Lia Matera
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12 crime novels, 2 Edgar nominations; 14 stories, 1 Shamus winner, 1 Int'l Thriller Award nom
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12 crime novels, 2 Edgar nominations; 14 stories, 1 Shamus winner, 1 Int'l Thriller Award nom
Editor, anthology of stories by my betters
ChatGPT says I died in 2022, making me...a ghost writer?
Member CA Bar
Sorry, I don't reply to DMs
Trump's (really Russia's) supposed Russia/Ukraine peace plan reminds me of this 2023 Pawel Kuczynski drawing.
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump's (really Russia's) supposed Russia/Ukraine peace plan reminds me of this 2023 Pawel Kuczynski drawing.
Depressingly prescient 2012 New Yorker cartoon, by Bob Mankoff.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Depressingly prescient 2012 New Yorker cartoon, by Bob Mankoff.
November 5, 2019 New Yorker cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein. It seems appropriate today.
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
November 5, 2019 New Yorker cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein. It seems appropriate today.
Only a fool would brag about passing this ridiculously basic test. His self-adoration is an embarrassment to the USA, his schoolroom taunt that obviously *much* smarter people are “low IQ” is pathetic.
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Only a fool would brag about passing this ridiculously basic test. His self-adoration is an embarrassment to the USA, his schoolroom taunt that obviously *much* smarter people are “low IQ” is pathetic.
Trump is lying, as usual banking on his supporters — and much of the msm — not googling Reagan’s tariff speech or reading transcripts of it: www.rmoutlook.com/politics/wha... The relevant portion is exactly as shown in the ad Trump brazenly pretends is AI.
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump is lying, as usual banking on his supporters — and much of the msm — not googling Reagan’s tariff speech or reading transcripts of it: www.rmoutlook.com/politics/wha... The relevant portion is exactly as shown in the ad Trump brazenly pretends is AI.
1970, 35K war protestors marched to DC. Metro police & 10K federal troops arrested 12,614! protestors, only 79 ultimately convicted.
55 years of turbocharging ways to silence dissent--sham investigations, Pravda-like "news," voter suppression etc--GOP still has to fall back on attacking & arresting.
55 years of turbocharging ways to silence dissent--sham investigations, Pravda-like "news," voter suppression etc--GOP still has to fall back on attacking & arresting.
October 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1970, 35K war protestors marched to DC. Metro police & 10K federal troops arrested 12,614! protestors, only 79 ultimately convicted.
55 years of turbocharging ways to silence dissent--sham investigations, Pravda-like "news," voter suppression etc--GOP still has to fall back on attacking & arresting.
55 years of turbocharging ways to silence dissent--sham investigations, Pravda-like "news," voter suppression etc--GOP still has to fall back on attacking & arresting.
Oct 3, 2013 Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Plus ça change... In 2013, 800K federal employees were furloughed as Ted Cruz led the charge to delay or defund Affordable Care Act. Every year, Ayn Rand fans try to/do shut down the government to take health care coverage away from millions.
Plus ça change... In 2013, 800K federal employees were furloughed as Ted Cruz led the charge to delay or defund Affordable Care Act. Every year, Ayn Rand fans try to/do shut down the government to take health care coverage away from millions.
October 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Oct 3, 2013 Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Plus ça change... In 2013, 800K federal employees were furloughed as Ted Cruz led the charge to delay or defund Affordable Care Act. Every year, Ayn Rand fans try to/do shut down the government to take health care coverage away from millions.
Plus ça change... In 2013, 800K federal employees were furloughed as Ted Cruz led the charge to delay or defund Affordable Care Act. Every year, Ayn Rand fans try to/do shut down the government to take health care coverage away from millions.
Happy National Poetry Day!
Three of my favorites: "At the Poetry Reading" by John Brehm, "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins, and untitled haiku by anonymous schoolchild.
Three of my favorites: "At the Poetry Reading" by John Brehm, "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins, and untitled haiku by anonymous schoolchild.
October 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Happy National Poetry Day!
Three of my favorites: "At the Poetry Reading" by John Brehm, "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins, and untitled haiku by anonymous schoolchild.
Three of my favorites: "At the Poetry Reading" by John Brehm, "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins, and untitled haiku by anonymous schoolchild.
