Mark Paglia
@markpaglia.bsky.social
I'm just here for the occasional bon mot.
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Soon, all the films in close proximity to it will also be THE THING. Within the year, all films in the registry will be THE THING.
Welcome John Carpenter's THE THING to the National Film Registry! bloody-disgusting.com/movie/393134...
John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ Has Been Added to the National Film Registry
John Carpenter‘s The Thing has been selected by the Library of Congress as one of this year’s 25 films to join the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to pre...
bloody-disgusting.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Soon, all the films in close proximity to it will also be THE THING. Within the year, all films in the registry will be THE THING.
I don't believe in karma, but Bolsonaro having hiccups that require medical intervention is some of the strongest evidence I've ever seen.
January 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I don't believe in karma, but Bolsonaro having hiccups that require medical intervention is some of the strongest evidence I've ever seen.
Tag yourself. (Obviously, I'm the one in the middle.)
January 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Tag yourself. (Obviously, I'm the one in the middle.)
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One of the most remarkable things about Columbo as a genre is that it's a solid genre rule that Columbo (and Dog) are never, ever in any danger, nor are there ever any personal stakes for Columbo, ever
January 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM
One of the most remarkable things about Columbo as a genre is that it's a solid genre rule that Columbo (and Dog) are never, ever in any danger, nor are there ever any personal stakes for Columbo, ever
Goddamn, this rules.
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Goddamn, this rules.
Amongst other things, sending ICE, the ostensible enforcers of immigration to the US, to the Olympics in Italy is abandoning all pretense that they are anything other than a private army for the administration.
January 28, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Amongst other things, sending ICE, the ostensible enforcers of immigration to the US, to the Olympics in Italy is abandoning all pretense that they are anything other than a private army for the administration.
At the very least, have the dignity to say that no funding will be discussed until the full Epstein files are released.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
At the very least, have the dignity to say that no funding will be discussed until the full Epstein files are released.
My lunchtime reading today.
Full fascinating story, along with other headless bears from English folklore (they seem to have been a thing), here:
paulweatherhead.com/2025/03/15/t...
paulweatherhead.com/2025/03/15/t...
The Headless Bear from Hell: England’s Forgotten Phantom
You’ve heard of phantom black dogs haunting the moors. You’ve heard tales of grey ladies, howling werewolves, wailing banshees and headless horsemen. Perhaps you’ve read about fairies, elves and bo…
paulweatherhead.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
My lunchtime reading today.
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The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.
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Every day, I wake up, take a shower, have a cup of coffee, clean my feathers, climb to the top of my black spruce, and sing my song that tells everyone whose spruce this is
January 26, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Every day, I wake up, take a shower, have a cup of coffee, clean my feathers, climb to the top of my black spruce, and sing my song that tells everyone whose spruce this is
Sal Buscema was one of the best.
January 27, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Sal Buscema was one of the best.
Margaret Thatcher famously declared that there is no such thing as society, and it's long past due for society to push back against these ghouls who are unprepared for it.
MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies, and the fact that DHS and ICE still haven't wrapped their brains around the fact that their opponents also are able to highly effectively use the Internet to message, organize, and communicate really highlights that.
January 27, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Margaret Thatcher famously declared that there is no such thing as society, and it's long past due for society to push back against these ghouls who are unprepared for it.
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The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism and Nazis y’all
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
JWST unveils most intricate map yet of cosmic dark matter
Astronomers puzzled out minuscule distortions in images of faraway galaxies taken by JWST in order to chart the invisible
www.scientificamerican.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism and Nazis y’all
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
This is so stupid and I love it.
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This is so stupid and I love it.
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Godspeed to Our Pal Sal. He’d have been 90 today. 😢
January 26, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Godspeed to Our Pal Sal. He’d have been 90 today. 😢
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Somebody’s probably done this before
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Somebody’s probably done this before
Just read this issue, and so should you!
Touched by a Demon issue #1 is available now! Details: https://bit.ly/4poZ9rK
In this hilarious new horror comedy comic series, a low-level demon named Bifrons attempts to earn redemption by opening a life coach agency in the mortal realm.
By @henchgirl.bsky.social
In this hilarious new horror comedy comic series, a low-level demon named Bifrons attempts to earn redemption by opening a life coach agency in the mortal realm.
By @henchgirl.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Just read this issue, and so should you!
Worth reading this guy's Wikipedia page—a fascinating life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mala
January 25, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Worth reading this guy's Wikipedia page—a fascinating life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mala
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
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Since you may be stuck inside due to the blizzard, today would be a good day to call your senators & tell them how pissed off you are
The Senate Switch Board Number is: (202)224-3121.
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Since you may be stuck inside due to the blizzard, today would be a good day to call your senators & tell them how pissed off you are
I'm not saying the news has me anxious, but it the snow hasn't started here yet, and my cabin fever is already at "Has no one written fanfic about the sapient Force-sensitive bats from the Star Wars Expanded Universe?"
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I'm not saying the news has me anxious, but it the snow hasn't started here yet, and my cabin fever is already at "Has no one written fanfic about the sapient Force-sensitive bats from the Star Wars Expanded Universe?"
Trying to stay positive by repeating to myself, "Delroy Lindo got an Oscar nomination, Delroy Lindo got an Oscar nomination..."
January 24, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Trying to stay positive by repeating to myself, "Delroy Lindo got an Oscar nomination, Delroy Lindo got an Oscar nomination..."
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It's a death cult, and it's always been a death cult, and they've treated us like we've fucking crazy for saying this for more than a decade. Even as they've killed and killed and killed and celebrated the killing.
remember when erick erickson was haha’ing about tossing his opponents out of helicopters?
The conservative intelligentsia and media-industrial complex has been publicly masturbating about getting to kill people for years now, they are orders of magnitude worse than even the MAGA base. Everybody knows this, it's just politically incorrect to say it.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It's a death cult, and it's always been a death cult, and they've treated us like we've fucking crazy for saying this for more than a decade. Even as they've killed and killed and killed and celebrated the killing.
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cant wait for Woke 2: Woke’s Revenge
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
cant wait for Woke 2: Woke’s Revenge
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