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.
It is his time
Prior to this road trip, Sandro Mamukelashvili had scored 20+ points 7 times in 232 career games. He’s done it 3 times over the last 4 games.
Mamu on the trip: 4 games, 78 points, 33 rebounds, 14 assists, 30-49 FG, 12-23 3P
Mamu on the trip: 4 games, 78 points, 33 rebounds, 14 assists, 30-49 FG, 12-23 3P
January 24, 2026 at 5:27 AM
It is his time
Awards don't mean much right now, but I hope that when the siege is over the @startribune.com gets some kind of recognition for its coverage. This is how journalism is supposed to work.
Hundreds of demonstrators are streaming toward downtown Minneapolis for a march and rally against federal law enforcement, waving signs that read "ICE OUT!"
📸: Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
📸: Kyeland Jackson/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Awards don't mean much right now, but I hope that when the siege is over the @startribune.com gets some kind of recognition for its coverage. This is how journalism is supposed to work.
Funniest possible arc for this NBA season would be for the Raptors to trade Scottie for Kawhi, then win the championship
Kawhi Leonard swishes the 3-pointer in Jake LaRavia's face to beat the shot clock, and put the Clippers up 23 points in the 3rd quarter (With a replay)
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Funniest possible arc for this NBA season would be for the Raptors to trade Scottie for Kawhi, then win the championship
Vincenzo Natali's CUBE (1997) has proven to be one of the most prescient films of our time. The line "You have to use it, or you admit it's pointless," applies to almost all of the tech foisted on us since 2000. It's perfect for generative AI. It works just as well for ICE. We live in a giant cube.
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Vincenzo Natali's CUBE (1997) has proven to be one of the most prescient films of our time. The line "You have to use it, or you admit it's pointless," applies to almost all of the tech foisted on us since 2000. It's perfect for generative AI. It works just as well for ICE. We live in a giant cube.
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"He is the most interesting cephalopod in the world."
🐙📷 David Maass (www.flickr.com/photos/maass...)
🐙📷 David Maass (www.flickr.com/photos/maass...)
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"He is the most interesting cephalopod in the world."
🐙📷 David Maass (www.flickr.com/photos/maass...)
🐙📷 David Maass (www.flickr.com/photos/maass...)
Good one from @wtevs.bsky.social this morning in Basketball Feelings, about being stuck in the snow, and the psychological grind of the NBA's trade machine.
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/relentless...
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/relentless...
Relentless revving
The NBA's trade machine churns on, and what's been knocked loose in Giannis Antetokounmpo?
www.basketballfeelings.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Good one from @wtevs.bsky.social this morning in Basketball Feelings, about being stuck in the snow, and the psychological grind of the NBA's trade machine.
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/relentless...
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/relentless...
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A re-post of a favourite pic from a few winters ago. Conception Bay North, #Newfoundland, Canada. Icicles hanging in front of a tiny seaside cliff cave…while on a #hike. #trail
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A re-post of a favourite pic from a few winters ago. Conception Bay North, #Newfoundland, Canada. Icicles hanging in front of a tiny seaside cliff cave…while on a #hike. #trail
Abandoning literacy was a critical mistake.
Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Abandoning literacy was a critical mistake.
Toronto should be positioning itself as THE alternative for any conference looking to move out of the US. Major economic opportunity.
Some BIG news for the UBI community:
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
Location Update for the 2026 BIEN Congress | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network
basicincome.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Toronto should be positioning itself as THE alternative for any conference looking to move out of the US. Major economic opportunity.
Not beating the alien allegations anytime soon
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Not beating the alien allegations anytime soon
What time is it, Mr. Wolf?
January 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM
What time is it, Mr. Wolf?
Still blows my mind that Dexter Holland made one of the most successful independent albums of all time, spun a couple novelty hits into a 30-year career as a punk musician, AND did a PhD in molecular biology on research that likely contributed to the treatment for HIV. What a dude.
Shakespeare spent the entirety of his time on this emerald orb plumbing the depths of human emotion yet never came close to producing something as beautiful as this:
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by OffspringVEVO
m.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Still blows my mind that Dexter Holland made one of the most successful independent albums of all time, spun a couple novelty hits into a 30-year career as a punk musician, AND did a PhD in molecular biology on research that likely contributed to the treatment for HIV. What a dude.
