I keep thinking that if Donald Trump had gone to prison for January 6, as he should have, all those Iranian schoolgirls would be having dinner with their families this evening.

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Jack (Dallas) was a friend and mentor. I miss him so.

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

Pluto - Naoki Urasawa

It's genuinely terrifying that my country is at war and I can't tell the difference between a press conference by the Secretary of Defense and a pro wrestler hyping an upcoming match. This is not hyperbole. Hegseth is emotionally incapable and intellectually void and that is an important job.

"...the alleged suspect... was... born in Lebanon. NPR has confirmed that an Israeli strike in Lebanon killed two of [his] brothers and two of his brother’s children earlier this month. His parents were wounded and are in the hospital. Authorities have not yet shared a motive for the attack" SMGDH!

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

As much as I hate DJT, I have to admit to being darkly amused he cucks all his subordinate dudes by insisting they wear identical, ill-fitting shoes. The sizing HAS to be intentional. Public obedience is one thing, but If humiliation is your kink you gotta make it obvious their cocks are locked up.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sabotage in multiple ways against ALL white supremacists/ fascists/ nazis and their evil leaders and regimes is a long established tactic, used successfully for hundreds of years. It's fun too!! 😇 Something almost everyone can take part in. Even when news and events make us feel powerless.

Offered for no reason whatsoever.

Good morning Skeethearts ☕️🩷☀️

This video is fucking BRILLIANT!

Not all heroes wear capes!

Ironically, this logorrheic argument against hyper-individualism is a particularly unique way to reshape the "Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition" meme.

The guy who voices Master Chief from the video game "Halo," who was featured in a White House meme video showing missiles blowing people up in Iran, calls it "disgusting and juvenile war porn" wapo.st/3NhffGm

Undoubtedly, this machine-slop will be cheaper to make, leading to the death of my craft and the loss of my knowledge, all so we can reflexively consume greater quantities of mass-produced garbage and keep the working class poor. I get why the Luddites are pissed, I really do. ziply.pk/McSweeneys

This is AMAZING!

If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice

After the passage of the Homeland Security Act, every December I used to send then U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft a list of all the books I read that year with a short summary of each because I know he would like to be kept abreast of the reading habits of all Good and Loyal Americans™. 1/2

If anyone is up for boosting, Bandcamp is holding a fundraiser for the Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people escape from Kansas!

Amplifying for the mutuals I have with this guy.

For sale: fuck plane, barely used.

I have to periodically remind myself that a lot of men don't read (or at least they don't read quality material and fiction). I circulate almost entirely in nerd writer circles and I know a bunch of men absolutely obsessed with books and reading. I often forget, we're the weirdos.

“Yeah, prove this. Fuck you”

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

TEETH. TEETH. TEETH. TEETH. [Starts pounding on the table.]

But then I sigh, and, with a piece of scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil: And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol’n forth of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

The first release from Mystic Monkey Press is one of my favorites! THE OCEAN DARK, originally written as "Jack Rogan." I've licensed the cover of the German edition by Samuel Araya. This is available now in paperback, hardcover, and ebook from most online booksellers.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

Yes, ICE and ISIS sound the same, but they are different. They are state-sponsored terrorists sponsored by different states.

Come get some!

According to friends of mine who knew him, he changed after 9/11, but his first novel, Song of Kali, was still pretty racist in concept and execution. Even if he got worse after 9/11, he seemed to be already leaning that way. I never met him, fortunately.

I needed to reference my copy of Stephen King's IT for reasons yesterday and then left it on the floor beside my desk. Just now I got up to empty my office rubbish can, tripped over the fucking book, and almost face-planted into a bookshelf. Thanks for trying to kill me, Uncle Stevie!

All of this is relevant, but I'm particularly fond of the line, "Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate." 10/10!

I don't want to read a book written by AI. I don't want to read a book half written by AI. I don't want to read a book narrated by AI. I don't want to read a book with an AI cover. I don't want to read a book written by somebody who supports AI.

Incredible. Perfect. Cenobite chic. Dress by Angus Tsui at London fashion week.

Honestly, I wouldn't put it past it being the dead cat to end all dead cats, because every minority has been attacking every other minority over this instead of focusing on the Epstein file shit. But as a former BBC sound engineer myself, I do know for a fact this does not happen by accident.

I love a well-crafted short story. My favorite contemporary authors of short stories are: @paultremblay.bsky.social @johnlangan.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @christaqua.bsky.social @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social

Fomoria's Quickstart is now available in print for a limited time. This version gathers the core rules, 8 pregens and introductory adventure "Spawn of the Hungering One" across 55 pages in a softcover zine. Descend. Don't lose your lantern. thebreadwyrm.com/products/fom...

Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!! All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:

Former ICE agent: My first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a warrant. I watched ICE cut classes that teach our legal system, firearms training, use of force, lawful arrests, and the limits of officers' authority

The impulse to be a part of the conversation is strong but there's wisdom in shutting the fuck up if you're not a subject matter expert, or part of a population of people impacted by a thing. Take the opportunity to listen to your friends, learn, and be ready to stand up to ill-intentioned fuckwits.

The present view.

If you use AI to write your book proposal, I think you're a fucking loser

This is fascinating fun. I hit the wall at the year 1100.

Black people were the first paramedics, I just learned. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...