John Semley
@johnsemley3000.bsky.social
writer and researcher, covering books, films, and psychoactivity, in no particular order. a pocket full of spare change and anger unlimited.
pictured: me reading John Fetterman’s book on the beach in Cancun.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
pictured: me reading John Fetterman’s book on the beach in Cancun.
“listen up, Rick. now the beauty of this plan is its simplicity: we go as Ricky and Julian for Halloween.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“listen up, Rick. now the beauty of this plan is its simplicity: we go as Ricky and Julian for Halloween.”
GOODNIGHT, SEATTLE!
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
GOODNIGHT, SEATTLE!
PUP! and the goat @sladkow.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
PUP! and the goat @sladkow.bsky.social
Dak spits first
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Dak spits first
can honestly say I’ve never been this close to Andy Reid.
September 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
can honestly say I’ve never been this close to Andy Reid.
this is the most neoliberal shit I’ve ever seen. means-testing starving to death now.
July 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
this is the most neoliberal shit I’ve ever seen. means-testing starving to death now.
here’s a fun meme I saw you can study
July 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
here’s a fun meme I saw you can study
couldn’t agree more, pylon perched outside of a funeral parlor.
July 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
couldn’t agree more, pylon perched outside of a funeral parlor.
no more touchscreens. no more golden globes.
July 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
no more touchscreens. no more golden globes.
“there is no Jeffrey Epstein.”
July 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“there is no Jeffrey Epstein.”
“live fast? sure. live too bloody fast sometimes. but die young? not my way. die clown, yeah?”
July 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“live fast? sure. live too bloody fast sometimes. but die young? not my way. die clown, yeah?”
July 4 scenes in Philly:
- gorgeous skyline
- guys on horses
- guys on jet skis
- the home team losing on America’s birthday and arguing with their own fans
controversial perhaps, but I am filled with a very deep affection for this city, despite everything.
- gorgeous skyline
- guys on horses
- guys on jet skis
- the home team losing on America’s birthday and arguing with their own fans
controversial perhaps, but I am filled with a very deep affection for this city, despite everything.
July 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
July 4 scenes in Philly:
- gorgeous skyline
- guys on horses
- guys on jet skis
- the home team losing on America’s birthday and arguing with their own fans
controversial perhaps, but I am filled with a very deep affection for this city, despite everything.
- gorgeous skyline
- guys on horses
- guys on jet skis
- the home team losing on America’s birthday and arguing with their own fans
controversial perhaps, but I am filled with a very deep affection for this city, despite everything.
the guy who modelled for this must be stinking rich. he’s everywhere.
July 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
the guy who modelled for this must be stinking rich. he’s everywhere.
I wonder if this patriotic July 4th skeleton has any sort of symbolic or metaphorical quality. luckily I’m too stupid to figure that sort of thing out!
July 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wonder if this patriotic July 4th skeleton has any sort of symbolic or metaphorical quality. luckily I’m too stupid to figure that sort of thing out!
rereading Pynchon’s “Vineland,” and was struck by this bit: as true then as it is now, and as it will ever be, as it characterizes a nasty streak in the human character that is, lamentably, probably eternal.
June 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
rereading Pynchon’s “Vineland,” and was struck by this bit: as true then as it is now, and as it will ever be, as it characterizes a nasty streak in the human character that is, lamentably, probably eternal.