Kino Lorber is having a sale. They've discounted all seasons of Babylon Berlin, including season 4. kinolorber.com/collection/a...
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Kino Lorber is having a sale. They've discounted all seasons of Babylon Berlin, including season 4. kinolorber.com/collection/a...
I suspect he is not dead. Only sulking. Release the Epstein Files.
Not even GOLFING?
Have submitted two stories today. *looks back* JFC, I haven't done that since MAY? I've got to do this more regularly.
And now we're paying $100m to find "innovative solutions" WHEN WE ALREADY HAD A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL ONE. That money will make no dent because it's going into the pockets of cronies and grifters. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
Every time I start a novel, there's a period of empty brain-ness, and I am certain that I have forgotten how it works. Until I hit on a phrase that unleashes the floodgates, and I am suddenly scrambling to keep up with the ideas. With this novel, that phrase is "Comedy murder plots."
"If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of." Kennedy doesn't give a shit about facts. He only has his opinion, and he will twist or ignore anything that goes against it.
Really showing Trump's respect for the military.
They love America's money. They just loathe the people that actually do the work to create it.
What IS it with my local, loudmouthed chucklefucks that they just can't stay out of trouble with the law? Imagine being such a pest that the *local hospital* has an order of no trespass against you. And then not showing up for the hearing. www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/h...
What move prepared me for what publishing was going to throw at me? 1988's sadly overlooked Tim Robbins/John Cusack TAPEHEADS. www.patreon.com/posts/movie-...
Looking up the Pleistocene megafauna extinctions to populate the wilds of the world I'm building. What's your favorite extinct huge Pleistocene animal?
R@pists love victim blaming.
Farewell, Terrence Stamp. You were a terrifying and yet at the same time human motherfucker in The Limey, my favorite of your roles. They know you're fucking coming.
Checking to see what of my stuff got ripped off by AI, and what appears but The Unspeakable Oath #22. @drgonzo123.bsky.social ... I figure you ought to know.
"If the facts do not agree with me going fascist, they must be disposed of."
He's anticipating another bribe.
Coming in late, but K-Pop Demon Hunters is *exactly* the antidote I needed after watching Rosemary's Baby.
Guess it's time to start learning how to fight robots so we humans can get water.
They can't hurt Bezos' feelings, tho.
Brainstorming is *fun*! Ideas bounce around in your head until several come together and form a plot. Why would anyone want to give that up?
I am very disappointed to read the Hugh Laurie will be in the Potter remake.
And he intends to shoot down down satellites that monitor CO2 in the atmosphere. Because if reality doesn't agree with him, the data must be destroyed. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
Ooooh, this looks interesting.
BOLDNESS IS ALL! Yeah, I enjoyed Murderbot. Good expansion on the novella, nice character arcs for all involved.
Why isn't there even a fansub of Kawasaki's EARTH DEFENSE WIDOW? #Kaiju #research
Can't mean to Der Trumpenfuhrer on social media. I'm sure people like Kim Jon Un have a similar policy.
This video giving showing the skeleton of the GUESS model is 100% amazing.
Hadn't quite finished tonight's adventure and worried about it as I went to sleep last night. Woke up early, and my brain told me "Let them go to the orgy" and the rest of the adventure basically fell into place. Thanks brain.
Her job is to stuff her pockets and suck up to the Racist Pedo in Charge.
Executive meddling, IIRC. Some jackass said "You have to solve the murder. You can't just string out this murder for a second season." And they were CLEARLY wrong.
You ever watch a film that you wish you could shove your arms into the screen and FIX it? For me, that film is Christopher Strong (1933). This little essay includes how I intend to fix a film more than 90 years old. www.patreon.com/posts/films-...
Least unexpected news this year.
Just... just be aware of the precipitous drop in quality after the first season. If you're having trouble with first season, I really *really* do not suggest continuing forward.
*base heavy funk starts*
This seems optimistic. The Supreme Court has indicated more than once that Republicans have rights that Democrats somehow don't seem to have.
Going through a story, and see that I have written "your previous bodily fluids" instead of "precious". What a difference a single letter makes.
What's big, red, and eats rocks? A big, red rock-eater! That was a pinnacle of humor when I was in first grade.
Mothra and Mothra vs Godzilla, as well, although you'll notice they don't darken the Ito twins. And don't get me started on Gappa. But Japan stopped doing that in the late sixties. 1977 Hong Kong... not so much.
There's a reason I'm not talking about giant gorilla films as part of my kaiju guide (King Kong grandfathered in). MIGHTY PEKING MAN, not to harsh anyone's love of it, is not my cup of tea. I don't like the treatment of the animals, I don't like the skin-darkening makeup.
NECON was brilliant, as usual. Lots of time with friends, although never enough. Watching friends do amazing work and get rewarded for it. My heart is full, my creativity is topped up. It was the best of weekends.
Fantastic!
Off I go to NECON. Great things have happened to me at NECON. But I don't need great things to happen to me this time. I just want time with my excellent friends.
"AI Slop" and "AI Slopists"?
And why haven't the Police Unions made a big stink about this?
And plenty of people stand to die. Not that he cares.
Grok says what it was programmed to say. How embarrassing for Musk.
Did he think that when he reduced the weapons to Ukraine, Vlad would ease up on his war to annihilate Ukraine? No never mind. Trying to find continuity in Trump's actions is like asking a clam to explain the history of manned flight.
