Connor Coyne (he/him)
@blueskiesfalling.bsky.social
FLINT, MI writer · gothicist · gardener · walker · dungeon master · dad · gen x · connorcoyne.com
At least they coequally suck.
June 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
At least they coequally suck.
Reposted by Connor Coyne (he/him)
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
Fiona Apple has OCD and you know what, so does Leslie Knope.
June 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Fiona Apple has OCD and you know what, so does Leslie Knope.
Dental care, health care, groceries, clothing, shelter... these things can all be very expensive.
But minding your own business is always free!
But minding your own business is always free!
June 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Dental care, health care, groceries, clothing, shelter... these things can all be very expensive.
But minding your own business is always free!
But minding your own business is always free!
Hope Sandoval is one of those artists who is peak cool the first time you encounter her music, and then she just keeps getting cooler from there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj7F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj7F...
The Chemical Brothers - Asleep From Day
YouTube video by Luis Alejandro Perez
www.youtube.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hope Sandoval is one of those artists who is peak cool the first time you encounter her music, and then she just keeps getting cooler from there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj7F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj7F...
The people who tell you that Chicago is the only city worth visiting in the Midwest are are the same people who, when they visit Chicago, never go south of Roosevelt or west of Ashland.
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The people who tell you that Chicago is the only city worth visiting in the Midwest are are the same people who, when they visit Chicago, never go south of Roosevelt or west of Ashland.
Me feeling all superior when Michiganders think Chi's North Side is better than the South, and Chicagoans think Indiana Dunes has anything in Sleeping Bear...
June 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Me feeling all superior when Michiganders think Chi's North Side is better than the South, and Chicagoans think Indiana Dunes has anything in Sleeping Bear...
Roses are red,
And violets are grape.
The Republic's in crisis,
But my copywriting is great!
And violets are grape.
The Republic's in crisis,
But my copywriting is great!
June 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Roses are red,
And violets are grape.
The Republic's in crisis,
But my copywriting is great!
And violets are grape.
The Republic's in crisis,
But my copywriting is great!
Protip for editors, publishers, and people running literary contests, anthologies, and whatnot:
Notify *all* valid applicants of your decisions. Send out a carefully-crafted mass email for rejected queries. It isn't time consuming. It builds bridges. You'll never find an easier win.
Notify *all* valid applicants of your decisions. Send out a carefully-crafted mass email for rejected queries. It isn't time consuming. It builds bridges. You'll never find an easier win.
June 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Protip for editors, publishers, and people running literary contests, anthologies, and whatnot:
Notify *all* valid applicants of your decisions. Send out a carefully-crafted mass email for rejected queries. It isn't time consuming. It builds bridges. You'll never find an easier win.
Notify *all* valid applicants of your decisions. Send out a carefully-crafted mass email for rejected queries. It isn't time consuming. It builds bridges. You'll never find an easier win.
So I'm reading The Parable of the Sower...
June 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
So I'm reading The Parable of the Sower...
Is that the Rubicon up ahead?
June 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Is that the Rubicon up ahead?
Jan Worth and I are teaching CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES at the Flint Institute of Arts this summer!
Check it out: flintarts.org/artschool/re...
#flint #flintmichigan #creativewriting #writingclasses
Check it out: flintarts.org/artschool/re...
#flint #flintmichigan #creativewriting #writingclasses
Art School Registration
flintarts.org
June 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Jan Worth and I are teaching CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES at the Flint Institute of Arts this summer!
Check it out: flintarts.org/artschool/re...
#flint #flintmichigan #creativewriting #writingclasses
Check it out: flintarts.org/artschool/re...
#flint #flintmichigan #creativewriting #writingclasses
You know you've made it as an indie press when you start getting submissions from people who clearly have not read the submission guidelines AT ALL!
May 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You know you've made it as an indie press when you start getting submissions from people who clearly have not read the submission guidelines AT ALL!
Some of my reading list for the novel I'm going to be redrafting this summer.
May 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Some of my reading list for the novel I'm going to be redrafting this summer.
I love it when people tell jokes about Flint water because it saves me a whole lot of time figuring out if I want anything to do with them.
May 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I love it when people tell jokes about Flint water because it saves me a whole lot of time figuring out if I want anything to do with them.
You know the news ain't bad when...
May 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You know the news ain't bad when...
Statistically, this was bound to happen at some point, but I was never 100% sure it was going to happen in my lifetime! #flint #michigan #flintmichigan
www.abc12.com/news/local/u...
www.abc12.com/news/local/u...
U.S. Census Bureau estimate shows a population growth in Flint
Flint is celebrating a population increase of 76 residents, according to the latest estimation from the U.S. Census Bureau.
www.abc12.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Statistically, this was bound to happen at some point, but I was never 100% sure it was going to happen in my lifetime! #flint #michigan #flintmichigan
www.abc12.com/news/local/u...
www.abc12.com/news/local/u...
What in the Hunger Games... ???
A definite contender for the most disgusting thing this administration has done so far
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
May 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What in the Hunger Games... ???
Pisces Iscariot is a Top 3 Smashing Pumpkins album, that is all. #smashingpumpkins
May 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Pisces Iscariot is a Top 3 Smashing Pumpkins album, that is all. #smashingpumpkins
That new Fiona Apple is exactly what my day/week/month needed.
May 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
That new Fiona Apple is exactly what my day/week/month needed.
For the "but he's from Dolton!" crowd, I submit that Dolton is way more Chicago than Forest Glen. YMMV.
May 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
For the "but he's from Dolton!" crowd, I submit that Dolton is way more Chicago than Forest Glen. YMMV.
Reposted by Connor Coyne (he/him)
UPDATE: white smoke has *also* been spotted in the city center of Avignon,,, bad news folks!!!
May 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
UPDATE: white smoke has *also* been spotted in the city center of Avignon,,, bad news folks!!!
I want to know Leo's position on dibs.
May 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I want to know Leo's position on dibs.
A pope from Chicago? They are definitely going to let this go to their heads. :)
May 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A pope from Chicago? They are definitely going to let this go to their heads. :)
A scrap of dialogue from the novel I'm drafting.
May 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A scrap of dialogue from the novel I'm drafting.