Marc Olivier
@dullboy237.bsky.social
Professor (film and lit), series editor Icons of Horror (Indiana UP). Love and support the marginalized. 🏳️🌈 he/him #horrorsky
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Marc Olivier
@dullboy237.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Horror fans. Here are four things I’ve written: 1. Household Horror 2. “Tools of the Trade: A statistical analysis of slasher hardware” (ch 1 in Labors of Fear) 3. “Glitch Gothic” in Cinematic Ghosts 4. “Postdigital Gothic” in the Cambridge History of the Gothic.
iPhone software update reset all my NYT games streaks. Thanks a lot, Apple. The “glass” effect was totally worth it 😖
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
iPhone software update reset all my NYT games streaks. Thanks a lot, Apple. The “glass” effect was totally worth it 😖
Hamnet. Whatever you’re hearing about how amazing it is, believe it.
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Hamnet. Whatever you’re hearing about how amazing it is, believe it.
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as you dig through coverage of the Netflix Warner Bros merger, play a little game with me:
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
as you dig through coverage of the Netflix Warner Bros merger, play a little game with me:
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
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Not a shocker: Alleged pipe bomb suspect is a Trumper.
Pipe bomb suspect was 'disappointed' in 2020 election results, US attorney says
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomb case, told investigators he was "disappointed" in the 2020 election results, the U.S. attorney told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Not a shocker: Alleged pipe bomb suspect is a Trumper.
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The hands of the damned pulling earth into hell award
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The hands of the damned pulling earth into hell award
I don’t know if the Pantone “Cloud Dancer” discourse has reached Bluesky yet, but I highly recommend the chapter “White” from David Batchelor’s brilliant book Chromophobia to interject some scholarly context into the debate. In fact, Pantone execs should have read it.
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I don’t know if the Pantone “Cloud Dancer” discourse has reached Bluesky yet, but I highly recommend the chapter “White” from David Batchelor’s brilliant book Chromophobia to interject some scholarly context into the debate. In fact, Pantone execs should have read it.
This is like if Edward Gorey did political hopecore
terminal diarrhea, sitting on a prison toilet, his long red tie tangling in the bowl
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is like if Edward Gorey did political hopecore
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A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
1000x better choice than 67
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
1000x better choice than 67
Just finished my book for Bloomsbury! Let’s gooooo!!!
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Just finished my book for Bloomsbury! Let’s gooooo!!!
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A new Hollywood list to strive for!?
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A new Hollywood list to strive for!?
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My thoughts on the Zentreya outfit, meant to critique/teach.
As someone so entrenched in fashion, I feel the need to use this as an educational moment for all. As nervous as I am, it's important to address these things directly, for learning, transparency, and growth.
Alt is text provided.
As someone so entrenched in fashion, I feel the need to use this as an educational moment for all. As nervous as I am, it's important to address these things directly, for learning, transparency, and growth.
Alt is text provided.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My thoughts on the Zentreya outfit, meant to critique/teach.
As someone so entrenched in fashion, I feel the need to use this as an educational moment for all. As nervous as I am, it's important to address these things directly, for learning, transparency, and growth.
Alt is text provided.
As someone so entrenched in fashion, I feel the need to use this as an educational moment for all. As nervous as I am, it's important to address these things directly, for learning, transparency, and growth.
Alt is text provided.
Trump saying “permanently pause” as if the word “stop” doesn’t exist. 🥀
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Trump saying “permanently pause” as if the word “stop” doesn’t exist. 🥀
If we compare AI in the classroom discourse to sex ed discourse, I’m currently reckoning with the reality that kids are going to AI whether or not I like it. I don’t want them to and will continue to discourage it, but I’m going to try to prevent brainrot for those who do. 1/3
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If we compare AI in the classroom discourse to sex ed discourse, I’m currently reckoning with the reality that kids are going to AI whether or not I like it. I don’t want them to and will continue to discourage it, but I’m going to try to prevent brainrot for those who do. 1/3
Hear me out: Cynthia and Ariana: Folie à Deux
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hear me out: Cynthia and Ariana: Folie à Deux
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AOC's right about MTG, her actions speak louder than her words.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
AOC's right about MTG, her actions speak louder than her words.
Sophisti-pop needs a comeback.
(That’s my 3:30 am take before finally going to bed.)
(That’s my 3:30 am take before finally going to bed.)
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Sophisti-pop needs a comeback.
(That’s my 3:30 am take before finally going to bed.)
(That’s my 3:30 am take before finally going to bed.)
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Sen. Chris Murphy just said Trump was “at the center of a child sex trafficking ring” as the Epstein file vote nears. If a senator is saying that out loud, the files must be worse than we think? America deserves to see it!
#ReleaseTheFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AOHS9aw1_THO...
#ReleaseTheFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AOHS9aw1_THO...
'Could bring him down': Senator says Trump was 'clearly at center of child sex ring' — Raw Story
With a vote on releasing files related to Jeffrey Epstein just days away, Sen.
apple.news
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Sen. Chris Murphy just said Trump was “at the center of a child sex trafficking ring” as the Epstein file vote nears. If a senator is saying that out loud, the files must be worse than we think? America deserves to see it!
#ReleaseTheFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AOHS9aw1_THO...
#ReleaseTheFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AOHS9aw1_THO...
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The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.
Half-staff not half-mast
Defending the use of the Oxford comma
What's your most niche and unimportant crusade?
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Half-staff not half-mast
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We gotta make this man politically toxic. He puts his name next to yours? Primaried! He endorses you? You lose!!
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We gotta make this man politically toxic. He puts his name next to yours? Primaried! He endorses you? You lose!!
Do any of my followers have connections with the Spence school on the upper east side? They have ghosted me and my research assistant and we are just trying to find out what happened with the wallpaper they said they’d take down in 2020. Just interested in the facts, not judgment.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Do any of my followers have connections with the Spence school on the upper east side? They have ghosted me and my research assistant and we are just trying to find out what happened with the wallpaper they said they’d take down in 2020. Just interested in the facts, not judgment.
Our health insurance is more than our mortgage. 😡
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Our health insurance is more than our mortgage. 😡
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You need to use a VPN, but Arte TV did an entire studio quality professionally shot version of the incredible orchestral Queens of the Stone Age concert. It really is amazing, unbelievable quality.
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
Queens of the Stone Age - Baloise Session 2025 - Watch the full programme | ARTE Concert
After electrifying the Paris rock scene with their ‘Alive In The Catacombs’ concert in 2024, Queens of the Stone Age are coming to Switzerland. Josh Homme's band revealed a new side to themselves in t...
www.arte.tv
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You need to use a VPN, but Arte TV did an entire studio quality professionally shot version of the incredible orchestral Queens of the Stone Age concert. It really is amazing, unbelievable quality.
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...