"Unalive" "grape" "seggs" This has got to stop. Do people hear themselves? Its like talking to a particularly sensitive toddler. We can't remove serious words from our language just because we're afraid some fickle algorithm will show our posts to less people

Martin Luther in 1517, revising his 95 theses to add one: "We don't want that asshole either."

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

It Happened to Me: Someone I consider a dear friend asked me how my manuscript is coming along

The subheadline on this NYT piece is going to turn me into the Joker. Like... this... is exactly what trans people have been saying was going to happen for years.

When someone illegally takes your money, that’s called stealing. Donald Trump stole your money with his illegal tariffs — and you paid higher prices on everything from housing to groceries. It’s time for Trump to pay up and give back your money.

Using AI is a nhilistic act.

I’m not weird and stupid, I’m just specially adapted to a niche u dont understand 🙂‍↕️🐟 inspired by the recent Hank Green video about the ocean sunfish ! It’s nice to see someone be nice to the sunfish lol

The Washington press corps does not recognize this as Christian persecution because the Christians being persecuted are not considered as authentic, which to say, as legitimate, as Christians who holler and shout about abortion. The Christianity of those actually being persecuted is erased.

“Let us rededicate ourselves to the long & bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world. This is the calling of the sons of God, & our brothers wait eagerly for our response.” ~ The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"More than 3,000 people attended the Mass and walked in the procession. "Families affected by immigration enforcement were among the first to receive ashes from Cupich, in a highly symbolic reversal of the marking and tracking many say defines their daily lives." www.ncronline.org/news/god-doe...

This is the second time I've seen an issue with the publisher of Hedone books not paying authors. The first time it wasn't under the name Hedone. And to see that was an all BIPOC antho? I'm upset on behalf of these writers.

I think that if sunfish could, the would be sunbathing in the sky ☁️ #art

What are we, Two Millionaires??? Thank you all so, so much! rifftrax.com/kickstarter

Open for submissions! fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #horrorlit #amwriting #cosmichorror #horrorart #artist #indie #illustrator #spookyart #collage #procreate #digitalart #coverart #creepy #bookdesigner #submissions #getpublished #indieartist #horrorauthor #horror #horrorartist

Yip 'Yotes! By @kasettetape.bsky.social

phillies be normal challenge

Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.

i’m very tired of know-nothing know-it-alls who tell me amtrak is a loser and trains are a dead end. amtrak has problems, but every time they’re given more money, they improve their service and sell more tickets. demand is outstripping supply!

“Christians across the country..should ask hard questions about the work of ICE and its harmful impact on Christian communities who worship the same Lord..Christians should reject double standards when we identify threats to Christian worship and community in this country.” Read this today:

Today is the 3rd slopiversary of us having to temporarily close submissions. The problem of "AI"-generated submissions hasn't gone away and is still a huge waste of our time. House policy remains the same: #noAI stories, translation, art, or anything else.

Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

*Torgo stomps across the house with my two asleep legs to rescue more bottles for the sanitizer*

This is like boasting that a vial of crack wrote your state’s drug policy.

Bullying works, keep it up folks

There’s a vigil for Sonia Espinoza Arriaga and her 3 children, the Soldotna family detained by ICE & deported to Tijuana w/o due process & despite being legal asylum seekers & w/ a work permit. Vigil: Mon, 2/23, 5 - 6 pm at St John’s 💒 on O’Malley

Hey what's going on with people getting arrested for trying to block AI data centers all over the country It's almost like the AI industry and fascism have the same goals in mind IDK IDK I'm not a doctor

de Tocqueville certainly has his faults, but this line of thinking is so eerily prescient of our current national nightmare. Right down to the specifics of language. Could any phrase besides “a multitude of men… constantly circling for petty pleasures” be any more appropriate?

We’re excited that @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social shouted out Elitsa’s “The Metabolism of Grief”, a story that hit us as hard as it did them. All of Alex’s recommendations are, as always, aces. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President.

"If she goes inside, she knows how the story goes." TODAY, beloveds!! 😱 A Woman Is Screaming by @horrorsong.blog read this fantastic piece here! 💀 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Trains are holy, blameless creatures ❤️

Holy Shit it's Nelson 🎨: @kasettetape.bsky.social

You know what? At this point, maybe we should clone the dinosaurs.

Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,

You know i was never a fan of reading Shakespearean plays like books, but that's because they aren't books. They're screenplays. If i read the script for die hard or hidden figures or Spaceballs i'd think they were mediocre books at best. Because they're not books 😂

*casually side-eyes my reprobate wife for eating a Nutter Butter during the Ash Wednesday Sermon*

Being an adult means buying a “just in case” sack of Brussels sprouts

Here are some more recommendations, from #horrorwriterschat members, new and old.

Hi again #horrorwriterschat! Check out my latest story in Fraidy Cat Quarterly #8: gnaw, with a lot of other great writers! Psst, they’re also open for subs right now. Or check out an old, free story here published by Witch House Magazine (I’m on issue 4, page 6!): witchhousemag.blogspot.com?m=1

I can't resist any longer. My bloodshot eyes close, and the world folds in on me, my heart a sinking stone amidst a shipwreck of memories. They are a tide I can only hope to fight in my waking hours when the moon is the only one I must answer to, and not my own reflection. #HorrorWritersChat

I curse myself for not reading the directions for the overnight cold medicine I took, its side effects devastating me; they warned me on the label abou- Wait, *this* wasn't mentioned on the box... And now I know why my girlfriend smirked as she handed me the pills before bed... #HorrorWritersChat

You have no use for your body anymore. It belongs to the forest. And the forest has claimed you entirely, with gnarled roots and razor sharp thorns, leaving you to stay trapped in your dreams until long after your flesh has returned to the earth. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat ... but I know I'm not asleep. I feel my hands glide across the lacerations in my skin. They slip and slide on weeping flesh, dip their tips in the slick hot wounds, then push, knuckle-deep, into squelching muscle. I catch my breath as nail grazes bone. Salty tears on my lips.

Thanks for a great #HorrorWritersChat, Gree. As for me, I have been doing daily promotions of random works of mine on The #ShadowBoxArchives. You can find the most recent one in the post below. Don't forget tomorrow is #Thirstday so join our #Substack. bsky.app/profile/rose...