Dave Green's shrewd, hilarious, inspiring COYOTE VS ACME embraces the myth of Sisyphus, making the convincing argument that we must never stop fighting monopolistic corporations, even - and especially - if it's hopeless. My review of a film that predicted/documented its own future, at @thewrap.com.

'Coyote vs. Acme' Review: Ingenious, Timely Looney Tunes Legal Comedy Gets the Last Laugh

Warner Bros. tried to shelve a hilarious, inspiring film about why we should never stop fighting corporate monopolies. Gee, I wonder why?

thewrap.com

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

Slurms MacKenzie@slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 18h ago

Might post some good environment news every so often to showcase that it's not over yet and there are good things happening, we just have to fight for it First: beavers are basically magical creatures that help with drought and flooding, and we're reintroducing them more and more

amazing article

Many years ago, when I first started writing for The Dark Side (Britain's oldest horror mag) we had a bit of a friendly pub quiz rivalry with Empire magazine for a while. We kept losing though. Until one week we discovered a secret weapon. /1

priscilla page@priscillapage.bsky.social · 23h ago

that's right, Bruce Campbell www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen...

yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect

The text here doesn't give the full quote, and trust me, you'll want to hear it.

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · yesterday

🚨 WATCH: Count Binface responds to Nigel Farage calling him the "establishment candidate" "That's interesting, isn't it? Because one of the candidates was a sitting MP, formerly an MEP and the architect of Brexit... if that's not the establishment, I'd like to know what is"

Just finished Chants of Sennaar and I absolutely loved it. Discovering a language bit by bit, and then how to translate that into other languages, is made into a compelling puzzle, and it feels consistently rewarding. I needed a nudge here and there but most of it is pretty easy to figure out.

What me and the mutuals are into

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

SKA IS A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY

Several people have asked about VAST OF NIGHT recently, as it's no longer streaming on Amazon. Spoke with director Andrew Patterson about it last night and he took the rights back, partnered with someone, and a physical and new streaming release is coming soon. So VAST OF NIGHT is coming back!

when someone gets dog piled on blue sky

POSTING THIS 30-YEAR-OLD TELEVISION SCREENCAP BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE FOLKS FUCKIN FORGOT THIS

AI Guy Asks AI To Help Him Read Difficult Books

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d ago

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

The Elder Scrolls VI: Skyrim 76

@uesp.net · 3d ago

Eight letters, something Elder Scrolls related. What would you guess?

crazy to know a large portion of this country voted for a child molester who hides out in food trucks

They profit from involuntary prison labor and offer a wide selection of products that might make me shit blood? They’re offering the complete American experience!

Reuters@reuters.com · 5d ago

Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk reut.rs/4fO6aR6

curious how I haven't see a paint blistering media freakout about Trump STARVING THE TROOPS anywhere close to comparable as when Biden ripped off the bandaid in Afghanistan www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Exhaustion, low morale plague USS Lincoln crew outside Iran, family members say

‘Apparently, the ship’s doctor or therapist said they need to hit port soon or people are going to start, you know, losing their minds,’ says Bonnie York, whose stepson serves on the carrier

independent.co.uk

The framing is not vaccines don't cause autism, which they don't, the framing is autism is not a curse that spoiled your Build-a-Bear child from being the toy you wanted. Neurodivergence does not require eradication, it requires understanding and accommodation.

What year is it? Is my response to this kind of moralizing about romance novels.

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d ago

I really dislike the implication here that reading or writing books without these things is 'unethical.' Look, it's entirely fair to only want to read particular types of romance, and for publishers to advertise that their stories fall within certain limits. Christian romance exists! But ...

when i made a cartoon i was like "i really hope people enjoy laughing at my cartoon." i guess i don't understand show business

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 6d ago

We need to have to have a reckoning with the fact that our media class is mostly just dull as fuck driving gloves Tory 65 year olds who think behaving like an insufferable cunt is cool and funny

if you see me at SDCC and ask for one of these i will give you one

Last summer @moviejawn.com had a whole issue of our print zine devoted to cats and dogs. Here's a couple pieces on cats that we ran online in support of that issue.

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 6d ago

To celebrate International Cat Day, we’re counting off twenty beloved cats and kittens from movie history, from animated Disney icons to purr-fect pals from global arthouse hits. https://boxd.it/3iA

securing democracy for another day by posting hallucinatory clips of a giant, diapered trump beneath the wrathful gaze of his nine-breasted wife, joyfully hurling handfuls of his own shit into the gaping mouth of zombie mitch mcconnell

Frances Meh@francesmeh.reviews · 6d ago

resistance libs stop draining lakes to make cringey facebook-tier ai memes challenge level impossible

"...just as the current mode facilitates [the] participation [of the majority of people], it also sabotages it, and traps it in a hall of mirrors where it can hear only the echoes of its own voice and see only its own reflection recursively displayed before itself."

Mo Drammeh 🦇@curmudgeondotcom.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote a late essay about the bizarreness of the Emily Wilson discourse and the nature of discourse itself on social media.

Mamdani was nine years old on that day by the way. There is no other explanation but this.

Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 6d ago

the argument against Mamdani attending the 9/11 anniversary, as far as I can tell, is literally just that he’s Muslim, and reposting it is just reporting rank racism

This is not my kind of movie, and I don't know that I particularly liked it. Still, I recognize that it is a strong execution of a compelling story, and the two leads and Bill Nighy are *killer* in their performances.

Kevin Murphy@murphofilmo.bsky.social · 6d ago

Now watching... Notes on a Scandal (2006) Dir: Richard Eyre

I want people to go to jail for this shit

Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · last wk.

Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!

NGL this is very satisfying seeing my zine NOIR CRAZY in a physical storefront! After a career as a bookseller stocking & ringing up other people's publications, knowing my own blood, sweat, and tears (and $) print matter is on a newsstand out there amazes me. 5 years later from a simple sketch.

Jauntworks Studio Noir Illustration-Erik J Kreffel@jauntworksstudio.bsky.social · last wk.

My zine @noircrazyzine.bsky.social is featured this week in the HI DESERT TIMES MAGAZINES weekly newsletter! lizlapp.substack.com Their storefront in 29Palms, CA, gave 4 copies of Issue 001—The Noir Highway a nice home for customers, the first time NCZ has been in a physical storefront. #FilmNoir