Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Free screening today of my friend Kristin Tieche's hugely entertaining documentary on bats, THE INVISIBLE MAMMAL. I loved it despite having no particular interest in bats (well, okay, maybe a little . . . ) 031
Reposted by Sam HammJaime “Nightmare” Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026thinking of our many, many big strong men of politics glitching out and powering down even when they're being lobbed puffball questions, and contrast this with Parton letting Walters's condescending bullshit bounce off her like bullets off of Superman, and having a laugh in the bargain 16318
Reposted by Sam HammRyan Dunlavey > NYCC table L-24 @ryandunlavey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5. My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday. 19157983311
Reposted by Sam HammKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238635776
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Doctorow: Canada has a perfect opportunity to establish digital sovereignty and take it to America's techlords. New rallying cry: "Move fast and break THEIR stuff." pluralistic.net/2026/08/24/e...pluralistic.netPluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 010
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I am flabbergasted to discover that there is a brand-new issue of FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION available for purchase at asimovs.com, with stories by Alex Irvine, Eleanor Arnason, Cat Rambo, Harry Turtledove, Rich Larson, Fawaz al-Matrouk, Bruce McAllister, and many others: 030
Reposted by Sam HammJoe Quinones @joequinones.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Look, it's our baby boy, @shamm.bsky.social! 2498
Reposted by Sam Hammghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23/05/2026tbf he kinda nailed it 221168151
Reposted by Sam HammSkot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 26/04/2026"This is the dialectic-there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art." -Douglas Sirk #BOTD 09832
Reposted by Sam HammDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/04/2026Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.wired.comUSAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People KnewPolitical appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution. 19599444087
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 24/04/2026You may not need to watch BLMABG all the way through, but goddam. The first 15 mins are essential 032
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Thank you for that obvious correction, which I've been hoping for. Have also been wondering how these guys pay their taxes, if they skipped the grade-school lessons on how to calculate percentages. Or am I . . . naive?? 000
Reposted by Sam HammJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2 449105985433
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Lourie's GORGO was the only monster movie I can remember that my mom actually liked. She obviously identified with the, um . . . well, I don't want to give the plot twist away. 010
Reposted by Sam Hammjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/04/2026what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...publicwitness.wordandway.orgHegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship ServiceFor the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser... 32087912462
Reposted by Sam HammKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 15/04/2026Last month the Trump FCC announced a "ban" on all foreign made routers (almost all of them), demanding ambiguous favors from manufacturers if they wanted to continue doing business in the U.S. Netgear is the first to gain approval. Did they agree to bribes? Backdoors? who knows! 🗽💩theverge.comThe FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reasonHow did Netgear do it? Nobody’s saying. 14316141
Reposted by Sam HammRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 541234848169
Reposted by Sam HammPhil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Here's the thing: Democrats already know who can win. They know which policies are popular with voters and which candidates are vocally in support of those policies. They're going to throw a billion dollars into trying to prevent those candidates from becoming the nominee. 181940463
Reposted by Sam HammRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/04/2026"At some point if the ship doesn’t turn around, maybe it will start taking on water or listing badly or hit an iceberg, or perhaps the iceberg has been there all along and is named Donald Trump."theguardian.comThe United States is destroying itself | Rebecca SolnitThe daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment 511687566
Reposted by Sam HammThe Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026give jd vance some credit. he couldn't get regime change in iran, but he did in hungary. 218930
Reposted by Sam HammPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"Sanders leading the anti-AI charge is a critical mission. The Democratic Party and the country desperately need a leader who isn’t afraid of being portrayed as a Luddite or anti-business and will therefore forcefully air concerns about the proliferation of AI." newrepublic.com/article/2086...newrepublic.comBernie Sanders’s New, Necessary, Bold Act: Taking on the AI OligarchsThe 84-year-old has a new cause—and it’s as important as anything he’s ever done. 410819
Reposted by Sam HammAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son. 10054690218038
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Even Rosemary didn't want people talkin' shit 'bout her Baby 051
Reposted by Sam HammAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke 135113083121
Reposted by Sam HammKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Again, the first Tea Party rallies in April 2009 -- heavily promoted in advance by Fox News -- only had about 300,000 attendees across 750 cities, but the media treated it like the Second American Revolution. There will be multiple *individual* No Kings rallies today that have more people at them. 9580142386
Reposted by Sam HammGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/03/2026This is a nationwide phenomenon. The centrists and normies are more viciously angry than the socialists and anarchists, who gave up long ago on the illusion of a working system. Would encourage leftists of all stripes to take it seriously, welcome them in while they’re receptive. 193362711
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Somebody tell me why LOVE CRAZY is not universally regarded as a timeless classic. Also: DESIGN ART MARKERS! They were great! I still miss them! 140
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Whut th--?!?!? (Although I do wish he had been "advising" the Dubs back in 2021 when they took Moody over Trey Murphy III) 000
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 24/02/2026My distinguished colleagues @charlielargent.bsky.social and @thejoedante.bsky.social inform me that TCM will be airing the following concise rebuttal directly across from tonight's SOTU address: 0117
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 24/02/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Qj...youtube.comFord Pinto (Top Secret!)YouTube video by Leroy Mercer 010
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Archie Goodwin had a habit of tacking an extra twisteroo onto the end of his Creepy Classic adaptations ("Tell-Tale Heart," "The Damned Thing," etc.). As a result, when I eventually read the originals, I would always think "Hey! They cut off the ending!" 0102
Reposted by Sam Hammryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/02/2026I guess people have forgotten that Trump started the pandemic by refusing to test and bringing in tens of thousands of people in crowded airports. and then stole PPE from blue states. and then suggested bleach or UV light might cure it. and then tried to kill Biden with it. and then 341642244
Reposted by Sam HammCarol H. Mack @carolhmack.com · 17/02/2026It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax? 552618666
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Aaaaack--can't say. This is the first I've heard of it. Most of the casting took place during the '88 writers' strike when I was sitting on my thumbs 261
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Re: Cap, I endorse this idea. (Although "Star-Spangled Man with a Plan," which occasionally veers into camp, is still pretty much of a rouser. And if you ax me, Joe Johnston's first Cap movie is still one of the best Marvels.) BTW, the Spidey cartoon theme is in the credits of the first Raimi! 071
Reposted by Sam HammPhilip Mai @philipmai.com · 08/02/2026"These Companies—Palantir, AT&T, Deloitte—Have The Biggest ICE Contracts As DHS Funding Under Fire." This story has a bit of details re: the types of services these companies provide to ICE (No paywall) www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...forbes.comThese Companies Have The Biggest ICE ContractsDemonstrations have demanded an end to federal funding for ICE, after two protesters were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. 9272163
Reposted by Sam HammRoger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-... 7149791977
Reposted by Sam HammNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust. 303867998
Reposted by Sam HammThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration. 221530354
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Children/By the million/Wait for Alex Chilton/To come 'round 010
Reposted by Sam HammToo Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Hi attorneys! Want to not be able to get to sleep tonight? Here's Judge Rakoff (probably the single most well-respected judge in SDNY) saying that the use of AI destroys both attorney-client privilege and work-product privilege.incamera.ai 20535170
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Stunned to learn that the late Bud Cort's real name was . . . Wally Cox! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/m...nytimes.comBud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77 2616820
Sam Hamm @shamm.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Although I never got to meet her, the first spec script I ever sold was one I wrote as a vehicle for Catherine O'Hara. Everything she did was kissed by genius. This one hurts. 1222
Reposted by Sam HammRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman 781154386860
Reposted by Sam Hammjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/01/2026to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer” 8159561322
