Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The dancing brooms with buckets from Fantasia. I had nightmares that they were in my room. 010
Reposted by Jesse RussellHeatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm trying to get better at promoting my work as growth on my site has been slow, so I thought it would be fun to share my "Tales from Crystal Lake" series which celebrates the storytelling in the FRIDAY THE 13th films: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/tag/tales-fr... Shares appreciated!🖤from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.ioTales from Crystal Lake - From the Desk of The Horror ChickHeather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive. 24022
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Is it this? youtu.be/a0NliwzscVk?...youtu.beThe Other (1972) 🎭 Chilling Twin Horror Classic 👥 Psychological Suspense Full Movie 🎬 Vintage UploadYouTube video by Den of Iniquity 110
Reposted by Jesse RussellBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 03/10/2026First time catching a sunset in a squirrel eye. Might make this a thing. 401862267
Reposted by Jesse Russellshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026mistakes were made 532230386
Reposted by Jesse Russell🧛 SpaceMonkeyX @spacemonkeyx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I've compiled my Monster Cereal Bar recipes into a single post over on my website! Be sure to read my entire life story broken into SEO-friendly paragraphs before actually getting to the recipes. spacemonkeyx.com/2026/09/21/m... 4439
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This isn't a Der Kommissar cover but it was influenced by the song. "In the Laser Light" was groundbreaking for Hong Kong and is considered the HK pop scene's first hip hop song. 000
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You: Let's watch Hellraiser Me: So this scene has similar beats to when Lydia first went up into the attic to discover Beetlejuice, but instead of Lydia Deetz (who would be Kirsty Cotton) it's Julia (who would be Delia Deetz) ascending to find Frank (Beetlejuice). Yes, the Maitlands are Cenobites. 010
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's officially 🧛 season and Brian David Gilbert brings you " Lay All Your Love on Me" as performed by a vampire! 🧛🧛🧛 youtu.be/Xvt9vcoyipA?...youtu.beLay All Your Love On Me, performed by a vampire | AAAH!BBAYouTube video by brian david gilbert 000
Reposted by Jesse RussellJen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The first book proposal & sample chapter I ever wrote (& my agent & I tried to sell) was for the first live action film I remember seeing in the theater at age 6: MOONSTRUCK. Last night, I saw it on the big screen for the first time since 1988, & since it’s marked my life, I shared my thoughts. 42910
Reposted by Jesse Russell⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 20/09/2026🎃🎨 #hARToween26 Prompt List for anyone who wants to peruse it &/or start early. Will repost it on the 25th & 30th. We start Oct 1 Anyone is welcome to draw using all or any of the prompts, w one rule: *ABSOLUTELY NO AI* Use the hashtag for your art to pop up in the feed (link is in comments) 1110045
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My brain forgot the word for lid and I said put the "hat on the pot." 030
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026static.klipy.comThe Greatest Trick Ever Pulled: Kevin SpaceyALT: The Greatest Trick Ever Pulled: Kevin Spacey 000
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comCitizen Kane: Rosebud & Charles Foster KaneALT: Citizen Kane: Rosebud & Charles Foster Kane 000
Reposted by Jesse RussellJesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Did you ever wonder why the first video on faceless YouTube channels is so often a driving video? No? That's understandable. Regardless, I did the digging, so here's another dive into the faceless YouTube industrial complex. somethingthisweek.substack.com/p/driving-in...somethingthisweek.substack.comDriving in Czechia, Then Straight Into Faceless YouTubeA strange driving video, a formal collaboration network, and the business practices behind faceless YouTube. 011
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What was The Man from U.N.C.L.E.? I'll take "60s film trivia" for $400. 000
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"We'll call you between 10-12. Please have your phone on and be available." me for the next two hours unable to do anything else.static.klipy.comyui phoneALT: yui phone 010
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Did you ever wonder why the first video on faceless YouTube channels is so often a driving video? No? That's understandable. Regardless, I did the digging, so here's another dive into the faceless YouTube industrial complex. somethingthisweek.substack.com/p/driving-in...somethingthisweek.substack.comDriving in Czechia, Then Straight Into Faceless YouTubeA strange driving video, a formal collaboration network, and the business practices behind faceless YouTube. 011
Reposted by Jesse RussellDeep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 27/09/2026I feel the need to confess something. Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (1959) is brilliantly conceived, exceptionally well written, a modern masterpiece of a novel, perfect in its precision, an instant classic. Wouldn't change a word of it. I hate it SO MUCH. 2456
Reposted by Jesse RussellLiam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was let go from BOOM! Studios this afternoon. If you are looking for someone well-connected in the comic industry (in both media and PR), with experience in graphic design, audio and video editing, and much more. Please reach out. Email: Liammcguirejournalism@gmail.com. 19314210
Reposted by Jesse Russellewan @ewancroft.uk · 23/09/2026Websites are cool. Make one. Carve out your own space on the internet.blog.ewancroft.ukYou Should Make a WebsiteI grew up on an internet that mostly asked me to make accounts. It took me until seventeen to realise I could make a place instead. 37913
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When you spend a long time in marketing you can start bringing the restraints of algorithms home with you. I noticed the “best practices” of social media were stifling how I personally enjoyed using these platforms. somethingthisweek.substack.com/p/sometimes-...somethingthisweek.substack.comSometimes a Photo Can Just Be a PhotoNot everything needs a content strategy. 020
