Colin Harker
@lordsteerpike.bsky.social
(she/her) THE FEAST OF THE INNOCENTS (2022) / British lit PhD / Gothic cosmic horror author / William Godwin and Charles Maturin are my patron saints
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Wow, this new Goodreads review of The Feast of the Innocents just made my day! (As those of you who follow me know, Clive Barker is one of my patron saints so hearing my work compared to his means so much).🕯️🏰💀
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Wow, this new Goodreads review of The Feast of the Innocents just made my day! (As those of you who follow me know, Clive Barker is one of my patron saints so hearing my work compared to his means so much).🕯️🏰💀
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Wow, this new Goodreads review of The Feast of the Innocents just made my day! (As those of you who follow me know, Clive Barker is one of my patron saints so hearing my work compared to his means so much).🕯️🏰💀
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underrated Tatsuya Nakadai recommendation: Hideo Gosha's Heat Wave, a period yakuza film that feels like Lady Snowblood + Red Peony Gambler. an extremely good-looking film about a gambler looking to avenge her father's murder, but she unfortunately discovers that the evildoer is a babe.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
underrated Tatsuya Nakadai recommendation: Hideo Gosha's Heat Wave, a period yakuza film that feels like Lady Snowblood + Red Peony Gambler. an extremely good-looking film about a gambler looking to avenge her father's murder, but she unfortunately discovers that the evildoer is a babe.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rewaa. Rewaa was finishing her studies in interior design (she sent me some amazing sketches) and her husband Mohammed worked in a vegetable market. They have two sons Jamal, 6 and Hamza, 5. They are looking to rebuild their lives ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Rewaa. Rewaa was finishing her studies in interior design (she sent me some amazing sketches) and her husband Mohammed worked in a vegetable market. They have two sons Jamal, 6 and Hamza, 5. They are looking to rebuild their lives ❤️
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AI usually means Arseholes Involved. It’s a thieving, hollowing and unethical beast of a thing. It has no place in an ethical, decent society. It has no place in Hookland and never will.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
AI usually means Arseholes Involved. It’s a thieving, hollowing and unethical beast of a thing. It has no place in an ethical, decent society. It has no place in Hookland and never will.
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BREAKING: SNAP is still a mess tonight, with plaintiffs in the Boston SNAP case filing additional facts for Judge Talwani following today's ruling.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71783...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71783...
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
BREAKING: SNAP is still a mess tonight, with plaintiffs in the Boston SNAP case filing additional facts for Judge Talwani following today's ruling.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71783...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71783...
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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Men embracing reading is the absolute worst thing to happen to manosphere influencers and hate groups. They don't know how to pivot to take advantage of that. It's not like Andrew Tate is going to be able to lead a YouTube discussion on Watchmen.
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Men embracing reading is the absolute worst thing to happen to manosphere influencers and hate groups. They don't know how to pivot to take advantage of that. It's not like Andrew Tate is going to be able to lead a YouTube discussion on Watchmen.
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's so cool that when the right person lands a direct hit on ol' Elon he can't stop from lighting up and spinning his bowtie like a carnival game clown
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
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Thank you, Gabino! Next week is my last in-person event of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION book tour, so I'm still hoping to signal-boost this new release where we examine real history & ghost lore through the lens of Gothic Literature! 🖤 bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
Haunted History Stranger than Fiction
bookshop.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thank you, Gabino! Next week is my last in-person event of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION book tour, so I'm still hoping to signal-boost this new release where we examine real history & ghost lore through the lens of Gothic Literature! 🖤 bookshop.org/p/books/amer...
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Our Dream Is Waiting at the Finish Line 🏁❤️
I’M TRULY HAPPY WE’VE COME THIS FAR, YET IT HURTS THAT EVERYTHING PAUSED AT THE LAST STEP.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT US, BUT SILENCE STILL WINS.
ONLY $1,050 LEFT TO REACH OUR GOAL — PLEASE DON’T LET OUR DREAM FADE NOW. ❤️
With all our hope and love. ❤️
I’M TRULY HAPPY WE’VE COME THIS FAR, YET IT HURTS THAT EVERYTHING PAUSED AT THE LAST STEP.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT US, BUT SILENCE STILL WINS.
ONLY $1,050 LEFT TO REACH OUR GOAL — PLEASE DON’T LET OUR DREAM FADE NOW. ❤️
With all our hope and love. ❤️
Donate to Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War, organized by Fatima Ayub
My name is Ahmad Johar, a 25-year-old, Palestinian from Gaza. I have lived throu… Fatima Ayub needs your support for Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War
gofund.me
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our Dream Is Waiting at the Finish Line 🏁❤️
I’M TRULY HAPPY WE’VE COME THIS FAR, YET IT HURTS THAT EVERYTHING PAUSED AT THE LAST STEP.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT US, BUT SILENCE STILL WINS.
ONLY $1,050 LEFT TO REACH OUR GOAL — PLEASE DON’T LET OUR DREAM FADE NOW. ❤️
With all our hope and love. ❤️
I’M TRULY HAPPY WE’VE COME THIS FAR, YET IT HURTS THAT EVERYTHING PAUSED AT THE LAST STEP.
EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT US, BUT SILENCE STILL WINS.
ONLY $1,050 LEFT TO REACH OUR GOAL — PLEASE DON’T LET OUR DREAM FADE NOW. ❤️
With all our hope and love. ❤️
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I strongly recommend buying a copy now and reading it at Christmas time for maximum immersion
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I strongly recommend buying a copy now and reading it at Christmas time for maximum immersion
The fact that Harlan Ellison hated both Star Trek AND Star Wars and monologued at length about both these passionate hatreds is both hilarious and kind of terrifying.
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The fact that Harlan Ellison hated both Star Trek AND Star Wars and monologued at length about both these passionate hatreds is both hilarious and kind of terrifying.
Wow, this new Goodreads review of The Feast of the Innocents just made my day! (As those of you who follow me know, Clive Barker is one of my patron saints so hearing my work compared to his means so much).🕯️🏰💀
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Wow, this new Goodreads review of The Feast of the Innocents just made my day! (As those of you who follow me know, Clive Barker is one of my patron saints so hearing my work compared to his means so much).🕯️🏰💀
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FWIW a lot of people are now taking on the Trump position that the Tuesday elections were about the shutdown specifically, as opposed to a more general repudiation of Trump. I'm skeptical.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
FWIW a lot of people are now taking on the Trump position that the Tuesday elections were about the shutdown specifically, as opposed to a more general repudiation of Trump. I'm skeptical.
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Well, never a flop; it was the number one movie at the box office when it came out, but anyway…
collider.com/stephen-king...
collider.com/stephen-king...
Stephen King’s Forgotten Feline Flop Is a Free Streaming Hit
Sleepwalkers, one of Stephen King's most obscure movies, is a hit on streaming. Here's how to watch the Master of Horror's feline horror.
collider.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Well, never a flop; it was the number one movie at the box office when it came out, but anyway…
collider.com/stephen-king...
collider.com/stephen-king...
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
I am begging someone to give me one example of how AI is “getting better.”
I think people want AI to be useless, to consume huge amounts of water, etc. because that lets you find another reason for it to be bad that isn’t: it’s useful and that’s why it’s bad. The thing works and is getting better, millions have found use cases for it, and that is why it is bad.
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I am begging someone to give me one example of how AI is “getting better.”
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I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states