From Echo Park Tenants Union, 10 people taken today in Echo Park/Silver Lake. Some were gardners, painters, and workers. All of them my neighbors.

I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.

Q&A with Lana Schwartz about her new novel, SET PIECE. tinyurl.com/3mb6e4mz @lanaschwartz.bsky.social

the @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy staff picked SET PIECE for their may book club and had the most fun & funniest things to say about it 🙏🙏🙏

ty to everyone who has bought and/or read SET PIECE so far! (both at @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social) and otherwise!)

It’s a labor issue.

my book SET PIECE is officially out! and can be purchased via your local bookstore!

pre-order my book from 831 stories here! 831stories.com/products/set...

ty to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for this very kind review of SET PIECE - out may 6!

wrote for @mentalflossafg.bsky.social about the time bob dylan got married but lied about it (classic) and how nora ephron reported on it/told the entire world (also classic) www.mentalfloss.com/bob-dylan-no...

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

btw i have a book coming out in three months! you can (and should!) pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Set-Pi...

infuriating trump made that one weird guy he likes to hang out with everyone else's problem

trump: i am now king and the following types of people are no longer considered human by the us government obama: the 8th best song of 2024 was adrianne lenker’s “sadness is a gift”

Really great use of theatrics tbh. Visually showing how he profits off endangering children and it's so ludicrous it's bound to be what people remember.

Me: Oh no that trolley is going to run us over! Guy tied up on the track next to me who somehow thinks he's actually the guy holding the lever: Lol cry more 😂

my new year's resolution is to drive race cars all the time

NEW: The fight against a casino in Coney Island is amping up tonight, here's why residents and fans of the boardwalk neighborhood oppose it, and what you can do to help nygroove.nyc/how-to-fight...

i wrote for the gloria newsletter about my love of sending holiday cards and how they've been a grounding force during what can otherwise be (for me) a gloomy time of year hellogloria.com/essays/you-d...

my book (out in may) is on netgalley (🥳) should you choose to request it (you should IMO)

for @pointsincase.com i outlined all of my requirements for a new social media app...and now that i'm here on bluesky i'm wondering: where is the pussy in bio? www.pointsincase.com/articles/my-...

I just announced my lineup of short humor writing workshops for January! Get a jump on those New Year's writing resolutions with a beginner or advanced class.

gave the (bad) MPAA ratings code a much-needed update (good) on @mcsweeneys.net today (inspired by the erotic 80s/90s seasons of you must remember this and the existence of paul mescal) www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/upd...

NYC is about to enter a really dangerous moment— Its indicted mayor is apparently eager and willing to go along with the most xenophobic fantasies of the Trump administration to try to get his criminal case to go away. A new low for Eric Adams. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-s...

It’s Small Business Saturday and I’m happy to recommend books to anyone who promises to buy them from an indie shop or Bookshop. To start, my favorite novel of 2023 is in paperback now. bookshop.org/p/books/ente...

Former Amazon worker here; do not cross this picket line. Don't do it. Don't even order from them (unless absolutely necessary). They're a disgusting company to work for and the reason for my knee problems that required years of physical therapy. Fuck Amazon. We stand with the workers! 👊🏻✨

What is happening in the north is beyond comprehension, and the Israeli government and IDF have gone out of their way to ensure that the media has a hard time reporting it. Myself and @farrahfazal.bsky.social gathered some testimony, but it is one sliver of the horrors.

Spotted on the subway:

real missed opportunity when i came over here to not bring back my best aol screenname 'daydreambelivr16'

Gonna make you laugh, promise, tomorrow at @lanaschwartz.bsky.social’s show “letters & sodas” COME!!! Tix 🎟️ here: www.eventbrite.com/e/letters-so...

last letters & sodas of the year tomorrow in long island city!!

This is my first "skeet"! I hope Bluesky is a kinder place where context matters, patience is king, compassion comes first, God is king, love thrives, understanding goes a long way, curiosity is celebrated (alongside X-mas), lies are debunked, porn is challenged & destroyed, & Jesus is queen 🌱💗

Call your senators and demand they block his nomination.

last night was singing along lightly at a concert and even with a mask on a woman turned to me and said ‘i love your voice!!’….i am certain that means she didn’t

i checked people's list for okay-est man alive and you were all on it

Matt Gaetz has been training for this role as Attorney General since he was a teenager. Google “Matt Gaetz 17 year old” to learn more.

'the two parties are the same'......i think only one is putting matt gaetz up for attorney general lmao

tried to say 'simon and garfunkel' just now and said 'paul and simon' instead

is the penguin like.....if batman had the sopranos

the thing to note about the Elon “Department of Government Efficiency” thing is that the Government Accountability Office already exists and serves this basic function. the problem is that it’s largely serious and nonpartisan. they’re trying to build their own hyper-ideological version of it.

as horrible as it is theres something darkly comic about the Department of Efficiency having 2 chairmen

fun day to remember that the political media decided it was more important to tell the public about tim walz' retirement from the national guard than trump's former chief of staff and four star general saying he was a fascist who didn't respect US soldiers ("caught and killed" by the NYT)

i understand this is naive of me but i cannot believe tens of millions of people voted to have the country run by the dumbest people of all time

it's funny that people have been like 'we elected obama so there's no way racism was the reason people didn't vote blue this time'......as if everyone was 100% normal about obama's being elected back then and also now

When the votes are all counted, Trump will likely end up with the narrowest margin of victory since 2000. Important to keep that in mind when you hear Trump and his bootlickers in the GOP and the media talk about him having a mandate. He doesn't and Democrats need to remember it and act like it.

if mark is first, i would like to be second

43 monkeys 'escaping' to freedom....this wicked marketing has gone too far

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