My piece on yesterday’s #NoKings protest in downtown Columbus. @colsunderground.bsky.social

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Here’s what the #NoKings crowd looked like from the steps of the Ohio Statehouse. @colsunderground.bsky.social

Protest signs are under construction here on the Westside. #nokings @colsunderground.bsky.social @ohio50501.bsky.social

Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

When I borrow a pen from you, there is very little chance I will return it.

Looking through stacks of letters kept my my great grandmother and here’s a couple enigmatic photographs of a fresh grave because my family comes out of a Faulkner novel.

“The time is 4:30 pm. The place is Antioch College. The date is October 2, 2025—66 years to the day when The Twilight Zone first premiered on television.” MORE: columbusunderground.com/a-stop-at-ye...

You should be able to drink lite beer at hardware stores. They should crack one open for you and hand it to you when you walk in

Honestly it seems to me that one of the most important tasks for modern parents is raising their kids to be mostly offline normies

I'm going to say this as many times as it's necessary: you shouldn't kill your political opponents

They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

What the actual fuck. US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”

“Following the GoFundMe drive, the collective also organized a benefit party at the Oracle in Old Towne East, featuring several DJs who were once hosted by Parable.” More: columbusunderground.com/for-labor-da...

“Early in the morning on August 3, someone used a metal patio chair to smash open the window at Parable coffee shop on High Street. And yet, somehow, that was not the worst of the troubles facing the popular Downtown café.” Read more: columbusunderground.com/inside-the-t...

Don’t know why we’re still debating the City Hall Columbus statue when I solved it more than a year ago. @colsunderground.bsky.social columbusunderground.com/opinion-some...

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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected. Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

NEW: Mass departures from the Justice Department and a rising flood of lawsuits have squeezed the remaining government lawyers defending Trump administration policies, with signs of the strain spilling into court www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEDERAL AGENT PULLED FROM THE FINAL STAGES OF A TEN YEAR INVESTIGATION TO CAPTURE THE KILLER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE "HOUSTON HATCHETMAN" SERIAL MURDERS TO PATROL TOURISTS ON THE NATIONAL MALL: hey. you can't vape there

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

I am starting to believe that the AI craze actually has, for once, created a genuinely useful way to test someone's intelligence: are they unquestionably on board with using corporate AI tools for everything, or are they going "whoa, hey, wait a second"?

I travel a lot, in the US and elsewhere, and DC is objectively quite beautiful. There's an honest-to-God national park that runs through the middle of it!

Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall. If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is (h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)

Robert Heinlein and it’s not even close.

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice* This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

If you write ‘unalive’ in prose or character dialogue, in your NOVEL - which I have seen TWICE NOW - I will immediately wince and full body cringe. The TikTokification of words has to stop. Your character almost DIED or was KILLED in your novel. They were not almost ‘unalived’.

Facebook keeps showing me British anti-immigrant videos, it should know that I am politically, philosophically, and morally opposed to Britain.

My desert noir story Festival of the Flying Saucers is available now in this week’s issue of Black Cat Magazine: blackcatweekly.com/b/meCf4

I’m pleased to announce that I’ll have a story featured in this anthology

The latest on this ongoing story: columbusunderground.com/come-get-you... via @jessecbethea.bsky.social

Just thinking about how Stephen Colbert started his show a decade ago with a truly beautiful tribute to America. youtu.be/b9Z62HC7j-k?...

Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.

My latest for @colsunderground.bsky.social, some Westsiders are frustrated and perplexed that the city would continue funding Sanctuary Night two months after taking them to court: columbusunderground.com/neighbors-cr...

10/10 no notes

The 14th Amendment is not a “custom” @nytimes.com

Happy Fourteenth Amendment Day for those who observe. “ALL PERSONS born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein their reside.” What could be clearer?

One thing I’ve noticed from covering these protests is the cooperation between “normie lib” and “radical left” organizations. Their differences are very real, but in Columbus they seem to be consistently setting them aside.

Some thoughts from the 4th via @jessecbethea.bsky.social : columbusunderground.com/at-statehous...

Yeah, don’t know what to tell y’all, it’s still my favorite holiday.

Indivisible Columbus marching in Doo Dah parade today in Short North - video by @jessecbethea.bsky.social

Video from today’s #50501 Protest in Columbus Ohio. Video via @jessecbethea.bsky.social

Video from today’s #50501 Protest in Columbus Ohio. Video via @jessecbethea.bsky.social

Video from today’s #50501 Protest in Columbus Ohio. Video via @jessecbethea.bsky.social

Video from today’s #50501 Protest in Columbus Ohio. Video via @jessecbethea.bsky.social

Video from today’s #50501 Protest in Columbus Ohio. Video via @jessecbethea.bsky.social