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John WM Thompson. CO->OR->Bronx. Shirley Jackson Award nom’d editor of “Mooncalves” @ NO Press.
No subversion, only vandalism.
https://www.no-press.org for books!
No subversion, only vandalism.
https://www.no-press.org for books!
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Finally! The limited edition hardcover of STONE GODS by Adam Golaski is up for sale on the NO Press site. After a long, grueling process, they came out beautifully. We've got it all: 7 full-page illustrations (plus 15 emblem drawings), custom jacket art and endsheets, stained edges... no-press.org
I’m not sure if it’s some sort of deep sense memory from when I was a baby living in San Francisco apts or just an autistic thing, but I find the weird little hisses and clicks that my radiator makes deeply unsettling. Like not even individual sounds, but in aggregate, the gestalt soundscape of it.
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I’m not sure if it’s some sort of deep sense memory from when I was a baby living in San Francisco apts or just an autistic thing, but I find the weird little hisses and clicks that my radiator makes deeply unsettling. Like not even individual sounds, but in aggregate, the gestalt soundscape of it.
I was going to say “Violence on my timeline” but on second thought this is a pretty devastating and unwelcome thing to seriously consider about Andor and its politics.
Say what you will about Tony Gilroy, I believe he would at least respect HIMSELF enough to avoid Guy Fawkes masks, on-brand or -off
Say what you will about Tony Gilroy, I believe he would at least respect HIMSELF enough to avoid Guy Fawkes masks, on-brand or -off
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I was going to say “Violence on my timeline” but on second thought this is a pretty devastating and unwelcome thing to seriously consider about Andor and its politics.
Say what you will about Tony Gilroy, I believe he would at least respect HIMSELF enough to avoid Guy Fawkes masks, on-brand or -off
Say what you will about Tony Gilroy, I believe he would at least respect HIMSELF enough to avoid Guy Fawkes masks, on-brand or -off
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M. Jon Harrison was right and more people should know it!
I genuinely believe nerdism's insistence that story is a thing to be quantified, compartmentalized into tropes and trivia, to be literalized, has been utterly poisonous.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
M. Jon Harrison was right and more people should know it!
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I’m not yet cynical enough to believe that it’s actually a kind of counterintuitive sponcon, but the chatbot companies really would be aware that getting people to accept huge fuckups and continue using the product, as literally a kind of friend you pay for, is their present business model.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I’m not yet cynical enough to believe that it’s actually a kind of counterintuitive sponcon, but the chatbot companies really would be aware that getting people to accept huge fuckups and continue using the product, as literally a kind of friend you pay for, is their present business model.
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This is to say that relying on chatGPT for things that are (ostensibly) extremely important in your life, and continuing to use it after it fails, is now considered so Relatable that Kim Kardashian will mention it in order to seem like a person with day to day human experiences like you or me
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is to say that relying on chatGPT for things that are (ostensibly) extremely important in your life, and continuing to use it after it fails, is now considered so Relatable that Kim Kardashian will mention it in order to seem like a person with day to day human experiences like you or me
Last night I noticed i had misplaced a full bag of cat treats, and I knew the way this story would end.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Last night I noticed i had misplaced a full bag of cat treats, and I knew the way this story would end.
I suspect she’s half-joking, but while people were like “YELLOWSTONE’s success suggests a vast population of unfathomable minds”, I do think that somehow, the success of ALL’S FAIR should give us a sense of how many people would believe a chatbot could be Cyrano de Bergerac.
yes, let’s premise the entire economy and society on The Machine That Gaslights Kardashians
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I suspect she’s half-joking, but while people were like “YELLOWSTONE’s success suggests a vast population of unfathomable minds”, I do think that somehow, the success of ALL’S FAIR should give us a sense of how many people would believe a chatbot could be Cyrano de Bergerac.
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yes, let’s premise the entire economy and society on The Machine That Gaslights Kardashians
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
yes, let’s premise the entire economy and society on The Machine That Gaslights Kardashians
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This is a huge victory that should be broadcast nationwide in all the major outlets. Big big big deal. I have been following this. Make them pay
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is a huge victory that should be broadcast nationwide in all the major outlets. Big big big deal. I have been following this. Make them pay
America can endure no end of suffering. What’s critical is that the people’s chambers reach agreement. When the consent of the people, as demonstrated by the continued function of House and Senate, fails to be achieved, America is lost. And then there is nothing except suffering. Don’t you see
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
America can endure no end of suffering. What’s critical is that the people’s chambers reach agreement. When the consent of the people, as demonstrated by the continued function of House and Senate, fails to be achieved, America is lost. And then there is nothing except suffering. Don’t you see
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And yet here’s Chuck now, refusing responsibility for the second unconditional surrender he personally orchestrated. Why? I ask myself. It’s as though March’s concession — to christen ICE into what it is and will soon become — was not regrettable. This is his purpose. This is the Dems’ purpose.
