Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.

Anyway I've got a zine up for preorder of a compilation of essays from the last year and I was gonna just do a run of 150 but maybe we do 1201? Lol shop.dansinker.com/products/the...

My default setting now is that I just assume all rich and/or famous people are my enemy until they prove otherwise. Saves on the disappointment.

We're less than a week away from my double release! Urban legends and emojis in one, and sacrilegious poops and angel babies in the other.

For your general consideration....we published eight novellas this year. Three issues of Baffling. And a short story collection by Christopher Caldwell. (Plus we are sneaking out AT LEAST two more anthologies, an issue of Baffling, and a chapbook by Izzy Wasserstein before the end of the year.)

Shoutout to @tiffmorris.bsky.social and @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social for The Writhing, Verdant End, @spicycloaca.bsky.social for the rad art, and @interrobangbus.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, poupeh missaghi, @charleneelsby.bsky.social, and Sonora Reyes for the great books!

I don't care man. I just messaged the DJ's at @q101chicago.bsky.social to remind them that Chicago's Greatest band released a Christmas CLASSIC. Will they respond? If they care about music they will. #christmas #ska #poppunk #holidays youtu.be/TNOetI5spVQ?...

We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.

pals you gotta quit spotify

The economy is FAR WORSE than the government is acknowledging. This holiday season, if you know folks struggling, don't be afraid to leave a mystery box of groceries or some gifts from Santa for the kids on their porch. Maybe drop a grocery store gift card in their mailbox. Be the Christmas magic.

Congrats to Marc! This book sounds really fascinating.

One of the most poignant, beautiful songs ever recorded. #musicsky

Initially called gay-related immune deficiency (GRID), the affliction (which primarily seemed affect gay men) was unknown and frightening. This novella is dedicated to my first boyfriend, who passed from AIDS-related complications in 1993.

One of the most poignant, beautiful songs ever recorded. #musicsky

CHRISTMAS BORING YOU NEED TO LIKE OUR NEW SONG SO I CAN FUCK OFF #CHRISTMAS #HOLIDAYS

In nicer news, my queer, 80s horror novella set at the very beginning of the AIDS era is being re-released this coming April by @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social! Originally released by OFF LIMITS press, it will have a new cover and I've added about 3K words to the story! 🖤 #queerhorror #booksky

LCD Soundsystem "Too Much Love" #musicsky #lcdsoundsystem

Back after a brief hiatus due to unexpected illness! Check out my final post featuring the SSBA semi-finalists: JR Creaden's Moon Dust in my Hairnet and Em Reed's More Bugs. @jesscreaden.bsky.social @dayofthemutants.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social www.blog.melodyemcintyre.com/2025/12/smal...

A poem from my chapbook "agnostic" which is available for purchase at the link below. www.blurb.com/b/12409704-a...

maybe given the current political situation, finding things about which to say “the president has a point” is not only not a good look but actively bad and fucked up? Maybe maybe resist the impulse to say “well I agree with this chump” and find something else to talk about instead?

my folks just celebrated their 50th anniversary, half a century! emily and i recorded a version of this Bee Gees tune for them as a gift. 💗 1/3 youtu.be/WGZSuoqlmxo

I live in a multi-unit building with a bunches of dudes. You know, a dudeplex.

no, i will not be posting my Wrapped. cancel your Spotify subscription.

Oh hey, would you look at that? I love #spotifywrapped! This is the perfect time for us to all be posting ours. :) #boycottspottify

#spotifywrapped ...cancel your Spotify account. Strawberry and foobar2000 are great music players on desktop, and I can recommend VLC and foobar2000 on android. Buy music from your favorite indie musicians.

It's officially #SpotifyWrapped season, so we're flipping the script by unwrapping Spotify. Tell them to drop ICE ads now! Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE

If Spotify’s pushing ICE ads, why do you still have a subscription? #SpotifyWrapped is the perfect time to drop them.

Christ on a crutch. AIPAC has bought their souls. F this ghoul, and let's put pedo Bill in jail, while we're at it.

I live in a multi-unit building with a bunches of dudes. You know, a dudeplex.

Instagram, serving me one AI cover horror "writer" after another. 🤮 Oh, and the "reviewers" who give all the AI books ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. "Scariest book I ever read!" Block. Block. Block. blockity, Block. #fuckAI

Hey, if you're looking for A.) a shot of Xmas horror involving a joyriding skeleton and B.) Ways to support indie authors, you can buy the ebook of my short story and kill two birds with one bone--er, I mean, stone! www.amazon.com/Slay-Ride-Sk...

My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law. Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it. No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors. That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.

"Set Adrift Again" performed by my band Das Kapital, from the album "Denying the West" (2006). #musicsky #punkrock #chicago

This unacknowledged World AIDS day, I'm remembering my two beloved uncles who died of AIDS in the 90s: Steven Schultz (seen in the photo) and Don Reid. They lived on the upper west side of Manhattan, in a stretch of apartments along the West Side Highway and I vividly remember their small apartment.

I see people using AI and it makes me sad. I see people sending me AI and it makes me angry.

I've re-read this strange, divisive little book every few years since my younger days, and it never ceases to puzzle and enthrall. I liked the sequel, Witch Baby, but nothing compares to experiencing Weetzie for the first time. They say it's YA. Maybe? I dunno. #booksky

The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.

I've re-read this strange, divisive little book every few years since my younger days, and it never ceases to puzzle and enthrall. I liked the sequel, Witch Baby, but nothing compares to experiencing Weetzie for the first time. They say it's YA. Maybe? I dunno. #booksky

He is just generally an alt-right, unrepentantly racist and transphobic piece of shit. He is also a genuinely bad comedian, much in the way that thin-skinned assholes often are 🤷‍♀️ www.gq.com/story/louis-...

We're on a runaway train to societal collapse.

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Books rush in hot blood, scaffolding for a soaring cathedrals of thought. Please support indie booksellers, we can't do it without you.

Looking for used books? Gift for others, GIFTS FOR YOURSELF? SF, horror, fantasy, interesting. Support the indies this season and not bald Bezos with his 200 mansions and freakin' million-foot space yacht. VON VORGRIK has what you need (maybe). #booksky #horrorbooks #fantasybooks #sfbooks #musicsky

OREGONIANS!!! Due to new legislation passed this year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission is developing new guidelines for how to divide energy costs between residential & commercial customers. TELL THEM DATA CENTERS NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE!!! apps.puc.state.or.us/docketpublic...

Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.

With the state of the world, it's harder to make fun, silly things nowadays, but I still try, for the sake of my own mental health. This video is also an homage to MAX HEADROOM, who twisted my brain when I was young.

All @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social books are on sale for a few more days including my novella WASTE GROUND! On the SHP website only. Use code SLASH50 at the checkout. www.slashichorrorpress.com/titlesandstore #queerhorror

Utterly mesmerizing. #musicsky

Utterly mesmerizing. #musicsky

He Will Have the World, the latest novel from @fletcherhorror.bsky.social and @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social is out now! Check out my review on Goodreads. #booksky #queerhorror