Logan
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Lock the gate.
no great artists have ever struggled, a famous thing about artists that we all know. everyone prior to three years ago lived lives of luxury.
![the stupid 'talent is a gatekeeping mechanism' thread that's going around, three posts reading:
tired of having these arguments so i'm gonna lay out the STARK reality of AI for some of you privileged fucks:
1. "talent" is a gatekeeping mechanism that has created a culture of professionalism that is no less of an ivory tower than academia, a moralized proxy for access to time, training, money.
2. being poor means having to make hard choices like:
[a] drawing something yourself in a way society would call "bad" (i.e. unprofessional)
[b] sacrificing resources you don't have to pay a real artist what they're worth (or learn yourself)
[c] not doing it at all, or
[d] using AI.
“just don’t use AI” is a luxury position. when people moralize choices made under scarcity, they’re pretending the menu is the same for everyone. it fucking isn’t.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dei7f7zh74xr3hoghei6ke3d/bafkreig5uei5qn5bkwhgniorhoyesfs73ovo76xwfk2yxprmtnbde4cvp4@jpeg)
February 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Lock the gate.
Andy Lau is lucky this dude didn't steal his girl right here.
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Andy Lau is lucky this dude didn't steal his girl right here.
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Happy Friday y'all. Thanks to them that have bought COUNT THE DUST from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social. Today I'm offering to give away 2 copies. Repost this post between now and the end of the weekend and I'll put your name in a random draw machine thing Monday and pick 2 winners.
February 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Happy Friday y'all. Thanks to them that have bought COUNT THE DUST from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social. Today I'm offering to give away 2 copies. Repost this post between now and the end of the weekend and I'll put your name in a random draw machine thing Monday and pick 2 winners.
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I read my first James Sallis book last year and immediately wanted to dive into his entire bibliography. What a writer.
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I read my first James Sallis book last year and immediately wanted to dive into his entire bibliography. What a writer.
CRIME FICTION IN ALL ITS GLORY
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM
CRIME FICTION IN ALL ITS GLORY
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VIOLENT COP (Kitano, 1989)
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
VIOLENT COP (Kitano, 1989)
I read about Mickey Reece years ago, forgot about him, then randomly remembered and looked him up.
Boy, am I glad I did. This was a wonderful trip.
Boy, am I glad I did. This was a wonderful trip.
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I read about Mickey Reece years ago, forgot about him, then randomly remembered and looked him up.
Boy, am I glad I did. This was a wonderful trip.
Boy, am I glad I did. This was a wonderful trip.
I am a jumble of thoughts, but I can't not be excited about a new Ellroy.
I mean, what if it's good?!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608693...
I mean, what if it's good?!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608693...
Red Sheet by James Ellroy: 9780525656814 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Turn to the first page. Disavow what you think you know about the so-called Red Scare. This is commie malfeasance and ’60s L.A. as you’ve never read it before. It’s late October 1962....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I am a jumble of thoughts, but I can't not be excited about a new Ellroy.
I mean, what if it's good?!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608693...
I mean, what if it's good?!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608693...
@maybejed.bsky.social, it's your day to shine.
January 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
@maybejed.bsky.social, it's your day to shine.
I love everything about this.
powerful images of Lee Van Cleef painting at home in 1967
January 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I love everything about this.
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Genius editor Thelma Schoonmaker is 86.
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Genius editor Thelma Schoonmaker is 86.
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
I love her definition of editing:
‘Editing is really like plumbing a good deal of the time. You put two things together, and a current runs through it.’
One of these things is not like the others.
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
One of these things is not like the others.
Dang holidays screwing up my picture watchin'.
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Dang holidays screwing up my picture watchin'.
My favorite first-time watches of 2025.
Interesting to see there were films I rated higher that didn't make it onto this list. These ones stuck with me.
Interesting to see there were films I rated higher that didn't make it onto this list. These ones stuck with me.
December 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My favorite first-time watches of 2025.
Interesting to see there were films I rated higher that didn't make it onto this list. These ones stuck with me.
Interesting to see there were films I rated higher that didn't make it onto this list. These ones stuck with me.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
I hope everyone gets a crime novel this Christmas!
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I hope everyone gets a crime novel this Christmas!
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Man, Paul Simon's Graceland is never a bad idea. I always doubt that it will sound as good as I remember and it always does. An all timer
December 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Man, Paul Simon's Graceland is never a bad idea. I always doubt that it will sound as good as I remember and it always does. An all timer
