S.A. McKenzie
@samckenzie.bsky.social
Editor and writer. Author of Small Magics for the Traveling Wizard, coming out December 2025 with Cloaked Press. www.hedgehogcircus.com
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
Looking forward to this!
one last boost for the morning crowd (I'm very excited about this, naturally)
Peeps, here we go.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Looking forward to this!
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
I’ve been laid off from my main editing job, so if you’d like to get your manuscript copy edited before Christmas, hit me up. My specialty is keeping track of murder weapons and making sure characters don’t grow an extra arm during sex scenes.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’ve been laid off from my main editing job, so if you’d like to get your manuscript copy edited before Christmas, hit me up. My specialty is keeping track of murder weapons and making sure characters don’t grow an extra arm during sex scenes.
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The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn
They're playing Christmas music at the supermarket. Time to go find a rock I can crawl under.
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
They're playing Christmas music at the supermarket. Time to go find a rock I can crawl under.
Had a busy month as far as editing goes: 3 contemporary romances, 1 mystery, 4 self-help books, 2 fun historical facts books, and a manuscript assessment. Starting work for a new publisher in November so hopefully it will be fewer (and better paid) jobs.
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Had a busy month as far as editing goes: 3 contemporary romances, 1 mystery, 4 self-help books, 2 fun historical facts books, and a manuscript assessment. Starting work for a new publisher in November so hopefully it will be fewer (and better paid) jobs.
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me: a guy here was arrested for assaulting a woman while he was cosplaying as a nazi officer
Dad: what is cosplay
me: *explains*
Dad: sounds like a nazi who stopped "cosplaying" as a normal person
This man's ability to randomly say insightful thing while also putting cosplay in quotes is a trip
Dad: what is cosplay
me: *explains*
Dad: sounds like a nazi who stopped "cosplaying" as a normal person
This man's ability to randomly say insightful thing while also putting cosplay in quotes is a trip
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
me: a guy here was arrested for assaulting a woman while he was cosplaying as a nazi officer
Dad: what is cosplay
me: *explains*
Dad: sounds like a nazi who stopped "cosplaying" as a normal person
This man's ability to randomly say insightful thing while also putting cosplay in quotes is a trip
Dad: what is cosplay
me: *explains*
Dad: sounds like a nazi who stopped "cosplaying" as a normal person
This man's ability to randomly say insightful thing while also putting cosplay in quotes is a trip
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Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
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At the Ren Faire today, we watched a blacksmith give a 30-minute demonstration about swords. And at the end he said, “My lecture is now over, here are some kittens to pet.”
*Proceeds to uncover 2 large pet carriers and pulls out 6 kittens.*
*Proceeds to uncover 2 large pet carriers and pulls out 6 kittens.*
October 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
At the Ren Faire today, we watched a blacksmith give a 30-minute demonstration about swords. And at the end he said, “My lecture is now over, here are some kittens to pet.”
*Proceeds to uncover 2 large pet carriers and pulls out 6 kittens.*
*Proceeds to uncover 2 large pet carriers and pulls out 6 kittens.*
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This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.
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Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
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There were at least 300,000 people at No Kings in NYC.
Three
Hundred
Thousand.
Three
Hundred
Thousand.
October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There were at least 300,000 people at No Kings in NYC.
Three
Hundred
Thousand.
Three
Hundred
Thousand.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Hmm, shall I try it?
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hmm, shall I try it?
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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They've lost the 9yos
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
They've lost the 9yos
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I have to assume this means he keeps everything hidden behind fabric and just thrusts wildly as she runs past.
Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.
Stephen Miller's Wife Drops Cringe-Inducing Sexual Brag
Katie Miller joked about her husband being a “sexual matador” in an interview with Jesse Watters.
trib.al
September 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I have to assume this means he keeps everything hidden behind fabric and just thrusts wildly as she runs past.
It’s local body elections time again in NZ, and while I am not a medical professional, I’d estimate that around 30% of mayoral candidates appear to be suffering from an untreated mental illness based on their bios.
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s local body elections time again in NZ, and while I am not a medical professional, I’d estimate that around 30% of mayoral candidates appear to be suffering from an untreated mental illness based on their bios.
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NZNO nurses are quite literally turning their back on a speech from Health Minister Simeon Brown at their AGM
September 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NZNO nurses are quite literally turning their back on a speech from Health Minister Simeon Brown at their AGM
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Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.