Socar Myles
@packbawky.bsky.social
Kind of a hoser. Likes birds.
Today's vibe:
* a sad ring of tatties
* a pile of boiled mince
* half a bottle of brown sauce
* yeah, give it here.
* a sad ring of tatties
* a pile of boiled mince
* half a bottle of brown sauce
* yeah, give it here.
February 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Today's vibe:
* a sad ring of tatties
* a pile of boiled mince
* half a bottle of brown sauce
* yeah, give it here.
* a sad ring of tatties
* a pile of boiled mince
* half a bottle of brown sauce
* yeah, give it here.
This is Mr. Horsy.
Mr. Horsy is not just a badly-drawn horse. He's that feeling artists get when we have to draw a horse, and we're trying to remember how their parts fit together.
Mr. Horsy is not just a badly-drawn horse. He's that feeling artists get when we have to draw a horse, and we're trying to remember how their parts fit together.
February 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is Mr. Horsy.
Mr. Horsy is not just a badly-drawn horse. He's that feeling artists get when we have to draw a horse, and we're trying to remember how their parts fit together.
Mr. Horsy is not just a badly-drawn horse. He's that feeling artists get when we have to draw a horse, and we're trying to remember how their parts fit together.
Just saw one of those Big Ben tweets that's just like "BONG BONG BONG BONG," and my brain automatically added "SPLOOSH."
(Because of that "Tales from the Crypt" story, "For How the Bell Tolls. Spoiler: the clapper is a person. Bong, bong, bong, sploosh.)
(Because of that "Tales from the Crypt" story, "For How the Bell Tolls. Spoiler: the clapper is a person. Bong, bong, bong, sploosh.)
February 17, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Just saw one of those Big Ben tweets that's just like "BONG BONG BONG BONG," and my brain automatically added "SPLOOSH."
(Because of that "Tales from the Crypt" story, "For How the Bell Tolls. Spoiler: the clapper is a person. Bong, bong, bong, sploosh.)
(Because of that "Tales from the Crypt" story, "For How the Bell Tolls. Spoiler: the clapper is a person. Bong, bong, bong, sploosh.)
February 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
One time in high school, I saw a teacher wheeling a light aircraft across the car park, pushing it with his shoulder.
I spent the REST OF THAT DAY searching the school. I found entire rooms I'd had no clue existed, but I never did find where he'd stashed that plane.
I spent the REST OF THAT DAY searching the school. I found entire rooms I'd had no clue existed, but I never did find where he'd stashed that plane.
February 15, 2026 at 3:19 AM
One time in high school, I saw a teacher wheeling a light aircraft across the car park, pushing it with his shoulder.
I spent the REST OF THAT DAY searching the school. I found entire rooms I'd had no clue existed, but I never did find where he'd stashed that plane.
I spent the REST OF THAT DAY searching the school. I found entire rooms I'd had no clue existed, but I never did find where he'd stashed that plane.
Reposted by Socar Myles
I can't read anymore of this without sobbing in public, but if you are considering delaying the MMR vaccine for your kid, please read it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I can't read anymore of this without sobbing in public, but if you are considering delaying the MMR vaccine for your kid, please read it.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Most of the art you see of tardigrades shows them how they look under a scanning electron microscope. Which means most of the art you see of tardigrades is really depicting gold-plated dead ones.
They're meant to be sort of translucent, not, y'know, opaque like brown paper bags.
They're meant to be sort of translucent, not, y'know, opaque like brown paper bags.
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Most of the art you see of tardigrades shows them how they look under a scanning electron microscope. Which means most of the art you see of tardigrades is really depicting gold-plated dead ones.
They're meant to be sort of translucent, not, y'know, opaque like brown paper bags.
They're meant to be sort of translucent, not, y'know, opaque like brown paper bags.
That's me, SJ Myles!
This anthology comes out in June of this year. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else wrote.
This anthology comes out in June of this year. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else wrote.
We are thrilled to announce the final group of contributors for the WOMEN OF THE WEIRD WEST anthology!
Newly Announced Authors:
K.M. CHAVEZ
SARAH FAXON
ANASTASIA JILL
CHRISTINE LUCAS
ANNA MADDEN
SJ MYLES
NICO MARTINEZ NOCITO
GRACE QUON
LISA TIMPF
ANGELICA URQUIZO
Newly Announced Authors:
K.M. CHAVEZ
SARAH FAXON
ANASTASIA JILL
CHRISTINE LUCAS
ANNA MADDEN
SJ MYLES
NICO MARTINEZ NOCITO
GRACE QUON
LISA TIMPF
ANGELICA URQUIZO
February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
That's me, SJ Myles!
This anthology comes out in June of this year. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else wrote.
This anthology comes out in June of this year. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else wrote.
I don't think there'll ever be a day when the Dragon Quest opening fanfare doesn't make me grin like a chimpanzee.
February 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I don't think there'll ever be a day when the Dragon Quest opening fanfare doesn't make me grin like a chimpanzee.
Reposted by Socar Myles
Dental healthcare should be considered medical care and covered by medical insurance. Implants and dentures are not cosmetic, it is life-changing and life-saving medical intervention.
