Kyle Winkler
@bleakhousing.bsky.social
A predominant necromancer. Sad books.
The Substitute Teacher (Avon A/HarperCollins Fall 2027)
The Ship of Death (Avon A/HarperCollins, Fall 2026)
Enter the Peerless
Grasshands
Tone-Bone
The Nothing That Is
Rep: Naomi Eisenbeiss (InkWell)
The Substitute Teacher (Avon A/HarperCollins Fall 2027)
The Ship of Death (Avon A/HarperCollins, Fall 2026)
Enter the Peerless
Grasshands
Tone-Bone
The Nothing That Is
Rep: Naomi Eisenbeiss (InkWell)
Pinned
“There are no grown-ups. There are only children and dead people."
- John Gardner, THE SUNLIGHT DIALOGUES
- John Gardner, THE SUNLIGHT DIALOGUES
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Didn't see Don DeLillo. Didn't see Robert Stone. Didn't see Jennifer Eagan. Didn't see David Foster Wallace. Didn't see Marshall Berman. Didn't see Robert Caro. Didn't see Paul Fussell. Didn't see Morris Dickstein. Didn't see Mary Beard. Didn't see Colson Whitehead. Didn't see . . .
Here's to all the intellectuals not in the Epstein files. They're the ones the Epstein class feared. They're the ones who could spell.
virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/toni-morri...
virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/toni-morri...
Toni Morrison Is Not in the Epstein Files
Let's talk about the serious intellectuals, the ones not on the Lolita Express, the ones who could spell.
virginiaheffernan.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Didn't see Don DeLillo. Didn't see Robert Stone. Didn't see Jennifer Eagan. Didn't see David Foster Wallace. Didn't see Marshall Berman. Didn't see Robert Caro. Didn't see Paul Fussell. Didn't see Morris Dickstein. Didn't see Mary Beard. Didn't see Colson Whitehead. Didn't see . . .
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This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
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Just FYI: measles is just about the most contagious disease there is
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Just FYI: measles is just about the most contagious disease there is
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Check the thread for the video.
Schumer said this today.
Zero fucks given to their party’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Zero fucks given to civilians being annihilated by a far right ethno-supremacist regime.
Zero fucks given to the Democrats’ own base even.
Get rid of Schumer
Schumer said this today.
Zero fucks given to their party’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Zero fucks given to civilians being annihilated by a far right ethno-supremacist regime.
Zero fucks given to the Democrats’ own base even.
Get rid of Schumer
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Check the thread for the video.
Schumer said this today.
Zero fucks given to their party’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Zero fucks given to civilians being annihilated by a far right ethno-supremacist regime.
Zero fucks given to the Democrats’ own base even.
Get rid of Schumer
Schumer said this today.
Zero fucks given to their party’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Zero fucks given to civilians being annihilated by a far right ethno-supremacist regime.
Zero fucks given to the Democrats’ own base even.
Get rid of Schumer
I feel like most of the country has been shit-pilled.
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I feel like most of the country has been shit-pilled.
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We've received more than 2,500 submissions at Nightmare this submissions period (and we don't close until midnight).
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
February 1, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We've received more than 2,500 submissions at Nightmare this submissions period (and we don't close until midnight).
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
Poet X.J. Kennedy has died at 96. There's a strong chance that if you're in yr late 30/early 40s or older that you used a literature/poetry textbook that he edited. Seems weird to point this out. But this guy is probably the reason why I have read what I have read.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X._J._K...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X._J._K...
X. J. Kennedy - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Poet X.J. Kennedy has died at 96. There's a strong chance that if you're in yr late 30/early 40s or older that you used a literature/poetry textbook that he edited. Seems weird to point this out. But this guy is probably the reason why I have read what I have read.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X._J._K...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X._J._K...
