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BILL RYAN

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 7d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
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Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 46m

it's the best i could do

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 52m

When literature, as something worthwhile, dies, as I feel confident it will, because it's dying now, I take comfort in the fact that my life spent building a large personal library of the stuff written when the artform was still breathing comfortably, providing I'm still alive, it won't affect me.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah... I had no idea how they caught him, did you? "Be honest." Absolutely bewildering.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1h

Watching MY FATHER THE BTK KILLER, and there's an old news clip where the reporter describes the case as "the most notorious unsolved serial murders in Wichita history." Are there, like, a bunch of those?

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2h

#relatable

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2h

It's pretty remarkable.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2h

I assume you've read FAITH, HOPE, AND CARNAGE?

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, well, yes, that part of it has been quite distressing to me, as well.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 13h

If you leave one magazine job and go write a book, apparently for a major publisher, and you deliver your manuscript and take another magazine job less than a year later, when did the exile part happen, exactly?

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 13h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3h

I never doubted that, in addition to being vile racist hypocrites, they are also fucking stupid. I fail to see how that makes them less dangerous.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3h

I think you're being generous by calling them merely stupid.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4h

I don't want to sound like, or be, some parasocial lunatic, but this sort of thing, which is *in addition to* his great music, is why I'm so grateful to have discovered Nick Cave so many years ago. And I recommend clicking the link and reading the whole thing.

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 4h

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I personally find visiting the place where my loved ones rest quite challenging, mainly because I never feel their absence or lack of
life more intensely than when standing at their graves. The ongoing and evolving relationship I maintain with those I love who have passed away is manifest in the everyday, often in unexpected and sudden ways. The spirits of those who have passed on weave themselves through my conversations, actions, words and songs as sources of inspiration and guidance, as real and extant as anything else.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4h

it's probably just the algorithm

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4h

almost snorted

Pornhub Out of Context 🎃 @nocontextpornhub.bsky.social · 5h

humongousjae
6 years ago
If she calls both of them her step parents where are her
real parents

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 4h

one of the all-time great songs about heartbreak

So the next time you come lookin’
No, I won’t be around
Cuz I think I can be lonesome
Far away in another town
Somewhere where the wind blows just as cold
Well I think I can be lonesome on my own

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Justin Townes Earle - Far Away In Another Town

YouTube video by AngeliinaCaroliina

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 5h

well this doesn't seem especially newsworthy

Ruth Husko @dankackroyd.bsky.social · 6h

Been doing this for years and not a single headline

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 15h

this is a lot like that book JAWS

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 15h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 15h

"As you get older, the less you feel the call to do anything. Seeing if you can stay awake once you sit down is an adventure." Richard Ayoade, THE GRIP OF FILM

Relatable!

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 16h

Which one?

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 17h

I don't think that's something you can go to jail for.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 18h

I still can't believe I somehow managed to get married.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 19h

When I see movies where one character is a raging asshole meant to be despised, I think of all the real raging assholes in the audience, and wonder if they think "Boy, what a prick that guy is!" or "I don't get what's supposed to be so bad about this guy."

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Send Help | Official Trailer | In Theaters Jan 30

YouTube video by 20th Century Studios

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 19h

Sure, I'll see a new Sam Raimi movie, why not.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 22h

This sandwich is wheat bread grilled in anchovy oil and butter. Inside is more butter, and the anchovies. It's good, but a bit much.

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

SHOTGUN WILLIE is really great, too.