Sometimes a man just needs to sit in the dark with his cats and watch two hours worth of SpongeBob.

You know how the Victorians had those little wind up dancing automatons? And they'd just hang out and watch the little ballerina dance? I think that's basically what TikTok is.

I finished the first chapter of the new project I was telling you about. Gonna post a link in the comments. Gotta warn you tho, it's an emotional one.

As a twenty year old punk rocker, you're legally required to hate disco, but then one day you hear Marvin Gaye's extended version of "Got to Give it Up" while dozing on the couch watching old Soul Train videos and it gives you a spiritual awakening.

Truly there is no greater regret than the nine pm craving for ice cream when not four hours earlier you were in the grocery store and explicitly told yourself you didn't need no dang ice cream.

A friend asked me yesterday what I was working on and I said "a run of stairs out behind the dead Putt-Putt on Midlothian Turnpike" and I thought that was a nice combination of words.

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

In other news, the Tiny Kitten Unit is free from the Elizabethan Collar

Do you want to listen to the RFK Jr podcast or should we just toss a spoon in the garbage disposal for half an hour

Trying this out open.substack.com/pub/claybefr...

I got a substack, because clearly I'm not spending enough time online substack.com/@claybefree

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

In other miraculous news for the day, I managed to get some writing done this morning and not just the hunt and peck variety, I made the daggum keyboard go clickity-clack for a little bit. When this first chapter is finished I'll polish it up and post it somewhere so you can read it. 🙏🙏

Men get emotional about women sports,,, I just try do it in a positive way

Feels a tad bit early but I'm calling it - time to break out the official Richmond warm weather uniform: camouflage cutoff cargo shorts and black shirt from the punk/metal band of your choice.

My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

Another one for the "It's a Really Good Thing I Don't Drink Anymore" File- there's this giant ass Sycamore tree just like six feet off the northbound side of the Nickel Bridge that I'm almost positive I could make.

San Francisco Killed New York Food Delivery. Here's my dramatic reading: exquisite.tube/w/rVdrgWPAwf...

Oh dear

So I just found out yesterday the hot pink blossoms that some Eastern Redbuds break out with this time of year are called "Appalachian Red" and I thought it was important you knew that.

For corporate media, every day is a Trump Day of Visibility. They report everything he says and record everything he does and thrill over the possibility he might pick up their cellphone calls for a friendly conversation. Meanwhile, if they report on trans people at all, it’s to demonize them.

In honor of a judge halting Trump's ballroom construction today:

Oh dear.

if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

I'm a big fan of the USPS and seeing how it's being crippled by our government is really pissing me off. Pretty sure Dems could secure a lot of votes on fixing it.

my latest work - pay whatever you like on bandcamp. it'll be up on streaming services (sans spotify) in early april. everything here started with a bass guitar loop, an organ, a synth, a field recording... #ambient #vaporwave #fieldrecording #emoambient willowlaun.bandcamp.com/album/timeca...

It feels like now would be a really bad time for the Sea Peoples to make a comeback.

Hair-Raising Hare (1946)

OT: A few months ago the Threepenny Review asked me (along with others) to write a short essay on living in New York. It’s up now: threepennyreview.com/kr… But one passage I was pleased with reads a bit differently than when I wrote it:

Actress and winner of Miss Yugoslavia 1967, Milja Vujanović, wearing a flight suit in front of a Soviet-era MIG-21

I’m one of those people resistant to AI, but a lot of rich white men with a total indifference to human suffering seem to be really into it, so come on, folks, what are we waiting for, let’s all hop on the asshole train!

When you have the verified checkmark on Bluesky they let you drone-strike one annoying reply-er a day. I usually wait until evening to be sure to I’m picking the worst one.

i bet this shit sounds magical if you're fucking stupid

Happy International Women's Day. 🏴

This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!"

Meet Boxcar.

SLUGGO’S THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY

Thursona 5 Royal!

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IT’S MONDAY TAKE YOUR TIME--- I'M THE BOSS AROUND HERE