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
And yet here’s Chuck now, refusing responsibility for the second unconditional surrender he personally orchestrated. Why? I ask myself. It’s as though March’s concession — to christen ICE into what it is and will soon become — was not regrettable. This is his purpose. This is the Dems’ purpose.
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After the first time Schumer said uncle this year, he indicated that he saw his role as, essentially, a sin eater: Someone to “take the bullet” and stand against the backlash for “what had to be done”. But since then he has pretty consistently voted against Klobuchar, Fetterman et al’s compromises…
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
After the first time Schumer said uncle this year, he indicated that he saw his role as, essentially, a sin eater: Someone to “take the bullet” and stand against the backlash for “what had to be done”. But since then he has pretty consistently voted against Klobuchar, Fetterman et al’s compromises…
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Jeffries dripping denatured, confidence-shaped noise from his mouth, well after faking it could have made it. Schumer taking a public stance against the strategy he privately championed. The profound contempt for your people in these acts! The profound pride in insisting you continue on!
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeffries dripping denatured, confidence-shaped noise from his mouth, well after faking it could have made it. Schumer taking a public stance against the strategy he privately championed. The profound contempt for your people in these acts! The profound pride in insisting you continue on!
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The literal purpose of leadership is to own choices, to associate yourself with what will or will not stand by standing or laying down. This is the world that Schumer and Jeffries accept, and by staying in position to see it through they are demonstrating that we should follow suit.
When you are in an impossible situation, when your most deeply held principles and responsibilities clash with the remit of your adopted chair, the chair is what you abdicate. If you can’t stop something from happening, taking your name off the official list of its authors is the least you can do
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The literal purpose of leadership is to own choices, to associate yourself with what will or will not stand by standing or laying down. This is the world that Schumer and Jeffries accept, and by staying in position to see it through they are demonstrating that we should follow suit.
The literal purpose of leadership is to own choices, to associate yourself with what will or will not stand by standing or laying down. This is the world that Schumer and Jeffries accept, and by staying in position to see it through they are demonstrating that we should follow suit.
When you are in an impossible situation, when your most deeply held principles and responsibilities clash with the remit of your adopted chair, the chair is what you abdicate. If you can’t stop something from happening, taking your name off the official list of its authors is the least you can do
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The literal purpose of leadership is to own choices, to associate yourself with what will or will not stand by standing or laying down. This is the world that Schumer and Jeffries accept, and by staying in position to see it through they are demonstrating that we should follow suit.
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Using the language of struggle when you have ratted out the people under you — not just trading away your own principles but submitting ppl under your responsibility to suffering, brutality, and death — is beyond perverse. A principled person would have quit. There’s no getting around it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Using the language of struggle when you have ratted out the people under you — not just trading away your own principles but submitting ppl under your responsibility to suffering, brutality, and death — is beyond perverse. A principled person would have quit. There’s no getting around it.
I want everyone to consider this, honestly. Honestly consider that our party leadership does not simply lack strategic vision in ways that you have to do cursory analysis to produce. Jeffries answers direct questions like a 7-year old who only remembers the first slide of his presentation.
They fucking made the Kaiser guy from Kafka Airport into the House Minority Leader. They hand picked his ass. He came with the highest recommendations youtu.be/gEyFH-a-XoQ?...
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I want everyone to consider this, honestly. Honestly consider that our party leadership does not simply lack strategic vision in ways that you have to do cursory analysis to produce. Jeffries answers direct questions like a 7-year old who only remembers the first slide of his presentation.
They fucking made the Kaiser guy from Kafka Airport into the House Minority Leader. They hand picked his ass. He came with the highest recommendations youtu.be/gEyFH-a-XoQ?...
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
They fucking made the Kaiser guy from Kafka Airport into the House Minority Leader. They hand picked his ass. He came with the highest recommendations youtu.be/gEyFH-a-XoQ?...
The anger I feel at the briefest memory of this would flash boil all the oceans of the world
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The anger I feel at the briefest memory of this would flash boil all the oceans of the world
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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Millennials are what I call the "bobby sox and soda pop" generation. They've never invested in real estate because they spend all their money on bubble gum and rock and roll records.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Millennials are what I call the "bobby sox and soda pop" generation. They've never invested in real estate because they spend all their money on bubble gum and rock and roll records.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 11,1947
November 11,1947
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 11,1947
November 11,1947
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an incredibly important note on ALL of this. It doesn't go into effect for one year. so they have ALL of 2026 to rethink this decision.
saying that this simply bans CBD GUMMIES (a not very popular product right now) is absolutely burying the lede. THIS OUTLAWS ALL THCA, DELTA9, DELTA 8 PRODUCTS
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
an incredibly important note on ALL of this. It doesn't go into effect for one year. so they have ALL of 2026 to rethink this decision.
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