Pumped that @jillchristman.bsky.social's "Spinning Webs in Space" at @therumpus.net got listed as a Notable Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2025. Shout-out to @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social for editing Jill's essay. #RumpusEssays

They are trying to unmarry us and take away our healthcare I do not give a fuck about that building.

it's check-your-slippers-for-spiders weather.

The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

D&D quote 10/5: "You overstep yourself, Moo Deng!"

When I worked for Buttigieg he could scarcely look to the left without Hatch Act lawyers getting on his case. How tf am I getting emails like this on the taxpayer's dime.

"It's shorthand." -- Me lying anytime I'm called out on my garbage handwriting.

Teaching my type-A partner how to embrace chaos (use Microsoft OneNote).

Whenever contestants on timed cooking shows bust out the ice cream machine you just know it's over for them.

Now that corporations are cashing in on it can we please please please be done with the Coldplay meme

Beating Alcaraz while 2 sets down is only slightly harder than beating Alcaraz 2 sets up.

we have an incredible non-fiction photo essay by Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social !! ‘The View from Bethlehem’ is set in 2011, when Maakestad toured the West Bank wall to see the graffiti art that Banksy left there. read this amazing essay today xraylitmag.com/the-view-fro...

Coco Gauff is so real for saying "y'all would be cheering for me if she weren't here" after beating the underdog in her own country.

A 6-love set against Swiatek on clay is scary. I'm worried for my girl Coco.

Looking for some freelance editing/teaching gigs, hit me up!

Last day for y'all to be straight. Sorry I don't make the laws!

Cantaloupe is either the best fruit ever or the worst there is no in between.

Sneaking White Chicks (2004) into the Criterion closet.

My fiance said diet coke tastes "hollow." Duh that's because they make it with ghosts.

Nbd just Jon Stewart showing up unannounced to my local gay bar.

I like living near train tracks because every song becomes the blues.

I desperately need to see a "making of" documentary about the 30 min stop motion movie about the 80s American Girl Doll doll watching the challenger explode The Hitchcock zoom is an incredible touch

Yeah I love cacio e pepe (spaghetti with hot mayonnaise)

Would love to go one day without seeing the acronym "AI."

“It is all in the Cloud, disembodied, so pure that engaging with it feels like religion.” From "Pigs Rooting for Truffles," a new original essay by Jenny Li. ➡️ buff.ly/5kIa2Wn

Every time I read this essay I find something new to love.

“The deer come out at dusk. The sky is purple. It’s hard to see quite right. People call it the magic hour.” From "Contra," a new original essay by Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo. ➡️ buff.ly/LUdPxEb

I’m gonna please ask you again to stop saying DEI when what you mean is DEIA. The accessibility has been part of it all along, and watching ppl find another way to erase disabled ppl is gross actually

I think the English language got it wrong with "bark." It really sounds nothing like that.

Lol got my 5-things-you-did-last-week email kicked back to me because their inbox is full.

Loved working with @moashort.bsky.social on this flash and can't wait to read more from her

CROCODILE DUNDEE [staring at a painting in the Magritte exhibition]: That’s not a pipe…

Just heard that this great essay, DEFICIENCY, by @moashort.bsky.social, came to @darcyjaygagnon.bsky.social and @therumpus.net during the 10 minute editor workshop sessions at the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference a few years ago! My absolute favorite thing to hear. therumpus.net/2025/03/18/d...

annual pre-AWP reminder that *yes* people notice when you go over time at a reading and *yes* we seethe with resentment about it and *no* it doesn't matter how brilliant you are, a time limit is still a time limit, even for you

Coffee is too hot.

Does anyone remember how the Obama administration loaned Tesla nearly $500mil in 2009 to effectively kickstart that whole business because clearly Elon Musk does not.

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This guy is so fucking dumb it takes 2 minutes of research to disprove everything Musk is saying.

if america is so great how come we can't unpush a floor on the elevator

FAA is currently doing this with thousands of public webpages and published PDFs to replace instances of "Gulf or Mexico" with "Gulf of America." Welcome to government efficiency folks.

Seeing some misinformation flying around about this, but air traffic controllers were not among the feds fired in the recent purge. However, tech ops were, who are the folks that maintain the equipment ATC use, and have also been understaffed for years.

Elon’s evil munchkins sent this ridiculous email out to all 2 million or so Federal employees demanding they reply by midnight Monday. If you want to let them know what you did last week I’m bet they’d love to hear from you at [email protected]! I can’t wait to tell them about my norovirus symptoms!

Q Lazzarus would have been a great Hot Ones guest.

I try to be hyperconscious to brimstone propaganda, but as a federal employee I regret to inform you that everything you're hearing is as bad as it seems.

Transportation Secretary Duffy just told staff that the president wants to lower prices for automobiles because the average teacher can't afford a new car. Perhaps we should, I don't know, pay teachers more?

I asked what we should do if told to do something that goes against our training. Every answer--We're waiting for higher guidance. 🙄 Each individual must personally understand what's not allowed and hold to it. Make security escort you out. Don't leave on your own. Don't open the door. Don't comply.

I'm a little surprised more govt employees aren't just saying "no" more often. The question fed HR seems unable to answer right now is how they plan on enforcing disciplinary action that supersedes the employee-supervisor hierarchy. Like, the people you don't work for can't just fire you.

The new Post Malone Oreo should be cigarette butt flavored.

I just feel like if Kanye West started agreeing with me I'd start wondering if I'm one of the baddies.