Colin
@cfburch4.bsky.social
Principal Lecturer in English at Coastal Carolina University. Editor of WaccamawJournal.com.
Hey #writers -- Just a quick announcement that Waccamaw is open for submissions through September 8. No fee. For details and to submit, visit: waccamawjournal.submittable.com/submit
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Waccamaw Submission Manager
Waccamaw is accepting unsolicited submissions of poems, stories, and essays from August 1 through September 8.Submissions are accepted only via our online system. Unsolicited submissions received thro...
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August 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hey #writers -- Just a quick announcement that Waccamaw is open for submissions through September 8. No fee. For details and to submit, visit: waccamawjournal.submittable.com/submit
#litmag #shortfiction #poetry #cnf
#litmag #shortfiction #poetry #cnf
In hindsight, radioactive wasps were an essential element missing from our ongoing unscripted series on the apocalypse. It felt somehow incomplete, but now we're getting somewhere.
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Radioactive wasps found at old nuclear weapons site in SC, federal report says
An entire nest was discovered, officials say.
www.thestate.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In hindsight, radioactive wasps were an essential element missing from our ongoing unscripted series on the apocalypse. It felt somehow incomplete, but now we're getting somewhere.
www.thestate.com/news/state/s...
www.thestate.com/news/state/s...
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Suddenly I am for a cage match at the Colosseum
July 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Suddenly I am for a cage match at the Colosseum
I oppose drone displays for July 4th. I'm fireworks all the way. From foreign policy to Hollywood blockbusters to backyard grills, America is about blowing stuff up. 💥
July 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I oppose drone displays for July 4th. I'm fireworks all the way. From foreign policy to Hollywood blockbusters to backyard grills, America is about blowing stuff up. 💥
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Very few people are psychologically, mentally, emotionally fit to push through a prolonged time of uncertainty & no guarantees.
And this is what autocracies count on.
And this is what autocracies count on.
June 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very few people are psychologically, mentally, emotionally fit to push through a prolonged time of uncertainty & no guarantees.
And this is what autocracies count on.
And this is what autocracies count on.
Tariffs got 90 more days, TikTok gets 90 more days, maybe Iran will get 90 more days.
June 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tariffs got 90 more days, TikTok gets 90 more days, maybe Iran will get 90 more days.
Haven't we all felt like deploying the National Guard when we've lost a billionaire friend?
June 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Haven't we all felt like deploying the National Guard when we've lost a billionaire friend?
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The Federal Reserve found in its latest survey on the nation’s economy that growth in four of the bank’s 12 districts were contracting in April and three others had flat growth. Only five reported growth, and it was slow. #EconSky www.marketwatch.com/story/here-a...
May 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Federal Reserve found in its latest survey on the nation’s economy that growth in four of the bank’s 12 districts were contracting in April and three others had flat growth. Only five reported growth, and it was slow. #EconSky www.marketwatch.com/story/here-a...
Wow!
Humanity has quietly passed a remarkable milestone: Alcohol consumption is declining, a turning point in a habit at least as old as civilization itself. This unnoticed shift suggests other long-standing habits (from smoking to red meat consumption) could potentially fade just as effortlessly.
May 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Wow!
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March nfp only increased 1.15%yoy. In the last 85yrs when labor growth dipped below that level we were in a recession 10 of the 14 occurrences.
The 4 times labor growth drops below 1.15% outside of recession (when the recession started)👇
Jul07 (Dec07)
Jun57 (Aug57)
June52 (Jul53)
Jan44 (Feb45)
The 4 times labor growth drops below 1.15% outside of recession (when the recession started)👇
Jul07 (Dec07)
Jun57 (Aug57)
June52 (Jul53)
Jan44 (Feb45)
May 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
March nfp only increased 1.15%yoy. In the last 85yrs when labor growth dipped below that level we were in a recession 10 of the 14 occurrences.
The 4 times labor growth drops below 1.15% outside of recession (when the recession started)👇
Jul07 (Dec07)
Jun57 (Aug57)
June52 (Jul53)
Jan44 (Feb45)
The 4 times labor growth drops below 1.15% outside of recession (when the recession started)👇
Jul07 (Dec07)
Jun57 (Aug57)
June52 (Jul53)
Jan44 (Feb45)
The man worth $5.1 billion wants American kids to cut back on dolls.
May 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The man worth $5.1 billion wants American kids to cut back on dolls.
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RADDATZ: Trump said he's made 200 deals on tariffs. 200 deals? Who has he made deals with? Is there actually any deal at this point?
BESSENT: I believe that he is referring to subdeals within the negotiations we are doing
BESSENT: I believe that he is referring to subdeals within the negotiations we are doing
April 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
RADDATZ: Trump said he's made 200 deals on tariffs. 200 deals? Who has he made deals with? Is there actually any deal at this point?
BESSENT: I believe that he is referring to subdeals within the negotiations we are doing
BESSENT: I believe that he is referring to subdeals within the negotiations we are doing
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Sarah Palin just lost her defamation retrial against The New York Times. Turns out repeating the same weak case doesn’t make it stronger.
Sarah Palin loses her defamation retrial against The New York Times | CNN Business
A jury on Thursday shot down Sarah Palin’s second bid against The New York Times, almost eight years after the former Alaska governor first filed her complaint.
www.cnn.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sarah Palin just lost her defamation retrial against The New York Times. Turns out repeating the same weak case doesn’t make it stronger.
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
Hey, if you're on Signal, could you tell me what's happening next in Yemen?
March 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Hey, if you're on Signal, could you tell me what's happening next in Yemen?
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Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out.
March 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out.