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emo soldier Genau and impressionable ska kid Stark standing vigil, eating concrete bread in Frieren season 2

Genau 'bout to turn Stark on to "Sing the Sorrow" era AFI, I can feel it. #frieren

You got this.

if you were a Joes operative, what would your handle be?

US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school probably carried out by US forces US military officials briefed on investigation make disclosure, while Pentagon has confirmed only that inquiry is under way

Pentagon finally admits something we all damn well knew. Yeah, the US did this.

170 little girls dead. Hegseth needs to be in leg irons in the Hague when this MAGA nightmare finally ends.

Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react A proposed Google data center campus in Botetourt County could use between 2 million and 8 million gallons of drinking water per day, according to an executed agreement between the developer and the W...

one google data center in virginia

two million gallons of water per day

information only released under court order & risk of contempt

Chris.

'Murder, She Wrote' 2x18 Recap: 'If a Body Meet a Body' - Pop Heist A dead body goes missing and a missing body turns up dead in this case of casket switcheroo involving a widow, a mistress, and blueberries.

Deadlines and dead bodies make for rotten bedfellows.

Seth Meyers makes a Tintin joke on Late Night

Oh, a joke for me, specifically, in these troubled times? Why thank you, Seth.

Mike Flanagan Adds 11 Frequent Collaborators To New ‘Exorcist’ Movie Universal's new 'Exorcist' movie from director Mike Flanagan has added 11 of his frequent collaborators to its cast, Deadline can report exclusively.

It's apparently not a direct adaptation, but an original story set in the world of the films. Excited either way!

deadline.com/2026/03/the-...

We play as THE Miyamoto Musashi? Of the *Harima Province* Miyamotos? Sick.

9 games that made me (using my9games.com)

Boot isn't even laced up and he's got his tongue out.

Mike Flanagan's THE EXORCIST Is Now A Flanafamily Affair Mike Flanagan has added a whole bunch of longtime collaborators to THE EXORCIST, including Rahul Kohli, Hamish Linklater, Kate Siegel and more.

Righteous!

www.fangoria.com/mike-flanaga...?

Twelfth Night

But there's a lot more I still need to see/read. Particularly the histories.

Every time I want to give up I put my clothes in the trash like Spider-Man.

A noir-toned background image of a rainy city skyscape, birds flying with a backdrop of smeared neon lights, with a detective standing on a rooftop in long coat and hat with one arm raised. Right-justified text on the image reads "open call for novellas, opens: 4.01.26, closes: 4.30.26." The Ruadán Books logo is centered above the text.

We're opening to novella manuscripts on 4/1/26! We're looking for dark thrillers, crime noir, & dark speculative fiction—if you've got a complete novella (25k-40k words) that fits, we want to hear from you.

Submission guidelines coming soon: links.ruadanbooks.com/cfs

#WriterSky #AuthorSky

(I am basing this solely on these four films like in an award season, not lifetime catalog.)

So it's gonna be Lumet...

Animated? For sure.

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon blu ray packaging. River Phoenix is being....held aloft? by Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye, and Louanne Sirota.

I was unfamiliar with this film, but the box art is tremendous. The hair! The cardigan! The sliced denim! They're carrying him? What is this blocking? Fantastic!

Kelly MacDonald, you say. *Wolf whistle* (respectfully)

#Lanterns

I'd be surprised if it had a sensible name.

I have no trouble believing this.

“Instead”? Don’t they mean “and then”? 🫠😒

Watching ANGEL'S EGG right now and the vibes are so relentlessly immaculate.

Photo of the Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition's front cover

Photo of the Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition's back cover

NEWS 🚨: Shirow Masamune's Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition is now available for pre-order! Details: https://bit.ly/40HR8Uq

This release collects Appleseed ID and Appleseed Hypernotes, acting as a rich sourcebook for the action and intrigue-filled future world of Appleseed.

#DHManga

Iwao Takamoto was one of the Disney greats. Films like Sleeping Beauty owe a lot to his meticulous lines.

The studio was a kind of home for him -- it was a big change. Just before, he'd been in the camps. We explore the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/takamoto-a...

I am now caught up with the English translation of the Frieren manga available in print (volume 14). I think there's one more print volume coming in late 2026. The series is on hiatus while the mangaka take a much deserved break. Will likely be years before this material gets adapted. It's so good.

'Murder, She Wrote' 3x13 Recap: "Crossed Up" - Pop Heist Sure, Jessica Fletcher can solve a murder while sick in bed, but will she survive her fail nephew Grady’s cooking?

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Media Matters analyzed a year of NYT coverage of anti-trans bills and found that 66% of the time the paper didn't quote a trans person. Further, it found that the paper often quoted right wing sources without mentioning their histories of anti-trans rhetoric.
So "right-wing rag" is pretty accurate.

Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It