A. Bastedo is Someone’s Dad
@abastedo-writing.bsky.social
(he/him) * Published writer of the weird, dark, and lovely * human services worker * MFA Arcadia University * Ghoul of Upstate Connecticut * High Church Lutheran (RIC) * Totally Not a Furry * Married to a badass ER resident * Brand New Dad
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Received this late last night. Seeing myself in print is wild!
You know what’s even more wild? You can actually get little prints of me, little hunks of my soul for under your festive holiday bush.
Love my hunks, love the holiday bush.
#horror #writingcommunity #horrorlit #booksky
You know what’s even more wild? You can actually get little prints of me, little hunks of my soul for under your festive holiday bush.
Love my hunks, love the holiday bush.
#horror #writingcommunity #horrorlit #booksky
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Let me tell you, A.I. may scrap my work but A.I. could never out write me. I bring not only my awesome writing style but my depth of my lived experiences to the table.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Let me tell you, A.I. may scrap my work but A.I. could never out write me. I bring not only my awesome writing style but my depth of my lived experiences to the table.
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Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
Peter Thiel is who Sean Hannity thinks George Soros is.
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Peter Thiel is who Sean Hannity thinks George Soros is.
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Minnesota is still under attack.
Federal thugs swarmed Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. Witnesses report tear gas used on students and staff. At least two school employees were handcuffed. Video evidence is circulating. DHS is denying it happened 🤬
Schools should be safe havens!
Federal thugs swarmed Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. Witnesses report tear gas used on students and staff. At least two school employees were handcuffed. Video evidence is circulating. DHS is denying it happened 🤬
Schools should be safe havens!
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Minnesota is still under attack.
Federal thugs swarmed Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. Witnesses report tear gas used on students and staff. At least two school employees were handcuffed. Video evidence is circulating. DHS is denying it happened 🤬
Schools should be safe havens!
Federal thugs swarmed Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. Witnesses report tear gas used on students and staff. At least two school employees were handcuffed. Video evidence is circulating. DHS is denying it happened 🤬
Schools should be safe havens!
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I've been keeping this quiet for ages but I can finally announce that my story 'One by One', first published in @apexmag.bsky.social last year, has been selected for inclusion in the Best of British SF 2025 anthology! 🎉
The TOC is absolutely wild; I know and admire many of these amazing writers 😍
The TOC is absolutely wild; I know and admire many of these amazing writers 😍
Best of British Science Fiction 2025, Keith Brooke, Eric Brown, Emma Burnett, Anne Charnock, David Cleden, Lyndsey Croal, EM Faulds, Stark Holborn, Lyle Hopwood, Stewart Hotston, Zohar Jacobs, Tim Maj...
NewCon Press is a multiple award-winning independent publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I've been keeping this quiet for ages but I can finally announce that my story 'One by One', first published in @apexmag.bsky.social last year, has been selected for inclusion in the Best of British SF 2025 anthology! 🎉
The TOC is absolutely wild; I know and admire many of these amazing writers 😍
The TOC is absolutely wild; I know and admire many of these amazing writers 😍
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On the other hand if each of these 5 year olds had liquid assets of six figures or more, I think there might be a much higher flight risk. In that they could afford to relocate or whatever.
5-year-old twins were denied bond because lack of assets and property.
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me. 😡
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me. 😡
February 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
On the other hand if each of these 5 year olds had liquid assets of six figures or more, I think there might be a much higher flight risk. In that they could afford to relocate or whatever.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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Planning to write something for FriTeenth, but I need to do a little research.
If you're #LGBTQ and grew up in "the Midwest" of the US, please reach out. There are some questions I have about life there, which come from the perspective of having lived/grown up in Florida.
#Writing #Writesky
If you're #LGBTQ and grew up in "the Midwest" of the US, please reach out. There are some questions I have about life there, which come from the perspective of having lived/grown up in Florida.
