Trying to distract myself from both the broader and more immediate and personal horrors and anxiety with yet another horror from the trove.

Next read from the lucky find up north. I wasn't kidding when I said it was a paperbacks from hell treasure trove, and I only got a portion of it.

So, my piles and piles of unread books tell me I *shouldn't* participate in indie bookstore day. But if you're in Michigan and *you* are going to participate, go to @toadvinebooks.bsky.social , probably the best lit and genre used bookstore in the state, or @detroitspecials.bsky.social who has the

Listening to @startthemachine.bsky.social and abe on old spielboys on @gamefullyun.bsky.social talking about fun stuff to do with first contact (close encounters)...I'd love to see the first contact that we only see the aftermath of in the classic novel Roadside Picnic...aliens with actions so

So, I know I have a very high asvab score on record from a very long time ago, but it really smacks of desperation when navy recruiters are cold calling folks in their 40s trying to get them to sign up...

Reposting now that it's error free... Started a new review copy of I guess book one of two of Running Wild Press' new novella collection

@jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social I also hate the 'chief' (also lives in Oklahoma for a long time and it feels pretty offensive), 'boss', and 'big guy' from dudes in the wild. I would take a 'hun' from literally any human over any of those, any day.

Went to my Dr. He was telling me about a colleague using AI in his practice. Someone came in with a rash on their hand. Ai recommended a hydrocortisone enima.

Another masterton from the trove

'demand doesn't scale with population' scream the economists and finance bros...consider perhaps that the 'demand' from capital/businesses/investors/etc. can and should be disregarded and maybe even done away with when we're talking about human needs like housing or healthcare.

Another paperback from hell treasure from the b&b today. I love that these nice folks don't care that basically everything you enjoy is a collector's market to maximize value anymore. They let me have some fun stuff for very fair prices based on how little they paid years ago.

One of the many horror treasures from the aforementioned b&b.

Watch me perform my Easter song "Night of the Living Christ" while paying tribute to the 1973 film "The Exorcist" in my 2024 tribute to scary movies "Schaffer the Darklord's Horrorshow." vimeo.com/1180295858

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

People have been talking about other good fantasy (especially by women) from a certain era that might serve as replacements for stuff by less acceptable folks...this is using a pretty broad brush for 'young person accessible' as both my personal favorite as a youngster (Anne mccaffrey) & this is

Should I enroll in these paid medical trials that require my blood? My district pay is garbage and we've been working without a contract for almost a year (and likely won't have one before next school year)...

This needs some love, check it out!

Hit a treasure trove of not necessarily valuable but kind of hard to find old 60s-80s horror paperbacks at this b&b, in everything from fine to poor condition that I think they bought in bulk when the local small town paperback trader went out of business about 3ish years ago.

So, Orrin is a great guy, and while I don't have a link to directly provide support, go buy his books at least.

Watching death to smoochie with my partner who's never seen it. You could never make this movie now. Because our society would never ostracize someone for performing at a Nazi rally anymore.

Maybe...just maybe...travel that is virtually all for leisure or business that could be conducted remotely and mostly caters to the upper middle class SHOULD be inconvenient...

Wow...they're playing flobots I can ride a bike in the gym...one the flobots are still amazing, and two, this is appropriate with today's president as when it was released.

No one is saying it but entitled Americans entertainment & leisure travel for spring break (mostly for the upper middle class) is categorically not a right or necessity. MOST people don't travel for entertainment at a made up holiday esque time of year. Keep that shit shut down, it doesn't matter.

Currently reading, delightful, from @jackanapespress.bsky.social

Just as well @moviehooligan.bsky.social had other plans than Friday night movies, we had to go see Pete Holmes at a small venue!

Just a cat I visited yesterday

that was supposed to be the hour when he died and we just… skipped it

Literally what @straczynski.bsky.social said many years ago when I asked him how Babylon 5 so closely predicted events from 2016 onward, including the slogans. He said fascism always looks the same, including the language of fascism.

This was always a logical endpoint for things like cloud computing and Google suites/drives and I've been saying it since 'the cloud' first became a lay person term rather than just talking about servers. Not sure why anyone is remotely surprised

Flame tree press did so much better a job with these anthos than I would have guessed way back, seeing tons of them in like half price books and similar stores. Great classic stories and wonderful new ones by contemporary authors. Wouldn't have picked this up if m. Regan's "Almost" hadn't been in it

I didn't think I'd ever read a review of abrams trek that was written by someone who could see and give voice so well to what is in my heart.

Had a conversation with an old friend/ex...who now makes like mid 6 figures...hates the tarriffs (which directly impact the industry they make like half ail annually off of), and thinks the solution is just abolishing income tax for everyone, no matter how much I explain regressive benefits/taxes...

Watching the new mel brooks documentary/interview (99 year old man). Early on he says all his old interviews are bs/full of lies, then they proceed to use prolific clips of them and I can't help but feel like he's doing a Garak.

In honor of M.'s recent stoker nomination, I gave this wonderful collection a reread. @sobelobooks.bsky.social

Currently reading this first edition hb I found for super cheap.

A pleasent ssurprise from luddington's Double Shadow, "power is a coin. A trick invented to convince you there are only two sides to an argument. You align with one or the other. The fruit or the tree. Now the voice of power needs to combat only one thing, not the bounty of true possibilities"

This has been a lot more fun than anticipated. Time travel archeology murder mystery.

Election denialists have spent years trying to undermine public trust in Michigan's election officials, ballot-counting processes, and voting infrastructure. With 2026 midterms on the horizon, our researchers examined what they got up to last year. Our latest: openmeasures.io/michigan-ele...

There's a giveaway for @thesuiway.bsky.social excellent The Iron Garden Sutra (100 copies) on Goodreads you should definitely go enter

Bone temple...as amazing as I expected after the last one... Now I can listen to @moviehooligan.bsky.social talk about it...

Such a weird and good film

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

I sat in yet another high school educator, counselor, and administration meeting today in which I was literally the only voice talking about the ethical & environmental problems with AI and the fact no one should use it. Everyone else was talking about thought partners and life labs and shit...

Sure would be great if it happened today

I thought it might be nice to give away my last 2 signed hardbacks of my novel 1983, with two lovely linocut hares by my mum. All you have to do to enter is repost this (& leave a reply). The book's been called "Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend”. Extract in the replies.

CNN reporting on Tehran closing schools because of protests, but *not* school closures and parents evacing kids in Minnesota due to ice actions, is very telling....

Super gross that literally every major television news network is describing illegally kidnapping a foreign leader, threatening military invasion of multiple countries including NATO allies, bombing civilian, as "foreign adventures"

This is a different list than the lgbtq+ scout list I normally buy from, but if, like me, you're going to buy at least some cookies no matter what use a list like this (or buy from local kids who need it).

Afraid to ask...what"s happening with the Hugo award and AI controversy? I think I missed something in the last day of teo

I see a lot of talk about this being a way to undermine mail in voting. Which it absolutely is. But I think it's also part of a larger effort to further remove any alternatives to doing *everything* by computer. Mail not reliable? Talk exclusively online. Mailing gifts yourself not reliable? Buy