Elizabeth McCracken
@elizmccrack.bsky.social
Complete fiction
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I cannot say this enough: there is NO middle ground when it comes to writing and AI. Anyone who uses AI to write and admits it should be loudly shamed, hideously embarrassed, paraded through the streets of shun until they flee writing forever
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I cannot say this enough: there is NO middle ground when it comes to writing and AI. Anyone who uses AI to write and admits it should be loudly shamed, hideously embarrassed, paraded through the streets of shun until they flee writing forever
I just subscribed to @roncharles.bsky.social Substack because he's the greatest and Jeff Bezos is the worst:
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Ron Charles | Substack
I write about books for The Washington Post. I talk about books for CBS Sunday Morning. Click to read Ron Charles, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I just subscribed to @roncharles.bsky.social Substack because he's the greatest and Jeff Bezos is the worst:
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Read an excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah over on Debutiful!
@elizmccrack.bsky.social calls it "astonishingly alive, lovable, aggravating, real"
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@elizmccrack.bsky.social calls it "astonishingly alive, lovable, aggravating, real"
debutiful.net/2026/02/03/r... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Read an excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah over on Debutiful!
@elizmccrack.bsky.social calls it "astonishingly alive, lovable, aggravating, real"
debutiful.net/2026/02/03/r... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
@elizmccrack.bsky.social calls it "astonishingly alive, lovable, aggravating, real"
debutiful.net/2026/02/03/r... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
Happy publication to Reena Shah and her astonishing first book, Every Happiness. It is deeply beautiful, funny, unsparing.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/every-hap...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/every-hap...
Every Happiness
"A bold and moving novel . . . marks the arrival of a radiant new voice.” - Megha Majumdar, author of A Guardian and a ThiefEvery Happiness is a dazzling d…
www.bloomsbury.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Happy publication to Reena Shah and her astonishing first book, Every Happiness. It is deeply beautiful, funny, unsparing.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/every-hap...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/every-hap...
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RIP to one of the best who ever did it. youtu.be/990OaFr8EYw?...
SCTV - Lola's Love Spirit
YouTube video by The Second City
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM
RIP to one of the best who ever did it. youtu.be/990OaFr8EYw?...
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@elizmccrack.bsky.social And don't call them penguins.
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
@elizmccrack.bsky.social And don't call them penguins.
Re: last repost. Please watch this video on Rodney Taylor, in the US since he was two.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADc...
Beloved Atlanta Barber, Father of 7, Taken by ICE: The Story of Rodney Taylor
YouTube video by BreakThrough News
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January 30, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Re: last repost. Please watch this video on Rodney Taylor, in the US since he was two.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADc...
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ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Sign the Petition
Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention
www.change.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
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It's Tuesday. Bovino may be gone but nothing has changed. ICE is still in Minnesota, still not following the law or court orders. Stephen Miller and the agents who murdered Good and Pretti are still on the job. Trump is giving an econ speech in Iowa.
The work continues.
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The work continues.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
It's Tuesday. Bovino may be gone but nothing has changed. ICE is still in Minnesota, still not following the law or court orders. Stephen Miller and the agents who murdered Good and Pretti are still on the job. Trump is giving an econ speech in Iowa.
The work continues.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
The work continues.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
I hope somebody photoshops Greg Bovino crying as he leaves Minnesota.
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I hope somebody photoshops Greg Bovino crying as he leaves Minnesota.
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BREAKING: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino has been carried away by a small Minnesota owl, reportedly used to patch tiny hole in nest
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM
BREAKING: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino has been carried away by a small Minnesota owl, reportedly used to patch tiny hole in nest
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I CAN’T
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I CAN’T
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2. years. old.
Violation of court orders to detain a 2-year old is beyond the abilities of "reform" here. There should be nothing left of this decrepit agency and everybody involved should stand trial.
Violation of court orders to detain a 2-year old is beyond the abilities of "reform" here. There should be nothing left of this decrepit agency and everybody involved should stand trial.
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 12:32 AM
2. years. old.
Violation of court orders to detain a 2-year old is beyond the abilities of "reform" here. There should be nothing left of this decrepit agency and everybody involved should stand trial.
Violation of court orders to detain a 2-year old is beyond the abilities of "reform" here. There should be nothing left of this decrepit agency and everybody involved should stand trial.
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I talked with Woz about where great products come from, why he became an inventor, how people’s personalities are shaped, the link between jokes and creativity, and more. www.fastcompany.com/91477114/ste...
There’s only one Woz, but we can all learn from him - Fast Company
The world has benefited from the Apple cofounder’s generosity of spirit for 50 years now—and it’s not just about the PC revolution his genius helped catalyze.
www.fastcompany.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I talked with Woz about where great products come from, why he became an inventor, how people’s personalities are shaped, the link between jokes and creativity, and more. www.fastcompany.com/91477114/ste...
I am reading MFA applications, perhaps for the last time. Every year there's always some oddity that shows up in statements of purpose. In the past, it probably came from bad advice from MFA draft groups. A friend points out that this year it may be ChatGPT.
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I am reading MFA applications, perhaps for the last time. Every year there's always some oddity that shows up in statements of purpose. In the past, it probably came from bad advice from MFA draft groups. A friend points out that this year it may be ChatGPT.
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Any writers who also read Tarot who want to talk with me about a thing? Bonus if you also teach writing or tarot...
January 20, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Any writers who also read Tarot who want to talk with me about a thing? Bonus if you also teach writing or tarot...
Thinking it over, I would like him to die peacefully, in his sleep, on camera, during a press conference.
January 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Thinking it over, I would like him to die peacefully, in his sleep, on camera, during a press conference.
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ICE are paid agitators.
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 AM
ICE are paid agitators.
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Make no mistake, Trump's "Fuck you" was to all of us.
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Make no mistake, Trump's "Fuck you" was to all of us.
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If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
Letting murderers get away with murder is what leads to more incidents of murder.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Letting murderers get away with murder is what leads to more incidents of murder.
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This wonderful, invaluable book by @elizmccrack.bsky.social went on sale on the other side of the water on the 1st, and I can't imagine a writer (of fiction or otherwise) who won't get a lot out of it.
A Long Game
[my conversation with Elizabeth McCracken]
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This wonderful, invaluable book by @elizmccrack.bsky.social went on sale on the other side of the water on the 1st, and I can't imagine a writer (of fiction or otherwise) who won't get a lot out of it.