Derek Moreland (he/him)
@shmonstermaker.bsky.social
Author. Pretty bi for a white guy.
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My hot Frankenstein take is that Frankenstein is a textually rich work and the beauty and longevity of these works is that different people can interpret them through radically different lenses. Making your monster movie about accepting your father/son's flaws is a new lens that enriches the corpus.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My hot Frankenstein take is that Frankenstein is a textually rich work and the beauty and longevity of these works is that different people can interpret them through radically different lenses. Making your monster movie about accepting your father/son's flaws is a new lens that enriches the corpus.
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At one point Michael Flatley (playing retired spy Victor Blackley) takes off one jauntily angled hat only to be handed another. This to me is cinema.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
At one point Michael Flatley (playing retired spy Victor Blackley) takes off one jauntily angled hat only to be handed another. This to me is cinema.
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JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans."
REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.
REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.
October 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
JD VANCE: "My mother got the drugs that almost killed her from Mexicans."
REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.
REALITY: JD's mother got the drugs that almost killed her from her hospital patients, whom she stole from.
Unitonically enjoying TALAMASCA. Great Value Eddie Redmayne and Signature Foods Nicole Kidman are really compelling.
Still waited with baited breath for Lestat and co to return.
Still waited with baited breath for Lestat and co to return.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Unitonically enjoying TALAMASCA. Great Value Eddie Redmayne and Signature Foods Nicole Kidman are really compelling.
Still waited with baited breath for Lestat and co to return.
Still waited with baited breath for Lestat and co to return.
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Oh, right. I'd forgotten about this.
It's that whole Worst People You Know Are Absolutely Right thing.
It's that whole Worst People You Know Are Absolutely Right thing.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Oh, right. I'd forgotten about this.
It's that whole Worst People You Know Are Absolutely Right thing.
It's that whole Worst People You Know Are Absolutely Right thing.
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Musk: i reada da Watchers
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Musk: i reada da Watchers
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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She is beating his ass like she’s Muhammad Ali. Goddamn, Joyce.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
She is beating his ass like she’s Muhammad Ali. Goddamn, Joyce.
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in case you wondered how the normies were taking in all of the recent shutdown-ish events, here is twenty minutes of Jon Stewart screaming at the Democrats:
Jon Stewart "Can't F**king Believe" Democrats Caved on the Shutdown | The Daily Show
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November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
in case you wondered how the normies were taking in all of the recent shutdown-ish events, here is twenty minutes of Jon Stewart screaming at the Democrats:
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is remembering artist Dave Cockrum on his birthday.
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
is remembering artist Dave Cockrum on his birthday.
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Which is all in the books. It was an interesting road to go down in the films, until it wasn’t.
A pivot is called for — and I’m not sure Villeneuve represents or is interested in such a pivot.
A pivot is called for — and I’m not sure Villeneuve represents or is interested in such a pivot.
PS the more I think about it, the more I think Craig’s Bond was essentially in love with death. His self-loathing and his alienation shift Bond’s devil-may-care daring to a kind of existential indifference. His longing for a judgement can only be delivered in his extinction.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Which is all in the books. It was an interesting road to go down in the films, until it wasn’t.
A pivot is called for — and I’m not sure Villeneuve represents or is interested in such a pivot.
A pivot is called for — and I’m not sure Villeneuve represents or is interested in such a pivot.
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From a piece I wrote a zillion years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
From a piece I wrote a zillion years ago.
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Also: “James Bond is a code name” is a lazy and “continuity-first” retcon patch job that just doesn’t hold water. James Bond is James Bond, the son of Andrew Bond and Monique Delacroix Bond, and has been one character for 70+ years. Just tell a good story between the titles. It’s not a soap opera.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Also: “James Bond is a code name” is a lazy and “continuity-first” retcon patch job that just doesn’t hold water. James Bond is James Bond, the son of Andrew Bond and Monique Delacroix Bond, and has been one character for 70+ years. Just tell a good story between the titles. It’s not a soap opera.
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Len Wein delighted in telling the stories of sitting with Dave & Dave’s sketchbook, developing the characters that became the New X-men. Dave hated Wolverine’s cowl and designed the sweeping wings. Len and Bernie Wrightson were signing at Loscon when we learned Dave had died. It was a very sad day.
Today is the birthday of artist Dave Cockrum (Nov. 11, 1943-Nov. 26, 2006). Creator or cocreator of Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird, Wildfire, Mystique, the Starjammers, the Imperial Guard, Magik, & much more!
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Len Wein delighted in telling the stories of sitting with Dave & Dave’s sketchbook, developing the characters that became the New X-men. Dave hated Wolverine’s cowl and designed the sweeping wings. Len and Bernie Wrightson were signing at Loscon when we learned Dave had died. It was a very sad day.
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Anyway, when this shit comes up, I think back to Marv Wolfman's 1983 interview with TCJ:
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Anyway, when this shit comes up, I think back to Marv Wolfman's 1983 interview with TCJ:
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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I love Babar more than anything and I am letting y'all know in advance that the minute he falls into public domain I will be using him to skewer black celebrity in a manner so vicious that it will make Bojack Horseman look like a puff piece.
when you realize Babar The Elephant becomes public domain in three years
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I love Babar more than anything and I am letting y'all know in advance that the minute he falls into public domain I will be using him to skewer black celebrity in a manner so vicious that it will make Bojack Horseman look like a puff piece.
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Every year I toy with the idea of making this my banner for Thought Bubble, and every year I chicken out.
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Every year I toy with the idea of making this my banner for Thought Bubble, and every year I chicken out.
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I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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this is why Canadians complain about American politics so much btw
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of continued spread, international health experts say.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
this is why Canadians complain about American politics so much btw
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Ignores the problem of performative non-reading. In college I had a roommate who left an unread copy of the Communist Manifesto on his table so visitors would think he was interesting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ignores the problem of performative non-reading. In college I had a roommate who left an unread copy of the Communist Manifesto on his table so visitors would think he was interesting.
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I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
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The Heritage Foundation is a fascist antiblack organization.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Heritage Foundation is a fascist antiblack organization.