Sam Flynn - MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now!
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A godforsaken author (He/Him). Fantasy-horror novella THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING, first half of the DEADLIGHTS DUOLOGY, out now via Timber Ghost Press. Sequel DWELLER IN DARKNESS out Q4 2026: https://linktr.ee/samflynn7
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@timberghostpress.bsky.social) is one of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social's Best Reads of 2024. Grimdark is a bucket list publication for me and to be recognized by them is surreal and incredible.
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
(Here's the opening of "The Mystery of the Pale King")
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yes... republicans right now and several establishment democrats have no discernible ethical or moral baseline or compass except in some cases "this ancient book inaccurately transcribed sez whatever i do is right".
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
yes... republicans right now and several establishment democrats have no discernible ethical or moral baseline or compass except in some cases "this ancient book inaccurately transcribed sez whatever i do is right".
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
Do you have regrets? Do you ever wish you could just forget them forever? Thomas Armstrong sure does. He's hiding out at the Palace Hotel, on the run after a robbery gone wrong, blood on his hands and tormented by guilt. But the hotel is not the refuge he hoped and his nightmare is only beginning.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Do you have regrets? Do you ever wish you could just forget them forever? Thomas Armstrong sure does. He's hiding out at the Palace Hotel, on the run after a robbery gone wrong, blood on his hands and tormented by guilt. But the hotel is not the refuge he hoped and his nightmare is only beginning.
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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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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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A good idea that seems especially relevant today—
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A good idea that seems especially relevant today—
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A despicable death cult masquerading as a country.
September 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM
A despicable death cult masquerading as a country.
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Yeah these guys are born losers and are unable to even do basic spin for themselves
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yeah these guys are born losers and are unable to even do basic spin for themselves
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This essay muses wisely on the New York Times' relentless insistence on false balance -- a big-media standard that, sadly, amounts to business as usual malpractice.
It'll help you see the need to rebuild honest journalism from the ground up.
It'll help you see the need to rebuild honest journalism from the ground up.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This essay muses wisely on the New York Times' relentless insistence on false balance -- a big-media standard that, sadly, amounts to business as usual malpractice.
It'll help you see the need to rebuild honest journalism from the ground up.
It'll help you see the need to rebuild honest journalism from the ground up.
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The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.
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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
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Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
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"Beneath its humdrum requests, every email said more or less the same thing: Can you explain how reading certain things can turn a person into a socialist—and, possibly, a terrorist-sympathizing antisemite?" lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Beneath its humdrum requests, every email said more or less the same thing: Can you explain how reading certain things can turn a person into a socialist—and, possibly, a terrorist-sympathizing antisemite?" lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
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Imagine going to court demanding for the right to starve both your people and their children for no other reason beyond malice.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration turns to Supreme Court to block order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Imagine going to court demanding for the right to starve both your people and their children for no other reason beyond malice.
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yes. by design.
The rich have shamed poor people into silence to such an extent that almost no one knows how absolutely crushing it is to be poor in this country.
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
yes. by design.
You usually have to pay to see something this embarrassing.
Literally the one place in the country where Democrats got their clock cleaned was in the home county of state chair who refused to endorse Mamdani and has generally overseen a string very poor democratic performances.
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
You usually have to pay to see something this embarrassing.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
Dangerous confession: I don't like INTERSTELLAR
Dangerous confession: I don't like Kubrick's THE SHINING.
Dangerous confession: I don't like THE BABADOOK.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Dangerous confession: I don't like INTERSTELLAR
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
Eldest pet Honey Badger is near the end of her life. She made it even longer than we hoped when we adopted her. Fifteen years old and we had her for ten. Give your Honey an ear scratch for her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Eldest pet Honey Badger is near the end of her life. She made it even longer than we hoped when we adopted her. Fifteen years old and we had her for ten. Give your Honey an ear scratch for her.
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