Aarik Danielsen
@aarikdanielsen.bsky.social
Debut essay collection PIECES OF THE NIGHT forthcoming (Cornerstone Press, 2027)
Recovering newspaperman
“Realist of a larger reality”
In love w/a Nebraska girl
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather
He/him
https://aarikdanielsen.com
Recovering newspaperman
“Realist of a larger reality”
In love w/a Nebraska girl
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather
He/him
https://aarikdanielsen.com
A little something I wrote to our VP for #smallpoemsunday.
(All love to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for the weekly curatorial goodness.)
(All love to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for the weekly curatorial goodness.)
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
A little something I wrote to our VP for #smallpoemsunday.
(All love to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for the weekly curatorial goodness.)
(All love to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for the weekly curatorial goodness.)
On this week’s @griersonleitch.bsky.social, @williamfleitch.bsky.social imagines/wishes for a First Reformed sequel and I’m so very in
a man in a black shirt and white collar says " well somebody has to do something "
ALT: a man in a black shirt and white collar says " well somebody has to do something "
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
On this week’s @griersonleitch.bsky.social, @williamfleitch.bsky.social imagines/wishes for a First Reformed sequel and I’m so very in
fwiw*, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio is more American than I am
(*I absolutely hate the question, but since the worst people™️ insist on bringing it up)
(*I absolutely hate the question, but since the worst people™️ insist on bringing it up)
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
fwiw*, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio is more American than I am
(*I absolutely hate the question, but since the worst people™️ insist on bringing it up)
(*I absolutely hate the question, but since the worst people™️ insist on bringing it up)
I’m a writer who loves sports (mainly ⚾️ and 🏀) which means I’m privy to multiple worlds of social media.
Writers/artists/et al, I love y’all. You’re my people. But let’s put it like this: all the “oh heavens, is there a sporting match today?” content is no less annoying than sports content itself.
Writers/artists/et al, I love y’all. You’re my people. But let’s put it like this: all the “oh heavens, is there a sporting match today?” content is no less annoying than sports content itself.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I’m a writer who loves sports (mainly ⚾️ and 🏀) which means I’m privy to multiple worlds of social media.
Writers/artists/et al, I love y’all. You’re my people. But let’s put it like this: all the “oh heavens, is there a sporting match today?” content is no less annoying than sports content itself.
Writers/artists/et al, I love y’all. You’re my people. But let’s put it like this: all the “oh heavens, is there a sporting match today?” content is no less annoying than sports content itself.
First poetry acceptance of the year. This is Aarik’s Super Bowl Sunday. All love, @lamplitmag.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
First poetry acceptance of the year. This is Aarik’s Super Bowl Sunday. All love, @lamplitmag.bsky.social
Reposted by Aarik Danielsen
sometimes when she’s high, she sings CCM songs from the ‘90s
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 AM
sometimes when she’s high, she sings CCM songs from the ‘90s
I’m collecting an *extensive* list of Holly quotations that I hope to publish someday. That is to say, I’ve written like five down in the last few minutes.
February 7, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I’m collecting an *extensive* list of Holly quotations that I hope to publish someday. That is to say, I’ve written like five down in the last few minutes.
was saving the new Ratboys for a moment of unbroken attention and, just a few songs in, damn. few artists sound engaged in the same way.
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
was saving the new Ratboys for a moment of unbroken attention and, just a few songs in, damn. few artists sound engaged in the same way.
Reposted by Aarik Danielsen
This cannot be reformed.
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This cannot be reformed.
Reposted by Aarik Danielsen
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
Reposted by Aarik Danielsen
6/2/26 - nocturn
February 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
6/2/26 - nocturn
this new @mandyindiana.bsky.social album rules so hard
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
this new @mandyindiana.bsky.social album rules so hard
Thread from one of our finest writers
Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Thread from one of our finest writers
"we'll add character ... b/c we are characters,"
my partner, as we do some preliminary house hunting
my partner, as we do some preliminary house hunting
February 6, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"we'll add character ... b/c we are characters,"
my partner, as we do some preliminary house hunting
my partner, as we do some preliminary house hunting
my girl knows her shit. she's guided me to so many new(-to-me) favorite writers.
if you’re in a reading slump, i love to make custom reading lists. free of charge! just tell me what you’ve enjoyed and what you’re in the mood for next and i would love to collect some titles for you
February 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
my girl knows her shit. she's guided me to so many new(-to-me) favorite writers.
today's journalism news = another reminder of one of the most important lessons I've learned as an adult:
you can love the institution but, brother, the institution doesn't have to love you back (and probably never will)
you can love the institution but, brother, the institution doesn't have to love you back (and probably never will)
February 4, 2026 at 9:41 PM
today's journalism news = another reminder of one of the most important lessons I've learned as an adult:
you can love the institution but, brother, the institution doesn't have to love you back (and probably never will)
you can love the institution but, brother, the institution doesn't have to love you back (and probably never will)
sitting around watching people post ai-generated caricatures of themselves at work while tech companies are using ai to make caricatures of our work.
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
sitting around watching people post ai-generated caricatures of themselves at work while tech companies are using ai to make caricatures of our work.
Reposted by Aarik Danielsen
It’s a bad day to be someone who wants to believe in the power of good writing.
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It’s a bad day to be someone who wants to believe in the power of good writing.
Reposted by Aarik Danielsen
It's not, though. To do their best work, amazing reporters need not only stuff like health insurance, but also editors, fact-checkers, IT support, equipment, security and training in hostile environments, lawyers, brilliant colleagues of every stripe... losing that infrastructure is devastating.
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It's not, though. To do their best work, amazing reporters need not only stuff like health insurance, but also editors, fact-checkers, IT support, equipment, security and training in hostile environments, lawyers, brilliant colleagues of every stripe... losing that infrastructure is devastating.
my journalism school mentor posited that journalism *should* inherently be a liberal pursuit not because of partisan politics but bc it’s meant to challenge the status quo.
spent most of school and my career and now noticing how often it doesn’t live up to that (primarily bc of capitalism …
spent most of school and my career and now noticing how often it doesn’t live up to that (primarily bc of capitalism …
Any successful news operation that emerges going forward will have to be unabashedly left wing. Landlords fucking people over? That's a left wing cause. Businesses polluting? Left wing. City councilor is corrupt? Left wing. Workers being mistreated? Sports stadium displacing housing? Buddy,
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
my journalism school mentor posited that journalism *should* inherently be a liberal pursuit not because of partisan politics but bc it’s meant to challenge the status quo.
spent most of school and my career and now noticing how often it doesn’t live up to that (primarily bc of capitalism …
spent most of school and my career and now noticing how often it doesn’t live up to that (primarily bc of capitalism …
she just duct-taped the soppressata package back together.
*swoon*
*swoon*
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
she just duct-taped the soppressata package back together.
*swoon*
*swoon*
I know the world’s on fire, but I had the best day’s work I’ve had yet in Omaha, and now I get to come home to my favorite person. Don’t diminish the small triumphs. Let the really human moments count.
February 2, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I know the world’s on fire, but I had the best day’s work I’ve had yet in Omaha, and now I get to come home to my favorite person. Don’t diminish the small triumphs. Let the really human moments count.
first time in 15 (?) years I'm not covering true/false. life, she changes.
deadline.com/2026/02/true...
deadline.com/2026/02/true...
True/False Film Fest Announces Lineup Stacked With World Premieres, Sundance Prize Winners
The True/False Film Fest has announced its lineup for the 2026 event in Columbia, MO.
deadline.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
first time in 15 (?) years I'm not covering true/false. life, she changes.
deadline.com/2026/02/true...
deadline.com/2026/02/true...