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Ares McKenna
@aresmckenna.bsky.social
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I'm finally home after another day

Never take a salary position, my friends. Labor laws no longer exist for the salaried
February 24, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Will my work never slow? I am weary! I long to sleep in, but alas, my cubicle calls me

I hope to find you all well when I return, friends
February 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Sorry for the recent radio silence! My day job has infrequent spikes and lulls in activity. How are my friends here? I hope to find you all well
February 4, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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Torturing someone because they want to protect people from you is deplorable

I have not known you long, but I see your pain and wish you healing. It is so hard to be hurt that badly and reach out to protect others instead of seeking shelter for yourself first. That takes real courage
be it never said i did not warn her with relative frequency that i know how dangerous my temper can be. i told her dozens of times, dozens of stories of the length i will go to protect people i love from abusers

she should have known i am not a silent victim, i told her i used to beat up my bullies
January 17, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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To be hurt this badly and only regret your inability to help others…

What’s happened here is sickening
the worst part of this is knowing how many people she might kill if she does this to them and the knowledge that they won’t heed my warnings

you never see the evil you don’t want to exist, and i am not an exception. january 2023 tempest would not believe 2024 tempest either
January 17, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Succinctly put
Just so we're totally clear, if I handed knowingly deficient financials to a bank loan officer in pursuit of a loan it would not be considered a 'victimless crime'
January 17, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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According to the data
the latest wave
has finally crested
a point which will be
of little comfort
to all of those
who shall drown
before these waters
fully recede.
January 17, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Goodness, it’s rather brisk this morning

I think perhaps I need a better jumper
January 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
To be hurt this badly and only regret your inability to help others…

What’s happened here is sickening
the worst part of this is knowing how many people she might kill if she does this to them and the knowledge that they won’t heed my warnings

you never see the evil you don’t want to exist, and i am not an exception. january 2023 tempest would not believe 2024 tempest either
January 17, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Torturing someone because they want to protect people from you is deplorable

I have not known you long, but I see your pain and wish you healing. It is so hard to be hurt that badly and reach out to protect others instead of seeking shelter for yourself first. That takes real courage
be it never said i did not warn her with relative frequency that i know how dangerous my temper can be. i told her dozens of times, dozens of stories of the length i will go to protect people i love from abusers

she should have known i am not a silent victim, i told her i used to beat up my bullies
January 17, 2024 at 3:55 PM
I worry sometimes about whether I should really pursue creative writing as a career. It’s not that I don’t have things to say, but I wonder if I am the person to say them

I suppose it is better for things to be said by the wrong person than to never be said at all, in some cases

Still, I worry
January 10, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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January 5, 2024 at 11:10 PM
January 5, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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I will never understand why so few people listen to the science of emotion and the wisdom of compassion

Anger is never the first emotion you see. There is always something before that

There are always two sides to every story and unless you are willing to hear to both sides... you aren't listening
December 12, 2023 at 11:21 PM
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Wanna read the oldest recorded poem that we have ever found?

Bridegroom, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet,
Lion, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet.

I mean... Girl, I am hearing that context over 4000 years later. You okay?

#poetry #writing
December 14, 2023 at 6:14 AM
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I'm starting a Substack where I post short fiction and poetry sometimes. The first story is already queued up and ready to publish on the 1st of 2024. A lot of what I'll be posting at first is free content, but eventually some will be behind paywalls

Check it out if you'd like!

#writing #author
The Ares Anthology | Ares McKenna | Substack
I'm Ares McKenna and I like to tell stories. I hope you enjoy this one. Click to read The Ares Anthology, by Ares McKenna, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.
aresmckenna.substack.com
December 19, 2023 at 5:23 AM
I'm starting a Substack where I post short fiction and poetry sometimes. The first story is already queued up and ready to publish on the 1st of 2024. A lot of what I'll be posting at first is free content, but eventually some will be behind paywalls

Check it out if you'd like!

#writing #author
The Ares Anthology | Ares McKenna | Substack
I'm Ares McKenna and I like to tell stories. I hope you enjoy this one. Click to read The Ares Anthology, by Ares McKenna, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.
aresmckenna.substack.com
December 19, 2023 at 5:23 AM
From the research I've been doing, if the book I'm working on goes anywhere, I'm going to need a website eventually

I should probably start thinking about domains and where to buy them and website builders and other such things

But, perhaps, first things first. Finish the book
December 15, 2023 at 8:47 PM
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I see that nightsky is

*rolls dice*

doing rule 34 with

*shakes magic 8-ball*

veggie tales, because of

*pulls card out of a hat*

@tiqalicious.bsky.social
December 14, 2023 at 6:25 AM
Wanna read the oldest recorded poem that we have ever found?

Bridegroom, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet,
Lion, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet.

I mean... Girl, I am hearing that context over 4000 years later. You okay?

#poetry #writing
December 14, 2023 at 6:14 AM
I will never understand why so few people listen to the science of emotion and the wisdom of compassion

Anger is never the first emotion you see. There is always something before that

There are always two sides to every story and unless you are willing to hear to both sides... you aren't listening
December 12, 2023 at 11:21 PM
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holy shit.

official declaration: I hate AI as I hate hell, all Montagues, and Chat-GPT.

If you see something saying otherwise? I didn't. and let me know so I can get legal advice.
I was testing out a google search string I'd built for some work I'm doing, and I used my name, and I found an AI-written article that quotes me saying something I'd *NEVER* fucking say.

I don't use ChatGPT (or LLMs), nor ever have, on my fiction.
December 10, 2023 at 9:00 PM
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its sickly sunday. repost if ur seeing this from ur fainting couch
December 10, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Not to brag or anything but MY GOD does my spouse know how to use their, hot damn
December 10, 2023 at 8:49 AM
I forgot how much I adore Good Omens season 1. I’m looking forward to season 2!
December 10, 2023 at 12:18 AM