What?!?

Republican Elite: we are sticking with our plan to cut taxes for rich, raise taxes for working families & undermine basic safety net, terrorize everyone, and steal $billions for Trump Family, but now we call “Affordability” Corporate Media: Republicans pivot to Affordability!

Cocaine is the funniest of all the drugs, I think

Thrilled that SIX @vineleavespress.bsky.social authors have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize @ianmrogers.bsky.social #ECBatista #JillAmberChaffin @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social #DavidHicks @nicolezelniker.bsky.social Congratulations and Good luck! preview.mailerlite.com/a0p3x5m2g3/2...

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

i hope they build it exactly like this

News Analysis: For President Trump, a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents is not about hate speech, but about speech that he hates — namely, speech that is critical of him and his administration. nyti.ms/3VsCyO4

@ianmrogers.bsky.social found in the wild at The Bookery!

By the way, you were right. It can happen here.

Major court victory for free speech and the termination of research grants by Trump: authorsguild.org/news/ag-wins...

Under pressure from the White House, the Smithsonian has removed Trump from the impeachment exhibit at the History Museum. The exhibit now says that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal,” referring to Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton. The exhibit now looks the way it did in 2008.

Can’t wait to dig into this fun read—the latest #novel from my friend and fellow alum, @ianmrogers.bsky.social! His last book was insightful and hilarious, so I know (especially as a fan of D&D and Magic the Gathering) I’m going to love this one! #fiction #amreading

"As Baldacci concluded, this isn’t about stifling innovation—it’s about basic respect for the law and creators’ rights." authorsguild.org/news/david-b...

If you don't want your employees speaking out, just suspend them! www.nbcboston.com/news/local/s...

In Donald Trump's housing market, rich investors get richer by buying up more houses while working families are pushed out of homeownership.

Heroes attack ideas, while cowards attack people

So many writers write modern-day novels that don't include the Internet or smartphones -- perhaps an unconscious wish to return to a tech-free life?

"Pay no attention to how all of this is being done to give tax breaks to the wealthiest people in the country. Society is about sacrifice, and sometimes we have to give up things like rural hospitals or food assistance for the poor so that billionaires can get more boats."

"As the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education have escalated, this brief stands as a clear signal: University leaders must understand that an attack on one university’s autonomy and existence is a threat to all."

#EndStageCapitalism is weird. Who wants their armpits to smell like Girl Scout cookies or birthday cake?

"Liberal arts colleges & universities are a gem in the US, envied by people around the world. Their strength lies in challenging society’s strengths & weaknesses, & asking how to make the world more just with more freedom for everyone. Those are the true aims of higher education." #DefendHigherEd

What does it mean that I'm getting better at spotting AI text without a detector?

Just pre-ordered your book, Ian. Can't wait to read it. Also, has Wes Anderson optioned this for a movie yet?

I feel SUPER old when people refer to events 30 or 40 years ago as having happened in "the 20th century" like it was a historical era, and I wonder if people in the 1920s felt this way too

If you speak the truth, it's not defamation

Pre-order a signed copy of my awesome second novel, Carcrash Parker and the Haven of Larpers by June 17th through my webstore to support me as an indie author (rather than buying through the big retailers...), PLUS choose an optional set of five 4"x6" postcards! butialsohaveadayjob.bigcartel.com

This is something I've really come to believe over the years: everything would be so much easier if we could just design systems for the 70-80ish% of normal, decent people. But that 20-30ish% of fearful, angry authoritarian personalities is *extraordinarily* capable at destroying things.

Notice how it’s always, “our laws must be inspired by the Bible!” until it comes to the +2,000 passages in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.

Currently reading Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, about small-minded Republican businessman, and damn, not a lot's changed in America since 1920

This is what I do for a job

More to this A.I. story than meets the eye: “The likelihood that generative A.I. tools are leading to measurable improvements in teaching and learning is low.”

~ May 16 ~ 1939: Nathanael West's novel "The Day of the Locust" is published, featuring a main character named Homer Simpson.

One downside of having lived in a lot of different places is that you have a lot of different places to miss.

Statement from the #MusiciansUnion of the United States 🇺🇸 and #Canada 🇨🇦 to the fat bastard #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift

Cover reveal for Carcrash Parker and the Haven of Larpers, coming in July! It's a fantasy adventure like nothing you've ever seen.

"As all dictators know, to convince the people to adopt narratives that support your power, they have to silence those who provide narratives that shed light on the truth—the authors and artists." authorsguild.org/news/trumps-...

And let's keep it that way

Being informed is good. Taking actions like calling your representatives is good. But doomscrolling won't help you. If you're overwhelmed, maybe put the internet down and take care of yourself?

Now I can say that the first and only post on this account is a closet full of books