mike hughes wesner
@mhwesner.bsky.social
impossibly chowderheaded
Online Editor | Assistant Fiction Editor @ BWR
MFA @ University of Alabama
https://elephantgraveyard.substack.com/
Online Editor | Assistant Fiction Editor @ BWR
MFA @ University of Alabama
https://elephantgraveyard.substack.com/
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today's small prose poem from Maureen Thorson is a marvel, but that first sentence — "It’s nearly Christmas." — just about gave me a panic attack.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
today's small prose poem from Maureen Thorson is a marvel, but that first sentence — "It’s nearly Christmas." — just about gave me a panic attack.
https://www.havehashad.com/fm8m7
https://www.havehashad.com/fm8m7
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Andre Drummond brought his dog to the podium for the postgame press conference.
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Andre Drummond brought his dog to the podium for the postgame press conference.
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
"My dog's here," Drummond said. "No, my actual dog.""
Go birds
🚨BREAKING: Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have all won another 10-year term in a high-stakes retention election that saw a major GOP push to reshape the state’s highest court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Win for Democracy in Pennsylvania, Dems Retain Majority on Supreme Court
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Go birds
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Fellow bitter southerners,
North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia all elected Democratic Governors. Georgia in 2020 wasn’t a fluke. South Carolina, Florida, Texas, All y’all of the y’allternative persuasion. Keep being loud. Keep getting into good trouble. Protect black folks and trans people. Vote
North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia all elected Democratic Governors. Georgia in 2020 wasn’t a fluke. South Carolina, Florida, Texas, All y’all of the y’allternative persuasion. Keep being loud. Keep getting into good trouble. Protect black folks and trans people. Vote
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Fellow bitter southerners,
North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia all elected Democratic Governors. Georgia in 2020 wasn’t a fluke. South Carolina, Florida, Texas, All y’all of the y’allternative persuasion. Keep being loud. Keep getting into good trouble. Protect black folks and trans people. Vote
North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia all elected Democratic Governors. Georgia in 2020 wasn’t a fluke. South Carolina, Florida, Texas, All y’all of the y’allternative persuasion. Keep being loud. Keep getting into good trouble. Protect black folks and trans people. Vote
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
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The Sixers didn't win their fourth game last season until after Thanksgiving. They're now 4-0 before Halloween.
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The Sixers didn't win their fourth game last season until after Thanksgiving. They're now 4-0 before Halloween.
🚨Dead Milkmen played on the Eagles broadcast🚨
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🚨Dead Milkmen played on the Eagles broadcast🚨
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HISTORY: The 9th shot of Wentz closing his eyes and shaking his head slowly in this game -- a new NFL record.
October 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
HISTORY: The 9th shot of Wentz closing his eyes and shaking his head slowly in this game -- a new NFL record.
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“It’s tough to watch Kershaw struggling like this.”
October 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“It’s tough to watch Kershaw struggling like this.”
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Kevin Patullo better start applying for his food vendor license. Get a truck pal. Do you speak cheeseburgers
September 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Kevin Patullo better start applying for his food vendor license. Get a truck pal. Do you speak cheeseburgers
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It was gross and dumb and is I dunno maybe a tier below the sexual abusers and domestic assaulters playing in this league every damn week give me a break lol
Ryan Clark goes in on Jalen Carter after spitting on Dak Prescott.
"Not only is it freaking disgusting, not only do you show what a low-level human you are in that moment, but you let the entire team down."
"Not only is it freaking disgusting, not only do you show what a low-level human you are in that moment, but you let the entire team down."
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It was gross and dumb and is I dunno maybe a tier below the sexual abusers and domestic assaulters playing in this league every damn week give me a break lol
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I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
defector.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
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Dems should lean into sneering cosmopolitan elitism imo
it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
August 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dems should lean into sneering cosmopolitan elitism imo
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never forget and not in the corny 9/11 sense. Literally never forget what they're doing to your neighbors in your communities
ICE arrested a woman in Bham this morning on her way to work. She’s been here since she was 7, got her Master’s in social work from Jacksonville State, has no criminal record, and works at the Hispanic and Immigrant Center of Alabama. And now she’ll likely be deported. www.change.org/p/demand-the...
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August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
never forget and not in the corny 9/11 sense. Literally never forget what they're doing to your neighbors in your communities
Go birds
May 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Go birds
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SPURS!!!! I’m so happy for Son
May 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
SPURS!!!! I’m so happy for Son
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So excited to have my words featured on I Have That On Vinyl!
good morning. today at IHTOV we have @jeremymauser.bsky.social writing about pearl jam. specifically "jeremy" and how having a song with his name, about this subject, affected him. great read ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/king-...
King Jeremy the Wicked: How “Jeremy” Helped Jeremy to Love Being Jeremy
And then, when I was in middle school, my parents introduced me to Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy,” a badass rock song that offered a small sliver of feeling witnessed. A badass rock song that followed another y...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So excited to have my words featured on I Have That On Vinyl!
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Horrified Pope Calls Philadelphia Humanity’s Greatest Sin Against God
Horrified Pope Calls Philadelphia Humanity’s Greatest Sin Against God
PHILADELPHIA—Visibly aghast as he took the pulpit at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia to deliver a sermon Saturday, a horrified Pope Francis reportedly referred to the c...
theonion.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Horrified Pope Calls Philadelphia Humanity’s Greatest Sin Against God
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Even in the face of the Trump administration’s attacks on trans people, institutions can and must protect our rights.
We commend the Philly school district and urge others to follow suit.
We commend the Philly school district and urge others to follow suit.
Philly schools will continue to allow transgender athletes to participate in sports that match their gender identity
The move breaks with PIAA, which passed a policy that sides with an executive order from President Trump.
www.inquirer.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Even in the face of the Trump administration’s attacks on trans people, institutions can and must protect our rights.
We commend the Philly school district and urge others to follow suit.
We commend the Philly school district and urge others to follow suit.
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our nation has a Kennedy missing his brain and now a white man from Dallas is about to help LBJ win. welcome back, 1963
February 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
our nation has a Kennedy missing his brain and now a white man from Dallas is about to help LBJ win. welcome back, 1963
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Oh is the sportsball on? I was just reading 𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫
January 21, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Oh is the sportsball on? I was just reading 𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫
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On the table a case of Truly sat cooling on a bed of ice.
Debra lifted a can and cracked it open. “That’s not how tariffs work, though,” she said.
“My God,” Kevin said, a bit unsteady. “Don’t be silly.”
Debra lifted a can and cracked it open. “That’s not how tariffs work, though,” she said.
“My God,” Kevin said, a bit unsteady. “Don’t be silly.”
What We Talk About When We Talk About Tariffs
With apologies to Raymond Carver. - - -My friend Kevin Maddox was talking. Kevin Maddox makes a fortune selling novelty pickleball T-shirts on Etsy...
buff.ly
January 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
On the table a case of Truly sat cooling on a bed of ice.
Debra lifted a can and cracked it open. “That’s not how tariffs work, though,” she said.
“My God,” Kevin said, a bit unsteady. “Don’t be silly.”
Debra lifted a can and cracked it open. “That’s not how tariffs work, though,” she said.
“My God,” Kevin said, a bit unsteady. “Don’t be silly.”