José Pablo Iriarte
@labyrinthrat.bsky.social
Spec fic author and award-nominated middle grade novelist. Cuban-American ceterosexual enby. They/them.
https://linktr.ee/labyrinthrat
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Just a reminder, if you've got young-at-heart readers in your life who love funny ghost stories. 😊
Post a banger not in English.
I have adored this song since the very first time I heard it. It's the definition of banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aurb...
I have adored this song since the very first time I heard it. It's the definition of banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aurb...
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Post a banger not in English.
I have adored this song since the very first time I heard it. It's the definition of banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aurb...
I have adored this song since the very first time I heard it. It's the definition of banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aurb...
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How does she remember how to breathe?
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
How does she remember how to breathe?
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February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I woke up to a ton of new followers--Hi!
If we hung out at ReadOUT, be sure and say Hello!
If we hung out at ReadOUT, be sure and say Hello!
February 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I woke up to a ton of new followers--Hi!
If we hung out at ReadOUT, be sure and say Hello!
If we hung out at ReadOUT, be sure and say Hello!
Yikes on bikes!
To all my fellow writers out there -- if you get a call or email from Epistle Media LLC, block them.
They called me last week and told me that they wanted to acquire my book. When I ask them which one, "Chloe" paused and then pulled out "John Zebedee Meets the Heir of the Elvenlands." 1/7
They called me last week and told me that they wanted to acquire my book. When I ask them which one, "Chloe" paused and then pulled out "John Zebedee Meets the Heir of the Elvenlands." 1/7
February 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Yikes on bikes!
I've got a touch of Ye Olde Con Crud.
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I've got a touch of Ye Olde Con Crud.
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Bad Bunny announced he will continue the halftime tradition of calling Drake a pedophile
February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Bad Bunny announced he will continue the halftime tradition of calling Drake a pedophile
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I never noticed this either.
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I never noticed this either.
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This right here
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This right here
"AI has no voice. It has no mouth yet all it does is scream."
What an amazing line.
What an amazing line.
My writing group last night said "your voice is so strong, & the way you modify that voice from POV to POV is just so well done"
AI has no voice. It has no mouth yet all it does is scream.
For $5 you can kick this woman in the teeth & get the pulpy genre bending adventure of a lifetime
Let's win
AI has no voice. It has no mouth yet all it does is scream.
For $5 you can kick this woman in the teeth & get the pulpy genre bending adventure of a lifetime
Let's win
New 📌!
Get ready for BOOM goes the Bride!
A twice-dead elven thief, a princess of clones, & a lot of explosions both in and out of the bedroom. Mechs, magic, and everything spice.
Preorder & save today! (release date ~early March) boom-goes-the-bride.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... #boombride
Get ready for BOOM goes the Bride!
A twice-dead elven thief, a princess of clones, & a lot of explosions both in and out of the bedroom. Mechs, magic, and everything spice.
Preorder & save today! (release date ~early March) boom-goes-the-bride.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... #boombride
February 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
"AI has no voice. It has no mouth yet all it does is scream."
What an amazing line.
What an amazing line.
A couple times a year or so I get to spend a few days in a queer space and it's such a . . . sustaining experience. It emphasizes to me how I exist largely in a state of having friendly people kindly tolerate my differences, but this reminds me that there are people who _love_ me for them.
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A couple times a year or so I get to spend a few days in a queer space and it's such a . . . sustaining experience. It emphasizes to me how I exist largely in a state of having friendly people kindly tolerate my differences, but this reminds me that there are people who _love_ me for them.
A woman at McDonald's is listening to an audiobook without headphones or ear buds and I have very conflicted feelings.
February 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
A woman at McDonald's is listening to an audiobook without headphones or ear buds and I have very conflicted feelings.
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Here’s what I’ll never understand. If you’re proudly letting some mindless machine churn out dogshit for you, it’s obvious you don’t respect the genre or the power of stories or the written word in general. It’s all just a hustle, a grift. So why are you picking fiction writing? There no money here.
Coral Hart from Cape Town is making hot trash and calling it romance novels. Coral Hart is a grifting talentless POS.
“Whenever the publishing industry is rocked by a technological shift, it usually hits romance first.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Here’s what I’ll never understand. If you’re proudly letting some mindless machine churn out dogshit for you, it’s obvious you don’t respect the genre or the power of stories or the written word in general. It’s all just a hustle, a grift. So why are you picking fiction writing? There no money here.
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Like, it's just really easy to see that I am not going to be able to keep up with the LITERAL REST OF THE WORLD in output. Even without AI.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
February 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Like, it's just really easy to see that I am not going to be able to keep up with the LITERAL REST OF THE WORLD in output. Even without AI.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
been reskeeted like three times today by fake accounts with like two followers and 8 skeets, what's going on
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
been reskeeted like three times today by fake accounts with like two followers and 8 skeets, what's going on
why do I always enjoy myself most in the Sapphic spaces
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
why do I always enjoy myself most in the Sapphic spaces
tfw I come up with the responses I *wish* I'd thought of in yesterday's panels
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
tfw I come up with the responses I *wish* I'd thought of in yesterday's panels
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When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
I never do those "1 Like = 1 ____" posts because there's pitfalls in either directions. Either I get a hundred likes and really don't have a hundred interesting things to say, or I get like three and it reinforces my fear that nobody cares what I think.
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I never do those "1 Like = 1 ____" posts because there's pitfalls in either directions. Either I get a hundred likes and really don't have a hundred interesting things to say, or I get like three and it reinforces my fear that nobody cares what I think.
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
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I would like to know if the staffer who posted that video has been fired OR is he still president of the United States?
February 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I would like to know if the staffer who posted that video has been fired OR is he still president of the United States?
This news story is a couple weeks old, but it inspired me to write thing thing that might give you a chuckle.
www.out.com/film/he-man
www.out.com/film/he-man
February 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This news story is a couple weeks old, but it inspired me to write thing thing that might give you a chuckle.
www.out.com/film/he-man
www.out.com/film/he-man
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A fun thing about ReadOUT is the people who recognize me from GCLS gradually realizing that I'm not just an author's spouse but that I have books and stories and stuff in my own right.
February 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A fun thing about ReadOUT is the people who recognize me from GCLS gradually realizing that I'm not just an author's spouse but that I have books and stories and stuff in my own right.
I'm sitting in the audience of a panel, and the moderator appears to have read all the panelists and is equipped to ask them questions very geared towards their work. I love that when it's feasible.
February 7, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I'm sitting in the audience of a panel, and the moderator appears to have read all the panelists and is equipped to ask them questions very geared towards their work. I love that when it's feasible.