Sean Milligan
@seanmilligan.bsky.social
Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Kettering University. PhD in English from Wayne State University. Writing, visual media, American culture. Into horror, film noir, the weird, etc.
This was my first thought on hearing he passed. I think he gets overshadowed by Carroll O'Connor, but he was so pitch prefect as Mike. Such a sad loss.
I spent this week rewatching a lot of All in the Family for work. It's not Rob Reiner's primary legacy, but it was one of the greatest quartets in TV history, and he was essential in the least rewarding role. He has a scene with Jean Stapleton in S8 that moved me to tears. Where I'll be for a while.
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This was my first thought on hearing he passed. I think he gets overshadowed by Carroll O'Connor, but he was so pitch prefect as Mike. Such a sad loss.
Gilgamesh : Enkidu :: Donald Trump : Stan Chera
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gilgamesh : Enkidu :: Donald Trump : Stan Chera
With Charli XCX doing the soundtrack to the new Wuthering Heights, what pop stars would you pair with adaptations of 19th century novels? I'd like to see Chappell Roan do Great Expectations.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
With Charli XCX doing the soundtrack to the new Wuthering Heights, what pop stars would you pair with adaptations of 19th century novels? I'd like to see Chappell Roan do Great Expectations.
"as long as it felt like a Shawn Levy movie"
Ah, yes. The famous Levy-touch.
Ah, yes. The famous Levy-touch.
He did tell me a little bit about his ideas for Star Wars, and what Kathleen Kennedy wanted.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"as long as it felt like a Shawn Levy movie"
Ah, yes. The famous Levy-touch.
Ah, yes. The famous Levy-touch.
Big divorced dad who misses all his child support payments and his kid's birthday party then promises them a dirtbike energy
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."
Trump says a tariff dividend of 'at least' $2,000 will be paid to most Americans
In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the payments would be for all but "high income people."
www.businessinsider.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Big divorced dad who misses all his child support payments and his kid's birthday party then promises them a dirtbike energy
Charlie bit my finger but the kid has six fingers on his hand
Youtube has announced that all low-res videos (i.e. older ones) are to be automatically AI upscaled to HD.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Charlie bit my finger but the kid has six fingers on his hand
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Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
(It wasn't until Jeff and Ann VanderMeer were working on their anthology The Weird that I learned that "onions" is a typo. Either Jeff or Ann mentioned to me that Barker asked them to fix the typo that had haunted the story in countless reprintings, incl in their own earlier antho The New Weird.)
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
Happy (belated) 73rd birthday to Clive Barker! And happy 40th birthday to two of his best books, The Damnation Game and The Inhuman Condition.
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy (belated) 73rd birthday to Clive Barker! And happy 40th birthday to two of his best books, The Damnation Game and The Inhuman Condition.
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This is exactly backwards. From the beginning, Kirk was the beneficiary of a large and highly organized network of dark money donors who were looking for a spokesman. No way he would have done what he did without patrons like Montgomery and Uihlein. Kirk didn't make money - money made Kirk.
September 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is exactly backwards. From the beginning, Kirk was the beneficiary of a large and highly organized network of dark money donors who were looking for a spokesman. No way he would have done what he did without patrons like Montgomery and Uihlein. Kirk didn't make money - money made Kirk.
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hey sorry for putting this on your feed but @jay.bsky.team won't explain why this is still up despite violating Bluesky TOS. I also havent gotten any email from the multiple reports I've filed on it. Could you guys report it also and tell me if you at least get an email? bsky.app/profile/nypo...
Charlie Kirk assassination latest shooting committed by trans people and advocates
Charlie Kirk assassination latest shooting committed by trans people and advocates
The assassination of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk marks the latest example of a growing wave of murders and other shootings committed by transgender people and others advocating for their rights.
nypost.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
hey sorry for putting this on your feed but @jay.bsky.team won't explain why this is still up despite violating Bluesky TOS. I also havent gotten any email from the multiple reports I've filed on it. Could you guys report it also and tell me if you at least get an email? bsky.app/profile/nypo...
RIP Mrs. Deagle
September 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
RIP Mrs. Deagle
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Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
Hey what-the-fuckers, today's episode is brought to you by stamps dot com
August 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Hey what-the-fuckers, today's episode is brought to you by stamps dot com
He was visited by Epstein's ghost
August 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
He was visited by Epstein's ghost
Carol, Tangerine, Miami Vice, Gravity
What are four non-Criterion movies you’d add to the Criterion Collection?
June 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Carol, Tangerine, Miami Vice, Gravity
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
"Yes, I will": Beto O'Rourke says he'll challenge John Cornyn for U.S. Senate if Texans want him to.
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www.chron.com/politics/art...
'Yes, I will': O’Rourke says he’ll run for Senate if Texans want him to
On Saturday, Beto O'Rourke all but confirmed he is considering a bid for U.S. Senator John Cornyn's seat.
www.chron.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
Wouldn't Chalamet be kinda perfect in the Topher Grace role?
“I don’t need any more indie cred, you know what I mean? I need to make things that people go see.” www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Steven Soderbergh: ‘Traffic wouldn’t be made today… unless you get Timothée Chalamet’
The Oscar-winning director of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, ‘Out of Sight’ and ‘Magic Mike’ speaks to Adam White about weathering the box office disappointment of his brilliant new film ‘Black Bag’, and his fears...
www.the-independent.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Wouldn't Chalamet be kinda perfect in the Topher Grace role?
From The Plot Against America.
April 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From The Plot Against America.
A film that takes place where you're from.
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A film that takes place where you're from.
How long until we have a sports betting website with a dot gov address?
March 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How long until we have a sports betting website with a dot gov address?