David Busboom
@davidbusboom.bsky.social
Horror writer, science editor, dinosaur/bird enthusiast, husband, dog dad. Author of EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING (JournalStone 2022). HWA, CSE member. Anti-fascist, anti-AI. He/him.
https://davidbusboom.com/
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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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It’s 1990, I’m 1 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It’s 1990, I’m 1 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
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We are the world's bad guys.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
We are the world's bad guys.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
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People need to understand the precedent here. If the U.S. claims the right to sweep in and abduct a president it accuses of crimes, what stops Russia from doing the same to Ukraine, or China claiming that authority over Taiwan?
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
People need to understand the precedent here. If the U.S. claims the right to sweep in and abduct a president it accuses of crimes, what stops Russia from doing the same to Ukraine, or China claiming that authority over Taiwan?
2026 is off to a hell of a start. Emphasis on hell.
Summarizing... We attacked Venezuela without congressional approval and kidnapped their leader. We do not have any support from our government for our health care. They are actually considering building a "Victory Arch" in DC... and our President has said it's jsut Democrats saying UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
2026 is off to a hell of a start. Emphasis on hell.
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Something something Baudrillard
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Something something Baudrillard
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Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
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Goes so fuckin' hard
First #FossilFriday of 2026: here's #paleoart of Dromaeosaurus atop a half-eaten juvenile Chasmosaurus. Dromaeosaurus was no Velociraptor clone, but a relatively robust and probably hard-biting raptorial dinosaur. Painted... two years ago now, I guess, in 2024. #fossil #paleontology #dinosaur
January 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Goes so fuckin' hard
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This is an outrageous abdication of journalistic duty. Grok's apology was prompted by a human, as was its equally vehement self-defense. People are willingly hurling themselves into the AI trashbin at the bidding of oligarchs who will happily remove them from their jobs.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This is an outrageous abdication of journalistic duty. Grok's apology was prompted by a human, as was its equally vehement self-defense. People are willingly hurling themselves into the AI trashbin at the bidding of oligarchs who will happily remove them from their jobs.
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this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
The NYE hangover has been defeated, and the first submission of 2026 has been completed. Also did 30 crunches and took the dog for a 45-minute walk in the cold.
January 1, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The NYE hangover has been defeated, and the first submission of 2026 has been completed. Also did 30 crunches and took the dog for a 45-minute walk in the cold.
The major highlights of the year for me were THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by @sgj.bsky.social, and finally getting around to reading Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING. Also really dug Harlan Ellison's THE OTHER GLASS TEAT and Emily Henry's BEACH READ.
We all read some bad books this year. I didn’t finish some and had to write negative reviews here and there. However, what I really want to hear about is the stuff that blew your mind, that made you think, that stayed with you. Tell me about the cool books you loved this year.
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The major highlights of the year for me were THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by @sgj.bsky.social, and finally getting around to reading Rachel Carson's SILENT SPRING. Also really dug Harlan Ellison's THE OTHER GLASS TEAT and Emily Henry's BEACH READ.
We're talking going from "two generations in the Midwest" to "three generations in multiple countries." And maybe adding a kaiju? It's a lot, but it feels somehow right. Like maybe I've been trying too long to keep them separate.
In recent months I've revisited a trunk novella and begun the process of reworking it into a full-length novel. There is another story/novella I've long considered combining with this one, though doing so would broaden the scope and cast considerably. It's starting to feel like the way, though.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 AM
We're talking going from "two generations in the Midwest" to "three generations in multiple countries." And maybe adding a kaiju? It's a lot, but it feels somehow right. Like maybe I've been trying too long to keep them separate.
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I've bought a couple books this year. Did my part to keep my favorites writing.
I've also read a few, and I'm comfortable saying that The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social was the very best book I've read all year. It's fuckin fantastic!
If you haven't read it, shame on you!
I've also read a few, and I'm comfortable saying that The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social was the very best book I've read all year. It's fuckin fantastic!
If you haven't read it, shame on you!
