I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a long time. A kind of post-ironic collapse in our politics and culture where nihilism has become the lingua franca of the internet and beyond. It links Kirk, Clavicular, Epstein, memestock/coin stuff, mass shooters. I hope you'll read it.

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Me after scrolling the news. Shifting to #dogsofbluesky !

Coldest day in forevs and Archer goes into the backyard only to return with a coconut. We don't have a coconut tree. Current status: MINE. #doglife #dogsofBluesky

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Stephen King is organizing the welcome committee for ICE in Maine. #ICE

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

In support of Canada and Carney for calling out Trump at Davos, I'm going to watch a metric ton of HGTV this weekend. Bonus: They hardly ever murder innocent people on HGTV.

Archer drops the toy at our feet and then hides, waiting for us to throw it. I do not understand this behavior. #doglife #dogsofBluesky

I would rather listen to Gilbert Gottfried narrate all of "War and Peace" on audiobook than listen to RFK speak for five minutes.

New Romantic Comedy-Take a happy break ! A corporate whistleblower hides from a vengeful ex in her artist-colony hometown, only to bump back into her childhood crush. Feel good stuff all around!! $2.99 PREORDER - Releases Feb. 3 (paperback available now!) www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Three biggest #Christmas traumas of my young life: 3) The time mom made ham instead of turkey (I love turkey skin) 2) Every time I didn’t get a horse. And number one with a bullet: 1) Watching Dan Akroyd eat salmon through a dirty Santa beard in Trading Places.

New Release for the holidays! Read on Kindle Unlimited, too! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... Pineapple Port is terrorized by real-life Yule Lads—thirteen troll-like brothers from Icelandic folklore who judge children "naughty or nice" at Christmas.

It’s BEN-GALS people, not BANGLES - unless Susanna Hoffs is quarterback now? #bengals #football

My friend consistently beats me at the timed #nyt #MiniCrossword . Today was a good example of why. When I saw three letters for "They ask you to take off your shoes" my mind went JPN for Japan.

Sometimes you just write a line that makes you giggle. "Her blood orange lips puckered into a cat’s asshole." #authors #writing #books #booksky

All I want for my birthday is to wake up 20lbs lighter and 20 years younger, and instead, my husband got me donuts. I'm okay with that.

Imagination is good for so many reasons. It breeds empathy, because you need it to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes. #kindness

Once you leave a spoon on the pie plate in the fridge, you know your dreams of not gaining over the holidays are officially dead.

Many of our older family members said less offensive stuff than our president yesterday, and that's saying something. #Thanksgiving

Finished writing up a pretty solid outline for my latest thriller today, so yeah, you know. Created a world. Whatevs. #authors #writing #books #booksky

@bcdreyer.social Thought you'd appreciate this note from my cripplingly expensive Florida home insurance.

Throw it. Throw it. No seriously. Throw it. Stop playing with the camera, Mom, THROW IT. #doglife #dogsofBluesky

If you wake up to find your already crippling health insurance has doubled and 75+ coup plotters have been pardoned ...iiiit might be a Monday. #ACA #BreakingNews #MondaysSuck

Never let your genius dog know you think it's funny when he snatches the kitchen towel off the handle of the stove and walks around with it like "Look at me!" The towel will have to stay on the counter forevermore. #doglife #dogsofBluesky youtube.com/shorts/2oX0E...

Fredrik Backman's Anxious People was such an utter joy to read. I'd just been feeling like there weren't people picking up where authors like Tom Robbins and John Irving left off, but I was a fool. And Marin Ireland's audiobook narration is freaking AMAZING.

The 80s punk vibe of Progressive’s “Dog Park” commercial makes me unbearably happy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjhF...

My office money tree wasn't showing me the money. It was dying. It said, "It's not you, it's me." So I put it outside. It immediately sprang back to life and now all my neighbors are rich. Tricky, backstabbing money tree.

I know I can use the words "concern" or "anxiety," but I've always thought "worrimentation" should be a word. Think I'll start slipping it into my books and see if it takes off.

The Four Sisters tomato sauce dynasty is plagued by night terrors, sending Charlotte and Declan on the case in this BRAND NEW cozy Halloween mystery full of family secrets! $1 Off for a Limited Time! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

If you're an author getting a ton of sketchy marketing emails lately, you're not the only one! Here's a quick article to help you spot some of those emails and what to do: authorsxp.com/author-how-t...

Why isn’t Karma on the back of every milk carton? MISSING. I hope she’s just at the gym bulking up.

Re-watching Schitt’s Creek & now I am David.

"Fossilized penis worm suggests Grand Canyon was an evolutionary hotbed" was the article title, but all I could imagine was the worm itself hearing what it had been named and going, "Aw come on, man...that's not cool..."

All Pineapple Port Mysteries with Cats on the cover 99c this week! www.amazon.com/dp/B074CDRD1...

Why do all professional wrestlers talk like Beetlejuice?

"Can you talk with a partially collapsed lung?" -- Author Google search #amwriting #writing

Super pod of 2000 dolphins...No doubt they're gathering to kick us off the planet because, clearly, we've lost privileges. apnews.com/article/cali...

Status update on this week. #dogs

Note to self: Don't let Archer's coat grow in for the winter again. This is one of three dustbins... could have built three more dogs. #dogs

"You don’t know *dark* until you wake up in a box buried in your backyard." ~ upcoming unnamed thriller.

If you and your husband disagree on TV shows, try British crime like Shetland and Happy Valley. Just enough crime for him, just enough angst for her. BritBox (or Acorn) makes growing old together possible. #Acorn #Britbox

wapo.st/4gnsOfY Love that scientists figured this out before the bears disappeared... maybe as a thank you we could save them? Just a thought.

This should have been my first clue… #dogs

Author tip! Need a random name for a character? Tired of name generators? Google "starting lineup of the X" where X=your favorite team. Athletes all have the most wonderfully random names. Take a first from one and a last from another!

You say now the democratic party has nowhere to advertise except platforms owned by oligarchs, where the system is rigged against them? Congratulations! You're Indie authors now! Welcome! #booksky #Author #Indies

New romantic comedy released today! An emergency wedding date turns into a twisty second-chance, friends-to-lovers, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by USA Today, Wall Street Journal & Amazon All-Star bestselling author Amy Vansant... (me) www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

You can say "Good Morning" to people on the street as a hello, but you can't say "Good night." You can say "Good evening" but risk sounding like a vampire. Words are weird.