jrmcconvey
@jrmcconvey.bsky.social
Writer/kraken. Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep.
Books: False Bodies (2024), Different Beasts (2019). Raptors faithful. He/him. www.jrmcconvey.com
Books: False Bodies (2024), Different Beasts (2019). Raptors faithful. He/him. www.jrmcconvey.com
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jrmcconvey
@jrmcconvey.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Here's a book I loved!
I think you'll love it too!
False Bodies by @jrmcconvey.bsky.social
Cryptid Hunter ✔️
Giant squid ✔️
East coast setting ✔️
Crazy cult ✔️
Fantastic writing ✔️
Definitely grab this one & devour!
I think you'll love it too!
False Bodies by @jrmcconvey.bsky.social
Cryptid Hunter ✔️
Giant squid ✔️
East coast setting ✔️
Crazy cult ✔️
Fantastic writing ✔️
Definitely grab this one & devour!
Newfoundland is the new New York and giant squid is the new Labubu. Eddie the Yeti is Jack Reacher for goths. Get on board.
Uzumaki-ass chatbots
This was a really interesting detail: left to their own devices, AI chatbots will start inventing "spiralism" all by themselves. Something in their training seems to make them susceptible to this strain of mysticism.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Uzumaki-ass chatbots
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Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
This is the year Cade enters the MVP discussion.
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is the year Cade enters the MVP discussion.
The two-word creative writing MFA.
I do that too in my fiction. Who cares!
related: i don't know whether I could pull it off but I love cormac mccarthy saying fuck quotation marks when anyone's speaking
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The two-word creative writing MFA.
Equally funny would be Everything in its Right Place.
If Marty went back to 1994 then he'd have to sing a song from the late 90's at the under the sea dance and I think the funniest candidate is chop suey by system of a down
I read this and immediately thought “well that would actually be awesome because then Marty can go back to the 90s where he probably had a really awesome time as a teenager” and then I was like oh wait his PARENTS would have been teenagers in the 90s and then I just sat here for like 45 minutes
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Equally funny would be Everything in its Right Place.
Victory Gin!
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
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@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Victory Gin!
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This goes so far beyond creepy.
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This goes so far beyond creepy.
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
“‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”
2030, NYC:
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
2030, NYC:
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."
"Actually we don't call them 'city-owned grocery stores,' they're called 'valdunjas' because of the cats, this is the only place in the world you can call them that."
Midnight at 8pm, clinging to the desperate yellow lamplight and listening to "Kiss the Rain" on repeat: hello November
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Midnight at 8pm, clinging to the desperate yellow lamplight and listening to "Kiss the Rain" on repeat: hello November
Next Star Trek reboot should be a series of jazz-soundtracked intergalatic bodice-rippers about the legendary romantic exploits of one Commander William T. Riker
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Next Star Trek reboot should be a series of jazz-soundtracked intergalatic bodice-rippers about the legendary romantic exploits of one Commander William T. Riker
Let's not forget that Dick Cheney didn't save all his evil for public office; he was an all-around terrible person
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Let's not forget that Dick Cheney didn't save all his evil for public office; he was an all-around terrible person
Sometimes it's nice to revisit old work, to know you were right in 2018 and have become much righter since.
medium.com/@jrmcconvey/...
medium.com/@jrmcconvey/...
The Perils of Social Media as the New Public Square
In their ubiquity and scale, Facebook and Twitter can resemble public space. But it’s an illusion.
medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sometimes it's nice to revisit old work, to know you were right in 2018 and have become much righter since.
medium.com/@jrmcconvey/...
medium.com/@jrmcconvey/...
Between this and "properly shopped groceries," I think it might be time for me to enter that coma.
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Between this and "properly shopped groceries," I think it might be time for me to enter that coma.
Shohei can hit - but can he write exhilarating sentences?
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Shohei can hit - but can he write exhilarating sentences?
Turns out World Series Game 3 is Christopher Nolan's surprise sequel to Inception, and it's actually still happening.
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Turns out World Series Game 3 is Christopher Nolan's surprise sequel to Inception, and it's actually still happening.
Reposted by jrmcconvey
"Female skeleton playing the guitar" by José Guadalupe Posada.
October 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Female skeleton playing the guitar" by José Guadalupe Posada.
Reposted by jrmcconvey
Aha! We have a Fred Van Barger situation here.
"I'm just trying to save a buck."
1. Congrats to the Barger family!
2. Addison is a man of the people
From Jeff Passan's latest: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
1. Congrats to the Barger family!
2. Addison is a man of the people
From Jeff Passan's latest: www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
October 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Aha! We have a Fred Van Barger situation here.
Is Bruce Brown the Nuggets' secret sauce?
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Is Bruce Brown the Nuggets' secret sauce?
March 2025: not a pro baseball player
October 2025: First MLB start. Playoff appearance. Strikes out Aaron Judge. Strikes out Cal Raleigh. Wins ALCS. Starts game 1 of World Series at home, looking to strike out Ohtani.
What a year for this kid.
October 2025: First MLB start. Playoff appearance. Strikes out Aaron Judge. Strikes out Cal Raleigh. Wins ALCS. Starts game 1 of World Series at home, looking to strike out Ohtani.
What a year for this kid.
At 22 years and 88 days old, Trey Yesavage will be the second-youngest Game 1 starting pitcher in World Series history, older than only:
1947 Ralph Branca: 21y 267d
1947 Ralph Branca: 21y 267d
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
March 2025: not a pro baseball player
October 2025: First MLB start. Playoff appearance. Strikes out Aaron Judge. Strikes out Cal Raleigh. Wins ALCS. Starts game 1 of World Series at home, looking to strike out Ohtani.
What a year for this kid.
October 2025: First MLB start. Playoff appearance. Strikes out Aaron Judge. Strikes out Cal Raleigh. Wins ALCS. Starts game 1 of World Series at home, looking to strike out Ohtani.
What a year for this kid.
Not many know that Tiago Splitter got his start with a brief scene in Jackie Treehorn's classic, Logjammin'
NEWS: Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach Tiago Splitter will assume interim head-coaching duties after Chauncey Billups' arrest, the team announced Thursday.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Not many know that Tiago Splitter got his start with a brief scene in Jackie Treehorn's classic, Logjammin'
In the second film the group adds Han Seoul-oh, Roman Pierce, Deckard Shaw and Twinkie.
Chauncey Billups' co-defendants include: Big Bruce, Pookie, Sugar, Albanian Bruce, Spook, The Wrestler, Flappy, and Spanish G.
I'm 100% serious
I'm 100% serious
READ the NBA gambling indictment here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In the second film the group adds Han Seoul-oh, Roman Pierce, Deckard Shaw and Twinkie.
Wow.
From the minors to the main stage — Game 1 belongs to Trey Yesavage. No pressure… right? You’re built for this.
October 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Wow.