Tom Hardy? Or Tom Hardy? The choice is yours.

Iran ain’t Venezuela. Or Iraq. Nothing against those folks, but the Persians have been incredible warriors and brilliant tactical leaders for millennia. In many ways their might and their cultural dominance have never been bested. We should respect Iran, not poke the sleeping tiger. #fucktrump

I do really appreciate Walz’s refusal to bail on trans people.

Me every day of my life: The dog has a tick. I can’t get it. Will you try? My wife: I can’t find it. Me: It’s there. Keep looking. My wife: It’s not there! Me: It’s there. My wife: It’s not a tick. Me: It’s a tick. My wife: It’s not a tick! Me: It’s a tick. My wife: Got it.

Me when I keep hearing that kindness and tolerance “ … are really a kind of punk, if you think about it.” I’m tired, Boss. I’m real tired.

A blood moon rising over South Asheville. Photo by Christine.

if you think the greatest threat to effeminate gay boys is the trans movement and not the cis straight men who overwhelmingly exclude and brutalize them then you should walk into the ocean immediately

“Be uncomfortable; be sand, not oil, to the [fascists] of the world.” Gunter Eich

I totally thought this was a new Bill Hader character.

Listen to The Boss...

dismissing history as “woke” & winding up like the emperors julian & valerian

These people just suck. Cruelty aside, their “solutions” are terrible and lead to demonstrably worse outcomes on every measure. It’s what happens when you put ideology over empirical, evidence-based treatment. The people are mean *and* stupid. transitics.substack.com/p/texas-anti...

Americans love to respect their soldiers so let me make this clear: their military is an imperialist bully-squad, deployed worldwide to remind various parts of the world of America's military might, and always ready to kill whichever non-white people are in the current administration's crosshairs.

Eliza and @candacenola.bsky.social are too kind. Thanks ladies.

In an early draft of the script for The Shining, Stanley Kubrick played with Jack being more overtly right-wing. He wasn’t interested in a likable Jack at all, but wanted him to be an abuser, white supremacist and narcissist. SK was never a fan of the reactionary US and left it for the UK. #taschen

Also, we still need to see those files.

Come get some!

Just thinking about TERFs and terfism. During the decades I identified as a dude, as a “Man,” I would never dreamed of hanging some ideal of manhood over somebody like that. “You’ll never be a real man. You can’t be a man! Only real men can be MEN!” Reframed like that, the idiocy is revealed. #trans

"Perhaps all pleasure is only relief." William S Burroughs

Proof of life.

Great video on whats happening in KS. TLDR: It’s fucked up. www.instagram.com/reel/DVRjQZ7...

post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

I guess no more traveling to or through Kansas. Has the Handmaids Tale begun? #transrights #boycottkansas #kansas #trans #transpride #transrightsarehumanrights

Who reads books on grammar? Me! Because I want to better understand the mechanics of the world(s) in which I swim. As a writer and communicator, I’ve always been good with words, and picked it up naturally. Still, once in awhile you gotta look under the hood and tweak some things. #booksky

I like the ingredients. Chicory? Watercress? Dandelions? I’m in. But girls, you gotta give us a little more protein than 1 egg spread across 4 people, alright? Alright.

"Trans people no longer allowed to drive in Kansas" is a real headline. In case you don't think this is Nazi shit, let me assure you: this is Nazi shit.

Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer. Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount. about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...

Anyone looking for an agent for their propulsive feminist thriller and/or patriarchy take-down? (I will 100% read it when it's published)

"It's just your documents."

Finished the first season of Pluribus, Vince Gilligan’s new show. Liked it, though it was oddly emotionally implausible for a writer of his level of quality. Still, I appreciate the big swing he took, and I wish other writers on TV would do the same. Rhea Seehorn is fab as ever. 7.5/10

These pieces of shit. “We disagree with the politicians, so we’re going to punish everybody who lives there.” Totally illegal and ineffectual, but the rednecks will eat it up. Wild how so many Americans are okay with this. They are the party of zero empathy … until it happens to them.

Social Network, Bernardo Siciliano, 2019

Hell yes! Tom Morello and Bruce will no doubt perform their iconic “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” Epic!

I'm now working on my very first high fantasy novel, and it's been total, unexpected fun, with a little cringe thrown in ("I now take up the Sword of Balmaria and smite thee with it!"). But in my learnings I came across a fantasy name generator which was just pure fun. www.fantasynamegenerators.com

Ewww. I’ve actually had snail before, dipped in herb butter in a restaurant in Santa Fe. They were gross. Might as well have been eating slug.

It’s a two-dog writing day in the cold mountains of Western North Carolina. The actual Cold Mountain is just a few miles away. #booksky

Borges was bitchin.

This dude is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Someone so willing to jettison others is a weak leader. A better leader would show how the pronoun crowd and the better wages crowd can exist in the same tent. Often the two crowds are one and the same.

Worth remembering that, among his many other evils, Newsom's fortune and businesses were extensively bankrolled by Gordon Getty — his father was an attorney and fixer for Getty Oil — and that his first major move in politics was cutting aid to homeless people. The gentry, y'all.

In my upcoming book CRATER GIRL, I talk briefly about the history of African slavery, and how so many more prisoners went to Brazil than to the US. The more you learn about Brazil’s slave trade, the sadder and more intense it gets. I lived there briefly in the 90’s and it was a real eye-opener.

What I read affects how I write, so I have to be careful about the material I soak myself in. I’m currently writing dark high fantasy, so I don’t want to go reading Elmore Leonard. Nor do I want to read stuff like Tolkien, for fear of accidental imitation. So I read old books, with simple language.

Had an amazing time at MURDER IN THE MOUNTAINS HWA reading with Jake Bible, Jesse Bullington, Polly Schattel, and David Allen Voyles. Thanks to Zadie’s in Marshall, NC for hosting us.

This is fascinating fun. I hit the wall at the year 1100.

Happening today at 2:30 EST--some terrific creepy writers reading their work.

Now this is what I’m talking about.

Cool, it looks like I finally have my very own impersonator-bot. Woo-hoo. bsky.app/profile/poll...

👁️ You heard the whisper first. Then the footsteps. Then the silence. 🩸 Dark Descent: Whispers From Beyond is open for microhorror—500 words or less. 🕯️ The kind that waits until you look away. 👉 link in bio #booksky #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity #flashfiction

You know that feeling when you’ve got a big fancy thing to go to, but you’d really rather just stay home in your jammies and cuddle with the pups and watch Pluribus? That’s my whole life.

Notice how quiet the cultists are about the Shitgibbon and the files? I do.