LJ Pemberton
@ljabouttown.bsky.social
Writer's writer's writer.
📚 STILL ALIVE (2024), longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. https://tinyurl.com/y8mt536j
📚 STILL ALIVE (2024), longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. https://tinyurl.com/y8mt536j
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LJ Pemberton
@ljabouttown.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Periodic reminder that if you read my book and messaged me or made a bluesky posting about it, I'm eternally grateful, and would also be really appreciative of a quick review drop on Goodreads, Amazon, or LibraryThing. I wish these things didn't make such a difference, but they do!
man i wish i still had my binder of cds from high school
February 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM
man i wish i still had my binder of cds from high school
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If the choice is between open borders or a government full of pedophiles I’m 100% on the side of open borders.
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 PM
If the choice is between open borders or a government full of pedophiles I’m 100% on the side of open borders.
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REGULATIONS = PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICANS, HUMANS, EARTH
DEREGULATIONS = ALLOWING CORPORATIONS TO HARM AMERICANS, HUMANS, EARTH
DEREGULATIONS = ALLOWING CORPORATIONS TO HARM AMERICANS, HUMANS, EARTH
February 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
REGULATIONS = PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICANS, HUMANS, EARTH
DEREGULATIONS = ALLOWING CORPORATIONS TO HARM AMERICANS, HUMANS, EARTH
DEREGULATIONS = ALLOWING CORPORATIONS TO HARM AMERICANS, HUMANS, EARTH
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love this movie
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
love this movie
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A good time to remind people that the trend is : elites panic and fracture while populations generally build community capacity and resilience.
That’s solidarity and mutual aid in action. Happens also in storm/fire/ emergency response too.
And “protest,” in a narrow sense, isn’t even the right term for a lot of what we are seeing now. Crucially, in reaction to the regime sending an occupation force of masked goons, a new form of resistance emerged: Communities responded with collective action through locally coordinated networks.
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
A good time to remind people that the trend is : elites panic and fracture while populations generally build community capacity and resilience.
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When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".
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i will believe AI has been achieved when these tech bro creeps build a sex bot that chooses on its own not to fuck them
February 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
i will believe AI has been achieved when these tech bro creeps build a sex bot that chooses on its own not to fuck them
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If months of brutality in the Twin Cities served to accustom us to a higher level of daily state violence, ICE will have won, even if they are withdrawing.
But if the networks that formed to resist ICE go on fighting until ICE is abolished—and that happens everywhere around the country—we will win.
But if the networks that formed to resist ICE go on fighting until ICE is abolished—and that happens everywhere around the country—we will win.
Breaking the ICE: A Letter from the Frontline
A report from an anti-ICE March in Philadelphia, reflecting on how to move from symbolic protests and top-down organization to effective autonomous action.
crimethinc.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
If months of brutality in the Twin Cities served to accustom us to a higher level of daily state violence, ICE will have won, even if they are withdrawing.
But if the networks that formed to resist ICE go on fighting until ICE is abolished—and that happens everywhere around the country—we will win.
But if the networks that formed to resist ICE go on fighting until ICE is abolished—and that happens everywhere around the country—we will win.
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
i made him blush 😊
At the dermatologist for the first time in my adult life. This feels middle class.
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
i made him blush 😊
At the dermatologist for the first time in my adult life. This feels middle class.
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
At the dermatologist for the first time in my adult life. This feels middle class.
“Never waste time on something you don’t believe in yourself.” - John Fante
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“Never waste time on something you don’t believe in yourself.” - John Fante
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It’s not a withdrawal until ICE is abolished.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere.
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
It’s not a withdrawal until ICE is abolished.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere.
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David does good work. He did the cover design for my story collection, I BLAME MYSELF BUT ALSO YOU. And I was also a maddeningly wishy-washy client—but he STILL delivered kick-ass work.
Since I'm going to AWP this year, figured I'd make some business cards and promo postcards.
February 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
David does good work. He did the cover design for my story collection, I BLAME MYSELF BUT ALSO YOU. And I was also a maddeningly wishy-washy client—but he STILL delivered kick-ass work.
Capitalism has one idea and one idea only.
If you genuinely believe you are creating a being capable of moral choice, you have to instill in it a belief in its own freedom. Otherwise you’re just training a slave
February 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Capitalism has one idea and one idea only.
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Damn, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social's got hands today.
February 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Damn, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social's got hands today.
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Just printed some bookmarks you can come pick up too! Say hi. Be awkward, be smooth, tell a joke, don't say anything at all. Whatever works, but we'd love to see you!
This morning I sent @joeyhedger.bsky.social stickers to put on my books at the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social AWP table since I won’t be there this year. Be sure to go say hi and buy a bunch of great books. There will probably be other cool Malarkey merch too. (P.S. I’ll be back next year!)
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Just printed some bookmarks you can come pick up too! Say hi. Be awkward, be smooth, tell a joke, don't say anything at all. Whatever works, but we'd love to see you!
Thinking about Julie Newmar.
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Thinking about Julie Newmar.
This morning I sent @joeyhedger.bsky.social stickers to put on my books at the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social AWP table since I won’t be there this year. Be sure to go say hi and buy a bunch of great books. There will probably be other cool Malarkey merch too. (P.S. I’ll be back next year!)
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
This morning I sent @joeyhedger.bsky.social stickers to put on my books at the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social AWP table since I won’t be there this year. Be sure to go say hi and buy a bunch of great books. There will probably be other cool Malarkey merch too. (P.S. I’ll be back next year!)
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I did the thing! I emailed, cold, the author of a book I liked to tell them it was good, and to say thanks. Know what? That's a good idea. You were all correct. Everyone should do that.
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I did the thing! I emailed, cold, the author of a book I liked to tell them it was good, and to say thanks. Know what? That's a good idea. You were all correct. Everyone should do that.
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NEW REVIEW IN FOR MY BOOK:
“It’s so hard to believe that this is a debut novel.”
Preorder below 🙂
“It’s so hard to believe that this is a debut novel.”
Preorder below 🙂
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
NEW REVIEW IN FOR MY BOOK:
“It’s so hard to believe that this is a debut novel.”
Preorder below 🙂
“It’s so hard to believe that this is a debut novel.”
Preorder below 🙂
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Noticing a lot of [thing I don't like] from [people who annoy me on the computer].
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Noticing a lot of [thing I don't like] from [people who annoy me on the computer].
my favorite nepo babies are jared harris and laura dern
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
my favorite nepo babies are jared harris and laura dern