Look, I'm firmly on the side of "we don't need an app for goddamn everything."

All I'm saying is that it'd be helpful to see how much charge the vibrator has left.

The Long Walk is one of the best Stephen King adaptations. It's a brutal, beautiful portrayal of male friendships and an appropriately violent condemnation of toxic masculinity & authoritarianism.

Every actor gets a chance to shine, and they're all powerhouses. I've never hated Mark Hamill more. 👍

I just think they shouldn't be allowed to use the name "Ripper" if the serial killer's preferred weapon is a blunt force instrument.

The sheer, unadulterated rage when you click "remember this device" and the website DOESN'T REMEMBER THIS DEVICE.

YouTube video by Netflix The Thursday Murder Club | Official Trailer | Netflix

In this time of psychological strain and abject horror, it's important to take our joys where we can find them.

For instance, this cast is absolute 🔥.

Friend: Any plans tonight?

Me: Well, based on internet reactions, I'll be intentionally watching South Park for the first time in *checks watch* 20 years.

I mean, do you do that regularly? While blocking a parking lot? With your car in gear? 😆

I'm grateful, but between my poor self-image, my social anxiety, and the apparent urgency of the compliment, my brain will be picking over this interaction for WEEKS.

"Ma'am! MA'AM!"

Thinking that couldn't possibly be aimed at me, I turned from the minimart toward a woman who had just backed out of a spot, was mid-parking lot, had a kid in the back, & was leaning over the passenger seat to yell to (at?) me out the window.

"You look really pretty in that green!"

Apparently the new Pope is a Francis-type who preaches tolerance and compassion.

In this time of an alarming worldwide trend toward right-wing extremism, it's a relief to know the major geo-political power we can count on to reject authoritarianism is... *checks notes*... the Catholic Church.

He looks deeply uncomfortable at least. What's the goal here? To shut down all/most of the FBI because they'll have no money? Or to just buck Congress entirely and spend whatever they want? Congress controls the budget, but how does the *money* work? This is a level of econ I never thought I'd need.

He's rocking the salt & pepper.

This is basically the plot of the last Mission: Impossible movie.

Netflix: Matthew Goode...
Me: Yes?
Netflix: ...stars as a brash but brilliant detective...
Me: Yes.
Netflix: ...recently exiled to the basement to lead a one-man...
Me: Fucking yes.
Netflix: ...cold case department.
Me: I SAID YES.
Netflix: Also he has a beard. And he's in Scotland.

Checks out.

6 burly state police officers to remove 1 non-violent, non-confrontational "old Jewish woman" who looks to be the tiniest adult in the crowd. I, for one, feel safer already.

And really? "Stop recording" a public town hall constituent Q&A? F*** all the way off.

Someone get me the link

Statistically speaking, there's a non-zero chance that somewhere there is a tough-guy mobster whose guilty secret is how much he enjoys reading mafia romances. And I am DYING to hear his hot takes.

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Never heard of you, saw you followed me, got intrigued by Chair, & had to listen. I had no idea I was so ignorant of the greatest Marvel hero of all time. Instant follow-back & subscribe. What are you - the Irish Weekly Planet? I look forward to exploring the back catalog. 😁

Cover art for the audiobook editions of the novel The Cruel Dark and its companion novella Lover, both written by Bea Northwick and narrated by Madison Mitts and Theodore Zephyr.

MASSIVE book hangover: historical gothic with a modern sensibility in audio form. Top artists in 2 different mediums combining their talents = *chef's kiss.* I never expected a "companion novella" to be the most swoon-worthy, romantic thing I've ever read (listened to), but here we are.
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So are any of the election Emotional Support Canadians moonlighting in the "another beloved 'feminist' SFF artist is actually a fucking monster who abuses women" sector or...?
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Cover of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Cover of Persuasion by Jane Austen

Okay, I couldn't decide, so I'm cheating and listing a final 2.

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White page with dark text reading "Learning to Be Me" by Greg Egan

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Spotted a truly epic haircut on an ep of Murder, She Wrote that aired just 7 months before TNG premiered. And yet no Flat-Top Geordi for us. What happened @levarburton.bsky.social? Not compliant with Federation regulations? 😉

Cover of The Giver by Lois Lowry

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Cover of The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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Cover of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

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Cover of Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

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Cover of Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

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Cover of the short story collection Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling.

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