Erin Snyder
@erinlsnyder.bsky.social
Self-published novelist, movie geek, and Yuletide nerd, originally from Maine and now living in the Pacific Northwest (He/Him)
About my books: https://erinlsnyder.com/
Christmas movie reviews: www.mainliningchristmas.com/
About my books: https://erinlsnyder.com/
Christmas movie reviews: www.mainliningchristmas.com/
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Erin Snyder
@erinlsnyder.bsky.social
· Nov 10
I'm putting together a starter pack for people obsessed with Christmas: authors who have written about the holiday, people with a year-round appreciation of Christmas movies, yuletide folklore/history buffs - you name it.
Recommendations appreciated!
Recommendations appreciated!
I'm going to need all of you to go watch the new Muppet Show pilot.
You'll probably like it, but I don't even care about that - I just need it to do numbers so they'll make more, because I love it. And that's what really matters.
You'll probably like it, but I don't even care about that - I just need it to do numbers so they'll make more, because I love it. And that's what really matters.
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I'm going to need all of you to go watch the new Muppet Show pilot.
You'll probably like it, but I don't even care about that - I just need it to do numbers so they'll make more, because I love it. And that's what really matters.
You'll probably like it, but I don't even care about that - I just need it to do numbers so they'll make more, because I love it. And that's what really matters.
10 favorite Westerns:
The Proposition
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Hell's Heroes
The Quick and the Dead
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Harder They Fall
Blazing Saddles
Last Man Standing
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Community, S2: A Fistful of Paintballs
The Proposition
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Hell's Heroes
The Quick and the Dead
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Harder They Fall
Blazing Saddles
Last Man Standing
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Community, S2: A Fistful of Paintballs
Top 10 Westerns:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
High Noon
The Harder They Fall
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Unforgiven
True Grit (2010)
Pale Rider
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Tombstone
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
For a Few Dollars More
High Noon
The Harder They Fall
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Unforgiven
True Grit (2010)
Pale Rider
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Tombstone
No order:
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Django (1966)
High Noon (1952)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Ravenous (1999)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) [note: funk it, it counts]
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Django (1966)
High Noon (1952)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Ravenous (1999)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) [note: funk it, it counts]
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966)
Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
10 favorite Westerns:
The Proposition
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Hell's Heroes
The Quick and the Dead
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Harder They Fall
Blazing Saddles
Last Man Standing
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Community, S2: A Fistful of Paintballs
The Proposition
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Hell's Heroes
The Quick and the Dead
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Harder They Fall
Blazing Saddles
Last Man Standing
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Community, S2: A Fistful of Paintballs
Is this about the audible pooping incident?
CNN Panel Credits Trump for Supposed ‘Change of Tone’: ‘He Acknowledged Learning Something’
CNN Panel Credits Trump for Supposed ‘Change of Tone’: ‘He Acknowledged Learning Something’
A CNN host and analyst credited President Donald Trump for a supposed "change of tone" after the president "acknowledged learning something."
The post CNN Panel Credits Trump for Supposed ‘Change of Tone’: ‘He Acknowledged Learning Something’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
February 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Is this about the audible pooping incident?
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Perry the Platypus Christmas ornament
- Blu-ray copy of a random Powell and Pressburger movie
- Wall-E action figure
- An oversized novelty D20
- A Jethro Tull CD
- Perry the Platypus Christmas ornament
- Blu-ray copy of a random Powell and Pressburger movie
- Wall-E action figure
- An oversized novelty D20
- A Jethro Tull CD
loot that drops after defeating me:
- three kittens
- a cheesesteak (no onions)
- a 1980 Mike Schmidt baseball card
- imported UK Flash Gordon DVD
- Brian Dawkins Eagles jersey
- a pristine 1979 print of Alien
- three kittens
- a cheesesteak (no onions)
- a 1980 Mike Schmidt baseball card
- imported UK Flash Gordon DVD
- Brian Dawkins Eagles jersey
- a pristine 1979 print of Alien
Loot that drops after defeating me:
1. A box of mints.
2. At least two half-read books.
3. A Hawthorn membership.
4. A box set of season 4 of The Wire.
1. A box of mints.
2. At least two half-read books.
3. A Hawthorn membership.
4. A box set of season 4 of The Wire.
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Perry the Platypus Christmas ornament
- Blu-ray copy of a random Powell and Pressburger movie
- Wall-E action figure
- An oversized novelty D20
- A Jethro Tull CD
- Perry the Platypus Christmas ornament
- Blu-ray copy of a random Powell and Pressburger movie
- Wall-E action figure
- An oversized novelty D20
- A Jethro Tull CD
Wonder Man is, at the very least, one of the three best MCU shows. This is exactly what genre entertainment should be: surprising and interesting.
