Alex A. Pagliuca
@alexpagliuca.bsky.social
Writer. Film lover. Horror evangelist. Anti-fascist. Night owl. Misfit toy. Pragmatic idealist, and skeptic at the same time. Autistic. AI is for suckers. All I want is to be an honest man and a good writer.
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The Year in Horror 2025: Have You Checked The Children? | Alex Pagliuca
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We’re just about at year’s end. What was one of the dominant themes in horror 2025, and what does that say about the fears and anxieties of the people making and responding to them?
I have some ideas. Free to all.
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I have some ideas. Free to all.
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If you missed Chloé Zhao's Hamnet in theaters, here's when to watch the heart-wrenching drama at home — digitally or when it hits physical media.
How To Watch Jessie Buckley And Paul Mescal's Hamnet At Home - SlashFilm
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February 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
If you missed Chloé Zhao's Hamnet in theaters, here's when to watch the heart-wrenching drama at home — digitally or when it hits physical media.
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If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
Imagine writing these words, in February 2026, regarding the most vicious McCarthyite of the modern era: "Bari Weiss Hates cancel culture"
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
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This is a fantastic article.
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This is a fantastic article.
Fascism must be crushed.
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Fascism must be crushed.
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SPOOKY EMPIRE creeps into Charleston, South Carolina, February 7-8. Tickets on sale now! https://ow.ly/xumM50Y8m8w
SPOOKY EMPIRE Creeps into Charleston, South Carolina, February 7-8 - Rue Morgue
South Cackalacky plays host to genre icons Felissa Rose, Kane Hodder, William Forsythe and others the weekend before Valentine's Day.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
SPOOKY EMPIRE creeps into Charleston, South Carolina, February 7-8. Tickets on sale now! https://ow.ly/xumM50Y8m8w
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Trading card games are the bread and butter of the tabletop gaming world, and now, Universal wants a piece of the piece. The studio just announced that it’s partnering with Spin Master to release Hellbreak, a new trading card game that allows players to collect, trade, and battle their favorite…
Tired Of Pokémon? Universal Has New Horror Trading Cards For You
Trading card games are the bread and butter of the tabletop gaming world, and now, Universal wants a piece of the piece. The studio just announced that it’s partnering with Spin Master to release Hellbreak, a new trading card game that allows players to collect, trade, and battle their favorite Universal Monsters against one another,...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Trading card games are the bread and butter of the tabletop gaming world, and now, Universal wants a piece of the piece. The studio just announced that it’s partnering with Spin Master to release Hellbreak, a new trading card game that allows players to collect, trade, and battle their favorite…
Don't know. The first season was FAR, FAR better than it had any right to be. This looks more like the films though, which have gone from fine to... not fine. We'll see I guess.
A new god rises in the official trailer for MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS Season 2, premiering February 27.
Kong and Godzilla team up to fight a brand new monster!
Kong and Godzilla team up to fight a brand new monster!
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Don't know. The first season was FAR, FAR better than it had any right to be. This looks more like the films though, which have gone from fine to... not fine. We'll see I guess.
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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This isn't about showing bigots who they were "in bed" with--they knew and didn't care. What it IS about is showing the common people the lies and pulling back the curtain on bigotry. It IS about telling persecuted people that they are of worth and essential to the fabric of our society.
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This isn't about showing bigots who they were "in bed" with--they knew and didn't care. What it IS about is showing the common people the lies and pulling back the curtain on bigotry. It IS about telling persecuted people that they are of worth and essential to the fabric of our society.
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Everyone who stays on Twitter ends up like Smegal from Lord of The Rings, except the precious is just engagements.
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Everyone who stays on Twitter ends up like Smegal from Lord of The Rings, except the precious is just engagements.
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“To protect his reputation” tells you a lot.
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
“To protect his reputation” tells you a lot.
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
We're all just meat for the grinder to these people, and I think it's beyond time we give them a taste of what that feels like, and what comes with it.
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We're all just meat for the grinder to these people, and I think it's beyond time we give them a taste of what that feels like, and what comes with it.
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I remember when I could enjoy random cat videos without having to concern myself if they were AI or not
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I remember when I could enjoy random cat videos without having to concern myself if they were AI or not
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See some of y’all in San Jose before too long, here:
Then I saw this and registered for the upcoming @sgj.bsky.social visit...
