Jon Chaiim McConnell
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It's up! Thank you @wallstrait.bsky.social for publishing Deep Fish, a short story about wading in offal, exploding laboratories, and disorienting grief.
Read at: www.wallstrait.com/post/deep-fi...
Read at: www.wallstrait.com/post/deep-fi...
Me: "You don't like the waffles we got?"
My kid: "Well, I do like poking through them."
My kid: "Well, I do like poking through them."
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Me: "You don't like the waffles we got?"
My kid: "Well, I do like poking through them."
My kid: "Well, I do like poking through them."
FB slop world has really taken the Clinton thing and run with it, they're absolutely ecstatic
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
FB slop world has really taken the Clinton thing and run with it, they're absolutely ecstatic
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Huge congratulations to our former flash editor @eshanisurya.bsky.social on her debut book RAVISHING!🎉
What a fantastic night at Books Are Magic to celebrate @eshanisurya.bsky.social & her stunning debut RAVISHING! I could have listened to @roxanegay.bsky.social & Eshani talk all night. So much warmth, wit, and insight in that room.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Huge congratulations to our former flash editor @eshanisurya.bsky.social on her debut book RAVISHING!🎉
They're just trying to manipulate Bayer stock like they were with the Tylenol guys, aren't they? Just going down the list? And in 2 months it's "nevermind it's a fine drug lol."
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
They're just trying to manipulate Bayer stock like they were with the Tylenol guys, aren't they? Just going down the list? And in 2 months it's "nevermind it's a fine drug lol."
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Personally I think if you had these documents in hand you should not have backed down out of any fucking shutdown fight
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Personally I think if you had these documents in hand you should not have backed down out of any fucking shutdown fight
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"We have included an advance copy of the hardcover edition of your diary, which Simon & Schuster will be releasing this winter. We think the photo of the time you laughed so hard in the school cafeteria that milk came out of your nose makes for a perfect cover."
We Regret to Inform You That Your Middle School Diary Has Lapsed into the Public Domain
This letter is to inform you (the author) that your intellectual property (middle school diary) has officially entered the public domain due to you...
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"We have included an advance copy of the hardcover edition of your diary, which Simon & Schuster will be releasing this winter. We think the photo of the time you laughed so hard in the school cafeteria that milk came out of your nose makes for a perfect cover."
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Absolutely over the moon that Nini Berndt's Split Lip story made it onto the Distinguished list in Best American Short Stories! I think this might be a first for our mag. A HUGE milestone. From the moment I read it in our queue, I knew WINGDINGS was very very special. I love it so.
If you want a read, we have WINGDINGS in the archives: buff.ly/BqCVJXh ✨and✨ an interview by SLM intern Evangeline Lim with Nini Berndt: buff.ly/gkepea4
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Absolutely over the moon that Nini Berndt's Split Lip story made it onto the Distinguished list in Best American Short Stories! I think this might be a first for our mag. A HUGE milestone. From the moment I read it in our queue, I knew WINGDINGS was very very special. I love it so.
Please for the love of god let the Lakers triangle die, it's so bad
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Please for the love of god let the Lakers triangle die, it's so bad
A new one for me in my old age - text sizing!
I can't read half this shit anymore
I can't read half this shit anymore
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A new one for me in my old age - text sizing!
I can't read half this shit anymore
I can't read half this shit anymore
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We're open for submissions this week, for the last time until January. 🪟
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're open for submissions this week, for the last time until January. 🪟
Journal rejected me in the messages but left it In Progress otherwise, sorry that's a penalty and you have to publish it now, I don't make the rules
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Journal rejected me in the messages but left it In Progress otherwise, sorry that's a penalty and you have to publish it now, I don't make the rules
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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This kind of stuff is always very ironic, because there hasn't been a single moment of my life where they liked NYC at all
“New York City is now a third-world metropolis wearing the Big Apple as a skin suit.”
Dems won. Cue the far-right crash-out.
"New York City is now a third-world metropolis wearing the Big Apple as a skin suit.”
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This kind of stuff is always very ironic, because there hasn't been a single moment of my life where they liked NYC at all
I've been thinking a lot lately about how so much federal (and corporate) policy is now about removing non-white people from just... daily life, and I'm glad to know white supremacists are just apoplectic tonight.
First Asian American mayor of Cincinnati!
Lots of firsts tonight.
First Muslim woman as Lt. Gov. of VA
First woman Governor of VA
People are voting for the America they want.
Powerfully.
And it MEANS something.
They’re voting against what they DON’T want.
Take heart!
Lots of firsts tonight.
First Muslim woman as Lt. Gov. of VA
First woman Governor of VA
People are voting for the America they want.
Powerfully.
And it MEANS something.
They’re voting against what they DON’T want.
Take heart!
Pureval got 81% of the votes over Vance’s brother! First Asian-American mayor of Cincinnati!
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I've been thinking a lot lately about how so much federal (and corporate) policy is now about removing non-white people from just... daily life, and I'm glad to know white supremacists are just apoplectic tonight.
What a coincidence, I'm tired of the juiceless ones
It's going to take this kind of rivaled juice that only Zohran-types have to get past the combined forces of lawless morass of fused media and capital from now on, which is basically the dictionary definition of fascism. Dems have to pitch perfect games nonstop for several years.
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What a coincidence, I'm tired of the juiceless ones
This is the most backhanded shit I've ever seen, and I love it
Josh Allen has won five straight regular-season matchups against Patrick Mahomes.
He is 5-5 all time against Mahomes.
He is 5-5 all time against Mahomes.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is the most backhanded shit I've ever seen, and I love it
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stoked to have an extra hour to think about how bad everything is
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
stoked to have an extra hour to think about how bad everything is
Guess I gotta watch baseball tonight, huh
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Guess I gotta watch baseball tonight, huh
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"The funding lapse threatens the food security of 11% of DE’s population...In fiscal year 2024, more than 66% of SNAP recipients in DE were families with children..."
We've donated but I'm happy my former-mayor-now-governor did this. People deserve food.
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/29/m...
We've donated but I'm happy my former-mayor-now-governor did this. People deserve food.
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/29/m...
Meyer declares state of emergency to fund SNAP amid federal shutdown
Gov. Matt Meyer will use millions of state dollars to fund federal SNAP benefits amid the continued government shutdown.
spotlightdelaware.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"The funding lapse threatens the food security of 11% of DE’s population...In fiscal year 2024, more than 66% of SNAP recipients in DE were families with children..."
We've donated but I'm happy my former-mayor-now-governor did this. People deserve food.
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/29/m...
We've donated but I'm happy my former-mayor-now-governor did this. People deserve food.
spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/29/m...
I got these books for my daughter since I remembered loving them as a kid and the vocab is surprisingly elevated, by like at least 5+ more years than I was expecting
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I got these books for my daughter since I remembered loving them as a kid and the vocab is surprisingly elevated, by like at least 5+ more years than I was expecting
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Do Philly folks know that Saturday is one of the best days of the year in your city??? It's Philly Zine Fest Day! Stop by! 150 artists and exhibitors sharing their zines: www.phillyzinefest.org
Philly Zine Fest – Celebrating DIY & small press publishing since 2002
www.phillyzinefest.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do Philly folks know that Saturday is one of the best days of the year in your city??? It's Philly Zine Fest Day! Stop by! 150 artists and exhibitors sharing their zines: www.phillyzinefest.org
My own mother confused me for a Dodgers fan
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My own mother confused me for a Dodgers fan