Riley Fox
@rileyfox.bsky.social
Writer. Former comic. Prog & metal nerd. Currently residing in tropical Denver, Colorado. Immortal for a limited time. ♾️
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Riley Fox
@rileyfox.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Alright, time for a proper pinned skeet for the new folks:
Hey-hey! I’m a Denver-based writer working on my first novel, music nerd (primarily metal & prog), amateur photographer, and I did stand-up for eleven years so expect an occasional joke now and again. Welcome and enjoy your stay.
Hey-hey! I’m a Denver-based writer working on my first novel, music nerd (primarily metal & prog), amateur photographer, and I did stand-up for eleven years so expect an occasional joke now and again. Welcome and enjoy your stay.
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America is yearning for "it."
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
America is yearning for "it."
[taps “save image” so hard I break all my thumbs]
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
[taps “save image” so hard I break all my thumbs]
Nothing screams “I absolutely have things under control” like typing a furious screed that’s mostly in all-caps and ends with “THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER” followed by three exclamation marks.
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Nothing screams “I absolutely have things under control” like typing a furious screed that’s mostly in all-caps and ends with “THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER” followed by three exclamation marks.
Somehow missed that Eric Gillette put out another solo record back in 2024 (SENSORY OVERLOAD) but I’m listening to it now and it rips. He plays everything on it and gotta say, he’s just as good a drummer as he is a guitarist. If you want to hear some cool instrumental jams, he’s your guy.
Big fan of Eric Gillette’s guitar work in Neal Morse Band, so finding out that he’s playing in a new prog-metal band (Temic) is a nice discovery at the end of the holiday weekend.
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Somehow missed that Eric Gillette put out another solo record back in 2024 (SENSORY OVERLOAD) but I’m listening to it now and it rips. He plays everything on it and gotta say, he’s just as good a drummer as he is a guitarist. If you want to hear some cool instrumental jams, he’s your guy.
It’s been a shit week but one of the ways I am self-care-ing is by catching up on some records released last year, and these are a few I’ve really dug. Artist/album info in the alt-text!
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
It’s been a shit week but one of the ways I am self-care-ing is by catching up on some records released last year, and these are a few I’ve really dug. Artist/album info in the alt-text!
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
My brother sent me these pics of this bottle of Nikka Tsuru whiskey he got at his work today and he was asking me about it (he doesn’t know much about whiskey) and by the end of the conversation he was like “fuck it I’ll just ship it to you” and I’m so excited.
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
My brother sent me these pics of this bottle of Nikka Tsuru whiskey he got at his work today and he was asking me about it (he doesn’t know much about whiskey) and by the end of the conversation he was like “fuck it I’ll just ship it to you” and I’m so excited.
Gonna try to break up the feed with something more positive. I’m finally getting around to checking out that new Coroner album—their first in over thirty years—and that’s some good goddamn metal right there. Highly recommended.
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Gonna try to break up the feed with something more positive. I’m finally getting around to checking out that new Coroner album—their first in over thirty years—and that’s some good goddamn metal right there. Highly recommended.
I don’t need to watch a video to know that ICE is full of murderous pieces of garbage who eat their own boogers and turds. Fuck them for life.
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I don’t need to watch a video to know that ICE is full of murderous pieces of garbage who eat their own boogers and turds. Fuck them for life.
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If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
Filling in one of my literary blind spots this week by reading my first Toni Morrison novel. I went with JAZZ after seeing André 3000’s opening act read a passage aloud in-between songs in 2024. Really enjoying it so far.
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Filling in one of my literary blind spots this week by reading my first Toni Morrison novel. I went with JAZZ after seeing André 3000’s opening act read a passage aloud in-between songs in 2024. Really enjoying it so far.
Dudes fucking rock.
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Dudes Only Play Extreme Metal To Impress Other Dudes, According To One Study - Metal Injection
It's just science.
metalinjection.net
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Dudes fucking rock.
Books should include a list of credits at the end of everyone who worked on the book the same way movies and television shows do.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 7, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Books should include a list of credits at the end of everyone who worked on the book the same way movies and television shows do.
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A touching tribute to Mike F
![Classic Mike F tweet:
Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g62tajye723r3fa4gqw7l7ql/bafkreiacssf7vnpkyqovhna4mfme3qexnhqifch625ta46ibfzgpswz6ue@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
A touching tribute to Mike F
Despite the *other* thing that happened on January 6th, 2021, it was also the day I started writing my weird novel that I still, uh, haven’t finished. (But I’m on the third draft! Give me some credit here!)
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Despite the *other* thing that happened on January 6th, 2021, it was also the day I started writing my weird novel that I still, uh, haven’t finished. (But I’m on the third draft! Give me some credit here!)
I do think it’s funny seeing all these politicians posting on the anniversary of January 6th like “it has been five years since a violent mob attacked the precious hall of democracy, one of the darkest days in American history, anyway we didn’t do anything about it byeeeeeeeeee!!!”
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I do think it’s funny seeing all these politicians posting on the anniversary of January 6th like “it has been five years since a violent mob attacked the precious hall of democracy, one of the darkest days in American history, anyway we didn’t do anything about it byeeeeeeeeee!!!”
I once punched myself in the face taking a bite of a sandwich.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I once punched myself in the face taking a bite of a sandwich.
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and i've been hoping to eat a chili pepper that will do this to me ever since
29 years ago today, Homer Simpson had an epic chili pepper-induced hallucination. “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer” first aired January 5, 1997.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
Most of the sequence was animated completely by David Silverman as he wanted it to look exactly as he had imagined it.
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
and i've been hoping to eat a chili pepper that will do this to me ever since
Therapy was rough, so I’m taking a bath and throwing on one of my favorite prog-rock records.
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (Full Album)
YouTube video by Prog Kidd
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January 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Therapy was rough, so I’m taking a bath and throwing on one of my favorite prog-rock records.
What is the charge? Drinking a succulent Texan soda?
Downtown. 242 Fifth Ave - CVS. Caller said someone just stole like 7 full cases of Dr. Pepper and fled. Suspect is currently walking down Fifth with a comical amount of Dr. Pepper.
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
What is the charge? Drinking a succulent Texan soda?
January 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Current bit that I enjoy running into the ground: putting a fox Beanie Baby on the cat and referring to it as “Akron, your boyfriend.”
Current bit that I enjoy running into the ground: when the cat enters the room, saying “welcome back to the show” and when the cat leaves the room, saying “alright, thanks for coming on the show.”
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Current bit that I enjoy running into the ground: putting a fox Beanie Baby on the cat and referring to it as “Akron, your boyfriend.”
The world is shit, but I made it to Tekken God rank in Tekken 8.
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The world is shit, but I made it to Tekken God rank in Tekken 8.