800,000 people visit the ER annually for teeth issues. A 12-year-old died of complications from an infected tooth.
800,000 people visit the ER annually for teeth issues. A 12-year-old died of complications from an infected tooth.
Had first dental appointment since 2002. No cavities!! MY STREAK IS UNBROKEN!! I do, however, need to have $1k in deep gum cleaning/planing. Wild feeling, to know that I DID actually have that much in savings. I think a lot about how lack of affordable healthcare in US is form of modern eugenics
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Dental healthcare should be considered medical care and covered by medical insurance. Implants and dentures are not cosmetic, it is life-changing and life-saving medical intervention.
800,000 people visit the ER annually for teeth issues. A 12-year-old died of complications from an infected tooth.
800,000 people visit the ER annually for teeth issues. A 12-year-old died of complications from an infected tooth.
A thing you think about in videogames: when you "steal" from an animal and get an animal pelt, are you skinning that animal alive as it continues to fight you?
What about when you steal and get TWO pelts? Was that animal wearing the pelt of its beloved, which you already killed?
What about when you steal and get TWO pelts? Was that animal wearing the pelt of its beloved, which you already killed?
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A thing you think about in videogames: when you "steal" from an animal and get an animal pelt, are you skinning that animal alive as it continues to fight you?
What about when you steal and get TWO pelts? Was that animal wearing the pelt of its beloved, which you already killed?
What about when you steal and get TWO pelts? Was that animal wearing the pelt of its beloved, which you already killed?
I don't think it's performative when people say "I never liked [name] anyway," when some celebrity shits the bed. I think it's relief. Relief at not having propped up someone awful.
(That relief never lasts, though. Neil Gaiman was never my jam, but Cormac McCarthy sure was.)
(That relief never lasts, though. Neil Gaiman was never my jam, but Cormac McCarthy sure was.)
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I don't think it's performative when people say "I never liked [name] anyway," when some celebrity shits the bed. I think it's relief. Relief at not having propped up someone awful.
(That relief never lasts, though. Neil Gaiman was never my jam, but Cormac McCarthy sure was.)
(That relief never lasts, though. Neil Gaiman was never my jam, but Cormac McCarthy sure was.)
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a short story about a "cancelled" writer and his loathsome crisis manager, quoted here:
“You will be cancelled a year or two, yes, but nothing we’ve seen so far says ‘legal action.’ Sure, you’re a pervert, you’re a bad feminist, you rob the cradle—dirty old man. (1)
“You will be cancelled a year or two, yes, but nothing we’ve seen so far says ‘legal action.’ Sure, you’re a pervert, you’re a bad feminist, you rob the cradle—dirty old man. (1)
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a short story about a "cancelled" writer and his loathsome crisis manager, quoted here:
“You will be cancelled a year or two, yes, but nothing we’ve seen so far says ‘legal action.’ Sure, you’re a pervert, you’re a bad feminist, you rob the cradle—dirty old man. (1)
“You will be cancelled a year or two, yes, but nothing we’ve seen so far says ‘legal action.’ Sure, you’re a pervert, you’re a bad feminist, you rob the cradle—dirty old man. (1)
My first glimpse of a person I knew long ago, in the window of a shop near the Grafton Centre (Cambridge, England).
I was looking at the sparkly shit in the window, and suddenly noticed a person was there.
I was looking at the sparkly shit in the window, and suddenly noticed a person was there.
February 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
My first glimpse of a person I knew long ago, in the window of a shop near the Grafton Centre (Cambridge, England).
I was looking at the sparkly shit in the window, and suddenly noticed a person was there.
I was looking at the sparkly shit in the window, and suddenly noticed a person was there.
The song in my head today was "Va, pensiero," but then I lost my pencil. I said to my friend, "man, I lost my pencil," and he said "but, HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR BUUUUUUUUUUUUUTT-HOLE?!!??!!??", and now that's the song in my head.
February 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The song in my head today was "Va, pensiero," but then I lost my pencil. I said to my friend, "man, I lost my pencil," and he said "but, HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR BUUUUUUUUUUUUUTT-HOLE?!!??!!??", and now that's the song in my head.
I wonder if birds ever...don't feel like diving into cold water to get their dinners. If they ever sit looking at the icy cold sea, going "nah, not today, that's a big nope for me."
Do they ever ask another bird to grab a fish for them?
Does the other bird ever oblige?
Do they ever ask another bird to grab a fish for them?
Does the other bird ever oblige?
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 AM
I wonder if birds ever...don't feel like diving into cold water to get their dinners. If they ever sit looking at the icy cold sea, going "nah, not today, that's a big nope for me."
Do they ever ask another bird to grab a fish for them?
Does the other bird ever oblige?
Do they ever ask another bird to grab a fish for them?
Does the other bird ever oblige?
Slept 20 minutes; woken by that dream where none of the doors that ought to lock WILL lock, and people keep barging in.
Trying again...
Trying again...
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Slept 20 minutes; woken by that dream where none of the doors that ought to lock WILL lock, and people keep barging in.
Trying again...
Trying again...
