The Diary Thieves open.substack.com/pub/dandywri...

Remember when Erotica was a genre and not a subgenre of Romance?

The first chapter of one of the novels I’ve been working on for a while now. Cabaret Delancey. Rewritten and worried over. A woman learns to seduce. A mirror, a camera, a couple, herself. This leads her to look for new avenues for her desire. open.substack.com/pub/dandywri...

East River. Even though it’s an estuary.

The Bed Curse - A contemporary fantasy story. Magic, demons, and a little sex in Brooklyn. A free short story. substack.dandywriter.com/p/the-bed-cu...

I started a Substack! Posting short stories, essays, and photos. I have a few months worth of posts ready to go. substack.dandywriter.com?utm_campaign...

Oxblood life.

oh wait, i don’t think bluesky has seen my pi-ass de résistance yet

Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Check out Love & Legends: NYC's Fantasy + Romance Bookstore by Savanna Sturkie on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lov... They need less than $400 to make their goal!!

No big deal. Just meeting a hero who ended up being kind and talkative and amazing.

Come find me at the Book Feat!

You’re a bear? An otter? I’m a capybara. I’m mellow, everyone likes me, and I’m kind of a slut.

I did so many amazing things in France and Thailand, but feeding and petting capybaras is pretty high on the list.

Thinking of so many people in the NY kink scene right now. Xoxo.

Lots of things are illegal and still ethical. In fact many things that are illegal are morally imperative.

Local man admits to being a poser.

Prepping my Hack59 for international travel. Silent Shrimp switches and new PBS Black on White keycaps by matt3o. I'm really liking this profile, which is interesting because I usually hate lower profile caps. #mechanicalkeyboards

FYI I don’t use the term ethically non-monogamous because I don’t think people get to label themselves or their relationships ethical. In fact I find that concept super weird. I just say non-monogamous.

In a strange turn of events, I will be in Paris, Bangkok, and Koh Samui in August. Let me know if you have any recommendations or contacts!

Being the out polyamorous person in my office means women tell me about the shitty interactions they’ve had with “ENM” dudes. And I’m like, yes, but also, now tell me about all the shitty interactions you’ve had with "monogamous" dudes. It’s not non-monogamy, it’s just toxic masculinity.

My zines haul from #alaac2025

Score! #alaac2025 @maryroach.bsky.social

OMG I’m going to meet Mary Roach. #alaac2025

This joke did not play at work and I think it should have. Coworker: It’s weird that early voting is open on Juneteenth Me: Yeah, I hear they’re open on Election Day too.

To me, Andor is the perfect example of how constraints can help artists. It's essentially a French Revolution saga forced into Star Wars' childlike logic. That limitation, plus compressing years into one season, made Gilroy craft and distill and hone everything. 1/2

This has really ruined my burlesque name Big Beautiful Bill.

Andor is proof that you should always give Tony Gilroy lots of money.

Do they not have therapy in Star Wars?

Review for Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - It was fine. Propulsive and dripping with science, but the whole time felt like a retelling of The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. It has already evaporated from my memory. The ending was very unsatisfying, and not in a way that felt intentional.

"Prevost has opposed the ordination of women to the diaconate" "Opposed the inclusion of curriculum regarding 'teachings on gender in schools'" "Lamented that popular culture fostered 'sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel'" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Le...

I'm reading Project Hail Mary and like all Andy Weir it is somehow both completely fun mindless entertainment and the most intensely hard sci-fi homework ever. It's very much like watching in-depth chess recaps at 3am. Which I've also been doing.

American Girl Dolls are made in Shenzhen, China.

A wild paragraph map.

It's cool that Cinco de Mayo falls right after Star Wars day this year.

While I loved Thunderbolts*, I'm enjoying Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop fan fiction much more.

Damn, in front of my nearly thousand day streak, I'm going to have to delete the app. www.theverge.com/news/657594/... #Duolingo #AI #JobLoss

Drinking no coffee has definitely made me less anxious and I sure hate that a lot.

#bookreview of Luster by Raven Leilani A complicated read on a few levels. A narrator who is remarkably different from me, but with huge overlap. She’s living in Brooklyn, graphic design background, artist, bisexual, non-monogamous, weird. She’s a woman, Black, different trauma, Gen Z. 1/3

I loved this movie! And it once again proves that the greatest evil is Mumford and Sons.

The country seems split into two camps: capitalism doesn’t work unless we traumatize people vs capitalism doesn’t work unless we traumatize people.

I’m very obsessed with my Boox ebook reader.

Why is all of my social media suddenly 20% Tombstone clips? I mean, I appreciate an amazing film, but... wha?