On the first official episode of Tilting at Windmills (formerly Writers Not Writing), @benjamingorman.bsky.social interviews photographer Dana Sharman, author of “The Authoritarian Shift Readiness Guide,” a valuable tool for identifying your personal red lines. bit.ly/WNWHome

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Last Thursday’s poem. This one is very unusual for me in terms of its style. I don’t normally write rhyming or metric poetry, but I had some time to kill, and the first draft had to fit on the back of a receipt, so … well, you’ll see.

Maybe my mom took Tylenol when she was pregnant, and that's what made me hyperfixate on helping other people and telling the truth about people who are hurtful. And all this time I just blamed good parenting.

This is James Bowley, a friend of mine from way back (I babysat his son!). He was fired by the university where he taught because he called fascism "fascism." Here's a gift version of the article about him. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

A colleague in my field who teaches at Millsaps College, Dr. James E. Bowley, was fired because he sent out an email the day after the election canceling class that day to "mourn and process this racist and fascist country." Learn more and help support Dr. Bowley: lunarpunk.town/viewtopic.ph...

Happy New Year to all to celebrate! L'Shana Tovah tikatevu

Kimmel should make his first show back all about Jeffrey Epstein

I don't want to be #raptured! 777 at @popeyes.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Bilbo and Frodo!

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

If you still haven't read Omar El Akkad's One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This, please get a copy and give yourself some space to read it and sit with it. My review: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMRr946D/

wp: "I wish we could do something about fascism." Chorus of BIPOC: "You can; it first requires talking about whiteness and complicity." wp: "I wish we could do something about fascism." wp: "We need to talk about whiteness and complicity." wp: "Um, you're white! I haven't heard that from BIPOC!"

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Those of you who read DEAR AMERICA: A BREAKUP LETTER, remember my source at the FBI who said if Trump won, the FBI would be run by the Proud Boys? They caught Tom Homan accepting a $50,000 bribe. Then the FBI let it slide. They are being run by the Proud Boys. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna232568

Just a normal day in #Barcelona, walking our pet wolf toward a gothic cathedral built in 1298. 😁 I love it here!

On the final episode of WRITERS NOT WRITING (before the show’s name change), @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social interview @chelseacain.bsky.social LIVE in front of a great audience at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona. bit.ly/WNWHome

I got early access to this fun existential comedy with every monster you could possibly want.

Our apartment building has a central courtyard. Someone on the third or fourth floor just played Ricks Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." I'm pretty sure this counts as rickrolling the whole building. Respect.

On the final episode of WRITERS NOT WRITING (before the show’s name change), @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social interview @chelseacain.bsky.social LIVE in front of a great audience at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona. bit.ly/WNWHome

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Check out this great advanced review of YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS from @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social! Thank you so much, Karen! kareneisenbreywriter.com/2025/09/14/a...

For anyone who hasn’t seen it, it’s a must see. #resist youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?...

Booktoker Keasha (@keasha.booktok on TikTok) just reviewed Don't Read This Book and will be reviewing You Were Warned next. Woot! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMd1G5oH/

Hot take: If you make a baby smile, you have had a more successful day than any billionaire who only made money.

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

On the final episode of WRITERS NOT WRITING (before the show’s name change), @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social interview @chelseacain.bsky.social LIVE in front of a great audience at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona. bit.ly/WNWHome

YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS, Book 3 of THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS, is out October 13th and available for preorder now. Get the trilogy by @benjamingorman.bsky.social (a fellow member of @writerstsunami.bsky.social) #AmReading #YA #LGBTQ www.notapipepublishing.com/blog/2025/8/...

This doesn't get enough attention: Jesus was not born in Israel. He was born in Roman-occupied Judea. Which the Romans later renamed "Syria Palaestina." Which later became "Palestine." He was born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem is in Palestine.

I was just on TV (LIVE😬) and got to talk about being #Antifa and why we had to leave the #USA. I hope folx join in the fight. Check out the Antifa Lit Journal at @antifalit.bsky.social! And please share to spread the word. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdpRpxkS/

On the final episode of WRITERS NOT WRITING (before the show’s name change), @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social interview @chelseacain.bsky.social LIVE in front of a great audience at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona. bit.ly/WNWHome

The two most qualified candidates for president in US history, hands down, were Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton. VP/Senators of huge states/Attorney General/successful attorneys. The least qualified...

If the president announces he's making anti-fascists enemies of the state, he's telling you it's a fascist government. This is one of those true binaries, like pregnancy or death. You can't be somewhat dead or halfway pregnant. There is no middle ground between opposing or supporting fascism.

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Congratulations, @jeshonard.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social! Such a great novel! I can't wait for people to read it. Folx, if you haven't yet, read Unrelenting and pre-order Undeniable. So good!

I cannot express enough there is a thin line between "staying informed" and "triggering your mental health issues" and for a lot of us (very much including myself here) navigating that difference is going to be critical for the foreseeable future.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell could not have sold children for sex without rich perverts buying children for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.

Trump is going to use the power of the presidency to silence his opponents. Call it what it is: fascism. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

Thank you, @chelseacain.bsky.social, for being such a great guest (and wandering around Barcelona with us after the show)!

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Someone, well-meaning I'm sure, came to complain on my page yesterday that my choice to call fascists "fascists" is too incendiary and may lead to political violence. No. You don't put out a fire by sitting quietly in the livingroom while the house burns.

On the final episode of WRITERS NOT WRITING (before the show’s name change), @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social interview @chelseacain.bsky.social LIVE in front of a great audience at Backstory Bookshop in Barcelona. bit.ly/WNWHome

300 million? Stop accepting Trump's casual lies! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6onYxyY/

I am so pissed about the firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social. Shame on the @washingtonpost.com. (They claim "@We are a newspaper" as their handle on TikTok, but they are a pale imitation of what that paper used to be.) www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6osv7rb/

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV