Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰
@brackenmacleod.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer. Author of STRANDED, COME TO DUST, & CLOSING COSTS. A new collection, LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE, out NOW from Bad Hand Books! Represented by Howard Morhaim at http://morhaimliterary.com He/Him
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"Sometimes surprising, often upsetting, always beautifully imagined, this is without doubt one of the year's best collections."
@brackenmacleod.bsky.social's LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE is available everywhere.
– @timlebbon.bsky.social, Dead Red and Razor
www.amazon.com/Let-Not-Your...
@brackenmacleod.bsky.social's LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE is available everywhere.
– @timlebbon.bsky.social, Dead Red and Razor
www.amazon.com/Let-Not-Your...
Let Not Your Sorrow Die
Let Not Your Sorrow Die [MacLeod, Bracken] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Let Not Your Sorrow Die
www.amazon.com
Out NOW! COME GET SOME!
As a constituent in your district, I am embarrassed for you, @whipkclark.bsky.social. That Seth Moulton voted for this is completely unsurprising, but I expect more from you, Madam Whip.
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
As a constituent in your district, I am embarrassed for you, @whipkclark.bsky.social. That Seth Moulton voted for this is completely unsurprising, but I expect more from you, Madam Whip.
"We live in an era where personal expression is saturated by digital filters, hivemind thinking is promoted through endless algorithms and academic freedom itself is under assault by the weakest minds among us. AI has only made this worse. It is a crisis."
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.yahoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"We live in an era where personal expression is saturated by digital filters, hivemind thinking is promoted through endless algorithms and academic freedom itself is under assault by the weakest minds among us. AI has only made this worse. It is a crisis."
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November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I'd classify this as "Not The Onion" but it doesn't even have that *so absurd it's kind of funny* vibe. It's just fucking infuriating. "Potentially divisive" indeed.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I'd classify this as "Not The Onion" but it doesn't even have that *so absurd it's kind of funny* vibe. It's just fucking infuriating. "Potentially divisive" indeed.
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Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --
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Being a writer is like surfing. Always hoping to catch the perfect wave, but most of your time will be spent paddling against the tide or just floating, waiting, eyes on the horizon while you watch other people riding their highs into the sunset. But you have to love the work more than the ride.
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Being a writer is like surfing. Always hoping to catch the perfect wave, but most of your time will be spent paddling against the tide or just floating, waiting, eyes on the horizon while you watch other people riding their highs into the sunset. But you have to love the work more than the ride.
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You should totally visit booth the fine folks of @ipr.bsky.social 3701 at #PAXUnplugged. Thanks to an assist from @plusoneexp.bsky.social you can make all your boner-popping, nazi-killing dreams come true with #NINJABORG
www.ninjaborg.com
www.ninjaborg.com
NINJA BORG | A five-pointed shuriken to the face
Mörk Borg + ninjas = the greatest Borg hack & TTRPG ever created.
www.ninjaborg.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
You should totally visit booth the fine folks of @ipr.bsky.social 3701 at #PAXUnplugged. Thanks to an assist from @plusoneexp.bsky.social you can make all your boner-popping, nazi-killing dreams come true with #NINJABORG
www.ninjaborg.com
www.ninjaborg.com
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Listening to this again and my assessment remains the same: Scratches that SubRosa itch! In addition to lots of fiddle shred, there's also a lot of nyckelharpa, a keyed Nordic fiddle that you also bow. Folkloric post-metal without the kooky stuff.
November 14: Monograf - Occultation (2025)
Catching up! Lars @totalvibration.bsky.social perked my ears up by comparing these guys to SubRosa, which would be a dirty trick if it wasn't accurate. Good stuff.
Catching up! Lars @totalvibration.bsky.social perked my ears up by comparing these guys to SubRosa, which would be a dirty trick if it wasn't accurate. Good stuff.
Occultation, by Monograf
5 track album
nordicmission.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Listening to this again and my assessment remains the same: Scratches that SubRosa itch! In addition to lots of fiddle shred, there's also a lot of nyckelharpa, a keyed Nordic fiddle that you also bow. Folkloric post-metal without the kooky stuff.
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I am asking all men on International Men's Day to smile more
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am asking all men on International Men's Day to smile more
In today's Not The Onion news, apparently the hooded musician "African Imperial Wizard," is some middle-aged white European dude. You can't make this shit up! I mean, I could make it up, but again, the difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to be plausible.
African Imperial Wizard Actually a "Middle-Aged White Guy," Says Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu took to instagram to out African Imperial Wizard, an industrial tribal artist, as actually being a secret "middle aged white man."
consequence.net
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In today's Not The Onion news, apparently the hooded musician "African Imperial Wizard," is some middle-aged white European dude. You can't make this shit up! I mean, I could make it up, but again, the difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to be plausible.
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2/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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PSA: me not commenting on something does not mean I am "complicit." First of all, you need to log off and touch grass. Secondly we are total strangers so call your therapist. Thirdly there are 1,000 things happening every day and I am busy. Finally what exactly do you want me to do about it?
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PSA: me not commenting on something does not mean I am "complicit." First of all, you need to log off and touch grass. Secondly we are total strangers so call your therapist. Thirdly there are 1,000 things happening every day and I am busy. Finally what exactly do you want me to do about it?
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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"That policy benefits those of us who have been around for awhile, are knowledgeable, and strong willed, while taking advantage of newer writers and those who don’t know any better."
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"That policy benefits those of us who have been around for awhile, are knowledgeable, and strong willed, while taking advantage of newer writers and those who don’t know any better."
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
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author interview with sasha ravitch is live on the (s)crawl blog ✍️
scrawlmag.com/blog/intervi...
learn more about the inspiration for her experimental piece “the serpent finds eve in every lifetime; or, GARDEN REVISITED” and how her work in occulture and witchcraft informs her writing.
scrawlmag.com/blog/intervi...
learn more about the inspiration for her experimental piece “the serpent finds eve in every lifetime; or, GARDEN REVISITED” and how her work in occulture and witchcraft informs her writing.
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
author interview with sasha ravitch is live on the (s)crawl blog ✍️
scrawlmag.com/blog/intervi...
learn more about the inspiration for her experimental piece “the serpent finds eve in every lifetime; or, GARDEN REVISITED” and how her work in occulture and witchcraft informs her writing.
scrawlmag.com/blog/intervi...
learn more about the inspiration for her experimental piece “the serpent finds eve in every lifetime; or, GARDEN REVISITED” and how her work in occulture and witchcraft informs her writing.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
TL;DR: Elon Musknis a piece of shit who likely never played D&D without having to pay people to min/max his character and play with him because he's a fucking monumental loser. Also D&D had room to improve socially and fuckfaces hate that.
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
TL;DR: Elon Musknis a piece of shit who likely never played D&D without having to pay people to min/max his character and play with him because he's a fucking monumental loser. Also D&D had room to improve socially and fuckfaces hate that.
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but for real i tried to capture what i felt going through these emails (on here & in the document hellscape). how it feels like a last nail in a coffin of some kind in terms of a rot in the heart of the elite. and proof that the truth is dumber than fiction
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
but for real i tried to capture what i felt going through these emails (on here & in the document hellscape). how it feels like a last nail in a coffin of some kind in terms of a rot in the heart of the elite. and proof that the truth is dumber than fiction
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.]
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.]
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
"May he who has never committed a typo throw the first scone."
~Stephen Volk
~Stephen Volk
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"May he who has never committed a typo throw the first scone."
~Stephen Volk
~Stephen Volk
The first time I ever felt seen as a victim of child sexual abuse was while reading the novel "Strega" by Andrew Vachss. It'd never occurred to me before reading it that anyone in the world cared what had been done to me, because no one up to that point even pretended to. 1/3
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The first time I ever felt seen as a victim of child sexual abuse was while reading the novel "Strega" by Andrew Vachss. It'd never occurred to me before reading it that anyone in the world cared what had been done to me, because no one up to that point even pretended to. 1/3
I saw this coming. They we're always going to do this because it's what they've always done when the victim is imperfect, or the perpetrator is one of them: play word games qualifying abuse and exploitation to make it sound like something else.
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I saw this coming. They we're always going to do this because it's what they've always done when the victim is imperfect, or the perpetrator is one of them: play word games qualifying abuse and exploitation to make it sound like something else.