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
See some of y’all in San Jose before too long, here:
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I’m not a housing expert or economist but something I wonder is how the housing landscape would change if people were only allowed to own one, maybe max 2 dwellings, and corporations could own zero.
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say the amount of available housing contributes “a great deal” to the cost of housing, a survey found.
But supply skeptics like Michael Storper, an urban planning professor, argue that enough homes are already being built.
But supply skeptics like Michael Storper, an urban planning professor, argue that enough homes are already being built.
Are YIMBYs winning the housing wars? Not so fast, these people say.
Though the “build more” movement is chalking up wins, supply skeptics contend housing affordability calls for government policies, not just market forces.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I’m not a housing expert or economist but something I wonder is how the housing landscape would change if people were only allowed to own one, maybe max 2 dwellings, and corporations could own zero.
This is why I have a gut reaction to the criticism that "______ is mediocre." The definitions and requirements of exceptional are simultaneously harmful to the individuals attempting to reach it, and also incredibly biased in favor of what the systems harming us require.
I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race.
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This is why I have a gut reaction to the criticism that "______ is mediocre." The definitions and requirements of exceptional are simultaneously harmful to the individuals attempting to reach it, and also incredibly biased in favor of what the systems harming us require.
This is a secret police, acting with the understanding law does not apply to them. We need to abolish ICE, 100%. We also need to start trying our best to get the people of the US to understand the system which allowed this, must be replaced with one that won't.
February 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This is a secret police, acting with the understanding law does not apply to them. We need to abolish ICE, 100%. We also need to start trying our best to get the people of the US to understand the system which allowed this, must be replaced with one that won't.
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ICE has declared war on america. body cams will not fix this.
abolish ice.
abolish ice.
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
ICE has declared war on america. body cams will not fix this.
abolish ice.
abolish ice.
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They arrested at 21 year old too along with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort - share.inquirer.com/ebzCYi [gift link]
Temple student arrested for anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church in case involving journalist Don Lemon
Jerome Richardson, 21, a senior at Temple who is a native of St. Paul, turned himself in Monday morning to federal authorities in Philadelphia.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
They arrested at 21 year old too along with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort - share.inquirer.com/ebzCYi [gift link]
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The Morning Monty caught a little bit of sun before it disappeared again, alas.
February 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The Morning Monty caught a little bit of sun before it disappeared again, alas.
Nolan's Odyssey is to standard issue white dudes what Babylon was to movie critics.
I was 12, maybe 13, when I learned you just do not go to narrative fiction for historical accuracy. It's like being mad the sky isn't purple, and oceans aren't neon orange. You're choosing it.
I was 12, maybe 13, when I learned you just do not go to narrative fiction for historical accuracy. It's like being mad the sky isn't purple, and oceans aren't neon orange. You're choosing it.
February 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Nolan's Odyssey is to standard issue white dudes what Babylon was to movie critics.
I was 12, maybe 13, when I learned you just do not go to narrative fiction for historical accuracy. It's like being mad the sky isn't purple, and oceans aren't neon orange. You're choosing it.
I was 12, maybe 13, when I learned you just do not go to narrative fiction for historical accuracy. It's like being mad the sky isn't purple, and oceans aren't neon orange. You're choosing it.
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Kinda wild that these people are just in charge of things isn’t it
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Kinda wild that these people are just in charge of things isn’t it
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What on Earth do those texts look like if they make the guy come off WORSE than shooting an innocent woman multiple times does? bsky.app/profile/jmet...
The feds will not block the release of body cam footage showing the Oct. 4 traffic crash in Brighton Park where a Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez 5 times
They are opposing release of the agent’s text messages, though, to protect his reputation
STORY: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/b...
They are opposing release of the agent’s text messages, though, to protect his reputation
STORY: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/b...
Prosecutors no longer oppose release of Border Patrol bodycam in Marimar Martinez case
Federal prosecutors said they’re no longer seeking to block release of body-worn camera footage showing the traffic crash in Brighton Park last October that led a Border Patrol agent to shoot…
www.chicagotribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
What on Earth do those texts look like if they make the guy come off WORSE than shooting an innocent woman multiple times does? bsky.app/profile/jmet...