Erin Maher
@theerinmaher.bsky.social
TV writer (SWAMP THING! SHINING VALE!) Friend to books, horses, and old movies. I am pro-Oxford comma.
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Erin Maher
@theerinmaher.bsky.social
· Mar 23
Reminder, if you care, I am blocking AI users. There are plenty of things you can use as a banner or avatar that aren’t using people’s stolen work or helping destroy the environment.
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One thing I can say for sure is every fifth car on the highway having the fuckkng sun as their headlights is bad
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
One thing I can say for sure is every fifth car on the highway having the fuckkng sun as their headlights is bad
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DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
DOORDASH: imagine a $12 sandwich
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
ME: oh dang that sounds so good
DOORDASH: now imagine that it could be yours for just $37
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I will forever be mad that mass market paperbacks don’t really exist anymore & if they do, they’re hideously expensive.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I will forever be mad that mass market paperbacks don’t really exist anymore & if they do, they’re hideously expensive.
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Republicans will blame Democrats for the shooter. Don't let them.
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Republicans will blame Democrats for the shooter. Don't let them.
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
Democrats:
- allowed Afghans to seek refuge after aiding the U.S. and fleeing the Taliban
Republicans:
- approved shooter's refugee status in April 2025
- allowed shooter to access a gun
- placed NG soldiers in the line of fire
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Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
We neede artes and humanityes
artshumanities.berkeley.edu/news/humanit...
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
We neede artes and humanityes
artshumanities.berkeley.edu/news/humanit...
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees | Division of Arts & Humanities
artshumanities.berkeley.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
We neede artes and humanityes
artshumanities.berkeley.edu/news/humanit...
Noble are the manatees
For a bettir future
We neede artes and humanityes
artshumanities.berkeley.edu/news/humanit...
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...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
...since MTG is resigning, now would be a great time to assess the pensions of all former government representatives...what y'all think???
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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‘hey, is there food in there?’
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
‘hey, is there food in there?’
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
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National Guard troops don't sign up to be used as political pawns. They sign up to serve their country, not needlessly deploy to American cities to pick up garbage. These two soldiers should be alive right now and at home with their families for Thanksgiving. I'm furious.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
National Guard troops don't sign up to be used as political pawns. They sign up to serve their country, not needlessly deploy to American cities to pick up garbage. These two soldiers should be alive right now and at home with their families for Thanksgiving. I'm furious.
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Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Place National Guard in harm’s way for no good reason. Two members are tragically and unnecessarily shot. The reckless regime’s response: We’re sending 500 more National Guard troops! What a disgrace.
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I think a lot of people (hell, me included!) are having trouble getting their heads around the fact that 1 in 7 men admitted(!) to willingness to commit CSA.
Of course, we had so much trouble reckoning with the prevalence of fathers sexually abusing their kids that we did the Satanic Panic.
Of course, we had so much trouble reckoning with the prevalence of fathers sexually abusing their kids that we did the Satanic Panic.
If you follow this to its logical conclusion then only women can be caregivers, so we must ban them from working.
Needless to say, I reject that. There are abusive men - and women - but we should not assume all people are bad because some are.
Needless to say, I reject that. There are abusive men - and women - but we should not assume all people are bad because some are.
Children can get attention from adult men with other people present.
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I think a lot of people (hell, me included!) are having trouble getting their heads around the fact that 1 in 7 men admitted(!) to willingness to commit CSA.
Of course, we had so much trouble reckoning with the prevalence of fathers sexually abusing their kids that we did the Satanic Panic.
Of course, we had so much trouble reckoning with the prevalence of fathers sexually abusing their kids that we did the Satanic Panic.
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Some people really have contempt for anybody who works in a creative field. I remember a conversation on Metafilter about TV writing collapsing, and somebody posted something sarcastic like “I’m weeping for you guys.” Seriously? Please tell me what job you have so I can celebrate when it goes away.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Some people really have contempt for anybody who works in a creative field. I remember a conversation on Metafilter about TV writing collapsing, and somebody posted something sarcastic like “I’m weeping for you guys.” Seriously? Please tell me what job you have so I can celebrate when it goes away.
