David Busboom
@davidbusboom.bsky.social
Horror writer, science editor, dinosaur/bird enthusiast, husband, dog dad, metalhead. Author of EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING (JournalStone 2022). HWA, CSE member. Anti-fascist, anti-AI. He/him.
https://davidbusboom.com/
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David Busboom
@davidbusboom.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Every Crawling, Putrid Thing - JournalStone
EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING “It would be accurate to say that Busboom’s fiction is a love letter to schlocky, neon horror, peppered with sticky-sweet nostalgia and loving luridity. It would, however,...
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Very curious to see how the 2nd Amendment worshippers try to pretend this was not a clear violation of that. And a legally concealed gun is not a brandished weapon. Insane times.
January 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Very curious to see how the 2nd Amendment worshippers try to pretend this was not a clear violation of that. And a legally concealed gun is not a brandished weapon. Insane times.
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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This is one of those weeks that makes me want to repeatedly watch this scene from my favorite movie, Casablanca. youtu.be/cOeFhSzoTuc?...
La Marseillaise Casablanca
YouTube video by Andrew Barbin
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This is one of those weeks that makes me want to repeatedly watch this scene from my favorite movie, Casablanca. youtu.be/cOeFhSzoTuc?...
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Trump announces he will not increase tariffs on Canadian products if Mark Carney gives him Carney's standing ovation from Davos.
January 24, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Trump announces he will not increase tariffs on Canadian products if Mark Carney gives him Carney's standing ovation from Davos.
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This thread, up and down, and this:
Yes, the US has paid a lot for NATO. We’re big, we have had the biggest population of any NATO state since formation, we spend more per person on our military than any other nation on the planet by orders of magnitude. That last has always been a choice.
Yes, the US has paid a lot for NATO. We’re big, we have had the biggest population of any NATO state since formation, we spend more per person on our military than any other nation on the planet by orders of magnitude. That last has always been a choice.
one of the fastest ways to get me to dismiss you as an even vaguely serious person: being an American who sneers at NATO
January 23, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This thread, up and down, and this:
Yes, the US has paid a lot for NATO. We’re big, we have had the biggest population of any NATO state since formation, we spend more per person on our military than any other nation on the planet by orders of magnitude. That last has always been a choice.
Yes, the US has paid a lot for NATO. We’re big, we have had the biggest population of any NATO state since formation, we spend more per person on our military than any other nation on the planet by orders of magnitude. That last has always been a choice.
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solidarity forever
Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism.
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
The first General Strike in 80 years
We're at war, and now people are fighting back like never before
www.jphilll.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:16 PM
solidarity forever
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You literally could not have scripted something to make this admin look more cartoonishly evil than the choices they've made in the last 72 hours.
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
You literally could not have scripted something to make this admin look more cartoonishly evil than the choices they've made in the last 72 hours.
My holy trinity of women-led bands active in the 2020s:
Amyl and the Sniffers
Castle Rat
Electric Citizen
I've seen two of the three live (both at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago) and will be making a hat trick of it this summer. Check 'em all out if you haven't. You won't be sorry.
Amyl and the Sniffers
Castle Rat
Electric Citizen
I've seen two of the three live (both at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago) and will be making a hat trick of it this summer. Check 'em all out if you haven't. You won't be sorry.
January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
My holy trinity of women-led bands active in the 2020s:
Amyl and the Sniffers
Castle Rat
Electric Citizen
I've seen two of the three live (both at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago) and will be making a hat trick of it this summer. Check 'em all out if you haven't. You won't be sorry.
Amyl and the Sniffers
Castle Rat
Electric Citizen
I've seen two of the three live (both at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago) and will be making a hat trick of it this summer. Check 'em all out if you haven't. You won't be sorry.
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It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
January 23, 2026 at 10:36 AM
It's STFU Friday.
Refresh the script 👇
Refresh the script 👇
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Good to see some people with power and influence realizing it's theft
Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett Among 800 Creatives Condemning Big Tech in Anti-AI Campaign: 'It's Theft'
Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among over 800 supporters who have lent their signatures to a new anti-AI campaign.
www.thewrap.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Good to see some people with power and influence realizing it's theft
Added 600+ words to the novel tonight and it was mostly dialogue, so that was fun.
January 23, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Added 600+ words to the novel tonight and it was mostly dialogue, so that was fun.
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lol some of these are good
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 AM
lol some of these are good
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💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
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⚔️ Excited as we are about a certain reveal, we'd be remiss not to note that today is Robert E. Howard's 120th birthday! 🎂
Enjoy this video birthday card to REH put together by the Robert E. Howard foundation, feat, many quality readings of his writing: youtu.be/ClUFIGcLl8A?...
Enjoy this video birthday card to REH put together by the Robert E. Howard foundation, feat, many quality readings of his writing: youtu.be/ClUFIGcLl8A?...
Happy 120th Birthday, Robert E. Howard!
YouTube video by Robert E. Howard Foundation
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January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
⚔️ Excited as we are about a certain reveal, we'd be remiss not to note that today is Robert E. Howard's 120th birthday! 🎂
Enjoy this video birthday card to REH put together by the Robert E. Howard foundation, feat, many quality readings of his writing: youtu.be/ClUFIGcLl8A?...
Enjoy this video birthday card to REH put together by the Robert E. Howard foundation, feat, many quality readings of his writing: youtu.be/ClUFIGcLl8A?...
Always.
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
I Wanna Be Your Dog
YouTube video by The Stooges - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Always.
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Ursula K. Le Guin died #OTD in 2018.
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin died #OTD in 2018.
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
First female author to win both the Nebula & Hugo awards for Best Novel for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 (1970). In total, she won 8 Hugo & 6 Nebula awards. Second woman Grand Master of the #ScienceFiction & Fantasy Writers of America. #scifi #literature #booksky
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20500
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 8:41 PM
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20500
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Horror and Weird fiction writers: Need a line editor to sharpen your sentences, improve your word choice, and offer stylistic feedback on your prose? I'm booking clients for March at a special rate of $100 per 10,000 words. If you're interested, email me at ericraglin1992 [at] gmail [dot] com.
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Horror and Weird fiction writers: Need a line editor to sharpen your sentences, improve your word choice, and offer stylistic feedback on your prose? I'm booking clients for March at a special rate of $100 per 10,000 words. If you're interested, email me at ericraglin1992 [at] gmail [dot] com.
Considering adding "a writer who is corrupt" to my bio.
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Considering adding "a writer who is corrupt" to my bio.
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How scared are Republican of talking about the Epstein files?
So scared they’d rather talk to Jack Smith, who secured multiple felony indictments against Donald Trump, than about Trump’s associations with Epstein & why the DOJ refuses to release 99% of the Epstein files.
So scared they’d rather talk to Jack Smith, who secured multiple felony indictments against Donald Trump, than about Trump’s associations with Epstein & why the DOJ refuses to release 99% of the Epstein files.
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
How scared are Republican of talking about the Epstein files?
So scared they’d rather talk to Jack Smith, who secured multiple felony indictments against Donald Trump, than about Trump’s associations with Epstein & why the DOJ refuses to release 99% of the Epstein files.
So scared they’d rather talk to Jack Smith, who secured multiple felony indictments against Donald Trump, than about Trump’s associations with Epstein & why the DOJ refuses to release 99% of the Epstein files.