December 31, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I've bought a couple books this year. Did my part to keep my favorites writing.
I've also read a few, and I'm comfortable saying that The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social was the very best book I've read all year. It's fuckin fantastic!
If you haven't read it, shame on you!
I've also read a few, and I'm comfortable saying that The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by SGJ @sgj.bsky.social was the very best book I've read all year. It's fuckin fantastic!
If you haven't read it, shame on you!
In recent months I've revisited a trunk novella and begun the process of reworking it into a full-length novel. There is another story/novella I've long considered combining with this one, though doing so would broaden the scope and cast considerably. It's starting to feel like the way, though.
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In recent months I've revisited a trunk novella and begun the process of reworking it into a full-length novel. There is another story/novella I've long considered combining with this one, though doing so would broaden the scope and cast considerably. It's starting to feel like the way, though.
On my birthday I saw three belted kingfishers along a snowy riverbank while walking my dog. The first flew ahead of us after we spotted it from the parallel sidewalk and led us to the second and third. Their laughing, rattling cries filled the frozen air and it was eerie and nice at the same time.
Okay, bird people: what was your favorite bird encounter this year? This was 100% mine.
Saw not one but TWO snowy owls at the MSP airport today! One of them ate a mouse!
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
On my birthday I saw three belted kingfishers along a snowy riverbank while walking my dog. The first flew ahead of us after we spotted it from the parallel sidewalk and led us to the second and third. Their laughing, rattling cries filled the frozen air and it was eerie and nice at the same time.
Sick (complimentary).
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Sick (complimentary).
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Here's another take on a song which has been running through my head a lot these days —
"Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man
Walking the earth and since he began
The world is hell for you and me
But what a heaven it will be
When that man is dead and gone."
youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs
"Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man
Walking the earth and since he began
The world is hell for you and me
But what a heaven it will be
When that man is dead and gone."
youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Here's another take on a song which has been running through my head a lot these days —
"Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man
Walking the earth and since he began
The world is hell for you and me
But what a heaven it will be
When that man is dead and gone."
youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs
"Satan thought up a plan
Dressed as a man
Walking the earth and since he began
The world is hell for you and me
But what a heaven it will be
When that man is dead and gone."
youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs
Better let 'em lie.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Better let 'em lie.
For those keeping track, I got The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee from @severinfilms.bsky.social.
My wife and I are attempting a no-buy/low-buy year in 2026 with extremely limited exceptions. I've been guzzling Christmas bourbon with the in-laws and I'm feeling like making a drunk purchase or two before the gate closes. What should I get?
December 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
For those keeping track, I got The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee from @severinfilms.bsky.social.
Alright if I ever go Florida Man and acquire a gator for a pet I have a name.
Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Alright if I ever go Florida Man and acquire a gator for a pet I have a name.
Just ask my wife.
girls love it when you throw down your enemy and smite his ruin on the mountainside
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Just ask my wife.
Love this one.
I'm watching an episode of Columbo where his wife gives him a new raincoat and wearing the new coat agitates him. hes pacing around and losing his shit. he can't think in the coat!!!!
December 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Love this one.
My wife and I are attempting a no-buy/low-buy year in 2026 with extremely limited exceptions. I've been guzzling Christmas bourbon with the in-laws and I'm feeling like making a drunk purchase or two before the gate closes. What should I get?
December 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My wife and I are attempting a no-buy/low-buy year in 2026 with extremely limited exceptions. I've been guzzling Christmas bourbon with the in-laws and I'm feeling like making a drunk purchase or two before the gate closes. What should I get?
My favorite Christmas present this year was this book from my 5y/o nephew, full of his illustrations of various monsters (mostly Godzilla- or Kong-related, as the title suggests, but also some original creations!). He is so excited that I know who Gigan is. I'm so excited that he does.
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My favorite Christmas present this year was this book from my 5y/o nephew, full of his illustrations of various monsters (mostly Godzilla- or Kong-related, as the title suggests, but also some original creations!). He is so excited that I know who Gigan is. I'm so excited that he does.
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This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).