It's heeeeeeere...go snag a copy, preferably not on Amazon. Is it okay if I pimp your book here, @michaelmhughes.bsky.social? If not, I'll take this down. #WitchSky

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I just snorted 3 rails of crushed acetaminophen and now I can’t stop watching train videos. I think the president might be onto something.

I love this. It’s a great book, and should be paired with “More Everything Forever” by @adambecker.bsky.social

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Well, duh. From @404media.co History will not be kind to this delusional GenAI hype cycle.

Frodo was missing. Could not find him anywhere in the house (he’s an indoor cat). Hours later, one of my kids was sitting on the toilet and his head popped through a small hole in the wall next to her left over from construction. Freaked her out. Oh, the adventure he must have had.

I remember describing the whole effective altruism thing to someone and they just stopped me and said “are these rich cokeheads? This is rich cokehead stuff”

Peeps in and near Baltimore!

Hardbacks have arrived—my first book in hardcover and it’s gorgeous. Also hearing that books are arriving for those who preordered. If that’s you, I love you from the bottom of my cold, black heart 🖤

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

WHERE ARE MY LOCAL WITCHES? I'm writing a respectful and fun piece on witches in the Baltimore metro area. Is that you? Do you have a favorite local witch you think might want to be profiled? Hit me up via message, please, and thank you!

The best rapture moment ever. From one of my favorite TV shows, HBO’s Six Feet Under. Only a minute, but unforgettable—do yourself a favor and watch.

🎸ARE YOU READY TO ROCK? ROCKERS & ROLLERS, the roleplaying party game of sex, drugs, and rock and roll is now available on DriveThruRPG.com! Get the free Quickstart Guide PDF, stick a cucumber in your trousers, and start playing today!

Starship Troopers (2025)

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Ambitious, for sure, but at times a bit of a slog. Had its moments, but at 880 pages (!) would likely have been better at half its length. Markley must never sleep — just thinking about how much research went into this makes me need a nap.

I loved Mondo. It may have been the last real (though, ironically, completely fake) counterculture before the internet turned to shit and ruined everything. I ran a smart drink booth at raves, bought nootropics from Switzerland, and even (cringe alert) called myself a "cybershaman." Sigh.

Happy Sun Day, friends! The future is solar-powered. But we need to make it so, with activism and education.

e.e. cummings

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🎸DO YOU WANT TO ROCK? Yes, of course you do! I am stoked to share the Quickstart rules for my new roleplaying party game, ROCKERS & ROLLERS, now available for FREE download on DriveThruRPG! Give it a read, play with some friends, and let me know what you think! And please spread the word! 🤘

David Letterman to Jeffrey Goldberg on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: “Who is hiring these goons—Mario Puzo?” Watch more from The Atlantic Festival: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p

🧵My first taste of fascism was Operations Desert Shield/Storm in 1990-91. I had a “No Blood for Oil” sticker on my Nissan Sentra and a small “Impeach King George” sticker I had made. I was outspoken in my opposition to the looming war, as were millions across the globe.

Serious question: If a third grade kid called a certain dead right-winger a “poopy doo-doo head,” would they get kicked out of school? How far does this new McCarthyism go?

This isn’t just! It’s unconstitutional! It’s hypocritical! It’s immoral! It’s illegal! It’s wrong! It’s unprecedented! They don’t care about any of those things. They laugh at handwringing. It’s about acquiring & wielding power. You can’t shame them, you have to defeat them.

Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.

bold choice to ditch the Chanel and go with the Jodorowsky

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

A new study led by @clairbarnes.bsky.social shows that human-caused global warming tripled heat wave deaths in European cities this summer to 24,400. These 16,500 people would still be alive if we weren't burning fossil fuels like there's no tomorrow.

A story no one is talking about - last week's high school shooting in Denver. 16-year-old white boy radicalized online and promoting white supremacist and anti-Semitic conspiracies, inspired by - and a fan of - terrorists who promoted replacement theory. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Same guy who lied that immigrants were eating pets. Actual statistics show he's lying here, too.

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

The defining characteristic of the Trump era is the idea that grotesque levels of racism is OK if you just say it earnestly enough and don’t use any slurs.

Why?????

Enough.

A bit of brightness.

Turns out... throttling the storied Washington Post opinion section by the neck like this doesn't turn it into something new or exciting! It turns it into print newsmax. Or truth social with better kerning or something. This is dime-a-dozen stuff now -- who's asking for this?

The freefall of a once great newspaper.

The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops. Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.

"China is turning the ‘emerging market energy leapfrog’ from concept to reality." 50% of China's 242 GW of solar exports went to emerging nations in 2024! ~63% of emerging economies had higher solar share than US in 2023. ~25% had higher economy-wide electrification than US in 2023. #energysky

Massive journalism fail. Don’t call yourself a journalist if you can’t do the most basic fact checking.

This piece quotes Trump relaying a second-hand claim, from an unnamed friend, that armed thugs used to routinely invade DC restaurants during dinnertime, but makes no effort to fact check that. Call the MPD? The WaPo Metro desk? NOPE. Poor Matt Viser shrugs: "His claims are difficult to check."

"His claims are difficult to check and don’t match the experiences of many city residents." If you can't call up the police department and ask if there was a rash of armed men invading restaurants over the past few years, you need to find a new fucking job.

This aligns with their vision of a free market (to purchase teenage girls) and individual freedom (to sleep with them)

Fort Wayne metaphysical shop owner was assaulted in his store after being accused of Witchcraft. The assailant shouted “Kill all the witches,” and left the owner with injuries, The attack raises renewed concerns about hate-motivated violence against the Pagan community. wildhunt.org/2025/09/all-...

Doin’ my duty

Witches, you know what to do.

Shocking, he's a shitty artist, too.