Stumbled upon the Jessica Kirson episodes of Mark Maron's WTF pod...oh man, I haven't laughed so much in such a long time.

If your partner is anything other than your soft, safe place, what are you even doing?

Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth* A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel” Person watching on tv: well if they say so

Nice morning. Reviewing a proof of the Cthulhu anthology I've a story in, and replied to an acceptance of a piece of flash fiction about a school bus driver's relationship with a grocery store romance novel.

Addiction runs in my family. By the grace of whatever, the gene or tendency or need to numb things out skipped me. But that doesn't mean I'm not affected. What they say is true - addiction is a family disease. And honestly sometimes I wish I could numb things out.

You ever have someone accuse you of something you didn't do, and they're like I don't understand why you'd do that, it makes no sense, and you're like oh you are soooo close to getting it.

Not a monarch, but close.

Looking at this bag of potatoes rotting on top of my microwave & thinking about my ancestor who was put on a boat alone at the age of 13 and sent across the ocean because Ireland couldn't grow potatoes anymore.

Sitting in the shade, watching dozens upon dozens of Gulf Frittilaries playing in the breeze.

You can actually refuse to participate in someone else's delusion. You can reject the premise. You can insist on agreeing to the facts of a matter before engaging in debate. You can be sane.

mark zuckerberg you dumb bitch you look like someone brought a dollar store Beaker puppet to life and gave it a PacSun gift card

No amount of fawning or appeasement will save you from someone who is intent on destroying you.

Today is the first day of #HispanicHeritageMonth! Celebrate with us by picking your next reads from our reading list featuring indie presses and lit mags—and be sure to bookmark the list for year-round reading recommendations: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

I only have 3 pieces in the pending publication pile right now. I have 5 pieces & some poetry that I am still shopping. I have been working slowly on new writings bc other creative projects in my life have taken priority. I remind myself that a little more than a year ago, all those #s were zeroes.

Woke up on the wrong side of the basket. #kittensky #cats

Researchers have found that >80% of birds-of-paradise species convert the sun’s invisible UV light into vivid yellows and greens. Specialized structures in the birds’ feathers, beaks, and skin make that biofluorescence possible. And there's more: www.allaboutbirds.org/news/ultravi...? #birds

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

The best feeling in life is when you no longer feel responsible for someone else.

Cerulean Dancer. Can't believe she posed for me. #dragonfly #insectsky

curb episode where larry gets dragged to a birthday party for a guy he doesn't know and decides to write something funny in the guestbook. cut to present day, larry's at home watching the evening news: "comedian larry david wrote 'happy birthday, i know your little secret' in jeffrey epstein's book"

Nigel Tufnel voice in my head as I look at those Epstein book pics..."you can't print that, that's not real, is it?" JFC

Important Caravaggio on its way to Florida, home of rare communicable diseases

Look at this thing. #grasshopper #bugsky

The pattern on this legend! She is ready for Fall. She is candy corn, she is pumpkin spice.

"If" …the cold black blood and castoffs of gristle and forgettable bits of flesh paused their dying and reversed to pool inward and moved up off the linoleum in an other-way funnel cloud... kellirule.com/2025/08/29/g... #poetrysky #horrorsky #writersky

Abusers escalate their behavior when you give them second chances because: in order to justify the second chance, you have to lie to yourself and lie about those who had your back during the abuse. Once an abuser sees that you are willing to lie to protect them, all bets are off. They own you.

Thinking of having some dumb fun and writing a niche smut novel under a pen name. What niche? What do I know about? The art world and finish carpentry?

Once means eleven, of course, but taken in English and you have something slightly unsettling you can project meaning onto.

Tried to see it but the projector was broken.

Love this feeling. I never want to be the most talented of my friends. I want to be in awe of the genius of the people who love me.

First there was one. Now there are two. #hummingbirdsky

What's your favorite spelling mistake? Mine is when people write 'balling' when they mean 'bawling.' Endless fun.

Lots of website hits from Florida today. Welcome!

The ol' "look what you made me do" logic.

The crossword clue was "good ol' marinara and béchamel" and the answer was "reliable sauces"...well played, Norma Steinberg.

You cannot reason a person out of a delusion. You cannot love a person out of a delusion. Some sleepwalkers do not wish to wake.

A story of mine, inspired by the few months I worked as a phone psychic in 2001, will be in a Cthulu-themed anthology published by a Florida-based press of some note. It's been a goal of mine to make inroads into this regional market. Floridians love to read about themselves. 😆

"You can actually believe something that you know is bullshit." - Marc Maron

Hello! If someone asks a microclimate gardening group to recommend native plants that do well in perennially mucky soil (due to configuration of greywater runoff) and low light maybe don't write something fucking stupid like this in reply BRAD

Reading Pemi Aguda's Ghostroots. This is the atmosphere I crave.

Glorious diversity of calligraphy bugs here. Here's one I met today.

Made corn fritters using condensed milk instead of milk, question, can a human live off corn fritters only?

Honestly I am fine w/ all the 'straight dudes sex/relationship anxiety' discourse, after experiencing a young adulthood full of movies, magazines, how-to books, songs, art, sermons, handwringing etc. devoted to how women and girls need to act in order to get a hot boyfriend. Your turn now.

Why did Story Unlikely just send out an email with a glowing tribute to Hulk fucking Hogan written by their editor in chief? What did I do to deserve this in my inbox? Shit wrestler, shit entertainer, shit human. Beloved by a shit lit mag editor, apparently. #writingcommunity

I will care about the naked gun reboot, thank you very much.

I wrote a story about sexed up minimalism mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

I was a volunteer reader for a lit mag. It was in many ways an honor and a joy. It also sucked and I had to stop, because probably every twentieth submission was obviously AI generated. Just felt like a massive waste of my time. What on Earth is the point of doing that?