ridiculously excited that this is going to be out in the world, and way way way beyond honored that I got to be part of it. 💖

Pros: This week's pair of Daredevil episodes made me think about Steve McQueen's 2008 film Hunger.

Cons: I kind of wish I'd just re-watched Steve McQueen's 2008 film Hunger rather than either of these episodes.

everything can be improved by the addition of Ominous Matthew Lillard

How Project Hail Mary Makes the Impossible Possible - Reactor This movie walks a thin tightrope over a bottomless void, and I love it

Turns out I have a lot of feelings about Project Hail Mary and its relationship to existential panic!

reactormag.com/project-hail...

Project Hail Mary Is a Delightful, Optimistic Sci-Fi Adventure - Reactor This is a stellar adaptation of Andy Weir's novel.

Absolutely loved Project Hail Mary, did my best not to spoil anything, will have a lot more to say once it's been in theaters a few days.

Amaze amaze amaze.

reactormag.com/movie-review...

“You are an abolitionist, ain’t you?” “As to that, I cannot so readily answer. If by abolitionist you mean a zealot, I am none; but if you mean a man, who, being a man, feels for all men, slaves included, and by any lawful act, opposed to nobody’s interest, and therefore, rousing nobody’s enmity, would willingly abolish suffering (supposing it, in its degree, to exist) from among mankind, irrespective of color, then am I what you say.” “Picked and prudent sentiments. You are the moderate man, the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man. You, the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”

Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

What better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than with an Irish tale of a woman who becomes a fly and then a swan after reincarnating at least twice? 🇮🇪

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Slide 1: Text reads “Essays on Sinners” above a cutout of Preacher Boy playing the guitar against a reddish background

SINNERS OSCAR-WINNING MOVIE!!!!

While we're all celebrating last night's wins, we'll recommend some essays, book recommendations, and behind-the-scenes info about Ryan Coogler's masterpiece 🎶🩸

charm levels just off the fuckin charts, breaking instruments left and right

There have been many good answers to this but allow me a a suggestion

INT: Dicey's nightclub Dublin. Mid 200s

Jessie Buckley: Bottle of Desperado please.

Barman: Sure

JB: Can I get a slice of lime?

Barman: *Gestures at pint glass full of limes*

A Brief Survey of Concerns Expressed by the Films of 2025 - Reactor A closer look at the varied films of 2025, and what they have to say about our shared humanity...

(just barely) in time for the Oscars, I've teased out some of the common themes and worries that popped up in the movies of 2025.

I'll admit that when I hit play on Happy Gilmore 2 I wasn't expecting to put it in conversation with No Other Choice, but here we are.
reactormag.com/a-brief-surv...

The Loneliness of Elio: Growing Up Queer in the American Military - Reactor Rewrites and studio pressure may have stripped Elio of its personality, but there are still glimpses of truth throughout...

Sometimes you put out a call for essays and @dodgyboffin.com responds with a look at Pixar's Elio—a movie you've never had a single thought about—that digs into conformity and the drive to war and the fear of queerness and you whoop with happiness as you read it.
reactormag.com/the-loneline...

I guess someone has to

Personally I find genre about as necessary as gender - and, as ever, I love @mollytempleton.com's brain. 💖

Take the Fire Out From the Wire: Imagining a Future in Heated Rivalry - Reactor How can we find a path forward after the cottage?

Absolute joy to share @thenerdypriest.bsky.social's essay on how Heated Rivalry can help us think about working for a more hopeful future.

I feel like every other thing I post lately includes the word "hope"?

I hope that continues.

reactormag.com/imagining-a-...

How a Stephen King Character Becomes an Unlikely Source of Hope - Reactor Holly Gibney embodies the ethos of “do no harm but take no shit.”

Absolutely loved working with @gonebabygone.bsky.social on this gorgeous essay about Holly Gibney, and a resistance to dark times that's rooted in hope.

reactormag.com/how-a-stephe...

Reading Infinite Jest stands as one of the best experiences I've ever had with a book, and I really enjoyed re-reading it a few years back in conversation with Snow Crash.

Alas no Jarnathan this year, but just like last time, this video made me whoop with delight, and a couple of the song choices made me cry? wtf?

This reminds me that editor @leahschnelbach.bsky.social let me contemplate many things about the No-Prize for @reactorsff.bsky.social back in 2022. reactormag.com/how-marvels-...

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is Wild, Brutal, and a Perfect Middle Child in the Trilogy - Reactor And might just feature the best performance of Ralph Fiennes' career?

I don't spoil anything in my review of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, but there's a scene that's SO GOOD my jaw's still on the floor, AND I get to talk about Small Things Like These again—it's relevant, I promise!

And I want to found The Church of Jack O'Connell.

reactormag.com/movie-review...

historically accurate☑️

Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??

@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!

Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Conan O’Brien has just two credits listed - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and Late Night with Conan O’Brien

This is the actual back cover for the “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” Blu-Ray. I haven’t stopped laughing all day.

26 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward To In 2026 We are so lucky to have such an incredible year ahead of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative works from a mix of established and debut authors. In an unsurprising bit of kismet, a lot of thes…

New releases from Cameron Reed, Ann Leckie, Melissa Albert, Isabel J. Kim, and more are among these 26 sci-fi and fantasy books to look forward to in 2026.

a guy wearing a “i ❤️ ny” cap reading the qur’an in one hand and the communist manifesto in the other

day one in mamdani’s new york

New York Public Library press release: Schomburg Qur'an Selected for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's Swearing-In In a historic first, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from NYPL's Schomburg Center at a midnight swearing-in ceremony. December 31, 2025-The New York Public Library announced on Wednesday that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to take the oath of office at a midnight swearing-in ceremony on New Year's Eve. This comes as the Schomburg Center is celebrating its centennial. Following the midnight swearing-in ceremony, the Qur'an will be put on public display beginning January 6 in the McGraw Rotunda at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street. "This marks a significant moment in our city's history, and we are deeply honored that Mayor-elect Mamdani has chosen to take the oath of office using one of the Library's Qur'ans," said Anthony W. Marx, President and CEO of The New York Public Library. "This specific Qur'an, which Arturo Schomburg preserved for the knowledge and enjoyment of all New Yorkers, symbolizes a greater story of inclusion, representation, and civic-mindedness."

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...

Rest in peace you absolute legend of an artist

this fills me with joy, and i'm absolutely adding it to the Extended Edition of the article should that ever happen