No one deserves detention. No one deserves deportation. No one deserves prison. No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones. No human is illegal. Free them all.

A movie that takes place where you're from.

Super proud to publish this. Have you prepared ordered yet?

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has preordered WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN! Looks like we are about to crack the top 50 on the ‘Zon.

I read The Stranger by Albert Camus over the weekend. I fucking hate it. Why is that a classic? Things actually do matter. Fuck this nonsense.

Photos of burning cop cars > witty protest signs

Applauding liberal protests because no one broke the law is not the brag you think it is.

I don't think protest is futile, and I applaud those that did so over the weekend, but I also think they are insufficient.

Obviously Trump did this. But perhaps the 2021-2 Democrat-controlled congress could have taken back some of its tariff-levying powers? After 2017-2020, they could have decided it wasn't wise to give up one of Congress's core Article 1 authorities to the President?

Start working on mutual aid projects NOW

Employers forcing people into offices is one more way of capitalism telling people their lives do not belong to them.

A great prompt. I even challenge you to include some feminist philosophy

ONE DAY LEFT: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Guest editor @curtisippolito.bsky.social is looking for submissions for a new RHP anthology - one related to climate change, the murder of the planet, and all the crimes in between. Check out the call below and get ready to submit: bit.ly/4l0Q9Ia

The democratic party is not a resistance movement.

Challenge: The next time someone gives you the obligatory "How are you?" be completely honest with them. I started this yesterday and felt like it opened genuine conversations with people. And surprise, nobody is okay.

I'm ready to read what you've got!

The problem with our idea of self-care is that it adds one more thing to the already burdened realm of personal responsibility, giving an out to employers and policy makers when we should be creating systems and cultures that are just less taxing on our minds and bodies.

Normalize openly yawning during work meetings

If you enjoy boycotting, you should try theft and sabotage.

It is not normal to stare at a screen for 8 hours a day

Don't let an emphasis on mental health make you believe material circumstances don't need to change.

It's less stressful to watch a constitutional crisis once you realize the constitution is mostly a piece of shit anyway.

Rediscovering things I was made to believe I had to abandon to be an "adult." (Not the book, the ideas in it)

Hey, I have a new story up at Tough! redneck-press.blogspot.com/2025/02/down...

I have mixed feelings about this. First, the violence and intimidation will not be limited to this. This is from the fascist playbook and it will not stop here. However, these people enabled this and should suffer as a result of their selfish choices. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I didn't think I could give up on the Democrats any more...

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It's been a rough few months for the @rhppress.bsky.social team, but we're still kicking. Through it all, we were still able to produce issue 13! Pick this one up. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/issue-thirteen

Had a nasty response to the covid booster (do not read that as being anti vax), then my mom got pneumonia and had to go to the hospital. I sat with her in the er for 15 hours, and then got sick again. What a shit 5 days in a row. Still kicking.

Customers of Huntsville Utilities received a letter informing them that their account "has been debited $100." The surcharge occurred because one of Trump's executive orders froze a grant that assists low-income residents with their energy bills. popular.info/p/trump-exec...

And when the attack comes, they will say, "there was no way to prevent this," and they will use it as another excuse to attack opponents.

This is a fight. Let's go!

The media is an important pillar of democracy...and they have failed us.

New Jersey!!

REPOST - CALL TO ACTION! - TIME TO FIGHT! 👉President's Day Protest needs to be the LARGEST PROTEST IN HISTORY - February 17, 2025 👉Organized by American Opposition 👉Do not rely on mainstream media to report on this 👉Fight fascism, take our government back 👉Share this everywhere & repost on threads

Let's go! Fuck these fascists.

‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Stop using Meta

Do you read @rhppress.bsky.social ? If you don't, you should. But, in either case, you should check us out on #patreon. Our newest post is a conversation with writers Jackie Freimore, Mike McHone, and Jason Allison about creating characters for short fiction. www.patreon.com/posts/creati...

Early contender for album of the year. Saor hit it out of the park. I'm not even a huge fan of folk metal, but this is perfect. open.spotify.com/album/4NImoP...

Loved this album when it came out in 99. Still love it. Highly recommend. Sadly relevant. open.spotify.com/album/2JhchM...

My impression is that even beyond the minions in DOGE that a lot of Elon supporters are white males under 25, many of whom are not what we would traditionally call dumb. How much of this is the result of STEM education above all else?

We're putting together a crime fiction climate change anthology! Check out the submissions call below.

Ready to fight

I haven't written since my dad died and I'm not sure I remember how.

Stanton McCaffery stories in both!

My Dad's freshman year college roommate left the nicest comment on Dad's online obituary. Leave comments on people's obituaries. Even if you haven't spoken to them in 50 years. It means the world to their families.

Cancel your New York Times subscription.

I was enjoying the metal community on threads, but I don't want to support Zuck. Do metalheads exist here other than @pauljgarth.bsky.social ? If they do, they should check this out from Mutanagenic Host: open.spotify.com/album/44aaI2...

So, is this place still a ghost town?