Sad Bastard
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Here to kick a dent in the universe and have it kick a dent in me. he/him/el
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Was recommending this same one (that I do here) at dinner last night:
Terrific list of horror recommendations from @paultremblay.bsky.social @almakatsu.bsky.social @nedbeauman.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @cjtudor.bsky.social and others!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Was recommending this same one (that I do here) at dinner last night:
From the Nov/Dec issue of Mother Jones magazine.
October 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
From the Nov/Dec issue of Mother Jones magazine.
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jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts
September 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts
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For my followers in Missouri:
MISSOURI we need everyone to show up!
Tomorrow, Thursday 9/4, at the state capitol, there will be a hearing at noon for the illegal gerrymandering of our maps. Then at 1:00 pm, another hearing to gut our citizens initiative petition process. I’ll share more info shortly, but start planning. #MoLeg
Tomorrow, Thursday 9/4, at the state capitol, there will be a hearing at noon for the illegal gerrymandering of our maps. Then at 1:00 pm, another hearing to gut our citizens initiative petition process. I’ll share more info shortly, but start planning. #MoLeg
September 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For my followers in Missouri:
“From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.”
-- Salman Rushdie
-- Salman Rushdie
June 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.”
-- Salman Rushdie
-- Salman Rushdie
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Okay, this is jaw-droppingly good. I’m looking at the likes and shares on here, not enough people have seen it. Watch it, embrace it. And then spread the word wide. Bravo, Sarah.
cc: @tessfowler.bsky.social, with love.
cc: @tessfowler.bsky.social, with love.
Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here.
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
Hammer Speech
Last night, I got to stand up in front of the audience at the Locus Awards ceremony. I wound up presenting the Locus Award for Best Short Story (congratulations, Isabel J. Kim!) – but first, I deliver...
stone-soup.ghost.io
June 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Okay, this is jaw-droppingly good. I’m looking at the likes and shares on here, not enough people have seen it. Watch it, embrace it. And then spread the word wide. Bravo, Sarah.
cc: @tessfowler.bsky.social, with love.
cc: @tessfowler.bsky.social, with love.
This should still be at the top of everyone's news feed.
June 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This should still be at the top of everyone's news feed.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
Backlash in Colorado as National Park Signs Urge Visitors to Report 'Negative' Views About America
The signage went up at National Parks sites nationwide per executive order, but Amache and Sand Creek descendants in Colorado want history to be preserved .
www.koaa.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
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Today is the day!
Hey all, a little cheep of a crow— the RebellionLit anthology Three x The Fun is releasing on 5/30 with my story, “Self-Taxidermy: Dressed to Kill”
Note: Content warnings abound with this one.
Note: Content warnings abound with this one.
May 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today is the day!
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@reshmasaujani.bsky.social nails it. 🎯
Don’t buy the con that there’s not enough for all of us. Progress is not a zero-sum game.
If they convince us the system is based on “merit,” it never has to change.
Don’t buy the con that there’s not enough for all of us. Progress is not a zero-sum game.
If they convince us the system is based on “merit,” it never has to change.
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
@reshmasaujani.bsky.social nails it. 🎯
Don’t buy the con that there’s not enough for all of us. Progress is not a zero-sum game.
If they convince us the system is based on “merit,” it never has to change.
Don’t buy the con that there’s not enough for all of us. Progress is not a zero-sum game.
If they convince us the system is based on “merit,” it never has to change.
If you're worried you're too bougie, I doubt you're as bougie as a $15(!) bag of chips.
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If you're worried you're too bougie, I doubt you're as bougie as a $15(!) bag of chips.
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I think this one’s going to make an impression on other businesses in almost exactly the same way the Bud Light thing left an impression.
You’ve really got to understand where your culture downside risk is, and it’s still mostly from the left
You’ve really got to understand where your culture downside risk is, and it’s still mostly from the left
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I think this one’s going to make an impression on other businesses in almost exactly the same way the Bud Light thing left an impression.
You’ve really got to understand where your culture downside risk is, and it’s still mostly from the left
You’ve really got to understand where your culture downside risk is, and it’s still mostly from the left
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We need to run America like a business. Specifically, the business should be a website that’s been acquired by private equity. Fire 90% of the workers. Pivot to video. Go bankrupt. Sell the company to a shady overseas conglomerate that installs spyware on every user’s computer
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We need to run America like a business. Specifically, the business should be a website that’s been acquired by private equity. Fire 90% of the workers. Pivot to video. Go bankrupt. Sell the company to a shady overseas conglomerate that installs spyware on every user’s computer
The folk singer we need.
I Ain’t Got None of My Friends Left
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The folk singer we need.
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I used to say, watching US politics as a European is like watching your rehab counselor drink himself to death. I was wrong.
It's like watching him trying to sell you heroin.
It's like watching him trying to sell you heroin.
February 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I used to say, watching US politics as a European is like watching your rehab counselor drink himself to death. I was wrong.
It's like watching him trying to sell you heroin.
It's like watching him trying to sell you heroin.
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This is fucking incredible.
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is fucking incredible.
