Everything happens so much
As previously mentioned in this newsletter, at some point within the past few years I completely lost track of the Hollywood hype machine. I have no idea which movies are being made, or when they're supposed to come out, until I see whichever ads are on the side of a bus this week.
It's thanks to this state of affairs that I just now found out a Kraven the Hunter movie was not only announced, but filmed and released, completely without me noticing. I don't know why this movie exists and from the sounds of it neither does anybody else, including the people who made it.
LGTBQ+ Romance Book Giveaway
Right now on Prolific Works, you can get 21 free queer romance books — including my novelette "Jay Moriarty Violates the Official Secrets Act" — for free!
Click here to check out the giveaway; you can claim any number of the available books until February 28.
Podcast Appearance: I Will Fight You
In the tradition of our previous Romeo and Juliet roundup, this month's episode of I Will Fight You compares three more adaptations of the classic Shakespeare play: West Side Story, Romeo Must Die, and Little Italy.
You can listen to the episode here, or wherever podcasts are found.
New on Ko-fi: "Jay Moriarty vs the Machine God," Chapter 2
Chapter 2 of "Jay Moriarty vs the Machine God" is now up for all supporters on Ko-fi. If you're not a fan of serialized works, you can also get the entire novelette as an ebook.
This Week's Links
The inauguration of chaos
Monday’s events were yet another worrying sign that the former British colony is failing in its centurieslong effort to become a democracy. The theme of the oath ceremony, “Our Enduring Democracy”, disguised 250 years of voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering to pre-emptively steal elections, minority regimes, and global warmongering.
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
I will explain what this means in a moment, but first: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha.
EA execs earned $60 million in 2024 despite layoffs and office closures
EA explained that during the 2024 fiscal year, the annual total compensation of its median employee was $148,704. That means [EA CEO Andrew] Wilson earned 172 times more than your median EA worker. Wilson also earned significantly more in 2024 than in both 2023 ($20.6M) and 2022 ($19.8M).
Reading American Psycho and then checking my LinkedIn feed immediately afterward was certainly An Experience. If I just started posting passages from the book, I wonder how long it would take anyone to notice.
-K
