someone i published as an editor years ago is getting agent offers on their manuscript right now and no, I’ll never get tired of this feeling it rules every single time

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i hear they make you take tylenol for a month before you can become an official member of antifa?

i would like to congratulate tylenol (and the other drugs) for winning the war on drugs

we’re now only like 20 years away from someone taking Tylenol being the new visual cue for “hey audiences, this is a period piece!” in prestige media

you’re never gonna believe what the function of racism is…

my favorite part of reading Wuthering Heights while in the mental hospital was forgetting that Catherine goes mad

“I cannot express it; but surely you & everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here?” banger line from WH in my psych ward journal. don’t judge yall i was going through it

Wuthering Heights is like the only classic Victorian novel I actually fuck with but ten seconds into that trailer my first question is why and my second is wouldn’t actual porn be cheaper?

bruh i can’t seem to make text based socials work for me anymore cause i post heat on Xhitter, i post heat here, and no one seems to see that shit either way 🥲

what kills me is how post-2020 protests, bipoc authors got crumbs from the publishing industry pie while white men continued to get whole slices (+ seconds) and still, STILL they cry over our meager plates

From the NYT, I’m Michael Barboro & this, is the daily. *cue theme music* Today: a Times’s investigation reveals that Zohran Mamdani used to give friends a “cousin controller” to play games with while hiding his extra regular ones. And, did X’s Grok go too far—or not far enough?

Finally started Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (winner of the 2025 Booker) and i love it when story writers get due recognition, her prose goes so hard

"Her new short story collection (which includes a novella!) confronts many of the same themes via grotesques—mail order brides, au pairs, ugly ducklings, sex bots, dolls..." Thank you so much for including WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM! Out from @penguinpress.bsky.social on August 19 ✨

rereading Black Leopard Red Wolf, and just like the first time, i dont know how long it’ll take for “fuck the gods” to leave my daily usage

as a first gen citizen, this is devastating. i know the cruelty is the point, but if they can deny birthright AND deport citizens anyway, when will they just admit that their goal is to cleanse this country of non-whites?

hello EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD is officially most anticipated by @debutiful.bsky.social 💖💖 this list is full of soooo many bangers yall should thank @vitcavage.bsky.social & preorder them all!!!

Things have to change. You have to change too. People like change in theory rather than in practice.

under shakira law, new yorkers hips wont be able to lie. let that sink in.

going through journals written during my recovery & im the breed of chaotic where you start a notebook, write in another, & then return to the first notebook, which means that the record’ll start in one leg of the journey & then sorta time travel & skip around & i dunno i find it kind of beautiful?

proud to live in the Brooklyn hood with the highest turnout for Mamdani, proud to live in Bushwick. not so proud about those weirdos in blue—that’s beyond our borders: we must never go there, Simba.

Mamdaniacs and our fearless leader are going to do so much worse 9/11s, we might even go so far as 10/12s—nay, 11/13s.

phenomenal time to be alive for the haters

it’s boiling lava hot on election day

skeet this skeet that some of yall need to skeetdaddle to the polls

the only slogan you heed this election is don’t vote for andrew nuomo no mo

the year is 2025. a heat wave descends upon the concrete veins of New York City. your cat insists on having his morning outside time. it is over 80 and the temperature is rising. your cat refuses to come back inside. your cat is living his best life. your cat is a beast.

was hungover af reading some literary shit (good shit) on the train and even though my brain was melting i stayed immersed in the writing we are so back baby

id recommend recreational drugs over text-based AI because at least the drugs have a chance of expanding your imagination and creativity

you’re right it’s totally worth partaking in the equivalent energy use of a middle-sized town to generate shitty first drafts you need to heavily edit anyway and video marketing materials you don’t even use

if there’s a 10th circle of hell it’s just the Myrtle-Broadway stop under construction in the summer

the incredible thing about Libby is that you can catch up on your print backlog while waiting weeks to borrow ebooks, all of which you want to read

been slowly trying to get my dad to read more (like for years) and we are about to pilot phase audiobooks. i just want the man to love literature so wish us luck

a writer I worked with years ago as an editorial fellow for Shenandoah is now querying their novel manuscript and has gotten requests for fulls and this feeling is so…idk im just glad I got to witness the talent and growth!

reading a story collection and trying to figure out which ones were previously published and where? yeah that’s my shit.

cant stress the importance of “disappeared” enough. language matters. to be disappeared is to be neither alive nor dead. a ghost, an echo of personhood, providing no real opportunity for closure, for proper mourning or healing. disappearance is harrowing torture for those gone & those left behind.

there are better ways to rebrand than this. Vessel is making $ while pretending folks aren’t exercising on the site of much tragedy. And they know it too. Why aren’t participants allowed on the top floor, I wonder?

Steven Universe is a show about God negotiating with themself and discovering profound empathy for their creation by living amongst it, in doing so going through metaphorical death and resurrection. It's Jesus. Steven is Jesus. Deeply Catholic show. Right down to the confessional catharsis aspect.

at this point ive spent more time in my life witnessing the world end than not

im grateful for this elder era of texting where everyone takes as long as they need to get back to you/vice versa. like life’s hard enough as it is; you’re busy? me too say less

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sometimes you spend all day cleaning to host a friend who you don’t want to witness how you choose to live and then they cancel and you’re somewhat sad but also somewhat pleased because at least the place looks nice and you wouldn’t have made that happen of your own volition anyway

oh chatgpt is down? my critical thinking & writing skills are all organic so i wouldn’t know

i love when out of touch Feds use their platforms to post law&order propaganda with real photos of protesters doing the hardest, bravest, most inspired shit you have ever seen. Like yes please keep amplifying the resistance for us you stupid fascists!

I'm happy to announce that my short story collection, RIPPLES INTO THE WILD, will be published by Cornerstone Press (2/27)! These stories engage with realism, surrealism, and cli-fi. If you're an author with a nearby pub date or a pressmate, be in touch so we can plan events. The fun begins!!!

it’s a beautiful day to read a book, sit back, and watch two of the dumbest people you know go at each others’ throats

i need good white people to intervene if they encounter ICE agents in action. film them, harangue them, intimidate their security theater, hiding behind masks & tactical gear. if youre BIPOC, citizen or not, rights disappear with ICE. but white = citizen to them. so help the rest of us, please.

it’s true, Netflix’s Devil May Cry wasn’t very loyal to its source material. HOWEVER, the finale might be among the most accurate depictions of US imperialism in animation I’ve ever seen??

you say my “30s” i say my “foreword for the catalogue of injuries”

the nice thing about living in a tiny nyc apartment with your partner is that illness doesn’t happen to one of you but rather the hive mind a la WE are sick