Reposted by Jesse RussellNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I no joke appreciate that an entire paragraph of this story is about just the sound system. (Alerting @burningambulance.bsky.social and @themountaingoats.bsky.social while I'm at it.)sfchronicle.comForget the ‘listening bar.’ S.F. is now home to a true Japanese jazz kissaA tiny San Francisco bar and coffee shop offers a subtly outstanding example of genuine kissa culture in America. 3295
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy Earth, Wind & Fire Day (the data visualization nerds version). 010
Reposted by Jesse RussellLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's @slate.com's 30th anniversary, and they're celebrating by recreating a retro 1996-style homepage with greatest hits recommended by friends & fans. New favorites added every day: slate.com/30thslate.comWelcome to Slate‘s 30th Anniversary CelebrationTake a trip back in time to commemorate our 30 years on the internet. 3205
Reposted by Jesse RussellGetty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Our medieval art curator rates every scroll emoji. 📜 35323
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you need a bracket to fill that bracket void next week is the start of the Fat Bear Tournament. explore.org/fat-bear-wee...explore.orgFat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.orgExplore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity... 021
Reposted by Jesse RussellJason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today is my birthday. If you haven't yet, consider subscribing to @thegamesletter.bsky.social. I love the work I'm doing there, and hopefully you will enjoy it too. thegamesletter.com#/portal/thegamesletter.comThe Games Letter: A weekly video and board games newsletterSign up for our weekly games newsletter. Also, Check out our reviews, articles and video. 163
Reposted by Jesse RussellThe One True Ghoster @onetrueposter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Ayo hop on this, vote Bjork, vote the queen, vote for the ethereal and transcendent 1104
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.themarginalian.org/2017/08/01/a...themarginalian.orgInto the Chute of Time: Annie Dillard on the Stunning Otherworldliness of a Total Solar Eclipse“What you see in a total eclipse is entirely different from what you know.” 011
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026wnyc.org/story/david-...wnyc.orgDavid Remnick Speaks with Annie Dillard | WNYCAnnie Dillard, best known for her 1974 naturalist classic “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” discusses a new collection of essays entitled “Abundance.” 120
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026still transcribe their little data and transmit them to the warehouse in the skull. Later, under the tranquilizing influence of fried eggs, the mind can sort through all of these data." ~30~ 110
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Further: While the mind reels in deep space, while the mind grieves or fears or exults, the workaday senses — in ignorance or idiocy, like so many computer terminals printing our market prices while the world blows up — 110
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"The dear, stupid body is as easily satisfied as a spaniel. And, incredibly, the simple spaniel can lure the brawling mind to its dish. It is everlastingly funny that the proud, metaphysically ambitious, clamoring mind will hush if you give it an egg." 110
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness; the mind wants to know all the world, and all eternity, even God. The mind’s sidekick, however, will settle for two eggs over easy." 110
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Dillard’s “Total Eclipse” is one of her essays I’ve returned to over the years. I’ll pull out one of my favorite parts of the text and link to some relevant discussions of her work below. 100
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Remembering Annie Dillard (April 30, 1945 – September 15, 2026) In college, I did a semester-long independent study of literary journalism in a changing media environment. My professor required Annie Dillard. It was my first time reading her work. It was not my last. 120
Reposted by Jesse RussellJesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A couple of weeks ago, I used this newsletter to highlight my latest fascination: faceless YouTube. What does the public gain from so many videos covering the same subject when they provide few or no sources and repeatedly present shaky claims as facts?somethingthisweek.substack.comWho Fact-Checks Faceless YouTube?Two Craftsman videos show what happens when documentary style comes without sources, accountability or basic fact-checking. 033
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A couple of weeks ago, I used this newsletter to highlight my latest fascination: faceless YouTube. What does the public gain from so many videos covering the same subject when they provide few or no sources and repeatedly present shaky claims as facts?somethingthisweek.substack.comWho Fact-Checks Faceless YouTube?Two Craftsman videos show what happens when documentary style comes without sources, accountability or basic fact-checking. 033
Reposted by Jesse RussellDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Fielding questions re: this article w/bizarre factual errors. First, there's no "Montecito County" in CA. Second, 2 fires are actually in *Monterey,* & 3rd in *Mendocino*. Third, 60k ac have *not* burned in either fictional Montecito nor real Mendocino.🤨latimes.comThree Montecito County fires near Big Sur have burned nearly 60,000 acresIn Mendocino County, the total area burned by three fires grew to nearly 60,000 acres on Saturday. 72845232
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When you become a manager, you’re trusted with a ring of keys your employees don’t have. You can give them the key to your office and say, “My door is always open.” But that only gives them access to one door: yours. How do you use the other keys?somethingthisweek.substack.comThe Open Door Fallacy: Every Manager Carries a Ring of KeysYour door may be open, but you still hold the keys. A look at power, access and what managers owe the people whose careers they influence. 000
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"Inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform" Um. They know we're the baddies in Starship Troopers, right? 110
Jesse Russell @cometstarmoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Sheriff Kerry Kane is originally from Gotham. She's the only person in this town with a Midwest accent. I'm just going to pretend everyone in Gunn's Gotham sounds like Fargo. Including Batman: “I am vengeance. I am the night. Oh, jeez, I’m Batman, don'tcha know." #Lanterns 030