Now I think of those "rolling coal" guys like squid. They're ejecting a cloud to cover their frightened retreat.
With the elimination of USAID, he now always kills people. Every dingle day.
Nothing says "freedom" like a $45 billion secret police force.
This was always the plan. To replace those expensive workers with something resembling a McDonald's hamburger that sucks, but it's at least cheaper than using people. MBAs have always resented people who can do what they can't.
My friends owns a Mexican place in Santa Fe. I live in Vermont. I understand your pain.
America is about to make our very own Great Leap Forward.
Everything is awful. But... Vinegar Syndrome is putting out another luscious kaiju 4K Blu-Ray... this time YONGARRY (following great editions of GORGO and REPTILICUS), the underrated and misunderstood 1967 film from South Korea. It's going to be AMAZING! vinegarsyndrome.com/products/yon...
Buddhist jokes are hard to come by.
The Republican party has demonstrated repeatedly that money is more important than lives. This gives them the excuse to be unspeakably cruel.
I don't want to do responsible things today. I want to make my safe Jurassic Park where the dinosaurs are fulfilled, happy in their environments, and don't escape.
She saw it in a window and just had to have it. Yes, stolen from Carol Burnett.
Here's an amazing thread about how weird physics can still produce results. Thanks, Dread! bsky.app/profile/did:...
DEMOCRACY MIGHT HAPPEN!
A few months? That was certainly worth a quarter of a billion dollars.
Looks like we won't have Big Balls to kick around any more.
The goons running ICE have no idea about any of the financials. ICE is projectile-vomiting money, possibly a *billion* dollars over budget. www.axios.com/2025/06/16/i...
There are a few billion reasons.
And, as show here, they are.
The short answer is "aviation enthusiasts." theaviationist.com/2025/06/21/b...
But can it beat an Atari 2600 at chess? For that, can Musk?
SO SULKY! Why is the President of the United States SULKING?
Well, the king will always do what kings have done. Peddling influence.
I noticed this was on the company's trailer hitch. Luckily, I've got a good company that sent an expert to rescue them.
It's a HUGE number of very power-hungry computers. Imagine multiple warehouses full of high-performance computers. They need a lot of electricity, a lot of cooling, and the infrastructure for both. Also, salaries higher-up salaries in AI companies are not cheap. time.com/6984292/cost...
Someone asked me if I thought the protests had any effect. That's a yup.
What fucking sucks about capitalism is the way it is never satisfied. A friend is in need. Please consider helping. www.gofundme.com/f/florida-he...
Writing down doesn't help with people uninterested in reading.
Just so blatantly making money off the presidency. Jimmy Carter gave up his peanut farm, fr fuck's sake.
So TOHO? If you're listening? I'd really like a Blu-ray transfer of RODAN.
This morning I... Went to a well-attended "No Kings" protest Got CSA (strawberries are in!) Next I'm going to the pride parade. Turns out, you can do that in a small town.
No Kings. No nobility. No oligarchs, no princes, earls, dukes or counts. No dictators. No Trump.
"It's basically piglet, but only the tasty parts."
Well, you've already got mine.
The... *checks* fourth largest economy in the world is burdensome. Facts just fly past them don't they?
Billion-dollar ChatGPT lost a chess game to a computer with 124 bytes of RAM. Sums up AI for me. www.extremetech.com/computing/ch...
Ask him medical questions. Can he define the difference between RNA and DNA? Does he know the organelles of a cell? What is a prion? Demonstrate that he has no business telling doctors what to do.
And they've just raided a meat packing plant in Omaha. That's going to be all our food. apnews.com/article/immi...
I realized I wanted to add the picture.
I like letting authors know when I enjoyed their books. @writervh.bsky.social 's DEATHWORLDER is a cracking tale. Excellent characters, well realized, and a great view of a tyranid invasion. Tense throughout, with good action scenes and a real creeping horror. Great read.
Sly Stone was just amazing. If you haven't seen Hulu's SUMMER OF SOUL, it's an incredible documentary of a truly extraordinary music festival.
That's like 40 golf trips!
Is that... is that Megan @greenwell.bsky.social on Reuters, talking about her new book? She's always been awesome. www.reuters.com/podcasts/pri...
They're gamblers. They took a chance (Facebook) and struck it big. Now they'll do anything to be on the next big thing. And they have a shitload of money so they can shrug off failures that would make a less moneyed company go down in flames.
Yep. For reasons they have difficulty articulating, Americans must die.
Just got a rejection letter that I would happily paper my study with.
"Its hard finding people that sufficiently corrupt or incompetent these days." Hegseth, to a bottle.
They've never met a lost cause they didn't love. Spartans, Confederacy, and Nazis.
Sixty degrees and overcast is the New England summer I moved here for.
Ooh, an excerpt from Megan Greenwell's BAD COMPANY! www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
I did not read the article as closely as I should have. This is not coming from Tulsa, it's coming from private equity firms. It's definitely not enough, and does not carry consequences from those who benefited from the massacre. Again, not enough. But I hope it's a beginning.
I think he didn't get enough in the bill. That's why he's upset.
Holy shit, Tulsa is paying reparations for the Greenwood massacre. abcnews.go.com/US/105m-repa...