this is why i come to bluesky, this shit right here

I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...

Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going

Sara is a dear friend and easily the best writer of all my dear friends. Buy this book.

just saw a video about a Minneapolis general strike on Jan 23 and said "hell yeah" loud enough to disturb the dog

Did a quick search here and no, no. Somehow he does not mention skateboarding. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...

a lot of garbage today but also i got to define "stoke" for kids aged 7-10

Have you read László Krasznahorkai? Isn't it time? And do you know someone perhaps for whom it's also time? There is no better place to start than the Nobel winner's 1985 debut novel, Satantango. Class starts Jan 15 and runs four weeks with a focus on craft. lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w...

Have you read László Krasznahorkai? Isn't it time? And do you know someone perhaps for whom it's also time? There is no better place to start than the Nobel winner's 1985 debut novel, Satantango. Class starts Jan 15 and runs four weeks with a focus on craft. lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w...

Sara is a dear friend and easily the best writer of all my dear friends. Buy this book.

Much like skateboarding

really must point out how beneficial writing the phrase "do not despair" in a letter to a friend can be to one's own despairing.

on sundays we post clips

we've got ourselves a pretty clear golf-type reverse scoring situation here, lowest number wins.

The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished. I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy. Time to melt ICE.

Got my first @kylebeachy.bsky.social letter and let me tell you, I like that it made me 1.) look up a word that I sort of knew but wanted to be more sure of, and 2.) reminded me that the Nyjah slam is out there in the ether and to avoid seeing it.

I just sent out the first of these and now I am happy, I am genuinely thrilled to say that it's full of typos.

in 2026 i'm going to write little essays about skateboarding and life and send them by email to people who'd like to receive them. substack is very bad, metrics are death, and i'd like to write less publicly about these things. DM or respond with an email addy if you'd like to be included!

what makes you, a living human being, repost some stupid awful take? why is this the tradeoff for me, another living human being, if i want to follow you? what if you only shared things that you believe other people want to see?

with much help from neighbor bill, i built a carport for the truck (know your neighbors and also make things whenever you can)

A Republican President invading a country for its oil means we are 1-2 years away from some of the best skate videos you’ve ever seen.

Enjoying the Points of Light series at @necessaryfiction.com: short literary responses to the changing of seasons/time: necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...

"We are inside the Tea Room at Mar-a-Lago awaiting the president’s news conference."

fine. fine! www.simplemagic.ca/being-there/

i only published one thing this year and it's a pretty good piece of writing and i'm not giving you the link again.

reading brian evenson for the first time in years and my god, brian evenson

just put on the notwist's 2002 album neon golden, on cd, in my home.

Hey whoa Colorado that's quite enough different license plates by now, you're good.

Another exceptional novel that I read this year, and which I've seen nary a mention of around the normal spots despite it being longlisted for the NBA, is Kevin Moffett's ONLY SON.

Heard word this AM that my nephew, a high school senior, got his first dunk in a game last week and I about fell to the floor with pride

guys i don't watch 60 minutes i'm only 47

i have just read the single most aggrandizing author bio i've ever encountered, a genuine shining pinnacle of the form, just about impossible to imagine a person sitting down and typing such things about themself, my god, beauty is still possible.

solidarity with trans people and death to fascism

For Lit Hub, I rounded up the best book *reviews* of the year. This time, I focused on great openers. Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...

say I won't, @inauthenticity.bsky.social. many thanks to @hmwendt.bsky.social for as rewarding an interview as i've ever had the pleasure to do therumpus.net/2021/08/13/t...

...more like weakly

The best book I read this year was Let the Boys Play by Nicholas John Turner and I believe the same is almost certainly true for everyone who read Let the Boys Play this year. Except also maybe best was Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane. Also State Champ by Hilary Plum. There are others, too.

The best book I read this year was Let the Boys Play by Nicholas John Turner and I believe the same is almost certainly true for everyone who read Let the Boys Play this year. Except also maybe best was Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane. Also State Champ by Hilary Plum. There are others, too.

I was sent this photo from Alaska along with the note, "It is literally the only book I’ve ever seen in our winter time skate spot." Consider this a holiday gift reminder, I suppose, and also a reminder to send notes.

If you're looking for a gift for the HEATED RIVALRY fan in your life, try HEADING NORTH, full of queer yearning, on-ice fireworks, and unexpected alliances. Available here: www.braddockavenuebooks.com/pages/books/...

Imagine "cringing," you cowards, you tiny little baby people.

a book that simply cannot kickflip.

sure sounds like this Skate Story game is getting skateboarding exactly and uncannily right

I knew Adam as a student before he founded @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and became one of the city's most committed literary citizens. His first book, on Margaret C. Anderson, continues that work, and I'm frankly thrilled to read it. Strikes me as a hell of a gift, too: bookshop.org/p/books/a-da...

big news, surfers. i finally understand tire sizes.

highly recommend: going out and chopping some wood.

seen the best minds of my generation generate thousands of words about some asshole journalist

Once more for midweek: An essay about life in the desert and distributing 1,800 skateboards to Diné youth. www.simplemagic.ca/being-there/