!

I made a new podcast episode! This is a bonus in which I read my story “Imogen’s Skeleton” from my book MORE TALES TO KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT, which is available now in a lovely paperback edition from Penguin Workshop. Buy a book/ give a listen. ourfirstfears.buzzsprout.com

Good news!

Protecting Trans people is the cornerstone to the Democrats having any kind of future as a credible party. Like the sides are being drawn up and you really have to make the case pretty clearly: "We're the ones who care about humanity." Any less than that and what are you even doing?

This is a really great episode, if you're at all interested in witches or folklore this is essential listening.

Finally got to see The People's Joker (3rd cinema trip in 4 days!) and I really loved it. It's chaotic and messy and mad but there's a really heartfelt story at it's core that really shines through.

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Just completed Indika. What an incredibly strange and fascinating game. Like playing a Tarkovsky movie.

I finally watched the second half of Threads and I am not okay.

"It's Die Hard but with Enya in a Castle"

the pact

Just found out that Geena Davis was at one point developing her own idea for a sequel to The Fly and it sounds incredible, it would've been way better than The Fly 2.

My cat has pretty good taste in movies.

Stayed up too late playing Fear the Spotlight, but it's such a great game. It has that addictive survival horror loop of 'ah, I know which door that key opens, I'll just take a look...'

It's What's Inside is a great film, I really enjoyed it.

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

@kirkhamilton.com I also just watched Trap and totally agree! The first 45 minutes were so good and then it went off the rails!

Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' got its first big win with Trump declaring there are only two genders. This is an agenda that will see laws passed to push gays back into the closet and women back into the kitchen. Our trans siblings are in the front line of this fight, so now more than ever

Totally agree with this. I remember this conversation with my dad after seeing Lost Highway at the cinema: Dad: Did you like that? Me: Yes. Dad: Me too. Did you understand any of it? Me: No. Dad: Neither did I.

Macbeth watched in panic as Birnam Wood advanced upon the castle. He muttered, "Oh shit, someone called the copse."

I got to be friends with David Lynch when we were both at Universal years ago. A very kind man, he was a fan of Bob's Big Boy. So was I. I'm going to miss him. R.I.P. David.

I have a box of clown masks from a short film I made a while ago. Last night my daughter fell off the bed and landed on it. On the way to school today she told me she was excited to tell everyone about the time she "fell into the box of clowns".

Loved the new Nosferatu. It's a really solid adaptation of Dracula that gets so many things right and brings some new interpretation as well. Sometimes it's a little style over logic, but then it all looks so great that I didn't mind.

I'm about to turn 45, my parents got me Star Wars Outlaws for Christmas, I've been playing it non-stop (around bouts of necessary adulting) since then, the same way my 12-year-old has been playing their new Mario game. This is why I love video games.

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I'm watching this awful Bruce Willis movie, Extraction, and the macguffin is called the Patriarch Key, so people just keep asking Bruce Willis what he's done with the patriarchy.

Really enjoyed the Like A Dragon TV show. One of the few instances where I actually wanted more episodes.