Elliott Kay
@elliottkaybooks.bsky.social
He/him. Author of Poor Man's Fight, Good Intentions, and assorted other cool sci-fi/fantasy stuff. Yes, I am linking my stuff here, because why wouldn't I? https://tinyurl.com/49yf5kjc
I went through CG basic in 1994.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I went through CG basic in 1994.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
About 3 or 4 weeks in, one white recruit said the n-word, once.
He was gone the next day. Out on his ass. Not out of our recruit company—out of the Guard entirely. Immediate discharge.
I felt like that was a huge sign I was in the right place.
Now we have this shit.
Dear Brain:
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dear Brain:
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
I'm still working on THIS novel and I already had ideas for three other books plus stuff on the side.
I do NOT need MORE ideas for a whole new set of books. And I definitely don't need to feel like they have to be written NOW.
Really concerned about whoever got this actual video of me at home trying to write.
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Really concerned about whoever got this actual video of me at home trying to write.
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
(Not sure why they photoshopped in the long hair, but whatever)
Hey all,
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
Lee Moyer Design & Illustration portfolio website
Lee Moyer Design & Illustration is the leader in moment capturing
www.leemoyer.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hey all,
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
My friend & FANTASTIC cover artist Lee Moyer took a tumble recently. His art will be on hold for a long while. He did all the Good Intentions covers, much of Poor Man's Fight, and more. He's also just a real good dude.
If you ever go art shopping, hit up his site!
www.leemoyer.com
This thread. It's all worth reading.
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This thread. It's all worth reading.
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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I need to put out a request for help.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
September 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I need to put out a request for help.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
My wife, a Senior Technical Product Manager with over a decade of experience.... can't seem to get responses to job applications.
Anyone out there know of any PMT (TPM) positions available?
We're running real thin now, and can use any help we can get.
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Speculating, I'd say abstract nihilism.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
Is it even clear from the meme references what the motivation would have been? Just that Kirk wasn’t enough far right? Or more abstractly nihilistic
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Speculating, I'd say abstract nihilism.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
"Notices bulges" etc is copypasta.
"Uparrow" etc is a large attack in Helldivers 2.
"Bella Ciao" became popular again from Money Heist, lots of TikTok clips.
"Gay lmao" is probably, to him, casual homophobic gamer speak, nothing more.
Depressing brainrot.
If you think you're going to fix this country with your gun, you're wrong.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
September 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you think you're going to fix this country with your gun, you're wrong.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
You won't make anything better with that. You will instead make things worse for everyone you presumably care about.
Talk to someone. Find therapy. Maybe put that energy toward helping people instead. It works better.
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So I want to briefly mention what next steps look like for people who are left out of the loop on this settlement. There are many of you.
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So I want to briefly mention what next steps look like for people who are left out of the loop on this settlement. There are many of you.
Yup. This right here.
Every advice site and opinion everywhere for the last I dunno how many years said you don't really *need* to register copyright, because you automatically have it legally. It would hold up in court in an individual case.
This class action probably screwed countless authors.
Every advice site and opinion everywhere for the last I dunno how many years said you don't really *need* to register copyright, because you automatically have it legally. It would hold up in court in an individual case.
This class action probably screwed countless authors.
Instead of working to include as many writers as possible in the settlement, the plaintiffs instead agreed on arbitrary and minimal definitions of which books would be included. It’s almost like they wanted a quick win – any win – even if they screwed over most authors. 4/
September 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yup. This right here.
Every advice site and opinion everywhere for the last I dunno how many years said you don't really *need* to register copyright, because you automatically have it legally. It would hold up in court in an individual case.
This class action probably screwed countless authors.
Every advice site and opinion everywhere for the last I dunno how many years said you don't really *need* to register copyright, because you automatically have it legally. It would hold up in court in an individual case.
This class action probably screwed countless authors.
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I have read Trump’s “war department” EO.
This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.
He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.
If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.
This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.
He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.
If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.
September 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I have read Trump’s “war department” EO.
This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.
He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.
If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.
This is nothing. He changed nothing. He added pretend secondary titles with no power under the law.
He will make the government spend hundreds of millions for vanity labeling purposes.
If you’re in the media and you don’t harp on that, you’re failing.
I have to wonder if these guys couldn't have just fucking split instead of killing some random fishermen. Maybe there's an explanation for that, but could I believe it?
US Navy Seals killed North Korean civilians in botched 2019 mission, report says
New York Times says Trump authorized mission to plant listening device; team killed fishers they encountered
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have to wonder if these guys couldn't have just fucking split instead of killing some random fishermen. Maybe there's an explanation for that, but could I believe it?
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I sincerely hope Newsom's weird fans and liberals at large are starting to understand why you can't budge a single solitary inch on a single solitary issue for a single solitary marginalized group.
Banning trans people from owning guns is a really REALLY significant escalation and I think the scariest part about it that's not being discussed at all is that the plan is to declare that trans people are mentally ill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
edition.cnn.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I sincerely hope Newsom's weird fans and liberals at large are starting to understand why you can't budge a single solitary inch on a single solitary issue for a single solitary marginalized group.
Huh. First post here to gain any real traction.
