Sean Connell

“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated

This is where the party ends
I can’t sit here listening to you
stand by your racist friend

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.

It's almost as if a years long push for diverse representation in media actually made people less racist

The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.

It does have one wonderfully clunky one-liner during the big final act and it was so clunky I have no choice but to believe it was done lovingly and on purpose.

Moratorium on 'deluxe limited editions' of SFF books if they don't have notes, introductions, or supplementary material, please and thank you.

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

Puffin made of vibes, diaphanous atmospheric puffin standing sideways in a prismatic landscape

King of self belief, pink and blue Charles I type king, watch out buddy

A bollard and a cone and a puffin with intense deep warm colours and pastel and monoprint textures

Cautionary king, Turin shroud ass king who looks like he’s done a ghost print of his own face on Thora Hird’s best tea towel. Plantagenet

These puffins and kings have also just been added to the following gallery/shop. Lots of interesting resonant ghosty kinda stuff there, if you’re interested. And you should be dammit

www.chloecumming.com/monoprintdra...

look a million other people are about to dunk the heck out of this, so lemme just quickly note that mamdani didn't post gym videos; he just showed sincerity and care and promised something more than warmed-over "centrist" mush

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/

Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.

The retroactive part of this is the most illegal and also scariest part. They’re making shit you did in the past illegal. Just remember that

Great photo, but there are omens and then there are OMENS.

This would be where I decide to hike a different trail that day.

Or better yet go home and read a book.

FRANKENSTEIN: GOTHIC HORROR AT ITS FINEST

"It’s unfortunate that lately 'a Netflix movie' means poor quality, but if anything, this movie proves that all it takes is a great filmmaker to make a great film..."

Follow @frightaboutnow.com then read my latest horror review. I finally tackled the monster- Frankenstein, that is. 👻📽️

It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal

It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal

Very possibly.

Niiiice.

Billy had 5 albums by The Cure. He just bought 2 more. What does he have now? Depression. Billy has Depression.

If I had a place to put it…

Admittedly it does swerve from the ending of the book but it does so while acknowledging that ending and again playing with it in a way that is consistent with the movie. (Also NONE of the tech is in the book anyway, so…)

I don’t fucking know why. Well, no, I can see why some people might be miffed. But then also they weren’t paying attention to what the movie was saying.

Or they’re executives and apologists for executives who still hope someday the 1% will notice them.

Crom laughs at your app.

Seriously. This was Paul Verhoeven levels of pointed commentary wrapped up in an action movie outer layer. But also an absolute blast. Powell is outstanding in this.

Theater stanchion for The Running Man.

This? This right here? This kicked ass. It is very angry, very pointed, and very fucking fun.

Hey, it's time for #FollowFriday! Here's a big list of People Who Get It, imho. Great follows for good info, good vibes, or good practical things to do to help make things better in 2025. go.blacksky.community/5KTiNKd

Also, I thought we were all on the same page re: Internet Death Threats? As in, don't do it, and take them seriously when appropriate?

"I was kidding!" OK, so don't kid about that? Also, literally every weird stalker that's gone on to kill their ex said the exact same thing? How are ppl to know?