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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art by wolfe von lenkiewicz
February 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
art by wolfe von lenkiewicz
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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February 1, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
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The Trump project is sometimes described as un-American when in fact it is anti-American: a total violent assault on the ideas and institutions, laws and customs, values and practices, domestic and international interests, economy and defenses of the United States with intent to destroy irreparably.
He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason
That's correct. Including the Founders.
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The Trump project is sometimes described as un-American when in fact it is anti-American: a total violent assault on the ideas and institutions, laws and customs, values and practices, domestic and international interests, economy and defenses of the United States with intent to destroy irreparably.
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Something I picked up pretty early when I started studying sociology is that things that look like grand highly intentional conspiracies are so often just systems of power and incentive structures that connect people who have the same interests
Which isn’t to say there are no conspiracies but
Which isn’t to say there are no conspiracies but
February 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Something I picked up pretty early when I started studying sociology is that things that look like grand highly intentional conspiracies are so often just systems of power and incentive structures that connect people who have the same interests
Which isn’t to say there are no conspiracies but
Which isn’t to say there are no conspiracies but
This is a post about the Epstein files.
Journalists: It‘s not hard to follow-up. As a teacher, I do it every day. If I ask a question and the respondent deflects, equivocates, or dodges, I tell them they did so and ask the question again. Often, I will have to do this a few times before anything like an answer appears. Hope this helps.
February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is a post about the Epstein files.
We literally get paid to do this.
Journalists: It‘s not hard to follow-up. As a teacher, I do it every day. If I ask a question and the respondent deflects, equivocates, or dodges, I tell them they did so and ask the question again. Often, I will have to do this a few times before anything like an answer appears. Hope this helps.
February 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We literally get paid to do this.
Journalists: It‘s not hard to follow-up. As a teacher, I do it every day. If I ask a question and the respondent deflects, equivocates, or dodges, I tell them they did so and ask the question again. Often, I will have to do this a few times before anything like an answer appears. Hope this helps.
February 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Journalists: It‘s not hard to follow-up. As a teacher, I do it every day. If I ask a question and the respondent deflects, equivocates, or dodges, I tell them they did so and ask the question again. Often, I will have to do this a few times before anything like an answer appears. Hope this helps.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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"Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to a document released by the Justice Department on Friday."
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
www.rawstory.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
"Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to a document released by the Justice Department on Friday."
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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"The stakes extend beyond copyright law or past injustices. They concern who controls the infrastructure of knowledge going forward and what that control means for democratic participation, accountability and public trust."
Bruce Schneier on the predations of "AI".
Bruce Schneier on the predations of "AI".
AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge - Schneier on Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ai-and-the-corporate-capture-of-knowledge.html
AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge
More than a decade after Aaron Swartz’s death, the United States is still living inside the contradiction that destroyed him.
Swartz believed that knowledge, especially publicly funded knowledge, should be freely accessible. Acting on that, he downloaded thousands of academic articles from the JSTOR archive with the intention of making them publicly available. For this, the federal government charged him with a felony and threatened decades in prison. After two years of prosecutorial pressure, Swartz died by suicide on Jan. 11, 2013.
The still-unresolved questions raised by his case have resurfaced in today’s debates over artificial intelligence, copyright and the ultimate control of knowledge...
www.schneier.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"The stakes extend beyond copyright law or past injustices. They concern who controls the infrastructure of knowledge going forward and what that control means for democratic participation, accountability and public trust."
Bruce Schneier on the predations of "AI".
Bruce Schneier on the predations of "AI".
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Khanna: "I was in Mpls. 3rd & 4th generation Minnesotans were talking about tyranny. They were talking about ICE following them to church. It's a violation of the 1st, 2nd, & 4th Amendments. I can't in good conscience vote to give more money to ICE agents as they're violating constitutional rights"
February 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Khanna: "I was in Mpls. 3rd & 4th generation Minnesotans were talking about tyranny. They were talking about ICE following them to church. It's a violation of the 1st, 2nd, & 4th Amendments. I can't in good conscience vote to give more money to ICE agents as they're violating constitutional rights"