Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Lily

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 2h

Loved this essay, which is free to any and all!!

Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 5h

In this week's free newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on Longlegs, J-horror, and what American horror film could gain from telling more stories about the past usurping the present

American film could use a little more J-horror in it

American horror looking to break clichés should borrow some ideas from Japanese horror films, writes Lily Osler.

episodes.ghost.io

2 12

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 5h

come for my 18-months-late Longlegs takes, stay for a shot from Pulse (2001, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa) that will stay with you for the rest of your natural life

Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 5h

In this week's free newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on Longlegs, J-horror, and what American horror film could gain from telling more stories about the past usurping the present

American film could use a little more J-horror in it

American horror looking to break clichés should borrow some ideas from Japanese horror films, writes Lily Osler.

episodes.ghost.io

1 2

Reposted by Lily

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 9d

Two things everyone talks about in conjunction: Taylor Swift and Warren Beatty’s Reds.

Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 9d

In this week's Monday Rundown: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 29 - October 5 2025

This week: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

episodes.ghost.io

1 1 33

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 9d

back on here briefly to note that I am now contributing to Monday Rundowns :) read all about my CHAPPELL ROAN CONCERT EXPERIENCE here!!

Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 9d

In this week's Monday Rundown: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 29 - October 5 2025

This week: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

episodes.ghost.io

2

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 11d

every day I thank Jesus Christ my Savior that I never learned to code

3

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 11d

ok i'm gonna deactivate my account on here in like an hr. learning just how deep down the silicon valley weirdo slip-n-slide every single person who works at this website is has kinda broken my resolve to stick it out lol. i'll be back when i have something to promo but like. ugh

1 3

Reposted by Lily

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 11d

really disappointed that Taylor Swift hasn’t pivoted to shoegaze yet

8 15 150

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

thinking about how in like 2017 I was at a party and wound up talking to someone who was interning at SpaceX and she was going on in this evangelical tone about how amazing it was that you could just dial Elon's extension and talk to him. In retrospect, I believe this to have been a dark portent

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

idk Posting is not an important enough part of my life to get riled up about this but I do think there is virtue in being stuffy and moderately hard to access if your job is "CEO." trying to be Fun Teacher is a high risk/high reward proposition

2

Reposted by Lily

Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 12d

wading into the Swift vs. Charli discourse to note that only one has a Letterboxd account where she's logging 5-star reviews of Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1 10 97

Reposted by Lily

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 13d

One of the best things ever made.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 13d

The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.

Four black and white panels of a boy and girl sitting on steps. 1st panel: Charlie Brown is approaching and the boy says “Well! Here comes ol’ Charlie Brown!” 2nd panel: As Charlie Brown passes, he says “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…yes, sir!” 3rd panel: “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…” 4th panel: Once Charlie is gone, “How I hate him!”

2 26 140

Reposted by Lily

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 12d

i feel like the journalism industry needs to invent a category for this post and give a prize to it in perpetuity

Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 12d

probably the most fun i've had reading something online in weeks

defector.com/name-a-28-ye...

Name A 28-Year-Old | Defector

Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it. Zendaya? 29. ...

defector.com

4 19 100

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

it is probably a bad instinct of mine but God do I ever miss professionalism as like a normal virtue

9

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

idk Posting is not an important enough part of my life to get riled up about this but I do think there is virtue in being stuffy and moderately hard to access if your job is "CEO." trying to be Fun Teacher is a high risk/high reward proposition

1 5 29

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

I think probably something is wrong on a website where one out of every five Discourses is about the programmers who work for the website and their odd posting choices

1 1 8

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

"i like a man's penis" is not a sabrina song and it's offensive to pretend it is. "i like a man's penis because he's STUPID" is a sabrina song. get it right

2

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

she does not have the secret sauce (horny for men in a way that makes her hate them more)

1 1

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

like i am not a swiftie but i don't think i've been like "wow this is like BAD bad" about her stuff before. whew

1

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 12d

taylor trying to do sabrina...... WOOF

1 1

Reposted by Lily

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 13d

guess what today is

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · Oct 2

The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Photograph of the fucked up looking cake, now with a crown of burning candles

4 37 180

Reposted by Lily

tom @tomwalker.bsky.social · Jul 17

KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor

56 4.3K 16K

Reposted by Lily

Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 15d

All you people who are like "lunar energy is just reflected solar energy" are fools, fools who think the power of the moon comes from the part you can see and not from the ancient spirits living deep in its core

18 49 540

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 19d

super proud of this one! give it a read :)

Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 19d

In this week's Friday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on how Silksong's beauty and difficulty are inextricably connected. episodes.ghost.io/silksong-rev...

Silksong hates you because it wants to teach you to dance

A game already notorious for its difficulty finds art and beauty amid destruction, Lily Osler writes.

episodes.ghost.io

3

Reposted by Lily

Jesse Goes to Hell @killgoldfish.bsky.social · Jun 2

ME: yeah could i get the impossible burger with cheese.
THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity
ME: you want anything
VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import

18 2.2K 7.6K

Lily @lilywrites.bsky.social · 21d

ok one final thing here: look out for another piece reflecting my role as Episodes' staff Hollow Knight critic in the near future :)

1 4

Reposted by Lily

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 21d

Really excited to be bringing on a new voice to the newsletter! I think the future looks ROSY.

Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 21d

In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: a new staffer at Episodes, and an invitation to help us write the next chapter of the newsletter!

Meet Episodes' new managing editor

Plus: Tell us what sorts of things you'd love to see in the newsletter.

episodes.ghost.io

2 18