"But ID, you have an embarrassment of literary riches on your TBR list already." "STFU SuperEgo! I will cut you and laugh while you stumble about trying to dial 911." #BookSky #ThomasPynchon @thomaspynchon.bsky.social (heh.) @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social How about a preview copy?

it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: August 9 edition" — buffalo: 1, hunter: 0, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

DWARF CONTRACTOR: *on the phone* alright so tell me this, BEFORE hand, how greedily were you digging.. uh huh... and how deeply? okay, I don't even need to come out, I can tell ya right now you gotta balrog. I'm gonna be honest with ya, does this mine hold any sentimental value

Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii by Brian Ruh Hey, that’s my book! But these are the uncorrected proofs with a slightly different cover. I didn’t even know this existed until I saw it on eBay one day.

I love Richmond Park! So I was happy to see today that they made a second one!

The Grid Compass (1982)

10 origin stories about each of the first 10 amendments, culminating in an epic Bill of Rights crossover

That @jmacfee.bsky.social guy is one handsome devil.

DOJ -- realizing that its homework is in fact due today -- has ordered nearly all of the attorneys in the National Security Division to start reviewing records on the JFK assassination. www.reuters.com/legal/us-jus...

As a late 2000s MFA girlie, "as well as the tin house trademark" makes me sad.

Love to find out on social media that the rights to my novel were sold.

If you’re a member of the Hong Kong Royal Geographic Society (or want to join!) i’ll be speaking there this coming Friday….. www.rgshk.org.hk/rgs-events/a...

Moe Tucker feature in the Boston Herald, 1967

Taken today along the Thames between Surbiton and Kingston. 🌱✨

Identifying this as a child support database undersells it. By an accident of history (they needed it to enforce child support), the child support system is responsible maintaining in aggregate all state UI wage records. It's called the National Directory of New Hires. Extremely critical stuff.

Still up, as of right now. Enjoy it while you can!

This is huge and monstrous. The nasal vaccines are our only hope of getting back to a world where you don't have to fear getting covid indoors. I would like to stop masking some day, and they're going to make it impossible.

Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is just the start. Last night he fired the highly-regarded General C Q Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and replaced him with a retired three-star general, Dan Caine, who on their first meeting put on a MAGA cap and said ‘I love you, sir.’

Recommend "The Art of Failure" here www.bookforum.com/syllabi/read...

here's today's post: "bizarros, freaks and incels gather at buffoonpalooza" — the CPAC circus is in town. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

Elon Musk is raking in federal $ as he slashes government spending. Just this week: -Tesla gets $767M from Puerto Rico -SpaceX nets $8M from NASA -Tesla gets $400M to sell Cybertrucks to State Dept. One expert: "We haven’t seen this type of abuse until now.” kaufman.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

Glad to contribute

President Trump pulls out, says no money for condoms www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Tonight, in D&D: A storm crashes the ship Uni and Lance find a half orc escaped from cult. A beach, full of skulls, eye sockets glowing, crabs moved in Lighthouse Cultists defeated, more sacrifices freed Sahaugin attack repelled, the ship sails, a giant head breaks the water and sinks out of sight.

Inspired by recent events to do an anthology called “PUNCH A NAZI”. All stories 4 pages long, only story criteria is that your story MUST be about a Nazi being punched. Digital only. All profits to The Trevor Project. Open to all comers but especially queer and other marginalized creators. Who’s in?

We are thrilled to share this news. Summer 2025. WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN. The collection of the year.

Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.

So the one dude who won't put his hand on the Bible left church bitching about a sermon about compassion and pardoned 160 convicted criminals, some of whom assaulted police. The other dude -- a rich, white, apartheid-era South African --- does a Nazi salute TWICE.

Trump: I do solemnly swear Father Guido Sarducci: Put your hand on the Bible. Trump: lol no way

Yearly reminder that Rudolph can’t be the most famous reindeer of all if you remember all the other reindeer but not him.

Featuring a kind blurb by The Stephen Blackmoore.

Good Looking Ugly by @robdsmith.bsky.social A heist story in Kentucky with a lot of heart, and a whole bunch of haymakers too. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I mean, for anyone who doesn’t already know about this, this is pretty much where things stand, apart from a couple of things I can’t mention yet. It’s been a long haul.

I’m in a reading (with my ears) mood that’s satisfied by Gillian Flynn but I used up all of her books. Thriller thoughts? Also just did The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix, who I always forget is a man. Interested in normal people in over their head than cops, assassins, military etc.

I’M a Pr0fEssIioW bOo0k MaRkEtEr… <block>

The culture of the early 21st century was lost to a combination of digital rot and the revelations that our heroes were monsters.

I posted this without reading it, assuming that it was the review I turned in. In actual fact, they've made changes to the second half of the review that change my meaning, make it stupider, and in short I cannot endorse own review as a result.

Y’all know right that Trump had skin flaps from his buttocks grafted onto his head as part of his hair reconstruction surgeries, right? Trump is literally an asshead.

Yet another letter about Trump's condition after the shooting, this time from the Surgeon General himself.

BlueSky is quickly becoming where I post selfies. I should be writing

Well…

Tell me you've never met a Nederlander without telling me you've never met a Nederlander

Introducing our Spring 2024 catalog! Packed with amazing new titles, read more about it on our blog and download a copy today. dukeupress.wordpress.com/2023/12/05/i...