In a speech offering House Judicial Comm. tape transcripts he edited himself, Nixon said, "I quote directly from the tape: 'It is wrong, that’s for sure.'" Context makes this funny.
But at least he tried to portray himself as ethical. With press/House/SCOTUS in his pocket, Trump doesn't even bother.
But at least he tried to portray himself as ethical. With press/House/SCOTUS in his pocket, Trump doesn't even bother.
September 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In a speech offering House Judicial Comm. tape transcripts he edited himself, Nixon said, "I quote directly from the tape: 'It is wrong, that’s for sure.'" Context makes this funny.
But at least he tried to portray himself as ethical. With press/House/SCOTUS in his pocket, Trump doesn't even bother.
But at least he tried to portray himself as ethical. With press/House/SCOTUS in his pocket, Trump doesn't even bother.
The "Hitler Oath," sworn in public, superseded a previous oath of allegiance to the Weimar Constitution & institutions.
Hegseth has summoned our military leaders. Does he mean to supersede their oath to "support & defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign & domestic"?
Hegseth has summoned our military leaders. Does he mean to supersede their oath to "support & defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign & domestic"?
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The "Hitler Oath," sworn in public, superseded a previous oath of allegiance to the Weimar Constitution & institutions.
Hegseth has summoned our military leaders. Does he mean to supersede their oath to "support & defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign & domestic"?
Hegseth has summoned our military leaders. Does he mean to supersede their oath to "support & defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign & domestic"?
By Polish artist Pawel Kuczynski.
September 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
By Polish artist Pawel Kuczynski.
By chance, I was in Bergen, Norway during an outdoor festival somewhere near my hotel. For hours, sound of crowd singing along to live music drifted in through my hotel window. It was lovely. This has been my ear-worm ever since (volume up): "Don't go wasting your emotions, lay all your love on me"
September 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
By chance, I was in Bergen, Norway during an outdoor festival somewhere near my hotel. For hours, sound of crowd singing along to live music drifted in through my hotel window. It was lovely. This has been my ear-worm ever since (volume up): "Don't go wasting your emotions, lay all your love on me"
Random shop window in Stockholm.
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Random shop window in Stockholm.
I loved everything about Barcelona, including the street art.
September 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I loved everything about Barcelona, including the street art.
Today's New Yorker cartoon:
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today's New Yorker cartoon:
I think of this when Trump/MAGA bark out a new warning du jour. It's the Haitians! The transgenders! Tren de Aragua! Jimmy Kimmel! "Shifty" and "Peek-a-boo" and Tylenol and Obama and...
September 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think of this when Trump/MAGA bark out a new warning du jour. It's the Haitians! The transgenders! Tren de Aragua! Jimmy Kimmel! "Shifty" and "Peek-a-boo" and Tylenol and Obama and...
Montreal Star, February 4, 1939
Yahoo News, September 3, 2025
Fetterman, Mahrer, MAGA demand we stop comparing USA 2025 to Germany 1939.
Yahoo News, September 3, 2025
Fetterman, Mahrer, MAGA demand we stop comparing USA 2025 to Germany 1939.
September 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Montreal Star, February 4, 1939
Yahoo News, September 3, 2025
Fetterman, Mahrer, MAGA demand we stop comparing USA 2025 to Germany 1939.
Yahoo News, September 3, 2025
Fetterman, Mahrer, MAGA demand we stop comparing USA 2025 to Germany 1939.
I hope Jimmy Kimmel read Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion. Right now, "Never Give A Inch" is the way forward.
I also hope enough of us cancelled Disney/Hulu today to make the corporation feel us there in the room.
I also hope enough of us cancelled Disney/Hulu today to make the corporation feel us there in the room.
September 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I hope Jimmy Kimmel read Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion. Right now, "Never Give A Inch" is the way forward.
I also hope enough of us cancelled Disney/Hulu today to make the corporation feel us there in the room.
I also hope enough of us cancelled Disney/Hulu today to make the corporation feel us there in the room.
"Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five 'Aryan' actors and cabaret announcers...'in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward the National Socialism and...caused grave annoyance...especially to party members.'"
NYT 2/4/39
NYT 2/4/39
September 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five 'Aryan' actors and cabaret announcers...'in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward the National Socialism and...caused grave annoyance...especially to party members.'"
NYT 2/4/39
NYT 2/4/39
