Matt Monagle
@monagle.bsky.social
Co-founder of Certified Forgotten (www.certifiedforgotten.com), a writer-owned horror publication. Find my work at IGN, Polygon, Inverse, Dicebreaker, and more. Rehomed Alaskan living in Philadelphia.
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If there's one production aesthetic that's catnip for me, it's retrofuturism. I love films that draw their inspiration from movies like ALIEN and OUTLAND. I love big, chunky keyboards. I love text waterfalling down a screen. I love odd beeps and boops from computers and running lights everywhere.
"While the show doesn’t shy away from depicting the viciousness of capitalism in space, for Bezos, it might be much simpler than that — any vision of capitalism dominating us even as we spread out through the galaxy is a vision, as far as he’s concerned, worth promoting." Good Jacobin is good.
Jeff Bezos and His Billionaire Space Fantasy
Jeff Bezos helped save the sci-fi TV show The Expanse because he wants to promote space colonization — on capitalist terms. But ironically, the show he saved depicts a grim and brutal life for workers...
jacobin.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"While the show doesn’t shy away from depicting the viciousness of capitalism in space, for Bezos, it might be much simpler than that — any vision of capitalism dominating us even as we spread out through the galaxy is a vision, as far as he’s concerned, worth promoting." Good Jacobin is good.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
Everything sucks but tomorrow I'm going to do my annual rewatch of STATION ELEVEN and I will cry and feel clean for a few hours at least.
In 2024, I started a new annual tradition in our household: a complete rewatch of STATION ELEVEN on 11/11. In just a few days, we'll celebrate the second annual STATION ELEVEN marathon on November 11. Things will kick off at 11:00 AM ET, of course. Gotta embrace the gimmick.
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Everything sucks but tomorrow I'm going to do my annual rewatch of STATION ELEVEN and I will cry and feel clean for a few hours at least.
Am I thinking about taking a train up to NYC on Thursday to watch AMC's marathon of LONGLEGS, THE MONKEY, and KEEPER on the big screen? I'm not NOT thinking about this.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Am I thinking about taking a train up to NYC on Thursday to watch AMC's marathon of LONGLEGS, THE MONKEY, and KEEPER on the big screen? I'm not NOT thinking about this.
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i've said it before and i'll say it again: joyce carol oates is the main boss of twitter. our finest posters have done some of their best work going after elon, but it's never rattled him like this. she got to him on a molecular level.
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i've said it before and i'll say it again: joyce carol oates is the main boss of twitter. our finest posters have done some of their best work going after elon, but it's never rattled him like this. she got to him on a molecular level.
Osgood Perkins cannot be stopped.
Nicole Kidman Makes A Grand Return To Horror For THE YOUNG PEOPLE
Nicole Kidman is finally returning to horror with a role in Osgood Perkins' THE YOUNG PEOPLE, which hits theaters next year.
www.fangoria.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Osgood Perkins cannot be stopped.
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
I am somewhat sympathetic to the imbalance here: that you're negotiating short-term pain for your constituents against a party that truly doesn't give a shit, so at some point, you have to wonder if you've reached a point of diminishing returns on the hardships you've asked voters to take on.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I am somewhat sympathetic to the imbalance here: that you're negotiating short-term pain for your constituents against a party that truly doesn't give a shit, so at some point, you have to wonder if you've reached a point of diminishing returns on the hardships you've asked voters to take on.
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one of the worst cases of poster's madness i've seen. there's nothing to be done for him now.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
one of the worst cases of poster's madness i've seen. there's nothing to be done for him now.
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It is fucking insane to me that senate democrats bailed him out
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It is fucking insane to me that senate democrats bailed him out
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WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different. It’s taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
aftermath.site/aftermath-rela...
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
This has consumed around 4 months of my life. We've rebuilt the business from the ground-up. New site, new backend, new customer experience, new platform, new everything.
we spent two years flailing, having no idea how to run a business. now...we have more of an idea.
If SOME PEOPLE don't believe in turning on Sufjan Stevens's Christmas albums immediately after Halloween ends, then SOME PEOPLE can get out of the car and walk.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If SOME PEOPLE don't believe in turning on Sufjan Stevens's Christmas albums immediately after Halloween ends, then SOME PEOPLE can get out of the car and walk.
BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE (2014): The obvious comparison is THE THING, but there's a whole bunch of Larry Fessenden's WENDIGO and the "Ice" episode of X-FILES in the film's DNA. The slowest of slow burns; loved the science-forward nature of the script, hated (H-A-T-E-D) the movie's lack of a score.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE (2014): The obvious comparison is THE THING, but there's a whole bunch of Larry Fessenden's WENDIGO and the "Ice" episode of X-FILES in the film's DNA. The slowest of slow burns; loved the science-forward nature of the script, hated (H-A-T-E-D) the movie's lack of a score.
“Democrats care more about business class than the working class.” Progressive copywriters can have that one for free.
My low key conspiracy is that every billionaire democratic donor who saw a flight or a friend's flight out of Tetoboro cancelled on Friday forced this result on Schumer. This was not about helping people it was about helping the donor class not have any minor disruption of their life.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“Democrats care more about business class than the working class.” Progressive copywriters can have that one for free.
My message to Fetterman: I lost money cancelling a business trip this week, but it's a small price to pay if my neighbors will have access to affordable healthcare. And if he does not vote for ACA extensions, the donations I'll make to his opponent are another expense I'll be happy to take on.
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My message to Fetterman: I lost money cancelling a business trip this week, but it's a small price to pay if my neighbors will have access to affordable healthcare. And if he does not vote for ACA extensions, the donations I'll make to his opponent are another expense I'll be happy to take on.
Democrats running away from anything resembling support of government programs is a good reason to vote all of them out.
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Democrats running away from anything resembling support of government programs is a good reason to vote all of them out.
BUGONIA (2025): I am not among the Yorgos Lanthimos faithful, but this might be the movie of his I like the most. Emma Stone is divine, of course, but the film really is a showcase for Jesse Plemons. Few actors oscillate between empathy and cruelty quite like him, and he's used to great effect here.
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
BUGONIA (2025): I am not among the Yorgos Lanthimos faithful, but this might be the movie of his I like the most. Emma Stone is divine, of course, but the film really is a showcase for Jesse Plemons. Few actors oscillate between empathy and cruelty quite like him, and he's used to great effect here.
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BUGONIA (2025).
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BUGONIA (2025).
Walking into the 1:00 PM screening of BUGONIA, singing softy to myself:
🎵 BU-BU-BUGONIA, you know what they say. BU-BU-BUGONIA, you’ll make it some day. 🎵
🎵 BU-BU-BUGONIA, you know what they say. BU-BU-BUGONIA, you’ll make it some day. 🎵
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Walking into the 1:00 PM screening of BUGONIA, singing softy to myself:
🎵 BU-BU-BUGONIA, you know what they say. BU-BU-BUGONIA, you’ll make it some day. 🎵
🎵 BU-BU-BUGONIA, you know what they say. BU-BU-BUGONIA, you’ll make it some day. 🎵
Just finished The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social and it’s without question the best slasher I’ve ever read. Equal parts THELMA and SCREAM. Can’t recommend it enough to horror readers out there.
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just finished The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by @pfracassi.bsky.social and it’s without question the best slasher I’ve ever read. Equal parts THELMA and SCREAM. Can’t recommend it enough to horror readers out there.
“There are hundreds like me—nameless young nobodies who assumed the identities of more powerful people until we couldn’t hold our noses any longer. Hopeful strivers who refused to submit to the banality of evil.”
When I Was John Fetterman
I was one of the senator’s most dedicated consultants—until I saw a side of him that made me sick.
www.thenation.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
“There are hundreds like me—nameless young nobodies who assumed the identities of more powerful people until we couldn’t hold our noses any longer. Hopeful strivers who refused to submit to the banality of evil.”
Finally on THAT chapter of ALAN WAKE 2, and it’s exactly as much fun as expected. I don’t know how long Remedy Entertainment can keep making games like this and CONTROL before there are creative differences or financial issues, but I’m grateful for the big swings as long as they last.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Finally on THAT chapter of ALAN WAKE 2, and it’s exactly as much fun as expected. I don’t know how long Remedy Entertainment can keep making games like this and CONTROL before there are creative differences or financial issues, but I’m grateful for the big swings as long as they last.
Put on FURIOSA while on the Peloton and now that I’m done working out it’s going to take every ounce of my willpower to turn this off.
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Put on FURIOSA while on the Peloton and now that I’m done working out it’s going to take every ounce of my willpower to turn this off.
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Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same: