MJ_Outloud
@mj-outloud.bsky.social
Writer of stories.
Editor of trailers.
I was adored once, too.
Editor of trailers.
I was adored once, too.
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With a heavy heart, I return Whalefall by Daniel Kraus to the library. I’ll never stop thinking about it. Haven’t had a new favorite book since Artemis Fowl back in middle school. Haven’t read a book twice in a row since Malice in high school. This is my Torah. I will never read a better book.
September 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
With a heavy heart, I return Whalefall by Daniel Kraus to the library. I’ll never stop thinking about it. Haven’t had a new favorite book since Artemis Fowl back in middle school. Haven’t read a book twice in a row since Malice in high school. This is my Torah. I will never read a better book.
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"Angel Down" is a book where the whole book is a single sentence about a soldier in WWII who is sent in to find a screaming fallen soldier, to put him out of his misery, but he instead finds a fallen angel. I couldn't grok pulling off a whole novel in a single sentence but Daniel Kraus does it.
September 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Angel Down" is a book where the whole book is a single sentence about a soldier in WWII who is sent in to find a screaming fallen soldier, to put him out of his misery, but he instead finds a fallen angel. I couldn't grok pulling off a whole novel in a single sentence but Daniel Kraus does it.
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BILL BURR: “There’s nothing wrong with being a billionaire, but if someone’s working 40 hours/week and can’t make rent you’re not paying them enough… maybe you should just be worth $900 Million. How do you take an 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
August 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
BILL BURR: “There’s nothing wrong with being a billionaire, but if someone’s working 40 hours/week and can’t make rent you’re not paying them enough… maybe you should just be worth $900 Million. How do you take an 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
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At the moment, I’m regrettably not having champagne and croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside during a thunderstorm, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”
July 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
At the moment, I’m regrettably not having champagne and croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside during a thunderstorm, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”
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Neil Young’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was raw, loud, and lightning in a jar. Fever dreams, one-note solos, and cosmic chemistry—here are 5 truths behind the 1969 folk-rock classic. zurl.co/ZlNeK
5 Surprising Facts About Neil Young's ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’ - That Eric Alper
When Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere rolled out in May 1969, Neil Young wasn’t looking for polish—he was chasing the raw edge of a feeling. Teaming up with Crazy Horse, a barroom-tight crew of cosmic cowboys, he captured lightning in a mason jar. No overdubs. No overthinking. Just stripped-down songs that move like horses across […]
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July 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Neil Young’s Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere was raw, loud, and lightning in a jar. Fever dreams, one-note solos, and cosmic chemistry—here are 5 truths behind the 1969 folk-rock classic. zurl.co/ZlNeK
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Last night of Paul Simon’s sold-out run at LA’s Disney Center. Completely persuasive rendition of hits- and 7 Psalms-in the voice of a man in his 80s. Rich, stirring, and contemplative in a way it wouldn’t have been 20 years ago.
July 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Last night of Paul Simon’s sold-out run at LA’s Disney Center. Completely persuasive rendition of hits- and 7 Psalms-in the voice of a man in his 80s. Rich, stirring, and contemplative in a way it wouldn’t have been 20 years ago.
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Just finished the incredible Angel Down by @danielkraus.com.
Definitely one to look forward to. Just make sure you have a brown paper bag to breathe into handy.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Definitely one to look forward to. Just make sure you have a brown paper bag to breathe into handy.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Andrew's review of Angel Down
4/5: 4.5/5 Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for this ARC. This fish takes the bait and runs the reel down to the very end. Almost pulls the rod right out of your hands but knows wh...
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July 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just finished the incredible Angel Down by @danielkraus.com.
Definitely one to look forward to. Just make sure you have a brown paper bag to breathe into handy.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Definitely one to look forward to. Just make sure you have a brown paper bag to breathe into handy.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Remember when we used to still talk about books? We can still still talk about books.
Out tomorrow! I know the world is shit right now. Not gonna lie, releasing a book feels like spitting into a tornado. But maybe it can be restorative when you're exhausted, a balm to your heart. When the well is empty, maybe it can be a little rain.
Up now at @reactorsff.bsky.social, the first chapter of my upcoming novel, AMONG GHOSTS!
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June 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Remember when we used to still talk about books? We can still still talk about books.
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THE SHAPE OF WATER paperback by me & @realgdt.bsky.social is finally out! This project changed my life. 🐠
June 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
THE SHAPE OF WATER paperback by me & @realgdt.bsky.social is finally out! This project changed my life. 🐠
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Me as a kid: how do I get out of chores this weekend.
Me as an adult: how do I get out of chores this weekend.
Me as an adult: how do I get out of chores this weekend.
May 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Me as a kid: how do I get out of chores this weekend.
Me as an adult: how do I get out of chores this weekend.
Me as an adult: how do I get out of chores this weekend.
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Every day not spent reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by a crackling fire in an ominous château in the French countryside during a thunderstorm is a day wasted.
May 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Every day not spent reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by a crackling fire in an ominous château in the French countryside during a thunderstorm is a day wasted.
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just found out my roomba has added an #opentowork badge on their linkedin
May 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
just found out my roomba has added an #opentowork badge on their linkedin
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political journalists obsess over the public’s lack of trust in our profession but strangely see that as downstream of things like “we didn’t talk enough about how biden was old” and not “many of us appear to be indifferent to a nihilistic attack on the constitution”
May 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
political journalists obsess over the public’s lack of trust in our profession but strangely see that as downstream of things like “we didn’t talk enough about how biden was old” and not “many of us appear to be indifferent to a nihilistic attack on the constitution”
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
May 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
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Having a little fun with the phishers.
May 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Having a little fun with the phishers.
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
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Newsom: I’ll give you a specific example: just this morning, in anticipation of meeting with Chinese counterparts in Geneva, he decided to negotiate against himself—the great negotiator—from 145% tariffs imposed on China, now he says, “Well, maybe it should be 80%.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Newsom: I’ll give you a specific example: just this morning, in anticipation of meeting with Chinese counterparts in Geneva, he decided to negotiate against himself—the great negotiator—from 145% tariffs imposed on China, now he says, “Well, maybe it should be 80%.”
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I don't think "it would take too long to give people due process before we send them to a foreign prison for life" is a good legal argument
May 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I don't think "it would take too long to give people due process before we send them to a foreign prison for life" is a good legal argument
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I keep remembering the "I'm pissed!" guy from that Grassley town hall, so I captured him
May 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I keep remembering the "I'm pissed!" guy from that Grassley town hall, so I captured him
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Tariffs are taxation without representation. We wrote a whole Declaration of Independence about it. Threw tea in the harbor and everything.
May 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Tariffs are taxation without representation. We wrote a whole Declaration of Independence about it. Threw tea in the harbor and everything.