Simon Read

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

OMG. Lindsey, I’m so sorry you’re going through all of that! I can’t begin to imagine the stress of it all. We’re living in an awful and messed-up timeline.

WTF is this?

I’m so sick of these fucking Trump-worshipping morons.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

So…

People seem to think that we’re just done now? We bombed the shit out of three nuclear sites in a country we weren’t at war with, and that’s just… it?

Oh, my sweet summer children.

THE LAST SACRIFICE - Promo Trailer Promo Trailer for Rupert Russell's documentary THE LAST SACRIFICE. Produced by Intermission Film.

Two years ago, I was interviewed in London for The Last Sacrifice, a true-crime/horror doc linking a 1945 murder—chronicled in my book The Case That Foiled Fabian—to the British horror classic The Wicker Man. Here's the trailer (I appear briefly around the 30-second mark).

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I love this!

We're a decade into this shit and I still cannot get my mind around how America put the single worst human being it has produced in the postwar era in charge not once but twice.

I can’t believe we’re only five months into this nightmare administration. Already feels like a lifetime. I still can’t accept the fact this country elected the guy a second time.

The man is not capable of one human moment.

‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for hire – the list of pay-for-play and quid quo pro goes on, and on … and on

Would love to see more stories and headlines like this in the American media.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

No random and senseless capitalizations? Someone wrote this for him.

Do yourself a favor in these crazy times and see THE LIFE OF CHUCK. A beautiful, heartfelt film. @mikeflanaganfilm.com has done a masterful job adapting one of @stephenking.bsky.social’s best short stories (and the man’s written a lot of phenomenal short stories). We all contain multitudes.

Democracy will not collapse all at once in America. It will happen bit by bit, state by state. We just saw US senator Alex Padilla thrown to the floor and handcuffed for trying to ask the Homeland Security Secretary a question.

Hold the line, California. Hold the f-ing line.

Excellent and congratulations!

For the record, there’s a big difference between BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Please don’t give one star to a book you’ve never read.

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YouTube video by tennesseejed93 SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

Lynne Ahrens was a 22 year old guitar-playing secretary/copywriter at the advertising firm of McCaffrey & McCall when she was asked by producer George Newell if she’d like to contribute songs to the new Schoolhouse Rock project.

She wrote and sang “No More Kings.”

Think of her this weekend.

Great shot!

During these crazy times, I’m occupying myself with writing, good books, decent wine, and strong martinis. The latest addition to my bookshelf is this biography of Edgar Allan Poe by Richard Kopley. It has one of the most stunning covers I’ve seen.

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Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases The idea of "Scotland Yard" is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through...

Love true crime and history? Of course you do! The hardcover of SCOTLAND YARD, a history of the Yard told through its most infamous murder cases, is now less than $10 on Amazon. “A must read for fans of true crime.” Publishers Weekly (starred review).

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Met this woman outside the White House this evening. Not all superheroes wear capes.

Would be great if the American media started taking this guy’s insanity and mental unfitness for office seriously.

Same!

She was fantastic.

Definitely Basil Fawlty.

100% Also, have to say Henley and Frey come across as unlikable in it (Henley more than Frey).

Can’t wait for it!