ben kindel is the new jake guentzel send tweet

having the urge recently to start a literary journal, something that i 100% absolutely do not have the time to do.

nick virgilio

is it just me or is it completely insane that state-level judges (or judges at any level) are allowed to campaign as republicans or democrats?

anyone out there looking for alternatives to spotify: allow me to recommend Cruel Noise, which is basically the only way i learn about hardcore + punk bands these days. cruelnoise.libsyn.com

pachnelephalosaurus statue, public park, route 40, dinosaur, colorado, 1991

sweet baby ben kindel with his second goal of the evening 😍

don't remember if i bought a copy of this or if my press maybe just sent one to me, but in either case, i am excited to read this book! upstate NY short story collections unite! 💪

Happy Halloween

good morning. the pittsburgh penguins currently lead the entire nhl in points.

For Halloween, the one of my own I most often give to family members and acquaintances, "The Rose." Written for @xraylitmag.bsky.social Boneyard issue a few years ago. xraylitmag.com/the-rose-by-...

I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.

It’s still remarkable that Disney produced - and released - this segment in 1940. A horror short that should rank with its Universal monster movie contemporaries… The animation is lush and experimental, and really shows off the Disney special animated effects team…

probably should add: this story is in my book! share.google/8PrbfYIGIFJW...

If you're seeing this you must now unfortunately repost this spooky comic or risk being cursed with a visit from Mr. Drip

traditional halloween posting of what more than one person has said is the best story i've ever written, and which is very much a halloween story thebaffler.com/fiction/the-...

forever ban on "a haunted house but it's just _____" tweets. unfunny coworker ass joke.

hey guys when is the last time you re-watched pumpkinhead

getting ready for class tonight.

We've collected a list of every local resource for food assistance we could find. These resources include pantries, free fridges, food banks, and free grocery programs by neighborhood or region:

printed out the 30~ish pages of a long, unfinished story that i'd been working on a couple years ago. still haven't really found my way back to writing at all since having my book come out and having a baby, but i'm trying to take the baby steps.

I'm actually a complete undoomer on this issue. All signs point to the enduring power of human art. AI art's only value is degrading commercial art + advertising and depressing opportunities for artists (which is bad), but it's being rejected or ignored in most cultural spaces

i'm down to just 2 remaining copies of this thing. happy to mail one free of charge to anyone who would like one!

Many, many moons ago I taught a 4- maybe 8- week course on very, very short poems. Here's a few of the exercises from that class: davidwojo.com/s/Short-Shor...

that overtime period of the penguins-flyers game....one of the goofiest periods of hockey i've seen in a real long time.

When SNAP runs out on Nov. 1st, hundreds of thousands of people in Pittsburgh and across SWPA will struggle to afford food. I compiled (with the help of community members) a non-exhaustive list of where people can find help, including sites in Pittsburgh & outer counties. Please spread this.

what do you guys think is the best neil young album, there are no right answers but there are a few wrong answers

i have liiiike maybe 4 copies of this thing left and will gladly mail them for free to anyone who wants one!

i had forgotten about R&R after i ditched twitter and for whatever reason, just remembered it again and went digging through some of the recent stuff. really enjoy these 3 shorties from gabe jimenez-ekman!

i'm pretty much always gonna do one of these if i see it. get to know me in ten books:

i had forgotten about R&R after i ditched twitter and for whatever reason, just remembered it again and went digging through some of the recent stuff. really enjoy these 3 shorties from gabe jimenez-ekman!

there are several mutual aid groups around town trying to help keep our neighbors fed & housed. food not bombs has several distros around the city, giving away groceries, serving hot food, and providing other needs. cashapp is $steelcityfnb but cash is king and you can donate at any distro

was looking for something else in the HAD archives, stumbled into this, remembered anew what a treasure @amorak.bsky.social is

when i write a 5-star review on letterboxd of a movie that nobody else who follows me has seen but none of them add it to their watchlist......does my word mean nothing to you.

extremely good used dvd haul from the grand opening of my local @vinsyn.bsky.social store.

this is the most peewee hockey goal ever scored by a dude who's only like 2 years out from being a peewee himself. these penguins teenagers have got the goddam juice.

okay i have to begin weighing the possibility that these kids are the real deal.

someday the criterion website flash sale will land at a time when i have enough money in my back account to justify dropping $100 bucks on that boxset of shōwa-era godzilla movies.

We are beyond thrilled to announce the official opening of Vinegar Syndrome Pittsburgh this Friday! Store hours will be Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm to 7pm. 1410 E. Carson St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203 LONG LIVE PHYSICAL MEDIA 🔥

i'm going: 3 Women Kanal Ebirah, Horror of the Deep Sorcerer

"sucked out" by superdrag is a great baby lullabye until you try to ween her off the pacifier at night and find yourself singing "who sucked out the feeeeeeeeeliiiiiiiing" while she goes absolute shop-vac mode on your index finger.

this has been such an insanely busy week and my brain is still playing catch-up BUT...this event was a ton of fun, & small readings are sometimes the best readings! mac's backs is a super cool bookstore...and there is now a copy of my book in ursuline college's rustbelt humanities lab! 💪

Out 11/17/25 on Alien Buddha Press" shocking true tales of Pittsburgh punk and my lifetime of music fandom

really pining for the feeling of walking home by myself at like 6pm in december. love to walk home by myself around 6pm in december.

"ICE has also purchased spyware in recent weeks that enables it to remotely hack into smartphones and extract data, even if the phones are locked or communication is over encrypted apps."

AWP ettiquette question: is it annoying if someone emails the journals they've been published in to ask which of them are hosting readings / might have space on their bill, or is this a normal thing that people do?

not to be all holier than thou, but i haven't ordered from amazon in probably >15 years. there are other stores! i've canceled most streaming & renting dvds from the library is now one of my favorite weekly rituals. wife ditched her spotify & i've loved reacquainting myself w/ the radio & cds.

AWP ettiquette question: is it annoying if someone emails the journals they've been published in to ask which of them are hosting readings / might have space on their bill, or is this a normal thing that people do?