A thing that will be happening soon on a computer near you. myfivethings.com/class/rebecc...

Can't believe they're making me side with Big Pharma for the 2nd time in five years.

They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦‍♂️

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

Icymi the first time this ran, here’s a refresher: Vaccines today are more efficient and contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than some used decades ago www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/h...

Goebbles or Miller?

Presidential, this guy.

What's not happening systemically: Cis men posing as trans women to assault women in bathrooms. What IS happening systemically: www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...

The way Charlie Kirk died is unforgivable. The way Charlie Kirk lived is also unforgivable. Neither cancels out the other. The hero-worship (like Oklahoma state senators proposing a bill to mandate statues of him in every school) is cultish, & reminiscent of the Nazi canonization of Horst Wessel.

Stay accountable to your writing practice in October Write Club with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's EXTRAORDINARILY POPULAR @josephscapellato.bsky.social… Four sessions, Zoom, starts Oct. 8! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

This got lost enough that I, at least, didn't see it. Tr*mp sues Penguin Random House for $15 billion for publishing a book that cast him in a negative light. Going after comedians is indeed terrifying. Going after publishers is at least equally terrifying. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

A photo essay. 1/?

So if you're a government leader who believes that antifascists are your enemy, that would make you a... what, now?

Heyyyy, Ragdale is looking for a Deputy Director, and this would be an amazing position for someone with arts administration experience. I'll link to the full posting in the comments, but here's more info 🧵

Congratulations fellas, we’ve all moved one spot up on the world’s most handsome man rankings

The censorship will continue until free speech improves

Ages ago, I wrote on my Subst*ck about the “ear” of the story and why all writing is 2nd person writing. I promised examples, and only 17 years later, here they are!

Live your life in such a way that if people directly quote you after your death, no one will accuse them of "speaking ill of the dead."

What a great idea for a class! StoryStudio is great and you should definitely sign up for this.

TOMORROW (9/12) is the deadline to apply for one of @storystudiochicago.bsky.social’s CNF In A Year programs with an incredible instructor: @meganstielstra.bsky.social (Online), Rachel DeWoskin (In Person) Eiren Caffall (Online)... Get your app in today! www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...

There’s no WRONG choice for your fiction’s point of view (or points of view!), but the perfect one can make the story… Learn how from the incredible @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social via @storystudiochicago.bsky.social. One class, Zoom, Sept. 30! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

I was watching a French movie on the plane and I’m really happy for France that they got their own Pete Davidson

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Maybe our best tactic in the war on science is to insist on wishing people “Merry Science” after every public interaction.

If you’re in Tallahassee, Florida, come join me at the Words of South Festival at Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks! I'll be talking about I Have Some Questions For You on Thursday Sept. 11 at 6:30… I hope to see you there! midtownreader.com/product/rebe...

Heyyyy, Ragdale is looking for a Deputy Director, and this would be an amazing position for someone with arts administration experience. I'll link to the full posting in the comments, but here's more info 🧵

So my kids' high school alerts you to any missed classes or behavior infractions through this email program. End of the first week of this year, the system completely breaks and every parent gets like 200 notices about their kid committingEVERY offense and missing every class. 1/

If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at [email protected] if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

“Violent crime rates in America’s big cities have been falling over the last two years, and at an even greater rate over the last six months. The decrease in violence in America is unprecedented.”

A reminder:

Apply for @meganstielstra.bsky.social's Essay Collection In A Year cohort to learn from one of @storystudiochicago.bsky.social’s best instructors, finish your essay collection, and make friends… Get your app in by 9/9! www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...

Take Nora Lange’s generative @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class and leave with a full draft that happens to include a plot… One class, Zoom, Sept 4! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

This is... wild. It also makes me worry they're going to end up terrorizing Waukegan and North Chicago, where there might not be as many resources for grass-roots protection.

Crime is down in Chicago, but it’s up 752% in the imaginary Chicago in their heads.

By writing an obituary in @edenrobins.bsky.social’s @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class, you’ll learn how to create a concise narrative arc while quickly figuring out what matters most to a character… One class, Zoom, Sept 4! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in Pilsen, we shall fight on the Lakefront Trail, we shall fight them with giardiniera and footwork, we shall defend our city, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on Lower Lower Wacker, we shall fight in the Jewel; we shall never fucking surrender.

You guys see where this is going? Right?

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.

I know there’s a lot going on but in June ICE took custody of a U.S.-born citizen in Chicago, Illinois and handed him over to a private contractor, which confined him in a hotel without a phone or other form of communication for five days. The city and state aren’t ready for what’s coming next.

A romcom where the fake Trump and the fake Melania fall in love but have to pretend to hate each other to keep up the illusion

I took a photo of this bathroom line 11 years ago at the Decatur Book Festival, and it will never not be funny to me.

Oh, hi there... 👀 We've got THE @bcdreyer.social (of Dreyer's English) teaching an unlimited-enrollment online class for @storystudiochicago.bsky.social on everything that make prose good...

Work on one scene a week with a single premise and set of characters, and end up with a completed short story in Chaitali Sen’s @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… Four classes, Zoom, starts Sept 4! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

If your brain doesn’t quuuiiiite work linearly, you need to take non-linear fiction with @edenrobins.bsky.social. Workshop, innovate as a group, create tools and processes for writing with no blueprint… Six classes, Zoom, starts Sept 2! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Our Artistic Director @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social is featured in this insightful and fascinating conversation in Writers Chronicles about MFA alternatives (of which StoryStudio offers many 😉). Check it out here: buff.ly/3zp5kyt #writingcommunity

Had a blast at the StoryBoard conference in Chicago workshopping with Garrard Conley. Writers, definitely add this one to your summer conference list! @storystudiochicago.bsky.social

If you happen to be in central Mexico: I’ll be in conversation with Deborah Levy and Gaby Wood at the Hay Festival in Querétaro on September 7! Get tickets at the link below, and you can join us at the Museo de la Ciudad (espacio escénico) at 7pm… www.hayfestival.com/p-24108-debo...