Josette Plimons consumes the dead, walks among the living, and burns in the spaces between. "Ash Eater" is a short horror story written by me, accompanied by a stunning illustration by Naomi Butterfield, and is absolutely free to read. I hope you like it! buttondown.com/ChrisMJones/...

ok wait I'm learning just this second that a creepypasta I wrote ten years ago was on Swedish public radio at some point. the name of the story I wrote is "Whistler" and it's on the Creepypasta Wiki. if anyone can track down a link to the public radio performance of my story please let me know

I'm trying to help my friend name his new ADHD coaching service, and I can 100% say I am NOT the person you want helping you with this sort of thing.

Immediately downloaded the rules. My husband is a Go, Abalone, Chess, etc fan.

nation of guinea pigs

www.reuters.com/world/americ... That seems totally normal and something a fascist country would do.

If you are in Albuquerque (or much of New Mexico), please contact KRQE about the cancelation of Kimmel. KRQE is a CBS affiliate, but they are owned by Nexstar, the media group that pressured ABC to cancel Kimmel. www.krqe.com/contact/

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Amazing exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum. “Modern Art and Politics: Germany 1910-1945. “Fallen Man” Wilhelm Lehmbruck; “Pillars of Society” George Grosz; Tower of Mothers, Käthe Kollowitz. It resonates. To put it mildly.

Kirk was rejected from West Point and opted not to serve as an enlisted man, so what am I missing here?

Weak and pathetic.

Q. Why is there a special election in the Minnesota House tonight? A. Because the Democrat who held the seat was assassinated in June. www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...

american political factions right now

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.

that's right

#OtD 16 Sep 1874 (or 1873) Mexican anarchist communist Ricardo Flores Magón was born in an Indigenous Mazatec community in Oaxaca. He was one of the major thinkers of and activists in the Mexican revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8835...

First, Republicans slashed Medicaid. Now, they are screwing with health care premiums. We should be permanently extending health care tax credits for working families. Enough with Republicans’ games and rising costs.

These extremist networks are funded by right wing billionaires like Musk, Thiel and others. With wealth inequality at a historical high, they are even trying to radicalise children to get everyone below them fighting eachother.

Because our minimum wage is not a living wage ... 29% of households in New Mexico are employed but don’t earn enough to afford necessities, while earning too much to qualify for many gov't assistance programs Reports @thenewmexican.bsky.social www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

Ok PBS just let David Brooks say that his friends texted him “this is our George Floyd”

This was a great interview and a fascinating read. I had never heard of Hasan Piker before (I’d hardly heard of Pike), but he is incredibly thoughtful.

Check out this story from @makenakelly.bsky.social & @megannicolett.bsky.social, two great reporters who know their memes, video game cultures, and what Helldivers 2 is: www.wired.com/story/charli...

ICYMI: residents of College Station, Texas just successfully fought off an AI center / crypto mine.

Gotta get his little hands on it 🤢🤬

When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.

This is a tragic shooting.

Lemme try to reconcile a strong stock market with a weak economy. The market represents the big incumbents with a line to the White House. As policy tilts toward crony capitalism, they're offered a carveout-for-compliments deal. Main Street gets no such deal. Result—Weak economy yet strong stonks

To spell some shit out unambiguously: fascism requires domestic abuse to propagate itself. Demands it. There is no way to humanely teach your children that might makes right. There is no way to gently love a spouse you think is your genetic intellectual inferior. These are inextricably linked.

the video in here taken by the student interrupting the professor to say that course content is "not legal" is chilling

In eight years, builders in the Houston area put 65,000 new properties, including 57,000 homes, inside flood zones.

Today the SCOTUS green-lit racial profiling by ICE, & sided with xenophobia over the Constitution. Read this piece that I wrote for @boltsmag.org back in April on @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social & their example of leadership to form community watches & counter patrols. boltsmag.org/how-voluntee...

New Mexico already waives child care copays for families making up to 400% of the federal poverty level. By Nov. 1, all families will receive free child care assistance regardless of income level, state officials say.

Today, the Supreme Court opened the door to a world where simply looking Latino, speaking Spanish, or working a humble job is enough for armed agents to detain you, throw you to the ground, and demand “proof” that you are a citizen.

So glad to be D O N E with Century Link--the absolute worst (and I've had AT&T Comcast Spectrum, also terrible). On the directions for returning the modem, if you don't live near a UPS office: "flag down a UPS driver and give them your package." Seriously. Who are these people?

the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.

My sunflowers perked up after the rain yesterday. The sky sprouted balloons. Albuquerque, NM

"I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class. Suddenly I could sit still and I could read." We’re not doctors but it kinda seem like this should’ve been disqualifying 🤷🏻‍♂️

This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.

Why some Illinois farmers have “one foot stuck in the mud, the other in government bureaucracy.” Impressive story, with impressive photographs published by @propublica.org and @capitolnewsil.bsky.social Part 1 of 2: www.propublica.org/article/illi...

the madness, the frenzy, the boiling blood and the smoking brow

ICE is turning around now, escorted by Broadview police. Crowd is jubilant. Someone is shouting, "this is what it takes! They are turning around!"

Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.

What information was Congress discussing that triggered Sen. Daniel to stock trade immediately? 🤔

"I thought they were going to make me board the plane like they did with the other kids from the shelter, but they asked me for my name and told me I was not on the list." A terrifying declaration from an unaccompanied child nearly removed to Guatemala straight out of Schindler's List.

My president @repstansbury.bsky.social

On September 1, 2025, we lost a true legend. Graham Greene, Oneida from Six Nations Reserve, walked on at the age of 73. Over the span of more than 175 acting credits, he gave us characters that were unforgettable, complex, and real. redpopnews.com/remembering-... #redpopnews

Hello, I am furious www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-...

Set aside that we were all fantasizing that the slovenly conman was finally dead, this dude is such a lazy useless fuck he can disappear for days at a time and resurface only to go golfing.