This Week's Writing 1/3/26
new year, same kitties
The kitties are looking out at the year that was…or maybe at the year to come? Either way, we are trudging along.
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And here’s what I published this week, while I was supposedly on vacation.
Politics
The regime wants to turn artists into performing monkeys. (Public Notice)
Cultural Criticism
Wake Up, Dead Man wants to save the church, unfortunately. (EIH)
Kpop Demon Hunters doesn’t believe its own message. (EIH)
Weapons is an exercise in scapegoating. (EIH)
The 10 best films of 2025. (EIH)
Best books of 2025. (EIH)
Poetry
A bleak tale of Christmas woe. (Five Fleas)
We ordered Christmas dinner
and then forgot the restaurant closed at 12.
There will be no Christmas dinner.
We may have to eat the elves.
One word theological poem. (smols)
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And bonus one line maybe robot poem.
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