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Wonder Man is, at the very least, one of the three best MCU shows. This is exactly what genre entertainment should be: surprising and interesting.
Reposted by Erin Snyder
... ...look just give me 57 seconds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksud...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksud...
Review - MELANIA
YouTube video by moviebob
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
... ...look just give me 57 seconds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksud...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksud...
I'd been meaning to check out Stir of Echoes for [checks notes] the last 26 years, and finally got around to it.
It's good! It doesn't reinvent any wheels, but it's a well executed little haunted house flick borrowing liberally (and mostly cleverly) from The Shining. #filmsky
It's good! It doesn't reinvent any wheels, but it's a well executed little haunted house flick borrowing liberally (and mostly cleverly) from The Shining. #filmsky
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I'd been meaning to check out Stir of Echoes for [checks notes] the last 26 years, and finally got around to it.
It's good! It doesn't reinvent any wheels, but it's a well executed little haunted house flick borrowing liberally (and mostly cleverly) from The Shining. #filmsky
It's good! It doesn't reinvent any wheels, but it's a well executed little haunted house flick borrowing liberally (and mostly cleverly) from The Shining. #filmsky
Name your fav non-DC or Marvel superhero film
We're excluding Incredibles, right? Because otherwise isn't everyone's just Incredibles?
Okay, mine is Incredibles 2, but I'm weird.
We're excluding Incredibles, right? Because otherwise isn't everyone's just Incredibles?
Okay, mine is Incredibles 2, but I'm weird.
Name your fav non-DC or Marvel superhero film
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Name your fav non-DC or Marvel superhero film
We're excluding Incredibles, right? Because otherwise isn't everyone's just Incredibles?
Okay, mine is Incredibles 2, but I'm weird.
We're excluding Incredibles, right? Because otherwise isn't everyone's just Incredibles?
Okay, mine is Incredibles 2, but I'm weird.
Kind of feel like the very existence of non-disclosure agreements with his victims implies he did do something wrong.
February 3, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Kind of feel like the very existence of non-disclosure agreements with his victims implies he did do something wrong.
Reposted by Erin Snyder
New Bluesky ad campaign just dropped.
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
New Bluesky ad campaign just dropped.
Share a TV show you love with 3 seasons or less. 📺
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Share a TV show you love with 3 seasons or less. 📺
Reposted by Erin Snyder
jesus christ
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
jesus christ
Favorite first-watches of January #filmsky
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Mother of Flies (2025)
Timestalker (2024)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Sister Midnight (2024)
Frewaka (2024)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Mother of Flies (2025)
Timestalker (2024)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Sister Midnight (2024)
Frewaka (2024)
Post your favorite first-watches of January 🍿
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Favorite first-watches of January #filmsky
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Mother of Flies (2025)
Timestalker (2024)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Sister Midnight (2024)
Frewaka (2024)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Mother of Flies (2025)
Timestalker (2024)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
Sister Midnight (2024)
Frewaka (2024)
This isn't remotely a new problem, but the tendency for media to focus on how movies perform versus "expectations" is particularly obnoxious when the movie in question is fascist propaganda directed by an accused sex criminal with a starring role in the Epstein files.
February 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This isn't remotely a new problem, but the tendency for media to focus on how movies perform versus "expectations" is particularly obnoxious when the movie in question is fascist propaganda directed by an accused sex criminal with a starring role in the Epstein files.
One aspect of all this that's sort of being lost in the shuffle is that propaganda about Trump came out, Trump encouraged his followers to go see it, and then they just... didn't. At least not in numbers that matter.
A few years ago, I feel they would have. That seems significant.
A few years ago, I feel they would have. That seems significant.
