Jack Rourke
@celluloiddrifter.bsky.social
Filmmaker. Cartoonist. Writer. Projectionalist. Occasional podcast host. Blue jean cowboy, Chuck Taylor gumshoe, raglan spaceman from Vegas.
UNIVERSE IN FLUX out now!
UNIVERSE IN FLUX out now!
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Jack Rourke
@celluloiddrifter.bsky.social
· Jun 18
UNIVERSE IN FLUX, a science-fiction anthology novel I’ve been working on with some terrific friends of mine, is dropping later this summer!
here’s a trailer for the interim youtu.be/gO1bZbcpRek?...
here’s a trailer for the interim youtu.be/gO1bZbcpRek?...
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yep. no mention in the article of right wing billionaires ruining the WaPo and CBS. no mention of Murdoch outlets spreading right wing bullshit for decades. no mention of the clear biases of nuzzi and tapper and so many other famous journalists. no mention of destruction of teen vogue.
I’m not sure what to make of this survey, honestly? If you’re a young person in solidarity with Gaza, or against police killings, or you’re trans or queer, would you have reason to trust the news?
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
yep. no mention in the article of right wing billionaires ruining the WaPo and CBS. no mention of Murdoch outlets spreading right wing bullshit for decades. no mention of the clear biases of nuzzi and tapper and so many other famous journalists. no mention of destruction of teen vogue.
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The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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the corporate press softsells it, and "AI" gets all the attention, but this administration really is trying to impose a ban on all federal and state oversight of corporate power
Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it’s back—in Trump form.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the corporate press softsells it, and "AI" gets all the attention, but this administration really is trying to impose a ban on all federal and state oversight of corporate power
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Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Udo Kier's first and only post on Twitter 💯
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I am so grateful that I got to interview Udo Kier a few years ago. He just wanted to tell me stories about Andy Warhol and I let him. It was one of the most interesting interviews I've ever done. What a wonderful talent. He will be missed. R.I.P 💔
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I am so grateful that I got to interview Udo Kier a few years ago. He just wanted to tell me stories about Andy Warhol and I let him. It was one of the most interesting interviews I've ever done. What a wonderful talent. He will be missed. R.I.P 💔
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Once again my putrid Las Vegas Raiders have chosen to roll around in their filth
December 8, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Once again my putrid Las Vegas Raiders have chosen to roll around in their filth
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Carlo Simi's costume sketches for Harmonica, Frank & Morton in Once Upon a Time in the West
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Carlo Simi's costume sketches for Harmonica, Frank & Morton in Once Upon a Time in the West
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Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
#Noirvember top 4 for the year (some neo-noir, some classic)
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
#Noirvember top 4 for the year (some neo-noir, some classic)
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It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
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Vale Peter Watkins. A hugely important director, whose speculative docudramas, derided by some as the product of an overheated radical imagination, appear more frighteningly real as the years progress.
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Vale Peter Watkins. A hugely important director, whose speculative docudramas, derided by some as the product of an overheated radical imagination, appear more frighteningly real as the years progress.
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halloween is the best holiday because it’s the one that’s the most community focused. also because it’s the horniest
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
halloween is the best holiday because it’s the one that’s the most community focused. also because it’s the horniest
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I need some of you to let this entire family and all their associates to fade into the abyss.
It’s probably what’s stopping us from a global rest.
You can do this! Let’s start today.
It’s probably what’s stopping us from a global rest.
You can do this! Let’s start today.
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I need some of you to let this entire family and all their associates to fade into the abyss.
It’s probably what’s stopping us from a global rest.
You can do this! Let’s start today.
It’s probably what’s stopping us from a global rest.
You can do this! Let’s start today.
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I’m going to win, in the courtroom and on Election Day.
But I need your help to do it: katforillinois.com/legal
But I need your help to do it: katforillinois.com/legal
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I’m going to win, in the courtroom and on Election Day.
But I need your help to do it: katforillinois.com/legal
But I need your help to do it: katforillinois.com/legal
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online
The Library of Congress’s Historical Media Publications Collection is now a an online, searchable resource for film fans and historians.
www.filmbuffonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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What was your first horror movie?
CREEPSHOW (‘82)
No clue if I saw this or DAWN OF THE DEAD first. What I do know is (GREMLINS aside) I was a chickenshit about horror up until the age of 12 and “stylish fun” became my way in from there after seeing this.
CREEPSHOW (‘82)
No clue if I saw this or DAWN OF THE DEAD first. What I do know is (GREMLINS aside) I was a chickenshit about horror up until the age of 12 and “stylish fun” became my way in from there after seeing this.
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What was your first horror movie?
CREEPSHOW (‘82)
No clue if I saw this or DAWN OF THE DEAD first. What I do know is (GREMLINS aside) I was a chickenshit about horror up until the age of 12 and “stylish fun” became my way in from there after seeing this.
CREEPSHOW (‘82)
No clue if I saw this or DAWN OF THE DEAD first. What I do know is (GREMLINS aside) I was a chickenshit about horror up until the age of 12 and “stylish fun” became my way in from there after seeing this.
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And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
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Republicans are counting on 40+ years of Reaganism and prosperity-gospel propaganda to make sure Americans who can't afford food will blame themselves and not their govt. So far, generally, they've been right about that. We need to cure this country from Reaganism as quickly as possibly.
I really don't think they've thought the ramifications of letting snap run out if money
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Republicans are counting on 40+ years of Reaganism and prosperity-gospel propaganda to make sure Americans who can't afford food will blame themselves and not their govt. So far, generally, they've been right about that. We need to cure this country from Reaganism as quickly as possibly.