The Ghost of Halloween Past
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All My Best Skeets Has Typos.
Just keeping the same thing as other places, probably should be updated: Dad wearing a lot of odd-job hats. Writer. Photographer. No longer a teacher. he/him
Just keeping the same thing as other places, probably should be updated: Dad wearing a lot of odd-job hats. Writer. Photographer. No longer a teacher. he/him
Pinned
Showed the kid 28 Days Later today and it was even better than the last time I watched it. 5 star movie. I love it so much. I could probably do 10,000 word on all the ways it is great and interesting. Might be a top 3 all time horror movie for me? Hell, it might be the best. Its in the conversation.
Ok - will bring up one specific I love and, this is something of a spoiler. Ok? Spoiler here.
In the last act this movie had a choice: embrace the ethics of Seargent Farrell, or embrace the ethics of Major West. Most movie makers would have chosen the Major. Danny Boyle chose the Seargent.
In the last act this movie had a choice: embrace the ethics of Seargent Farrell, or embrace the ethics of Major West. Most movie makers would have chosen the Major. Danny Boyle chose the Seargent.
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I will say this again and again and again: capitalism cannot be king in a world where white people had to be forced by law to accept dollars from Black hands, and that is the world we live in.
This is why people who insist that capitalism/profit motive will ultimately trump racism are unfortunately and demonstrably incorrect
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
I still can't believe Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to Netflix thinking it would be a flop, but are betting that basketball movie with a goat is going to be a huge hit in cinemas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I will say this again and again and again: capitalism cannot be king in a world where white people had to be forced by law to accept dollars from Black hands, and that is the world we live in.
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Zines in SF/F that are nonprofits AFAIK and thus worthy of your support on this Giving Tuesday. (Pls add others you know of!)
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Zines in SF/F that are nonprofits AFAIK and thus worthy of your support on this Giving Tuesday. (Pls add others you know of!)
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
Oh great, Toronto Star publishing TERF bullshit now and I see they've gotten around to tossing in stuff to be explicit that they don't just hate trans athletes but any athlete who isn't "women enough" based on their chromosomes. Cause why not just make the hate even more hateful eh?
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh great, Toronto Star publishing TERF bullshit now and I see they've gotten around to tossing in stuff to be explicit that they don't just hate trans athletes but any athlete who isn't "women enough" based on their chromosomes. Cause why not just make the hate even more hateful eh?
I don’t even know what else is on this list yet, but I see the graphics for House here, so, I know it’s a great list.
get ready, beloveds!!
we're back on the blog with:
Five Haunted Location Horror Films to Indulge In
by @theblackbuffy.bsky.social 🏚️ 💀
psychopomp.com/five-haunted...
we're back on the blog with:
Five Haunted Location Horror Films to Indulge In
by @theblackbuffy.bsky.social 🏚️ 💀
psychopomp.com/five-haunted...
Five Haunted Location Horror Films to Indulge In - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The leaves are on the ground, the air is chilly (not everywhere, but at least in certain parts of Canada and the US), and there’s nothing like a haunted location horror film to finish your night with.
psychopomp.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don’t even know what else is on this list yet, but I see the graphics for House here, so, I know it’s a great list.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
So I see this article saying there are no obvious threads connecting the traitorous Democrats who want to give in to the Republicans and then, after a bunch of descriptions of them it says “None are up for reelection in 2026”. Uh, that would be the obvious connecting thread?!? Obviously?!?
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
So I see this article saying there are no obvious threads connecting the traitorous Democrats who want to give in to the Republicans and then, after a bunch of descriptions of them it says “None are up for reelection in 2026”. Uh, that would be the obvious connecting thread?!? Obviously?!?
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Actually, anyone know any LGBTQIA+ makers of flag pins or something like that, in Canada, maybe an etsy shop or something? Cause seriously, I shouldn’t have to be exhausted by people’s bigotry, they should be afraid to speak their bullshit around me.
I’d desperately love to be able to talk to people for work reasons that does not turn out to just drop transphobic bullshit into conversation. I’m starting to think that I need just wear a collection of pride flag pins whenever I am in public or something so people stop assuming I’m like them.
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Actually, anyone know any LGBTQIA+ makers of flag pins or something like that, in Canada, maybe an etsy shop or something? Cause seriously, I shouldn’t have to be exhausted by people’s bigotry, they should be afraid to speak their bullshit around me.
I’d desperately love to be able to talk to people for work reasons that does not turn out to just drop transphobic bullshit into conversation. I’m starting to think that I need just wear a collection of pride flag pins whenever I am in public or something so people stop assuming I’m like them.
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I’d desperately love to be able to talk to people for work reasons that does not turn out to just drop transphobic bullshit into conversation. I’m starting to think that I need just wear a collection of pride flag pins whenever I am in public or something so people stop assuming I’m like them.
Sure, and Pierce Brosnan just liked his haystacks.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sure, and Pierce Brosnan just liked his haystacks.
Ahhh. Got up to the Defiant Jazz episode of season one of Severance with my kid. Been so excited to get to watch it with him. In my opinion one of the hands down best episodes of tv ever made. A master class in writing, and executing great pay offs based on the work out in in the previous episodes.
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ahhh. Got up to the Defiant Jazz episode of season one of Severance with my kid. Been so excited to get to watch it with him. In my opinion one of the hands down best episodes of tv ever made. A master class in writing, and executing great pay offs based on the work out in in the previous episodes.
Yeah…this is just seems like…normal? I remember almost 25 years ago getting crap from a regional manager because I hadn’t looked up, smiled and given a nice greeting when someone came in to the 7-11 I was working at.
This is basically standard practice in the retail space, so I'm not sure why folks are acting like it's some uniquely dystopian torture system that Target dreamed up for holiday season 2025.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yeah…this is just seems like…normal? I remember almost 25 years ago getting crap from a regional manager because I hadn’t looked up, smiled and given a nice greeting when someone came in to the 7-11 I was working at.
I mean, so have US immigration officers acting as US immigration officers.
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I mean, so have US immigration officers acting as US immigration officers.
Never would have occurred to me, but, people who get this, are my people. :)
[temple of the dog voice] Zohran Mamdani
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Never would have occurred to me, but, people who get this, are my people. :)
Thinking about this FIFA peace prize bs the thing that always amazes me about rich evil people isn't their lack of shame or their lack of empathy or their lack of decency. No, the thing that always amazes me is their utter lack of pride.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Thinking about this FIFA peace prize bs the thing that always amazes me about rich evil people isn't their lack of shame or their lack of empathy or their lack of decency. No, the thing that always amazes me is their utter lack of pride.
I wonder how many people who work for ICE lie to their kids about where they work. Cause that is some deeply shameful shit to have to admit to your family.
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I wonder how many people who work for ICE lie to their kids about where they work. Cause that is some deeply shameful shit to have to admit to your family.
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I have a book launch today, and because I like making lists of books and talking about other people's books, here are some OTHER book launches now and coming up!
Threading~
📚😍📚
Threading~
📚😍📚
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I have a book launch today, and because I like making lists of books and talking about other people's books, here are some OTHER book launches now and coming up!
Threading~
📚😍📚
Threading~
📚😍📚
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An ad about how the Dilbert guy got treatment out of a direct line to the same president who’s shutting down the government to force everyone else to pay higher insurance premiums is just a freebie at this point
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed. n.pr/47yYhti
Dilbert creator taps Trump to get cancer drug. Others wish they could, too
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
An ad about how the Dilbert guy got treatment out of a direct line to the same president who’s shutting down the government to force everyone else to pay higher insurance premiums is just a freebie at this point
Hockey does many things wrong - but it’s the only sport that gets what happens when a team wins the championship right.
After the players win a championship in any sport, they should do away with bringing out the owner. Some real plantation vibes about it
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hockey does many things wrong - but it’s the only sport that gets what happens when a team wins the championship right.
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“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“what radicalized you” idk paying attention
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Travis Chapman
October 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Travis Chapman
Damn, I don’t even know what the 6 7 thing is (and I’m ok with that) but I feel so called out right now.
The same people complaining about 6 7 spent two years shouting "wazzzzup" to each other
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Damn, I don’t even know what the 6 7 thing is (and I’m ok with that) but I feel so called out right now.
Did I just have the most important job interview of my life? I did! Honestly, not enjoying the feeling of that fact. Lol.
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Did I just have the most important job interview of my life? I did! Honestly, not enjoying the feeling of that fact. Lol.
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I’d love it if the next big thing in publishing is people buying lots of books.
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’d love it if the next big thing in publishing is people buying lots of books.
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My senator, Jeff Merkley, is on *hour 16* on the Senate floor, breaking down Trump's tyranny and authoritarianism.
www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
Merkley Holds Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My senator, Jeff Merkley, is on *hour 16* on the Senate floor, breaking down Trump's tyranny and authoritarianism.
www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...