Reposted by Socar Myles
Who else up desperately begging their senators not to invent some set of “rules” that will definitely turn the lawless ICE paramilitary forces into “good apples” and thus make it fine and cool to give them a pile of money? 😭
ABOLISH ICE! NO PARAMILITARIES!
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
ABOLISH ICE! NO PARAMILITARIES!
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Who else up desperately begging their senators not to invent some set of “rules” that will definitely turn the lawless ICE paramilitary forces into “good apples” and thus make it fine and cool to give them a pile of money? 😭
ABOLISH ICE! NO PARAMILITARIES!
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
ABOLISH ICE! NO PARAMILITARIES!
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
With respect to Murakami...what?
The routine he describes is virtually identical to mine, when I'm writing a novel (which is always; I'm a ghostwriter). I get up at 5 and go to bed at 10, and I walk rather than running or swimming. Otherwise, same.
...it's just habit, man. It's not that deep.
The routine he describes is virtually identical to mine, when I'm writing a novel (which is always; I'm a ghostwriter). I get up at 5 and go to bed at 10, and I walk rather than running or swimming. Otherwise, same.
...it's just habit, man. It's not that deep.
January 29, 2026 at 4:29 PM
With respect to Murakami...what?
The routine he describes is virtually identical to mine, when I'm writing a novel (which is always; I'm a ghostwriter). I get up at 5 and go to bed at 10, and I walk rather than running or swimming. Otherwise, same.
...it's just habit, man. It's not that deep.
The routine he describes is virtually identical to mine, when I'm writing a novel (which is always; I'm a ghostwriter). I get up at 5 and go to bed at 10, and I walk rather than running or swimming. Otherwise, same.
...it's just habit, man. It's not that deep.
With all the talk of Moby-Dick lately, I thought it was time to resurrect the legend of the terrible lightning whale.
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 AM
With all the talk of Moby-Dick lately, I thought it was time to resurrect the legend of the terrible lightning whale.
Reposted by Socar Myles
I’m in a local bird photography group of Vietnamese Americans to level up everyone’s birding ability
This is the conversation I just had with one of our group members
Please protect birders of color who live near you. If you can, volunteer to accompany some you know
I personally don’t feel safe 🪶
This is the conversation I just had with one of our group members
Please protect birders of color who live near you. If you can, volunteer to accompany some you know
I personally don’t feel safe 🪶
January 28, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I’m in a local bird photography group of Vietnamese Americans to level up everyone’s birding ability
This is the conversation I just had with one of our group members
Please protect birders of color who live near you. If you can, volunteer to accompany some you know
I personally don’t feel safe 🪶
This is the conversation I just had with one of our group members
Please protect birders of color who live near you. If you can, volunteer to accompany some you know
I personally don’t feel safe 🪶
How many people think my profile picture is a self-portrait?
(It's not. It's a picture of a man in my old neighbourhood, whom I secretly thought of as Uncle Tortoise, because he had a long neck, like a tortoise. I changed his hairstyle so he wouldn't know himself if he ever saw it.)
(It's not. It's a picture of a man in my old neighbourhood, whom I secretly thought of as Uncle Tortoise, because he had a long neck, like a tortoise. I changed his hairstyle so he wouldn't know himself if he ever saw it.)
January 27, 2026 at 5:59 PM
How many people think my profile picture is a self-portrait?
(It's not. It's a picture of a man in my old neighbourhood, whom I secretly thought of as Uncle Tortoise, because he had a long neck, like a tortoise. I changed his hairstyle so he wouldn't know himself if he ever saw it.)
(It's not. It's a picture of a man in my old neighbourhood, whom I secretly thought of as Uncle Tortoise, because he had a long neck, like a tortoise. I changed his hairstyle so he wouldn't know himself if he ever saw it.)
This is a photo from, I think, 2016. These two crows are a parent and fledgling. The parent had been hit by a car, and was very, very sore, but the fledgling was hungry, and would not stop begging.
(This story has a happy ending: after one miserable week, the parent recovered.)
#birds
(This story has a happy ending: after one miserable week, the parent recovered.)
#birds
January 27, 2026 at 1:47 AM
This is a photo from, I think, 2016. These two crows are a parent and fledgling. The parent had been hit by a car, and was very, very sore, but the fledgling was hungry, and would not stop begging.
(This story has a happy ending: after one miserable week, the parent recovered.)
#birds
(This story has a happy ending: after one miserable week, the parent recovered.)
#birds
I shared this post earlier without knowing the context, simply because this is a beautiful object. But knowing the context, I'm sharing it as what it is: a powerful statement.
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I shared this post earlier without knowing the context, simply because this is a beautiful object. But knowing the context, I'm sharing it as what it is: a powerful statement.
The song in my head today is the first ten bars of the Trout Quintet, on repeat.
Stop it, brain, stop it. Play the damn rest of it!
Stop it, brain, stop it. Play the damn rest of it!
January 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
The song in my head today is the first ten bars of the Trout Quintet, on repeat.
Stop it, brain, stop it. Play the damn rest of it!
Stop it, brain, stop it. Play the damn rest of it!