Pretty legendary moment at the mailbox…

More #Schattenfroh notes shortly over at open.substack.com/pub/schatten.... This week, I’ve gotten sucked back into Hamlet for my final paper, and also this 1,000 plus lot of vintage ACE and DAW sci-fi MMPs… but more on that later.

So I’ve begun a Substack where I keep detailed reading notes on #Schattenfroh, a new novel from #DeepVellum claimed by some to be a masterpiece (I tend to agree so far). Read or spread it around, if you can. I’m working hard on this. open.substack.com/pub/schatten...

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

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If you ever say or even imply that a fellow human being isn’t really human (or AS human as, say, you), then fuck you. Fuck you forever. Fuck you, fuck your mother, fuck your life.

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

The first of its kind!

Day 3450 of being utterly unable to imagine a future.

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

This book is an absolute treasure.

Honestly, is there anything better than 1) stop-motion animation 2) distant future dystopian cities with deep, inaccessible ground levels, and 3) labyrinths?

Or even better: all the books.

Most “legitimate” stuff is also a scam, too.

Reading tons of Bataille (several books at once), Wuthering Heights (because of Bataille), and immersing myself in the Marseilles tarot. The small insanities that make life sane.

Rando dream: William Burroughs late in life rapidly describing little films and vignettes—transformation of objects, levitations, magic acts—that no one could possibly bring to life but that everyone scrambles to write down, nonetheless.

I’ll tell you exactly how to do BETTER than “the liberal Rogan.” OFFER PEOPLE a FUTURE. I mean a future with SOUL and IMAGINATION. Jump ship on this fucking prison reality you’ve helped create because it will always slope down. A nation of slaves to financial survival will ALWAYS lead to this.

Just wish there were more movies like these.

This is me cracking up the Substack to start reviewing all these sci-fi and fantasy paperbacks I have lying around… open.substack.com/pub/justinab...

Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-

This shit cannot stand. #Generalstrike before it’s too late.

Disappeared from Dallas, TX. Detained, according to Latin Times, for his autism awareness tattoo and vanished despite being determined “clean” of gang affiliation. Currently in El Salvador, where he’s packed in an overcrowded terrorist detainment facility. His name is Alvarado Borges.

Look, if the Democratic Party had any inkling of ambition or vision, it would be humming with energy right now. If it fails to articulate a future other than “not MAGA,” it’s a dead party riding on the back of republican failure, and things will get much, much darker.

This is vitally important. Sharing this widely, reading these names and loudly demanding justice is how you refuse government sponsored vanishing. Sharing these names and faces is how you show republicans they are harming human beings. This could save lives. public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Hey look, France isn’t full of cowards.

The reason masked goons are snatching and vanishing students is for publishing social media posts such as this one—in some cases, for merely LIKING posts such as this one. This IS fascism. Any more “let’s wait and see” and we’ll be contemplating what you should’ve done from the back of a truck.

Lies, lies, oh and look, more lies. Literally: being throbbing heaps of evil shit is the entire point of what they’re doing

Yes, cruelty *is* the point.

Okay, so the more I learn about the right, the more it literally looks like we got here because of sexual frustration, hatred of women, and 4chan. People, raise your fucking kids right.

the patterns are striking are they not? a muslim student, in the US on a visa, no crimes committed, pro-palestinian public statements, transported swiftly to louisiana before the judges can stop it if we’re fighting an enemy that won’t respect the rules, we have to figure out what WILL stop them

The President does not have the constitutional or statutory authority to dictate the content of voter registration forms. This EO is an incredibly dangerous power grab. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

It truly is a laugh how often philosophy after WWII dances right up to Zen, bumps hips, and then, like an embarrassed teenager, says something rude and dismissive, like “you just glorify inaction” before stalking away—still not secure enough, in most cases, for adult conversation.

Green card holders are provenly no longer safe in the US. There’s now more than one case of detainment and physical mistreatment. Time to stop worrying about a decline into fascism and time to decide how you’re going to handle the fact that you currently live under fascism.

I would truly like to start reviewing books again, particularly in the weird, strange, or literary channels. Do any of you happen to know of decent, paying venues for this?

Day one of calling for a mass synchronized ritual disruption, taking the form of whatever you are willing to do: writing to congresspeople, phone calls, protests, prayers, hexes, meditations—whatever we can do simultaneously and in mass to begin focusing energy and intent.

Keepin it classy, as expected www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/p...

So, we great yet? time.com/7266334/us-h...

Heads up re. Repeater/Zer0 Books: xenogothic.com/2025/03/17/b...

It’s hilarious to me that all they have to do to create a relief bounce in the stock market is shut the fuck up for a single day. Don’t worry though. It’s not anything they can maintain for long.

Fuck John Fetterman. Worse than useless.

The Ducornet pile grows…

Vastly, vastly important document. Everyone needs to read this and as much as you can bear of the linked human rights report. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The stack I want to get through this year:

Republicans continue to lose sleep worrying about what’s in your pants, what you’re doing with what’s in your pants, and what you should be doing based on what’s in your pants. Fucking weirdos.

I’m ashamed to have ever donated to this worthless party. Democrats aren’t going to save us. We fix this with our hands.

reminder not to buy anything tomorrow