Really, is there anyone in the NBA who looks more like a wizard?
First look at Trae Young as a Washington Wizard 👀
📸 WashWizards/X
📸 WashWizards/X
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Really, is there anyone in the NBA who looks more like a wizard?
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Goddammit it I love Mamu
share.google/ibxces08ZfPC...
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How Mamukelashvili is learning to let go of self-doubt and live in present
Floor-spacing big is enjoying a breakout campaign and blossoming in his role as a do-it-all backup big man for the Raptors, Josh Lewenberg writes.
share.google
January 7, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Goddammit it I love Mamu
share.google/ibxces08ZfPC...
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Someone should finance this before I have to find my giant Mandy chainsaw
Man, what the fuck? 🥲
People will finance slop, but not a sick ass vampire movie from one of the best modern horror filmmakers...
People will finance slop, but not a sick ass vampire movie from one of the best modern horror filmmakers...
Panos Cosmatos' ‘Flesh of the Gods’ Still Can't Secure the Money to Shoot, Despite A-List Cast — World of Reel
Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac, and Elizabeth Olsen are attached to star in “Flesh of the Gods,” a vampire thriller to be directed by Panos Cosmatos (“Mandy”).
www.worldofreel.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Someone should finance this before I have to find my giant Mandy chainsaw
Sandro Mamukelashvili should be in the discussion for NBA sixth man of the year
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Sandro Mamukelashvili should be in the discussion for NBA sixth man of the year
CMB gives off big Predator vibes. He's gonna be a force.
On Collin Murray-Boyles, the Raptors own 2025 draft prize showing out, and some thoughts on ‘Traed’ Young and if the Raptors should be in the mix in Grange for 3: www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/...
Raptors' Murray-Boyles contributing in every way over recent surge
It's hard to watch Collin Murray-Boyles play and not believe the Raptors have a rookie who can help them win NBA games now and well into the future.
Michael Grange has more on Murray-Boyles' dominant...
www.sportsnet.ca
January 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
CMB gives off big Predator vibes. He's gonna be a force.
Feel like I've read this somewhere before. @johnvaillant.bsky.social
The LA fires are probably your most vivid illustration of our new age of wildfire and all the devastation it promises. But were they even wildfires? The ignition wasn’t wild, the fuel wasn’t wild, the landscape wasn’t wildland and wildland firefighting couldn’t help. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...
Opinion | Which City Burns Next?
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Feel like I've read this somewhere before. @johnvaillant.bsky.social
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Bukowski reputedly said of Al Purdy: "I don't know of any good living poets. But there's this tough son of a bitch up in Canada that walks the line."
Al Purdy was born on this day in 1918. This CBC Learning Systems LP of Purdy reading his own poems is one of my most cherished records.
December 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Bukowski reputedly said of Al Purdy: "I don't know of any good living poets. But there's this tough son of a bitch up in Canada that walks the line."
Not just perfect. Best album of the 90s, period.
December 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Not just perfect. Best album of the 90s, period.
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Classic Jim Henson ad.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Classic Jim Henson ad.
I just did it. You can make your dreams come true, kids; you don't have to wait.
My New Year's resolution is to upgrade my trial to a paid subscription to Basketball Feelings. Original ideas, great analysis and insight, and writers that care about basketball and sentences. This is now I want sports media to work. Gotta support it.
“Care, in basketball, is largely responsive, it’s also hugely generative, but it also has to originate on its own, to spring forth from nothing.”
open.substack.com/pub/basketba...
open.substack.com/pub/basketba...
December 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I just did it. You can make your dreams come true, kids; you don't have to wait.
My New Year's resolution is to upgrade my trial to a paid subscription to Basketball Feelings. Original ideas, great analysis and insight, and writers that care about basketball and sentences. This is now I want sports media to work. Gotta support it.
“Care, in basketball, is largely responsive, it’s also hugely generative, but it also has to originate on its own, to spring forth from nothing.”
open.substack.com/pub/basketba...
open.substack.com/pub/basketba...
The space between care and habit
Is care, in NBA basketball, coachable?
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My New Year's resolution is to upgrade my trial to a paid subscription to Basketball Feelings. Original ideas, great analysis and insight, and writers that care about basketball and sentences. This is now I want sports media to work. Gotta support it.