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So next time people wanna ask about why authors don’t talk about their personal finances online to strangers let’s all remember how strangers online behave to writers.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So next time people wanna ask about why authors don’t talk about their personal finances online to strangers let’s all remember how strangers online behave to writers.
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There are ways to disagree and there are fun silly arguments and we can laugh about who likes and dislikes mayo but there's a level of just being mean that I really wish we could collectively grow out of. Bullying is bad. Gossip isn't good. Not liking something pop culture doesn't make you cool+
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There are ways to disagree and there are fun silly arguments and we can laugh about who likes and dislikes mayo but there's a level of just being mean that I really wish we could collectively grow out of. Bullying is bad. Gossip isn't good. Not liking something pop culture doesn't make you cool+
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If you don't like Wil Stancil, you should block him. Same thing with any company or person you don't want to engage with. Getting angry about it IS engaging. If you don't like the Wicked novel, you don't need to swan into the comments to tell everyone. Same thing with pie. +
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you don't like Wil Stancil, you should block him. Same thing with any company or person you don't want to engage with. Getting angry about it IS engaging. If you don't like the Wicked novel, you don't need to swan into the comments to tell everyone. Same thing with pie. +
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In my latest essay, I talk about the death of artists, learning how to be a better writer, and how good art can restore our capacity to feel if we give it the chance to
Barbed Wire, Sharp Teeth, and David Lynch's Rabbits
When I was twenty-four, maybe twenty-five, I was standing in the shower and washing my hair one day. This would have been 2010 or 2011. I don't remember...
buttondown.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In my latest essay, I talk about the death of artists, learning how to be a better writer, and how good art can restore our capacity to feel if we give it the chance to
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Literally squaring the circle
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Literally squaring the circle
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FASHION & ACCESSORY PEOPLE, HELP: I like to sign up for the teens on the gift tree request because they seem to get overlooked. A 14 y/o girl has asked for "big red ash nylon shoulder bag" but I can't find anything like that in stock anywhere. All suggestions appreciated!
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
FASHION & ACCESSORY PEOPLE, HELP: I like to sign up for the teens on the gift tree request because they seem to get overlooked. A 14 y/o girl has asked for "big red ash nylon shoulder bag" but I can't find anything like that in stock anywhere. All suggestions appreciated!
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Everything is [waves hands around]. Relax for a moment before your holiday plans while listening to The Golden Girls' producer Marsha Posner Williams tell her incredible story... www.80stvladies.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Everything is [waves hands around]. Relax for a moment before your holiday plans while listening to The Golden Girls' producer Marsha Posner Williams tell her incredible story... www.80stvladies.com
Criterion is playing this movie tonight, and I’m remembering seeing it at the Nuart years ago and witnessing a couple break up during intermission, because they had an apparently irreconcilable disagreement about whether this was good or not. She left, he stayed.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Criterion is playing this movie tonight, and I’m remembering seeing it at the Nuart years ago and witnessing a couple break up during intermission, because they had an apparently irreconcilable disagreement about whether this was good or not. She left, he stayed.
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Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
If I don’t know you, don’t follow you, you don’t follow me, and you contact me asking me for money… and there’s no information on your feed except generic photos and skeets asking other people for money… I’m sorry but it’s not happening.
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
If I don’t know you, don’t follow you, you don’t follow me, and you contact me asking me for money… and there’s no information on your feed except generic photos and skeets asking other people for money… I’m sorry but it’s not happening.
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So thrilled to see ALTER EGO out in paperback today!
Eternally proud of this standalone sequel to SECRET IDENTITY, which was an immediate USA TODAY-bestseller, Anthony Award-nominee, and got rave reviews from all over.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Eternally proud of this standalone sequel to SECRET IDENTITY, which was an immediate USA TODAY-bestseller, Anthony Award-nominee, and got rave reviews from all over.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So thrilled to see ALTER EGO out in paperback today!
Eternally proud of this standalone sequel to SECRET IDENTITY, which was an immediate USA TODAY-bestseller, Anthony Award-nominee, and got rave reviews from all over.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Eternally proud of this standalone sequel to SECRET IDENTITY, which was an immediate USA TODAY-bestseller, Anthony Award-nominee, and got rave reviews from all over.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...