#Writing #Writesky
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
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okay, I have never seen this music video before today and it is absolutely one of the most 80s videos I've ever witnessed. this baby has glowing light-up drawers, a dream-logic story, a woman turns into a goat, black magic, girls with big hair in headbands. the works
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvst...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvst...
Blue Oyster Cult - Shooting Shark
YouTube video by BlueOysterCultVEVO
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February 11, 2026 at 11:13 PM
okay, I have never seen this music video before today and it is absolutely one of the most 80s videos I've ever witnessed. this baby has glowing light-up drawers, a dream-logic story, a woman turns into a goat, black magic, girls with big hair in headbands. the works
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvst...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvst...
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"AI is just another tool that works."
Well, that's demonstrably (if not obviously) not true, but even if it was, it's a tool that comes with too high an environmental, economic, social, ethical, and cognitive cost.
Well, that's demonstrably (if not obviously) not true, but even if it was, it's a tool that comes with too high an environmental, economic, social, ethical, and cognitive cost.
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"AI is just another tool that works."
Well, that's demonstrably (if not obviously) not true, but even if it was, it's a tool that comes with too high an environmental, economic, social, ethical, and cognitive cost.
Well, that's demonstrably (if not obviously) not true, but even if it was, it's a tool that comes with too high an environmental, economic, social, ethical, and cognitive cost.
I’m always gobsmacked by people who manage to write regularly, like, how do you just park your ass and write 1000 words? Like, I write when words come gushing out of me as if Moses bashed me over my rocky head with his staff… then wait till I’m angry enough to edit.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I’m always gobsmacked by people who manage to write regularly, like, how do you just park your ass and write 1000 words? Like, I write when words come gushing out of me as if Moses bashed me over my rocky head with his staff… then wait till I’m angry enough to edit.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
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Glacier the skunk is chowing down on an apple in her home at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Glacier the skunk is chowing down on an apple in her home at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
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December 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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This is an atrocity, and needs to stop.
During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is an atrocity, and needs to stop.
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Nanuqsaurus and Black-capped Chickadees
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Nanuqsaurus and Black-capped Chickadees
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Melania movie tackles the question “what if lady Dracula was very boring?”
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Melania movie tackles the question “what if lady Dracula was very boring?”
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Just announced - The Best of British Science Fiction 2025, published by Newcon.
Includes the fabulous Dark Matter by Caitriana NicNeacail, our winning story for the @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity Scottish competition. Published in Issue 39.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Includes the fabulous Dark Matter by Caitriana NicNeacail, our winning story for the @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity Scottish competition. Published in Issue 39.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Just announced - The Best of British Science Fiction 2025, published by Newcon.
Includes the fabulous Dark Matter by Caitriana NicNeacail, our winning story for the @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity Scottish competition. Published in Issue 39.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Includes the fabulous Dark Matter by Caitriana NicNeacail, our winning story for the @cymerafestival.co.uk / Shoreline of Infinity Scottish competition. Published in Issue 39.
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
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A huge part of being a writer is telling yourself you need a mental health day from work, and you spend that break writing, so… doing more work.
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A huge part of being a writer is telling yourself you need a mental health day from work, and you spend that break writing, so… doing more work.
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I am not even kidding but I've been searching for the original MS of a story with "gaslight" in the title and file explorer says there never was one.
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I am not even kidding but I've been searching for the original MS of a story with "gaslight" in the title and file explorer says there never was one.
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Some dork evangelical online is telling people to burn NRSV bibles because theyre woke and like folks this is 2026 american evangelicalism. Burning bibles because you dont get that masc plural in greek & hebrew can mean a mixed gender group, and based on lies about the translation 😭 📕
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Some dork evangelical online is telling people to burn NRSV bibles because theyre woke and like folks this is 2026 american evangelicalism. Burning bibles because you dont get that masc plural in greek & hebrew can mean a mixed gender group, and based on lies about the translation 😭 📕
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Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.