Embarrassed for my colleagues at the trades, who yesterday breathlessly reported that MELANIA would do $8 million at the box office this weekend, and now, when the number comes in at $7 million, are breathlessly spinning that as a win, too.
$7 million on a $75M investment is not a win—period.
$7 million on a $75M investment is not a win—period.
February 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
One aspect of all this that's sort of being lost in the shuffle is that propaganda about Trump came out, Trump encouraged his followers to go see it, and then they just... didn't. At least not in numbers that matter.
A few years ago, I feel they would have. That seems significant.
A few years ago, I feel they would have. That seems significant.
Rewatched The City of Lost Children for the first time in almost three decades.
Damn it's a weird movie. But also a cool one. I like it a lot more now than I did when I watched it in high school. #filmsky
Damn it's a weird movie. But also a cool one. I like it a lot more now than I did when I watched it in high school. #filmsky
a man talking to a little girl with the words who has stolen the child 's dream on the bottom
Alt: Scene from the movie, The City of Lost Children, showing a mad scientist loading a kid into a dream-steeling machine while a brain in a fish tank narrates a story about said scientist.
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Rewatched The City of Lost Children for the first time in almost three decades.
Damn it's a weird movie. But also a cool one. I like it a lot more now than I did when I watched it in high school. #filmsky
Damn it's a weird movie. But also a cool one. I like it a lot more now than I did when I watched it in high school. #filmsky
To deal with the winter cold, share one of your favorite winter movies!
February 1, 2026 at 4:11 AM
To deal with the winter cold, share one of your favorite winter movies!
Movie idea :
Enchanted meets Elf.
Enchanted meets Elf.
Movie idea :
"Star Trek First Contact" meets "Moby Dick."
"Star Trek First Contact" meets "Moby Dick."
Movie idea :
‘Deep Impact’ meets ‘Armageddon’.
‘Deep Impact’ meets ‘Armageddon’.
February 1, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Movie idea :
Enchanted meets Elf.
Enchanted meets Elf.
It's Saturday! Post a cartoon TV series you love.
February 1, 2026 at 1:45 AM
It's Saturday! Post a cartoon TV series you love.
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The post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files
He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls
www.justice.gov/epstein
He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls
www.justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.gov
January 31, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
Reposted by Erin Snyder
I've seen so much handwringing about turning a blind eye to sexual abuse of women and girls, just for access to power and money and: No. There is no blind eye, there is no rationalization or justification. It's not about his wealth. It's that most people do not care about raping women and children.
February 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I've seen so much handwringing about turning a blind eye to sexual abuse of women and girls, just for access to power and money and: No. There is no blind eye, there is no rationalization or justification. It's not about his wealth. It's that most people do not care about raping women and children.
KOBAYASHI MARU!
January 31, 2026 at 4:19 PM
KOBAYASHI MARU!
New Bluesky ad campaign just dropped.
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
New Bluesky ad campaign just dropped.
Five classes I took in college:
Philosophy of Personal Identity
Quantum Mechanics for the Myriad
Cognitive Science Fiction
The First Women
The Epic Voice
Philosophy of Personal Identity
Quantum Mechanics for the Myriad
Cognitive Science Fiction
The First Women
The Epic Voice
Five classes I took in college:
Medieval Latin
Explanations of the Paranormal
British Literary Modernism
Drawing
Intro to Fiction Writing
Medieval Latin
Explanations of the Paranormal
British Literary Modernism
Drawing
Intro to Fiction Writing
Five classes I took in college:
Ancient Philosophy
Literary Approach to Pop Culture
Design for Social Change
Advanced Weight Training
Comics (I forget the name but it was….making comics)
Ancient Philosophy
Literary Approach to Pop Culture
Design for Social Change
Advanced Weight Training
Comics (I forget the name but it was….making comics)
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Five classes I took in college:
Philosophy of Personal Identity
Quantum Mechanics for the Myriad
Cognitive Science Fiction
The First Women
The Epic Voice
Philosophy of Personal Identity
Quantum Mechanics for the Myriad
Cognitive Science Fiction
The First Women
The Epic Voice
Unusual assortment for me.
January 31, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Unusual assortment for me.