if I am being honest, this review of my book by @davidbrehmer.bsky.social is one I return to when I need a little extra juice

rfk jr would rather genocide autistic people than care about justice

This is one thing giant movie studios can still do--the crazy big swing that costs a lot of money and is not tied to an algorithm or concern about "viewer retention rate at minute three"--that no other entity can. It is one reason the film ecosystem still needs them.

losing my mind at this. apoplectic. want to punch a wall, or a human being data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...

This made my day quite a bit better.

if I am being honest, this review of my book by @davidbrehmer.bsky.social is one I return to when I need a little extra juice

@addisonzeller.bsky.social you deleted the post but yes king, the bloody summer of 1483 will be attributed to he who was responsible (Plantagenet haters unite)

turns out my life has been pretty typical of the human experience

There are no Atheists in foxholes, some are Acolytes of the Elder Gods.

curmudgeon opinion of the day: horror movies have nothing to do with halloween unless they’re specifically set during the holiday

It happened in Turkey to the Armenians. It happened in Europe during the Holocaust. It's happening in Gaza. It's underway at ICE facilities around the US. And if we don't stop it, one day it could happen to you. Dehumanization paves the way for ethnic cleansing. crimethinc.com/ChicagoBroad...

hey man would you like to go to an American fast casual restaurant and talk about the void at the edge of things

The LOC-NAR has invaded this reality to demand your SPOOKIEST and MOST EVIL DRAWINGS this October! Do as the LOC-NAR commands and tag your art with #HMLOCTOBER and #HMLOCTOBER2025. Visit our DISCORD to share and enjoy the creations! Art by PAIGE KILKULLEN @blackthistle.bsky.social List by NIKKI

where did all the creeps go who (plausible deniability enabled) used to worked at film processing centers

this joke is so good though

READ. THIS. BOOK. The protagonist is a close-to-pro skater who gets a traumatic brain injury and has to give it up. He takes up his camera and enters the Arizona party scene, where he semi-makes it, while also getting embroiled in a love quadrangle that ends very badly. Really thoughtfully done.

new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced

experienced the exquisite surprise of getting a splinter under my fingernail this morning it has been extracted and i am fine, but: do not recommend

have not found a food on earth that this does not go well with

this holiday season: rediscover retail

This generic acetaminophen had an Amtrak ACS-64, four Amfleet 1 cars, a Conrail EMD GP15-1, and some Conrail rolling stock in it. The problem is more serious than I thought.

Fascism in some ways has always been a sword wielded by a clown.

if you need picture frames, may i recommend the thrift store

increasingly believe democracy is impossible without social equity

Morning memory: On a driving vacation in a conversion van, headed to Wyoming. Us and another family. (Two kids sat on the floor every day because there weren’t enough seats.) I am 11, reading Jane Eyre and dissociating in the back seat while Turner & Hooch plays, again. Mom is on no-doze.

so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!

May I suggest ‘White People on Vacation’ from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

do kids even prank call businesses anymore

Now that we have a kitchen radio, we listen to NPR morning edition while we make breakfast. It’s so adult and responsible—it’s sickening.

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right? IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If— CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother? IKARI: Look, let me answer the question. CHOTINER: Sure.

why do all these guys look like the literal devil

When I'm writing a book, I keep a separate document titled "Words to Check for Overuse," because I have some tics that can only be remedied by careful review. I wouldn't be able to write if I tried to fix them as I went, so I add to the list as I go, knowing I can delete / replace / rewrite later.

thank fuck for good coworkers

the things they do to others can be done to them it’s just people, all the way up, all the way down

got my keffiyeh in the mail today and the weave is so delicate, i almost started crying FREE PALESTINE

I don’t have a lot of sympathy for very wealthy, privileged people who are capitulating to fascism and/or staying silent because they’re “scared.” People are being dragged out of their homes and people who could be next are *still* speaking up. Silence won’t protect you but it emboldens them

What was America in 1492 but a Loose-Fish

Me: thinks I haven’t written anything in weeks. Opens work in progress. “Last modified three days ago.”

on basis of today's evidence, I am more than ever convinced that America's religious right is fast fashioning a new post-Christian fascist religion

Spouse: “The Boss is for Lower Manhattanites who think that’s what New Jersey is. Bon Jovi is actually New Jersey.”

"Everything in this country was understood backward; the more recent the arrival, the more American, the truly exceptional." If you really wanna hear my voice, I did a 2-minute radio reading of Daydreamers for @kalwradio.bsky.social 91.7 FM's "New Arrivals" show. Thank you, Lisa Morehouse!

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. For this recipe you'll need a 9x13 inch baking pan,

my spouse and i have this thing we do some nights when we don’t know what to watch where we play “vhfun” and cycle through the music channels on plutotv and talk about the music and performances and drop facts back and forth and get nostalgic and judgy and it’s all very fun

it’s not all subjective

I’m always more interested in FOAT (favorite of all time) lists than GOAT ones. Canon-building is for institutions and corporations. Desire is for us.

BTW - Malarkey Books still has my book, Still Alive, on sale for $13 (!!!!), so if you've been on the fence about taking the plunge, now is the time to do it for cheap. It was longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Awards and some folks say it's good. <3 malarkeybooks.com/store/stilla...

One of the best ways to fight fascism is by feeding people.

in case i have any rhode island followers!

I’ll put it like this. Remember one of Charlie’s many shocking soundbites, how some gun deaths are necessary for the second amendment? That’s what you sound like talking about not purity testing your candidates. You’ve accepted, some death is necessary because you assume that won’t include you.

Like it's still fascism if they suck at it