A brand new post about sympathy, empathy, and play. open.substack.com/pub/matthewj...

Reflections : Carnation / Répétitions

DODO ERASER Happy to have a new microfiction at Dodo Eraser. It takes place in Trieste, Italy, where I lived many moons ago. Poverty and art and dog walking. The story is called "Higher Callings." You can read it here

I'm slowly migrating from this place so find me on the Gram: @be.mightee

#GetKeshed @leedslitfest.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @lahri.bsky.social @lulgalleries.bsky.social @bigbookend.bsky.social @leedsartsuni.bsky.social

I'm slowly migrating over to the Gram @be.mightee

But the post from Berlin is exquisite and heart-burning. This is *seriously* beautiful from @wordkunst.bsky.social

I'm slowly migrating over to the Gram @be.mightee

Do any of you know of a simple way of testing if an mp4 video file is ai-generated?

Daniel Borzutzky @coffeehousepress.bsky.social

@skyfeed.xyz my Mutuals feed is down

Winter on the Fjord, Edvard Munch, 1915.

Would watch

NYE 2030 "Babe?!" "I thought I told you not to call me that." "Have you seen my planner?" "Uh no. What does it look like?" "It says 2025 on it." "Oh, I think we threw that out in 2028." "Why the fuck would you do that??"

Headphones should really have a “yes allow physical damage I’m emotionally going through some shit” setting.

Group hobbies are good for people.

RIP Dark Prince Béla Tarr.

in french they call drinking water "the little drowning"

RIP to Béla Tarr, an artist who made beautiful (often haunting) films on his own terms and took no prisoners when talking about them. Truly one of the best to ever do it. Full interview: www.filmcomment.com/blog/intervi...

Will eat a potato for dinner in honour of Bela Tarr

Which way Western man?

I decree, "You must all have an epic day now." open.spotify.com/album/5MnViV...

Name your top ten guitar players: J Mascis Grant Green Jonny Greenwood Charlie Christian Ian MacKaye Lee Ranaldo Isaac Brock Johnny Marr Bill Jennings Steve Malkmus

One thing that's a big difference between where I live now and the States is you practically never see signs like these.

Art by Tim White for Nine Princes In Amber by Roger Zelazny (1985)

YES

At my blog, a brief statement on the past & the future of the Empyrean Series, which will turn 5 years old this April jsief.com/2026/01/05/s...

The Empyrean Series has been, bare none, one of the best things to happen to lit and for readers in the past five years! Buy these books, each one is an incredible treasure!

microdosing collectivism by whispering "damn right"

Yep, Moebius 🖤

Everyone at the party was hyped when I showed up and it felt good but later I found out the bene gesserit had already been here for thousands of years seeding the myth of the “crazy ass white boy “

Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?

January 2025

& what the letters said was that I wanted to say that I want & the morning you left was crows & decades later the textures of the world are tearing . . .

Anime is news that stays news "Akira" 1988 : Dir Katsuhiro Otomo. #Filmsky

Happy New Year! ⚔️✨

Evening viewing recommendation? Watch BRIGHT STAR (2009), Jane Campion’s rapturous period romance, an exquisite vision of transcendent love set in the literary world of the nineteenth century — now playing in our Ben Whishaw collection! ❤️

unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing.

Free book klaxon:

BHP are excited to welcome Kawai Shen as Jan26 guest editor! @kawaishen.bsky.social _ ULTRAVIOLET Fresh bruises, wine stains, amethyst talismans, wilted lilacs, metallic fougeres, overripe mulberries, indigo children, laser burns, grape candy, supernova dust burninghousepress.com/2026/01/03/j...

An incredible film

For a limited time, this book is free for kindle readers, and I think it's worth the $0.00, also it costs Bezos some money, so why not exploit it?

New poems by me, your friend www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/3-poems...

John Taggart, from The Rothko Chapel Poem

Alex Katz, Lita, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134746

Happy New Year to you all. 🥂🍾 I hope 2026 is good to you. 🙏✨️ To ring us in right, please enjoy this timeless banger.