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I’m going to try to do my 31 (minimum) horror movie thing again this year, though we’ll see if I make it.
I’ll also be putting up some recommendations for different flavors of horror and/or themed double features.
I usually start the month with some found footage stuff, out of tradition.
I’ll also be putting up some recommendations for different flavors of horror and/or themed double features.
I usually start the month with some found footage stuff, out of tradition.
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
This is basically just “If I Did It” for FedSoc types.
I nearly spit out my chocolate-peanut butter protein shake.
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www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/justi...
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This is basically just “If I Did It” for FedSoc types.
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jesus christ God's Teeth be less on the nose
February 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
jesus christ God's Teeth be less on the nose
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Trump openly admitting FBI raid in Fulton County was a prelude to interfering with the midterms and attempting to seize control of state and local voting process
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Trump openly admitting FBI raid in Fulton County was a prelude to interfering with the midterms and attempting to seize control of state and local voting process
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HOORAY!!! IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!
Every year, I look forward to looking back on the games I played and looking forward to the games I will play.
That's right, 81 reviews of 69+3 games!!!
Come check it out!
docseuss.medium.com/i-completed-...
Every year, I look forward to looking back on the games I played and looking forward to the games I will play.
That's right, 81 reviews of 69+3 games!!!
Come check it out!
docseuss.medium.com/i-completed-...
i completed 69+3 games in 2025, so here’s 81 reviews
Man. 2025, huh? I had some pretty big, bad things happen, which earned me a lot of burnout. My health is deteriorating, and I can’t afford…
docseuss.medium.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:40 PM
HOORAY!!! IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!
Every year, I look forward to looking back on the games I played and looking forward to the games I will play.
That's right, 81 reviews of 69+3 games!!!
Come check it out!
docseuss.medium.com/i-completed-...
Every year, I look forward to looking back on the games I played and looking forward to the games I will play.
That's right, 81 reviews of 69+3 games!!!
Come check it out!
docseuss.medium.com/i-completed-...
I considered starting Pathologic 3, but I felt like it might be a little bleak and stressful for my current mood, so I thought I’d finally get around to Hell is Us instead.
lol
lol
February 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I considered starting Pathologic 3, but I felt like it might be a little bleak and stressful for my current mood, so I thought I’d finally get around to Hell is Us instead.
lol
lol
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Remember that the New York Times gave this genuinely pathetic man the ability to set its frontpage for weeks.
I don’t know what I expected when I saw that Chris Rufo was taking on the “fascism canard” but lol
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Remember that the New York Times gave this genuinely pathetic man the ability to set its frontpage for weeks.
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FWIW, it's me. I made that quote.
Screenshot as proof.
Screenshot as proof.
January 30, 2026 at 1:20 AM
FWIW, it's me. I made that quote.
Screenshot as proof.
Screenshot as proof.
One of the fun things in Oshi no Ko is the moments when the actual manga author’s despair starts to bleed through
January 29, 2026 at 8:51 AM
One of the fun things in Oshi no Ko is the moments when the actual manga author’s despair starts to bleed through
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FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE - Overview Trailer. Demo announced for March 5 (save data will carry over to full game) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzB5...
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 AM
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE - Overview Trailer. Demo announced for March 5 (save data will carry over to full game) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzB5...
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What My Grandpa Did To My Nose Is Worse Than You Think
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 AM
What My Grandpa Did To My Nose Is Worse Than You Think
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It's astounding just how much Bari Weiss doesn't understand her job or her supposed field.
Or rather, she is incapable of recognizing that the goals, responsibilities, and value of journalism are all fundamentally different from farming social media attention (which is all she knows how to do).
Or rather, she is incapable of recognizing that the goals, responsibilities, and value of journalism are all fundamentally different from farming social media attention (which is all she knows how to do).
Here, in three posts, are the written remarks by Bari Weiss at today's CBS News town hall meeting. Part one of three:
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It's astounding just how much Bari Weiss doesn't understand her job or her supposed field.
Or rather, she is incapable of recognizing that the goals, responsibilities, and value of journalism are all fundamentally different from farming social media attention (which is all she knows how to do).
Or rather, she is incapable of recognizing that the goals, responsibilities, and value of journalism are all fundamentally different from farming social media attention (which is all she knows how to do).
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This is embarrassingly on-the-nose textbook “psychology of fascism” stuff. Bitter, impotent tools getting to feel powerful by proxy watching brutality done on their behalf.
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
/1
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
/1
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This is embarrassingly on-the-nose textbook “psychology of fascism” stuff. Bitter, impotent tools getting to feel powerful by proxy watching brutality done on their behalf.
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This is the type of person NYT has writing opinion pieces for them these days youtube.com/shorts/-1FGZ...
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This is the type of person NYT has writing opinion pieces for them these days youtube.com/shorts/-1FGZ...
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promise mascot agency is good
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 AM
promise mascot agency is good
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the nyt style section vs. der spiegel
January 24, 2026 at 11:20 PM
the nyt style section vs. der spiegel
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Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
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“ICE > MN” is impeachable by itself.
This is an actual post from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: Praising ICE after Alex Pretti was killed, blaming the Democratic leadership of Minnesota, and writing that ICE is greater/better than Minnesota.
He is actively demeaning the people of Minnesota just hours after Pretti was murdered.
He is actively demeaning the people of Minnesota just hours after Pretti was murdered.
January 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
“ICE > MN” is impeachable by itself.
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an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
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but wait, I was assured by some of the dumbest assholes in the history of the world that it can only be fascism if its practitioners can state, in the king's english, their precise rationales for acting as they do, and cite their historical precedents by name and year
"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes."
Ernest Hemingway
It really sucks to be living at a time when this quote is relevant.
Ernest Hemingway
It really sucks to be living at a time when this quote is relevant.
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
but wait, I was assured by some of the dumbest assholes in the history of the world that it can only be fascism if its practitioners can state, in the king's english, their precise rationales for acting as they do, and cite their historical precedents by name and year
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Literally 10 days ago, this hypocritical jackass introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Literally 10 days ago, this hypocritical jackass introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...