The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a bossš" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
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The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a bossš" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
Honestly thought that was Jon Lovitz with him there.
Considering my mood and crap mental health today, this could only help me. I mean, not by very much, but it certainly wouldnāt hurt any.
Finished up season 3 of Reacher. Good stuff! I really need to catch up with the books. Definitely ready for the Neagly spin-off show now!
Every time Superman faced even a minor challenge he needed the dog to bail him out. At least thatās how I remember it.
At a certain point, itās just too much silliness to be able to suspend my disbelief for. Thankfully Iāll always have my Nolan Bat-flicks. I prefer it grounded to Superman constantly needing to be rescued by a shitty little yappy purse dog.
Heard some fireworks and thought maybe the motherfucker had finally died, but I guess itās just some Labor Day celebrants? Pretty silly. Hopefully they donāt keep me up all night since tomorrow itās back to laboring all day again.
Imagine thinking Labor Day of all days -- as one of the highest editorial positions at a premiere publisher -- was the day to announce use of AI in art was "unavoidable" to your audience of primarily artists and other creatives. Talk about completely disrespectful and out of touch.
Well, on the bright side, if it does get that ridiculous that Bat-Cow becomes cinematic canon, Iām gonna be saving a lot of time and money in the future. š
From what I recall, Ace is basically just home defense right? Or there to keep Alfred company (back when there was an Alfredā¦)
Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
Trump, Musk, McConnell, JK Rowling, John Howard, Nigel Farage... plenty more. I'll be glad when they're all dead. "Don't speak ill of the dead" "Don't wish people dead" ? Fuck that. Don't be a colossal cunt and maybe people won't celebrate your death.
Dear lord, I hope we donāt have to deal with Batman having some kind of goofy pet sidekick in the Gunnverse. I do love Eagly, but cāmon. Enoughās enough.
Eagly is better than Krypto and itās not even close.
Americans Astronomers watching watching US politics Betelgeuse š¤ āIt could happen at any timeā
Losing my shit at how great Menace is shaping up - feels like *the* game to next sit alongside the likes of XCOM and Xenonauts, if the RPG/management side of the game is half as good as the combat I played at Gamescom www.gamesradar.com/games/strate...
āYou Werenāt Meant To Be Human,ā by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social had me squirming and grimacing and hesitant to turn the page, whilst simultaneously grateful that somebody had the guts to write it, and write it well. SEPTEMBER 9TH- @daphnepress.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social
But is CLAYFACE set before or after CREATURE COMMANDOS, @jamesgunn.bsky.social?
It just so happens I wrote a pretty glowing review of this back in Dec. 2022 prior to the book's launch that goes into quite a few of the things I loved about SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER. This book fucking rocks. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Imagine how much money could have been saved just by going with an actual human to begin with www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Oh, those poor students! On the other handā¦ income!
Coming September 2nd
Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.
Lucky for me, I never even gained relevance. Nothing to lose over here! š
Reading order FTW! Marvel better do this all the way through to the end of the Krakoa Era and not shit the bed once they get past the Trials of X anthologies. Excited to collect these. Dreading the costs of such a long-term commitment. š youtube.com/shorts/1P0Za...
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and šššššš
$2 or less for Halloween fun! The sale wraps up SUNDAY, and includes my Halloween TV Specials THE MAUSOLEUM OF GORE and THE CRYPT OF BLOOD, & the solo pencil 'n paper dungeon crawler SPLATTER ZONE. www.muzzlelandpress.com/shop
time to make this my homepage everywhere
Yep!
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Yeah, I have not heard anything good about the latest riff on this story. Don't think I'll bother with that one.
That is a serious man on a mission right there.
Why the hell is that?! Maybe because of its 9/11 associations and existing in the shadow of Minority Report? Or because the resolution isnāt really a big jingoistic hurrah? I donāt get it. Iām putting it up with Jurassic Park as one of the peak Spielberg flicks.
DON'T stop calling but DO stop listing what the payment is for, if that was a thing you're doing *wearily* don't ask don't tell is back, and it's for everything now
Life in 2025:
OK, hear me out...A LORD OF THE RINGS remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Also, I really need that MINORITY REPORT 4K steelbook thatās rumored for this year. Another great movie.
Speaking of Peele, where the hell is his next flick?
Kinda want to rewatch NOPE now, but the kids are still up and I donāt think I have three hours in me once theyāre down. Think that oneās gonna have to wait until I take a vacation day while theyāre at school. Yes, yes, I know itās not Spielberg, but he was a clear influence in Peele here!
Is it just me or does it feel like this flick is grossly overlooked when we talk about Spielbergās greatness? Good lord, the intensity of the action scenes in here!
Rewartched Spielbergās WAR OF THE WORLDS for the first time in maybe 20 years and was kinda blown away by it. Iād forgotten so much. Incredible scope and scale to it. Now I am so freaking ready for his 2026 UFO flick with Emily Blunt and Wyatt Russell. Iām expecting some pretty great things!
Chicago keeping art alive:
Ugh. I hope you feel better soon!
Fossil fuels are like the patriarchy: if it's so great, why you gotta enforce it with violence? š¤ billmckibben.substack.com/p/trumps-big...
