Cedrick May
@cedrickm.bsky.social
writer. teacher. hoodoo cowboy. Prof. @ The University of Texas at Arlington
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"So what's it say, that Latin?" Call asked.
"It's a motto," Augustus said. "It just says itself."
––Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
"It's a motto," Augustus said. "It just says itself."
––Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
December 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"So what's it say, that Latin?" Call asked.
"It's a motto," Augustus said. "It just says itself."
––Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
"It's a motto," Augustus said. "It just says itself."
––Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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"I want," the man said to the literary robot, "a character driven story with deep emotion, deep back story and emotional impact..."
"CERTAINLY," said the literary robot.
A small paper print out popped from its chest.
"Hey, what's this?"
"A library card, where they have works such as you requested."
"CERTAINLY," said the literary robot.
A small paper print out popped from its chest.
"Hey, what's this?"
"A library card, where they have works such as you requested."
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"I want," the man said to the literary robot, "a character driven story with deep emotion, deep back story and emotional impact..."
"CERTAINLY," said the literary robot.
A small paper print out popped from its chest.
"Hey, what's this?"
"A library card, where they have works such as you requested."
"CERTAINLY," said the literary robot.
A small paper print out popped from its chest.
"Hey, what's this?"
"A library card, where they have works such as you requested."
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Someone didn't learn from NaNoWriMo's AI implosion and it shows.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Someone didn't learn from NaNoWriMo's AI implosion and it shows.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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… wild thing …
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
… wild thing …
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STORE: Thank you for your order!
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
STORE: Thank you for your order!
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
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Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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The @nytimes.com Book Review selects @danielkraus.com's ANGEL DOWN for its 10 Best Books of 2025, calling it "a triumphant, unforgettable book filled with bravura writing, indelible set pieces and an urgent message." Celebrate with a 43rd Butcher Birds tee, sticker or patch from threadsofdread.com ⭐
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The @nytimes.com Book Review selects @danielkraus.com's ANGEL DOWN for its 10 Best Books of 2025, calling it "a triumphant, unforgettable book filled with bravura writing, indelible set pieces and an urgent message." Celebrate with a 43rd Butcher Birds tee, sticker or patch from threadsofdread.com ⭐
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This is why I have stopped using Gmail except as the email that I give when online shopping. My main email is Proton now.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This is why I have stopped using Gmail except as the email that I give when online shopping. My main email is Proton now.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.
Google turned their service into a dumping ground for spam.
So that's how I use it.
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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Shockingly accurate! 😈
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Shockingly accurate! 😈
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Regardless of how many researchers highlight the cultural trends against "AI" data centers, & the increasingly widepread public awareness of the unequal economic & environmental harms of these systems, a lot of tech-pilled ppl will only pay attention once it shows up somewhere like WIRED.
So here:
So here:
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Regardless of how many researchers highlight the cultural trends against "AI" data centers, & the increasingly widepread public awareness of the unequal economic & environmental harms of these systems, a lot of tech-pilled ppl will only pay attention once it shows up somewhere like WIRED.
So here:
So here:
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November 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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me: you are the best cat ever, no cat could possibly be better
my cat: swipes with claws, draws blood
me: haha, just you being you
my cat: swipes with claws, draws blood
me: haha, just you being you
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
me: you are the best cat ever, no cat could possibly be better
my cat: swipes with claws, draws blood
me: haha, just you being you
my cat: swipes with claws, draws blood
me: haha, just you being you
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Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and Broadway to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop makinge a living. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and Broadway to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop makinge a living. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
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I asked my French publisher why they are so completist publishing all of an author's work, even novels less likely to sell. She said she sees part of her role as like monasteries in medieval times, to preserve knowledge through the dark ages. I was struck in the gut a bit by this, felt emotional.
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I asked my French publisher why they are so completist publishing all of an author's work, even novels less likely to sell. She said she sees part of her role as like monasteries in medieval times, to preserve knowledge through the dark ages. I was struck in the gut a bit by this, felt emotional.