Paul Michael Anderson

I’ll say this for Max Landis: he may be a creep but he’s also a bad writer

If you're doing anything with GI Joe and the first words out of your mouth aren't "Larry Hama" you should be banned from even so much as looking at the action figures.

Hold on to your physical media, expand your collection, visit your local library, look on the internet archive. Don’t rely on streaming.

god forbid an elite be subject to unsparing criticism

Twitter is a Nazi bar. Bluesky is several different bars, and the beauty of it is that you can pretty much pick the one you hang around in or create your own and kick people out if they're assholes.

People who say Bluesky is too woke are just salty about not being particularly welcome someplace.

FUCK yes.

Student who punched another student holding pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School received 2-day suspension No criminal charges were filed, but the student who punched another student for holding a pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School last week received a two-day suspension and is back in class.

incredible write up of our latest young folk hero

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stalled out, kicking the tires trying to make it inch forward a little more

Smartphone screenshot showing two New York Times “Breaking News” push notifications. The first, at 5:38 AM, says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over links to Jeffrey Epstein, citing the BBC. The second, at 2:01 AM, says Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s ousted leader, was found guilty of leading an insurrection over his 2024 martial law decree. Each notification includes a “Share” option and a bell icon.

Watching other countries actually make their leaders and powerful men face consequences with jealousy.

Now that I’m turn 43 this year, I can say…this is correct.

The iPhone’s inner workings depict writer Paul Michael Anderson as an “art work”.

Remember, team, if a soulless iPhone can see you as a work of art, then you definitely deserve a person viewing you that way.

Posted this over on Instagram before remembering, hey, Bluesky can show videos, too (I mean, I routinely watch @atrupar.com’s clips, so I was just being dense).

Anyway, I’ll be at the charity event Authorcon VI with copies of BONES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN and all my other works, so come see me!

Thread of some services/software I'm using instead of various billionaire-owned surveillance/fascist/"A.i." trash products:

For my newsletters, @buttondown.com. Does the job! Great customer service - usually get personalized responses within 24 hours. (Never gonna join Substack.)

Holy shit.

Just scrolling along, not really focusing, it looks like either you or Max are just talking to yourselves

Excellent to watch on a loop.

Slow week.

Scares That Care

Where am I going to be at Authorcon VI?

FRIDAY - “Teaching Writing” (7-8)

SATURDAY - “Grief Horror 2026” (2:15-3:15) and Reading w/ Garrett Boatman (5:15-6)

In addition to table-riding with some books.

Full schedule here & I hope you can come out to play: scaresthatcare.org/author-con-6

Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"

Indiana Jones punching a Nazi. Text says “punching Nazis is always cool.”

RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.

Dead Kennedys - Let’s Lynch The Landlord

Relevant pretty much daily.

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I enjoyed both equally, but I’m hearing it’s because of Fiennes and how his character’s story developed.

A man’s left forearm, with the razor blade vampire teeth from the movie MARTIN, is displayed, above a paperback copy of Chris Panatier’s SHITSHOW.

Happy 86th birthday, George Romero.

Goddammit, fuck Darren Aronofsky.

I saw that. Fuck that piece of shit.