White House Downplays Trump Hand Bruise As Least Concerning Part Of Body https://theonion.com/white-house-downplays-trump-hand-bruise-as-least-concerning-part-of-body/
Sweet!!! Good looking steels, too!
Latest issue of my monthly newsletter just went out to subscribers. If you're not on the list, you can get on it and read the latest post on my website right now! Yay technology! Except AI. Fuck AI. #bookreviews #booksky #horror š©øš šš www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/the-aug...
Trans people never stole the entire Social Security database and put every American at risk by uploading their personal information to an unsecure server. But Trump and Elon Musk sure did.
the funniest possible day for it to happen is 9/11
@haileypiperfights.bsky.social Iām just wrapping up āA Game In Yellowā and it was fantastic erotic horror! Great stuff!
Them: even if he dies, nothing with change Me: except heās dead and Iāll be glad heās dead and everyone will be glad heās dead. Now give me my tambourine back, Susan
Saying theyāre unconstitutional but leaving them in place anyway pretty much sums up everything from the last 8 months
Weird how the bruise on trump's hand is taking a longer time to heal than the ear that was hit by a bullet.
Some just need to go sooner than others. And others need to go right now. Now now. Now.
Finished reading Christopher Golden's "The Night Birds." amzn.to/3GGKmrv šš¦āā¬š¶ See, this is what I hate about #horror novels: Now I never want to go on a derelict boat with a baby again. Thanks, Golden! #books #reading #FolkHorror @stmartinspress.bsky.social
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Donāt lose hope, people. His health is complete trash and he eats nothing but literal garbage day in and day out. He really could go at any time. We need to keep putting this positive energy out into the universe and will to happen.
Could still happen, there's always tomorrow
I've never seen social media so ... hopeful
Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of āDid this dictator die or just disappear for a day?ā Weāve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.
I swear, this motherfucker just has to ruin every goddamned thing.
Damn. Ah, well, we've had some practice celebrations. We'll enjoy it even more next time.
Would be a great start to the long weekend though
Remember how if a kid choked on a little plastic toy they used to stop selling the toy
any body want to help me plan sneaking around and raising all the flags back up to full mast
At the very least itās fun to think of this as a sort of tailgate party before the big event
The great Jonathan Maberry on my alien-invasion novel VEIL.
Hahaha! This is true.
Weāre all gonna be soooo disappointed real soon here, arenāt we? (Please donāt let us be disappointed.)
Is it official? Is he dead yet?
Phew. I haven't lost it. (Or if I did, I'm not alone).
I only hope that his death is embarrassing, public, and supremely gifable.
Fair enough! If thereās one thing I get, itās other books syndrome.
Goddamn, hereās to hoping!
Ugh. Gross, @a24movies.bsky.social. Real fucking gross. Fuck this noise.
Hey hey hey! @cullenbunn.bsky.socialās debut adult horror novel is up on NetGalley! Iāve got my fingers crossed for an approval because, man, I do not want to have to wait until November to sink into this one! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Ironically this is still less water than the data center used to power the AI itself.
Thanks! You too! Have you started in on The Stand anthology or still waiting on your special edition to arrive?
You read a lot of comics, some better than others. Some grab you. Some you'll remember forever. But others are something altogether more. Monumental. Abs MM by @denizcamp.bsky.social @javierrodriguez.bsky.social Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou and Katie Hubert is exactly that. (I know I'm late to this one)
Starting at the top asset balance.
You want MORE Patrick Barb in 2025? More than JK-LOL, And One Day We Will Die, Night of the Witch-Hunter, The Nut House, AND Abducted? I got you, fam. Check out this cover wrap by @lynnehansenart.bsky.social for my action/horror novella THE BIG ONE c/o @tonyanuci.bsky.social. Coming October 7th!
āRoads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.ā š¤ cinephiliabeyond.org/back-future-...
Imagine how much money could be saved if we didnāt have such a weak, pathetic, thin-skinned, little bitch ass loser as president*.
Great news all around! Congrats!
A bit more news to end the week: THE MACHADO FAMILY, my next crime novel, is coming your way - along with reissues of all five Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery novels, via Thomas & Mercer. Details at my newsletter: alexsegura.substack.com/p/my-next-cr...
Sizzling butter in a peach cobbler ASMR.
Something blue states will need to explore: how to create cross-state compacts dedicated to a functioning government as the Trump administration walks away from it's responsibilities.
Latest issue of my monthly newsletter just went out to subscribers. If you're not on the list, you can get on it and read the latest post on my website right now! Yay technology! Except AI. Fuck AI. #bookreviews #booksky #horror š©øš šš www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/the-aug...
New review up for The Hallows by @hollytinsl3y.bsky.social! Highly recommended. š fanfiaddict.com/review-the-h...
According to this CDC resignee, RFK Jr literally wants your children to die.
OMG pinch me... a dream review!!! I'm gonna crib some of her deft analysis for my events. I feel SEEN. Thank you Anna!!!
This is fucking cool. www.fangoria.com/the-toxic-av...
The Republican Party is a white supremacist death cult.
Whoever has been writing headlines at @the-independent.com recently is doing a great job