Not like I'm trying super hard, because I've felt icky about social media for a good while now... but man, I really wish it was for something happy or funny and not "oh hey I guess we're just murdering people in international waters now."
Not like I'm trying super hard, because I've felt icky about social media for a good while now... but man, I really wish it was for something happy or funny and not "oh hey I guess we're just murdering people in international waters now."
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Huh. First post here to gain any real traction.
Not like I'm trying super hard, because I've felt icky about social media for a good while now... but man, I really wish it was for something happy or funny and not "oh hey I guess we're just murdering people in international waters now."
Not like I'm trying super hard, because I've felt icky about social media for a good while now... but man, I really wish it was for something happy or funny and not "oh hey I guess we're just murdering people in international waters now."
Reposted by Elliott Kay
It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
September 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
Everyone knows, but I'll say it anyway: the US Coast Guard and also the Navy have decades of experience in stopping and searching boats for drugs.
Which, y'know, proves or disproves the presence of drugs. Without blowing anyone up.
If any of that is the actual goal.
Signed, a former Coastie
Which, y'know, proves or disproves the presence of drugs. Without blowing anyone up.
If any of that is the actual goal.
Signed, a former Coastie
September 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Everyone knows, but I'll say it anyway: the US Coast Guard and also the Navy have decades of experience in stopping and searching boats for drugs.
Which, y'know, proves or disproves the presence of drugs. Without blowing anyone up.
If any of that is the actual goal.
Signed, a former Coastie
Which, y'know, proves or disproves the presence of drugs. Without blowing anyone up.
If any of that is the actual goal.
Signed, a former Coastie
Just backed this!
Dear My Readers: if you like my Good Intentions books and you like comics, this is for you!
It's smutty and funny, the characters rock, the world building constantly jumps from silly to magical and inspiring, and the art is great. (Also filthy. Don't say I didn't warn you.)
Dear My Readers: if you like my Good Intentions books and you like comics, this is for you!
It's smutty and funny, the characters rock, the world building constantly jumps from silly to magical and inspiring, and the art is great. (Also filthy. Don't say I didn't warn you.)
the I Roved Out print edition campaign is live!! Publishing Tome 3 for the first time, reprinting Tome 1 & 2 with new covers! Tell your friends, check it out!! 🍃🍑🔪🔥🌙❄️☠️🧝♀️💦 zoop.gg/c/irovedoutinsearchoftruthandlove
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Just backed this!
Dear My Readers: if you like my Good Intentions books and you like comics, this is for you!
It's smutty and funny, the characters rock, the world building constantly jumps from silly to magical and inspiring, and the art is great. (Also filthy. Don't say I didn't warn you.)
Dear My Readers: if you like my Good Intentions books and you like comics, this is for you!
It's smutty and funny, the characters rock, the world building constantly jumps from silly to magical and inspiring, and the art is great. (Also filthy. Don't say I didn't warn you.)
Reposted by Elliott Kay
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Co-signed times a thousand. “Other people have no interiority” is, fundamentally, a deeply evil belief to hold which will lead you exclusively to terrible places
One of my most moral panic style opinions is the use of “NPC” as a slur is a symptom of a societal sociopathy epidemic.
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Co-signed times a thousand. “Other people have no interiority” is, fundamentally, a deeply evil belief to hold which will lead you exclusively to terrible places
It's anecdote over (pretty sparse) data, but enough friends & acquaintances have gotten covid lately to keep me wearing that mask in busy indoor places until my next booster.
I'm not consistent. It still seems better than not bothering at all.
I'm not consistent. It still seems better than not bothering at all.
August 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's anecdote over (pretty sparse) data, but enough friends & acquaintances have gotten covid lately to keep me wearing that mask in busy indoor places until my next booster.
I'm not consistent. It still seems better than not bothering at all.
I'm not consistent. It still seems better than not bothering at all.
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What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
A thing I really need people to keep in mind: 15% tariffs are high, historically speaking. 10% tariffs are high.
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
The average effective tariff rate before this term was just over 2%. Anything double-digits is high!
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What Danielle said.
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2%
Let me put that another way.
President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%
I know this video has kind of a "hear me out" pitch but I tried this last night and it's freakin' fantastic. MUCH easier than the usual constant basting stuff.
For the Best Roast Chicken, Slather Your Spatchcock in Mayo | Kenji's Cooking Show
YouTube video by J. Kenji López-Alt
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I know this video has kind of a "hear me out" pitch but I tried this last night and it's freakin' fantastic. MUCH easier than the usual constant basting stuff.
Oh, hello, plot bunny for Good Intentions 6.
You're very silly. I approve.
But it's gonna be a bit. I've got another book or two to get through first.
Maybe hang out for a while?
You're very silly. I approve.
But it's gonna be a bit. I've got another book or two to get through first.
Maybe hang out for a while?
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oh, hello, plot bunny for Good Intentions 6.
You're very silly. I approve.
But it's gonna be a bit. I've got another book or two to get through first.
Maybe hang out for a while?
You're very silly. I approve.
But it's gonna be a bit. I've got another book or two to get through first.
Maybe hang out for a while?