Back on my bullshit* *writing a scene about a historical event so traumatic and horrifying it makes me want to throw up 🙃

Bedroom Selfies Much Older Than Previously Thought

And that’s why we need a ballroom

there's something disgusting about cis ppl using hrt for sexual kicks while calling me a pervert for using it to reduce suicidal ideation.

I will never forgive The Media (writ large) for inundating us with "Empathy is Bad, Actually" thinkpieces over the past decade. Now they have temper tantrums bc people aren't taking their trauma seriously enough. Sorry, aren't you the guys who said caring about others was toxic?

"The transphobia and genocide apologia will continue until you acknowledge my hurt fee-fees."

In a world of horrors we must remember that there are people out there whose job is to lovingly engineer cases to preserve and protect fragile books from the ravages of time

This sounds wonderful, though as always, it'll be happening at midnight for me. But trans writers who are NOT in this time zone or good at staying up late take note!

I've spent the past 5 years working on a book about surviving organized SA (among other things). The way abuse is systematized within a closed group, the way abusers protect, lean on, and learn from one another, and the way they cultivate cultish devotion from outsiders, who become enablers -

"As a lifelong vegan I am disappointed in the recent reduction of meat in Arby's classic roast beef sandwiches. Leaves me asking, 'DO they, in fact, have the meat?'"

I cannot fathom the kind of anguish and self-loathing one would have to feel to wish non-existence on one's own community. To prefer eradication over the inconveniences involved in advocating for oneself and for generations to come. To prefer death before acceptance. This woman is in pain. Good.

United States of America, July 4th 2026

The use of comic escalation here is utter genius. Food fight? Why not.

This was a great day to fall in a hole while walking the dog and roll my ankle. 😫 Somehow I have to get this beast to the vet this afternoon for her eye checkup.

Aaaaand this is how I find out what blocklists I'm on. Badge of Honor stuff.

Your reminder that notable authors aren't actually sending you email about your unpublished work. They don't have the time and most of them aren't editors anyway

Ahhh, UK politics 🙃

I suspect that someone I follow is deliberately trying to get mass-blocked for posting batshit takes but I ain't taking the bait, I stopped using Facebook in 2020, you have no idea how much unhinged bullshit I can scroll past without reading it

We have, and I think it's Spaniards. - LOUD dinner tables - Dad jokes - "What our house isn't good enough for you??" - "In front of your MOTHER?" - "It's just business" and the business is fencing stolen cars - "Don't you take Jesus Fucking Shit-ass Christ's name in vain!" - "WHY I OUGHTA"

Premiers tonight at 21:45!

While the phrase "Hamnet-era" makes me want to stab things with an ice pick, I am admittedly very excited to see this jewel

My Vinted page is mostly just the big Going Out of Femme sale I should've had 10 years ago when I actually did (mostly) go out of femme. It's vintage 2000s modcloth party dresses and chest dysphoria all the way down 🙃

Yikes, I mean YIKES

The sheer amount of stuff that's still out there, waiting to be discovered, is yet another reason to keep going.

Last night I posted my Big News and about two minutes later Bluesky crashed. So, here it is again. Humor me.

Listen, I'm a Guy Who Just Wants to Grill, I don't know why I'm getting dragged towards a stake by an angry mob

So, I can finally talk about the Exciting Thing I was vagueposting about last month: starting Monday night you can catch me, and many extremely talented and smart people *including* the wonderful @jerrybrotton.bsky.social on BBC3 Radio for The Death & Life of Christopher Marlowe!

This WEEK, man. We've got a family member in the hospital, a dog who needs eye drops every 4 hours and vet visits every other day; we're sleep-deprived; there's laundry everywhere and no fresh food in the house, if it weren't for my multivitamin I'd have scurvy by now. And I have to send EMAILS????

This goes for the media as well. No, "both sides" are not worth yours or anyone's time when one of those sides is well informed and humane and the other is a shrieking tumorous mass with a Swastika tattoo whose whole argument is "people I find icky deserve death!"

That article (which I'm not posting either) is going to get people killed. No question about it.

Yesterday I walked past a crowd of 50 or so high schoolers, all of whom, and I do mean ALL, were wearing head-to-toe black or brown. Meanwhile I'm wearing a bomber jacket covered in neon pink pineapples. Never felt so old to be so not boring.

If you ever wanted to hit Clavicular in the face with a hammer but wanted to avoid getting charged with assault and battery, boy have I got good news for you

I interviewed at Hampshire, Goddard, and Marlboro College, where I ended up getting my BA. Those were the three schools on my list. I had no interest in looking at anything else; i knew I wouldn't fit in anywhere else. Soon, none of them will exist anymore. 💀

this isn't correct. a no true scotsman fallacy, suggesting Vance is play-acting his religion (Leo is "actual Christian") because Vance is a fascist (that part's right) but Christianity & empire have always been entangled. Vance is pulling on a different thread in the tradition, that's all

This was me in my Cassandra era 😭 (the "Trump" in "Christian Nationalism" is silent, but orthographically very, very, very important)

My dog's cataract surgery went great - now the hard part of recovery starts. Everything would be 80% easier if Cones of Shame came in greyhound-size. This thing is intended to fit a horse, I think.

It's the little things that keep me going

I just want to say that Maggot Brain by Funkadelic is one of my favorite albums of all time. If you're having a shit day you should listen to it. Dopamine for the soul.

Also it was a long time ago and I could really use a refresher

Same energy bsky.app/profile/cjze...

friday

Bank said they'd call me back in 10 minutes Guess what I'm doing instead of revising my book

Esta brillante estrategia obligará al narcisista estadounidense a elegir entre destrozar una civilización entera o quedar en ridículo. Lee la noticia completa en la web: www.elmundotoday.com/2026/04/llam...

All toothpaste should taste the same, I don't like surprises

This is me, literally every morning 😭

People in comics & the British fantasy scene! If you were around in the 80s-90s & are willing to speak on or off the record about Gaiman, please DM me or reach out on email. I will put you in touch with someone working on a longform piece. They are wondering why no one, so far, is willing to talk.

Europeans: our taxes are funding (military) research in Israel and the country enjoys moral and economic support through an association agreement despite ILs track record on human rights violations. Sign this petition! eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

A) There was no "deal reached with Washington" except in Trump's head. B) There was no ceasefire. Yesterday was the deadliest day of the war so far. Reuters should fkn fire all their journalists and pay me, A Random Internet Slob, for knowing more than they do.