keeeeeene

immediately adding to the top of my to watch list, these stills look fantastic

the scene from midsommar of a path with swedish women dressed in white with flower crowns and the duolingo owl saying “this is your last swedish lesson!”

gm bsky

"Why would I want to read something nobody could be bothered to write?"

[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]

If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.

David’s expertise goes farther back in time than mine, but I can tell you that a very common joke among gilded age/progressive historians is that there is *always* a masculinity crisis happening.

western countries are talking about whether to recognize a palestinian state, while israel keeps slaughtering dozens of palestinians each and every day

“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”

Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

It's almost the year for me. Join it's practically English grad destiny at this point

Miss Rachel Instagram post: I posted a photo of a severely malnourished child in Gaza. Some have tried to discredit the horror by the new information that he has pre-existing health problems. Let's be clear: Starving a child who is sick doesn't make it less horrific. They are being denied healthy food and medical care. Another girl named Rahaf, 12, who also had medical conditions and was severely malnourished is doing so much better now that she was evacuated. Fadi, who has CF, also gained weight when evacuated treated. Every child deserves to be fed, loved, and cared for. No exceptions.

As usual, Miss Rachel said it better than me.

No it doesn’t and it’s awful to say this. Cancer can age you. Chronic stress or illness can age you. Poverty can age you. If you start associating looks with morality, you end up bursting with eugenics flavor.

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

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I'll add that while there's nothing wrong with comfort art, there's absolutely something wrong if you're willing to engage ONLY with comfort art. You should be running into art that perplexes you or gets under your skin or makes you ask questions or that you dislike without calling for its removal.

Oh FFS.

I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and I use it as a theme in some of my novels, so others like me know they aren't alone.

Alone like I felt I was for 25 fcking years.

This will just protect abusers, full stop. Fck @itch.io.

‘Mother of Flies’ Review – The Adams Family Visit the Witch in the Woods [Fantasia 2025] The idea of visiting a confirmed witch who lives in the woods is prime real estate for a horror text, which makes it a solid concept for the Adams family’s latest project. But rather than simply subje...

My @fantasiafestival.com coverage is slowly trickling out.

First up: the Adams Family’s latest DIY indie horror film, MOTHER OF FLIES, which features a great lead performance by Toby Poser.

Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com 👇

Never forget that Biden administration spokesman John Kirby said that the IDF was more careful and more moral than the US army

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

"Don't be bullies" is the easiest, most universally appealing, natural-gateway message on trans rights for Democratic politicians. It's not everything that needs to be said, but it's an ideal first step, and the number of Democrats who refuse to take it or who turn it into a "Yes but" is enraging.

When will our politicians stop denying that the Israeli government’s goals are what the Israeli government says every chance it gets?

Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states

🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇

The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project The Sameer Project, a mutual aid organization led by three Palestinians in the diaspora, are the proud directors and funders of a tent encampment in Central Gaza that provides shelter and specialized ...

I made a donation to the Sameer Project, and so should you

The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1133...

For those who asked. The link tree for the Sameer Project is here: linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

One million starved children and no shortage of food

this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility

The @LemkinInstitute is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.

Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:

"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."

"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."

“I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” The last journalists remaining in Gaza are near death from forced starvation. There is enough food at the border to feed the entire population for 3 months. This is genocide.

FRIGHTFUL HARVEST: FOOD, AGRICULUTRE, AND LANDSCAPE IN FOLK HORROR FILMS by Keene Short. Image: against a red background, a white plate is decorated with pinecones, moss, berries, and a single bloody finger.

Cover reveal and preorder link.

I wrote a book about food and ecocriticism in #folkhorror films, out early 2026 from McFarland Books.

Preorder links make good spooky season gifts for the ecocrit professor haunting your department.

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Frig...

I answered “no” to every question except the last one (should books w/ substantial AI content say so on cover), because there’s no certification scheme that can’t be gamed or falsified, & while most ppl can be trusted to be honest, enough cannot to make such a scheme toothless and pointless.

When I say I’m a fan of @autofocusbooks.bsky.social, it’s not just because I’ve published 1 book with them + have another coming out in Feb (I CANNOT WAIT TO SHARE Teen Queen Training!!)—it’s bc I genuinely love the work they publish. I don’t collect a press’s entire catalog unless I mean it ❤️❤️❤️

FRIGHTFUL HARVEST: FOOD, AGRICULUTRE, AND LANDSCAPE IN FOLK HORROR FILMS by Keene Short. Image: against a red background, a white plate is decorated with pinecones, moss, berries, and a single bloody finger.

Cover reveal and preorder link.

I wrote a book about food and ecocriticism in #folkhorror films, out early 2026 from McFarland Books.

Preorder links make good spooky season gifts for the ecocrit professor haunting your department.

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Frig...