Great to see a New Orleans take on the War on Weed! "[Drug Czar Harry] Anslinger used the information coming out of New Orleans to bolster his argument to Congress for a national ban, and in 1937 he got his way." I'd argue the same for Denver, where the use of weed received national '30s press...

Enjoy this light-read from me while you can because the next one gonna have you questioning your faith in humanity.

The media: sharing unsubstantiated quotes from law enforcement since the early 1900s:

NEW STORY: Weed, aka bud, spiff, dank, loud, or as 1920s NOLAs officials called it, "a powerful narcotic," has grown in popularity over the century. However, there's a renewed war on the substance. So, in this piece, I tell you how we got here. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/sour...

Ain't gotta tell me twice— My novel has compared to the Godfather and Peaky Blinders by reviewers and take place in 1920s NOLA, starring the brothel-owning, rum-running Pike family. There's drama, thrills, debauchery and a whoooole lotta gangsta shit going on in it! books2read.com/thepikeboys/

Burn Up in Victory is my latest novel! It's the longest thing I've written (to date), the most romance-heavy that I've ever written, and pretty much everybody is a chaos bi! books2read.com/burnupinvict...

Some people just really don't want to grasp the concept that we have always been a violent nation.

The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed. Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened. I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.

I can’t get past the first 10 minutes for some reason

Nope I wasn’t ready at all

i bought the domain ohhh.lol a while back just because and the other night i noticed it gets like 100-150 unique hits a day from people typing it in their posts and group chats where it tries to load the url preview. so i hope this annoys some people while they're trying to get their mack on

Currently thinking about book “War is a Racket” for no reason at all

I gotta stop waking up and checking the psychic trauma machine first thing in the morning

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently in the process of determining how states can decide who is intellectually disabled enough to be exempt from receiving the death penalty. Full story by Mike Ervin on The Progressive: progressive.org/latest/when-... #disability #scotus #deathpenalty

For a @motherjones.com article, I am looking to speak to caregivers of disabled individuals who are 14 and older who are on Medicaid re Medicaid work requirement exemptions. My email to reach out is [email protected] and reposts are appreciated.

I have critiques, but the whole thing is gorgeous.

Me on January 6th:

OK so the new Frankenstein is good as shit

Grab 'em by the belt and lift. Even better if they're wearing coveralls, there's a handle right there on the back. You can be a person or you can be luggage. 😅

Not kidding a little bit when I say that sometimes staring into space is a big part of the “writing” process

And every kid is somehow born with the knowledge of how to do it. It’s as if it’s handed down genetically to all of us and gets activated automatically when we turn two. I remember doing it to my parents. I’m surprised there aren’t cave paintings of kids doing it on prehistoric buffalo hunts.

My kid crumpled to the floor and went full starfish on me and he was unmovable

Also there's an audiobook: www.audible.com/pd/The-Pike-...

I lied. Us kidnapping a foreign leader has rebroken my brain--I'll get back to talking politics in 2027.

My debut novel came out a year ago this month, so for this month I’ll be selling signed copies of my book for $20 flat no shipping. If your local I’ll deliver to you. Please consider supporting an indie writer. You ain’t even gotta read the book if you don’t want to! It got other purposes, like 🧵

Ayyyy got a new review: "This novel is a serious exploration of identity, of nature vs nurture vs society at large. You can feel how much Cherry loved the Pike brothers through all their struggles."

Also there's an audiobook: www.audible.com/pd/The-Pike-...

I should probably plug where to get the book :D books2read.com/thepikeboys But also, you can get paperback signed copies from me! I'll ship them anywhere!!

If you've never read Danny Cherry, you're missing out. He's descriptive, informative, kind of a dick, loves his dog Teddy, thorough, and he writes a hell of a historical crime fiction story when inspired.

6 months later, the story is here! I wrote about weed, Jazz, the history of the war on drugs and 1920s NOLA’s role in it! If you’re in NOLA, get the latest issue of @antigravitymag.bsky.social at a local business near you! Web link will be posted later; this issue’s PDF will in the next post!

Hegelly Blonde

Teddy would never

My kid crumpled to the floor and went full starfish on me and he was unmovable

👀 say less

Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by

I mean, Donald Trump is openly saying this is about oil. Whether the oil companies are on board with that is a separate conversation.

Thank you!

Oh looking forward to reading this

Thank you! :)

Cool. We got our Antigravity yesterday. I'll definitely read it!

if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit

Currently thinking about book “War is a Racket” for no reason at all

somewhere in Orange County a reality television executive is so bricked up he can hardly stand

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff "But what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"

Anyway I have nothing going on so ask me anything anonymously just don’t be weird ngl.link/deecherrywri...

Thank you!! :)

That toddler might as well be welded to the floor. They ain't movin'. 😆

The latter.

What’s heavier: 1000 pounds of feathers or a toddler going deadweight while in the midst of a temper tantrum?

Them: “We’re doing this because Venezuela is flooding our streets with cocaine!” Us: “I thought you said it was fentanyl?” Them: