Howard Simmons

Don't know if anyone else felt this way, but I found Bring Her Back quite moving. I was in tears as credits rolled. Obviously can't say much b/c spoilers, but how far we will go, how much of ourselves we will give up, the terrible things we will do for love...Sally Hawkins was just incredible.

Thief of Always: A Fable A Fable

Also, look at this creepy cover - and it's only $12! Buy this for the child in your life - or yourself. Or check it out from your local library! You deserve it.

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Clive Barker's Thief of Always is just a perfect scary kids book. I remember reading it as a kid and being 100% creeped out. Rereading now and the creepy factor is still high, but now I'm appreciating the sheer beauty of the writing.

Highlighted text form THE NEW YORKER The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write anything for others to read. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning. It reduces the amount of intention in the world.

Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-

once again my full throated support and endorsement for any democrat who pursues criminal legal accountability for the DOGE boys. and i’d be fine with shipping these guys to the Hague

Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.

Fuck this. Canceled my app subscription.

PRESIDENT BUSINESS GENIUS: a big man came up to me tears in his eyes and he said sir Mister Business Genius I have too much money

PRESIDENT BUSINESS GENIUS: *sets all the money on fire*

REPUBLICANS: *cheer*

REPUBLICANS: *also catch fire*

AMERICA: *on fire*

PRESIDENT: *does his jerkoff dance*

I've had Roth's Sabbath's Theater on my TBR for forever and have finally started it. It is aggressively heterosexual and frankly icky and I'm not sure if it's worth continuing.

If Dems fail to make Signal leak an incessant story demanding resignations/impeachment, it would be a mirror image of Benghazi, her emails, etc. In face of GOP zone-flooding, Dems cowered instead of calling bullshit; now when GOP says Signal leak is NBD, a failure to push back would be catastrophic.

No visit to Chicago is complete without a stop at Bucket O'Blood Books and Records. Picked up a couple of David Sodergren books for the hubby.

Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning documentary Miami Beach mayor also proposes withdrawing grant after O Cinema screened Palestinian-focused film No Other Land

A model is emerging, which is simply pretending the First Amendment doesn't exist

FINALLY watched Fall of the House of Usher by Mike Flanagan and it is delightful. Eight episodes of rich assholes getting exactly what they deserve in the most horrific ways possible. It felt absolutely cathartic.

"I wipe the crust
from my inner eye
and sit in the position
I imagine God assumes
when watching over
our breaking hearts."

- Observing the Void Ten Feet From a Swing Set

Staring Into the Void of a Five-Dollar Egg White - Electric Literature Three poems by Julia Lundy

Three poems by Julia Lundy from The Commuter by @electriclit.bsky.social: electricliterature.com/three-poems-...

Day 3 of bronchitis. Can't sit still for very long or concentrate on anything, which I think means I'm rounding the sickness corner?

Issue 51: David Lynch Archives - Bright Wall/Dark Room September 2017

A truly awful day for movies and art, losing one of the most singular and brilliant voices to ever make them.

We've unlocked our full David Lynch issue from 2017, which is now entirely free to read.

R.I.P. Mr. Lynch, and thank you forever for the work and example you left us.

💔

Character Building with Audrey Niffenegger — Artists Book House This is a workshop for fiction writers, or anyone interested in creating characters for comics, graphic novels, creative non-fiction, etcetera. Students will concentrate on techniques for building gro...

Artists Book House in Chicago has a character workshop with @audreyniffenegger.bsky.social. I loved being in her Big Books class in grad school. www.artistsbookhouse.org/eventscalend...

Finished Lila (the impact of this one crept up on me) and replaced it with Night Watching by Tracy Sierra. Closing in on Brighton Rock, though!

Starting 2025 reading three books: David Copperfield, Lila, and Brighton Rock. Why do I do this to myself?

The weird thing is, if 100 people reskeet this, the moon will transmogrify into cheese. Sure that sounds fun but the consequences will be dire.

This movie is so much fun. I've loved Kathleen Quinlan ever since I saw Trapped and Strays when I was a kid.

How a California billionaire known for auto loans provided Trump’s bond Don Hankey, a Trump supporter who made billions on high-interest auto loans, financed the former president’s $175 million bond to appeal his New York civil judgment.

Meet Don Hankey, the man who paid Trump’s $175,000,000 bond.

If you have Knight Insurance, cancel your policy.

If you live near Hankey’s house in Malibu, eggs are $4.99 a dozen at Ralphs.

Gift link: wapo.st/4cGzlSo

Struggling between quickly reading Angel of Indian Lake by @sgj.bsky.social 'cause I'm hooked and taking my time 'cause it's the last of the trilogy...

BDR Chelsea Peretti, Kathleen Hanna · Song · 2020

This song is so fucking good.

First day back to work after a long weekend and my anxiety is sky high.

It would be so cool if laws existed for Elon Musk

Wagering with myself if my flight to Chicago will actually leave. Was supposed to leave at 5:09, then delayed 4 times to 8:29, then moved back to 7:30, now claiming to depart at 7:46.

Thank you so much for all you support 💋 INSTAGRAM || @jimbothedragclown FACEBOOK || www.facebook.com/jimbothedragclown JIMBO The Drag Clown - Stitchy Baby (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

A little late to the best song of 2023:

Finished The Book of Love only two days past its due date at the library (I’m sorry next person in line! Thank you Ferguson Library!) next up The Merry Dredgers by Jeremy Shipp. Their writing is always this great mex of creepiness and playfulness.