Locke Peterseim
@lockepeterseim.bsky.social
Writer, film critic, whatever...
Smart Politics Content Manager
Mostly Chicago, sometimes Iowa
he/him
https://www.instagram.com/lockepeterseim
Smart Politics Content Manager
Mostly Chicago, sometimes Iowa
he/him
https://www.instagram.com/lockepeterseim
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I work with Dr. Karin Tamerius bsky.app/profile/kari... on the Smart Politics project, teaching progressives to have more effective and productive conversations with folks on the right.
Here's why I believe in this work:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
Here's why I believe in this work:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
IYKYK today
youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsU?...
youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsU?...
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Kinks
youtu.be
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
IYKYK today
youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsU?...
youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsU?...
Saw Ghost for the first time last night, and it was AMAZING, so I say this with great love for both, they're kinda the ABBA of goth metal.
August 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Saw Ghost for the first time last night, and it was AMAZING, so I say this with great love for both, they're kinda the ABBA of goth metal.
When I die, if you listen closely, you'll hear a faint squeak from inside the casket, "That's not what POV means..."
April 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
When I die, if you listen closely, you'll hear a faint squeak from inside the casket, "That's not what POV means..."
I have a bad habit of reading comment sections, and what I see these days, especially in Substack, is a lot of angry yelling and flailing.
Instead of ineffectual venting, let’s put that fire to work in the forge.
karintamerius.substack.com/p/omg-wtf-ho...
Instead of ineffectual venting, let’s put that fire to work in the forge.
karintamerius.substack.com/p/omg-wtf-ho...
“OMG! WTF?! Holy Sh...!!!” is Not a Plan
Shock and outrage are justified—and in a twisted way can feel good. But we must move past them to stop Trump and Musk.
karintamerius.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I have a bad habit of reading comment sections, and what I see these days, especially in Substack, is a lot of angry yelling and flailing.
Instead of ineffectual venting, let’s put that fire to work in the forge.
karintamerius.substack.com/p/omg-wtf-ho...
Instead of ineffectual venting, let’s put that fire to work in the forge.
karintamerius.substack.com/p/omg-wtf-ho...
My latest Smart Politics piece addresses some of the concerns and questions folks raise about having conversations with Trump voters:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
Five Things Smart Politics Won’t Ask You to Do
Mapping out the negative spaces of our positive work
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My latest Smart Politics piece addresses some of the concerns and questions folks raise about having conversations with Trump voters:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
I work with Dr. Karin Tamerius bsky.app/profile/kari... on the Smart Politics project, teaching progressives to have more effective and productive conversations with folks on the right.
Here's why I believe in this work:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
Here's why I believe in this work:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
February 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I work with Dr. Karin Tamerius bsky.app/profile/kari... on the Smart Politics project, teaching progressives to have more effective and productive conversations with folks on the right.
Here's why I believe in this work:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
Here's why I believe in this work:
open.substack.com/pub/karintam...
Re-reading Gormenghast, and honestly, Trump, Musk, Zuck, and Putin are Peake villain names.
(Says the guy named after USMC rifle action, lol.)
(Says the guy named after USMC rifle action, lol.)
January 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Re-reading Gormenghast, and honestly, Trump, Musk, Zuck, and Putin are Peake villain names.
(Says the guy named after USMC rifle action, lol.)
(Says the guy named after USMC rifle action, lol.)
Time spent making a list of all the books I want to read next "immediately": 1 hour
Time spent reading the half dozen books I'm currently in the middle of: 15 minutes
Time spent reading the half dozen books I'm currently in the middle of: 15 minutes
January 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Time spent making a list of all the books I want to read next "immediately": 1 hour
Time spent reading the half dozen books I'm currently in the middle of: 15 minutes
Time spent reading the half dozen books I'm currently in the middle of: 15 minutes
The four weeks between Spotify Wrap Day and New Year's Day is liminal song space. Anything you listen to doesn't count for either 2024 or 2025, so get at it.
Roll Manilow.
