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I wonder why there aren’t more high-level journalists on Bluesky

the process of writing IS writing! that's the job!!

I went to the Lower Manhattan Drafthouse last night and it's genuinely hilarious how they've tried to keep their tough-guy NO PHONES EVER bumpers and just quietly add in "except when ordering 🥺"

baby on board

MISS CLEO IS MY MICROSOFT CO-PILOT

You know you've made some peak new tech when you have the exact same fine print disclaimers as Miss Cleo.

Fun fact: The @vinsyn.bsky.social Archive in Bridgeport is the best place to buy physical media in the tri-state area. Highlights of today’s haul:

Is there a particular name for the "speed run through a TV show because you might end up writing for it" binge that writers do? If not, there should be.

today is my birthday and the order of things my kids loved today was 3) strawberry smoothies 2) we saw a sloth (we are in Costa Rica) 1) somehow on our tour I put a phone in my pocket in a way that hit play on video and proceeded to film a 2 hour video inside my pocket

President Trump plans a prime-time address to the nation Wednesday on the Iran war. His failure to do so at the beginning—or beforehand, or for weeks after—was one the first topics of our interview with Wes Moore on NPR’s Newsmakers. youtu.be/rHVZ4HkPdRk?...

i’m late to posting about it but the game that @briamgilbert.bsky.social and i wrote on is finally out!! it was such a thrill working on the fmvs and dialogue in this, and an honor to be a part of the paul verhoeverse!

I still haven’t managed to see this on a big screen but it remains one of the most gutting memories of pandemic festival viewing (the other was Mona Fastvold’s criminally ignored “The World to Come”)

it's what happens when you need to clear the strait of hormuz but you bet on viktor orban as your one ally in europe.

You might call it pregaming but I’m not going to stop calling it “getting my booster shots”

THIS IS THE ENERGY I WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD

While there are a few adaptations of SALEM’S LOT, this is still the best one, though there are some changes and omissions. That’s because Tobe Hooper gets the spirit right. Few scenes in King’s film catalog are as scary as Danny Glick at the window. Can’t wait to dive in. @arrowvideo.bsky.social

Worked with her on Sabrina The Teenage Witch. She was so nice. Happy Birthday.

No matter the ostensible subject every writing class I teach devolves into a seminar on the many intricacies of the second person by week 8 or so

My dear followers: I implore you to vote for Marty "Martin" Scorsese in today's @blankcheck.bsky.social March Madness finals, so we can finally get episodes on The Age of Innocence, The Last Temptation of Christ, Silence, and (hopefully on Patreon) Shark Tale. www.blankcheckpod.com/march-madness

How is a post about how much I love Krypto “ragging on Gunn?”I’m a huge fan, I dig all his work. He retweeted me when I wrote about how I told Elliot Page how much I loved Super. I also specifically said in the “ragging on Gunn” post that I’m looking forward to Supergirl. What is wrong with you?

Every single day I think a new thought that would get me door-knocked by the FBI

Today's trailer report card: SUPERGIRL - yep. All in. THE BACKROOMS - looks like a real movie. Cool. Let's go. MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE - get the fuck outta here.

Legit emotional at this!

vale, dc streetcar. you deserved so much better.

Boosting this again because boy oh boy did I spend a lotta time on it!!

Shot-at-Disney horror movie Escape from Tomorrow is getting a sequel with Return to Tomorrow: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/394370...

I hate to break it to some of you, but the Harry Potter books were just shite as writing. You were just too young to know.

I agree. I think everyone should plan for something like Euromaidan or a rolling January 6 type event from Nov-Jan.

Speaking of podcasts, here I am talking THE LONG GOODBYE with @matineeheroes.bsky.social! Take a listen: matineeheroes.com/episodes/the...

The craziest thing the Iran War has taught me is that while Globalization made it much harder for countries to engage in open war without harming their industries, Oligarchies allow for a new form of economic warfare putting the pressure on the oligarchs by directly destroying *their* industries.

Any of my physical media peeps/boutique vendors/enthusiasts/curators of different companies like Shout, Criterion, VS, Arrow, others going to be in Houston Memorial Day weekend?

Horror Nonna needs our help. You know what to do, horror peeps!

The unsubtle clue here is "fragments." Wherein conspiratorists run right past the actual boundaries of ballistics and proceed directly to all manner of the-truth-is-out-there horseshit.

For those of you playing along with the AI Bubble/Paramount-WBD merger home game, Big Daddy Oracle surprised 30,000 of its favorite employees this morning with pink slips in order to free up cash because their mounting debt and banks refusal to keep loaning to them: rollingout.com/2026/03/31/o...

I want to write a book with Emily "Emma" Stone. JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

Finally, it’s Anya and Keegan with @getplayedpod.bsky.social youtu.be/WbytsJIoir8?...

The unfinished construction on the new disco ballroom of the White House should just sit there now, never completed, like the pit on "Parks & Recreation," for whatever remains of American history as a gaping reminder of the colossal putz 77 million people voted for.

Erika was on the grassy knoll, Ben Shapiro was behind the picket fence

At least fabulists like Stephen Glass had the imagination to make stuff up. This is just pitiful & anyone who writes criticism by putting their real thoughts into actual words should allow themselves a moment of pride that they're not this guy.

She made (among other titles) MULE, one of THE pioneering early computer strategy games AND multiplayer games.

"It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Watching a Fleetwood Mac concert from October of 1975 and the setlist is wild. Only four songs from the album that had just come out, three of which are pretty deep cuts, plus "Rhiannon.". The rest is pre-Buckingham/Nicks Mac hits, mostly sung by Lindsay. www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/bootlegs/boo...

SCREAM 8 is officially in development. Sisters Lilla Zuckerman and Nora Zuckerman (Poker Face) have been hired to write the franchise's eighth installment for Spyglass. Source: @deadline.com

Can’t decide if “this optimistic movie = propaganda” is the darkest dumb take or the dumbest dark take

Hey now hey now this is what dreeeeams are made of www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...

I often feel weird being, like, "This Trans Day of Visibility, purchase my book!!" but publishing mass market fiction is the most visible thing I do, so... Plus a lot of people like it! You might as well! Hardcover and ebook out now; paperback in May. bookshop.org/p/books/wood...

Lower billing than Krem of the Yellow Hills? An insult to Momoa! YEAYUHH!

Looks like I've been approved for my Comicpalooza panel in Houston on Memorial Day weekend. I'll give more details soon.

Step 1) Shoot Beast of the Night Step 2) Punch Beast of the Night to death Step 3) Cue Theme Song Step 4) ? Step 5) P U R E C I N E M A www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ65...

The U.S. is one of more than 30 countries with birthright citizenship. Learn about the history of the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause before #SCOTUS debates its meaning. @aclu.org youtu.be/4QczkEbU8jA

"Jeunet received a warning about the dangers of Alien: a call from Alien 3 director David Fincher. “When I arrived, David called me and said, ‘Give up! Go back to Paris! Alien 3 was a nightmare!’”

""It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch," Moss said." www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...

Tonight on @PlutoTV , Fango presents a gooey double feature of Chuck Russell’s THE BLOB (1988) and Tibor Takács’ THE GATE (1987). It all goes down tonight on Pluto TV starting at 8 pm ET on the Terror channel. #FANGORIA #PlutoTV #TerrorTuesday

Well, that's my driving commute sorted.

Just your occasional, prompted-by-nothing-in-particular reminder that "All the other critics are sheeples and I am the only one brave enough to speak the truth" is just the absolute horse-shittiest way to a) do your job, and b) live your life

you either die sigma or you live long enough to see yourself become unc

"Ranch Overemotional"? Huh.

boy I have been offline all day and I think I'm going back to there

Ok this week's disc and streaming guide at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social is even more insane than usual, like 20+ movies, I'm sorry, but I worked very hard on it and would so appreciate you giving it a look! crookedmarquee.com/the-best-mov...

For corporate media, every day is a Trump Day of Visibility. They report everything he says and record everything he does and thrill over the possibility he might pick up their cellphone calls for a friendly conversation. Meanwhile, if they report on trans people at all, it’s to demonize them.

♫YOR'S WORLD HE'S THE MAAAAAAAAANNNNN♫

I keep reading posts like this, and each one makes me more convinced that the future of every sort of information business lies in entirely human-run operations, with writing/video/etc. made by actual human beings

We have a magazine section! It is arts & entertainment focused, and most of the issues are vintage (1950s – 2010s) or recently released special editions of previously published material (Mad Magazine in particular). New titles are added regularly. Link to current inventory: mzs.press/Magazines-c1...

I will answer my own question here: Apparently not!

Feel like Mr. Kristi Noem could afford some high-quality -- or even mid-quality -- breast forms from Glamour Boutique, WHICH YOU KNOW HE KNOWS ABOUT, instead of endangering his sensitive nipples with poppable balloons. I hate that I have typed this sentence as much as you do.

Get Played @getplayedpod.bsky.social talks with Donald Glover, Charlie Day, and Chris Pratt for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, full interview here: youtu.be/CITD9fDuano?...

Let me guess: you troll people for no fucking reason.

These Super Mario movies look great, and they are clearly made by people who love Nintendo games, but in just about every other way they are a bummer.

Somehow everything and nothing going on at once www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/m...

A certain type of person will be overjoyed to learn that this book exists, and I hope this post reaches them mzs.press/Spy-vs-Spy-O...

"...recovered two kilograms of raw cocaine, street value $140,000, six handguns and 150 rounds of high-caliber ammunition. Seven suspects will face a possible total of 340 years for possession with intent and gun charges." We are winning the drug war. Because Dope On The Table.

I am loath to do this, but I need your help. My 20+ year marriage has unexpectedly imploded. There's a kid involved. Aside from Lupus, Autism and a shitty 2009 Mazda, I have nothing. Things are fairly desperate right now, so if you can help out now in any way at all I'd be really grateful ❤️

Hey, PARADISE fans: I've got another interview for you. For @vulture.com I talked to Julianne Nicholson (who's excellent on the show and just in general):

Hot buttered Christ on the cross is this fucking accurate right now

This new horror movie was filmed in secret. We have your exclusive first look at YOU'RE IT, ahead of its premiere at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema. www.fangoria.com/argentine-sp...

kinda dark news TDOV

Gillespie hive rise up (it's me, I'm Gillespie hive)

We need a catchy mnemonic device to remember whether there are two n's or two s's in Scarlett Johansson's name.

‘I Want Your Sex Spider-Man’ is so much cooler than ‘Barbenheimer’ or ‘Dunesday’

Thanks to our insanely talented friends at www.matsumotoart.com for working with their printer to get me a poster size of their amazing JCA fan art. It was the one project I never got a poster for, and it means a lot. And yes, that is a harpoon on the wall behind me.

looks like when Maine Gov Janet Mills said "I'll see you in court" she was on to something and more institutions should have adopted this attitude

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, except the intended audience raises their plastic swords and yells, "I HAVE SEVERE JOINT PAIN!"

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge blocks Trump administration order to end funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

Darryl, Emo, Larry & Darryl I can’t wait to see my old friends (not to mention the ghost of Walter Matthau) again when I perform in Vermont on April 8 (@vtcomedy.bsky.social)

When you grow up in Texas, we are programmed here to believe in certain things, and it’s difficult to break free. But I learned, and grew, and my heart is better for it. Happy Trans Day of Visibility, and all I can wish for is that empathy and wisdom enter the hearts of those who needlessly hate.

You deserve love. You deserve safety. And you sure as shit deserve a whole lot more than you are being given or even allowed. You are seen. You are loved. You belong. Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all of our brothers, sisters, and siblings out there. May every day get better from here. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Our full interviews with the cast of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie launch today on YouTube. It’s time to @getplayedpod.bsky.social youtu.be/QwpR5bI2V9I?...

We love an updated website, don’t we folks? CBBWorld.com

Official poster for Eli Roth's ICE CREAM MAN. In theaters August 7. Roth recently teased, "I want this to be the craziest film I’ve ever made. I mean, I want to outdo Hostel and Green Inferno and Cabin Fever in terms of bat shit crazy. It’s totally insane."

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Daughter, 15, is home from school today with a stomach bug. Mid-day attempt to rise from bed, shower, dress, and cover some homework for class tomorrow. And then the following:

New episode of Precumtown out now

zeitgang i frankly need an AKA

I'll cede to more militarily inclined correspondents like @bafriedman.bsky.social but the whining about other navies opening up the Strait of Hormuz is a tell: someone in the Trump Administration has realized a) they'll lose a ship of they try to open it and b) that is a loss they cannot spin.

Looking forward to this. But why was the last one called Superman, and why is this one called Supergirl, when the real titles are Krypto and Krypto II?

Lionsgate will also release Wes Craven's SCREAM 4 on VHS! Releasing June 9, the special edition playable VHS transfer of the film is up for pre-order now through Lionsgate Limited.

Director Eli Roth's new horror movie ICE CREAM MAN will release in theaters August 7. Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

Oh my god

The Supreme Court ruling in favor of conversion therapy has already been developed into a multi-season TV series, premiering on HBO later this year.