Kevin A. Risner
@mrdecember.bsky.social
Two books in the offing >>> It's Easy To Lose Your Breath (2026) & There's No Future Where We Don't Have Fire (2027)
www.kevinarisner.com
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What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.
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Street Cats & Where to Find Them: The Most Feline-Friendly Cities and Attractions Around the World
The Most Feline-Friendly Cities and Attractions Around the World
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November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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“I fly to the future / to retrieve my demolished present / as a legible past”
Fady Joudah
The first poem in this collection, […]
Fady Joudah
The first poem in this collection, […]
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November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“I fly to the future / to retrieve my demolished present / as a legible past”
Fady Joudah
The first poem in this collection, […]
Fady Joudah
The first poem in this collection, […]
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Climate change is the world's most pressing issue because it makes everything else worse. It enables dictators, it drives inflation, it makes survival harder for the poorest people in the world.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Climate change is the world's most pressing issue because it makes everything else worse. It enables dictators, it drives inflation, it makes survival harder for the poorest people in the world.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
This Cavs/Heat game 😎😎😎
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This Cavs/Heat game 😎😎😎
This Cavs/Heat game 😵😵😵
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This Cavs/Heat game 😵😵😵
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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correct.
Caving now means they literally did it for nothing and caused harm to people for nothing. Just absolute failure on every level.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
correct.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
Went on a short hike earlier today. Got to enjoy some fall foliage before the snow gets us tonight and tomorrow!
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Went on a short hike earlier today. Got to enjoy some fall foliage before the snow gets us tonight and tomorrow!
I had so much faith in the Cavs last night that I shut off the game at halftime. 🤣 Oh well. Happy we tamed the Bulls! Things are looking up! #LetEmKnow
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I had so much faith in the Cavs last night that I shut off the game at halftime. 🤣 Oh well. Happy we tamed the Bulls! Things are looking up! #LetEmKnow
This makes me want to not shop here even more. 🫥
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This makes me want to not shop here even more. 🫥
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Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.
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Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!
Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond | ASU Events
In this workshop, our speakers will use speculative thinking, literary criticism, and fiction writing to explore what resistance looks like in both our real world and in the imagined worlds that refle...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Two weeks from today, the ASU Worldbuilding Initiative will host "Resistance in Speculative Fiction and Beyond," our final workshop of 2025, with speakers @jennahanchey.bsky.social and Tanvir Akhtar Ahmed! Free and open to the public. Join us in-person in Tempe or on ASU Live!
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Just sharing some info from my college days in the mid 2000s. I wrote an article for the alternative newspaper titled: "Attack of the 50-Foot Dick Cheney." Thought you'd all like to know.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just sharing some info from my college days in the mid 2000s. I wrote an article for the alternative newspaper titled: "Attack of the 50-Foot Dick Cheney." Thought you'd all like to know.
Sign the Petition
Demand The Release of Chicago Teacher Illegally Detained By Ice
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November 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Just sharing some info from my college days in the mid 2000s. I wrote an article for the alternative newspaper titled: "Attack of the 50-Foot Dick Cheney." Thought you'd all like to know.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just sharing some info from my college days in the mid 2000s. I wrote an article for the alternative newspaper titled: "Attack of the 50-Foot Dick Cheney." Thought you'd all like to know.
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
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so it turns out that fascism is unpopular
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
so it turns out that fascism is unpopular
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What we know so far, 8:30pm
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What we know so far, 8:30pm
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
—Democrats flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—Also means Dems take VA trifecta.
—Dems in good shape to win NJ-Gov.
—Dems appear to flip 2 statewide offices in Georgia.
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincinnati.
—Last GOPer in Orlando council gone.
—PA: Dem justices up big so far.
My job gave me two PTO hours today to go out and vote. I get four total hours per year. Every single job should allow this.
November 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My job gave me two PTO hours today to go out and vote. I get four total hours per year. Every single job should allow this.
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Remember back in the day you wrote your own emails, took your own photos, and thought your own thoughts. The only difference nowadays is that big tech wants you to believe you never could and still can’t, so should have AI do it for you. I believe in you way more than I do big tech. You should too.
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Remember back in the day you wrote your own emails, took your own photos, and thought your own thoughts. The only difference nowadays is that big tech wants you to believe you never could and still can’t, so should have AI do it for you. I believe in you way more than I do big tech. You should too.
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Should I install the Satanic Zoom
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Should I install the Satanic Zoom