People saying “these autistic kids… it’s all getting so bad. Wasn’t around when I was growing up.” Y’all’s generation collected stamps, put ships in bottles, and invented model trains. Shut up. This guy is hella right. It was not the Tylenol.

The submission window for Reckoning X closes at the end of tomorrow! Now paying 15c/wd for prose, $75/page for poetry and art! Please submit? reckoning.press/general-subm...

This point was made beautifully in debate in committee by a republican state senator in Missouri (I was there) who noted that an antitrans bill sponsor wearing glasses might be unfairly disadvantaged over someone with uncorrected vision so HOW DO WE DRAW THESE LINES? (Dude was weird and I miss him.)

I own DVDs, CDs, and paper books because of this.

the hysteria has gone off the rails so far that the average american thinks 1 in 5 people are transgender. pure absolute insanity that is driving the current lavender scare

Oh. Hey. Hi narthex. Not me yelling for laity empowerment and for lay folks to lean into the ministry of the church. Nope. Surely not that. ⚓️

Making trans folks into a shadowy enemy is ungodly. ⚓️

Preached the sermon at TEC and ELCA churches in town today about my deep & abiding love of sinners. Best parts for me: rereading some of Confessions by St. Augustine, singing Amazing Grace at the ELCA, recalling my own griefstricken conversion, and damn, it was too much, y’all. ⚓️

I did it. I auditioned for Annie Wilkes in my local production of MISERY by @stephenking.bsky.social. The tale of terror, typewriters, and the NUMBER ONE FAN… and I got the part. Couldn’t be more excited to help bring horror to the stage this October!!

Hey, who turned out the lights?? 🕯️🕯️🕯️ The theme for September's flash fiction contest is CANDLELIGHT! You have until the end of this month to submit. Full submission details linked below ⬇️ www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

It’s a Wednesday kind of Saturday.

Dressing as Wednesday Addams for RenFaire and going to my local coffee shop to grab a drink at 8am in my small town reminds me of one thing— people around here are EASILY SPOOKED.

The myth of their own meritocracy has infiltrated and puffed up the oligarchy to the point that they buy into their own nonsense at this point. Inheritance-coddled fail-sons choking on their own imagined bootstraps.

In honor of the season starting today, I’ve updated my NFL STARTER PACK. Even if you already subscribe, re-subscribe bc there are a ton of new names—beat reporters, bloggers, and great posters. Please share here and everywhere! bsky.app/start/did:pl...

Wow, imagine smear campaigns designed to socially destroy you, leave you unemployable and hated by friends, family, and society It's so telling that their greatest fears about equality are just kind of an average day in the life of a tranny right this minute

Hell yeah, @bellepointpress.bsky.social !!

A local community in my rural conservative led area has canceled its Pride event due to concerns for safety. Last year, it drew hundreds of people. This year, it was too risky. I am so sad. Just so freaking SAD. The organizer was powerful and centered in the struggle. I hate it so much.

I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.

Just FYI, if you have had a short story in an anthology in the last decade, and you are searching this tool to see if your story was scraped up as part of the LibGen data by Anthropic, searching your name may not be enough. Search by the name of the editor of the anthology.

I hope Obama’s reading list puts @sgj.bsky.social in front of more people!!

Submit! #goals

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

Calling in @canonmak.bsky.social to check this out.

This is the awful thread you didn’t know you needed today.

If a person did this they would be criminally liable, if they were licensed they would be penalized extra, and anyone who did this would experience social consequences. But with AI, we make consequences diffuse and imaginary. It’s not actually “anyone’s” fault, right? WRONG! CW: suicide & self harm

So I am very tired already of the idea that it is Pritzker or Newsom or nobody. Even if you’re in the “straight white dudes make sense” camp, think outside the frigging blue states box and acquaint yourself with Andy Beshear.

This is the part I say with fierceness. With prayerful faith. With repentance. With love.

Except for sex however. That is ALWAYS binary and simple. *laughs in biology*

Midwest #horror folks! Who's all coming to One of Us, a gathering of horror writers from the region? Mark your calendars for September 6th when Iowa City becomes the spookiest place in the tri-state area!

So there’s a list of words to avoid if seeking federal funding for grants of any kind (medicine, behavioral health, arts, music, history, etc.) under the current administration. Want to start guessing how much it overlaps?

Check out my newest blog post at Bazoo! Kentucky authors @christopherrowe.bsky.social @leemandelo.bsky.social and @alixeharrow.bsky.social all get love at @bazoobooks.bsky.social (as does @oldgodspod.bsky.social) on Books to Sip Bourbon By... www.bazoobooks.com/books-to-sip...

• We're looking for previously pubbed fiction, NF, or hybrid books that fit our mission and are currently out of print. While we love all experiments, we will not be considering poetry books; we are a prose-only press. Additionally, we are not able to consider self-published books.

Just posted on what's on my heart and mind, in the skies and in the hospital, over on my ozarkmisfit website. Give it a read, if you want some feelings... www.ozarkmisfit.com/post/when-yo...

Breaking out measurements in furlongs in an argument, mostly because it helps my math, but not inconsequentially because my younger horsegirl-self is giggling.

Times are hard, making writing harder. Be in good company at the 2026 Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat for SFFH writers w/@charliejane.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @davering.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social @harrietshouse.bsky.social @neonhemlock.bsky.social. Info: starforgers.com/2026

Name a non-LotR character yet who is a cool and good person but would nevertheless set land speed records for getting fucked up by the One Ring

Finished Feed Them Silence by @leemandelo.bsky.social last night and am still extremely in the world of the book… so textured and nuanced and intense. Grateful for Lee’s writing.

Seems like people are just talking past each other. NYC being preeminent culturally and also a place most people don't want to live can both be true.

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Update: God showed up. ⚓️

Oooh. This snaps right back at my preaching style. Harsh but fair

Was writing my sermon until 11:30 last night. Ended feeling delirious and unhappy with the product. Woke this morning and realized two things: this sermon just leans heavily into delivery and nothing matters but Jesus. So show up and show them Jesus. ⚓️

Drop an old person that you’re going to turn into in the future. (Which is to say I will always be about as out of step as a cowboy in a bowling alley bar)

What in the Piers Anthony maps is this nonsense?? First. That is wayyyy too many Californias (and I like California). Also, I do not live in Neskalia, that’s not even a good fantasy land name, ffs. It sounds like someone was hungry while world building.

Mentat, stat.

Hey Narthex (and writing world, as I guess this overlaps?)… I had a poem published in @earthandaltarmag.com and I could not be prouder! Check it out! ⚓️ earthandaltarmag.com/posts/87t0kl...

Vestry meeting tonight. Preaching Sunday. An additional churchy obligation sneaking in. And me coming in hot trying not to lose my voice… *sigh* Definitely overextended myself. ⚓️

This article by Liam Neeman was an amazing read this morning. So good. It felt like resistance and rest. (If you know he’s on here, tag him?). ⚓️ earthandaltarmag.com/posts/gxvf79...

Adding my Narthex friends to this. ⚓️

Being reminded of the absolute cruelty of social media over on threads has made me grateful (again) for my well-curated corner of Bluesky. If you can, say something kind on someone’s post today. Uplift someone. Make someone feel seen. The world needs goodness, not ratios, dragging, and dunking.