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rachel mccarthy james. WHACK JOB: A HISTORY OF AXE MURDER out now. prev: THE MAN FROM THE TRAIN
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· Mar 22
My second book about axe murder will be unleashed upon the world on May 13, 2025! WHACK JOB: A History of Axe Murder chronicles the humble tool in its capacity as a weapon in 13 stories, ranging from prehistory to Vikings to George Washington to now. Preorder here read.macmillan.com/lp/whack-job...
There’s this guy at this metal show who’s like 6’8. He’s right on the edge of the mosh pit, watching all the short/average kings and women (and one literal child?) get their aggression out, with an expression of great longing. Mosh pits are not made for tall men.
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
There’s this guy at this metal show who’s like 6’8. He’s right on the edge of the mosh pit, watching all the short/average kings and women (and one literal child?) get their aggression out, with an expression of great longing. Mosh pits are not made for tall men.
Part two of Wicked shitting the bed makes total sense to me. Part one was basically a new story to moviegoers, whereas this one is a retcon of one of the best movies ever. Of course it doesn’t land as well. I don’t need new information about Dorothy
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Part two of Wicked shitting the bed makes total sense to me. Part one was basically a new story to moviegoers, whereas this one is a retcon of one of the best movies ever. Of course it doesn’t land as well. I don’t need new information about Dorothy
One time after she got a big scoop, I described Olivia Nuzzi as Lauren Duca with talent, but in light of the last few days, I think she was actually Lauren Duca without integrity
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
One time after she got a big scoop, I described Olivia Nuzzi as Lauren Duca with talent, but in light of the last few days, I think she was actually Lauren Duca without integrity
I like when a town has horizontal stoplights. Go ahead, get a lil funky with your infrastructure
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I like when a town has horizontal stoplights. Go ahead, get a lil funky with your infrastructure
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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
What if the murder weapon in America’s most famous axe murder… wasn’t the murder weapon? 🪓
@rmccarthyjames.bsky.social breaks it down in this week’s History Rage.
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/353f3e
#TrueCrimeCommunity #LizzieBorden #UnsolvedMystery #HistoryRage
What if the murder weapon in America’s most famous axe murder… wasn’t the murder weapon? 🪓
@rmccarthyjames.bsky.social breaks it down in this week’s History Rage.
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/353f3e
#TrueCrimeCommunity #LizzieBorden #UnsolvedMystery #HistoryRage
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
What if the murder weapon in America’s most famous axe murder… wasn’t the murder weapon? 🪓
@rmccarthyjames.bsky.social breaks it down in this week’s History Rage.
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/353f3e
#TrueCrimeCommunity #LizzieBorden #UnsolvedMystery #HistoryRage
What if the murder weapon in America’s most famous axe murder… wasn’t the murder weapon? 🪓
@rmccarthyjames.bsky.social breaks it down in this week’s History Rage.
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/353f3e
#TrueCrimeCommunity #LizzieBorden #UnsolvedMystery #HistoryRage
The women’s bathrooms at any Phish related shows are always empty
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The women’s bathrooms at any Phish related shows are always empty
They are really covering all markets with this Wicked promotion
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
They are really covering all markets with this Wicked promotion
I am reading this at a Trey Anastasio Band show, making wild expressions absent a sick jam
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I am reading this at a Trey Anastasio Band show, making wild expressions absent a sick jam
Incredibly honored that WHACK JOB was named as a staff pick for @thepitch.bsky.social Best of KC issue!!!! Feeling very fortunate to have the support of local press, and to have the Pitch at all. And I’m in some amazing company: www.thepitchkc.com/content/uplo...
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Incredibly honored that WHACK JOB was named as a staff pick for @thepitch.bsky.social Best of KC issue!!!! Feeling very fortunate to have the support of local press, and to have the Pitch at all. And I’m in some amazing company: www.thepitchkc.com/content/uplo...
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i hate going to sleep because night time is da best babey!!!! day is boring BOOOO and too hot BOOOOOOOOOOOO we hate the day time we’re raccoons ok we’re owls and we’re crawling / flying around and doing NIGHT TIME SHIT like READING WIKIPEDIA
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
i hate going to sleep because night time is da best babey!!!! day is boring BOOOO and too hot BOOOOOOOOOOOO we hate the day time we’re raccoons ok we’re owls and we’re crawling / flying around and doing NIGHT TIME SHIT like READING WIKIPEDIA
These all have the energy of Judas Priest song titles
OPERATION EIGHTEEN NAKED COWBOYS IN THE SHOWERS AT RAM RANCH
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
These all have the energy of Judas Priest song titles
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Boring Profession is Actually Thrilling
Aging Actress is a Fabulous Bitch
Tom Cruise Chasing Someone
Stupid Sexy Meryl Streep
I’m Not Too Smart to Laugh at That, Actually
Boring Profession is Actually Thrilling
Aging Actress is a Fabulous Bitch
Tom Cruise Chasing Someone
Stupid Sexy Meryl Streep
I’m Not Too Smart to Laugh at That, Actually
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Billy Zane Has A Gun
How Can I Reach These Kids
Gift of The Magi
Little British Maids
Die Hard On A ______
Billy Zane Has A Gun
How Can I Reach These Kids
Gift of The Magi
Little British Maids
Die Hard On A ______
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
Boring Profession is Actually Thrilling
Aging Actress is a Fabulous Bitch
Tom Cruise Chasing Someone
Stupid Sexy Meryl Streep
I’m Not Too Smart to Laugh at That, Actually
Boring Profession is Actually Thrilling
Aging Actress is a Fabulous Bitch
Tom Cruise Chasing Someone
Stupid Sexy Meryl Streep
I’m Not Too Smart to Laugh at That, Actually
We got some Infinite Jest fanboys doing train graffiti now
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We got some Infinite Jest fanboys doing train graffiti now
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Just an incalculable loss from which we won’t soon recover.
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Just an incalculable loss from which we won’t soon recover.
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory.
Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
If the information economy hadn’t already collapsed, I would be concerned that people actually thought he blew Bubba. But we’re long past that point so I’m ready to let ‘er rip
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
If the information economy hadn’t already collapsed, I would be concerned that people actually thought he blew Bubba. But we’re long past that point so I’m ready to let ‘er rip
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Some of you guys are judging Olivia Nuzzi so harshly. How was she supposed to resist when RFK Jr called her and made those dial up modem noises
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Some of you guys are judging Olivia Nuzzi so harshly. How was she supposed to resist when RFK Jr called her and made those dial up modem noises
in addition to hatchets, she also used rocks and clubs. whatever you can grab to smash it up right
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
in addition to hatchets, she also used rocks and clubs. whatever you can grab to smash it up right
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becoming this lady but for anti-gambling
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
becoming this lady but for anti-gambling
4 pm friday..... great time to have an existential crisis about the mess i've made of my life
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
4 pm friday..... great time to have an existential crisis about the mess i've made of my life
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I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
today's affirmation: i am not a chaos demon 😈 i'm a chaos angel 😇
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
today's affirmation: i am not a chaos demon 😈 i'm a chaos angel 😇
i think one of the things about trump is that, yes, he was obviously scamming, but he made his audience feel like they were in on the scam. JD has the opposite touch
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
i think one of the things about trump is that, yes, he was obviously scamming, but he made his audience feel like they were in on the scam. JD has the opposite touch
Nothing I love more than hearing my husband explain a new piece of gossip about one of his favorite musicians
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Nothing I love more than hearing my husband explain a new piece of gossip about one of his favorite musicians
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
It’s funny to me when Julia Garner says “perfume” like “par-foom” in her Anna Delvey accent in that one ad. I want her to say it in her Ozark accent. Like “pur-fuh-you-um”.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It’s funny to me when Julia Garner says “perfume” like “par-foom” in her Anna Delvey accent in that one ad. I want her to say it in her Ozark accent. Like “pur-fuh-you-um”.