Roll Manilow.
January 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The four weeks between Spotify Wrap Day and New Year's Day is liminal song space. Anything you listen to doesn't count for either 2024 or 2025, so get at it.
Roll Manilow.
Roll Manilow.
"My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over."
December 29, 2024 at 2:55 AM
"My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over."
Full confession, I may have cursed 2024 by rereading Blood Meridian last Christmas...
So today I'm rereading Moore and Campbell's From Hell... What could possibly go wrong?
So today I'm rereading Moore and Campbell's From Hell... What could possibly go wrong?
December 25, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Full confession, I may have cursed 2024 by rereading Blood Meridian last Christmas...
So today I'm rereading Moore and Campbell's From Hell... What could possibly go wrong?
So today I'm rereading Moore and Campbell's From Hell... What could possibly go wrong?
Today would have been Short's 100th birthday.
Happy birthday, Dad--and niece Charlotte who shares his birthday and turns 11 today!
So thankful for everything he taught us, all the Short-isms we still say, and all the stories we still tell and laugh about.
Better have a little bourbon tonight.
Happy birthday, Dad--and niece Charlotte who shares his birthday and turns 11 today!
So thankful for everything he taught us, all the Short-isms we still say, and all the stories we still tell and laugh about.
Better have a little bourbon tonight.
November 28, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Today would have been Short's 100th birthday.
Happy birthday, Dad--and niece Charlotte who shares his birthday and turns 11 today!
So thankful for everything he taught us, all the Short-isms we still say, and all the stories we still tell and laugh about.
Better have a little bourbon tonight.
Happy birthday, Dad--and niece Charlotte who shares his birthday and turns 11 today!
So thankful for everything he taught us, all the Short-isms we still say, and all the stories we still tell and laugh about.
Better have a little bourbon tonight.
Trying a new form of Being Present: When a song gets stuck in my head, face it straight on, embrace and envelop it.
Tonight's:
youtu.be/HdTFeW8FCto?...
Tonight's:
youtu.be/HdTFeW8FCto?...
Lemmy Kilmister & Hawkwind Silver Machine 1972 Live
YouTube video by iosonofederico
youtu.be
November 12, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Trying a new form of Being Present: When a song gets stuck in my head, face it straight on, embrace and envelop it.
Tonight's:
youtu.be/HdTFeW8FCto?...
Tonight's:
youtu.be/HdTFeW8FCto?...
Okay, we're all back here now? Right right... Lemme dust things off a bit and find the groove...
November 12, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Okay, we're all back here now? Right right... Lemme dust things off a bit and find the groove...
Not a week goes by I don't listen to this an annoying number of times on repeat. #dwighttwilley
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youtu.be/l24DFbedbJ0?...
October 19, 2023 at 4:58 PM
Not a week goes by I don't listen to this an annoying number of times on repeat. #dwighttwilley
youtu.be/l24DFbedbJ0?...
youtu.be/l24DFbedbJ0?...
More Great Moments in Sportscasting, ISU v TCU, color commentary from Petros Papadakis:
"They just keep squirting these runs out."
"They just keep squirting these runs out."
October 8, 2023 at 12:56 AM
More Great Moments in Sportscasting, ISU v TCU, color commentary from Petros Papadakis:
"They just keep squirting these runs out."
"They just keep squirting these runs out."
Over several decades and networks, there remains no more entertaining sports-pop culture nexus than listening to a pained Al Michaels awkwardly read programming promos for SFF shows.
October 6, 2023 at 1:23 AM
Over several decades and networks, there remains no more entertaining sports-pop culture nexus than listening to a pained Al Michaels awkwardly read programming promos for SFF shows.
These things you keep
You'd better throw them away
You wanna turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
Well now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea!
You'd better throw them away
You wanna turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
Well now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea!
September 24, 2023 at 3:14 AM
These things you keep
You'd better throw them away
You wanna turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
Well now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea!
You'd better throw them away
You wanna turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
Well now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea!