Completely taken by Rodrigo Fresan’s THE INVENTED PART, and mourning the unlived lives with him, as literature must. More than anything, missing the kindred correspondence. I’m not sure non-writers can understand this part of life, the part that becomes what you are living. 💔

dominos falling meme and the little domino is girls jumping on trampolines and the big one is the fall of US empire

Been trying to explain why economy increasingly feels like it's running wholly on rich people passing each other same bag of money - innovation is stalled, unemployment is rising, but stock tickers are still somehow going up. This example captures the current state of our economy perfectly.

this girl

These people are so fucking weird. On top of everything else, they’re just *weird.*

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

The Raid. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

I have a new story in Craft Literary, “Two Old Friends and a Ghost Walk Into the Woods”, about the people & places that haunt us. would be so thrilled for you to read this one 👻 🌲 🤍 www.craftliterary.com/2025/09/19/t...

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

"To die in your bed surrounded by / those who tended your flame is a luxury afforded to few." Poetry Editor @ritamookerjee.bsky.social published a poem in @aaww-nyc.bsky.social! buff.ly/421Hizy

It has happened numerous times now that I come across a Charlie Kirk quote that is so extreme I'm convinced it's fake, then I check and it's real. ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-c...

All of this shit sucks ass but it's insult to injury that not one of these people are attractive. We're under the boot of a bunch of hatchet face dweebs. I saw a video of Trump in the UK and that bronzer made him look like a rack of ribs.

I wrote a craft essay for @literaryhub.bsky.social about solo road-tripping and creativity. lithub.com/karen-palmer...

The Onion is all we have left (but perhaps all we need).

NEW: ChatGPT is causing chaos in marriages, as one spouse becomes deeply fixated on AI therapy/advice/spiritual wisdom — alienating the other spouse and, often, resulting in divorce. In some cases, ChatGPT-enmeshed spouses are using the tech to bully their partners. futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...

NASA is close to finding out the truth about life on Mars. But the Trump Administration’s proposed budget could leave the mystery unsolved.

You guys, this is what we meant

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

At least we'll never have to hear another word about how ballsy CEOs are, "making the tough calls" and "thriving on risk." If Bob Iger, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk have proven anything, it's that CEOs are cowardly, craven, soft, and servile. The guillotine is (almost) too good for them.

Your braid is the only thing - Taha Muhammad Ali, “Ambergis”

A wonderful evening with The Moth tonight, performing for a packed crowd at Le Petit Theatre. The storytellers were lovely, funny, moving, and thoughtful. themoth.org

Ever wonder what happened to that $100 million interstellar spaceship program? Me too. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Honoring Charlie Kirk's memory by ruining the lives of anyone who accurately quotes Charlie Kirk

Decided to go back to paper as much as possible and as often as possible, as far as until I will be stopped involuntarily, incl. lectures, reading list, blackboards instead of PowerPoint etc. Let the experiment begin.

NASA has found the clearest sign of life on Mars—right as President Trump proposes cuts to the agency’s budget.

So grateful to @mayacpopa.bsky.social for the world she nurtures, the wonder (and hope) to which she commits language and being, and her relationship to poetry as life. ❤️

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

Really weird to see people try to portray Bluesky as a radical website when you’ll scroll past about 10 straight posts about how great spaghetti is

Writer in Residence 2026, Department of English, Maynooth University & The Arts Council universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

UPDATE: In happier news, this little girl is now vaccinated and spayed with no complications, and can live a happy, healthy life without making new kittens. I have named her Joan.

Are you still talking about Tyler Robinson?

Sometimes the teacher’s pet, high achiever, scholarship kid in me still wants to believe in meritocracy and then I’m confronted with the reality of the masthead at The Atlantic

Scientists have traced some heat waves to specific fossil fuel companies. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...

don’t forget to experience joy. it’s what we’re fighting for.

You're getting a clear X-ray of America right now. Look at who this country's powerful institutions choose to elevate, venerate, and celebrate. Look at the double standards. Look at the people who adore Charlie Kirk - then spend five minutes reviewing his hateful legacy. This is America.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer. New York Times tomorrow

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is ‘Victorian’ for Victorian Treasures from Cecil French and Scott Thomas Buckle at Leighton House. We have chosen Jubilee Procession in a Cornish Village, June 1897 by George Sherwood Hunter, which is owned by the Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery.

My old alien body is a foreigner struggling to get into another country. The loon call makes me shiver. Back at the cabin I see a book and am not quite sure what that is. Jim Harrison

Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus

i do not think ezra klein genuinely grieves for charlie kirk. i think ezra klein thinks it’s professionally advantageous to perform grief.

Meanwhile, back in the real world....

Losing my goddamned mind. We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.

the rightwing loves to be like “this is the moment we become the nazi party”

Ridiculous. 🙄

Once again thinking about Macaulay Culkin walking into the Parisian café where the wifi password was “Macaulay Culkin” and the owner saying “I knew you’d come here someday”

INTERVIEWER: Ribeye Cluke is a common name? PROULX: Well, it depends on where you hang. You’ve been going around with the wrong people. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if there were four or five Ribeye Clukes from your state. God I love her

frogger was the truest American video game. “Can you, an adorable remnant of wildlife, survive crossing a street?” And the answer, eventually, is always no